Month: March 2022
Overwatch 2’s new ping system gives players more ways to communicate
In the wake of the Overwatch 2 beta date announcement and an apologetic video from game director Aaron Keller promising the team would give more consistent updates on progress, the Overwatch 2 news floodgates have officially opened. In this latest update, we’re offered a glimpse of Overwatch 2’s overhauled ping…
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Matter delay slows smart home device makers’ plans
You shouldn’t be concerned about the delay of Matter, the new smart home interoperability standard, because we’re not. That’s the message from smart home device makers Eve Systems and Nanoleaf, who have been involved with developing the protocol that promises smart home nirvana since its earliest days. “I think the…
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Omega and Swatch’s $260 MoonSwatch Looks Out of This World
You read that right, $260. Plus this playful take on the iconic Speedmaster comes in multiple colors and is made from the group’s Bioceramic material. Source
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He gave us the GIF: Stephen Wilhite has died at 74
Audio player loading… Internet technology pioneer Stephen Wilhite passed away on March 14 from COVID-related complications. He was 74 and he leaves behind an incredible legacy, the GIF, a game-changer for the blossoming World Wide Web in the 1990s. Wilhite, who was interested in compression technology, created the GIF at…
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The Halo show is nothing like the games, and that’s why it’s good
After seeing the first episode of Halo, I’m totally on board. I’m a Halo lore hobbyist, meaning that while I’ve enthusiastically experienced the campaigns of Halo’s Combat Evolved through Guardians, go on regular Halopedia wiki dives, and own a well-loved copy of Eric Nylund’s The Fall Of Reach, I haven’t…
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Mac Studio teardown reveals a surprisingly fixable computer that could be felled by dust
Audio player loading… Apple’s Mac Studio has been given the teardown treatment by iFixit, and the results aren’t half bad, although there is a sticking point in terms of the cooling solution and concerns around dust accumulation therein. As iFixit makes clear in its write-up, there are impressive elements to…
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