You have to feel for social media managers who now have to deal with game leaks. Before, big companies used to simply pretend they didn’t happen, and only used their social media to propagate the official messages. These days, however, they’re a little more willing to appear “hip”https://www.vg247.com/”with it” and engage in the discourse. Call of Duty is one such brand, of course, and after a series of Modern Warfare 3 leaks – most recently with an energy drink revealing the game’s keyart, Activision has started embracing the chaos and chiming in following every new leak to keep the conversation…
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Less than a year after the DJI Osmo Action 3 was unveiled comes version 4. This action camera promises improved performance in low light, better stabilization options and more durability. The DJI Osmo Action 4 arrives with a significantly larger sensor – 1/1.3”, up from 1/1.7” on version 3. This increases the pixel size from 1.6µm to 2.4µm. The lens is the same as before, 155° FoV and an f/2.8 aperture. Like its predecessor, the Action 4 can record 4K video at 120fps and up to 130Mbps. To get the best quality out of it, you can shoot in 10-bit…
After several years of volunteering for IEEE humanitarian technology projects, Samantha Mugeni Niyoyita decided she needed more than just technical skills to help underserved communities become more self-sufficient. The IEEE member from Kigali, Rwanda, participated in installing portable sinks in nearby rural markets to curb the spread of COVID-19 and provided clean water and sanitation services to people displaced by the Mount Nyiragongo volcano eruption in 2021. Niyoyita wanted to learn how to tackle other issues such as access to quality health care, understanding different cultures, and becoming familiar with local policies. And she felt she needed to enhance her…
Long before people were talking about ChatGPT and generative AI, companies like Datasaur were dealing with the nuts and bolts of building machine learning models, helping label things to train the model. As AI has taken off, this kind of capability has become even more important. In order to bring model building to more companies without a data science specialist, Datasaur announced the ability to create a model directly from the label data, putting model creation in reach of a much less technical audience. It also announced a $4 million seed extension that closed last December. Company founder Ivan Lee…
Chart representing heating degree days and cooling degree days by various key urban areas. Credit: James S. Cotton, Author provided As we move toward a cleaner energy future, there is a growing push to electrify everything, from cars to home heating. While that sounds ideal, it is also much more than a matter of simply plugging in. The grid is nowhere near ready to satisfy our carbon-free energy needs, especially as more and more Canadians switch to electric vehicles and we wait for more carbon-free sources of electricity to supply the growing demand. We’re already pushing the system on the…
Since November of 2021, US-based companies have been barred from doing business with the NSO Group, an Israeli research firm behind some of the most advanced hacking tools the tech world has ever seen. Come to find out, a New York Times investigation from this past April revealed that a US government agency was actively using a powerful hacking tool from the NSO Group dubbed Landmark. Tech. Entertainment. Science. Your inbox. Sign up for the most interesting tech & entertainment news out there. By signing up, I agree to the Terms of Use and have reviewed the Privacy Notice. The…
Diablo 4 is walking back several changes from its big Season 1 patch which had made the game an even bigger slog and proved to be overwhelmingly controversial with fans. Blizzard had previously spoken about the upcoming 1.1.1 plaster update during a developer livestream, but the new patch notes detail everything we can expect, including crucial fixes, tweaks to mounts, and big buffs for the Sorcerer and Barbarian classes. The patch drops on August 8th.
The first piece of DLC for Soviet fantasy Atomic Heart is here. Titled Annihilation Instinct, this expansion takes place following the game’s ending. Players are tasked with discovering “the truth about NORA’s story”, with lots of AI chaos ensuing all around. The DLC takes place in a previously unseen swampy area of Atomic Heart, which boasts new enemies (including a new boss), weapons and characters. This includes the “enigmatic” Professor Lebedev. Along with all this, there is also a new glove ability to try out, known as Technostasis. As you may have surmised from the…
The Mix Fold 3 from Xiaomi is confirmed to debut later this month and we now have a look at the device’s cover screen and retail packaging thanks to a new leak making rounds on Chinese social media platform Weibo. Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 cover screen The cover screen will feature a slight curvature on the right-hand side as well as a centered punch-hole cutout for its front-facing camera. Based on previous reports, Mix Fold 3 will benefit from Xiaomi’s new Smart Factory which features new manufacturing systems specifically designed for the upcoming foldable. Xiaomi…
Fifty years after the birth of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery, it’s easy to see its value. It’s used in billions of laptops, cellphones, power tools, and cars. Global sales top US $45 billion a year, on their way to more than $100 billion in the coming decade. And yet this transformative invention took nearly two decades to make it out of the lab, with numerous companies in the United States, Europe, and Asia considering the technology and yet failing to recognize its potential. The first iteration, developed by M. Stanley Whittingham at Exxon in 1972, didn’t get far. It was…