Month: March 2022
AWS is hungry for a bigger slice of the video game pie
Audio player loading… Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a new suite of tools and services to help support and accelerate video game development. As explained in a new blog post, AWS for Games brings together a range of first- and third-party services that cater to the needs of a…
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Have a tiny dance in Dolby Atmos as Elton John’s Greatest Hits comes to spatial audio
Audio player loading… He may be celebrating his 75th birthday this year, but Rocketman Elton John still knows how to keep up with the latest in musical trends: his greatest hits album, Diamonds: The Ultimate Greatest Hits, is now available in a new Dolby Atmos spatial audio mix. Provided your…
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The UN plans to extend weather warning systems to everyone on the planet
The United Nations wants to make sure every person on Earth can receive early warnings ahead of disastrous weather events. It set a goal of hitting that target within five years in an announcement this week. Early warning systems are needed urgently to save lives as climate change makes extreme…
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Roberta and Ken Williams are back after 25 years with ‘Colossal Cave 3D Adventure’
Roberta and Ken Williams are back. After 25 years out of the video game industry, the legendary founders of Sierra On-Line are working on a new project with an old twist – they’re rebuilding the classic text-based game Colossal Cave Adventure as a 3D experience with a VR component. Maybe…
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Microsoft Viva wants to make work training less painful at last
Audio player loading… Microsoft is looking to take some of the strain out of learning on the job with a new expansion to its Viva platform. In a new entry on the Microsoft 365 roadmap, the company revealed that users will soon be able to discover Viva learning content directly…
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Russian military reportedly hacked into European satellites at start of Ukraine war
American government officials told The Washington Post that the Russian military was responsible for a cyberattack on a European satellite internet service that affected Ukrainian military communications in late February. The hack affected the KA-SAT satellite broadband network, owned by Viasat, an American satellite communications company. On February 24th, the…
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