The world is stuck at home as part of the fight against the spread of COVID-19. This has led to a huge jump in gaming activity across multiple platforms. Sony has even agreed to throttle its network to save bandwidth for more crucial data. But just because people are spending more time with games doesn’t mean kids can’t still learn. And Microsoft plans to help with that by launching free…
Following a 1.5-month beta testing period and a 3-month gap between point releases, Apple today officially released versions 13.4 of iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS to the public, alongside macOS 10.15.4 and watchOS 6.2. While many of their improvements are minor, there are a few…
A paper published by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, San Francisco research firm OpenAI, Facebook AI Research, the University of California at Berkeley, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University describes a paradigm that scales up multi-agent reinforcement learning, where…
Miso Robotics, a startup developing robots that can perform basic cooking tasks in commercial kitchens, today announced that it has deployed new tools to its platform in CaliBurger restaurants intended to improve safety and health standards. The hope is to minimize the threat of infection for patrons and delivery workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has sickened hundreds of thousands of…
Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S20 and S20+ are now $200 off
March 24, 2020
The Galaxy S20 and S20+ have only been available for a few weeks, but Samsung has already decided to create a special offer for you if you want to purchase either of these.
Both models are now $200 off at Amazon. The Galaxy S20 can be yours for $799.99 (down from $999.99)…
Roblox’s in-game Bloxy Awards draw 600,000 spectators
March 24, 2020
Roblox announced that its seventh annual Bloxy Awards drew more than 4 million concurrent players during the peak of the show and 600,000 spectators for the show itself. The event ceremony, staged inside Roblox’s game world, raised $100,000 for nonprofits.
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LG V60 Impressions: We heard you liked bloatware, so here’s another screen for all this bloatware
March 24, 2020
It’s been a long time since I’ve wanted to use an LG smartphone. When it was first announced, there was a lot about the LG V60 ThinQ that was sort of exciting, especially looking at its spec sheet. Now, I’ve spent a little over a day with the LG V60 ThinQ in my pocket, and I’ve got some early thoughts to share.
As usual with first impressions, I’m only sharing a few things that have…
Apple has announced that it is officially launching the ability for developers to sell Mac and iOS apps as a single purchase. Apple first detailed these plans back in February, teasing that the functionality would roll out to developers in March.
Apple made the announcement…
Apple is developing a new ‘CarKey’ feature that will let drivers replace physical key fobs with their iPhone. The new virtual key technology was first discovered in a beta version of iOS 13.4.
New evidence in iOS 14 code obtained byreveals that Apple is working…
How to use Group FaceTime on iPhone and iPad
March 24, 2020
Group FaceTime is a great iOS feature and with the coronavirus pandemic, it’s likely to see a lot more use as many cities, states, and even countries put in place lockdowns around the world. Follow along for two ways to start Group FaceTime calls with up to 32 people.
Group FaceTime is a handy feature that lets multiple users connect via video chat (or just audio). However, it is important…
