Take your time. It may be common for your kids, partner, and coworkers to tune you out, but shouldn’t your virtual assistant be different? Amazon Alexa will now practice a bit more patience with users, thanks to a Tuesday update that makes the service wait longer for a person to finish speaking commands before it […]
Kingdom Hearts ‘ Sora is the final fighter to be added in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate ‘s Challenger Pack 11 DLC. Square Enix’s beloved action RPG series is a mashup of Final Fantasy and Disney worlds. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate came out along with a bang Tuesday, with Manufacturers revealing that Kingdom Hearts ‘ Sora […]
The VR and AR category is predicted to grow the fastest. (credit: Oscar Wong/Getty ) It wasn’t long ago that virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) headsets, smartwatches, and voice-controlled homes were the fantasies of books and movies. Today, VR, AR, wearables, and smart home tech have passed the early-adoption phase and are all […]
Enlarge (credit: Hasbro) Consider this a public service announcement big enough for Flint, Gung-Ho, and Alpine to host: G.I. Joe, one of the United States’ longest-running comic and cartoon series, appears to finally be on the verge of returning to console video games in a major way. Magic: The Gathering creators Wizards of the Coast […]
Enlarge / If you own the right domain, you can intercept hundreds of thousands of innocent third parties’ email credentials, just by operating a standard webserver. (credit: Guardicore) Security researcher Amit Serper of Guardicore discovered a severe flaw in Microsoft’s autodiscover—the protocol which allows automagical configuration of an email account with only the address and […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Sony) Sony’s latest PS5 system firmware update makes some games run slightly faster, at least under certain scenarios. In a new Digital Foundry video , it was discovered that a performance bump—which affects both the console’s 1000 series launch model and recently released 1100 series model revision—appears to make certain […]
Enlarge / This looks fun. (credit: EA) Battlefield 2042 has been delayed from its initial October 22 release date, though it will still launch this year, EA announced today. The multiplayer-only shooter will now hit stores on November 19, the publisher said in a statement. Citing the complications of developing games in a work-from-home environment […]
Enlarge / A human collects their Walmart delivery from an autonomous delivery vehicle operated by Ford and Argo AI. (credit: Ford) It’s easy to feel like the autonomous vehicle industry has settled into the trough of despair. The hyperbolic buzz around self-driving cars that was all the rage a few years ago has become tempered […]
Beginning with the outstanding Porsche 956, IMSA regulations required that the driver’s feet be behind the front axle for safety reasons. Porsche extended the wheelbase and moved the pedal box behind the front wheels, allowing the 962 to be approved for racing. These IMSA-spec 962s began with Porsche’s Type 962/70 2. 8-liter flat six engines […]
Enlarge / Almost every LittleBigPlanet release just lost its online hub. (credit: Sony) After a year marked by targeted hacks and unexplained downtime, the online service for four of Sony’s LittleBigPlanet games—and arguably the heart of their “play.create.share” mantra—is no more. Announced in a tweet on its official Twitter account, online services across LittleBigPlanet Vita […]