Month: June 2022
This GTA 3 fan remake is the remaster we should have got
Audio player loading… GTA 3 has been spruced up in a fan-made remake that reimagines a portion of Rockstar’s acclaimed open-world crime fest in the dazzling visuals of Unreal Engine 5. Last year’s launch of the official remastered GTA Trilogy was so disastrous Rockstar eventually offered disappointed players free games…
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Microsoft prepares to forget about Windows 8.1 with end of support notifications
Microsoft is preparing to send reminders to Windows 8.1 users that support will end on January 10th 2023. The software giant will start sending notifications to existing Windows 8.1 devices next month, as a first reminder leading up to the January 2023 support cutoff. The notifications will be similar to…
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Nothing’s Carl Pei thinks everyone else’s smartphones are boring
Carl Pei thinks there’s something wrong with the smartphone industry. That’s not to say the handsets on sale today are bad. Across the board, modern mobiles are faster, more sophisticated and take better photos than previous generations. But like a growing number of tech enthusiasts, Pei has started feeling like…
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Apple’s AR / VR headset could release in January, analyst predicts
Apple’s long-rumored mixed reality headset, which will reportedly offer a combination of augmented and virtual reality experiences, will “likely release” in January 2023, according to respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a new analyst note seen by 9to5Mac, Kuo notes that the headset is “the most complicated product Apple has…
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How Amazon Exported American Working Conditions To Europe
The quotas are announced every fourth Wednesday. Minimum rates are set each week based on the 80th percentile of performers the previous week; in other words, the bottom fifth of workers had to increase their productivity to avoid a reprimand, which is called “feedback” in company language. As the employee…
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Spotify is bringing a great desktop feature to phones at last
Audio player loading… Music fans have been calling on Spotify to bring the Friend Activity sidebar from the desktop version to mobile for what seems like a lifetime, and it now finally looks like they’re about to get their wish. Up until now, the feature, which allows you to see what your Spotify friends…
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