Thursday, August 10, 2017

MMO Updates

MMO Updates

Consumer Reports pulls recommendation from Surface PCs

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 09:44 AM PDT

While Consumer Reports has previously given Microsoft Surface products good reviews for lab performance measures like battery life, speed and display quality, it's now pulling its "recommended" rating from four Microsoft laptops due to reliability is...

Twitch's desktop streaming app is officially here

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 09:30 AM PDT

Twitch's desktop app is ready for primetime after spending a few months in beta. The company has just launched the full version of the application, and it comes with the various features it added to the original communications platform it acquired la...

Fitbit’s overdue smartwatch probably won’t win any design awards

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 09:05 AM PDT

We've discussed Fitbit's struggles to create a smartwatch, and we've even covered previously leaked photographs of the device. Now, Wareable has final pictures of the device it says are from a source inside Fitbit. It looks similar to what we reporte...

IKEA smart lights now play nicely with Apple HomeKit

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 08:42 AM PDT

IKEA's Tradfri smart lighting line is an impressive system at a relatively affordable price point, and it just got even better. Earlier this year, IKEA announced that it would be integrating Tradfri with Apple's HomeKit. Today, the Swedish furniture...

Samsung inexplicably opens up its Android browser

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 08:01 AM PDT

Samsung has announced that the new version of its browser, Samsung Internet, can be used on any relatively new Android phone, which is good news if you're bored of existing mobile browsers that already do the job perfectly well. The Korean tech gian...

Vertu’s fire sale phones are still too expensive

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 07:40 AM PDT

Last month, we reported that British luxury phone maker Vertu was closing up shop due to financial difficulties. Now, the company is auctioning off pretty much everything in its warehouses. If you ever wanted to snag a Vertu phone on the cheap, this...

Cult classic 'Night Trap’ remaster limited to 5,000 physical copies

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 07:22 AM PDT

If you're keen to get your hands on the remake of Night Trap, you'll have to be quick. To build on its cult standing, the campy horror game will only be available in a limited run when it lands tomorrow. Physical versions of the game will be restrict...

TalkTalk fined £100,000 for long-forgotten 2014 data breach

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 07:15 AM PDT

Enough time has passed that TalkTalk has bounced back from its reputation-damaging data debacle of 2015, which saw hackers steal the personal details of over 150,000 of its customers. That earned the company a £400,000 fine from the UK's Inform...

ASOS adds visual search to ease your fashion hunt

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 07:01 AM PDT

Visual search is fast becoming a staple of shopping apps, and ASOS is the latest online retailer to welcome the feature. The UK-based online fashion giant has updated its iOS application with the ability to search for clothes and accessories using ph...

GM expands car rental service for gig economy workers

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 06:39 AM PDT

With Uber's money-losing car lease program apparently ending, GM is rushing in to fill the void with Maven Gig. The automaker announced that it's expanding from its current San Diego and San Francisco locations to other cities across the US. Starting...

FCC wants mobile data to count as broadband internet

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 06:21 AM PDT

The FCC under Chairman Ajit Pai is signaling new broadband policy changes that can only be described as friendly to ISPs and hostile to consumers. In a "Notice of Inquiry," a public comment step often taken ahead of rule changes, the commission propo...

The weird and wonderful world of soccer transfers on Twitter

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 06:10 AM PDT

Football. Soccer. Calcio. Futbol. Fußball. Whatever you call it, the world's favourite game continues to grow in terms of players, viewership and, of course, money. Just last week, Brazilian forward Neymar sealed a whopping €222 million ($...

Uber’s in-app chat is for people who really don’t want to talk

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 06:00 AM PDT

Uber hit a whopping 5 billion rides in May, up from 2 billion rides a year ago. That equals an unquantifiable amount of passenger-driver interactions. Therefore, it's odd that reaching out to your Uber chauffeur has always been such a cumbersome proc...

LG V30's camera has the lowest f-stop in a smartphone

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 05:56 AM PDT

After focusing on audio for the V20, LG decided to shift its successor's selling point to something else: its camera. We still have a few weeks before V30's launch, but the phonemaker has followed up a leak of its hands-on footage with the revelation...

'W Magazine' shows how fashion is embracing augmented reality

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 05:00 AM PDT

The fashion world loves augmented reality. From Gap to Nike, brands are trying to find different ways to integrate the technology into their retail experience. Now W Magazine, one of the most prominent fashion publications, is treading a similar path...

Mayor of London promises public 4G on the Tube by 2019

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 04:35 AM PDT

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has vowed to bring proper mobile connectivity to the London Underground, including platforms and tunnels, by 2019. It's a promise that we've heard many times before, but this time it might actually happen because it's tied...

Cassini will take five victory laps before plunging into Saturn

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 04:00 AM PDT

Over the past few months, Cassini took the closest pictures of Saturn's rings we've ever seen that it was pretty easy to forget that the probe was nearing its end. It actually dove in and out of the rings to prepare for its poetic death, and now it's...

The Morning After: Thursday, August 10th 2017

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 03:00 AM PDT

Today we're looking at edible robot surgeons, EVs that will go (some) distance, and free apples. In-game ones, but still! Happy Thursday morning.

Sky Q’s Dolby Atmos support arrives for new Premier League season

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 02:50 AM PDT

When Sky surprised subscribers with the launch of its new Devialet-made surround sound speaker late last month, it also dropped in news that Sky Q customers would soon enjoy enhanced sound courtesy of Dolby Atmos. At the time, the company remained co...

Kaspersky and Microsoft reach truce over antivirus software

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 02:15 AM PDT

Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab appear to have reached a truce over their ongoing antivirus (AV) software battle. The Moscow-based cyber security firm has agreed to withdraw antitrust complaints following Microsoft's announcement that it would change the...

Fidelity lets clients view their bitcoin balance on its site

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 01:29 AM PDT

Fidelity Investments announced in May that it would soon let its clients view their bitcoin and other cryptocurrency balances on its website, provided it was stored on Coinbase. Embracing unregulated cryptocoins was seen as a bold move by the brokera...

Overwatch League adds new teams from Rams, Cloud9 owners

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 12:01 AM PDT

Blizzard's official professional esports league for Overwatch continues to round into shape, and today announced two more franchises have been purchased. That puts the count at nine teams total, including the two announced today with one in Los Angel...

Google and Blizzard invite you to train AI with 'StarCraft II'

Posted: 09 Aug 2017 11:29 PM PDT

Google, apparently tired of trouncing human players at Go with its DeepMind AI, set its computer intelligence up with Blizzard's video game Starcraft II last fall. It seems that was more than a stunt: Today, Google announced it has built a whole rese...

Kids can learn to code Xbox and PC games at Microsoft stores

Posted: 09 Aug 2017 10:31 PM PDT

There are a ton of initiatives to help kids (and adults) learn to code these days. Google has lessons for teens to code animates scenes starring Wonder Woman, Apple has the kid-friendly Swift Playgrounds and a partnership with Tynker, and even Facebo...

Ron Gilbert's 'Thimbleweed Park' adventure is coming to the Switch

Posted: 09 Aug 2017 09:46 PM PDT

Ron Gilbert has had his fingers in quite a few adventure games over the years, including Lucas Arts' Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion, along with Hothead Games' Penny Arcade Adventures, Death Spank, and Dobule Fine Productions' The Cave. He also spen...
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