We got a quick look at Tableaux this afternoon, and it's one of those games that I'm sort of surprised that there aren't way more games doing this sort of thing. So Tableaux is less of a game and more of a framework to play tons of different games as it's a totally open table | Continue reading
According to a local report, two men in the city of Valencia, capital of the state of Carabobo, Venezuela were arrested by the Bolivarian Intelligence Service, the primary intelligence agency in Venezuela. The arrests were made few days ago, for mining bitcoin. Earlier this week … | Continue reading
When NHTSA announced yesterday that 20 manufacturers had agreed to include automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems as standard equipment on all new cars by 2022, many people noted that plenty of cars you can buy right now have this technology on board. You might think that in 2 … | Continue reading
Sony may be working on a new version of the PlayStation 4 that's able to output 4K graphics for games. Kotaku reports hearing about the PlayStation 4 upgrade from several developers, who Sony has briefed on the plans. It's not stated when the upgraded PlayStation will be ready or … | Continue reading
GUEST: Throughout 2015, Bitcoin exchanges, mining, and trading firms in Australia received letters from their bankers. The message was the same; the commercial banks were withdrawing their services. The banks gave little explanation for the move, but these termination of service … | Continue reading
We're only three months into 2016, and it's already turning out to be a very strange year for console gaming: Microsoft came out publicly in favor of upgrading the Xbox One, and a new report today says that Sony is planning on doing something very similar. | Continue reading
Has Twitter reversed course on plans to increase the character limit on tweets? That’s what you might think when reading the press coverage of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s appearance on The Today Show, but I’m not convinced that there was really a big change of heart. You may recall … | Continue reading
The accessibility of game development has made it almost anyone who is interested in making a game can just download the (typically totally free) tools and just go nuts building whatever they feel like doing. That's exactly what Nicole Stark, her husband, and their four daughters … | Continue reading
Former Apple chief executive John Sculley believes that his old company is doing an excellent job in the debate with the U.S. government over helping it decrypt San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone. Sculley laid out his views on the subject in an interview today wit … | Continue reading
Raw Fury announced recently that they are bringing their Steam hit game Kingdom to mobile. Developed by Noio, Kingdom is a 2D simulation of a king or queen building out a new kingdom from scratch. Starting off by building the center of the base, recruiting troops, and assigning t … | Continue reading
Living in this post-Hearthstone world, it's evident that people are hungry for collectable card games. Star Crusade aims to take a bite out of that market with a surprisingly cool new game that feels a lot like existing CCG's while having a bunch of new interesting thing that mak … | Continue reading
T-Mobile is not quite sure you are convinced to buy the LG G5, so they are throwing in some freebies for anyone who purchases the modular handset soon enough. | Continue reading
When I caught Whitney’s performance Wednesday afternoon here in Austin, it was under the worst possible conditions. A crammed schedule and a chance at a can’t-miss interview meant the band was rushing from gig to gig, and they didn’t make it to the venue until after their schedul … | Continue reading
Well, here we go again. As it did with Clash of Clans [Free] Town Hall 11 Update, Supercell has started teasing us about what's to come in the next update and also announced the first in a number of frequent balancing updates to come in 2016. Shifting away from doing only major u … | Continue reading
Tom Hanks: Oscar winner, American treasure, and all-around good samaritan. While many celebrities will use their social media followings to make a buck and shill for products, Hanks is hoping his reach can reunite owners with lost pieces of clothing.Hanks doesn't tweet much, whic … | Continue reading
Ticket to Earth from Robot Circus is an upcoming turn based RPG with an interesting twist of a new mash-up game mechanic. While it's still early in the development for Ticket to Earth, with the game is expected to launch late in the year, the early game play is there and it looks … | Continue reading
Bitcoin prices traded largely between $410 and $420 during the week between 11th March and 18th March, as 30m BTC was traded on exchanges globally. The digital currency’s price movements were largely subdued, starting the week out at $416.24 on 11th March at 12:00 UTC before surp … | Continue reading
Wondering what it looks like when AMD and Nvidia video cards are sitting in the same computer, running a program together? Here’s what it looks like — and how it changes performance for the graphics-intensive real-time strategy game, Ashes of the Singularity. In the video above, … | Continue reading
Machine Learning Innovation in the Information, Communications and Technology Industries | Continue reading
If you were excited by the prospect of a new, smaller iPhone SE — a new video showing off a 3D printed model and leaked case may get you all worked up. The well known Sonny Dickson, who has some friends down Apple’s supply chain, sent a case over to TechSmartt. From there, the cr … | Continue reading
While there's a ton of talented artists in the mobile gaming landscape, PagodaWest Games could make a great case for being the best at what they do. Major Magnet [$1.99] and Major Magnet Arcade [Free] are stupid gorgeous. Even Circle Frenzy [Free], a high score chaser, has much b … | Continue reading
About 24 hours ago, Uphold sent out a mailer to all its users announcing the introduction of two new cryptocurrencies on its platform. The cloud-based financial services company will now support Litecoin and Ethereum. The company aiming at creating the ‘Internet of Money’ as it c … | Continue reading
Matt Walker faced the problem a lot of divorced fathers face: How could he spend more time with his children.The Australian dad, who lives in America, didn't want to be just a blip in his children's lives, he wanted to be there full time. So he taught himself electronics, bought … | Continue reading
Parking tickets actually earn cities less money than when people pay the meters like they should. The problem is that even new meters that let you pay by phone or credit are such a hassle that people don’t use them and hope they don’t get caught. But Y Combinator startup Meter Fe … | Continue reading
As we close in on Monday’s Apple event, the rumor mill is hard at work — and tells us the smaller iPad Pro will have a premium pricetag. According to 9to5Mac, the 9.7-inch Pro will start at $599 (Wi-Fi version), a $100 price hike from the iPad Air 2. Fortunately, it will have 32G … | Continue reading
Storefront has shut down. The company, which specializes in making it easier for anyone to find and rent short-term retail space, announced on its site that as of March 17, it was no longer in operations. It didn’t provide any specific reason for the sudden closure. Founded in 20 … | Continue reading
Streaming music service SoundCloud today announced that it has finalized a deal with Sony Music, confirming reports from earlier this week citing sources who claimed the deal had finally been done. The deal will increase the number of songs listeners can access via SoundCloud and … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Rapidly growing smartphone brand Alcatel, manufactured by China’s TCL Corporation, showed off a pair of handsets from its flagship Idol sub-brand at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. But the Idol 4 and Idol 4S are only two of an expected four Idol-b … | Continue reading
PixelLicker, the developers of Slayin' [$0.99], the mega-rad Flash game that later hit iOS, are back at work on a new game about to hit iOS, and it's looking fantastic. Treasure Buster will have you launching your character around various rooms trying to hit enemies and collect t … | Continue reading
We’re investigating the nature of these Innovation Engines in a series of What To Think podcasts, sponsored by Pivotal Tracker, and columns by VentureBeat editor at large Dylan Tweney. Tune in here to learn the secrets behind the tech world’s most successful platforms. In this we … | Continue reading
As technology companies and automakers race to put a driverless car on the road, they might want to take a look at a small experiment being conducted in the Netherlands. WEpods, an abbreviation of Wageningen and Ede, two towns in the south-central province of Gelderland, will soo … | Continue reading
Gillmor Gang – Dan Farber, John Taschek, Keith Teare, Kevin MArks, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session today at 1pmPT.Our live chat stream during the show broadcastGillmor Gang’s Facebook page HEREG3’s archive on ustreamG3’s Facebook page HERE Read More | Continue reading
So you've just finished Daredevil season 2 and are looking for something else to watch — fortunately, Netflix has a pretty good suggestion. At the end of Daredevil's final episode, it's hidden a first teaser for Luke Cage, another Marvel superhero series featuring a character tha … | Continue reading
We knew Uber would make an order for autonomous cars at some point; it's inevitable. However, the idea that it just ordered $96 billion worth of Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedans is insane.See also: Sorry, Tesla: The world’s fastest electric car is made in... Croatia?A recent Reuters … | Continue reading
You'll never believe it, but Emily is still at SXSW in Austin, where the events have shifted from the film festival and interactive conference to the sprawling, inconcievably huge music festival. And what better time to talk about the effect music has on our brains? We've all bee … | Continue reading
Earlier this week we brought you news that Anonymous was planning to launch “total war” on Donald Trump. Today, the hacktivist’s fired the opening salvo. The group followed through on earlier threats by posting extensive personal information about Trump — including a social secur … | Continue reading
From Hercules to Superman, humankind has always been fascinated by characters who defy the natural limits of the human body. Scientists haven’t yet figured out how to give us flight, but we know that increased cognition, strength and motor function are all possible using neurosti … | Continue reading
Formula E, the all-electric racing series, is launching a "virtual championship" consisting of a month-long Forza Motorsport 6 eSports tournament. The competition starts next weekend and will last for four rounds leading up to the end of the series' second season in July. Gamers … | Continue reading
Managed by Q, an office cleaning and management startup, announced today that starting July 1 — and over the next 5 years — it will set aside 5 percent of the company for its on-demand employees. It’s not unusual for startups to offer their employees equity, but on-demand compani … | Continue reading
The ever-stylish and wallet-friendly Lenovo K3 Note is starting to get Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. | Continue reading
If you’re a tutor looking to offer your services online, a startup called Coach aims to give you the tools you need. CEO Spencer Fry created a similar platform, in some ways, when he co-founded CarbonMade, which offers designers and artists an easy way to showcase their portfolio … | Continue reading
Turns out that the Playstation VR may not be all the new hardware Sony is working on. According to a report by Kotaku, the company is building a ‘PS 4.5’ with upgraded specs to handle the imminent onslaught of 4K and virtual reality games. The company has reportedly reached out t … | Continue reading
As always, Bulkypix has a ton of games coming out in the near future, and I was able to go hands-on with some of them here at GDC this week. First up was the virtual reality version of Please, Don't Touch Anything [$1.99] which we enjoyed in our review and picked as our Game of | Continue reading
Once again, major browsers fell at the two-day security contest Pwn2Own. Security flaws in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Apple Safari were all successfully exploited. A total of $460,000 was awarded for 21 vulnerabilities across the three browsers as well as Windows, OS X, a … | Continue reading
Simon Pegg is in talks to join the cast of Steven Spielberg's sci-fi film Ready Player One, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film, an adaptation of Ernest Cline's fiction novel of the same name, is set in the year 2044, when everyone spends a majority of their time in a v … | Continue reading