Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense tells the story of the early years of legendary strategy game designer Julian Gollop and the making of the original X-COM and is funding now on Kickstarter. In this excerpt from the book, Julian and his brother Nick coordinate with X-COM publisher MicroProse UK on […]
Enlarge / Without significant additional work, the new interface probably won’t please all of VLC’s existing userbase. CC-BY-2.0 Guilhelm Vellut / Flickr Last week, we mentioned that the extremely popular open source video player VLC is getting a brand-new interface in its upcoming 4.0 release, expected to debut later this year. VLC 4.0 isn’t ready […]
Google may introduce a bold new design for Android 12 when it is released later this year if a series of leaked screenshots turns out to be accurate. The screens show a new, colorful opaque look to the notification shade and settings menu, new notification tiles, new widgets, iOS-like privacy alerts, and other changes. XDA […]
Crews staying aboard the International Space Station (ISS) enjoy unique views of Earth day and night, with the orbiting outpost’s seven-window Cupola observatory module offering astronauts the best vantage point of our planet and beyond. The station’s current Expedition 64 crew recently posted several stunning photos (below) of auroras captured from the Cupola as the […]
Real OnePlus 9 photos! There’s not much new. PhoneArena The back has a new camera block and a funky prototype logo. PhoneArena The “Ultrashot” camera has three lenses. PhoneArena The bottom edge has everything you would expect. PhoneArena 2021 is fast approaching, and in the world of Android, that means a new Qualcomm chip and […]
Next year, you’ll be able to buy a phone with special, almost invisible virtual buttons on the side of the body that can control the camera’s zoom feature and shutter button, just like you were holding a point-and-shoot camera, without any physical controls at all. These virtual buttons will use ultrasonic technology developed by Sentons, […]
Earlier this week, alongside launching the Pixel 4a, Google teased a pair of unreleased phones: the Pixel 4a (5G) and Pixel 5 it plans to launch later in the fall. Now, a series of leaks have revealed just about every detail you need to know about these phones. A report by Steve Hemmestoffer (@OnLeaks), who […]
WASHINGTON — Google has largely stayed quiet about its conversations with federal investigators as the Justice Department has looked into whether the company abused its dominance of the online advertising market. But a little-noticed 67-page document sent to Australian regulators in May by Google’s advisers may provide clues to how the Silicon Valley titan intends […]
What really helps bridge this game-story gap is when a game’s environments do their share of lifting on the storytelling front. Here, “Umurangi Generation” exceeds all expectations. One of the classic tools in the video game storytelling tool kit is environmental storytelling. This often takes the form of little scenes, dioramas that hint at a […]
The Note 20 Ultra in all its glory. Jimmy Is Promo The camera module is very thick. Jimmy Is Promo The front has a centered hole-punch camera. Jimmy Is Promo YouTuber Jimmy Is Promo used a lot of tape to cover what are probably identifying marks. Jimmy Is Promo The Note 20 Ultra versus the […]
Zoom reported a blowout quarter on Tuesday after the videoconferencing tool experienced a massive uptick in usage during the coronavirus pandemic. The California-based company revealed this week that the February-to-April quarter — when virus-related lockdowns prompted companies, schools, friends, and family to communicate from home — saw Zoom rake in a whopping $ 328 million, […]
Amazon this week discontinued the Echo Look after pulling the Alexa-powered camera from store shelves in December 2019, a spokesperson confirmed to VentureBeat via email. As spotted by Voicebot.ai, Echo Look customers began receiving an email yesterday stating that their devices and the companion app will “no longer function” beginning July 2020, as the Echo […]
Finland invited the entire country to a virtual concert in an online version fo its capital city — take a look Mary MeisenzahlMay 2, 2020, 18:29 IST2020-05-02T18:29:46+05:30 Virtual Helsinki.Virtual Helsinki Finland’s annual May Day celebration in the capital of Helsinki was cancelled because of coronavirus. Virtual reality company Zoan created a virtual version of Helsinki […]
A replica of the 1979 Porsche race car with a rainbow Apple paint scheme is selling for $ 499,000 — take a look Mary MeisenzahlApr 29, 2020, 01:05 IST2020-04-29T01:05:25+05:30 Apple race car.DPPI An Apple-themed Porsche racecar is on sale for half a million dollars. The 1979 Porsche 935 K3 is a replica of the real […]
None of us are ever going to be Superman, beings from another planet in possession of astonishing birth-given superpowers. However, we could be Iron Man, able to slip into a special assistive suit that augments our natural abilities with the use of some smart high-tech components. That’s the appeal of the powered exoskeleton or exosuit, […]