Nier: Automata's PC port was panned for its performance, among other issues, by our tech experts at Digital Foundry, yet a resilient fan has come through and released their own mod that smooths out many of this version's most central problems.The mod, created by Steam user Kaldai … | Continue reading
Twilio has launched a new feature to help developers deal with those times when encountering the pesky answering machine or voice mail. The cloud communications company has created an answering machine detection (AMD) option available for those using its Twilio Programmable Voice … | Continue reading
Verizon Wireless has selling two new budget-friendly smartphones today: the Samsung Galaxy J7 V and the LG K20 V. | Continue reading
Frank and Jordan, a dev team of two brothers, just released Wander Pug [Free] on the App Store, but are hard at work on another game, currently called Sur-5. Built in Stencyl, this is a rougelike survival game, featuring some good ole pixel art. You'll use a joystick and two butt … | Continue reading
With the latest dump of WikiLeaks data called "Dark Matter" we get to see how (allegedly) deep the CIA's affection for British TV goes. The documents, released Thursday, contain more details from the "Vault 7" leak. SEE ALSO: WikiLeaks document dump alleges the CIA can hack almo … | Continue reading
Zozi, a startup that describes itself as an OpenTable for tours and activities, and which raised $30 million from Richard Branson and others back in 2015, has laid off 30 percent of staff, TechCrunch learned and Zozi confirmed. The company says the restructuring will allow Zozi … | Continue reading
What We’re FollowingTerror’s Aftermath: ISIS has claimed responsibility for yesterday’s deadly attack outside the U.K. Parliament. The suspected terrorist, a 52-year-old British national, has also been identified. We’re tracking the latest developments here. Prime Minister Theres … | Continue reading
Twitter is testing the waters to see if highly engaged users would be interested in a paid subscription version of TweetDeck. There’s no indication to suggest that such a service will be available soon, but the idea could be to give power users and brands the necessary tools to m … | Continue reading
Today over at the Recruitring Blog, Sujay Maheshwari published a very interesting email. In it, a Google recruiter reportedly shares the five key components of acing a project manager (PM) interview. Granted, this is specific to a PM, but the tidbits within offer valuable insight … | Continue reading
Get ready for the “mommy tax.”One of the most powerful arguments against House Republicans’ embattled legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act has been that it imposes an “age tax” by raising health-insurance premiums and out-of-pocket expenses for older, working adults.To w … | Continue reading
This week at Wellesley College, six professors who serve on the Commission on Race, Ethnicity, and Equity, a committee at the highly selective liberal arts school, sent an email to fellow faculty members urging a radical shift in campus culture. Under the status quo, the Northwes … | Continue reading
Twitter is considering offering a paid subscription to power users, including brands and news organizations, The Verge has confirmed. Twitter users today began tweeting screenshots of the survey and a mock-up of what the premium version of Twitter could look like, with new analyt … | Continue reading
Electric cars and buses have already begun to take over the world, as evidenced by daily sightings of EV brands like Tesla, Prius, Bolt and Proterra on US roads. But two-wheeled EV’s are still a rare sight. The motorcycle industry has been much slower to put out all-electric and … | Continue reading
Social media can be hard. I’m not speaking hypothetically here. There have definitely been days where I’ve thought, Shoot, it’s been way too long since I’ve posted on Instagram or Twitter — and then completely failed to post anyway because I had nothing to say. Maybe I would’ve … | Continue reading
Workflow, the well liked automation app that Apple just picked up through an acquisition, got its start in 2014 at a hackathon in Michigan, of all places. Nick Frey, Conrad Kramer, Veeral Patel, and Ari Weinstein built the app in January 2014, for a Major League Hacking student m … | Continue reading
One way Theranos is hoping to stay afloat is by offering double the shares — including some of founder Elizabeth Holmes own shares — to investors if they promise not to sue. Theranos is knee-deep in an avalanche of lawsuits from investors and consumers of its blood testing produ … | Continue reading
For all of the interesting themes that can be found in the published works of Choice of Games, one of the more common ones is that of war. I suppose that's no different from a lot of forms of entertainment, but it does start to feel like I'm re-living Disney's Mulan over and over … | Continue reading
T-Mobile has already begun shipping the LG G6 to some of its early pre-order customers well before the carrier officially begins sales. | Continue reading
Today in 5 LinesThe U.S. House canceled tonight’s vote on the Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, after the White House and the conservative House Freedom Caucus failed to reach a deal on the legislation. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced t … | Continue reading
For all of its customization benefits, Android has never been well known for having the most user-friendly settings options. Case in point: setting a custom ringtone for devices running the AOSP version of Android has, in the past, involved plugging your phone into your computer … | Continue reading
Wasteland 3 will be Brian Fargo’s swan song. The CEO of InXile Entertainment and the founder of Interplay told Eurogamer he plans to retire after the post-apocalyptic game ships in 2019. “I think some relaxation is in order,” Fargo said in an email to GamesBeat. “I’ve been on the … | Continue reading
DENVER (AP) -- Sacramento Kings point guard Ty Lawson has denied that he violated his probation in a Colorado drunken driving case by drinking and failing to complete community service. | Continue reading
In a stunning 8-0 decision in the case Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a higher standard of education for children with disabilities. Advocates and parents say the case dramatically expands the rights of special-education stud … | Continue reading
NewWind has designed a generator with 63 micro wind turbines that look like leaves on a tree. The company wants to encourage sustainable living in urban environments with its quiet, aesthetically pleasing product. Read more...More about Standalone Featured, Real Time Video, Real … | Continue reading
Samsung is poised to finally reveal the long-awaited Galaxy S8 next week But we’re more excited to see how Samsung will follow up the spectacular failure of last year's Galaxy Note7 — you know, the phone that kept exploding. The only thing we've heard so far is that there's new … | Continue reading
Lionsgate is a movie and TV studio known for films like Twilight and The Hunger Games. But now it’s also getting a reputation in games. And today, the company had a “helluva good day,” according to game chief Peter Levin. Today, the company and its partners released Power Rangers … | Continue reading
Donald Trump welcomed members of the American Trucking Association to the White House today to listen to truckers and CEOs talk about healthcare. Later, the leader of the free world got in the cab of a truck and pretended to drive it. He pulled the horn and made some funny faces … | Continue reading
American teens spend far more time on sports than they do on their studies. At least that’s how international students see it, according to a report out Wednesday from the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution. In an effort to “shed light on what is peculi … | Continue reading
Senators Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have reintroduced the Security and Privacy in Your Car (SPY Car) Act of 2017. They first introduced the bill, along with a similar bill for aircraft, during the last session.The SPY Car Act places the onus … | Continue reading
Box CEO Aaron Levie isn't one to keep his mouth shut, providing often witty commentary on Twitter, at conferences and on television about Silicon Valley and the state of the industry.SEE ALSO: What CEOs are saying about the Muslim ban, and what they actually meanIn the last two y … | Continue reading
At the Scale: The Future of Tech and Entertainment conference in Santa Monica, California, Disney CEO Bob Iger spoke on a variety of topics, from his tenure at Disney, the next installments of the Star Wars franchise, and that the company is looking at what comes after 2019’s Epi … | Continue reading
WikiLeaks' latest document dump allegedly shows the CIA has devoted a lot of time to going after Apple products. The leaking organization released another dose of documents on Thursday that detail "several CIA projects that infect Apple Mac firmware ... developed by the CIA's Emb … | Continue reading
Fans of The West Wing might recall the infamous “Big Block of Cheese Day,” a fictitious day in which the show’s White House staffers honor the petitions of small interest groups. In the episode, Press Secretary C.J. Craig and Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman enter a meeting fully … | Continue reading
The eighth season of the animated TV comedy Archer will include a hidden storyline that can be discovered by using a companion smartphone app. | Continue reading
Gaming sales are slowing down at GameStop, but the company is quickly transitioning into a one-stop shop for hardcore enthusiasts who want more than just the games. GameStop‘s collectibles business rose to $212.4 million last quarter, which is a year-over-year increase of 27.8 pe … | Continue reading
The Baselworld 2017 watch show is in full swing, and Samsung is using it as an opportunity to show off three new series of concepts from watch designer Yvan Arpa inspired by its Gear S3 smartwatch, including an honest-to-god pocket watch version of the Gear S3. That’s right, it’s … | Continue reading
GameStop said that revenues for its fourth quarter ended January 28 dropped 13.6 percent to $3.05 billion, while net income was down 18 percent to $208.7 million. On an adjusted basis, earnings were $243.8 million, down 3 percent from a year ago. Those earnings were below analyst … | Continue reading
Google has partnered with Howard University to launch a school branch right on the company’s campus, where undergraduate students will have a chance to learn from Google engineers in addition to the university’s own faculty.The new campus, called Howard West, “is now the centerpi … | Continue reading
Online secondary ticket marketplace Vivid Seats is looking for a buyer and they’re hoping to fetch a price of about $1.5 billion, TechCrunch has learned. According to multiple sources, private equity firm Vista Equity Partners is working with Morgan Stanley to unload Vivid, whic … | Continue reading
Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic is removing the vocal performance of YouTube personality Jon "JonTron" Jafari, who plays a bit part in the game, after he made a series of inflammatory comments about immigrants and people of colour.Jafari recently expressed a multitude of bigoted … | Continue reading
Ahoy Games has just released Tiny Bombers [Free] onto the App Store, and if you like Bomberman, this is worth checking out. Basically, the concept is Bomberman, where you have bombs on a grid where you can upgrade the number of bombs and how far the explosions reach, and you lay … | Continue reading
LONDON—Within seconds of Wednesday’s terrorist attack, the Houses of Parliament went into lockdown. Doors were bolted shut by staff, and MPs were locked into the Chamber of Commons. Minutes later, militarized police from a response team set up in the wake of the Paris attacks spr … | Continue reading
Kids are not to be trusted. And now, thanks to Uber for teens, they don't have to be.The scandal-plagued ride-hail company announced Thursday a new program allowing parents to add teenagers to a "family profile," thus allowing plucky youngsters aged 13 to 17 the ability to hail a … | Continue reading
Mexican studio Migdal Arquitectos have completed in 2016 Casa O Cuatro, a stunning two-storey residence located in Mexico City, Mexico. | Continue reading
The last round of leaks covered the covert tools used by the CIA to exploit Android, Windows, and other platforms. This time it's Apple's turn in the spotlight.The post Latest WikiLeaks docs show how the CIA hacked iPhones and MacBooks appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Bitcoin Core developers released a new technology roadmap today that charts the project's panned transition from its current digital signature algorithm to a more advanced alternative. If implemented, the proposal would find 'Schnorr signatures' replacing the ECDSA signatures bit … | Continue reading
When Subramanian Sundaram’s team hit a roadblock in its quest to build a 3D printed robot, it turned, as roboticists often do, to nature. The team of MIT researchers drew inspiration for the latest step in the process from the golden tortoise beetle – a North America beetle spec … | Continue reading
The volatile nature of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has worked both ways. Traders peg their hopes on volatility to make money while those who prefer investing long-term dread the price fall. The very nature of cryptocurrencies has also forced various central banks across th … | Continue reading