Month: July 2020
Valorant’s twelfth agent is Killjoy, a German robotics genius
Riot is adding another heroic ‘agent’ to Valorant, its currently PC-exclusive first-person shooter. Today, the developer — best known for League of Legends, a popular MOBA that has spawned its own card game and auto chess spin-off — has unveiled Kill… Source
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A stowaway helicopter on NASA’s Mars rover will attempt the first flight on another world
When NASA’s latest Mars rover, Perseverance, launches this week, the robot will have a tiny stowaway on board: a small box-shaped helicopter. If the copter manages to successfully hover above the Martian terrain, it’ll be the first time that a human-made vehicle has ever flown on another world — and…
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MIT algorithm finds subtle connections between art pieces
A new system developed by MIT researchers called “MosAIc” is finding hard-to-spot similarities between art pieces at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. MosAIc scans an image, then uses deep networks to find similarities in pi… Source
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The best noise-canceling headphones to buy right now
Noise-canceling headphones are an essential piece of kit during regular life when commuting to work, traveling, or if you’re trying to dull distractions at the office. But they’re also important as we continue to tally yet more weeks spent at home. It’s always nice to get a reprieve from the…
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Patch this WordPress plugin now, thousands of users warned null
A critical vulnerability has been identified in a WordPress plugin installed across more than 80,000 websites. Discovered by researchers at security firm Wordfence, the bug is present in WordPress plugin wpDiscuz (versions 7.0.0 to 7.0.4), used by administrators to integrate a comments section into their websites. The bug could reportedly…
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Tony Hawk’s 1 + 2 remaster soundtrack gets 37 new tracks – but how many do you know? Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 remaster
The Tony Hawk’s 1 + 2 remaster soundtrack has been revealed and it’s good news for fans of the original games and ’90s jams in particular. As well as including all the classics you’d expect – Guerrilla Radio by Rage Against the Machine, Superman by Goldfinger and Blood Brothers by…
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