[ad_1] Until Lime arrived, most of London’s bikeshare competitors were smaller companies. Now that Uber is getting in the game, there’s another large-scale player, and it can rival Lime in terms of pricing and scale. The new Jump fleet will cost £1 to unlock and £0.12 per minute, with your first five minutes free. Lime’s […]
Author: Randall
‘Overwatch’ will let you rewatch your matches from any angle
[ad_1] You’ll be able to rewatch your ten most recent matches, though the replays will reset whenever there’s a new patch, just as with highlights. You can observe from another player’s perspective, a third-person view or a free-floating camera, and speed up or slow down the action as you desire. You’ll also be able to […]
Snap could let users add songs to their disappearing messages
[ad_1] WSJ says Snap was compelled to start discussions with the music companies, because its rivals’ music features have been gaining popularity. Facebook, for instance, has been putting its licensing deals to good use by rolling out features for Stories — for its main platform and for Instagram — that encourage the use of background […]
Science has brought back the scent of a long-dead flower
[ad_1] For a moment, though, London’s iconic Barbican center will let you smell a fragment of our lost history. In the corner of a new AI exhibit, a cuboid hood dangles from the ceiling. Inside are four nozzles that slowly release carefully-chosen fragrances into the air around you. Bark. Pine. Mint. I’m no smell expert, […]
‘Knights of the Old Republic’ could become a Star Wars movie
[ad_1] KOTOR is set almost 4,000 years before the founding of Galactic Empire and takes place way before the events in the prequel trilogy. Since Lucasfilm and parent company Disney have yet to confirm the next movies’ details, it’s not clear if the film based on the game would be the next one shown in […]
Apple fans get real about the MacBook Air 2018
[ad_1] Display One of the features that most impressed both Dana and our readers was the improved 2,560 x 1,600 screen. Dana called the display more vibrant despite the glossy finish’s occasional glare. Various e readers agreed that the screen was a step up, with Vlad deeming it “a breath of fresh air … The […]
AMD partner leaks two mid-range Navi GPUs
[ad_1] NVIDIA’s RTX 2070 and RTX 2060 cost the same $499 and $399, respectively, but have ray-tracing capability that AMD’s cards will apparently lack. Given the more advanced 7-nanometer tech, AMD could nip NVIDIA when it comes to power efficiency. However, at this point, AMD’s pricing seems a bit high. If NVIDIA decided to drop […]
Amazon’s Kindle now supports Traditional Chinese books
[ad_1] In addition to launching a new portal, Amazon has made sure that its search function works for the horizontal reading experience. If you want everything in your Kindle app or e-reader to display menu options in Traditional Chinese, you can now do that, as well. You can also do everything you can do with […]
Petzval unveils its first lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras
[ad_1] It also has an eight-bladed aperture with dual controls, letting you swap out the plates for heart-, star- and snowflake-shaped ones. That’s a pretty gimmicky feature, but could be a hit with wedding or baby photographers. For the first time, Lomography is pitching the Petzval lens to video shooters, letting them set focus marks […]
SpaceX just launched a Falcon 9 loaded with Starlink internet satellites
[ad_1] After a pair of scrubbed launch attempts last week, SpaceX’s first rocket loaded with 60 Starlink satellites has successfully taken off from Cape Canaveral. One hour and two minutes after the 10:30 PM ET launch the satellites begin deployment, heading toward their operational altitude of 550km above the Earth. The 227kg units will use […]