Aug 19
The pre-Roe abortion ban would have allowed providers to be charged with a felony.
Aug 19
Experts at MIT have developed a thin, wearable sensor that could transform the future of wearable health technology. Here’s what the “electronic skin” can do.
Aug 19
You might not associate Kia with performance vehicles, but with 576 horsepower on tap, the new EV6 GT unveiled during Monterey Car Week aims to change that.
Aug 19
Users Beware: Apple Announces Security Flaw Affecting iPhones, iPads, and Macs
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Apple has warned of a major security flaw in some recent operating systems of Mac, iPhones, iPads, and some iPods that could allow hackers to take control of your devices.
Aug 19
It took more than a decade, but there’s finally a sequel to Jetpack Joyride — if not for everyone. Halfbrick Studios has releasedJetpack Joyride 2 as an Apple Arcade exclusive for iPad, iPhone, Mac and Apple TV. Sorry, Android fans. The endless flier revolves around more “story-driven” gameplay with a new character to play (Betty Beefpies) as well as fresh mechanics and more detailed graphics. In that light, Halfbrick is effectively dragging the game into the modern era.
The original title came to Apple Arcade last year as Jetpack Joyride+, which maintains the core experience without the need (or ability) to make in-app purchases. The title first arrived in 2011 and helped define the endless runner category alongside classics like Canabalt and Temple Run. Halfbrick’s signature game has racked up 500 million-plus downloads in the years since.
JJ2 probably won’t justify the $50 per year ($5 per month) for Apple Arcade by itself, and it represents yet another dose of nostalgia on the all-you-can-play service. However, it might build a stronger case for a subscription. You can play simple blasts from the past alongside newer games that make the most of modern Apple devices.
Aug 19
Tick tock goes the clock. It seems that every day we find more examples of the ways some of the most popular social media apps are collecting data on users. Now TikTok itself seems to be wound up pretty tight about allegations they’re keylogging users using code found inside the in-app browser.
Aug 19
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury, the first main series in the legendary mecha franchise since 2016’s Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, is set to kick off with a simultaneous broadcast in and out of Japan this October. But if you can’t wait that long for a glimpse, a special prologue episode is on…
Aug 19
An iconic lighthouse at the northern German port has tilted sideways and could soon topple over entirely, officials said Thursday.
Aug 19
LEGO maniac TheBananaman2018 has built a fully playable, motorized version of PONG that can be built out of LEGO bricks. He’s added the set to the LEGO Ideas website, and with enough support, LEGO may consider it for production. I don’t know about you, but I just created like twenty accounts and pledged my support from all of them. This might be the most important thing I do in my life.
“The game is played by two players; each of them has a paddle on the right or left side of the screen. There’s also a ball that flies around the whole screen, bouncing off the sides. The players need to move their paddles so that the ball never reaches the left or right side of the screen. If that happens, one of the players scores a point. The machine counts and displays points automatically. When a player scores 5 points, it displays the message “YOU WON!” instead of how many points the player has.” Impressive!
Amazingly, the game (which features over 90 gears) runs off a single motor, including the scorekeeping. Wow! I can’t even imagine the amount of engineering that went into its development but rest assured, it’s way over my head. Honestly, most things are. Don’t even get me started on photosynthesis OR magnets.
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