Whether you’re a Stephen King fan or not, chances are you’ll be familiar with his work. It’s pretty hard not to be. Even if you’ve never read any of the horror author’s stories, you’ll almost certainly have stumbled across some of them on screen, particularly considering there are so damn many of them (somewhere around…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
A new feature coming to Chrome could give a boost to your laptop’s battery – potentially solving one of the biggest problems with using Google’s web browser on a mobile device. According to the About Chromebooks website, there’s a new flag (which is an experimental feature) in Chrome OS 105 which stops JavaScript running in…
How quickly can AMD’s FSR 2.0 (FidelityFX Super Resolution) be bolted on to a game? Pretty swiftly indeed, as demonstrated in an eye-opening livestream session conducted by a software development engineer at Team Red. Panos Karabelas (who was previously a rendering programmer at Codemasters, of DiRT and F1 fame) has now posted that stream up…
Netflix has a new hit movie on its hands – and the streamer should learn a valuable lesson from the fact that it’s an animated flick. The Sea Beast, a swashbuckling CGI adventure film from the mind of Chris Williams – whose credits include Frozen II (story artist), Moana (writer), and Big Hero 6 (director)…
Google Docs is set to get a whole lot more collaborative as the platform rolls out its latest upgrade. First announced at Google I/O 2021 and rolling out to users now, the new Pageless feature essentially gives you and whoever else you share your documents with, extra space to make alterations, suggestions and edits. Instead…
You can’t say Nintendo Switch Online is devoid of interesting inclusions, as an upcoming addition of an N64 classic proves. The Nintendo Switch‘s online subscription service is set to get Pokémon Puzzle League on July 15. The N64 puzzler comes hot on the heels of Pokémon Snap which came to the service just last month….
The global chip shortage, also called the semiconductor shortage, is something that seems to have snuck up on everyone in the world, even though it’s something that should have been obvious. Just about everything nowadays has silicon chips in it, from our phones and computers to our kitchen appliances and even our cars. And all…
The American Airline flight was flying over international waters at the time of the reported theft. Eliyahu Yosef Parypa/Shutterstock An American Airlines passenger stands accused of stealing over $10,000 in cash during a flight. Court documents allege Diego Sebastian Radio conducted the theft on a plane from Argentina to Miami. On landing he was searched….
US futures fell Friday as investors wait for the latest jobs report. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid US stock futures fell Friday ahead of the monthly US jobs report, watched for signs of cooling in the labor market. The jobs data is “likely to be a double-edged sword for investors” as it could lead to harder rate hikes,…
Secret Service director James Murray. Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images US Secret Service director James Murray is leaving to become Snap’s security chief. The White House said his retirement was unrelated to the January 6 congressional hearings. Murray will report directly to Snap chief executive Evan Spiegel. The head of the US Secret Service, James Murray, is…