There’s nothing more frustrating than having your system shut down when you’re in the middle of a big fight or can’t easily save your progress. For best results, lower the brightness of your screen as much as you can. It’s also good to have a backup battery on hand to give the handheld a little
Read MoreBuried at the tail end of Epic Games’ State of Unreal presentation was the news that Crystal Dynamics is working on a new entry in the Tomb Raider series. Crystal Dynamics is incredibly excited about the future of Unreal and how it will help us take our storytelling to the next level. That’s why we’re
Read MoreAisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google Maps gets estimated toll road prices, map details like stop lights and stop signs, directions on Apple Watch, and an iOS widget that shows pinned trips — Google Maps is getting an update that will add toll road prices and more map details like stop lights and stop signs, Google
Read MoreThe Information: Sources: one-click checkout startup Fast is shutting down entirely; Fast raised $120M from backers including Stripe, Index Ventures, and Addition — One-click checkout startup Fast is shutting down entirely and will discontinue its products and brand, according to several people familiar with the matter.
Read MoreWhat you need to know Google Maps is getting a ton of new improvements, some specific to Apple. Apple Watch users will soon be able to start navigation from their wrists. New directional mapping improvements are coming to CarPlay and more. One of the best mapping apps is getting even better. Google has announced a
Read MoreThe Covid-19 pandemic put a never-seen-before spotlight on telehealth. Remote healthcare services stepped into a sudden reduction of in-person care created by fears and restrictions caused by the virus. While the most intense days of the pandemic are fading into the past, remote healthcare isn’t going anywhere. Much like remote work, the ability to provide
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple Arcade is adding two App Store Greats on April 15. Fans of snooker, pool, and construction will all be catered for next week. Apple Arcade games don’t have ads or in-app purchases. Two very different games come to Apple Arcade next week. Apple Arcade will gain two new games
Read MorePhoto by PATRICK PLEUL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Ahahahahahaha fine. Longtime shitposter Elon Musk, who has a side gig as the CEO of Tesla, is on the board of Twitter, a newly minted meme stonk, after filing the wrong form with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Tremendous content. A different style of billionaire might elect to
Read MoreVadim Smyslov / TechCrunch: Tech workers describe interrogations as they flee Russia; recruitment service HeadHunter says the government demand for IT workers in Russia has increased 100% — The mass exodus of IT specialists has been met with hostility from Moscow — On the evening of February 23 …
Read MoreCBS To answer the question of why we should care about Paramount Plus, the service is going back to the well of nostalgia and snagging some of our favorite Star Trek: The Next Generation characters to be featured in season 3 of Star Trek: Picard. A brief trailer for the news shows just Patrick Stewart
Read MoreIan Allison / CoinDesk: Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution Boba Networks raises a $45M Series A at a $1.5B valuation from investors including Crypto.com, Huobi, and BitMart — In addition to easing Ethereum’s transaction load, Boba injects off-chain machine learning into the contracts powering DeFi.
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple’s new iPadOS 15.5 beta requires that the macOS 12.4 beta also be installed. The iPadOS 15.5 and macOS 12.4 betas were made available earlier today. You’ll need all the betas installed to make use of Universal Control after updating an iPad. Apple recently released a raft of new beta
Read MoreTORONTO, ON – AUGUST, 30 Diana Carradine with Ecobee smart thermostat in her home in the Eglinton and Avenue road area. The province is launching the Green Ontario Fund, bankrolled with $377 milion in cap-and-trade revenues, to help homeowners and businesses with programs to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The first move is offering free
Read MoreWe aren’t shy of dangerous projects, but, then again, a large cooking pan full of lead solder might be a bit much, even for us. It goes without saying that you should be extremely careful and you won’t want to use any of the cookware again for any other purpose. You can see the build
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: No-code mobile app development service Thunkable raises a $30M Series B led by Owl Ventures and announces it has surpassed 3M users and 6M apps developed — Mobile apps have become part of the bedrock of how the world at large gets things done and spends a lot of its leisure
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple’s first iOS 15.5 beta is now in the hands of developers. A new report suggests Apple will rename the current iTunes Pass to something more on-brand. Apple’s changing the way its iTunes Pass works and giving it a new name to boot. Apple’s upcoming iOS 15.5 update could be
Read MoreNot a bad router for $14 a month. | Image: Comcast Comcast announced on Tuesday that it’s starting to send out the xFi Advanced Gateway, a Wi-Fi 6E router the company announced at CES 2022, to customers that subscribe to Xfinity Internet Gigabit and Ultrafast plans. Until this point, many routers that support the new,
Read MoreJust get your hands on a new Mac? Here are ten apps that will make your machine work some magic. Did you hop aboard the Apple silicon hype train with a new MacBook Pro, iMac, or Mac Studio? Whether you just got a new desktop or laptop Mac or are just looking for something new
Read MoreMicrosoft’s next-gen Xbox Series S is on sale for $249.99 for a limited time. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge If you’d prefer a more affordable console to the Xbox Series X — or one that’s more readily available than the PlayStation 5 and PS5 Digital Edition — you can once again buy
Read MoreThe Xbox Series X is Microsoft’s flagship console that’s remained a challenge to get until recently. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The Xbox Series X has been one of the most challenging-to-find gaming gadgets since its late 2020 release. While always a little easier to get a hold of than Sony’s PlayStation
Read MoreDan Swinhoe / DCD: IBM unveils its z16 mainframe, generally available on May 31, which the company claims will be resistant to upcoming encryption-breaking quantum computers — New system offers AI capabilities and is reportedly quantum proof — IBM has unveiled the latest iteration of its Z-series mainframe.
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: VerSe Innovation, the parent company of news aggregator app Dailyhunt and short video app Josh, says it has raised $805M at a valuation of nearly $5B — At a time when a number of startups are finding it difficult to raise capital, VerSe Innovation, the parent firm of news aggregator app
Read MorePhoto by ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images SNK Corporation, the developer of games like Metal Slug and Fatal Fury, is now nearly entirely owned by a subsidiary of the Saudi crown prince’s foundation. Electronic Gaming Development Company (EGDC), which is owned by the Mohammed bin Salman Foundation (MiSK Foundation), holds 96.18 percent of SNK’s shares,
Read MoreGerman authorities shut down the server infrastructure for the Russian darknet marketplace Hydra, seizing €23 million (~$25.2 million USD) worth of Bitcoin in the process, Germany’s Federal Crime Police Office (BKA) announced on Tuesday (via Bleeping Computer). Hydra is a large marketplace on the dark web that serves as a hub for drugs, stolen credit
Read MoreMore than just a market for illegal drugs, the dark web site allowed criminals to launder or cash out hundreds of millions in stolen cryptocurrencies.
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