Who doesn’t want to know what it’s like to pet a giraffe? | Image: Sony Sony released a ten-minute-long trailer for The Last of Us Part 1 on Thursday, where the game’s directors talk through some of the improvements coming in the PlayStation 5 remake of Naughty Dog’s iconic game. The trailer takes plenty of […]
Day: July 21, 2022
Apple expanding its list of suppliers ahead of iPhone 14 launch this fall
Apple has been getting ready to begin mass production of the iPhone 14 lineup in the coming weeks as the new devices are expected to be officially announced this fall. However, as the company faces supply issues, Apple is now expanding its list of suppliers for the upcoming iPhone 14 models. more… The post Apple […]
Cowboy Tries Period Pain Simulator and Can Barely Handle How Bad It Hurts
Cowboy Tries Period Pain Simulator and Can Barely Handle How Bad It Hurts For people who have periods, that time of the month can be a painful experience. Sometimes, it’s enough to land them in the ER. To give cis men an idea of what that feels like—in a real, concrete way—Lux Perry, the CEO […]
You can make your new Pixel look like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
A cool thing about Google’s Pixel 6 series phones is their unique camera bar design. If the finish of that strip were a different color than black — specifically blue, orange, purple, or red — it would totally look kind of like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And now that you can’t unsee the resemblance, […]
Nearly 10 million foldable phones were shipped in 2021 while Apple is yet to enter this market
Foldable phones have been around for a while, and while they’re still considered a niche, Samsung claims that nearly 10 million foldables have been shipped by 2021 – a market that has been growing every year. In the meantime, Apple is yet to join the foldable phone team. more… The post Nearly 10 million foldable […]
Google Pays Tribute to Uvalde School Shooting Victim’s Colorful Artwork
Google Pays Tribute to Uvalde School Shooting Victim’s Colorful Artwork Photo: Google In March, when she submitted her drawing to the Doodle for Google contest, 10-year-old Alithia Haven Ramirez was hopeful that her art would be recognized. Unfortunately, the young artist saw her life cut short in May at the devastating school shooting in Uvalde, […]
Ubisoft’s big day of delays, cancellations: Avatar open-world game moves to FY24
Enlarge / Ubisoft insists that its first video game based on the film series Avatar is still on the way—but will now miss its original “2022” launch window. (credit: Ubisoft) Fans of gaming mega-publisher Ubisoft may have held out hope that an upcoming presentation, slated to stream online in September, might contain a few surprises […]
Will the Ukraine war force ESA to pass on Arianespace, use SpaceX?
Enlarge / The Euclid mission is ready to go—all it needs is a launch vehicle. (credit: Thales Alenia Space) The author of this piece is part of the team that has helped developed the Euclid mission. The European Space Agency had been on the verge of launching the billion-euro Euclid satellite, which is designed to […]
Zero-day used to infect Chrome users could pose threat to Edge and Safari users, too
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A secretive seller of cyberattack software recently exploited a previously unknown Chrome vulnerability and two other zero-days in campaigns that covertly infected journalists and other targets with sophisticated spyware, security researchers said. CVE-2022-2294, as the vulnerability is tracked, stems from memory corruption flaws in Web Real-Time Communications, an open source project […]
Two senators propose ban on data caps, blasting ISPs for “predatory” limits
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | ollo) US Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) want to ban Internet data caps. The senators today introduced the “Uncap America Act,” which would “prohibit predatory data caps that force families to pay high costs and unnecessary fees to access high-speed broadband,” they said in a press […]