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NASA’s NuSTAR Makes Illuminating Discoveries With ‘Nuisance’ Light

. NASA’s NuSTAR Makes Illuminating Discoveries With ‘Nuisance’ Light A design quirk in the X-ray observatory has made it possible for astronomers to use previously unwanted light to study even more cosmic objects than before. For almost 10 years, NASA’s NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) X-ray space observatory has been studying some…
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GamingNews

Steam Deck has a surprisingly great microphone

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Valve is actively rolling out Steam Deck systems to people around the world. I’ve had one for a few weeks, and I’m still diving into many of its…
GamingNews

Nintendo adds missions and rewards to Switch Online

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Nintendo has added missions and rewards to the Nintendo Switch for anyone subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online. The Japanese gaming company follows both…
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Nexon founder Jung-Ju Kim passes away at 54

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Jung-Ju “JJ” Kim, the founder of online game publisher Nexon, passed away at age 54. Nexon announced that he passed away in Hawaii on February 28. Nexon did not provide a cause of death, but it noted that he had been undergoing treatment for depression and the symptoms had…
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GamingNews

Steam Deck is having stick drift issu — er, nevermind

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Coming off a slew of enthusiastic Steam Deck reviews, fans were getting excited about Valve’s new hardware. But a handful of reports from early adopters…
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Google rolling out ‘Fast Emergency Dialer’ to Pixel lockscreen w/ local numbers

Google is starting to roll out a new feature to its Pixel lineup, with a “Fast Emergency Dialer” that puts local contact information for police, fire, and medical services at your fingertips. Detailed on a support page, Google is adding the “Fast Emergency Dialer” to its Pixel lineup as a way of accessing local emergency numbers quickly. The feature is designed primarily for international…
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MobileNews

Android 13 adds native support for flashlight brightness, here’s how it works [Video]

For years now, iPhones and even Samsung’s Android smartphones have supported the ability to adjust the brightness of the LED flashlight on the back of your phone. Now, in Android 13, Google is finally delivering this ability to adjust flashlight brightness natively, and we’ve been able to try it out. Google has added two new APIs to Android 13. “getTorchStrengthLevel” and…
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