People who own a PS5 console with a disc drive can enjoy some small but noteworthy discounts on exclusive games at Walmart, GameStop, and Amazon. You can get up to $25 off of the Demon’s Souls remake, while Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is $10 off. The new version of Demon’s Souls made for the
Read MoreJack Nicas / New York Times: A look at Freedom Phone, a $500 device aimed at right-wing users and created by a 22-year-old bitcoin millionaire, who admitted it was made by China’s Umidigi — A 22-year-old Bitcoin millionaire wants Republicans to ditch their iPhones for a low-end handset that he hopes to turn into a
Read MorePlayers in lockdown looked to Rockstar’s open-world game to escape—and reconnect with their posses.
Read MorePharmacies have long been perceived as commodities. Now, they’re a central tool for removing barriers to health care.
Read MoreThe off-road specialist debuts a mid-priced ebike built for the urban grid.
Read MoreAfter living through the global upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic, many workers are re-evaluating their career path. Stefan Heinrich Henriquez, a former Head of Global Marketing at TikTok and Chief Marketing Officer at Cameo, is one of them. “I have been thinking about music since my time at TikTok, and I was really thinking about
Read MoreSpanish on-demand delivery platform Glovo today announced plans to double its investment in Africa and expand its operations on the continent. The Barcelona-based company has invested up to €25M ($30M) by bringing its food delivery service to six African countries — Morocco, Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and Nigeria. Glovo is available in more than
Read MoreCredit: Kris Carlon / Android Authority A new Huawei patent details a new control method for a rollable phone. The company describes how air gestures could be used to retract or extend the display, and control the speed of this process. The patent builds on previous rollable phone documentation from the company. Rollable phones promise
Read MoreBrianna Abbott / Wall Street Journal: Researchers are developing “smart toilets” that can scan urine and feces samples for health data using cameras and machine learning, raising privacy concerns — Commodes that measure vital signs, screen for chronic illnesses and might even diagnose Covid-19 are in the works
Read MoreWhat you need to know Sticky Widgets 3.0 is a huge update to an already great way to put text on your Home screen. Users can now create lists that live in their widgets for the first time. Shortcuts support means users can read and create notes using a shortcut. Interface improvements improved syncing, and
Read MoreRemedy Entertainment’s 2010 cult classic Alan Wake is getting a remastered version for multiple platforms. Epic Games’ publishing arm will release Alan Wake Remastered across PlayStation 4/5, Xbox Series S/X, and the Epic Games Store on PC. Originally an Xbox 360-exclusive title that went through a protracted development period, Alan Wake is a psychological thriller
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Read MoreCutting-edge devices used for quantum experiments have been bulky, finicky, and confined to academic labs—so far.
Read MoreWhether you need new skills for a promotion or want a new job entirely, these options make it easy and—in many cases—free to learn something new.
Read MoreDeveloping AI is costly and time-consuming. Custom silicon can give companies an edge.
Read MoreAtomic force microscopy, laser ablation, and etching with a witches brew of toxic chemicals: sounds like [Zachary Tong] has been playing in the lab again, and this time he found a way to fabricate arrays of microscopic lenses as a result. Like many of the best projects, [Zach]’s journey into micro-fabrication started with a happy
Read MoreMake sure you laptop is always running smooth by checking its battery health. What’s the most important piece of hardware on a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro? It’s the battery, of course. Without a working battery, the laptop is basically an expensive iMac with a much smaller display. Luckily, MacBook batteries are designed to last
Read MoreMars from Hubble: Astronomers took advantage of a rare close approach by Mars in 2001. When the Red Planet was just 43 million miles away, Hubble snapped this picture with the WFPC2. It has a surface resolution of just 10 miles. This is the best image we’ve gotten of Mars that didn’t involve sending a
Read MoreGood morning! This is the closest I’ve ever been to joining an NFL Fantasy Draft. The thing that holds me back is knowing how much effort you have to put in after the fun of drafting… 2022 doesn’t look cheap It’s been coming all year. We learned on August 26th, via DigiTimes ($) reporting, that
Read MoreBringing order and understanding to unstructured information located across disparate silos has been one of more significant breakthroughs of the big data era, and today a European startup that has built a platform to help with this challenge specifically in the area of life sciences — and has, notably, been used by labs to sequence
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple’s first iPod was announced in October 2001 and it’s closing in on its 20th birthday. This new concept imagines what an iPod could look like if it was announced today. The concept shows a click wheel, metal sides, and no headphone jack. It looks amazing — but there’s no
Read MoreJason Schreier / Bloomberg: Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden reveals he left due to burnout, and says the industry has a sustainability problem due to rising game development costs — This week: a game about ancient history and a massive video game company investment. But first: the former boss …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok’s users now spend more time each month watching content than YouTube users, according to a report from app analytics firm App Annie. In the US, ByteDance’s app first overtook YouTube in August last year, and as of June 2021 its users watched over 24 hours of content
Read MoreDocker didn’t invent containers—the method of packaging up computer code into compact units that could be easily ported from laptop to server to server—but it did take them mainstream by creating a common set of open source tooling and reusable images which suddenly allowed all developers to build their software once and run it anywhere.
Read MoreDiagrams show a very similar accessory to the existing MagSafe iPhone charger. | Image: FCC Apple could have a new version of its iPhone MagSafe charging puck on the way. A new FCC listing for a “Magnetic Charger” first spotted by blogger Dave Zatz shows an accessory with a new model name (A2548) that looks
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