In a nutshell: Microsoft’s Xbox Series X mini fridge will be available to pre-order starting next week ahead of global in-store availability in December. Assuming there are no shortages, it’s safe to say that it’ll be easier to find a mini fridge resembling an Xbox Series X than the actual console this holiday season. Shortly…
A hot potato: Valve reportedly plans to remove all games from Steam that use blockchain to exchange cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NTF). Using NFTs in games has become a controversial issue since some have been accused of being scams. Valve notified developer SpacePirate Games that it is removing the studio’s NTF game Age of Rust…
In context: YouTube’s maker community has created all sorts of wild machines over the years. The Hacksmith channel made a functional lightsaber, and the “Queen of Shitty Robots” (her words) Simone Giertz modified a Tesla Model S into a pickup truck far before Musk & co revealed the actual Cybertruck. And now, we have YouTuber…
Enlarge / Tina Peters. A Colorado judge on Wednesday barred Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters from supervising elections due to the leak of voting-system BIOS passwords to QAnon conspiracy theorist Ron Watkins. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and Mesa County registered elector Heidi Jeanne Hess had petitioned the court for a ruling that Peters…
Fecal matters — They also ate primarily cereal grains, supplemented with beans, fruits, nuts, or meat. Jennifer Ouellette – Oct 15, 2021 6:03 pm UTC Enlarge / A 2,700-year-old piece of human excrement found at the Hallstatt salt mines, in which beans, millet, and barley are clearly visible (assuming one wishes to look that closely).…
Harvard researchers have developed a data-storage approach based on mixtures of fluorescent dyes that are printed onto an epoxy surface in tiny spots. The mixture of dyes at each spot encodes information that is then read with a fluorescent microscope. Optical disks, flash drives, and magnetic hard disk drives can only store digital information for…
In brief: Intel revealed it its Alder Lake lineup would land sometime in the coming months and seemingly confirmed specifications that have been leaked over the past few months. The company also provided an optimization guide for game developers looking to make the most out of the new hybrid CPU architecture. On Friday, Intel released…
Rumor mill: It appears that EA and Bioware are ready to start fully embracing “next-gen” consoles. While many studios are simultaneously producing last-gen and current-gen versions of their games, one former Dragon Age 4 developer indirectly indicated that the game would only hit PS5, XBSX|S, and PC. Rumor has it that Bioware’s next installment in…
Rumor mill: Someone on gtaforums.com this week claimed that Rockstar published a support page for its upcoming remasters of three classic Grand Theft Auto games early, leaking new details about them. If true, the leak describes what enhancements the remasters will bring and reveals some suspiciously high system requirements. Grand Theft Auto fan forum user…
More shots — FDA advisers recommend a second J&J dose for everyone ages 18 and up. Beth Mole – Oct 15, 2021 9:45 pm UTC Enlarge / Boxes of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Florida. A committee of independent advisers for the Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted…