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North Dakota rejects bill that would've threatened Apple’s walled garden

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 02:05 PM PST

North Dakota's state senate has rejected the "anti-App Store bill" that would have upended the rules of the App Store and threatened one of the company's most important businesses. Senate Bill 2333, which would have required Apple to allow third-part...

Microsoft will test Xbox and PC games to help make them more accessible

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 02:00 PM PST

Ever since it released the Xbox Adaptive Controller in 2018, Microsoft has placed a greater emphasis on making its games more accessible to those with disabilities and impairments. Now, the company is taking perhaps its most significant step yet towa...

Marvel Studios' behind-the-scenes docuseries starts with 'WandaVision' on March 12th

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 01:40 PM PST

Marvel Studios' Assembled is a new documentary series heading to Disney+ that will take a behind-the-scenes look at the shows and films of the MCU. The first installment of Assembled will focus on WandaVision, featuring actors Elizabeth Olsen, Pa...

Microsoft starts testing a Kids Mode in its Edge browser

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 12:41 PM PST

Microsoft has started testing a Kids Mode in its Edge browser to help protect children while they're navigating the web. The company, which created the mode primarily for kids aged 5-12, is rolling it out to Edge Insiders testers on the Dev and C...

After another delay, Amazon's 'New World' MMO is coming out on August 31st

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 12:22 PM PST

Stop me if you've heard this one before, but Amazon is once again delaying New World. The company now plans to release its upcoming MMO, which was slated to come out this spring after its previous delay, on August 31st, 2021. Since pushing back the t...

Trello has a new look, logo and tools

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 11:37 AM PST

Trello today rolled out a "once-in-a-decade refresh" of its project management software, adding new visualization options and smarter cards to the platform. There are four new viewing modes for Trello boards: timeline, calendar, table and d...

'Valorant' is getting a Gun Game-inspired mode on February 17th

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 11:15 AM PST

Riot Games is bringing a new game mode to Valorant and long-time players of first-person shooters might feel right at home. Escalation, which arrives on February 17th, is Valorant's version of Gun Game, a mode that's been a staple of franchis...

IBM plans to produce net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2030

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 11:05 AM PST

IBM's operations won't produce greenhouse emissions by the end of the decade. That's the goal of the company's latest climate pledge, in which, unlike some other companies, it emphasized the importance of preventing emissions before they occur. By 20...

'Microsoft Flight Simulator' update brings better UK and Ireland visuals

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 09:54 AM PST

The third major Microsoft Flight Simulator world update has arrived and, following upgrades for the Japan and US regions, it's the UK and Ireland's turn for a makeover. The patch adds high-res 3D photogrammetry to London, Birmingham, Bristol,...

LANDR Sessions is a video chat app and streaming plugin for your DAW

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 09:27 AM PST

Like almost everyone else, musicians have been forced to turn to remote collaboration to continue making music with their friends and bandmates through the pandemic. The only problem is that mainstream video chat apps like Zoom and Meet weren't made...

Square Enix's 'Outriders' hits Stadia on April 1st

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 09:00 AM PST

Stadia users won't have to wait longer than players on other platforms to get their hands on Outriders after all. Square Enix's intriguing action RPG-shooter will hit Google's game streaming service on April 1st. Outriders is scheduled to...

‘Fortnite’ will host an animated short film festival this weekend

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 08:50 AM PST

Like just about everything else over the past year, film festivals have largely moved online. Later this week, Fortnite will hold its very own festival with a program of animated shorts. The Short Nite collection includes some Oscar nominees and y...

The short runtime of ‘WandaVision’ really is the best of both worlds

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 08:30 AM PST

Episode six of Disney+ original WandaVision certainly kicked things up a notch. That should silence complaints that the show was moving at a crawl, but one reason it felt slow is that we get so little of it every week — the longest episode, number fi...

Epic Games is behind North Dakota’s anti-App Store bill

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 08:20 AM PST

Lobbyists working for Epic Games and the Coalition for App Fairness are pushing a bill in the North Dakota senate that would force Apple to open up the App Store. Senate Bill 2333, as reported by The New York Times and Kotaku, would stipulate that us...

LastPass's free plan will make you choose between your computer and your phone

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 08:11 AM PST

You'll once again have to pay for LastPass if you intend to use it across all your devices. As of March 16th, the company is limiting LastPass Free to one device type. You can use it across all your computers or all your mobile devices, but not b...

Get nearly 150 hours of expert-led game development training for $45

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 07:55 AM PST

Once upon a time, the only way to become a game developer was the old-fashioned way: earning a degree and landing a job at a publisher. Nowadays, anyone with determination, an internet connection and the proper resources can create games on their own...

Apple announces an Entrepreneur Camp for Black Founders and Developers

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 07:18 AM PST

Apple has announced the latest program under the umbrella of its $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative. Founders and teams from 13 app companies are participating in the first Entrepreneur Camp for Black Founders and Developers. The camp...

Nintendo will stream a 50-minute Direct on February 17th at 5PM ET

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 07:02 AM PST

Here's a pleasant surprise: you're about to get a flurry of Switch game news. Nintendo has announced a last-minute, 50-minute Direct livestream starting on February 17th at 5PM Eastern. While the gaming pioneer isn't sharing too much abou...

Microsoft's Xbox Wireless Headset offers spatial audio for $100

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 07:00 AM PST

Microsoft is releasing a $100 "Xbox Wireless Headset" on the heels of its latest Series X and S console launch. With no shortage of options in the market, the new entrant will seek to build on the success of Microsoft's solid Surface He...

White House turns to Silicon Valley for help with COVID vaccine rollout

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 06:28 AM PST

The Biden administration is in talks with Amazon and several other Silicon Valley giants to help roll out COVID-19 vaccines across the country. White House spokesperson Kevin Munoz told Politico that officials are "consulting with many companies, inc...

'Silent Hill' creator teases his horror-inspired action adventure game

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 06:15 AM PST

When Silent Hill and Gravity Rush director Keiichiro Toyama left Sony in 2020 to form Bokeh Game Studio, he raised a big question: just what would he do now that he's no longer tied to a major developer? Return to his roots, apparently. IGN repor...

TikTok struck with consumer law complaints in Europe

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 06:05 AM PST

TikTok is under fire in Europe amid a growing backlash against the data collection policies of big tech and social media. The region's leading consumer advocacy group, BEUC, has filed a complaint against the Chinese-owned app with the EU's ne...

LG's 55-inch CX OLED TV is $650 off at Amazon and Best Buy

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 05:56 AM PST

LG's OLED smart TVs are some of the best you can get, but you'll have to shell out quite a bit of money for one. While the company will begin rolling out its 2021 OLED TV sets later this quarter, a solid 2020 model is hundreds off at Amazon....

EPFL engineers create a chip that detects stress levels via sweat

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 05:25 AM PST

Engineers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a wearable sensing chip that can measure the concentration of cortisol in sweat. Since cortisol is the body's hormone released in response to stress, the chip...

The Morning After: Parler is back

Posted: 16 Feb 2021 04:45 AM PST

As long as your internet connection has survived the extreme cold snap, Parler is back online. In the aftermath of the January 6th Capitol riot, Amazon suspended social network Parler's web service access on January 10th for violating its terms of se...
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