Tag: Arts & Entertainment
Summer Game Fest 2023: How to watch and what to expect
E3 is canceled this year due to both the pandemic’s effects on development schedules and the success of events elsewhere in the year, like The Game Awards. As such, expectations are higher than ever for Summer Game Fest (SGF). It’s now the biggest mid-year opportunity for developers to reveal new…
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LinkedIn starts rolling out new verification and anti-scam features
After previewing new verification features last month, LinkedIn is now rolling them out to give job-seekers confidence that they’re dealing with real companies and jobs. At the same time, the work-oriented social media site has introduced warnings for messages that may look like scams. The latter feature arrives amidst a…
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With ‘Final Fantasy XVI’, the series tries a new direction
Square Enix wants a hit Final Fantasy game that’s just as popular as any game in the storied history. It’s taken seven years to get from the tepidly-received Final Fantasy XV to Final Fantasy XVI, and the company continues to wrestle with what a FF game is in 2023. The…
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Hitting the Books: How music chords hack your brain to elicit emotion
Johnny Cash’s Hurt hits way different in A Major, as much so as Ring of Fire in G Minor. The dissonance in tone between the chords is, ahem, a minor one: simply the third note lowered to a flat. But that change can fundamentally alter how a song sounds, and what…
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‘Polite Society’ director Nida Manzoor says Spotify knows her too well
Like a delirious cross between Scott Pilgrim and Bend It Like Beckham, Nida Manzoor’s debut feature Polite Society isn’t your usual coming of age flick. It centers on Ria Khan (Priya Kansara), a British Pakistani teen who dreams of becoming a stunt woman, but finds herself at a loss when…
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The Morning After: Apple and Google team up to combat Bluetooth tracker stalking
Apple and Google have announced a partnership to tackle unwanted tracking through the likes of AirTags and Tile devices. The companies have proposed industry standards "to help combat the misuse of Bluetooth location-tracking devices for unwanted tracking." Apple and Google submitted the draft specification to the Internet Engineering Task Force,…
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