Alphabet is the holding company for search giant Google, and under the Alphabet umbrella, a company called Schaft has been developing bipedal robots for years now. Way back in 2013, Schaft won a DARPA Robotics Challenge Trial with its bipedal robots. Things went off the trials a bit for the company when its director, Andy Rubin, left and went on … Continue reading
Is there still hope for a Ghostbusters 3? Tom Hanks joins Miguel Sapochnik’s new post-apocalyptic project. The CW wants in on the world of fairytales. Plus, Felicia Day returns to Supernatural, Godzilla vs. Kong just keeps on casting half of Hollywood, and more snippets from Mary Poppins Returns. Spoilers, away!
There’s a new way to cut the cord, and for do-it-yourself nerds like me, it might be the best way, too. SiliconDust is best known for its series of HDHomeRun DVR devices that you hook up to a hard drive or NAS you already own to record TV content and stream it anywhere in the home. Now, for $35 a month you can stream…
For a limited time (probably very limited, as it’s capped at 50,000 uses), new customers can save $10 on any $35 Walmart.com order with promo code ELLEN10.
The California wildfires have caused a lot of devastation. There have been casualties while countless people have had to evacuate their homes to survive. The fires have even laid waste to houses. The firefighters and first responders have done an incredible job of saving as many lives as possible, not caring about themselves or their possessions. That’s what nurse Allyn Pierce did as well. He drove his Toyota Tundra truck through the flames to help victims. His heroics have earned him a lot of praise and Toyota has now stepped up with an offer to replace his truck.
Pierce manages the intensive care unit at the Adventist Health Feather River Hospital in Paradise, California. The town has been badly affected by the fires. He drove his truck through the flames to get to the hospital where victims required medical assistance.
As people were trying to evacuate the streets were gridlocked because many of the cars up ahead on the road had been evacuated to get the occupants to safety. He was seemingly trapped in the truck while the flames moved towards it.
Pierce reportedly recorded a goodbye message for his family on his phone as he feared he wouldn’t survive. New York Times reporter Jack Nicas shared some haunting images of the flames licking Pierce’s truck.
In what appears to be straight out of a movie, a bulldozer suddenly appeared knocking the cars blocking the road out of the way. With his way clear, Pierce didn’t flee to safety. He made his way to the hospital where the staff had set up an emergency triage to provide medical assistance.
Pierce survived the horrifying drive and so did his Toyota Tunder, albeit barely. It got badly burnt and some parts even melted due to the intense heat. His story quickly went viral online and people started calling on Toyota to replace his truck with a new one. Toyota has confirmed in a statement that it’s grateful to all emergency crews working to extinguish the fires and help people to safety.
“We are especially thankful to one hero in particular, Allyn Pierce, for risking his life and sacrificing his Toyota Tundra to drive people to safety. Toyota is so humbled by Mr. Pierce’s selfless act that we’re pleased to offer him a brand new Tundra,” it said.
A well deserved reward for his bravery indeed.
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EA did drop hints recently that it may remaster the Command & Conquer games and it’s now offering more information about the plan. The publisher has confirmed that it will be offering remastered versions of the first two Command & Conquer games. That’s not all, the original C&C and Red Alert games will be remastered in 4K.
The original Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Command & Conquer: Red Alert games are being remastered in 4K, EA has confirmed. All expansion packs for these games will be bundled with the base games into one remastered collection thus eliminating the need for microtransactions.
To stay true to the original experiences, EA is teaming up with some of the very talented developers who worked on the titles decades ago. EA will be teaming up with Petroglyph Games to develop the C&C remastered collection. The studio has many of the original developers from Westwood Studios and some of the core members of the original Command & Conquer development team from 1995.
The publisher is teaming up with Lemon Sky Studios to bring these titles to 4K glory. It’s one of the premier art studios around the world that’s very skilled in remastering classic RTS games like Command & Conquer. EA hasn’t said when the remastered titles will arrive. It may take some time as work is yet to begin.
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Thinking of ordering a pair of Roku TV Wireless Speakers? Get ready to keep an eye out for the delivery truck. The company has confirmed that it’s going to start shipping the speakers from tomorrow. Customers get two speakers, a voice remote, and a new Roku Touch tabletop remote. The entire package is priced at $299 but Roku is offering a discount to customers who purchase it between tomorrow and Cyber Monday.
These are the first speakers that have been designed for Roku TV. They offer premium sound while the software makes it easy to power both the Roku TV and Roku TV Wireless Speakers to provide users with a simple set up, multi-dimensional sound with stereo separation, voice control and more.
The new Roku Touch is a battery-powered table top remote that has a press to talk microphone button. It makes it very easy to control music and more when you’re not in front of a TV. Since they’re wireless speakers they don’t need to be plugged directly into a Roku TV.
Customers who want to pick up the Roku TV Wireless Speakers starting tomorrow will be able to buy them for $149.99. This promotional pricing will be available through Cyber Monday. That’s a $50 discount on the regular retail price of $200.
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