Porsche’s smartphone integration has long been Apple-centric unless you were upgrading a classic car, but that’s finally going to change. The automaker is making Android Auto available for the first time in new cars, starting with the 2022 model year 911. You can grab Google Maps directions from your Android phone when you’re headed to […]
Many in the industry pulled the plug on April Fools’ Day pranks in 2020 as tension from the emerging COVID-19 pandemic was high, Google included. Now, for the second year in a row, Google is skipping April Fools’ Day 2021. Business Insider has obtained an internal email stating that Google will not create a series […]
Microsoft is bringing 16 original Xbox and Xbox 360 games to the company’s Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) service today. Titles like Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, the original Banjo-Kazooie, and Fallout: New Vegas are all now available to stream to Android devices. Microsoft is also enabling touch controls for Jetpac Refuelled, Viva Pinata, and Viva Pinata […]
YouTube has announced it’s experimenting with hiding dislikes to discourage “dislike mobs” from deliberately downvoting videos from creators and channels. The experiment is a different implementation than the solutions the company had previously discussed, but it is similar to other attempts platforms like Instagram have taken to nip targeted attacks in the bud. In the […]
Facebook is introducing a handful of new features that will give users greater control over their News Feed, including an easier way to turn off the feed’s algorithmic ranking and display content in the order it was posted instead. The changes build on previous tweaks to News Feed functionality. Last October, Facebook introduced a “Favorites” […]
CD Projekt Red has outlined its roadmap for the open-world game. The bad news is that it’s “reconsidering” its plan to launch a Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer mode as its next AAA release. Instead, the Polish studio is focusing on bringing online into “all of its franchises one day.” CD Projekt Red’s CEO Adam Kici?ski detailed […]
Chip designer Arm has announced Armv9, its first new chip architecture in a decade following Armv8 way back in 2011. According to Arm, Armv9 offers three major improvements over the previous architecture: security, better AI performance, and faster performance in general. These benefits should eventually trickle down to devices with processors based on Arm’s designs. […]
SpaceX launched its fourth Starship prototype in less than four months March 30, only to have the vehicle apparently crash once again. The Starship SN11 vehicle lifted off at approximately 9 a.m. Eastern from the company’s Boca Chica, Texas, test site, despite heavy fog that made it all but impossible to see the vehicle ascend. […]
Spotify is moving into the audio chat space that’s been popularized by Clubhouse over the past year. The company announced plans for a “live audio experience,” which it says creators and users have been requesting. The platform announced today that it’s acquiring Betty Labs, the company behind the live sports audio app Locker Room. Spotify […]
The first trailer for the Star Wars: The Clone Wars spin-off series, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, is jam-packed with the five members of the Bad Batch, a team of rejected clones that worked because of their differences with action and blasters and suplexes. The trailer does a decent job of setting up the stakes […]
In the second part of its two-day keynote, Xiaomi unveiled its first foldable phone, the Mi Mix Fold, which follows the same inward-folding, dual-screen form factor as Huawei’s Mate X2 and Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 2. What makes this device stand out, though, is the “liquid lens” on one of its rear cameras. The inner […]
Sony has officially announced the upcoming discontinuation of PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation Vita digital stores that was previously reported to be happening this summer. The shutdown dates were also confirmed today. The PS3 and PSP stores will be shutting down on July 2, while the Vita’s store will close on Aug. 27. If […]
Cyberpunk 2077’s 1.2 patch is now available to download on PC and consoles, with the Stadia release to follow later in the week. Fixes range from quality-of-life improvements to game-crashing bugs, including improvements to vehicles, police forces, NPC behavior, quests, and much more. The full list is available on the game’s website. CD Projekt Red […]
It’s been six years since its last golf video game and EA has signed a new deal with the PGA Tour, with a new title already in the works. A Sports PGA Tour, a “next-gen” revival of the PGA Tour franchise. Few details are available at this early stage, but EA Tiburon is helming the […]
Following the Mi 11 which introduced the Snapdragon 888 flagship processor to the market, Xiaomi is now back with a high spec smartphone. The new Mi 11 Ultra is the first smartphone to utilize Samsung’s more powerful ISOCELL GN2 sensor for its main camera, and to get the most out of it, the device packs […]