Confirmed: The PS5 is the biggest game console in modern history When internet detectives revealed the PlayStation 5 was going to be huge, we were extremely amused — but even their fancy Photoshops couldn’t completely prepare us for how enormous the PS5 truly is. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/16/21438782/sony-ps5-size-specs-dimensions-console-huge-large-big
The next God of War will come to the PS5 in 2021 At the end of today’s PlayStation 5 event (in which Sony finally announced pricing and a release date for its next console), there was a big tease of a surprise at the very end. The next God of […]
iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 are ready to download As promised, Apple just dropped iOS 14. It’s now available on iPhone 6s and above, and it brings a whole bunch of new features. Those include home screen widgets, an App Library, Apple Clips, picture-in-picture mode and pretty significant changes to […]
Microsoft Outlook can now be set as default mail app on iOS 14 Apple has released iOS 14 today, and Microsoft is one of the first to support the new default mail app in Apple’s latest update. Apple is introducing the ability to switch default apps for both mail and […]
AppleCare+ now covers two incidents of accidental damage per year Amid all the Watch and iPad news Apple just dropped, it quietly updated its AppleCare+ policies to make them more generous. The service will now cover two incidents of accidental damage every 12 months, instead of two incidents every 24 […]
Federal prison officers are worried drones could one day be used to airlift inmates to freedom Drones have been a problem for prisons for years now, where they’re often used to smuggle contraband behind bars. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/16/21439372/drones-prisons-doj-bop-report-smuggling-contraband
Apple has sold more than 500 million iPads over the last decade Apple revealed that it has sold more than 500 million iPads over the last 10 years. The announcement was made by CEO Tim Cook during Apple’s “Time Flies” live stream event, in which the company revealed a pair […]
Apple confirms Apple One subscription bundle, bringing together Music, TV Plus, Arcade, and more The long-rumored bundle bringing together Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, Apple Arcade, Apple News Plus, and iCloud storage is here. Apple will give customers different options to combine its streaming services in a new Apple One […]
Apple announces Apple Watch Series 6 with ability to measure blood oxygen levels Apple has announced the Apple Watch Series 6, the latest in its line of popular smartwatches. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/15/21431365/apple-watch-series-6-price-features-specs-release-date
Baby Yoda is back in The Mandalorian season 2 trailer Disney has debuted the first look at The Mandalorian’s second season just days after announcing the show will return on October 30th. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/15/21378084/mandalorian-season-2-trailer-baby-yoda-premiere-date-october
Bill and Melinda Gates say ‘shocking’ US pandemic response is due to ‘terrible leadership’ America’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been “shocking” and “unbelievable,” with matters made much worse by “terrible leadership,” said Bill and Melinda Gates in a series of interviews this week. The couple condemned the United […]
iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 arrive Sept. 16. Do this to your iPhone and iPad today Apple not only announced the Apple Watch Series 6 and the more affordable Apple Watch SE, a new iPad Air, and an updated eighth generation iPad on Tuesday. Continue Reading . . . https://www.cnet.com/how-to/ios-14-ipados-14-arrives-sept-16-do-this-prepare-iphone-ipad-today/
Microsoft’s underwater server experiment resurfaces after two years Back in 2018, Microsoft sunk an entire data center to the bottom of the Scottish sea, plunging 864 servers and 27.6 petabytes of storage 117 feet deep in the ocean. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/14/21436746/microsoft-project-natick-data-center-server-underwater-cooling-reliability
How to set Chrome or Edge as your default browser on the iOS 14 beta iOS 14 brings one of the most long-awaited features to Apple’s operating system in years: the ability to change the default browser from Apple’s Safari to a third-party option like Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or […]
Watch this animated short introducing the story of Star Wars: Squadrons If you just can’t wait for the release of Star Wars: Squadrons next month, EA has something to ease the pain. Today, the publisher released a new 7-minute animated short, which serves as a standalone story introducing one of […]
25 Years Ago We Got Genre’s Most Unapologetic Heroine Inevitably a cool lady appears on screen with a sweet outfit, a wry smile, and this sense that she is not to be fucked with wrapped around her like a cloak. Continue Reading . . . https://io9.gizmodo.com/25-years-ago-we-got-genres-most-unapologetic-heroine-1845029153
Earth Hasn’t Warmed This Fast in Tens of Millions of Years Scientists just completed one of the most comprehensive investigations of Earth’s climate history—and the findings aren’t favorable. They found that the planet could eventually warm to levels it hasn’t reached in at least 34 million years. Continue Reading . […]
Tesla Supercharger flaw lets rival EVs top up for free in Europe Tesla’s Supercharger stations normally aren’t very welcoming places to competing electric cars, but European chargers may be another story — for now. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/tesla-v3-superchargers-allow-free-charges-for-rival-evs-194629138.html
Hitting the books: How China uses AI to influence its 1.4 billion citizens The battle for international hegemony didn’t stop with the fall of the Reichstag in 1945, or of the Soviet Union in 1991 — it has simply moved online. Today, states and their actors are waging a digital […]
See Highlights From Our #DiscoverWithAlpha Challenge! For the past several months photographers around the world have shown us what they’ve discovered with their Sony cameras as part of the #DiscoverWithAlpha Global Photo Challenge. Continue Reading . . . https://alphauniverse.com/stories/see-highlights-from-our-discoverwithalpha-challenge/
