Liu Jingyao, a college student, describes what it’s like to be slut-shamed by 800 million people. She Accused a Tech Billionaire of Rape. The Chinese Internet Turned Against Her. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePorsche and Lucasfilm will have a detailed model at the debut of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Porsche's Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker spaceship channels Taycan, 911 – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreTwitter is an addictive site, and I spend way too much time on it. One of my major gripes about Twitter has to do with the way it handles media uploads. Your photos and videos lose a ton of details and quality when you share them on the social network – a result of compression
Read MoreMark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple buys Spectral Edge, a UK startup whose tech improves the colors in photos by taking infrared shots and blending it with standard photos — – Spectral Edge technology improves colors in smartphone photos — Photograph is a key differentiator in the smartphone market Sources: Apple buys Spectral Edge, a
Read MoreDoes the complexity of modern computing ever get you down? Do you find yourself longing for the old days, where you could actually understand what your desktop machine’s hardware and software was doing at any given moment? You aren’t alone, but unfortunately running a 40+ year old computer as your daily driver isn’t really a
Read MoreRon Miller / TechCrunch: DataRobot, a company creating automated machine learning models, announces that it intends to acquire Paxata, a data prep platform that previously raised $90M — DataRobot a company best known for creating automated machine learning models known as AutoML, announced today that it intends to acquire Paxata … DataRobot, a company creating
Read MoreErnie Smith / VICE: As Intel now deletes BIOS drivers for unsupported motherboards from its site, and browsers end FTP site support, finding drivers for older hardware gets harder — You’ve never lived until you’ve had to download a driver from an archived forum post on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. As Intel now deletes
Read MoreAT&T’s 5G network is finally ready for regular consumers. AT&T turns on low-band 5G network in 10 markets across the country – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge AT&T’s real 5G network is finally launching today, as the company starts to sell the $1,300 Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G and flips the switch for all of its customers within coverage areas (and not just selected business partners) to start using the next-generation network. When AT&T announced
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again: The Game Awards, gaming’s most flashy awards celebration, which also doubles as an E3-style keynote packed with announcements. The 2019 edition was no exception. This year saw a massive revealed of the next Xbox — the Xbox Series X — along with the very first PlayStation 5 title. On
Read MoreMichelle Rodriguez and Vin Diesel just appeared on stage at The Game Awards to announce Fast & Furious Crossroads, a new game coming to PC, PS4, and Xbox One. It features both stars from the movie mega-franchise along with Tyrese Gibson, and is being developed by Project Cars creators Slightly Mad Studios. Bandai Namco is
Read MoreA second season of Telltale Games’ The Wolf Among Us is being produced, following the studio’s shutdown last year and its relaunch in August. The Wolf Among Us 2 had been in development before Telltale’s closure, and it’s now being created in conjunction with AdHoc Studio, which was founded by former Telltale developers. The original
Read MoreA whole new dangerous land to explore, powered by Amazon cloud. Discover Amazon Games' New World in May 2020 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLuke is the first child to receive the The Game Awards’ Gaming Global Citizen award. This 12-year-old made a video game to cope with his father’s suicide. He was recognized for it at The Game Awards. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreSit back and enjoy a nice look at one of the most anticipated games for the PS4. At The Game Awards tonight, developer Sucker Punch revealed the latest trailer for its PS4 exclusive Ghost of Tsushima, an action-adventure game that combines sword fighting and stealth in a world inspired by feudal Japan. Clocking in at
Read MoreOne of the long-standing promises of modern technology has been the ability to translate conversations in real-time. Google is making this a reality with a feature called Interpreter mode. Previously available on Google Home and Nest devices, it will now work on any Android or iOS phone running the Google Assistant. A more useful place
Read MoreIn an interview with GameSpot, Microsoft discusses its plans for the next-generation video game console, coming 2020. Xbox Series X, Microsoft's brand new game console, has a bold new design – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRon Miller / TechCrunch: Salesforce promotes Bret Taylor to president and chief operating officer from his role of president and chief product officer; he will report to Marc Benioff — Salesforce announced today that it has named Bret Taylor as president and chief operating officer of the company. Salesforce promotes Bret Taylor to president and
Read MoreA never-before-seen clip will debut within the game-cum-social network. Star Wars Director J. J. Abrams to tease a new ‘Rise of Skywalker’ clip in Fortnite Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreA new Xbox and lots of new games Continue reading… The Game Awards 2019: all the announcements and trailers Source: New feed
Read MoreDungeons & Dragons has a long history in video games. Dark Alliance wants to take that further. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreTonight at The Game Awards, Riot revealed the first indie games it will be publishing as part of its newly-unveiled Riot Forge label. It’s called Ruined King: A League of Legends Story, and it’s being developed by Airship Syndicate for console and PC. You can check out the first trailer above. Riot Forge was announced
Read MoreDespite being otherwise capable, not everyone is able to feed themselves. [Julien]’s robot arm project aims to bring this crucial independence back to those people. Assistive devices in this space do exist, but as always they’re prohibitively expensive and the approval process is a nightmare. The development of the arm started by working closely with
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox, once-codenamed Project Scarlett, is officially called Xbox Series X, and looks more like a PC than past consoles — Xbox now looks like a PC — Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox is officially called Xbox Series X. Microsoft revealed the name and console design on stage at the Game
Read MoreThe Xbox Series X is Microsoft’s newly revealed next-gen console with a unique, PC-inspired vertical design that has already had many questioning how on earth they’re going to fit it into their TV stand. But don’t worry: according to Xbox head Phil Spencer, Microsoft “designed Xbox Series X to support both vertical and horizontal orientation.”
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