Month: May 2023
Redfall is playable on Steam Deck — with the right settings
Nearly four hours in, I am not at all convinced that Redfall is a good game — unless there’s a lot of hidden depth, it feels like a rare miss from Arkane. But unlike that other recent big release, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, you can make it playable on Steam…
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Pixel series is finally catching up to other Android phones thanks to small redesign
Sometimes the best changes are the small ones. A quality-of-life update is coming to a future version of Pixel OS separating the volume controls for ringtones and notifications. It’s a pretty basic change, sure, but considering the fact that you can already adjust the volume for media and alarms separately,…
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BeReal is making a feed of just famous people
BeReal is releasing another feature that seems to counter the purpose of the app: a feed dedicated to famous people. Instead of exchanging daily photos with your friends, now you’ll get to see what the top athletes, artists, and activists of the world are up to. BeReal, the app that…
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DC says that ‘if’ Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Superman movie is made, it’s going to be an Elseworlds
Back in 2021, it was reported that We Were Eight Years in Power author Ta-Nehisi Coates was penning a new Superman script described as “a 20th century period piece” that would revolve around a Black version of the Man of Steel. While details about the project were thin at the…
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FAA faces lawsuit over SpaceX’s damage to local environment
Environmental groups and the Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas have filed suit against the Federal Aviation Administration after SpaceX’s Starship blew up during a launch at its Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, last month. The explosion obliterated the launch pad, sending dust and debris flying for miles. Ash scatted over areas…
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Twitter’s latest outage is logging out desktop users
Twitter had plenty of problems in February (the rate limit debacle) and March (when it broke all links and pictures), but through April, the service didn’t register outages of similar significance. Now it’s May, and the streak has ended early as a number of people (including many Verge staffers) report…
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