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Aluminum batteries still aren’t available outside of labs, and you shouldn’t expect this breakthrough to be available any time soon. They’re still half as energy-dense as lithium-ion cells, and the scientists are busy working on more effective electrolytes and charging systems. If aluminum does reach parity with lithium, however, it could lead to a sea change where renewable energy and electric cars run on more readily available and recyclable materials.
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The service also includes a global leaderboard and social challenges, and it’ll support both the classic joystick and modern controller. And if you like to play on other platforms, the upgraded collection will be available elsewhere if you have a VCS account.
The VCS edition of Antstream Arcade will cost you. Once your 30-day trial is up, it’ll cost you either $10 per month or $96 per year to access the catalog. Yes, that’s yet another gaming subscription to maintain. Look at it this way, though: this will give you plenty of game choices right from the start, even if VCS-optimized titles ultimately prove to be uncommon.
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This is believed to be the first auction of this kind by UK police. The money raised will go toward fighting crime. It’s also meant to show that there’s no place to hide criminal assets, one officer said.
This isn’t Gunton’s first run-in with the law. He played a key role in the 2015 TalkTalk breach that leaked 156,959 customers’ personal details. In 2016, he was sentenced to a 12-month youth rehabilitation order. As The Guardian reported at the time, that sentence was meant to “draw him from the lonely confines of a bedroom and that lonely world of computing to a family where his knowledge and skills could be put to good use and to project that out to the wider world.”
In 2016, Gunton said he wasn’t trying to profit from the TalkTalk breach. He was just “showing off.” Apparently, he didn’t learn his lesson the first time and moved on to full-blown money laundering.
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Despite shaving off more than a tenth of the computer, HP was able to build better cooling and thermals into the device. If you weren’t a fan of the lineup’s two-tone “Nightfall Black” and “Poseidon Blue” color options, the good news is that HP will offer the new model in a simpler “Natural Silver” color variant (pictured above). For the privacy-minded, there’s also a new kill switch on the side of the computer that cuts power to the webcam.
Internally, the x360 includes Intel’s latest 10th generation Core i5 and Core i7 processors. You can now also equip the computer with a new 4K AMOLED display that maxes out at a bright 400nits. The 4K display also includes DCI-P3 wide color gamut coverage, making it ideal for editing photos and video, as well as support for VESA’s new True Black HDR format. If HDR wasn’t already complicated enough on PCs, True Black HDR is technically a step below HDR 10 and Dolby Vision, but should still make games and video content look better. Complimenting the 4K display is an anti-reflection coating that HP says makes the screen more useable outside.
HP has also updated the X360’s LTE and WiFi modems. They’re now Cat 16 and WiFi 6 capable, which should lead to faster connectivity if you can find compatible networks. Moreover, the LTE modem comes standard with the computer, instead of being an optional add-on. As before, HP claims you can get 22 hours of battery life of its laptop. While it’s likely to fall short of that mark, with fast charging the X360’s battery is able to get back up to a 50 percent charge in 30 minutes.
The new 13-inch Spectre x360 convertible laptop will be available in October, starting at $1,099 for the base model with Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM and 256GB SSD. You’ll have to pay a $400 premium to get the top-end model with 4K AMOLED display. Upgrading to the more expensive model also nets you a Core i7 processor, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD that’s complemented by a 32GB Intel Optane memory module. Best Buy will also carry the laptop when it becomes available later this fall.
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The full title of the game translates to “Nintendo Switch Training for Adults with Brain Training Supervised by Prof. Ryuta Kawashima, Research Institute for Aging Medicine, Tohoku University” and it will have features like support for two players and battle modes. The challenges look to be similar to the original game, with mathematics puzzles, memory tests and pattern recognition tasks for you to work through.
The game will use the Switch’s Joy-Cons for input, using their infrared cameras to record hand and finger movements so players can use their fingers to indicate the answer to a calculation problem, for example.
There’s another throwback input device supported as well: a capacitive stylus for writing answers to puzzles on the Switch’s screen. This retro approach harks back to the original franchise, and the stylus will be released alongside the game for ¥864 ($8).
The original Brain Age games were recommended by some Japanese doctors to stimulate the brains of seniors and to slow memory loss, however, scientific studies found that mental exercises like those found in the game were not actually effective at lessening mental decline. In either case, the game was certainly fun and was hugely popular with kids and adults as well as older people.
The new Brain Age for Switch will be released in Japan on December 27th, but there’s no word yet on when or whether it will be released in other countries.
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According to Chris Velazco, “A dark mode, helpfully redesigned apps and Voice Control add offer more flexibility out of the box, and now that iOS 13.1 has filed down a lot of the initial release’s rough edges, it’s finally worth installing.”
Microsoft ‘Flight Simulator’ hands-on
Microsoft is now accepting applications for a pre-alpha Flight Simulator Insider program due to kick off later this year. The full game will launch on PC in 2020 and on Xbox after that. To find out what the ultra-realistic sim has to offer this time around, read Jessica Conditt’s impressions.
“Flight Simulator offers a new perspective on the world, period. Developers are committed to holding a mirror to reality, researching and recreating accurate atmospheres, cockpits, wind patterns, flight maneuvers, weather and locations. Even the stars in the night skies are accurate.”
Elon Musk hopes SpaceX’s Starship will reach orbit in six months
As part of a Q&A session at SpaceX’s Starship presentation on Saturday night, Musk outlined plans for rapid prototyping that could get the vessel into space in a short time frame. Starship Mk1 at Boca Chica, Texas, should have a suborbital test flight in one to two months. If all goes well, either Mk3 or an eventual Mk5 would fly an orbital test within six months. Besides his typically optimistic production timelines, Musk’s presentation also included a look at the plan for in-orbit refueling, which would help the Starship take longer trips to Mars and beyond.
‘Minecraft Earth’ launches in early access this October
Mojang and Microsoft have revealed that the augmented reality game will be available in “early access” for some countries, starting in October. It didn’t say which countries or platforms would be included, but the beta has both Android and iOS users.
Apple’s seventh-gen iPad gets bigger but keeps the same size battery
Now in its seventh generation, the “most popular” iPad that Apple sells has grown from 9.7- to 10.2-inches, ships with iPadOS and has a connector to support the company’s still-pricey keyboard add-on. The folks at iFixit attacked this new model with their assortment of tools and found that despite the new size, inside it’s still very similar to the previous model.
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Google collected over 4TB of data and textured 15 billion pixels, it said. The app will give you a tour the King and Queen’s State Apartments, the Royal Opera House, Royal Chapel and Hall of Mirrors, just to name a few of the iconic rooms. “Tapestries, paintings, ceilings, sculptures and furniture, everything is within reach of your controller to grant you unlimited and privileged access to the treasures of Versailles,” reads the description on Steam. “For a more intimate experience, switch to night mode and explore the Palace by the light of chimney fires.”
If you don’t own a Vive or Rift headset (it’s only available on those two platforms for now), Google has also unveiled an online exhibition featuring over 390 assets, including objects, artifacts and paintings. You can go on a private tour of six of the Palace’s most famous rooms, with accompanying audio from historical experts. The exhibition and app are now available from Google at its Arts & Culture site.
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It's been a long day. You get home as the sun is setting and close the door behind you, throwing down your keys and sliding off your shoes. You grab a drink and sink into the chair in front of your PC. The screen boots up and — click, click — it's…
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The bank is likewise considering proposals to count cryptocurrencies toward international reserves that have plummeted in recent years.
It’s not certain where Petroleos got the bitcoin and ethereum, let alone how much it has. There’s also no guarantee that companies would accept such a move when crypto’s relative anonymity and the potential for money laundering leads many other banks to hold off. That’s not even including the potential for further trade restrictions. This is a Hail Mary effort to sustain Venezuela’s economy (and thus the Maduro government), and it may ultimately amount to a risky experiment even if it goes ahead.
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This won’t leave TV networks sweating bullets. Variety noted that Fox saw an average of just over 2.2 million viewers, and that’s just for the US. YouTube’s streams were available worldwide.
However, the internet company doesn’t mind. It’s “really happy with the success of the entire partnership,” a spokesperson told Variety. And there may be good reason for that contentedness. Out of the 13 games, 11 were either daytime weekday games or started late for East coast audiences. They weren’t must-watch battles. In that light, YouTube may have been doing well enough to justify the deal — it just has to hope the MLB sees things the same way.
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