With the PS5 launch roughly two weeks away, Sony has unveiled a redesign for its PlayStation App on iOS and Android, and it makes me very excited to try it out when the new console launches. Early adopters of the console will have the ability to remotely launch games, sign in to their PS5 directly
Read MoreWe’d love to say that all of our projects worked perfectly on the first try, but the average Hackaday reader is a bit to experienced to buy a fib like that. The reality is, DIY projects rarely get everything right out of the gate. It takes some time to identify issues and work out all
Read MoreEdge’s experimental sidebar has been available in Edge Canary since August, but the highly-requested feature is now live in the browser’s developer build. This brings it another step closer to the stable version most of us use. Until then, you can get an early look at the feature in Edge Chromium’s Dev and Canary… Read
Read MoreWednesday’s Best Deals | Kinja Deals Read more… The 10 Best Deals of October 28, 2020 Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreGilad Edelman / Wired: The Senate’s Section 230 hearing, with Dorsey, Zuckerberg, and Pichai, only briefly discussed the law, instead letting Republicans berate Dorsey for soundbites — Republican senators unloaded on Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, but had little to say about reforming the foundational internet law. The Senate's Section 230 hearing, with Dorsey, Zuckerberg, and Pichai,
Read MorePhoto by James Bareham / The Verge Sony’s PlayStation VR headset is four years old, but the company isn’t giving up on it when the PlayStation 5 console launches next month. The headset is compatible with the new system, but you will need a special adapter. And Sony on Wednesday launched the online request form
Read MoreOn October 2, 2020, Merriam-Webster.com reported that searches for the word “schadenfreude” had increased by 30,500% on the site, making it the most popular word of the day. This was, of course, the day it was announced that Donald and Melania Trump had both tested positive for COVID-19. Read more… Don't Feel Bad About Schadenfreude
Read MoreThe public lets the billionaire know exactly how her bragging went over during a global pandemic. Kim Kardashian throws 40th birthday bash on private island, memes abound – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreUbisoft has built a world in which it’s more fun to wander around than pursue the game’s main story tasks. ‘Watch Dogs: Legion’ review in progress: Virtual London is legit, but story’s a snooze so far Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreTaylor Soper / GeekWire: Tomo Networks, a startup founded a few months ago by former Zillow execs that develops mortgage tools for real estate agents and buyers, raises $40M seed round — Two former top Zillow Group leaders are getting back in the real estate industry with new startup that aims to change the way
Read MoreThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) now recommends that screening for colon cancer start at age 45, not 50. This proposal is not yet finalized, but if it still stands after four weeks of public comment, insurance companies will most likely have to cover the cost of screening for 45-year olds if they don’t…
Read MoreAnthony Ha / TechCrunch: Lunchbox, which helps restaurants build ordering tools on their own websites and apps, raises $20M Series A led by Coatue — With many restaurants forced to rely entirely on the delivery and takeout business during the pandemic, there’s been a lot of discussion about whether the industry … Lunchbox, which helps
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook’s voter information center was planned as a nonpartisan push to register voters, but it ran into unexpected trouble from Republicans. A new report from BuzzFeed News reveals that six Republican secretaries of state contacted CEO Mark Zuckerberg in September to ask him to discontinue the project. “While
Read MoreHypothermia is a life-threatening condition that can occur if a person gets too cold. (The word literally means “low
Read MoreThe Mandalorian’s second season premiere is just two days away, and, if you’re like me, you’ve forgotten most of what happened in the first season. If you’re also like me, you’re not planning to hunker down and marathon the first eight episodes again. Fortunately, Disney has created a 99-second recap of The Mandalorian’s first season
Read MoreDan Seifert / The Verge: Amazon Echo Dot (2020) review: surprisingly good sound quality with nice mics at a low price, but new spherical design is more conspicuous and hard to mount — Amazon’s latest entry-level smart speaker has a new design, but few other improvements over the last model Amazon Echo Dot (2020) review:
Read MoreIt might feel like we’ve reached that point in the pandemic when we’ve simply run out of ideas for how to switch things up and conjure some fresh joy inside our four walls. But if you haven’t built your own indoor ball pit yet, you’ve still got at least one trick up your sleeve. Read
Read MoreIf you have any kind of business, chances are it involves stickers at some point in the process. More accurately it involves you peeling the backs off of sticker after sticker, slowly wasting time and working your way toward a repetitive stress injury. Why do that to yourself when you could have a machine do
Read MoreThe Senate Commerce Committee’s hearing is set to discuss tech’s content-moderation practices. Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs clash with Congress in pre-election showdown Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe sci-fi design stands out from the crowd Continue reading… MSI’s GE66 Raider Dragonshield Edition is a beautifully extra gaming laptop Source: New feed
Read MoreFor the first time since World War II, people in all parts of the world will be able to see the Oct. 31 display. Rare blue moon will bring a Halloween 2020 treat to the skies – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft first revealed the Xbox Series X nearly a year ago, and the internet went wild and immediately compared it to a fridge. A meme was born, and Microsoft embraced it to reassure us all that the Series X is, in fact, smaller than a fridge. Microsoft has now embraced the meme even further and
Read MoreCBS Earlier this month, CBS’s Evil dropped its first season on Netflix. It arrived after what had felt for me like a listless few months; very little pop culture could hold my attention. And then out of nowhere I was transfixed. Evil is a show that surprises you, which to me makes it one of
Read MoreBrian Heater / TechCrunch: Robust.AI raises $15M Series A led by Jazz Venture Partners to improve problem solving for collaborative robots — Robust.AI today announced that it has raised a $15 million Series A, led by Jazz Venture Partners. Existing partners Playground Global, Liquid2, Fontinalis … Robust.AI raises M Series A led by Jazz Venture
Read MorePhoto by Tom Warren / The Verge If you’re hoping to buy the $499 RTX 3070, Nvidia tells us that you’ll be able to do that starting on Thursday, October 29th, at 9AM ET / 6AM PT. And instead of Nvidia directly selling its Founders Edition (FE) GPU through its online store, it has ceded
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