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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Review: Fast and Furry-ous

Our Verdict Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart takes great advantage of the PlayStation 5’s SSD and offers creative third-person combat, but a second playable character doesn’t do much to change the formula. For + Fast level changes enabled by SSD + Grinding levels are particularly fun + Creative weapons for hectic combat + Plenty of… Read more

SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience safely returns four astronauts to Earth

Four astronauts returned from the International Space Station early Sunday morning aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico nearly six months after arriving at the orbital laboratory in November last year as the first operational, long-duration crew under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon… Read more

Here’s how the Internet Archive digitizes 78rpm records

The Internet Archive, in partnership with George Blood LP, has been working since 2016 to digitize thousands of 78rpm records, some of which were made in the early 1900s. Over 250,000 records have been preserved, and the archive posted a Twitter thread yesterday detailing how each record is cleaned and filed away. At the Internet… Read more

SpaceX capsule with four astronauts on board docks with the International Space Station

A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft with four astronauts aboard successfully docked with the International Space Station early Saturday to start its six-month mission, NASA announced. Crew-2, as it’s been dubbed, is SpaceX’s third astronaut mission under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. It brings NASA’s Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency… Read more

Intel Wins Massive Patent Case, Avoiding Huge Damages

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel was the victor in a massive patent trial, avoiding paying potentially billions of dollars in penalties to semiconductor design firm VLSI. Bloomberg first reported the news of the decision, made by a jury in federal court in Waco, Texas. The two patents in question were previously owned by NXP… Read more

Victor Santos’ new comic Paranoia Killer is a dark thriller with an unassuming cartoon look

Comics have never been bigger: with Marvel TV shows, DC movies, and indie adaptations growing by the day, comic books have never been more prominent in pop culture. This ongoing Verge column recommends comic series new and old, whether you’re a longtime fan or a newcomer. Sometimes the art and narrative of a comic go… Read more

Waymo simulated real-world crashes to prove its self-driving cars can prevent deaths

In a bid to prove that its robot drivers are safer than humans, Waymo simulated dozens of real-world fatal crashes that took place in Arizona over nearly a decade. The Google spinoff discovered that replacing either vehicle in a two-car crash with its robot-guided minivans would nearly eliminate all deaths, according to data it publicized… Read more

Disney Plus Star line-up now live! Here’s everything you can watch

Home News (Image credit: Disney Plus) Today’s a good day for Disney Plus subscribers, who now have access to hundreds more hours of Disney content than they did yesterday thanks to the launch of Disney Star. Over on the House of Mouse streaming service, next to the existing Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National… Read more

Disney Plus Star line-up goes official: 270 films, 75 shows, 4 originals

Home News (Image credit: Disney Plus) There’s a wave of content coming to Disney Plus called Star next month and the full catalogue of TV and film and has just gone official. It will host four exclusive Star Originals at launch with adult animated sitcom Solar Opposites, from the makers of Rik and Morty, and… Read more

Acer launches new Predator and Nitro gaming monitors featuring HDMI 2.1

Acer is about to expand its vast portfolio of gaming monitors with three new products. Each new Acer monitor offers fast response times, 4K or WQHD resolutions, and up to a 275Hz refresh rate. One monitor belongs to Acer’s Nitro line, while the other two are part of the Predator line. The three monitors are… Read more

New test procedure for gaming laptops with Intel Tiger Lake-H, AMD Cezanne-H, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3000

The last test procedure for gaming laptops was presented for nearly two years – at that time notebooks with Intel Coffee Lake-H and Coffee Lake-H Refresh processors, as well as with cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics 2000 from the Turing family. The first laptops to also offer hardware support for ray tracing and a new… Read more

A modder has made a Nintendo 64 that’s smaller than the original’s controller

Taking an old console and making it as small as possible is a well-established tradition in the modding community, and there may be a new victor in the race to shrink the Nintendo 64 as far as possible (via Input). GmanModz has cut down an N64 to the point where it’s smaller than a GameCube… Read more

My top 5 phones of 2020 – Victor

Being knee-deep in the mobile industry on a daily basis is undoubtedly a dream job for me. For it lets me experience the latest and greatest tech. However, while far from complaining, there are certain aspects of my job I find a bit annoying. For a few years we’ve seen an avalanche of nearly-identical, bland… Read more

Depression: Measurable through the eyes

The eyes are the window to the soul, they say – some people also say “mirror”. The idea behind it: eyes express inner feelings directly – they open up insights for us that would otherwise remain inaccessible. Researchers at the Max Plack Institute for Psychiatry in Munich (MPI) found out in a study with severely… Read more

Glass fiber: Deutsche Bahn wants to complete the networking of its routes

Deutsche Bahn has now taken the first steps towards further networking its route network with fiber optic cables. It is now looking for suitable companies for the project across Europe using the award procedure, those that are still outstanding 13. 400 km to wire. This should be completed in seven years. So far, according to… Read more