Paradox Interactive today announced Below and Beyond, an all-new expansion for Surviving Mars, marking the the titleâs first major update since 2019. Hooray! Surviving Mars is an experience unlike any other. Equal parts survival game and city-builder (you get to build the beautiful Martian colony of your dreams but if you screw up everyone dies), the game tasks you with exploiting the red planet on behalf of your sponsors. The... Read more âș
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Did you know Neural is taking the stage this fall? Together with an amazing line-up of experts, we will explore the future of AI during TNW Conference 2021. Secure your online ticket now! The race to get humans to Mars is heating up. China recently joined the USA in targeting the 2030s for crewed missions to the planet, but both their plans face enormous hurdles. One of the main concerns... Read more âș
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Microsoft, a company with numerous military contracts, has brazenly admitted it intends to train an artificial intelligence agent to become âunbeatableâ by humans in war simulations. Feel free to run amok in a fugue state of panic at your own discretion, but I should point out itâs for a video game. Of course, that doesnât really make it any less scary. Up front: An upcoming real-time strategy game titled Age... Read more âș
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Most of Americaâs 107,000 gas stations can fill several cars every five or 10 minutes at multiple pumps. Not so for electric vehicle chargers â at least not yet. Today the U.S. has around 43,000 public EV charging stations, with about 106,000 outlets. Each outlet can charge only one vehicle at a time, and even fast-charging outlets take an hour to provide 180-240 milesâ worth of charge; most take much... Read more âș
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Boseâs QuietComfort 35 were some of the most popular headphones of the last few years due to their intense noise canceling, cozy design, and solid sound quality (donât @ me audiophiles). Today the company released an updated version of the classic, the fittingly-named QuietComfort 45. The headphones are priced at $329, which puts them a notch below the $380 Bose 700 that was the ostensible successor to the QuietComfort line... Read more âș
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Did you know Neural is taking the stage this fall? Together with an amazing line-up of experts, we will explore the future of AI during TNW Conference 2021. Secure your online ticket now! Chatbots are getting better at mimicking human speech â for better and for worse. A new study of Reddit conversations found chatbots replicate our fondness for toxic language. The analysis revealed that two prominent dialogue models are... Read more âș
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TLDR: With a pair of HD cameras and a vast array of flight features, the Ninja Dragons Blade X 4K Dual Camera Drone is a stellar aircraft, especially at a price under $100. From real estate pictures to adventuring to filmmaking, the capabilities of a drone in the minds of an inventive thinker are positively enormous. And now that crafts are standardizing and loading up with features so quickly, the... Read more âș
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Chinese EV battery manufacturer SVOLT has unveiled what it claims to be the worldâs first cobalt-free battery. At Chengdu Motor Show the company showcased its innovative battery pack inside an Ora Cherry Cat from Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors. And thatâs definitely good news. Credit: Ora The Ora Cherry Cat. Why we need cobalt alternatives As the world moves towards reducing carbon emissions, demand for electrified transport has been rising.... Read more âș
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hatSouth Korea passed a landmark bill today that will force Apple and Google to open up their app stores to alternative payment methods. The countryâs national assembly passed the bill after the special parliament committee voted in favor of it last week. The bill is an amendment to the countryâs telecommunication act that will stop companies like Apple and Google from using their in-app purchase system in app stores exclusively.... Read more âș
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Windows 11 has a release date, and itâs a fair bit sooner than many of us anticipated. Microsoft today announced that its new OS would begin to roll out on October 5 â just a few weeks away. On that date, an update for the new OS will begin to roll out to users on fully compatible devices, but itâs also when the first new devices preloaded with Windows 11... Read more âș
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The new four-bedroom house in Charlotte, N.C., was Crystal Marie and Eskias McDanielsâs personal American dream, the reason they had moved to this Southern town from pricey Los Angeles a few years ago. A lush, long lawn, 2,700 square feet of living space, a neighborhood pool and playground for their son, Nazret. All for $375,000. Prequalifying for the mortgage was a breeze. They said they had saved much more than... Read more âș
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Welcome to another episode of China regulating technology, and todayâs news is about gaming restrictions. In a set of new rules, the country has restricted children to only three hours of online gaming per week. If you think this means kids can play games for three hours any time of the week, youâre wrong. The administration has allowed online gaming from 8PM to 9PM on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and public... Read more âș
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Did you know Growth Quarters is taking the stage this fall? Together with an amazing line-up of experts, we will share key insights into entrepreneurship during TNW Conference 2021. Secure your ticket now! It is in human nature to try automating repetitive tasks, look for tools that make them more productive, and optimize work to save time⊠but how? The sales systems my team created have to process hundreds of... Read more âș
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Instagram is making a new change to its policy, that will require users to submit their date of birth to the company. If you donât share your birthday after repeated reminders, you wonât be able to use the service. The company said that this feature will help it improve user safety, and allow the platform to build out more features to that end. Over the past few months, Instagram has... Read more âș
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The Pixel 5a is a really good phone. It also happens to have a headphone jack. Google really wants you to know this fact. I present to you the most passionate description of a 3.5mm orifice youâll see today: And I love every second of it. Strong Apple vibes. Can we get this Jony Ive impersonator to do every Pixel ad? Thanks. That said, considering the Pixel 6 and 6... Read more âș
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A few days ago, the usually-accurate Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo released a research note asserting that the iPhone 13 would probably be able to make calls via satellite. This was a big deal for some users, as it meant you could theoretically make calls anywhere outdoors in the world. Unfortunately, evidence suggests Kuo may have gotten some of the details wrong this time. Kuo originally asserted that Apple is planning... Read more âș
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Minicars have been trending in Japan for a handful of reasons. Theyâre more affordable and they offer an efficient solution to the limited space of Japanâs urban areas and to the lack of public transport in rural provinces. Now, Nissan has teamed up with Mitsubishi to launch in 2022 a mini EV, especially made for the Japanese auto market. What is a mini vehicle? The so-called âminivehicleâ is under 3.4... Read more âș
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Auto-correction, or predictive text, is a common feature of many modern tech tools, from internet searches to messaging apps and word processors. Auto-correction can be a blessing, but when the algorithm makes mistakes it can change the message in dramatic and sometimes hilarious ways. Our research shows autocorrect errors, particularly in Excel spreadsheets, can also make a mess of gene names in genetic research. We surveyed more than 10,000 papers... Read more âș
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TLDR: VDownloader lets users download and convert web videos from any of 10,000 video sharing sites in premium quality. Letâs make this clear right off the top â weâre not going to ask you why you need to download videos off the web. Maybe itâs for a work project, maybe itâs to save something for posterity, maybe you just want to watch it back later when you arenât connected to... Read more âș
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TLDR: With the GoSun Chill Solar Cooler, you can enjoy cool food and beverages anywhere, without the ice. And you can add on cool solar attachments to power the whole thing. Packing up a cooler for a day at the beach or a weekend in the woods always sounds like a great idea. Of course, that usually requires liberal chunks of ice to help make sure everything stays cools. Which... Read more âș
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