Aug 23
“Today could’ve been one of the worst days of my life,” Madison De La Garza wrote.
Aug 23
The Oscar winner hauled in a whopping $239 million, mostly from the sale of his Casamigos tequila brand.
Aug 23
Winner’s sentencing is the “longest yet” for a government leaker, prosecutors said.
Aug 23
The five-time Olympic medal winner wore a teal leotard at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships.
Aug 23
Facebook Bans App That Inspired Cambridge Analytica and Suspends 400 Others
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In the midst of an app audit that will probably never end, Facebook gave us an update on its progress on Wednesday. While the company is still being stingy with information, it said 4 million users should expect a notification that a now-banned app called myPersonality may have misused their data. Additionally,…
Aug 23
Plenty of games have explored the ins and outs of ruling countries, and the likes of Age of Empires, Civilization and Crusader Kings remain fan-favorites as complex empire creation simulators. The 2016 mobile game Reigns took a very different angle:…
Aug 23
As part of its “Fix PUBG” plan to, well, fix many of the issues in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds like sluggish performance and cheating, PUBG Corporation is adding a training mode to the game. Between five and 20 people can play together in the dedic…
Aug 23
French startup Blade, the company behind Shadow, is updating its physical box that lets you connect to your cloud computer instance. Shadow Ghost is a tiny device that provides all the ports and wireless technologies that you need to plug to a TV or a monitor and start playing.
Shadow has been building a cloud computing service for gamers. For $35 per month, you get a gaming PC in a data center near you. Shadow gives you 8 threads on an Intel Xeon 2620 processor, an Nvidia Quadro P5000 GPU that performs more or less as well as an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. It’s a full Windows 10 instance and you can do whatever you want with it.
The company started with a dedicated box from day one. The first Shadow box was an oddly-shaped black box with a few USB ports and DisplayPorts. This way, you could replace your PC at home with this box and use the same peripherals.
When you turn it on, it feels like you’re booting up your gaming PC, but you’re actually just starting a computer with a low-powered CPU that connects to your gaming PC in the cloud.
Over the past few months, Shadow has slowly decorrelated the service from the physical device in your home. When you subscribe, you don’t get a box by default. You can install the Shadow app on your existing computer, phone or tablet and start playing.
If you still want the box to connect to your Shadow instance without an existing PC, you can rent it for $10 per month or purchase it for $140. It could be particularly useful for a TV for instance.
Compared to the previous generation, Shadow Ghost is completely silent as the fan is gone — that was my main complaint with the first Shadow box. You won’t need as many dongles either as there’s an HDMI port by default (instead of a DisplayPort) and it supports both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It’s also much more energy efficient as it should consume three times less power than the existing Shadow device.
Shadow Ghost will be available for the same price at some point during the last quarter of 2018. The service itself is currently available in France, Germany, the U.K., Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg. In the U.S., the company has a data center near San Francisco and another one on the East Coast.
Aug 23
Ford has announced two recalls, one involving 50,000 120-volt EV/hybrid chargers, the other concerning power supply cable fasteners that may have been improperly secured. The first recall, says Ford, is necessary due to the risk of fire, while the second recall could potentially result in an electrical surge that also presents a fire risk. The 120-volt EV convenience charge cords … Continue reading
Aug 23
Lyft has teamed up with SeatGeek to make its service more convenient for riders attending events. With this new partnership, Lyft drivers will be able to get as close to the rider’s seat as possible, helping ensure they’re close to the right entrance for pickup and drop-off. This prevents long walks and wasted minutes. READ: Lyft Personal Plan subscriptions lock … Continue reading
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