Month: June 2022
There is currently no way to finish Star Wars: KOTOR II on the Switch
Plenty of games have launched in an unfinished state, but it’s rare to see a port of a game first released in 2004 be so buggy that people who buy it can’t actually finish it. On Twitter game developer Aspyr admitted it was aware that Star Wars: Knights of the…
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You’ll be able to bet against Bitcoin with an ETF, before you can buy a Bitcoin ETF
There’s good news for people who find bad news about crypto to be good. Starting tomorrow, you’ll be able to buy an exchange-traded fund based on shorting Bitcoin. The financial firm ProShares will debut the first ETF to let you bet against Bitcoin, and it’s set to be listed on…
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One of the best new Windows 11 features has an additional hidden benefit
Audio player loading… The imminent arrival of a browser-style tabbing system for the Windows 11 File Explorer may also deliver an additional fringe benefit, new reports suggest. When Microsoft first unveiled the new feature, the company emphasized the advantages from a productivity perspective, but it appears that tabs for File…
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Leaked Audio From 80 Internal TikTok Meetings Shows That US User Data Has Been Repeatedly Accessed From China
In 2019, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States began investigating the national security implications of TikTok’s collection of American data. And in 2020, then-president Donald Trump threatened to ban the app entirely over concerns that the Chinese government could use ByteDance to amass dossiers of personal information…
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More than one person can now use Google TV
One of the big features that shipped with the Chromecast with Google TV in late-2020 was its namesake Google TV software and dashboard. Google’s latest attempt at putting its services in front of your eyeballs while watching TV was a launcher that put personalization and smart recommendations at the forefront,…
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SSD performance in a MicroSD format? We’re almost there, but a battle is brewing
Audio player loading… Kioxia, the company formerly known as Toshiba, has started to ship a new storage device based on a new form factor, XFMEXPRESS, which aims to bring the best of both SSD and microSD worlds. The XT2 is a removable PCIe attached NVMe storage device which, according to…
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