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- Niantic admits it needs to communicate better with Pokémon Go players
- TimTheTatman, one of Twitch’s biggest streamers, moves to YouTube Gaming
- League of Legends is getting a virtual interactive heavy metal concert
- HBO Max now has a dedicated app on Vizio SmartCast TVs
- CD Projekt Red is targeting late-2021 release dates for Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3’s next-gen upgrades
- Google’s custom Chromebook CPUs could come as soon as 2023
- Microsoft announces Surface event for September 22nd
- Logitech’s Bolt USB dongle bolsters encryption for its new wireless mice and keyboards
- NASA is testing electric air taxis with Joby Aviation
- Apple says Arizona and Georgia will be first to add state IDs to iPhones
| Niantic admits it needs to communicate better with Pokémon Go players Posted: 01 Sep 2021 10:00 AM PDT  Last month Niantic sparked a backlash in the Pokémon Go community when it announced plans to reverse some of the changes it made last year to make the game more playable while staying at home. The company said it would set up a "task force" to figure out the best way to move forward and would announce its findings by today, September 1st. As announced last week, the first main point of action is that Niantic will keep the 80-meter interaction distance for pokéstops and gyms everywhere around the world, after first saying it'd revert to the pre-pandemic 40-meter distance first in the US and New Zealand. Niantic now says it realizes that altering mechanics like this in a real-time, region-specific manner is impractical, and will apply...  |
| TimTheTatman, one of Twitch’s biggest streamers, moves to YouTube Gaming Posted: 01 Sep 2021 09:52 AM PDT  Tim "TimTheTatMan" Betar, one of the most popular streamers on Twitch, is leaving to stream exclusively on YouTube Gaming. His move comes just days after another big streamer, Ben "DrLupo" Lupo, announced that he'd be switching from Twitch to YouTube as well. Betar's first stream will take place on September 2nd. In moving from Twitch, Betar is leaving behind the 7 million followers he's accrued on the Amazon-owned platform. But he won't be starting from scratch on YouTube, where he already has 3.8 million subscribers.
Speaking to Insider, Betar said the move will let him spend more time with his family. "When I started, I...  |
| League of Legends is getting a virtual interactive heavy metal concert Posted: 01 Sep 2021 09:00 AM PDT  Yet another big game is jumping into the world of virtual concerts. League of Legends creator Riot is partnering with "virtual entertainment" company Wave for an upcoming event centered on the game's in-universe heavy metal band Pentakill. The concert is set to take place on September 8th at 1:30PM PT / 4:30PM ET, and it's tied to the band's upcoming album release. You can watch it right here. From the sound of it, the Pentakill show will be a bit more involved than other virtual concerts. It's described as "an interactive journey through the full concept album," which will release after the show. (Riot has been teasing Pentakill's third album over the past little while.) Wave says that viewers will be able to "influence the performance...  |
| HBO Max now has a dedicated app on Vizio SmartCast TVs Posted: 01 Sep 2021 08:58 AM PDT  HBO Max is now available on Vizio SmartCast TVs, meaning users will no longer have to use casting workarounds to access the streaming service. Prior to today's announcement, Vizio TVs lacked a native app within SmartCast, Vizio's smart TV interface. Instead, they'd have to cast its content to their televisions using Apple AirPlay or by casting with Google. The addition of the app directly from the apps menu should make accessing HBO Max far more intuitive for SmartCast users. To mark the launch of the app on its sets, Vizio will also introduce a custom homescreen carousel to showcase HBO Max's new teaser freebies. HBO Max no longer offers free trials, though it recently announced a limited sampling of the pilot episodes of more than a...  |
| Posted: 01 Sep 2021 08:45 AM PDT  CD Projekt Red announced that the free next-gen upgrades for Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, meant for the PS5 and Xbox Series X, have target release dates for late 2021 (PDF). The company has been promising that the updates were on their way, but now we have a somewhat more specific window for when they might arrive — and it's still within this calendar year. For Cyberpunk 2077, the upgrade is a big opportunity to bring players back after its December 2020 launch, which was something of a fiasco. Releasing a free update to the game that takes advantage of the next-gen consoles' power could be a way to get players to jump back into it. From Cyberpunk 2077's launch, PS5 and Xbox Series players have been able to play the game...  |
| Google’s custom Chromebook CPUs could come as soon as 2023 Posted: 01 Sep 2021 08:21 AM PDT  Google's custom chips could expand past the Pixel 6 to Chromebook laptops and tablets as early as 2023, according to a new report from Nikkei Asia on the company's expanding emphasis on designing its own processors. The company is already preparing to release its first major custom chip this fall, with the Pixel 6's upcoming Tensor SoC. The report also lines up with rumors from 2020 that Google was planning in-house Chromebook chips after it debuted the concept on Pixel phones — something we now know is happening in a few weeks. But the Nikkei Asia report does note a few additional details, including the aforementioned 2023 timing; a confirmation that, like the Tensor chip, the Chromebook CPUs will be based on Arm; and that Google is...  |
| Microsoft announces Surface event for September 22nd Posted: 01 Sep 2021 08:04 AM PDT  Microsoft is holding a special Surface hardware event on September 22nd. The software maker has started sending media invites for this fall hardware event, although it will be online-only and not in person. Microsoft's invite says "the company will talk about devices and Windows 11," and we're expecting to see a successor to the Surface Duo and a new Surface laptop. Leaked images of Microsoft's upcoming Surface Duo 2 device appeared online in July, and we're expecting to see the official announcement of this Android-powered dual-screen hardware on September 22nd. The leaked images suggest the biggest change will be a triple camera system, complete with telephoto, ultrawide angle, and standard lenses. The Surface Duo 2 is also rumored to...  |
| Logitech’s Bolt USB dongle bolsters encryption for its new wireless mice and keyboards Posted: 01 Sep 2021 07:41 AM PDT  Logitech is known mostly for its consumer-facing products, but it's making a big play to appeal more broadly to businesses that take privacy seriously. It's launching a range of mice and keyboards that will include a new Logi Bolt USB-A dongle that aims to reduce latency in crowded workplaces and greatly boost security. These accessories can securely connect to computers and mobile devices via Bluetooth Low Energy — no dongle necessary. Though the Bolt USB dongle is also based on Bluetooth, it will enable a far more secure tether (security mode 1, level 4). Opting for Bluetooth should make the Bolt far less prone to hacking than Logitech's Unifying 2.4GHz receiver, which was vulnerable to the "MouseJack" hack.  |
| NASA is testing electric air taxis with Joby Aviation Posted: 01 Sep 2021 07:39 AM PDT  NASA kicked off test flights of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft — colloquially referred to as "flying cars" — with Joby Aviation, the Northern California company that recently went public. The test flights are part of a national campaign by NASA to observe these experimental aircraft in action and determine whether they are safe for passengers. Joby, which was founded in 2009, is the first eVTOL company to participate in NASA's Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign. The test flights commenced Monday, August 30th, at the company's airfield in Big Sur, California, and will run through September 10th, the agency said. But NASA won't just be a passive observer as Joby's six-rotor aircraft whiz through the...  |
| Apple says Arizona and Georgia will be first to add state IDs to iPhones Posted: 01 Sep 2021 07:38 AM PDT  Apple has announced the first US states that will support iOS 15's new ability to store driver's licenses and state IDs in the Wallet app. Arizona and Georgia will lead the way, with Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Utah following after that. No timetable is given for exactly when the new feature will be adopted by these states, however: Apple only says that consumers can expect "more information at a later date." And the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has again confirmed it will open select airport checkpoints and security lanes to Apple's mobile IDs once states begin making them available. Adding a state ID or driver's license to Apple's Wallet app works similarly to the way you currently add a credit...  |
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