Month: February 2022
TikTok takes on YouTube with 10-minute videos – but will people watch?
Audio player loading… TikTok has enabled the ability to create videos that can last for up to 10 minutes, an increase from three and five minutes for different creators. Over the last 18 months, the company has been testing different length videos that creators could publish, with a limit of…
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Naomi Osaka is coming to Fortnite
The weird world of Fortnite is adding another celebrity to its ranks. Tennis star and noted Overwatch fan Naomi Osaka will be joining the battle royale with two different character skins that go on sale starting March 3rd. One outfit has some clear tennis influences, while the other is called…
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Valve has no plans to raise Steam Deck pricing
Audio player loading… Valve has announced that there are no plans to increase the price of its Steam Deck handheld despite the huge popularity of the system. In an interview with IGN, Gabe Newell (head of Valve) confirmed that while pricing the petite PC so low had been tricky, he…
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Steam Deck review: it’s not ready
Both of these things are true: First, I’m having more fun with the Steam Deck than any gadget I’ve tested in years. Second, the Steam Deck is a mess. It’s rushed, unfinished, buggy, and unstable. If Valve sold the console I’ve been playing at Best Buy or GameStop, people would…
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An upcoming OnePlus phone will get wildly fast charging, and it’s coming soon
Audio player loading… In the past few years, fast-charging in phones has got better and better, and at MWC 2022 we’ve heard about the newest, fastest powering speeds in smartphones. At Oppo’s press conference, the brand confirmed that it had worked on a 150W charging solution with OnePlus (the two…
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They spent $3 million on a Dune script bible — now what?
Spice DAO wants to be clear about one thing: it is not filming Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Dune. If you’ve heard of Spice DAO, you might know it as an example of cryptocurrency’s silliest excesses. The group began with a quest to buy one of Jodorowsky’s Dune script bibles: a set of…
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