GameStop plans to launch a marketplace for nonfungible tokens for gamers by the end of the year, Bloomberg News reported Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. From the report: The company, which is in the midst of a turnaround to focus on d…
Wordle Creator Doesn’t Want His Popular Game To Take Over Your Life
The creator behind Wordle, a free browser-based puzzle game, has no plans to include ads into his suddenly super-popular game, explaining in a recent interview that he doesn’t understand why some things can’t just be fun. Creator Josh Wardle also seems…
Meta’s Oculus VR companion app gained ~2M downloads since Christmas
Consumers worldwide have downloaded Meta’s Oculus app, the mobile companion for Oculus VR devices including the Quest 2, roughly 2 million times globally since Christmas Day, according to new data from third-party app intelligence firms, Apptopia and Sensor Tower. Already, had been some indication that the Quest 2 was a popular holiday gift after the […]
The Quest 2 VR Headset Had A Hell Of A Good Holiday Season
Last holiday season the Quest 2 VR headset had gotten off to a rocky start, with reviewers praising the virtual reality headset’s tech, but panning its mandatory Facebook integration. This year, with the Facebook restrictions relaxed, Xbox and PlayStat…
Amazon expands its Sidewalk IoT network with an enterprise-grade bridge
Back in 2019, Amazon first announced its Sidewalk network, a new low-bandwidth, long-distance wireless protocol and network for connecting smart devices — and keeping them online when your own WiFi network, for example, goes down, by piggybacking on your neighbor’s network. Since last year, Amazon has been turning its Echo devices into Sidewalk bridges and […]
The Guardian view on Elizabeth Holmes: fake it to make it until you break it | Editorial
The downfall of the founder of Theranos is a story of hubris and lies – and a parable for a financial system that is badly brokenThe story of how Elizabeth Holmes came to defraud some of the richest and most powerful investors in the US, only to end up…
BMW unveils car that changes colour at touch of a button
Electronic ink wrap around electric model changes between black and white and even light and dark stripesBMW has unveiled a chameleon car that changes colour, in the latest attempt by automotive firms to combine their vehicles with cutting-edge technol…
Wordle Is a Love Story
Josh Wardle, a software engineer in Brooklyn, knew his partner loved word games, so he created a guessing game for just the two of them. As a play on his last name, he named it Wordle. But after the couple played for months, and after it rapidly became…
BlackBerry signals end of an era as it prepares to pull plug on classic phones
The company will discontinue service on all devices not running on Android softwareTuesday marks the end of an era: BlackBerry will discontinue service on its classic smartphones. So for those still holding on to their QWERTY keyboards, be warned.In a …
Fireworks Could Fizzle Out As Drones Rise In Popularity For New Year
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: As new year approaches, crowds around the world may be expecting whizzes and bangs to light up the sky. But the appeal of fireworks could fizzle out with the growing use of drones for light shows. …