Category: Tech

Humble’s You Can Pet The Dog bundle is exactly what it sounds like

[ad_1] One of the most important questions in video games these days is Can You Pet The Dog? After all, even in the bleakest of virtual worlds, you want to show some affection to a good doggo. That’s why Humble has teamed up with the Twitter account of the same name to highlight eight games […]

A reality show wants to send its winning contestant to the ISS

[ad_1] Deadline says that Space Hero is working with Axiom Space, a company working to build its own commercial space station in the future. It has secured a potential trip to the ISS at some point in 2021, riding a SpaceX Crew Dragon to the space station, and carrying three space tourists. Axiom confirmed to […]

NVIDIA apologizes for RTX 3080 ordering fiasco

[ad_1] NVIDIA did a great job getting gamers hyped up for the launch of its RTX 3080, which does offer a huge leap in performance over the last generation. When it came time to sell it yesterday morning, however, the train went a bit off the rails. NVIDIA apparently failed to account for the excitement […]

Apple’s online store is opening in India on September 23rd

[ad_1] The Indian store will offer personalized engraving in English, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu for AirPods and in English for iPad and Apple Pencil. Like in other regions, the company will enforce contactless delivery in the country as a precautionary measure against COVID—19. iPhones are a popular premium smartphone among Indian […]

Xbox Series X, Series S pre-orders start September 22nd at 11AM ET

[ad_1] 🎮 Pre-order the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S starting on September 22 🎮 Xbox All Access pre-orders will also begin 🎮 It’s all finally happening Get your exact local start time and participating retailers here: https://t.co/J0aD6zo9C5 pic.twitter.com/eXoti60WDg — Xbox (@Xbox) September 17, 2020 If you’re in the UK, then pre-orders will also […]

Apple’s latest iOS 14.2 beta adds a built-in control for Shazam

[ad_1] Two years after completing its $400 million acquisition of Shazam, Apple is showing developers what the technology can do when it’s integrated directly with iOS. A version of the iOS 14.2 beta that’s currently in testing includes the ability to add Shazam’s Music Recognition in the Control Center panel. When enabled, it can recognize […]

‘Fortnite: Save the World’ will shut down on macOS September 23rd

[ad_1] As a result, refunds are coming to “all players who purchased any Save the World Founder’s or Starter Packs (including Upgrades) and played Save the World on macOS between September 17, 2019 and September 17, 2020.” This announcement comes just after Apple said in a legal filing that Epic’s actions are a thinly-disguised attempt […]

Someone turned Lego Mario into a controller for ‘Super Mario Bros.’

[ad_1] The reason Rick was able to make the toy work with Super Mario Bros. is that the figure features an accelerometer, gyroscope and Bluetooth chip to allow it to communicate with the different physical and digital elements that make up the Lego Super Mario sets. All told, the project took @r1ckp approximately four hours. […]

Spotify belatedly adds notifications for new podcast episodes

[ad_1] Spotify has rolled out mobile push notifications for new podcast episodes starting today, the streaming app announced in a statement. It’s a relatively small development, but one that indicates Spotify is continuing to strengthen its podcast offerings — although it’s also playing catch-up to apps that have long had this feature. To take advantage […]

Amazon Fresh grocery store in Los Angeles opens to the public

[ad_1] If that’s not enough automation for you, there are also Echo Show stations throughout the store where you can ask Alexa to point you in the direction of a specific product. Besides groceries, you can also pick up your same-day Amazon Prime deliveries from the store, and there’s even the option to pre-order deli […]