Image: Sony We’re just a week out from the release of Sony’s The Last of Us remake for PS5, and on Friday, the company detailed the many accessibility options that will be available in the game. For the remake, developer Naughty Dog used the suite of accessibility features included with The Last of Us Part…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Three new Lightguide smart LED bulbs from Philips Hue appeared on Amazon.de this week. Signify looks set to release a stunning new line of light bulbs for its Philips Hue brand, as the company continues to innovate its LED-based smart lighting line. The new Lightguide line features oversized dimmable smart bulbs that come in three…
Enlarge / Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Specs at a glance: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 Display 14.0-inch 1920×1200 touchscreen (162 PPI) OS Windows 11 Pro CPU Intel Core i7-1260P (4 P-cores, 8 E-cores) RAM 16GB LPDDR5 5200 (soldered) GPU Intel Iris Xe (integrated) Storage 1TB NVMe SSD Networking Wi-Fi…
Enlarge / Moderna states that it doesn’t want to halt production or distribution of Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccine, but it does want to be paid a license for its claimed patents. (credit: Getty Images) Now that the vaccine race is over and shots are broadly available, Moderna has filed suit against Pfizer and BioNTech, claiming they infringed…
A 3D rendering of two brachiosaurus (a genus of sauropod) near a stream in the nature. Deposit Photos Fulfilling the dreams of child paleontologists everywhere, the skeletal remains of a possible sauropod, the group that includes the iconic brachiosaurus genus, have been found in a backyard. The 82-foot-long skeleton was uncovered in Pombal, a city…
Using quadcopter drones to deliver small, lightweight packages could reduce energy consumption by up to 94 percent. Pexels Contactless delivery systems boomed during the COVID-19 pandemic since they reduced the risk of transmission when delivering essential supplies like food and medications. Countries like Rwanda and Ghana used drones throughout the pandemic to limit physical contact…
If you want to break even, go APE. Cloud companies generally rely on efficiency metrics like CAC payback and LTV-to-CAC, but “they feel more like financial metrics than operational ones, and it is difficult for employees to execute against these concepts,” according to Neeraj Agrawal, Brandon Gleklen and Jack Mattei of Battery Ventures. Using data…
Top password management platform LastPass has been compromised, the company has confirmed. The firm sent an email notification to its users explaining what had happened, and reassured that despite the attack, their passwords, as well as other sensitive data, is safe. The email, signed by the company CEO, Karim Toubba, said a LastPass developer had…
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on January 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images Kevin McCarthy has made aggressive oversight a cornerstone of the GOP’s midterm messaging. A podcast discussion about Hunter Biden’s laptop stoked further outrage. “We will hold them all accountable,” McCarthy fumed online. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s response to a…
Zuckerberg and Chan in 2015. MOLLY RILEY/AFP via Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg said working with his wife Priscilla Chan has “opened up a whole new side of our relationship.” The Meta CEO told Joe Rogan that the couple learns from each other while working on the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Zuckerberg and Chan founded the organization…