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NASA Prepares to Say ‘Farewell’ to InSight Spacecraft

November 2, 2022
. NASA Prepares to Say ‘Farewell’ to InSight Spacecraft A closer look at what goes into wrapping up the mission as the spacecraft’s power supply continues to dwindle. Loading Image Comparison… Using the camera on its robotic arm, NASA’s InSight lander took these selfies on Dec. 6, 2018 – just 10 days after touchdown on Mars – and April 24, 2022. A thick layer of…
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GamingNews

EA bookings drop 5% to $1.754B in September quarter

November 2, 2022
Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit Next 2022? All sessions are now available for viewing in our on-demand library. Click here to start watching. Electronic Arts reported earnings today for the second fiscal quarter that ended September 30, as ongoing operations…
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Xbox Game Pass adds Monkey Island and Pentiment in November

November 2, 2022
Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit Next 2022? All sessions are now available for viewing in our on-demand library. Click here to start watching. Xbox has announced the first wave of games coming to Game Pass in November. It’s a stacked month with several launch…
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II breaks franchise record with $800M sold in three days

November 2, 2022
Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit Next 2022? All sessions are now available for viewing in our on-demand library. Click here to start watching. Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II has had record sales of $800 million worldwide in sell-through following the first three days from its release. The full title debuted on October 28 after hitting early-access release for the…
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MobileNews

Google Assistant ditches light mode theme on Android to be ‘consistent’ with Wear OS and TV

November 2, 2022
If you’re not using dark mode on your Android device, you might notice that Google Assistant is using a dark theme regardless, and Google says that’s intentional. Over the past few months some users have noticed that the Google Assistant only shows a dark mode theme on Android 13, even if the phone itself is set to show a light mode theme. Some have assume this is simply a bug, as Assistant…
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MobileNews

Google Lens added to the google․com homepage

November 2, 2022
Google Lens will only become more important going forward, and one sign of that is its addition to the google.com homepage today. Since it was announced at I/O 2017, the visual search tool has come to more and more surfaces. It started out on Pixel phones in Assistant and…
MobileNews

MediaTek’s next flagship chip beats even Apple’s GPU according to leaked benchmarks

November 2, 2022
MediaTek isn’t the first name most folks think of when it comes to a powerful mobile chip, but the brand seems determined to change that. This week, a leaked benchmark of the MediaTek Dimensity 9200, a sequel to last years Dimensity 9000, shows a beastly GPU that tops the charts. Early benchmarks of the MediaTek Dimensity 9200 offer some potential insight on the power this chip might bring to…
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