Author: Zach_Wilson
WhatsApp is working on cross-platform messaging
A WhatsApp for Android beta update (version 2.23.19.8) that came out today contains a new screen called Third-party chats, reports WABetaInfo. For now, the screen is neither functional nor accessible by users, according to WABetaInfo. But its title is a strong clue that this is likely the first step to…
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Stalker 2 devs remain defiant after office fire: “We’ve dealt with worse. This is fine”
Just weeks after Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl finally solidified its Q1 2024 release window and the team saw its hard work hacked and leaked, the survival horror shooter has suffered another set back: a devastating fire. While no one was hurt, an “electrical fire” has seemingly destroyed one of…
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Disney is releasing a very expensive 100-movie Blu-ray collection
Disney is releasing a 100-film Blu-ray collection on November 14th called the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection (via The Wrap). Preorders will start on September 18th at Walmart.com, and we regret to inform you it will cost $1,500, according to The Wrap. The collection includes movies from both Disney and…
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Dynamic Island isn’t such an exciting destination after all — and that’s okay
Last fall, Apple introduced us to the Dynamic Island with all of the usual hyperbole. The new free-floating, pill-shaped notch on the iPhone 14 Pro was described as “magical.” It would enable “an entirely new iPhone experience.” And while we take everything with a grain of salt from the company…
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Hitting the Books: Meet Richard Akrwright, the world’s first tech titan
You didn’t actually believe all those founder’s myths about tech billionaires like Bezos, Jobs and Musk pulling themselves up by their bootstraps from some suburban American garage, did you? In reality, our corporate kings have been running the same playbook since the 18th century when Lancashire’s own Richard Arkwright wrote…
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Apple Watch 9 tipped to get improved sensors and a new U2 chip
Amidst all the chatter around what’s coming with the iPhone 15 handsets, it can be easy to forget that we’re also expecting an Apple Watch 9 and an Apple Watch Ultra 2 at Tuesday’s special Apple event – and more details around these wearables just leaked. Over at Bloomberg, the…
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