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Nintendo’s next big nostalgia product is a $60 mini NES
The phenomenal success of Pokemon Go has proven that Nintendo Co Ltd’s classic IPs can still tap into a very large (and very lucrative) nostalgic fan base, and now the Japanese game company has revealed the next stage of its plan to capitalize on our childhoods by releasing a miniature version of the original Nintendo Entertainment ...
Oculus finally fulfills the last of its Rift pre-orders
Facebook-owned Oculus VR has announced that it is finally caught up with pre-orders for Oculus Rift, nearly four months after the $599 virtual reality headset officially launched. According to Oculus, the last of the Rift pre-orders have shipped, and new orders for the device will be fulfilled within 2 to 4 business days. “We want to ...
Google’s Project Fi expands international coverage with Three
Project Fi, Google’s pay-what-you-use cellular service, has just gotten a huge boost in international coverage thanks to the addition of Three to its list of network carriers. Project Fi does not use its own cell towers. Instead, it takes advantage of other cell networks, including T-Mobile and Sprint. Google added US Cellular to its network ...
Pokemon Go is a buggy mess, but we love it anyway
Niantic Lab’s Pokemon Go has been tearing up the mobile app charts since it was officially released last week, and while hundreds of millions of people have been enjoying the augmented reality game, pretty much every user has run into a host of issues in Pokemon Go, from app crashes to server problems and more. But in ...
Codecademy raises $30 million to expand its free code learning platform
Codecademy, a popular website that offers free coding lessons, has just raised $30 million in a Series C funding round led by Naspers Ventures. Other investors included Union Square Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, Index Ventures, and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson. Codecademy’s platform offers a wide range of easy to follow tutorials and coding exercises that introduce ...
Microsoft opens its Minecraft AI research tool to the public
Microsoft has officially open sourced its Project Malmo artificial intelligence tool, which allows developers to create and test out AI within the blocky world of Minecraft. Project Malmo was first revealed in March when it was originally called Project AIX. The platform’s source code has been available to a small group of academic researchers since then, ...
ESPN may finally embrace cord cutters with new streaming package
Live sports coverage has been one of the last bastions of hope for traditional cable companies as more and more people are making the switch to online platforms like Hulu and Netflix, but now it looks like that could soon change. According to a new report by The Information, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) may ...
Microsoft researchers claim major breakthrough in DNA data storage
Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Washington say they have made a major breakthrough in the field of DNA data storage, managing to successfully store 200 megabytes of information within DNA molecules. The data stored includes literary classics like War and Peace, as well as over 100 translations of the Universal Declaration of Human rights ...
Pokemon GO introduces augmented reality to the mainstream
More and more augmented reality apps have been slowly filtering out to mobile devices over the last few years, but there have not been any widely available AR programs that have really captured the public’s attention … until now. This week, The Pokemon Company finally released its long awaited mobile game Pokemon GO, which brings the iconic ...
Nvidia’s new GTX 1060 outperforms the GTX 980 at only $249
While Nvidia Corp has recently been expanding into new territories like video streaming set-top boxes and mobile electronics, the company is still probably best known as the leading name in high-end computer graphics cards. Earlier this year, Nvidia stunned consumers by announcing its new GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 graphics processing units (GPUs), which ...