GamingNews

SkateBird grinds its way to Switch in late 2020

December 10, 2019
Nintendo announced during its indie game showcase today that SkateBird is coming to Switch in late 2020. SkateBird takes inspiration from the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series. But instead of playing as, you know, a human, you’re a bird. SkateBird is also coming out to PC next year. This is the first console version announced for the game. Glass Bottom Gaming is developing SkateBird. The studio also…
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GamingNews

Axiom Verge 2 is coming to Switch in fall 2020

December 10, 2019
Nintendo closed its latest indies showcasing by announcing Axiom Verge 2, which is coming to Switch in fall 2020. The first Axiom Verge came out back in 2015. It is a Metroidvania, meaning it’s a 2D game with an emphasis on exploration. Axiom Verge earned praise for its…
AI & RoboticsNews

Why you can’t just take pictures at the Queer in AI workshop at NeurIPS

December 10, 2019
This week at NeurIPS, the biggest AI research conference in the world, attendees of the Queer in AI workshop could choose multiple stickers for their badges. There were stickers for preferred gender pronouns, and next to the nonprofit’s rainbow brain logo stickers was a stack of red and blue stickers that indicate if a member is comfortable being photographed. Blue = photo, red = no photo. For…
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MobileNews

Portrait mode for Google Duo begins rolling out on Android

December 10, 2019
Yesterday, Google unveiled its first proper “feature drop” for Pixel phones, bringing a variety of new Pixel-specific features to apps like Google Duo. Another new feature has begun to become available for Google Duo, regardless of if you use a Pixel phone, in the form of portrait blur. Last week, a teardown of the Pixel Tips app revealed a number of new features coming to Google apps in…
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ComputersNews

Apple's redesigned Mac Pro is now available

December 10, 2019
Right on cue, Apple has started taking orders for the redesigned Mac Pro and its optional Pro Display XDR. The workstation is available starting at $5,999 with an eight-core 3.5GHz Xeon processor, 32GB of RAM, Radeon Pro 580X graphics and a 256GB solid-state drive. In a…
MobileNews

Google built its own tiny HDMI 2.1 box to jump-start ‘the next generation of Android TV’

December 10, 2019
Today, Google is announcing that Android 10 is arriving on Android TV, and it’s about as bland of an update as they come. Primarily, it’s just the performance and security benefits of Android 10, without a single new user-facing feature. But at the bottom of Google’s blog post, the company hints at why: Google’s busy prepping for the “next-generation of Android TV,” starting with the…
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