After a lengthy delay, the Spyro Reignited Trilogy finally hit shelves last week. I’ve been playing it nonstop ever since, and as a longtime fan of the little purple guy, I’m more than satisfied with it, though admittedly it does come with a few control issues. We all go into a game review with a little
Read MoreAs Inigo Montoya might say: Prepare to die, virtually. The Princess Bride performed live — in a VR app – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWait times are said to be less than 15 minutes in certain cities. Uber adds more wheelchair-accessible vehicles to its fleet – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAs you’re no doubt aware, humans are a rather noisy species. Not just audibly, like in the case of somebody talking loudly when you’re in a movie theater, but also electromagnetically. All of our wireless transmissions since Marconi made his first spark gap broadcast in 1895 have radiated out into space, and anyone who’s got
Read MoreFor just over $100, you can pick up five fantastic apps that’ll have your Mac purring like an Italian sports car…even if it rolled off the assembly line back when “The Lego Movie” was a new release. Here are 5 Mac apps to get the most out of your MacBook Source: The Next Web
Read MoreHopefully it won’t cause any mini Red Weddings. Monopoly: Game of Thrones update plays theme song while you conquer – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSean Hollister / The Verge: Valve is discontinuing its Steam Link hardware, which allowed users to stream games from PC to other devices like the TV — We hardly knew ye — Why am I sad that a tiny black puck which streamed games over a Wi-Fi network will soon disappear from shelves around the
Read MoreJust when you thought Facebook has put the worst of its troubles behind, the social media giant revealed on Friday that it had experienced a new security incident that possibly affected 90 million users. However, unlike previous scandals, in which malicious actors used legitimate features of the Facebook app and APIs for their evil ends, this was
Read MoreReuters: SoftBank invests $2B in South Korean e-commerce company Coupang, source says at a ~$9B valuation — SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision Fund is investing $2 billion in South Korea’s top e-commerce firm Coupang, the retailer said on Tuesday, as the loss-making startup girds for battle against rivals backed by the country’s cash-rich chaebol. SoftBank invests
Read MoreTRON founder and prolific marketeer, Justin Sun, has just pulled a megafamous rabbit out of his hat. None other than Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest basketballers of all time, will attend TRON’s blockchain conference next year, for some reason. Described as a basketball superstar turned “investment genius,” Kobe is slated to share his life experience and
Read MoreGamers are spending hours trying to capture epic snapshots using photo mode, fully embracing “a hobby within a hobby.” Video games are now so beautiful players are spending hours framing stunning works of Internet art Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreTom Simonite / Wired: As AI-building frameworks get open-sourced, DIY tinkerers use them for tasks like identifying plant diseases, automating dry-cleaning, making art, and more — IN LATE WINTER of 1975, a scrap of paper started appearing on bulletin boards around the San Francisco Peninsula. As AI-building frameworks get open-sourced, DIY tinkerers use them for
Read MoreHTC has been teasing images of its upcoming blockchain-powered Android smartphone – the Exodus 1 – for months now, but we might have to wait a little longer to see how it actually performs in the real world. The Taiwanese electronics giant was slated to show off a working demo of its handset at an event
Read MoreI played a lot of video games when I was a teenager. I have fond memories of hours dedicated to the pixelated missions of the likes of Zelda and Mario Bros on my family’s Nintendo Entertainment System. I later went on to study physics and then engineering at university. Is there a connection between my
Read MoreIt seems US authorities aren’t yet done with controversial cryptocurrency Tether. The ‘USD-backed’ stablecoin is now being probed by the country’s Justice Department, according to a Bloomberg report. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) together launched a criminal probe into cryptocurrency market manipulation in May. The investigations have now zeroed in on a
Read MoreWhy in the world does helium kill iPhones and other members of the Apple ecosystem? Enquiring minds want to know, and [Ben Krasnow] has obliged with an investigation of the culprit: the MEMS oscillator. (YouTube, embedded below.) When we first heard about this, courtesy in part via a Hackaday post on MRI-killed iPhones, we couldn’t imagine
Read MoreHere’s an extraordinary fact about the 2018 bear market: business for Bitcoin-lawyers is booming. Forty-five lawsuits involving cryptocurrency were filed in the first half of this year, reports blockchain research unit Diar. That’s triple the amount of all the lawsuits filed last year. This is not the moon we were looking for. Diar emphasizes the US Securities and Exchange
Read MoreIt’s like the Eye of Sauron, but in space. Watch a supermassive black hole swirling in VR – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhy wait until actual Black Friday, start saving on stuff for your car or your garage right now. Black Friday 2018: Roadshow's favorite Amazon deals for your car and garage – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreDon’t freak out if you see your Instagram audience shrink in the near future. The company announced that it’s kicking off a clean-up drive to remove bots and fake accounts from its platform, and that may well lead to a drop in your follower count. The Facebook-owned firm, which claimed to have over a billion
Read MoreCows aren’t worried about hitting 10,000 steps a day, but they could still use a wearable. Fitness trackers for cows are a thing now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFrederic Filloux / Monday Note: By pushing the “link tax” in the EU, publishers are shooting themselves in the foot because better options exist by working with Google to drive traffic — Within Google, some call into question the validity of helping the media industry. By lobbying the EU on the “link tax”, publishers are
Read MoreGenies has just launched its first iOS and Android mobile app designed to let users build a three-dimensional cartoon version of themselves — one that looks and acts just like you. Created by Akash Nigam and Evan Rosenbaum, Genies uses advanced artificial intelligence that lets you communicate through your avatar and act out keywords and sentiments in reaction
Read MoreTips for using social media effectively when you are trying to resolve a travel disaster, from a canceled flight to a missed connection. Missed Connection or Canceled Flight? 6 Tips for Getting What You Want From an Airline Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreTired of endless phone trees and long hold times? You may find that using social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook is a better way to get attention from the airlines. Want Faster Airline Customer Service? Try Tweeting Source: NY Times Tech
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