Evolve managed to bump its online player count from 300 to a million by going free-to-play, but developer Turtle Rock says it can no longer support the shooter. "We were hungry for more but unfortunately today is the last day that Turtle Ro…
Lees meerSamsung Pay already works in a lot of places because of its canny MST magnetic tech, and the company is taking steps to make the service even more ubiquitous. Starting next year, it will work with Mastercard's Masterpass, letting more users…
Lees meerVodafone has been slapped with a hefty £4.6 million fine after failing to process customer top-ups. UK regulator Ofcom found that 10,452 pay-as-you-go (PAYG) customers weren't given a combined £150,000 in credit between December…
Lees meerNintendo's latest financial report is more dour reading for console gaming. While the company saw sales of 74.8 billion yen ($718.86 million), up since last quarter, it has to contend with an operating loss of 813 million yen ($7.8 million)…
Lees meerHave you or someone you love been appointed to an important House technology subcommittee, despite being a total dumbass? If so, Fight for the Future is here to help.Read more...
Lees meerSony Pictures has announced that Shawn Levy will be directing the live-action movie version of Uncharted. If the name sounds familiar, Levy was the executive producer and director of Netflix hit Stranger Things, and while he'll still be in…
Lees meerModern cars are equipped with all sorts of fancy new safety equipment. A side-effect of all those automated braking systems and other goodies is that your car might freak the hell out in an automated car wash, kind of like trying to get a dog into a…
Lees meerDelta invested $50 million in adding a luggage tracking feature to its app, CNN reports. The airline has currently rolled this program out in 84 cities nationwide, meaning you can now watch your luggage get left behind in real time.Read more...
Lees meerSlack is going to tap into IBM pet Watson and its cognitive computing skills, covering both bots and other conversation inferences. Slack's own Slackbot will be the first to get the intelligence makeover, with IBM and Slack looking to share…
Lees meerGoogle announced Tuesday that it is “pausing” its Fiber operations in ten cities. Google Fiber will remain in cities that Google has already laid the infrastructure for, but Alphabet is putting a halt on future development. Google will also be layin…
Lees meerSince the launch of his campaign there has been speculation that presidential candidate Donald Trump was using the 2016 race to expand his brand. That's culminated recently in speculation that he'll launch Trump TV if he loses his bid for t…
Lees meerIf you’ve ever Googled a simple question like “How old is Ted Cruz?”, you’ve probably seen Rich Answers, which highlights featured responses from the web in a little white box. As it turns out, the search engine is just as eager to answer far more r…
Lees meerIt's tough being a San Antonio Spurs fan living in New York City, since I can only watch games shown on national TV. With NBA Team Pass, though, that's not a problem. And starting today, Dish is making it available to its subscribers for $1…
Lees meerCarpooling services such as Lyft Line and UberPool already make ridesharing more affordable, but it's about to get cheaper -- if you're willing to pay in advance. Lyft is testing monthly Line passes that give you a significant discount, an…
Lees meerThe same internal, deep learning tools that Microsoft engineers used to build its human-like speech recognition engine, as well as consumer products like Skype Translator and Cortana, are now available for public use. Redmond announced toda…
Lees meerSinger, dancer, icon, and Trolls cast member Justin Timberlake participated in the great democratic experiment we call these United States of America yesterday, documenting his personal contribution in his hometown of Memphis. What the critically-ac…
Lees meerBack in March, we looked at Donald Trump cosplay—people who love to dress up as the Republican nominee for president, usually to celebrate the man rather than protest him. And ever since it’s only gotten weirder. Read more...
Lees meerIf you don't see facial motion capture everywhere in movies and video games, there's probably a good reason for it. In order to train a capture system to match expressions, you frequently have to record the actor making all kinds of faces …
Lees meerThis is easily the best video to spend your eyeball time on today. That’s partly because it’s wonderfully shot and reveals the inner workings of the machines. But it’s mostly because it’s a bunch of robots making tiny springs. Read more...
Lees meerAs is now the tradition for Marvel movies, Doctor Strange has released in the U.K. today—two weeks before it arrives in the U.S.. But as the film has released publicly, it’s suddenly become open season on spoilers, apparently, and Director Scott Der…
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