Emoji always serves as a great incentive for people to update their phones. Android 11 just introduced 62 characters, but Google already has its designs ready for the new emoji coming with Unicode 13.1.
Given the .x nature of this release, there are only five emoji characters that are completely new, with all categorized as smiles and emotion:
Face in clouds
Face exhaling
Face with spiral…
These iOS 14 apps offer home screen widgets, App Clips, and much more
September 17, 2020
Apple has officially released iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and watchOS 7 to the public. The updates bring many new features to iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch users, and third-party developers have been hard at work on updating their apps to take advantage of Apple’s latest tools.
Watch the new trailer for 'Resident Evil Village'
September 17, 2020
We already knew Capcom was working on a new Resident Evil entry, but during Sony’s recent PlayStation 5 showcase, the developer shared a second trailer for Resident Evil Village. The clip features a similar atmosphere to the one we saw in June, but includes narration from…
Sony confirms PS5’s first-party launch lineup and free game upgrade plans for PS4 titles
September 17, 2020
Sony has confirmed its PlayStation 5 first-party launch lineup, as well as confirming some details around PS4 versions of its exclusive titles and how the transition from current-gen to next-gen will work. In a blog post published after revealing the price of both of its upcoming consoles (the standard for $499.99 and the digital edition without a disc drive for $399.99), Sony says it has six…
Anthony Daniels will play C-3PO in 'Tales from the Galaxy's Edge'
September 17, 2020
Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy&aposs Edge, the upcoming VR spin-off of Disney&aposs popular Star Wars-themed attraction, will feature a familiar voice. When the game arrives on Oculus Quest later this year, Anthony Daniels will reprise his role as C-3PO. …
PlayStation Plus Collection gives PS5 owners some of the best PS4 games
September 17, 2020
Want a reason to maintain your PlayStation Plus subscription? How about more than a dozen of the best titles released during the PS4 generation? Today, Sony announced that PS5 owners with an active PS Plus membership will have immediate access to something called the…
Porsche unveils awesome 2.1 MWh Megapack-like mobile charging system for electric cars
September 17, 2020
Porsche unveiled a mobile charging solution consisting of a 2.1 MWh Megapack-like battery system in a trailer that can charge 10 electric cars at once.
The EV industry is still trying to figure out all the details of the charging infrastructure required to support electrification.
For remote places and events, some are working on interesting mobile charging solutions.
Audi has deployable…
iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 are ready to download
September 17, 2020
As promised, Apple just dropped iOS 14. It’s now available on iPhone 6s and above, and it brings a whole bunch of new features. Those include home screen widgets, an App Library, Apple Clips, picture-in-picture mode and pretty significant changes to Siri and…
PlayStation 4 players can play alpha multiplayer for Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War starting September 18
September 17, 2020
During the Sony PlayStation 5 Showcase today, Activision showed off the first campaign gameplay for Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War, and it said PlayStation 4 gamers will be able to play an open alpha test of the game’s multiplayer from September 18 to September 20.
Sony’s PlayStation Plus Collection will let you play a bunch of PS4 classics on PS5 at launch
September 17, 2020
Sony has announced the PlayStation Plus Collection for PS5. Described as “a new PlayStation Plus benefit for PlayStation 5,” it’s a bundle of “generation-defining” PS4 games that you’ll be able to download at launch on the company’s new console. The games consist of first-party classics like Uncharted 4, God of War, The Last of Us: Remastered, Bloodborne, plus third-party titles like…
