There have been some ambitious Minecraft projects before, but this one may win for sheer sophistication. The modding team Floo Network is creating Minecraft School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a Harry Potter-themed role-playing experience inside a Minecraft map. You’re not just there to admire the accurate (if blocky) renditions of Hogwarts and its environs, although those are meticulous in…
Amazon France discounts iPhone 11 models by up to 165
January 13, 2020
Its not often that you see Apple offering discounts on its phones. Okay, technically this isnt Apple but Amazon France the retailer is offering up to 165 off via coupons for the iPhone 11 family. The actual value of the coupons varies by model, but its usually 10%…
The Samsung Galaxy S20 is on its way and leaks have been rolling out this week. Today, we’ve got a short spec list for the Galaxy S20 Ultra and it’s going to be pretty crazy.
According to Max Weinbach, the author…
Google hopes to tap AI and machine learning to make speedy local weather predictions. In a paper and accompanying blog post, the tech giant detailed an AI system that uses satellite images to produce “nearly instantaneous” and high-resolution forecasts — on average, with a roughly one kilometer resolution and a latency of only 5-10 minutes. The researchers behind it say it outperforms…
Download the leaked Samsung Galaxy S20 wallpapers here [Gallery]
January 13, 2020
The Samsung Galaxy S20 leaks are starting to ramp up and after the images, we now have the official S20 wallpapers and video wallpapers that you can download and adorn on your device right now…
While we have a little bit longer to wait for the devices to get an official…
YouTube lures three more top streamers away from Twitch
January 13, 2020
Twitch is once again losing some big-name streamers to YouTube. Lannan “LazarBeam” Eacott, Elliott “Muselk” Watkins and Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter (above) have announced that they’ll livestream exclusively on Google’s video…
Ubisoft’s scientists have done the unthinkable and combined the two biggest new gaming genres of the last few years. The publisher revealed today that it plans to release Might & Magic: Chess Royale for mobile and PC on January 30. As the name suggests, it mixes together elements of auto battlers (think Auto Chess) and battle royale games (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Fortnite).
In…
Android Auto app has been downloaded 100 million times
January 13, 2020
Five years after its launch, Google’s Android Auto recently passed a milestone. On the Play Store, the Android Auto app has been downloaded 100 million times (via ).
Some of Google’s apps on Android have upwards of 1 billion downloads…
For the past several months, there’s been an ongoing project at Google that’s never been announced: Android’s version of AirDrop. We first broke the news, and now, Google has apparently renamed the Android feature to “Nearby…
Xiaomi demoes a 144Hz mode for the Redmi K30 5G
January 13, 2020
Just last month the first Redmi phone with a high refresh rate screen came out, the Redmi K30 and its 5G variant had 120Hz IPS LCD panels. That may not be the best that the K30 can do Xiaomi VP Lu Weibing posted a video of the Redmi K30 5G screen running at 144Hz.
The VP says that this was a test in the laboratory and did not specify whether the company will release an official update that will…
