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Imposters steal restaurants’ names in delivery app deception

Ordering delivery through an app like DoorDash or GrubHub saves the trouble of cooking and lets you be a little picky — you can order from your favorite restaurant. But imagine receiving your food, sitting down to eat, and it tasting… different. And then, following your gut, you learn that you’ve been duped by a… Read more

Anycubic Photon Mono Review: Resin Printing at High Speeds

Our Verdict The Anycubic Photon Mono is an MSLA resin 3D printer that offers fast print speeds, highly-detailed models, and a seamless user experience at a very-affordable price. For + Low cost + High quality prints from the 2K LCD + Mono LCD screen prints parts quickly + Photon Workshop slicer app is easy-to-use Against… Read more

Slack quickly removes the ability to message strangers with DM invites over harassment concerns

Slack became a public messaging platform this morning with the wider rollout of a new cross-organizational direct messaging feature, and now it’s already taking steps to mitigate the dangers of operating such a platform without well-thought-out moderation protections. The company says in response to concerns the feature could be used to send abusive messages or… Read more

Dota: Dragon’s Blood on Netflix fails to show what makes Dota 2 special

Competitive games like Magic: The Gathering and League of Legends are absolutely dripping with lore. While they might not tell a story in the traditional sense, they have surprisingly robust fantasy worlds. Usually, you can only catch this in brief snippets through flavor text or character bios. But increasingly, game studios are attempting to build… Read more

AMD Finds a Fix for Ryzen’s USB Problems, BIOS Patch Coming in Early April

Home News (Image credit: Fritchenz Fritz) AMD has announced via a reddit post that it has found a fix for the widely-reported USB connectivity issues that have impacted systems with Ryzen processors, saying, “With your help, we believe we have isolated the root cause and developed a solution that addresses a range of reported symptoms[…].”… Read more

Hades almost starred its worst character

In Hades, the legendary Greek hero who killed the Minotaur, Theseus, is a pain in the ass. He’s a bossfight, a blowhard who treats each encounter like an overproduced wrestling match. Zagreus, the cool, collected prince of the Underworld, may have good reason to want to leave, but in Theseus’ eyes, he’ll never amount to… Read more

‘Spinning’ is trademarked, and Peloton isn’t happy about it

Peloton is fighting to have the terms “spin” and “spinning” treated as generic terms, arguing that they’ve entered into common usage in spite of being trademarked since the late 90s, Bloomberg reports. This week it filed petitions with the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to try and cancel both trademarks… Read more

Apple’s adjusting emoji in iOS 14.5 to promote helmet use and sell headphones

As part of iOS 14.5, Apple is updating its emoji with new variations from the Unicode Consortium’s 13.1 release, including new skin tone options for popular emoji, several new smiley faces and hearts, and some deliberate Apple redesigns. The changes to skin tone and gender presentation are probably the most important to note. Popular emoji… Read more

Microsoft Flight Simulator’s new UK update brings famous castles and football stadiums to life

Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting a big update today focused on the UK and Ireland. The World Update III, as Microsoft puts it, includes high-resolution 3G imagery for cities like London, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, and Oxford. More than 70 custom landmarks and points of interest have been improved, including famous bridges, palaces, cathedrals, and famous… Read more

Rebecca Black releases 10th anniversary remix of Friday… on a Wednesday

Rebecca Black has released a 10th anniversary remix of her viral hit “Friday.” Yes, somehow, the original song came out 10 years ago, and I have never felt so old. The original song came out on February 10th, 2011, which weirdly means this new version of “Friday” happens to be released on a Wednesday morning…. Read more

Razer’s Thunderbolt 4 Dock Brings Speedy Chroma Connectivity

Home News (Image credit: Razer) Razer is adding its Chroma RGB to a new part of your setup: a Thunderbolt 4 dock. It’s the latest office-style accessory to get a touch of the company’s gaming aesthetic, and its selection of ports is clearly meant for those looking to future-proof their setups. The dock, dubbed Razer… Read more

Nvidia’s Ampere GPUs Steam Ahead to 1 Percent Bogus Market Share

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Valve has just updated its Steam Hardware Survey with results from January 2021. If you believe the numbers for videocards, Nvidia’s RTX 30-series GPUs now account for over 1% of the total gaming market on Steam. These are some of the best graphics cards, but demand is so high… Read more

The Medium is slow-burning psychological horror on the Xbox Series X

Filed under: Games Review It can be clunky, but a chilling, gruesome atmosphere makes it work The Medium is a game about a person who is able to live in two worlds, experiencing the realms of the living and the dead at the same time. Developed by the same team behind the 2019 adaptation of… Read more

Best espresso machine 2021: Get great coffee every time

(Pocket-lint) – Morning cuppas take on all sorts of forms, but in this case, we’re talking coffee – the hard stuff. And not just any coffee, but arguably its purest form. The espresso. There’s an art to a good espresso that all coffee lovers will be able to recognise. The pure taste of it, plus… Read more

G-Sync Ultimate, Nvidia changed the spec secretly?

The G-Sync Ultimate specification has underwent an important change, opening to a monitor with a brightness lower than 1000 nit. A novelty that comes by stealth, without any communication from Nvidia to consumers. by Manolo De Agostini published 19 January 2021 , at 08: 41 in the Peripherals channel NVIDIA G-sync Nvidia has retouched, downwards,… Read more