Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data July 12-16, 2021 Free Registration Microsoft gave fans a deep dive into Age of Empires IV today, and the game looks beautiful. It looks like it could give real-time strategy games on the PC a much-neeeded shot in […]
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E3 is back and may help clean up the summer game mess
GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now E3 is returning this year as the Electronic Entertainment Experience. The Entertainment Software Association announced today that is holding the annual E3 event as a digital showcase from June 12 through June 15. And […]
8BitDo’s Pro 2 gamepad adds back paddles, profile switch, and more
The power of data in gaming’s red-hot market Learn how to seize the power of data to attract and keep players, create personalized gaming experiences, and cash in on the industry’s seismic growth. Register Now One of the best third-party controllers is getting an update. Peripheral manufacturer 8BitDo revealed the 8BitDo Pro 2 today with […]
How to back up your Android smartphone
So you dropped your phone in the street. Then it was run over. Twice. And then you were almost hit by a Subaru trying to rescue it from the middle of the crosswalk. If this sad story sounds familiar — or at least plausible — chances are that the first thought racing through your head […]
Jared Leto’s Joker is back in new trailer for Zack Snyder’s Justice League
Happy Valentine’s Day, DCEU fans: HBO Max dropped a new trailer for Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Disappointed DC Extended Universe fans were clamoring for a “Snyder cut” soon after the release of 2017’s Justice League, and Warner Bros. eventually obliged them, announcing it would release the full director’s cut on HBO Max. For Valentine’s Day, the […]
Back 4 Blood is even more like Left 4 Dead than you may think — and that’s good
I was never the biggest Left 4 Dead fan, despite the huge impact both it and its sequel had on the world of gaming. Since then, players have been clamoring for a third game, as Valve retained the IP and developer Turtle Rock moved on to asymmetrical PvE game Evolve, which released in 2015 to […]
Google breaks SMS on many Android phones, is rolling back changes now
Enlarge / Google’s Messaging app. It’s broken now. Google If the text messages on your Android phone have suddenly stopped working, you’re not alone. Google pushed out a bad copy of the Carrier Services app, and the result was broken SMS on many Android phones. It also sounds like the company is rolling back the […]
Bungie asks lapsed ‘Destiny’ players to ‘come back home’ after split from Activision
As Bungie looks beyond “Destiny” toward new projects, it helps to remember the “secret behind every Bungie game, past present and future,” said CEO Pete Parsons. “There’s three things, all you need to know. First, it’s a place you want to spent time in,” Parsons told The Washington Post. “Second, it’s filled with a bunch […]
Pandemic-fueled automation is gobbling up jobs, and we’ll never get them back
Getty Images/Digital Trends Graphic The COVID-19 pandemic has had massive economic impacts in the United States, and one of the problems many companies have been facing as a result is how to keep business moving along without putting employees at risk of being infected. As you might expect, one of the ways many businesses are […]
Zombie BlackBerrys! QWERTY BlackBerry Android phones are coming back
OnwardMobility’s teaser image. OnwardMobility The BlackBerry Priv, actually from BlackBerry, felt like the company’s last full-effort attempt at a smartphone. Ron Amadeo The BlackBerry KeyOne from TCL. It seems fine from a distance, but TCL was charging way too much for it. TCL TCL also turned in really sad offerings like this “BlackBerry DTEK50,” which […]
There’s a reason your inbox has more malicious spam—Emotet is back
Enlarge Aurich Lawson Emotet, the world’s most costly and destructive botnet, returned from a five-month hiatus on Friday with a blast of malicious spam aimed at spreading a backdoor that installs ransomware, bank-fraud trojans, and other nasty malware. The botnet sent a hefty 250,000 messages during the day, mostly to people in the United States […]
Zuckerberg: Advertisers will be back to Facebook ‘soon enough’
As the ads boycott grows, Mark Zuckerberg shows no sign of backing down. “My guess is that all these advertisers will be back on the platform soon enough” the Facebook chief executive has said. Campaigners accuse the tech firm of being too slow and reluctant to remove some hateful content. But Zuckerberg added: “We’re not […]
Facebook Adds Labels for Some Posts as Advertisers Pull Back
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook rolled out measures on Friday to add more context to problematic political posts on its site, as the social network grappled with a growing outcry from some of its largest advertisers over the issue of hateful speech. Facebook said it would attach labels to all posts across its network that discuss […]
iOS 14 lets you perform actions by tapping the back of an iPhone
At the WWDC keynote, Apple couldn’t run through every feature it’s bringing for iPhones with the iOS 14 update. Buried underneath the pile of headlining announcements, one of the more intriguing additions it skipped is a new gesture that allows you to perform actions by simply tapping the back of your iPhone. iOS 14 offers […]
Apple and Google tweak maps, AI assistants to back Black Lives Matter
As largely peaceful protests against police brutality and racial bias continue across the United States, Apple and Google have updated some of their key services to support the Black Lives Matter movement, most notably tweaking their maps and AI assistants. The tweaks offer users up-to-date information on any protest-related road changes, as well as retorts […]