The Legend of Zelda turned 35 on Sunday, February 21, but Nintendo let the anniversary pass by without making much noise. If you’re a fan of the publisher’s major adventure series, you might find the silence distressing. But if you look at the anniversary as marketing, Nintendo’s decisions make more sense.
When a corporation celebrates an anniversary, it is with the purpose of selling more…
Nintendo teases Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 port for Switch
February 23, 2021
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 is probably on its way to the Nintendo Switch. Tony Hawk, Activision, Nintendo, and Crash Bandicoot all teased the possibility in posts on Twitter today. This started with Tony Hawk posting a tweet asking for Crash Bandicoot’s help.
“Just…
Roblox plans to list shares on March 10, reports 82% revenue growth to $923 million for 2020
February 23, 2021
Roblox, the platform for user-generated games, will go public through a direct listing of its shares on March 10. The company also reported that it lost $253.3 million on revenues of $923.9 million for the year ended December 31.
The San Mateo, California-based company…
LG denies the Rollable phone has been put on hold
February 23, 2021
LG Electronics has told The Verge that the company’s phone with a resizable screen, the LG Rollable, has not been put on hold. “I can firmly deny that any such decision on future mobile products has been finalized,” says an LG spokesperson. The denial comes in response to a report from Yonhap News that LG had reportedly told parts suppliers that the Rollable had been put on hold and that…
The dream of autonomous vehicles is that they can avoid human error and save lives, but a new European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) report has found that autonomous vehicles are “highly vulnerable to a wide range of attacks” that could be dangerous for…
Concept: The natural next step for the iOS emoji keyboard after search is favorites
February 23, 2021
As Apple adds more emoji with each subsequent iOS update, it’s getting harder and harder to sift through all them just to find the emoji you want to use. The “frequently used” emoji panel helps with this to some extent, but it is dynamic and only “remembers” so…
iOS 14.5 makes zero-click exploits ‘significantly harder’ according to security researchers
February 23, 2021
Amid the other new features in iOS 14.5, Apple has also implemented changes to how it secures the code running in iOS. As reported by Motherboard, the changes Apple has made behind the scenes here will make it harder for hackers to develop zero-click exploits.
The report cites multiple security researchers who believe that these changes will make zero-click exploits harder. These are exploits…
Genius Scan for iPhone gets overhaul with next-gen AI, shadow removal, smart renaming
February 23, 2021
Developer The Grizzly Labs is out with a major update to its popular Genius Scan app for iPhone and iPad. The new build features a totally overhauled app with “a next-generation AI” under the hood for smarter and enhanced filtering, smart document renaming, shadow…
Twitter relaunches ‘review before you tweet’ prompt on iOS to discourage offensive replies
February 23, 2021
Back in May of 2020, Twitter started testing a feature on iOS aimed at helping users rethink a reply before hitting the send button when it might contain offensive language. After pausing the testing, Twitter has announced today that it has relaunched the…
The foldable space continues to heat up as early issues are worked out. Today, Huawei launched its latest foldable, the Huawei Mate X2, which throws out the previous design and adopts what we love about the Galaxy Z Fold 2. Oh, and it costs $3,000.
Huawei’s original Mate X and Mate XS both offered a design that saw the display fold around its frame, leaving it exposed at all times with the…
