Month: January 2021
Forgotten PS1 game ‘Magic Castle’ finally emerges two decades later
It might have taken more than 20 years, but a game intended for the original PlayStation has at last made its way into the world. A group of Japanese developers worked on Magic Castle for eight months in the late '90s. They used Sony’s Net Yaroze, a… Source
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Nintendo’s Breath of the Wild basically uses fancy Miis as NPCs
If you’re Nintendo and you need a bunch of non-playable characters (NPCs) for your soon-to-be smash-hit Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, what do you do? Apparently, you may use your Mii creation tool to generate them. Twitter user and self-proclaimed Mii expert Alice (@HEYimHeroic) has discovered that some…
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Florida counties use Eventbrite to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments
Health departments in many Florida counties are using event management website Eventbrite to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments for the public. Officials told The Verge that the platform was the easiest way to get vaccinations up and running quickly during the initial rollout, which has been confusing for residents and inconsistent…
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2020 was a record year for Israel’s security startup ecosystem
A look back at notable funding trends, rounds and exits Naama Ben Dov 8 hours Naama Ben Dov Contributor Naama Ben Dov is an associate at YL Ventures who researches new investment opportunities, analyzes investments through thorough due diligence and provides value-add to portfolio companies. From COVID-19’s curve to election…
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Quibi’s short-form shows could be snapped up by Roku, according to report Quibi
The mobile-first streaming platform Quibi may have lived a short, unsuccessful life but there’s a chance its content could live on, if a recent report is accurate. According to the Wall Street Journal, Quibi is engaged in “advanced talks” to sell the streaming rights of its catalog of short-form shows…
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Nvidia RTX 3050, RTX 3050 Ti and RTX 3060 might debut at CES next week Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
It looks like Nvidia has three more budget Ampere GPUs up its sleeve in the form of the RTX 3050, RTX 3050 Ti and the RTX 3060. The three GPUs have appeared in a rundown of Lenovo Legion platform specifications, spotted by Videocardz, which details the company’s upcoming Legion R5…
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