Mar 23
All signs point to Spotify giving its Greenroom live audio chatrooms a prize spot in the streaming company’s core app, as it competes with Clubhouse and Twitter
Mar 23
Eero, the networking owned by Amazon, expanded its product line to include two new mesh WiFi systems called the Eero Pro 6E and the Eero 6+.
Mar 23
Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of Star Wars’ most beloved characters, and even before we catch up with Ewan McGregor’s exiled Jedi Master in May, the galaxy far, far away has long been fascinated with his life before the events of A New Hope. If you want to get in the mood beyond just rewatching Revenge of the Sith, here’s…
Mar 23
Unusually warm temperatures broke several records in both Antarctica and the Arctic late last week. The Concordia research base in Eastern Antarctica, one of the most remote research facilities in the world, reported temperatures at around -11 degrees Celsius or about 11 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s 70 degrees…
Mar 23
A hacker group claims to have stolen and leaked a trove of Nestlé’s data. The company says that can’t possibly be true. Why? Because the data was actually leaked by Nestlé itself several weeks ago.
Mar 23
Every few years you can count on hearing this news: “A live-action Voltron movie might be in the works.” Many have tried, none have succeeded, but there’s always interest in the 1980s franchise about robot lions that form up to make a mega creature.
Mar 23
328 Million-Year-Old Vampire Squid Ancestor Named After Biden ‘As A Compliment’
Posted in: Today's ChiliSyllipsimopodi bideni, the likely ancestor of octopuses and vampire squid, is President Joe Biden’s newest namesake.
Mar 23
You won’t have to use the Switch Virtual Console (or a good emulator) to make the most of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on modern hardware. VGCreports fans at Harbour Masters have developed a native PC port (available on Discord) that supports many up-to-the-minute features, including HD (and ultra-wide) graphics, modding, keyboard input and even Switch-style gyroscope aiming. You could make good use of a Steam Deck in your latest round of gaming nostalgia, to put it another way.
And yes, Harbour Masters claims it can avoid Nintendo’s legal team. The Ocarina of Time PC port revolves around Ship of Harkinian, a tool that turns a user-supplied (and hopefully legal) Nintendo 64 ROM for the game into a usable program. As the software doesn’t include any of Nintendo’s content, the developer supposedly can’t pursue Harbour Masters over copyright violations.
The conversion should improve, too. The creators are working on 60 frames per second graphics, twin stick controls, text-to-speech upgraded models and higher-resolution texture packs. Mac and Linux support is also said to be in the pipeline, as is a PC adaptation of Majora’s Mask.
Whether or not this port is legally safe, it reflects fans’ determination to preserve Ocarina of Time and other Nintendo classics without relying on official emulation or re-releases. Enthusiasts ported Super Mario 64 in 2019, for instance. While this work isn’t as vital as it once was with the existence of solutions like the Virtual Console, it does provide gamers more control over where and how they play the titles from their childhood.
Mar 23
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League has been delayed, and fans of the game and its characters will have to wait a while to enjoy the forthcoming release.
Mar 23
Nobody likes losing an hour of sleep, but would an end to changing the clocks twice a year actually be an improvement?
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