GamingNews

Bethesda faces broad class-action lawsuit over Fallout 4 DLC as Microsoft takeover looms

February 23, 2021
Bethesda Softworks and its parent firm, ZeniMax Media, are about to face some uncomfortable questions in a class-action lawsuit about how they treated the loyal fans of the 2015 hit game Fallout 4. And that’s an annoying problem, as Microsoft is getting ready to buy Bethesda Softworks in a $7.5 billion acquisition. While ZeniMax’s founder was a lawyer — the recently deceased Robert Altman…
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NewsPhotography

‘Don’t Upgrade Your Camera Gear Unless It’s Limiting You’

February 23, 2021
I recently came across an interesting comment made by a participant in a photography forum: “You should only upgrade your camera only if it’s limiting you, not just because you have the money to.” This is the explanation for how I grew out of my first body and kit lens, but also the reason why I haven’t upgraded my body for the past 7+ years since moving to full-frame. Back in 2008, I…
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MobileNews

Quill launches as a team messaging antithesis to Slack with native iPhone and Mac apps

February 23, 2021
An all-new team messaging service is out today called Quill, and it’s positioned as as being “for people that focus” with “conversations designed for people, not bots.” The new team messenger features a thoughtful design with advanced features like “structured” and “social channels,” retroactive threads, passive/priority mentions, nested channels, and much more. Quill, the new…
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MobileNews

Qualcomm and Lofelt join forces with aim to improve Android haptics

February 23, 2021
The gold standard of smartphone haptics has — unfortunately — been Apple and the Taptic Engine for years at this stage. We’ve seen great improvements from the likes of Google, Oppo, Xiaomi, and OnePlus, but Qualcomm and Lofelt have now partnered with the express aim to “bring advanced haptics to the Android ecosystem.” Often our interactions with our smartphones are brief, but nuances…
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