[ad_1] Penguin Random House From WHAT CAN A BODY DO: How We Meet the Built World by Sara Hendren published on August 18, 2020 by Riverhead, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Copyright © 2020 Sara Hendren. One of the largest public hospitals in Asia is in the […]
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[ad_1] — Richard ‘Crysis Remastered’ can run in 8K, if your PC can handle it The $30 game is coming to the Epic Games Store, PS4 and Xbox One on September 18th. Crytek Along with a release date, Crytek and co-developer Saber Interactive unleashed a trailer that shows off the remaster’s technical capabilities. It will […]
Apple apparently blocked WordPress app updates to force IAP support
[ad_1] In yet another example of Apple’s increasingly-strained relationship with developers, WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg tweeted that the free WordPress app on iOS hadn’t seen updates for a while because “we were locked by App Store.” According to his tweet, there was no way for the company to issue updates or bug fixes until it […]
Apple court filing claims Epic’s ‘Fortnite’ setup is like shoplifting
[ad_1] “When Apple refused to fundamentally alter the way it does business to appease Epic, Epic resorted to sudden, unilateral action that blatantly breached its contracts with Apple, and simultaneously filed this lawsuit, which seeks to justify its deliberate breaches after the fact,” Schiller said. The tech giant goes on to compare Epic’s recent attempt […]
The 5G BlackBerry could be ‘the most American-made phone out there’
[ad_1] In a conversation with Engadget, Franklin was eager to address some of these questions. And even when he declined to provide specifics, he laid out an ambitious — and in some ways surprising — vision for the BlackBerry of the near future. The original plan, according to Franklin, was to build the “the most […]
Facebook is reportedly planning for Trump to meddle with election results
[ad_1] “Facebook employees are laying out contingency plans and walking through postelection scenarios that include attempts by Mr. Trump or his campaign to use the platform to delegitimize the results,” The New York Times reports. The company is also gaming out what it would do if Trump uses Facebook to “wrongly claim on the site […]
This self-strumming guitar can shred like no other
[ad_1] All of the Circle Guitar’s mechanical parts are housed in a single 3D-printed unit, according to Guitar World. Plectrums slotted into the rotating motor can play at up to 250bpm (beats per minute). There are 128 slots for picks, and you can program your own strumming pattern that can sync to a DAW. As […]
TikTok executive says it has ‘multiple paths’ to stay alive in the US
[ad_1] Trump’s executive order cited national security concerns arising from a report by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). “We’ve made it clear that we strongly disagree with the conclusions of CFIUS and we’re certainly disappointed in the outcome that we saw there,” Pappas said. “We still haven’t been presented with any […]
This week’s best deals: Amazon Echo devices, iPad mini and more
[ad_1] Shop Off to College sale on Amazon Buy Echo Plus on Amazon – $75 Buy Echo Plus on Best Buy – $75 Buy Echo Studio on Amazon – $170 Buy Echo Studio on Best Buy – $170 Echo device bundles Billy Steele / Engadget Best Buy can help you get the most bang for […]
This tiny robotic beetle travels for two hours without a battery
[ad_1] The system’s “catalytic artificial micro-muscle” is made with a nickel-titanium (NiTi) shape-memory alloy (SMA), a wire that shrinks and expands with temperature changes. That wire is coated with platinum, and when the platinum interacts with RoBeetle’s methanol fuel, a combustion reaction generates heat. The temperature changes cause a tiny vent to slide back and […]