Author: Zach_Wilson
Skull Island: Rise of Kong is causing outrage among players thanks to low-quality footage
Skull Island: Rise of Kong is getting some serious backlash online after players stumbled across some PS1-esque quality in-game footage. The upcoming action-adventure game sees players take on the mantle of King Kong as he goes on the warpath to avenge his fallen parents and kill the alpha predator, Gaw.…
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Netflix’s Creature looks like a Frankenstein thriller that leans into the novel’s obsession
If you’re looking for something a bit more cerebral than the average monster movie, Creature by Çağan Irmak could be just the thing. It’s an adaptation – Netflix describes it as a re-imagining – of Mary Shelley’s classic Frankenstein that updates the story, but looks like it won’t lose track…
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Honda made an airport robot to handle all the boring, repetitive tasks
Honda’s latest robot is an autonomous work vehicle (AWV) designed to handle all the boring, repetitive tasks at airports. It’s also meant to demonstrate that autonomous vehicles can have other purposes that don’t involve jamming up city streets or obstructing emergency vehicles. The company is sending its first prototype to…
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The new $79 Apple Pencil has a USB-C charging port
Apple has unveiled a new Apple Pencil. The latest model costs $79 ($69 for education) and it pairs and charges via a USB-C cable. It’ll be available in early November and it’s compatible with every iPad that has a USB-C port. This is the company’s most budget-friendly Apple Pencil yet.…
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Blue Origin reveals a new cloud platform…for space
Blue Origin has teased what it’s calling a “multi-mission, multi-orbit space mobility platform,” which will serve as a delivery platform connecting the Earth with medium Earth orbit and beyond. In a brief announcement online, Blue Origin described the process as one that facilitates in-space logistics and delivery, and it looks…
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Like Apple did with Intel, Qualcomm is now one step closer to an Arm-free ecosystem — thanks to its Google RISC-V alliance
Qualcomm has doubled down on its recent foray into Google’s RISC-V ecosystem by co-creating a RISC-V Snapdragon Wearable platform that will power forthcoming Wear OS devices. It’s impossible to see this news as anything other than a blow to the rival ARM instruction set architecture (ISA) ecosystem. While ARM is…
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