Ultra is one of a number of companies that believes blockchain and cryptocurrency can make the distribution of games more efficient and gamers more loyal. And today, the Paris company is announcing that French video game giant Ubisoft will help validate transactions on its blockchain for gamers.
Blockchain is a distributed ledger for transparent and secure transactions, and it is the foundation…
The OxygenOS Open Beta 6 update is now available for the OnePlus 7/7Pro and includes a decent selection of updates and improvements — the biggest being the ability to disable the Zen Mode.
OnePlus confirmed the update was rolling out over on the official OnePlus forums…
The full Android 10 update has been available for the Pixel 2 and 2 XL for a little while but it appears as though it has broken Wi-Fi functionality and created other issues for some people.
An extensive Google Support thread has quite a sizeable number of reports from…
Fortnite: Save the World's new area is a dungeon crawl
November 21, 2019
Battle royale may well be the most popular mode onFortnite, but the world still needs saving — and now there’s a new way to do it: dungeons.Fornite: Save the Worldhas got a new subterranean area to explore, nestled within Hexylvania. Players can find new weapons and magical loot, plus recruit new heroes to help them battle the hordes of monsters which — like…
Celonis raises $290 million for AI-powered process mining at $2.5 billion valuation
November 21, 2019
Celonis today closed a $290 million series C round for its solution that uses AI-driven data and process mining to make companies more efficient. This round raised the company’s valuation to $2.5 billion. Today’s news follows a $50 million funding round in June 2018 that…
Apple is changing the way it develops software internally following iOS 13’s buggy debut
November 21, 2019
iOS 13, especially the first couple of versions, quickly gained a reputation for being riddled with bugs and issues.
Bloomberg reports that Apple is changing the way it develops internal builds of operating systems in an attempt to stop history from repeating itself, with…
Apple will reportedly focus on overhauling the way it tests its iOS software. Bloomberg reports that Apple recently revealed changes internally that involve the company using software flags in daily builds of iOS in an attempt to stabilize future releases. The flags would allow Apple’s own developers to include changes to beta versions of iOS 14 that internal testers could then switch on…
Apple is reportedly changing the way it tests new versions of iOS and iPadOS. According to Bloomberg, the company will now work on test versions, or “daily builds,” with incomplete and bug-riddled features turned off by default. Internal testers will be able to…
Nintendo's 'Animal Crossing' subscription plans cost as much as $8
November 21, 2019
Earlier this week, Nintendo confirmed it would be adding two paid subscription levels to its free-to-play game, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. The company has since announced more information about the costs and perks of each level.
The pricier subscription level, the…
Snapchat’s Time Machine lens uses AI to age and de-age selfies
November 21, 2019
If you weren’t convinced yet that artificial intelligence will eventually be able to do pretty much anything, Snapchat is about to show you just how powerful machine learning can be — for free. Today, the popular social media app is adding a new lens called Time Machine that’s capable of aging and de-aging your face as seen through your smartphone.
Like other Snap augmented reality lenses…
