Take-Two Interactive revealed this week it’d be opening the public beta for Red Dead Online, the multiplayer component of its unbelievably popular Red Dead Redemption 2, sometime later this month. CEO Strauss Zelnick wouldn’t give a specific timeframe, but we can take it to mean players still have some time to work the main game out of
Read MoreThe massive discount retailer is arguably the king of Black Friday. Here are its best deals. Black Friday 2018 deals at Walmart: PlayStation, Xbox, iPad, Google and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter a limited release on “compatible devices” like Yoga laptops, Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant is now available for Windows 10. Control Alexa from your Windows 10 PC – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt means you can connect YouTube to your big TV or use it in hand for 360 degree videos. Nintendo Switch adds YouTube app, making it more like a streaming device – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA weekend for people who love hardware, by people who love hardware. It’s a simple recipe and it makes a delicious event that we call the Hackaday Superconference. If you made it to Pasadena last weekend, I’m sure going back to work on Monday was difficult after three days of far too little sleep and
Read MoreIt depends on how much you’re willing to roll the dice with your car and the other guy’s eyes. Should you upgrade your car to HID headlights? – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreJordan Crook / TechCrunch: YouTube finally arrives on the Nintendo Switch, available to download now, following Hulu — Nintendo has sold over 22 million Switch consoles since launch, with plans to sell another 20 million this financial year. — That said, Nintendo hasn’t seemed too focused on building out its portfolio of non-gaming apps. YouTube
Read More{$inline_image}Stories are short, ephemeral blobs of content — videos and pictures, mostly — which Snapchat popularized in 2013, followed by Instagram, Facebook, and… er… Skype. But for all their popularity, there aren’t that many good ways to create and manage them at scale. One option is Mish Guru, which today launched a tool to plan,
Read MoreThe $40 million purchase means the legacy automaker has joined companies, such as Uber and Alphabet, in investing in the latest transportation trend. Ford joins micro-mobility revolution by purchasing e-scooter startup Spin Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreStefan Etienne / The Verge: Fossil launches the Sport Smartwatch, which comes in two sizes, six colors, runs Wear OS, and has an integrated heart sensor, available today for $255 — Fossil is taking another shot at Android wearables — Fossil has announced its first smartwatch with a Snapdragon 3100 chip and Google’s redesigned Wear
Read MoreA week after 20,000 employees around the globe staged a walkout over the handling of sexual harassment and assault cases, Google said it was altering some of its policies. Google, After Employee Walkout, Overhauls Sexual Misconduct Policy Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAlex Knapp / Forbes: Ayar Labs, which makes an optical-based chip that it says boosts speeds on high-performance computer systems, raises $24M Series A led by Playground Global — Ayar Labs, which builds an optical-based chip that boosts speeds on high performance computing systems, announced Wednesday … Ayar Labs, which makes an optical-based chip that
Read MoreNora Naughton / Detroit News: Daimler and Bosch partner to launch a pilot autonomous ride-hailing service in San Jose in the second half of 2019 — German automaker Daimler AG and supplier Robert Bosch GmbH have chosen San Jose in Silicon Valley as its pilot city for an autonomous ride-hailing service that’s set to launch
Read MoreCurling snow drifts are magnified by the terrain around the 1,400 mile Dnieper River, flowing from Russia to the Black Sea in this image from the International Space Station on Feb. 9th, 2017. The Frozen Wild Dnieper River Source: NASA
Read MorePaul Sawers / VentureBeat: Xiaomi opens its first UK store in London and rolls out the flagship Mi 8 Pro, alongside other products, as it continues its push into Europe — Xiaomi marked its official entry into the U.K. today with the launch of the Mi 8 Pro, a smartphone with a 6.21-inch screen, alongside
Read MoreSocial trading platform eToro has finally begun rolling out its cryptocurrency wallet to Android and iOS users. The wallet, which promises an intuitive customer interface and enhanced security, is now available on Google Play and Apple’s App Store. At launch, the app will support only Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and Litecoin; however, eToro plans to
Read MoreThe US Air Force has a penchant for developing officers, but the ‘general’ it’s working on right now doesn’t have any stars on its uniform: it’s general artificial intelligence (GAI). The term GAI refers to an artificial intelligence with human-level or better cognition. Basically, when people argue that today’s AI isn’t “real AI,” they’re
Read MoreFor Hackaday readers which might not be so well versed in the world of home video gaming before the 1983 crash, the Vectrex was an interesting attempt at bringing vector graphics into player’s living rooms. Priced around $500 in today’s dollars, the machine was unique in that it included its own black and white CRT display
Read MoreAmazon’s Alexa for PC app, which adds Alexa support to compatible Windows 10 devices, is available from the Microsoft Store for free. Amazon makes Alexa for PC app available for Windows 10 Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThis apparent subtle edit shows how video has become as vulnerable to politicized distortion as everything else. White House shares doctored video to support punishment of journalist Jim Acosta Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreFor most people, playing Call of Duty‘s campaign mode is as close as they’ll get to joining the military. For them, the everyday realities of uniformed service are unknown. But shining a light on this world are ordinary servicemen and women, and they’re using an unusual tool to do it. For reasons I’ve yet to
Read MorePhotolemur 3 is now looking out for sloppy shooters, unveiling the first automated photo enhancer app that handles all your editing needs for you. It’s not only super simple and time saving, it’s also now on sale, just $19 for a single license or $25 with a family account from TNW Deals. Edit photos using
Read MoreFor most of human history, our inventions and innovations have been at a scale that’s literally easy to grasp. From the largest cathedral to the finest pocket watch, everything that went into our constructions has been something we could see with our own eyes and manipulate with our hands. But in the middle of the 20th
Read MoreDan Seifert / The Verge: Portal and Portal Plus review: work great for video calls using Facebook Messenger, but as general purpose smart displays they lag behind the competition — Facebook’s video calling device demands lots of trust for little return — It’s not often that a new gadget gets announced and I don’t immediately
Read MoreSometimes, the smoking gun in a sexual child abuse case can be something totally unremarkable — a plastic bag in the corner, or a piece of rug on the floor. Dutchman Leon D. was exposed by a church window. In 2011, he was convicted for molesting two young boys and producing and distributing imagery. Leon
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