Microsoft announced today that its hit game Forza Horizon 4 is coming to Steam on March 9. You can add it to your Steam wishlist now. “The Forza franchise is headed to Steam for the first time with the award-winning Forza Horizon 4 on March 9,” Forza Horizon creative director Mike Brown writes in the […]
As noticed by MacRumors earlier today, the iOS 14.5 beta appears to let you set third-party music services as default with Siri. This means you can ask Siri to play a particular song or album and it’ll go straight to Spotify or YouTube Music. Currently, Siri only searches and plays things from whatever music you […]
Police in Minneapolis obtained a search warrant ordering Google to turn over sets of account data on vandals accused of sparking violence in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd last year. The search warrant required Google to provide account data for anyone “within the geographical region” of an AutoZone store on May […]
Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets has grown significantly due to the community’s role in driving up the stock prices of companies like GameStop, AMC, and Nokia, and the whole saga has garnered so much attention that there are currently many movies and a TV show in the works. But that increased attention has also put strain on the […]
A report by Bloomberg says that despite all the information leaking out about a possible deal between Apple and Hyundai/Kia, talks have “paused recently.” Hyundai has confirmed that it was in early talks with Apple to develop an electric car, before backing away from further comments when a subsequent report claimed a deal could be […]
Razer announced the Huntsman V2 Analog gaming keyboard. From a physical design standpoint, Razer’s newest mechanical keyboard is identical to the excellent Huntsman Elite. The difference between the two comes down to the switches. The Huntsman V2 Analog replaces the Elite’s linear optical switches with pressure-sensitive analog mechanisms. These new actuators bring a few key […]
NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park, Texas, approximately $93.3 million to deliver a suite of 10 science investigations and technology demonstrations to the Moon in 2023. The delivery, planned for Mare Crisium, a low-lying basin on the Moon’s near side, will investigate a variety of lunar surface conditions and resources. Such investigations will […]
The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced the selection of Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) to provide launch services for its SPHEREx mission. The SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) mission is meant to help scientists gather data to help them understand the […]
Xiaomi has announced its latest phone concept: a “quad-curved waterfall display.” This means that the unnamed phone’s screen not only has deep 88-degree “waterfall” curves on the left and right sides, but on the top and bottom as well, leaving no room for ports or buttons. Xiaomi says this is intended to “extend the limits […]
Earlier this week, we heard about a rather nasty vulnerability in the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077. The vulnerability, as CD Projekt Red described it, involved external DLL files and could have potentially allowed for remote code execution through untrustworthy mods or even custom saves. CD Projekt Red told players to steer clear of untrusted […]
Electronic Artsas edged closer to buying Codemasters after shareholders of the latter approved the takeover. Out of 76 shareholders, 63 approved EA’s $1.2 billion bid. Competition regulators in Germany and Austria have rubber stamped the acquisition and a court hearing will take place on February 16th. Barring any problems, EA should close the deal by […]
Microsoft today launched Viva, a new “employee experience platform,” or, in non-marketing terms, its new take on the intranet sites most large companies tend to offer their employees. This includes standard features like access to internal communications built on integrations with SharePoint, Yammer and other Microsoft tools. In addition, Viva also offers access to team […]
Apple is hard at work on virtual reality into the world of VR and mixed reality has been heavily rumored over the past several years. Now, we’ve got even more details about the company’s alleged mixed reality headset that is currently in development. If word is to be believed, Apple’s mixed reality headset may include […]
Apple’s charging cables aren’t exactly known for their durability. They often fray after a year or two and can even break down to the point where they won’t charge your device at all. Apple might have the answer to that common problem. The patent, first reported by AppleInsider, describes some different ideas for a cable […]
Google is adding heart and respiratory rate monitors to the Fit app on Pixel phones this month, and it plans to add them to other Android phones in the future. Both features rely on the smartphone camera: it measures respiratory rate by monitoring the rise and fall of a user’s chest, and heart rate by […]