Month: September 2021
Apple says an issue is preventing some animations from using high refresh rates on the iPhone 13 Pros
Apple’s iPhone 13 lineup launched Friday, and one of the key features of the 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max are their ProMotion displays with variable refresh rates that can top out at 120Hz. But as spotted by 9to5Mac, some app animations in third-party apps are currently only running at…
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Scientists discover 500 light-year-wide hole in the Milky Way torn open by a supernova A view of the spiral galaxy NGC 3949, which likely resembles how the Milky Way looks from afar
Scientists have discovered a gigantic hole blown out of the Milky Way, and believe a powerful supernova 10 million years ago might be to blame. The gap or “cavity” as astronomers are describing it, was described this week in a paper published this week in The Astrophysical Journal Letters as…
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Netflix queues up a roguelike PC game to go with its action movie Kate
Kate: Collateral Damage isn’t the first gaming tie-in we’ve seen for a Netflix original, but now that it’s seriously entering the space, each title feels a little different. Developed by Ludic Studios, the new game is a “time-attack action roguelike” that relates to the movie Kate, a Netflix movie starring…
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Twitter says new videos will be less pixelated
Twitter’s poor video quality has been a long-running frustration for users on the platform, but on Friday, the company shared some potentially promising news: videos uploaded to the service will now “appear less pixelated for a better watching experience,” Twitter said in a tweet from its support account. Twitter removed…
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Google has a few tricks up its sleeve for the newsletter platform department Email client
As more journalists and writers are turning to newsletters to distribute their content online, Google is working on its own newsletter platform that will leverage its existing collaboration tools. As reported by TechCrunch, the search giant’s internal R&D division Area 120 has developed a new project called Museletter. This makes…
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Twitter seeking input as it explores Filter and Limit controls on tweets
Twitter is looking for input on two new potential features that could give users more control over the tone and quality of replies to their tweets. Filter and Limit, as shared by Twitter designer Paula Barcante, would intelligently hide offensive or harmful replies or prevent repeat offenders from replying at…
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