Monthly Archives: July 2022

Kirby’s rolling to your Switch this summer in Dream Buffet

Image: Nintendo Kirby’s getting yet another Switch game; this time, it’s a four-player competition to see who can gobble up the most strawberries. The trailer for Kirby’s Dream Buffet has Kirby and friends rolling across food-themed obstacle courses while shapeshifting into desserts, like a cupcake or chocolate bar, that grant him different powers. Kirby’s Dream…

Genetically engineered pig hearts transplanted into dead people

Researchers gave pig hearts to brain-dead patients. | Image: NYU Langone Health Researchers successfully transplanted genetically modified pig hearts into two recently deceased people connected to ventilators, the New York University team announced today. The surgeries are the latest step forward in the field of animal-to-human transplants, or xenotransplantation, which has seen a flurry of…

What’s Bluetooth LE Audio? Explaining the spec and what it means for wireless sound

Enlarge (credit: Scharon Harding) On Tuesday, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the industry group that makes the Bluetooth wireless standard, announced the completion of its latest specification: Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Audio. Like Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth LE Audio focuses more on power efficiency than the classic version of Bluetooth. It also seeks to provide…

Prime Day’s best gaming deals: Free Mass Effect, lots of board games, and more

Enlarge / Mass Effect Legendary Edition. (credit: BioWare / EA) Amazon’s Prime Day sale isn’t known for hosting tons of gaming deals, but this year’s sale includes a few notable discounts. After digging through Amazon’s detritus and cross-checking price histories, we’ve picked out the best Prime Day gaming deals below. Among the highlights are a…