Category: News
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IMDb launches movie streaming service through ad support
Following similar footsteps of YouTube with their recent availability of movies to stream for free. The only requirement is ads will be placed during the showing. It is a nice compromise to lessen the need for piracy. In IMDb’s sake, they launched a service called Freedive. Only requiring an IMDb or Amazon account to use…
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Epic Games and Improbable Team Up
After Unity’s licensing changes were brought to Improbable’s attention. Improbable is the company that developed SpatialOS which uses cloud-based server migration for multiplayer gaming. It allows a higher capacity of worlds and players to play in one server by dividing the workload into smaller ones. Development using the cloud-based software in Unity games were halted.…
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Bungie departs from Activision
After a rough year from launching Destiny 2, sales weren’t meeting Activision’s expectations. Pressure from the giant was taking its toll on the former Halo developer. Under a 10-year contract for 4 games to be developed for the publisher. Deadlines were what pushed Bungie to aim for targets instead of quality of the content. That…
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AMD announces Radeon VII
Watch out RTX 2080, there’s a new competitor in town. The new 7nm graphics card by AMD has been unveiled at CES. It will be shipped starting on February 7th and priced at $699. You guessed it, that is the same price as the nVidia RTX 2080. The second-gen Vega architecture is 25 percent more…
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New Dell XPS 13 Fixes Webcam Position, Finally
Right out of CES 2019, Dell launches the next generation of their XPS series. Being awarded the Honoree in the Computer Hardware and Components Category. The 13 inch ultrabook model, 9380, packs with an 8th Generation Intel Core processor, new white color option and support for Dolby Vision. Despite these great features, the notable update…
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Alien: Blackout Announced by Fox
A brand new game that is coming to Google Play, Apple Appstore and Amazon Apps. Developed by D3 Go! who are responsible for Marvel Puzzle Quest and Adventure Gnome. You return as Amanda Ripley, from Alien: Isolation, as another Xenomorph is unleashed aboard a crippled Weyland-Yutani space station. Tasked to survive in seven levels through…
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nVidia’s RTX 2060 debuts prior to CES 2019
Releasing on January 15th, the graphics card company nVidia has unveiled their mid-range competitor against AMD. Priced at $350, it is more powerful than the previous generation 1060. Even more impressive is the 60-percent increase in performance surpassing the 1070 Ti, as well as the capability to run RTX in Battlefield V at 60 frames…
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First Vehicle with Stand-alone Google Auto Debut under Volvo
In a press announcement from car manufacturer Volvo, they revealed information of their upcoming electric car. Polestar 2 is the brand’s first fully-electric car with a range of 300 miles with a 400 HP engine. Google’s Android Auto currently requires a cellular phone connected to the vehicle to allow it to run. Fortunately, Google is…
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China’s Moon Rover Powers Up
After several days in hibernation on the far side of the Moon. The successful launch of Jade Rabbit 2 has now re-established contact with the relay satellite that is being used to communicate between Earth and the rover. An image released from the Chinese National Space Administration, shows the location of the original touchdown from…
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CES 2019: LG to showcase ‘Sound on Display’
There are rumors that Samsung will also showcase new technology for their upcoming and future phones. However, LG managed to debut the technology in last year’s CES. The technology has been available in televisions for sometime and now it’s headed to smaller screens. For Samsung, rumors for their phones will be hiding the speaker behind…