Month: June 2023
Netflix could soon end its Basic plan for new subscribers around the world
Netflix has very quietly killed off its Basic subscription tier in Canada, effectively removing the cheapest option without ads from the country. The removal only affects “new or rejoining members” forcing potential customers to choose between spending $5.99 CAD for the Standard with ads plan, $16.49 CAD for Standard, or…
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Final Fantasy XVI: all the latest on the darkest FF yet
I am a person who often struggles with vast, world-spanning fantasy stories. I just can’t keep track of all of the people and places and other proper nouns that make up the world. The result is that I spend a lot of time reading wikis to help me get through…
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Final Fantasy XVI’s accessibility features come at an unfortunate cost
With Final Fantasy XVI’s new, action-focused combat scheme comes a new suite of tools that assist with making that combat easier. These tools were billed as the game’s accessibility features but weren’t tied to a menu setting; rather, they were special rings you could equip that were already in your…
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Ubisoft’s crummy PC game launcher could be improving very soon
Gamers didn’t want to download Ubisoft’s terrible PC game launcher, so the company overhauled it to see if it can change their minds. Ubisoft is releasing an update to its PC game launcher that has a fresh interface and is loaded with more features. Currently in beta, the updated Ubisoft…
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Virgin Galactic reveals crew members for the company’s first commercial spaceflight
Virgin Galactic has revealed the crew members who will be aboard the upcoming “Galactic 01” mission on June 29th, the company’s first fully commercial crewed spaceflight. Announced on Monday, Colin Bennett, Virgin Galactic’s lead astronaut instructor, will be joined by Walter Villadei and Angelo Landolfi — two senior members of…
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John B. Goodenough, who shared a Nobel Prize for his work on the lithium-ion battery, has died
John B. Goodenough, a professor who played a critical role in the development of the lithium-ion batteries that are now ubiquitous in the devices we rely on every day, died on Sunday, The University of Texas at Austin announced. He was 100 years old. Goodenough’s key battery breakthrough happened more…
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