From The Verge: Sony has acquired Housemarque, the Finnish studio behind recent PS5 exclusive Returnal, the company announced today. It was announced with a tweet which suggests Sony might also be about to acquire Bluepoint Games, the studio behind the recent Demon’s Souls remaster.
In a blog post...
From PC Mag: Next month, HP will start selling its lightest consumer laptop yet, the Pavilion Aero 13.
The upcoming product weighs under 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds), no matter the configuration, though mass will vary depending on the model. HP achieved the low-weight by using a magnesium aluminum...
From CNET: Browser-based Xbox Cloud Gaming leaves the limited beta it's been in since the end of April and formally rolls out an open beta for iPhone, iPad and Windows 10 (or Windows 11!) PCs, Microsoft announced Monday.
At the same time, the Backbone One -- my favorite of the iPhone controllers...
From PC Mag: As the number one search provider, many of us rely heavily on Google to educate ourselves, fact check information, and find the best cat memes. But accessing reliable information is becoming increasingly difficult in a world of fake news and biased commentary. Google hopes to combat...
From CNET: Encrypted-messaging app Telegram added several new features this week, including group video calls. "Voice chats in any group can now seamlessly turn into group video calls -- just tap the camera icon to switch your video on," the company said in a blog post Friday.
You can tap a video...
From The Verge: Qualcomm’s best mobile processor, the Snapdragon 888, is getting even more powerful at MWC 2021 with the announcement of the Snapdragon 888 Plus. The upgraded model boasts a boosted clock speed, bumping the Kryo 680 CPU from 2.84GHz up to 2.995GHz (which Qualcomm is optimistically...
Imagine you have two very interesting neighbors, Joe and Sam. Joe is a professional welder. He drives an old Ford Super-Duty diesel truck with all his welding gears in the bed. In fact, Joe loves diesel. He believes the best diesel engine ever made was the Detroit Diesel 12V71. Joe has recently turbocharged his diesel lawn mower just because he wanted to work on backyard more "efficiently". He also welded himself a barbecue with an old diesel...
There are plenty of nice Korean restaurants in Calgary, but one of my favorites is a place called Insadong. While their all-you-can-eat menu has a bounty of dishes to fill your stomach past your limit, their lunch specials hold a special place in my heart. For under $16, you can purchase a large portion of rice, sweet potatoes, kimchi, boneless fried chicken, cabbage, and barbecue meat of your choice. Most times, I had to split it into two or...
From The Verge: Google Fi’s VPN service has started rolling out to subscribers on iPhone, the company has announced. The feature, which routes your phone’s internet traffic through an encrypted connection to protect your privacy, has been available on Android since launching in beta in November 2018...
From PC Mag: Microsoft has made it increasingly difficult to use Windows 10 without associating a Microsoft account, but for Windows 11, there may no longer be a choice.
As Windows Central reports, the system requirements Microsoft lists for Windows 11 includes specific reference to Windows 11 Home...
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