Another “out-of-control” Chinese rocket stage in orbit has spawned a news cycle. But for people on Earth, there’s not much to worry about. The 100-foot-tall, 22-metric-ton corpse of a Chinese Long March 5B rocket that launched the first chunk of Beijing’s new space station last week will reenter Earth’s atmosphere sometime this weekend, and there’s… Read more
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Chinese rocket falling to Earth this weekend poses ‘extremely low’ risk to people
The PS5 and Xbox Series X are available at Walmart again (Update: Sold Out)
Update: Walmart’s restock of the PS5 and Xbox Series X seems to be over. If you’re looking for some accessories to go with a console, we have some picks below. Due to the global electronic component shortage, getting your hands on a PS5 or Xbox Series X has been challenging. Fortunately, if you want another… Read more
read more...Xbox games aren’t opening for some in Europe
Xbox games aren’t opening or launching for many across Europe today, with an error message being presented instead. “The person who bought this needs to sign in,” says the error. The issues started at around 1PM ET, and Microsoft is aware of the problems and has marked the outage as “major.” The problems appear to… Read more
read more...Google Play’s app listings will require privacy info next year, just like the App Store
Starting next year, apps on Google Play will show details about what data they collect, as well as other information about their privacy and security practices, in a new safety section in their listing. The announcement comes just a few months after Apple started displaying similar privacy information in the App Store. In the same… Read more
read more...IBM Unveils World’s First 2nm Chip with Nanosheet Tech, Intel and Samsung to Benefit
Home News (Image credit: IBM) IBM research unveiled a new 2nm chip with nanosheet technology today that will serve as the underpinning of its future process technology. IBM displayed a full 300mm wafer produced on the 2nm nanosheet process at its Albany, New York facilities. However, it is important to remember that the technology is… Read more
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read more...Apple’s HomePod and HomePod mini can now integrate with music streaming service Deezer
Owners of Apple’s HomePod and HomePod mini can now connect their smart speakers directly to Deezer and make the music streaming service their default player. That means they can take advantage of the HomePod’s Siri voice controls to navigate their tunes and playlists on Deezer. To connect the services, you’ll first need to be a… Read more
read more...Why the bad iPhone web app experience keeps coming up in Epic v. Apple
Safari just doesn’t support key features — and Safari’s the only option Something keeps coming up at the Epic v. Apple trial as a potential alternative for getting Fortnite on the iPhone: web apps. It’s an intriguing idea, as web apps are able to do surprisingly complex things: just look at a Chromebook or even… Read more
read more...Cambridge Audio’s Evo system: “I can accept ‘lifestyle’, but this is a proper hi-fi product”
Home Features (Image credit: Cambridge Audio) As much as we love it, hi-fi isn’t traditionally synonymous with convenience – those stacks of components and tangles of cables, the rigamarole around turntable assembly, the nuisance caused by being repeatedly bitten by the hi-fi upgrade bug. Aiming to bring the two closer is a new era of… Read more
read more...The Nintendo Switch can’t be stopped
Nintendo Switch sales were up 44 percent percent from January to March compared to the same pandemic-impaired quarter from a year earlier. Today’s numbers bring total Switch sales to 28.83 million for the fiscal year, up 37 percent compared to the 21 million Switch consoles the company shipped the year prior, and beating the company’s… Read more
read more...Gamescom 2021 will once again be an all-digital event
Mustafa Mahmoud 12 hours ago Featured Tech News, Online, Software & Gaming 2020 saw many of the industries biggest events either get cancelled outright, or translated into a digital format, due to the global pandemic caused by COVID-19. Despite many advances in moving towards combating the virus, it would seem many event organisers are not yet… Read more
read more...SCUF announces that it is working on a PS5 controller
Mustafa Mahmoud 13 hours ago Console, Featured Tech News, Peripheral While each console manufacturer makes 1st party controllers which it deems to be the perfect balance between cost and functionality, 3rd party offerings are able to get much more creative with its designs and features. One of the most well known 3rd party manufacturers, SCUF,… Read more
read more...Even more developers have left Google Stadia
Mustafa Mahmoud 15 hours ago Featured Tech News, Online, Software & Gaming Recently we reported that the vice president of Google Stadia had left the company, a troubling move for Google’s game streaming platform. It has now been announced that even more developers have left the company, bringing doubt into the platform’s future. Yesterday we… Read more
read more...Stadia’s Vice President has left the company
Mustafa Mahmoud 2 days ago Featured Tech News, Online, Software & Gaming In less than two years, Google Stadia has gone from a promising new cloud based platform which positioned itself as the future of gaming, to a shell of itself, with many of its promises still unfulfilled. In another blow to the game streaming… Read more
read more...Roccat introduces Magma And Pyro RGB gaming keyboards
João Silva 2 days ago Keyboards Roccat has two new keyboards hitting the market – the Magma and Pyro RGB. The Magma is a membrane keyboard with a fully illuminated RGB top place, while the Pyro is a mechanical keyboard with more traditional per-key RGB lighting. The Roccat Pyro keyboard is the most feature-packed of… Read more
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