Jul 30
“Shoutout to cats who get their claw stuck and then get pissed that you helped them.”
Jul 30
Machines have altered every aspect of humanity and are so ubiquitous we often take them for granted. But sometimes, they’re quite entertaining.
Jul 30
Researchers are aiming to crack the mystery of bone loss in astronauts by analyzing the innards of a set of citizens that have gone to and returned from space.
Jul 30
A giant scientific database has been made free and open, allowing the world’s researchers to benefit from and expand upon the work that’s been done in the past.
Jul 30
Valve delivers a bit of good news for those gamers hoping to get their hands on the handheld gaming device Steam Deck as soon as possible.
Jul 30
Customers Aren't Flocking To Apple Stores Nearly As Much As They Did Pre-COVID
Posted in: Today's ChiliSince the pandemic, Apple’s foot traffic has been drastically reduced, with the only except being around the holidays.
Jul 30
Tim Hortons wants to settle location-tracking lawsuits with coffee and doughnuts
Posted in: Today's ChiliTim Hortons has agreed to settle multiple class action lawsuits that accused the company of tracking customers’ locations through its app without consent. Under the proposed settlement, which requires a judge’s approval, eligible customers in Canada will receive a free hot drink and baked good. In other words, in exchange for your location data, the restaurant chain will give you coffee and a doughnut.
In an email to customers, the company said it will delete any geolocation data it obtained from them between April 1st, 2019 and September 30th, 2020, and tell third-party vendor Radar Labs to do the same. An investigation conducted by Canadian privacy officials determined last month that the Tim Hortons app was tracking and recording users’ locations every few minutes, even when they didn’t have the app open. The probe determined that the company and Radar Labs didn’t have sufficient consent from users for that level of tracking.
Tim Hortons has not admitted to any wrongdoing and isn’t believed to have misused the data. It also avoided disciplinary action.
Jul 29
Backbone and Sony have collaborated to create an officially licensed Backbone controller that looks like the PS5 DualSense controller.
It makes PS Remote Play (streaming games from the PS to another device) on iPhone (via the iOS app) as close as possible to the PS style, at least from a design and visual standpoint. The ergonomics are different if you compare it to the original PS controller.
The controller comes in White and features a faithful reproduction of the translucent buttons. It is a better companion to your existing PlayStation accessories than the original (non-PS-licensed) controller, which looks plainer and less PS-like.
This licensed controller does cost the same $99.99 price (on Amazon), which is not cheap for this category, but users seem satisfied with the product. The design is flexible and works back to the iPhone 6s.
PS Remote Play aside, it also works with Xbox Remote Play, Steam Link, GeForce Now, and more cloud gaming platforms.
Backbone One PlayStation-Licensed iPhone Game Controller
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Jul 29
The actors became Instagram official in May, months after the actor split from her second husband.
Jul 29
TikTok is conducting a broader test of games in its all-conquering app. The company recently added a way for creators in some markets (including the US) to append one of nine mini-games to a video by tapping the Add Link button and choosing the MiniGame option. When viewers come across a video that links to a game, they can start playing it by tapping a link next to the creator’s username.
“Currently, we’re exploring bringing HTML5 games to TikTok through integrations with third-party game developers and studios,” a TikTok spokesperson told TechCrunch. One of the games is from Aim Lab, the maker of a popular aim training app of the same name. Its TikTok game is called Mr. Aim Lab’s Nightmare. TikTok’s other partners on the initiative include developers Voodoo, Nitro Games, FRVR and Lotem.
Click here on mobile to play Mr Aim Lab’s Nightmare! https://t.co/UTHBXLVJuK
— Aim Lab (@aimlab) July 28, 2022
None of the games have ads or in-app purchases at the minute and the project is in the early stages of testing. TikTok is looking to find out how (or if) creators craft content around them, and how users interact with the games. As The Verge notes, users can record their gameplay and share it in a fresh video.
Reports in recent months suggested TikTok was readying for a major push into gaming. Parent company ByteDance bought game developer Moonton Technology last year. TikTok teamed up with Zynga for an exclusive mobile game called Disco Loco 3D; a charity game called Garden of Good, through which players can trigger donations to Feeding America, became available on the US version of TikTok in June. TikTok previously tested HTML5 games in Vietnam.
Other major tech companies have made a push into mobile gaming, including Apple, Google and, more recently, Netflix. Zynga, of course, became a social gaming giant with the help of Facebook’s massive reach, while Facebook moved into cloud gaming in 2020. It’s no secret that Meta is trying to ape many of TikTok’s features across its apps, so it’s interesting to see TikTok taking a leaf out of Facebook’s playbook on the gaming front.
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