[ad_1] It’s a significant step for Rockstar — it’s a brand new PC version of a marquee title available through a streaming service. It’s also likely the closest you’ll get to having a mobile version of Rockstar’s modern games, at least for a while. RDR2 simply demands too much processing power and storage from current […]
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Two classic ‘House of the Dead’ games are being remade for current consoles
[ad_1] Originally released in 1996, House of the Dead leans hard into its campy style. The stories, characters and dialog are absurd, but in the best way possible. Notably, many of the zombies in the games are fast-moving, which was unheard of in the mid ’90s, long before 28 Days Later, which brought agile undead […]
The best laptop stands
[ad_1] Who should get this Photo: Sarah Kobos When you’re using a computer, the top of the screen should be just above eye level, and your keyboard should be just below elbow level. This arrangement isn’t possible with a laptop alone: Because its screen and keyboard are so close together, you either have to hunch […]
‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ is coming to PC on November 5th
[ad_1] If you pre-order the game before October 22nd through the company’s recently launched Rockstar Games Launcher, you can get two of any of the following games for free: Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Bully: Scholarship Edition, L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition and Max Payne 3: […]
Watch Samsung’s Galaxy Fold fall woefully short of 200,000 folds
[ad_1] Using a machine built by SquareTrade, CNET repeatedly opened and closed the Galaxy Fold for hours on end. It held up for 119,380 folds (about 14 hours) before the screen and hinge were damaged. That’s less than the estimated 200,000 times a person would open and close the Fold over a five-year period. Of […]
Save up to $129 on the Apple Watch Series 4
[ad_1] If you want the Series 4 in a different finish, Amazon has discounted the gold, space black and space gray models as well, though only by $50 if it has them in stock. Likewise, the 40mm models are on sale as well, but again only by a modest $50 for both the GPS and […]
Chrome will block HTTP content from loading on secure sites
[ad_1] According to Google, Chrome users now spend over 90 percent of their browsing time on HTTPS on all major platforms. But it’s common for those secure pages to load insecure HTTP subresources. Many of those subresources are blocked by default, but some sneak in as images, audio and video, or “mixed content.” That mixed […]
Snapchat’s first swipeable lens is an AR partnership with Tinder
[ad_1] “The Lens was built specially for Swipe Night to recreate for Snapchat users the swiping experience from the new interactive show,” Tinder says. “Each directional swipe will bring the user to a different Snapchat experience, depending on their choice.” The lens will arrive along with the six-episode series Swipe Night, which debuts On October […]
NASA will soon start testing its first all-electric X-plane
[ad_1] NASA will begin by conducting ground tests on the Mod II to prepare for the project’s next phases, which will include taxi and, eventually, flight tests. It’s not entirely clear when those will take place, but the Mod III and IV configurations of the plane will have wings unlike the current iteration. When a […]
Facebook pulls hundreds of propaganda accounts linked to PR firms
[ad_1] In particular, the firms created fake accounts and used them to post anti-Qatar, anti-Iran and pro-UAE propaganda. Egypt and the UAE cut off their ties with Qatar a couple of years ago, accusing the country’s government of supporting terrorism. Here’s a sample post by one of the fake Pages: BuzzFeed News, which previously discovered […]