[ad_1] It’s handled in a suitably retro style, although it’s thankfully not hewing too closely to the blocky NES original apart from “guest appearances” by River City veterans. You can also expect anime- and manga-style cutscenes and a soundtrack from indies like Chipzel and NateWantsToBattle. The $30 beat ’em up arrives September 5th on PC […]
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LightSail 2 sends its first signals back to Earth
[ad_1] “We’re all very happy — after years of preparation, we are flying an operational spacecraft!” Bruce Betts, said LightSail program manager and Planetary Society chief scientist in a statement. The spacecraft sent its first signal back to Earth yesterday as it flew over mission control in Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Mission ground stations […]
4K ‘Akira’ Blu-ray arrives next year before the series continues
[ad_1] Before that appears, a new Akira 4K Remastered set will be released — both in Japan and the US — with a 4K and HDR conversion based on the 35mm master, complete with a 192Khz audio transfer using Dolby TrueHD. It’s set to arrive in Japan on April 24th, 2020. That wasn’t the end […]
Samsung expects another big slump in profits
[ad_1] While Samsung hasn’t explained what dragged it down this quarter, its performance early in the year suffered primarily due to a drop in memory chip sales. While its increased profits over the first quarter suggest that the Galaxy S10 and A-series launches helped, they weren’t popular enough to reverse trends. The tech giant certainly […]
Apple will soon ditch its butterfly keyboard design
[ad_1] Apple’s butterfly keyboards have been troublesome from the get-go, and are well known to fail as a result of debris or overheating. Apple rolled out a worldwide repair program for 2015-and-later MacBooks, and subsequently updated the keyboard last year to include a thin silicone barrier behind each key to help thwart dust and crumbs. […]
‘Stranger Things’ x ‘Fortnite’ crossover adds a couple of skins
[ad_1] Netflix’s release of Stranger Things 3 has brought along an unprecedented number of marketing tie-ins, which include a link to Fortnite. Some familiar-looking teleporters popped up in the game’s mall area yesterday to join already-included Scoops Ahoy ice cream powerups, and tonight Epic announced the full details of their crossover. Unfortunately, unlike the Avengers: […]
China’s Alipay will add beauty filters when you pay with your face
[ad_1] The change comes shortly after a Sina Technology poll found that 60 percent of respondents think next-gen payment systems make them look ugly. According to TechCrunch, Alipay announced the update on Weibo yesterday, and the company plans to bring the feature to retail stores within a week. Some might worry about living in a […]
Court says Amazon could be liable for third-party vendors’ products
[ad_1] By siding with the plaintiff, the appeals court reversed a lower court’s decision over a lawsuit filed by Heather Oberdorf, who was blinded when a retractable dog leash she bought from the website recoiled and hit her face. None of the parties involved in the lawsuit could get in touch with the vendor, The […]
Samsung under fire for its Australian advertising
[ad_1] Despite what the marketing materials implied, Samsung phones can’t survive being submerged in anything other than fresh water. On the company’s website, it says that the Galaxy S10 series can resist dust and (fresh) water for 30 minutes at depths up to 1.5 meters. Of course, the small print on Samsung’s website did say […]
Netflix’s ‘Pacific Rim’ anime will debut in 2020
[ad_1] The show will center around a pair of siblings who take charge of an abandoned Jaeger mech and use it to try and find their missing parents. No points for guessing whether they’ll encounter some enormous Kaiju monsters along the way. It’s one of several anime series Netflix is working on, including an animated […]