It was a couple of weeks ago when I was up late at night and heard murmurs on the internet about the passing of a hockey player and his brother. Dismissing this as fake news, whether out of incredulity or hoping it was not true, I went to sleep. Unfortunately, these events did end up transpiring, as former Calgary Flame John Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were hit by a drunk driver while they were cycling. As a Flames fan myself, I grew up...
As of late, I have been really interested in the history of speedrunning. This includes the development of different speedrunning techniques and the cheaters. I find it interesting how much work is put into finding loopholes and bugs that can help with speeding up sections of a game or even completely skipping it. Recently, I watched a video about The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and the infamous barrier skip. For those who do not know, this...
From PC Mag: The Chicago-based carrier announced Friday morning that it will add SpaceX’s satellite-delivered broadband to its entire fleet of more than a thousand aircraft, including both mainline and regional planes, starting in 2025.
The service will be free and available gate to gate, similar...
From PC World: Back in March, Valve launched a new feature for Steam Beta users called Steam Families, a collection of features that can come in handy if you aren’t the only gamer in your family. Today, Steam Families is now out of beta and available to all Steam users.
Steam Families combines and...
From CNET: With more phone-makers entering the foldable market, standing out is increasingly difficult. However, the Phantom V Fold 2 sets itself apart with a standout feature: possibly the largest battery on any book-style foldable.
Inside the Phantom V Fold 2 is a 5,750-mAh battery, with Tecno...
From The Verge: Smart locks may still be a niche product, but lock behemoth Assa Abloy is clearly betting on a digital future for our doors. Despite being sued by the US Department of Justice for trying to buy too many smart lock manufacturers, the Swedish-based company just bought another one...
From PC Mag: Nearly a year after it finished its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft is making another round of cuts to its gaming division. This time, it's laying off 650 employees, Microsoft Gaming CEO and Xbox chief Phil Spencer said in a memo to staff Thursday.
"For the past year, our...
From PC World: AMD is offering gamers an early version of what it calls AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 (AFMF2), an AI-powered technology that creates additional frames per second for those gamers with laptops powered by AMD Ryzen AI 300 processors. The improvements appear significant: about 30 to 40...
From PC Mag: Samsung is starting to lay off staff globally, impacting up to 30% of employees in some divisions by the end of this year, according to three sources familiar with the scope of the layoffs, Reuters reports Wednesday.
Sales and marketing departments are reportedly being reduced by 15%...
From The Verge: The PS5 Pro is official. After months of leaks, Sony just announced a more powerful PS5 console during a special technical presentation. Mark Cerny, the lead architect of the PS5 console, says the PS5 Pro improves on the original console in three key ways: a larger GPU, advanced ray...
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