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The NFT space has had quite the year, and while it can be difficult to separate the billions of dollars in crypto speculation from the potential infrastructure shifts, plenty of mainstream tech companies are dipping their toes into the space and signaling future interest. This time it’s TikTok’s turn. The fast-growing social media platform, which just crossed 1 billion monthly users worldwide, has lined up its own NFT drop, leveraging content from some of its top creators, including Lil Nas X, Grimes, Bella Poarch, Rudy Willingham and Gary Vaynerchuk. The release of one-of-one and limited edition NFTs seems to be…
Sony has finally put a ring on Bluepoint Games. The Texas-based remake specialists have been more-or-less a PlayStation second party for years now, having created remakes and remasters of Gravity Rush, Shadow of the Colossus, and Demon’s Souls and rumors of an acquisition have been swirling since last year. Heck, PlayStation Japan seemingly leaked the acquisition earlier their summer, and yet, there’s been no official announcement from Sony. Well, that finally changed just minutes ago, as Sony officially welcomed Bluepoint Games to the PlayStation family. Bluepoint president Marco Thrush had the following to say about the move… PlayStation Studios Is…
The new iPad mini 6 introduced a big redesign and much improved specs over its predecessor. It is also nice to see USB-C present, just like on its more expensive siblings. But a major problem was reported shortly after its release regarding the display. The so-called ‘jelly scrolling behavior’ noticed on the iPad mini 6 is concerning to many. And while Apple has addressed this issue in a statement, calling it a ‘feature’, rather than a defect, YouTube channel iFixit has now shed some light on what’s causing the unpleasant display experience. In its teardown video, channel iFixit shows scrolling…
You probably haven’t heard the name of startup space company “Lynk” before—but it may just revolutionize cell phone wireless service across the globe in the coming years.In a huge milestone of a long-running project, Lynk has become one of the first companies ever to successfully forge a direct connection between an orbiting satellite and regular modern cell phones. The satellite was officially launched three months ago, and traveled on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, on the Transporter-2 flight back in June.After letting the 1m x 1m satellite orbit for a while and running various tests, the researchers at Lynk announced that…
Security researchers have recently seen a notorious cyberespionage group with ties to the Russian government deploy a new backdoor that’s designed to hook into Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and steal configuration databases and security token certificates.In a new report, Microsoft attributes the malware program called FoggyWeb to a group the company tracks as NOBELIUM, but which is also known in the security industry as APT29 or Cozy Bear. This same group was behind the SolarWinds supply chain compromise last year that resulted in corporate networks being compromised through Trojanized software updates. The group is considered the hacking arm…
Call of Duty: Vanguard launches in just few short weeks, but Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is still getting one last big infusion of content when Season 6, “The Final Showdown” launches next week. While Cold War will likely still get some smaller updates, and CoD: Warzone will obviously still be supported, this is almost certainly the last major Cold War/Warzone combined season. Season 6 includes the last chapter for CoD: Black Ops Cold War Zombies, a couple new MP maps and operators, a Halloween seasonal event, and some more changes for Verdansk that strongly hint at the…
Sep 30, 2021, 10:09 AM We may earn a commission if you make a purchase from the links on this page. Not sure if you should wait for the surprisingly familiar-looking Apple Watch Series 7 to go on sale… eventually or buy last year’s Series 6 while you still can? Obviously, there’s always a third option (and a fourth, and a fifth, and so on), and if you hurry, said third option can be yours at a lower than ever price with standalone cellular connectivity on deck.We’re talking, of course, about the one-of-a-kind Apple Watch SE, which was released alongside…
Last week, rumors about a potential branding shift for the Galaxy S22 series started floating around. One of the most noteworthy rebrands involved launching next year’s top-of-the-range model as the Galaxy Note 22 Ultra.However, reliable tipster Ice Universe disagrees.Samsung’s next flagship will be the Galaxy S22 UltraThe source claims that Samsung has settled on the ‘Galaxy S22 Ultra’ name for its next S Pen-bearing flagship smartphone, meaning that at least for the time being there are no plans for the Galaxy Note line to return.That move doesn’t mean the smartphone will be any less impressive, though. Leaked renders of the…
Battlefield 2042 – hopefully cheat free (pic: EA)EA is planning to get serious about cheats and trolls in Battlefield 2042, as they also confirm no mouse and keyboard support for consoles. Call Of Duty has never been more popular and yet the series, both the paid-for versions and Warzone, have almost been brought to their knees by cheaters, with even the Vanguard beta having multiple reports of people cheating in it. With the hype for new game Vanguard noticeably lower than usual EA are clearly hoping that, with the release of Battlefield 2042, this is the year that they finally…
Over the past year and a half, consumers have started shopping online more than ever before and many of their searches begin on Google which is why the search giant has announced that it’s adding new ways to find shopping inspiration across its products.Since inspiration can strike at any time from an image you see online to a photo saved on your smartphone or even from something in the real world that catches your eye, the company is adding new features to Google Lens that make products users see instantly shoppable.Beginning soon, iOS users will see a new button in…