| Remastered 'nyan cat' art sells for the equivalent of $605k Posted: 20 Feb 2021 03:48 AM PST  While the first Christie's auction of digital artwork backed by NFT (non-fungible token) is still a few days away, one of the most notable sales in that world has already taken place. Chris Torres created the rainbow-streaming animation of Nyan C... |
| 'Mythic Quest' season 2 hits Apple TV+ on May 7th Posted: 19 Feb 2021 08:02 PM PST  The second season of Mythic Quest is almost upon us. Apple has released a trailer for the TV+ comedy, giving us a glimpse of what Poppy, Ian and the rest of the team are up to. We once described the show as Silicon Valley for game devs, which tells t... |
| 'Hearthstone' is getting a classic format that takes the game back to 2014 Posted: 19 Feb 2021 04:59 PM PST  World of Warcraft's Burning Crusade expansion isn't the only Blizzard property getting the classic treatment. As part of Hearthstone's upcoming Forged in the Barrens expansion, the studio will add a new mode to its collectible card game t... |
| 'Diablo IV' will see the return of the rogue class Posted: 19 Feb 2021 04:00 PM PST  We didn't get a release date for Diablo IV, but Blizzard did share details on a new playable class at BlizzConline 2021. And like the barbarian before it, the rogue is one fans of the series will know well. She was one of three classes you could... |
| Google has fired another AI ethics leader Posted: 19 Feb 2021 03:33 PM PST  In December, Google pushed out AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru, sparking a response from the team calling for her to be reinstated at a higher level. Instead of doing that, Google announced Dr. Marian Croak as Lead for the Responsible AI Research a... |
| A 'Diablo II' HD remaster is coming to PC and consoles this year Posted: 19 Feb 2021 02:54 PM PST  Blizzard is remastering Diablo II. You'll be able to replay the classic action RPG later this year on PC and consoles, with support for cross-progression between platforms. The remaster will feature both the original game and its excellent Lord o... |
| 'World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic' comes out later this year Posted: 19 Feb 2021 02:30 PM PST  World of Warcraft Classic players will soon be able to replay the MMO's legendary Burning Crusade expansion. First released in 2007, Burning Crusade allowed WoW players to journey beyond the Dark Portal to visit Outland, the shattered home of the... |
| Valve's 'DOTA: Dragon's Blood' teaser unsurprisingly includes dragons Posted: 19 Feb 2021 02:15 PM PST  Valve has shared the first teaser for its upcoming Netflix Dota 2 animated series. The trailer for Dota: Dragon's Blood introduces us to Davion, who fans of the company's MOBA will know as the Dragon Knight. Here, he's voiced by Yuri Lowe... |
| NASA shares photos from Perseverance's descent to Mars Posted: 19 Feb 2021 01:41 PM PST  The image you see above was taken just moments before NASA's Perseverance rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars, and it's just the first of many high-resolution photos to come. NASA pulled the image from a video of the rover's descent that... |
| It looks like Street Fighter will be the next 'Fortnite' crossover Posted: 19 Feb 2021 12:48 PM PST  By all accounts, it looks like the world of Street Fighter will soon crossover with Fortnite. The game's datamining community found evidence that series favorites Ryu and Chun-Li — who, to be clear, is not a character from Mortal Kombat — could join... |
| The 'StarCraft II' nerds at Shopify now have an esports team Posted: 19 Feb 2021 12:02 PM PST  Ecommerce colossus Shopify has unveiled its own esports organization. Shopify Rebellion has recruited some top-tier StarCraft II players, including 2016 world champion Byun Hyun-woo and Sasha "Scarlett" Hostyn, the first woman to win a majo... |
| Comcast delays Northeast US data cap enforcement to 2022 Posted: 19 Feb 2021 11:41 AM PST  Following pressure from politicians and the public, Comcast won't enforce a 1.2TB data cap on customers in the Northeast US until 2022, the company said in an announcement spotted by ArsTechnica. "We are delaying implementation of our new da... |
| Netflix's 'The Trial Of The Chicago 7' is free to watch on YouTube Posted: 19 Feb 2021 10:44 AM PST  To mark the 51st anniversary of the verdict in the namesake case, Netflix's The Trial of the Chicago 7 is currently free to watch on YouTube. You'll need to act pretty quickly to check out the film if you don't have a Netflix subscription... |
| The YouTube Android app can now play 4K HDR videos Posted: 19 Feb 2021 10:25 AM PST  If you own a Sony Xperia 1 ii, now is the time for your phone to shine. In an update spotted by Android Police, YouTube now supports 4K HDR playback on Android devices, bringing the app in line with its iOS counterpart. Igor Bonifacic / Engadget Th... |
| How Apple and Bandai tried selling dreams to kids and the internet to adults Posted: 19 Feb 2021 10:00 AM PST  The early 90s were pretty grim for Apple. Employees didn't feel great about then-CEO John Sculley's hands-off leadership, and lots of the company's cash — too much, perhaps — was tied up in R&D for projects that either wouldn't... |
| Study finds key flaws in Twitter's Birdwatch fact-checking program Posted: 19 Feb 2021 09:36 AM PST  Less than a month after Twitter started its Birdwatch fact-checking program, a study has unearthed some troubling issues with the crowdsourced initiative. The Poynter Institute for Media Studies analyzed almost 2,700 contributions and found that less... |
| Plex is testing integration with Apple's TV app Posted: 19 Feb 2021 09:20 AM PST  One of the best features of Apple's TV app is that you can access most of your other streaming apps in one place. While not every major platform is supported in this way, some of the more big ones, including Amazon Prime Video and Disney+, are —... |
| The best deals we found this week: $100 off the Mac mini M1 and more Posted: 19 Feb 2021 09:00 AM PST  Even as Presidents' Day sales came to a close this week, plenty of other tech deals cropped up across the web. Those who have been holding out for a deal on an OLED TV can get an LG CX model at a deeply discounted price, and Apple's Mac mini... |
| The US officially rejoins the Paris climate change agreement Posted: 19 Feb 2021 08:20 AM PST  One of the first things President Biden did after his inauguration was to sign an executive order saying the US will rejoin the Paris Agreement. Today, that move is official. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken posted a tweet saying the U... |
| 18 deals on Lightning cables that were designed to take a beating Posted: 19 Feb 2021 07:55 AM PST  Nobody really thinks about all the stress we put our phone charging cords through. The poor things get twisted around corners, rolled up and jammed in pockets, and other ungainly tasks that leave them frayed or broken. Here, we've rounded up 18 diffe... |
| Valve won't help Apple defend against Epic's antitrust lawsuit Posted: 19 Feb 2021 07:51 AM PST  Apple is using every tool at its disposal to fight Epic Games' antitrust lawsuit over the App Store, and that apparently includes recruiting one of Epic's rivals... or rather, trying to recruit one of them. Apple and Valve have submitted a jo... |
| Nicaragua is opening a Ministry for Extraterrestrial Space Affairs Posted: 19 Feb 2021 07:31 AM PST  Nicaragua is looking to the skies. The Central American country has created the wonderfully named National Ministry for Extraterrestrial Space Affairs, The Moon and Other Celestial Bodies. A bill to establish the agency passed through the National As... |
| Ford's Mach-E is a stylish and capable EV, but it's no Mustang Posted: 19 Feb 2021 07:30 AM PST  When I was still a kid, my old man owned a 1965, sharkskin blue Mustang 289. Some of my favorite childhood memories involved spending our Sunday afternoons cruising around San Francisco in it. Now, nostalgia is a hell of a drug, so when I first la... |
| Teenage Engineering's OB-4 'magic radio' is playfully decadent Posted: 19 Feb 2021 07:00 AM PST  How long can one enjoy a five-second loop of "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and The News? I managed a solid six minutes, chopping it in half, extending it, moving the loop up and down the lyric — "pow pow power, p...p...p... pow-er." Huey tried, i... |
| Yamaha's YDS-150 digital sax puts practicality over performance Posted: 19 Feb 2021 06:30 AM PST  There's a move perfected by middle school orchestra members — mainly clarinet players, in my experience — that emerges directly after a musician makes a jarring mistake during a performance. The player will stop and look down at their instrument in s... |
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