ProbablyMonsters has started a new co-op role-playing game studio with former Torchlight and Borderlands creative leaders at the helm.
The new studio is the third triple-A game house from parent company ProbablyMonsters, which was started by former Bungie CEO Harold Ryan in 2016. The Bellevue, Washington-based company now has more than 150 employees in three studios, including its previously…
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time review — Crash back
October 1, 2020
Not long ago, I had written off Crash Bandicoot. After those amazing three original games on PlayStation by Naughty Dog, Activision Blizzard churned out bland sequels until the franchise seemed dead. Then 2017 brought a compilation of great remakes of those games with the N.
IBM open-sources AI for optimizing satellite communications and predicting space debris trajectories
October 1, 2020
IBM today announced two new open source projects that aim to solve the technical challenges around cube satellites, a type of miniaturized satellite for space research, and space situational awareness. Both were built by the company’s Space Tech Hub team and are available…
Skylum Unveils ‘Adaptive Templates’ Coming to Luminar AI
October 1, 2020
As Skylum continues to prep for the full launch of its AI-based photo editor, Luminar AI, the company has reveled more details about how it will work. Namely: Skylum is showing off something called ‘Adaptive Templates,’ which are essentially next-level presets with some machine learning smarts.
“Templates are more than simple presets. They are packaged workflows which use our AI tools to…
Marketing automation startup SendinBlue today announced a $160 million funding round. A company spokesperson says the money will be put toward accelerating go-to-market efforts as it adapts to growth during the pandemic.
Lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders aimed at beating…
Hands-on with iOS 14.2 beta 2 changes and features
October 1, 2020
Yesterday Apple released the second iOS 14.2 beta to developers, and today it released iOS 14.2 beta 2 to public beta testers. Watch our brief hands-on video as we showcase new iOS 14.2 beta 2 changes and features.
In the initial iOS 14.2 beta Apple made noteworthy changes…
One of Google Stadia’s most interesting features, Crowd Choice, is finally coming this week
October 1, 2020
Google has always wanted its cloud game-streaming service, Stadia, to change how YouTube streamers interact with their fans. Nearly ten months after release, Google is finally bringing its “Crowd Choice” feature to its first two games. Crowd Choice allows viewers to vote on, say, which team a streamer joins in the game, which piece of dialogue they pick, or other in-game choices the player…
Ulysses is one of the most popular writing and Markdown editor apps available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The iOS version of the app is about to get a major update with grammar and style check, which is already available in the Mac version.
The latest update of Ulysses for…
GM’s Nikola (NKLA) deal in jeopardy as tone changes, opens door to walk away from the deal
October 1, 2020
The Nikola (NKLA) and GM deal might be in jeopardy as the latter changes its tone and opens the door to walking away from the deal.
As we have been reporting over the last few weeks, Nikola is currently in hot water after a recent report from Hindenburg Research…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 30, 2020
October 1, 2020
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
