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• 'The Last of Us' lead Neil Druckmann becomes Naughty Dog co-president
• Voyager probes detect a new form of cosmic ray burst from the Sun
• Oppo explores phones with removable camera modules
• HBO Max creator might roll out two more streaming services
• Japan's Hayabusa2 probe returns its asteroid sample to Earth
• Five DIY kits that make excellent holiday gifts
• Tesla cuts Full Self-Driving upgrade price by $1,000 for some customers
• ICYMI: We take a deep dive into macOS Big Sur
• Hitting the Books: An analog computer ushered in the video game era
• Fired Amazon worker gets a court hearing over retaliation claims
• The Morning After: Oscar Isaac is going to play Solid Snake
• Recommended Reading: Ted Lasso and the American decline

'The Last of Us' lead Neil Druckmann becomes Naughty Dog co-president Posted: 05 Dec 2020 02:30 PM PST Naughty Dog has a new co-president, and it's the creative director behind some of its most popular titles. The company has announced that Neil Druckmann, who led the development for The Last of Us franchise as well as for Uncharted 4, has been promot...

Voyager probes detect a new form of cosmic ray burst from the Sun Posted: 05 Dec 2020 02:17 PM PST The Voyager probes are still contributing to science over 40 years later and billions of miles from home. Researchers have detected a new form of cosmic ray electron burst using instruments aboard Voyager 1 and 2. Coronal mass ejections from the Sun...

Oppo explores phones with removable camera modules Posted: 05 Dec 2020 12:40 PM PST Phone makers have tried eliminating unsightly selfie cameras by hiding them under the display or even flipping up the rear camera, but Oppo may solve that through an unusual method: putting the camera in your hands. According to 91Mobiles, Oppo is pa...

HBO Max creator might roll out two more streaming services Posted: 05 Dec 2020 12:00 PM PST WarnerMedia might not be content to pin most of its streaming hopes on HBO Max. As Gizmodo reports, The Information sources claim WarnerMedia is discussing launches for two more streaming services. One would be a paid CNN service that might ditch the...

Japan's Hayabusa2 probe returns its asteroid sample to Earth Posted: 05 Dec 2020 11:43 AM PST Japan's Hayabusa2 probe has successfully returned an asteroid sample to Earth more than a year after first touching down on Ryugu. JAXA has confirmed that the sample capsule touched down in Australia in the early morning of December 6th local time. T...

Five DIY kits that make excellent holiday gifts Posted: 05 Dec 2020 10:55 AM PST The DIY spirit is alive and well these days, especially with individuals who have a technical mind. Regardless of age, these people enjoy working on and completing projects — they just need the resources, tools and a bit of direction to make it happe...

Tesla cuts Full Self-Driving upgrade price by $1,000 for some customers Posted: 05 Dec 2020 10:40 AM PST Tesla might have hiked the price of Full Self-Driving for many customers, but others are getting a break. Electrek has discovered that Tesla quietly cut the price of a Full Self-Driving upgrade to $5,000, a $1,000 drop, for customers who bought Enhan...

ICYMI: We take a deep dive into macOS Big Sur Posted: 05 Dec 2020 09:00 AM PST Although last week was a short one due to the holiday, we still spent time reviewing some new gadgets like the Akai MPC Live II controller and the Logitech Folio Touch iPad Keyboard. The former is a highly portable, all-in-one production device with...

Hitting the Books: An analog computer ushered in the video game era Posted: 05 Dec 2020 08:30 AM PST Long disparaged by the Baby Boomer generation as either a childish distraction or a leading cause for the downfall of civilization, video games have weathered that criticism and grown into the dominant storytelling medium of the modern world — not to...

Fired Amazon worker gets a court hearing over retaliation claims Posted: 05 Dec 2020 08:30 AM PST Amazon workers alleging retaliation over whistleblowing and labor organization will get at least one day in court. BuzzFeed News has learned that the National Labor Relations Board has granted former worker Courtney Bowden a hearing before an adminis...

The Morning After: Oscar Isaac is going to play Solid Snake Posted: 05 Dec 2020 07:25 AM PST Proving that some things will always stay the same, Apple dropped in a Friday night announcement about iPhone 11 screen repairs. If your device is one of the "small percentage" of units that experiences touch issues due to an issue with the display m...

Recommended Reading: Ted Lasso and the American decline Posted: 05 Dec 2020 07:00 AM PST The new comedy of American declineMegan Garber, The AtlanticThe so-called American decline isn't a myth. One study found that well over half of Americans think the US is on the downward slope. Fortunately, even as America's exceptionalism has been la...

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