Posts

The dash of the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV has “Google built-in.” But don’t you dare use Android Auto or CarPlay.Chevrolet/General Motors Much fun has been poked at General Motors over the ill-advised statement from an executive regarding GM’s decision to eschew CarPlay and Android Auto in favor of its own homegrown infotainment system. It all surrounds statements by Tim Babbitt, GM’s head of product for infotainment,paraphrased by MotorTrend(there were no direct quotes in the piece, save for a follow-up statement from the company to attempt to tamp down the fire), that basically called systems like Google’sAndroid Autoand Apple’sCarPlaybad and unsafe....

Starfieldhas a massive expanded the amount of things you’re able to build and craft. Fromentire Outpoststo weapon mods and research projects, everything you want to craft will require specific materials to create. These materials will be found all over the various planets, either as lootable objects, ores you need to mine, or even as items you can purchase fromvarious vendors, but some will always be harder to find than others. Structural Materials, while not the rarest resource, are used in nearly every aspect of Outpost building and upgrades....

Following Embracer Group’ssale of Gearbox Entertainment, Gearbox Publishing has rebranded to Arc Games. The newly minted label will handle publishing forHyper Light Breakerwhen it launches, as well as other Gearbox projects. The situation may be confusing to those who don’t follow game industry acquisitions. The short version is that Gearbox (the developer) now exists under Take-Two Interactive, while Gearbox (the publisher) is now taking the form of Arc Games. “We’re very excited to announce that we are now Arc Games,” the publisher posted in a message onHyper Light Breaker’sX (formerly Twitter) accountMonday....

Intel is pushing laptop CPU core counts to places they’ve never been before. The company announced its13th-gen Raptor Lake mobile processorsat CES 2023, including the flagship Core i9-13980HX which includes a massive 24 cores that could top the list of thebest Intel processors. That sounds insane considering even AMD’s desktopRyzen 9 7950Xonly comes with 16 cores. But Intel’s cores aren’t all built equally. Like the previous generation, 13th-gen mobile Raptor Lake processors include a combination of performance (P) cores and efficient (E) cores....

Israel Adesanya next fight as Dricus Du Plessis world title shot beckons at UFC 305 Israel Adesanya is determined to become a three-time UFC world middleweight champion and he could get the chance to do it in his very next fight. The New Zealand-based fighter has not fought since losing hisUFCworld middleweight title to Sean Strickland in September 2023 but he has plenty of options at his disposal for his next fight....

For the past two decades,CubeSatshave been redefining our notion of what constitutes a satellite. Far from the school bus-sized hunk of metal that constitutes a classic communications satellite, CubeSats are miniaturized satellites made up of multiple 10×10×10-cm, cube-shaped units. They are both more affordable to build and launch than their gigantic older siblings — and oh yes, they use off-the-shelf components, too. CubeSats make some pretty exciting applications possible — such as watching Earth in almost real time and feeding the images back to us....

After weeks ofrumors and leaks, Apple officially revealed a new MacBook Air during an October 30 event in Brooklyn, New York. The latest Apple laptop can be ordered today and is set to become available on November 7 for $1,200. On the surface, the new MacBook Air looks a lot like the MacBook Pro with thinned-out bezels, up-firing speakers, and a slimmer profile. The sleek, new design has 50 percent narrow bezels, and four-times the screen resolution as before, for 4 million pixels total....

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stellar nursery called NGC 346, which is not only beautiful but is also leading astronomers to rethink their theories about how stars and planets could have formed in the early universe. The star cluster NGC 346 is a busy region full of star formation and is located in the nearbySmall Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way....

Samsung is holding a Galaxy Unpacked event on February 11, and a number of highly anticipated devices are expected. Thenext generation of Samsung Galaxy Foldseems likely, as does the next entry in Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S series — which will either be named the “Galaxy S11” or the “Galaxy S20.” However, it’s more than just the naming scheme in question — two notable leakers have had a public Twitter disagreement on whether Samsung’s next major flagship will use a 120Hz display....

One of the biggest mysteries on the 2025 film calendar finally receives a trailer. A24 released the first footage ofMarty Supreme, Josh Safdie’s sports dramedy starringTimothée Chalamet. Marty Supremestars Chalamet as Marty Mauser, a ping pong player in the 1950s who will go to “hell and back in pursuit of greatness.” The confident Marty believes his purpose in life is an “obligation,” not a blessing. Marty champions ping pong culture as he travels overseas to compete against the world’s best players....

McDonald’s cracks down on scalpers for ruining Pokemon card Happy Meal & wasting food McDonald’s is cracking down on scalpers after its latest Pokemon Happy Meal promo triggered chaos, mass food waste, and sold out in under 24 hours. The limited-time Pokemon Happy Meals, launched on August 8 in Japan, included a pack of promo cards with every order. Each pack contained a guaranteed Pikachu card and one random card from a pool of five....

Remember the Microsoft Band? The wrist-worn fitness tracker launched in 2014 with a disconcerting thud; our editor in chief himself reviewed the unit, and warned that “you’ll grow to hate wearing itas much as I have.” Just two years later the tech company abandoned it in the face of tough competition from the makers of similar devices. Microsoft continued to support the Band and follow-on Band 2 (our EiC’s review of that product?...

The European Space Agency’s ARIEL spacecraft on its way to Lagrange Point 2 (L2) — a gravitationally stable, Sun-centric orbit — where it will be shielded from the Sun and have a clear view of the sky. NASA’s JPL will manage the mission’s CASE instrument.ESA/STFC RAL Space/UCL/Europlanet-Science Office The hunt for distant planets or exoplanets will be getting a new tool in the next decade, with the launch of the European Space Agency’sAtmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey(ARIEL) in 2028....