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The Morning After: 'Zelda: The Skyward Sword' and 19 more games are coming to the Switch

Posted: 18 Feb 2021 04:45 AM PST

Earlier this week, Nintendo teased a livestream for upcoming games. Maybe some remastered Zelda titles for the Switch, finally? It is the 35th anniversary of the game series, and Mario got the treatment last year. Well, yes we got one. The company bl...

Apple Pay will soon work on BART and other Bay Area transportation

Posted: 18 Feb 2021 04:25 AM PST

You'll soon be able to pay for a ride on BART and 23 other transportation options in the Bay Area using your iPhone or your Apple Watch. The tech giant has announced that the Wallet app support for the Clipper card, the Bay Area's all-in-one...

Amazon reportedly locks Donald Glover into a huge Prime Video deal

Posted: 18 Feb 2021 04:15 AM PST

Amazon has lured Donald Glover away from FX with an eight-figure deal that will see the Atlanta star working on a raft of projects for the retailer's Prime Video service, per The Hollywood Reporter. Sources told the trade publication that the pac...

Apple's M1 Mac Mini falls to an all-time low of $600 on Amazon

Posted: 18 Feb 2021 03:35 AM PST

In the three months since its release, Apple's Mac Mini has seen a few discounts, but none more deep than the latest on Amazon. The tiny desktop is currently on sale for an all-time low price of $600 for the 256GB base model. To put that into per...

Nikon's latest Z6 II camera firmware unlocks 4K 60 fps recording

Posted: 18 Feb 2021 03:05 AM PST

Nikon has released firmware updates for it latest full-frame Z6 II and Z7 II that should improve eye-tracking autofocus and video performance for the Z6 II. The key feature that applies to both cameras is improved human eye-tracking performance when...

VAIO Z is a pricey laptop with a '3D molded' carbon fiber body

Posted: 18 Feb 2021 02:35 AM PST

Fans of VAIO laptops may recall the flagship Z series being known for its impressive portability, until it quietly disappeared in 2017. The good news is that the Sony spinoff is now bringing this line out of retirement, thanks to a breakthrough in ca...

Blackmagic Design's $2,495 BMPCC 6K Pro camera has a super-bright HDR display

Posted: 18 Feb 2021 01:20 AM PST

Blackmagic Design has unveiled the Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro (BMPCC 6K Pro), an updated version of its BMPCC 6K cinema camera with some extra professional features. The new model now includes a much brighter 1,500 nit HDR display that can be tilted...

'Outer Wilds' is coming to Nintendo Switch this summer

Posted: 18 Feb 2021 12:25 AM PST

Outer Wilds, one of our favorite games for 2019, is heading to Nintendo Switch. In the gaming giant's latest Direct event, it showed an announcement trailer for the action-adventure game set in space that was previously released for the PC, Xbox...

Facebook's Australian news ban took down government Pages

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 08:56 PM PST

When Facebook started blocking Australian publishers and residents from posting or sharing news content earlier, government agencies and even non-profit organizations got caught in the crossfire. The social network implemented the news-sharing ban in...

Samsung is bringing some of the Galaxy S21’s software features to older devices

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 07:00 PM PST

When Samsung announced its new Galaxy S21 lineup in January, the company also detailed the latest version of its One UI Android skin. The update came with quite a few new features and now Samsung plans to bring some of those to its older devices, inc...

Facebook's hosting live influencer 'meet and greets' on its Cameo clone

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 06:15 PM PST

Facebook's version of Cameo has yet to officially launch, but Facebook is already hosting live-streamed "meet and greet" events with influencers as it tests the service. A website for Super, an upcoming Facebook service that will let users...

Here's everything Nintendo announced during its 50-minute Direct

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 05:01 PM PST

An 11th-hour leak may have spoiled some of the fun, but Nintendo still had plenty of surprises to share during its latest Direct. Over a brisk 50 minutes, we got to see the newest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fighters, a new Mario Golf game and the l...

'Splatoon 3' brings the battle to the Splatlands in 2022

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 03:24 PM PST

Splatoon 3 will hit Nintendo Switch in 2022, complete with new environments, weapons, abilities and customization options. Nintendo revealed the game during today's Direct livestream with an announcement trailer showing off some of the fresh feat...

'The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD' is coming to the Switch

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 03:02 PM PST

This year marks the 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, and Nintendo naturally has a few things planned. There's no word on the Breath of the Wild sequel yet, but Nintendo is releasing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD for the Switch on...

'Knockout City' is a cross-platform dodgeball brawler from Velan and EA

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 03:00 PM PST

Knockout City is what happens when the community center's weekly session of adult dodgeball takes over an entire metropolitan spread. It's an online, rapid-fire game built around the mechanics of throwing and catching balls, pulling inspiration from...

'Neon White' is a new game for Switch and PC from the guy behind 'Donut County'

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 02:50 PM PST

Neon White was a surprise announcement during today's Nintendo Direct livestream -- it's a stylish first-person platformer and action game about exterminating demons in a fantastical version of Heaven, and it's heading to Switch and PC th...

'Famicom Detective Club' hits the US for the first time in May

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 02:32 PM PST

Visual novels rarely made it to the US prior to the past decade and a half, so you're forgiven for not having heard of the Famicom Detective Club series. Heck, even in its home country it was somewhat of a rarity, having only been released on the Fam...

'Mario Golf: Super Rush' comes to Nintendo Switch on June 25th

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 02:26 PM PST

A new entry in Nintendo's popular Mario Golf series is heading to Switch. During its latest Direct presentation, Nintendo announced it will release Mario Golf Super Rush on June 25th. You can play the game with a single Joy-Con controller, using...

'Xenoblade Chronicles 2' is coming to 'Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 02:14 PM PST

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's newest fighters are Pyra and Mythra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and you'll be able to play them in March. Nintendo announced them during its recent Direct presentation and promised to share additional details clo...

'Fall Guys' is heading to Switch this summer

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 02:07 PM PST

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is bringing its unique brand of battle royale ridiculousness to Nintendo Switch this summer. The game debuted on PlayStation 4 and PC in August 2020, and became an immediate success. Part of that was due to a surge in dem...

Redditor who drove the GameStop short squeeze is being sued

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 12:48 PM PST

One of the most prominent figures on the WallStreetBets subreddit that sent GameStop stock skyrocketing has been slapped with a lawsuit. The suit alleges Keith Gill (aka Roaring Kitty) is a licensed securities professional instead of an amateur inves...

‘Civilization VI’ will let you befriend barbarians in its next free update

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 12:34 PM PST

Over its 30-year history, there's been one constant to the Civilization series, and that's barbarians. Since 1991, they've been there to act as a thorn in your faction's progress and a way for you to earn some early gold. But that's about to change....

Waymo's set to test its self-driving taxis in San Francisco

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 11:58 AM PST

Alphabet's self-driving subsidiary Waymo is expanding its testing range beyond the boundaries of the Phoenix, Arizona area and heading to the City by the Bay, the company announced on Wednesday. The company's fleet of autonomous Chrysler Paci...

Chrome OS is getting a built-in screen recorder

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 11:45 AM PST

Because they're often cheap, durable and secure, Chromebooks are popular laptops in schools. Google wants to make them even more student-friendly and is announcing a set of new features today alongside a host of updates to its Education-focused p...

Google rolls out a slew of upgrades to improve virtual classrooms

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 11:45 AM PST

Schooling has never been as dependent on technology as it is today. Classrooms have gone virtual, parents have become more involved educators and teachers have grown more familiar with video conferencing platforms than ever. Google is announcing a sl...
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