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‘PUBG’ season 12 leaks hint at the return of paid loot boxes with new ‘Contraband Crate’ system

May 25, 2021 08:56 am UTC| Technology

A new season is about to start for the popular battle royale game PUBG. Aside from the usual new and returning gameplay features, it appears the developers are gearing up to bring back paid loot boxes with a new crate...

‘Metro Exodus’ update adds support for PS5 DualSense’s adaptive triggers; PS5, Xbox Series X/S upgrades arrive in June

May 25, 2021 07:58 am UTC| Technology

Metro Exodus developer 4A Games recently released the Enhanced Edition of the game for PC gamers. Now, a follow-up patch is confirmed to have added support for the PS5 DualSense controllers advanced features, such as...

MacBook Pro 2021 release date: Apple leaker says he can ‘confirm’ new laptops are coming at WWDC 2021

May 25, 2021 07:15 am UTC| Technology

Apples plans for the next MacBook Pro models have been in the news recently. While it is nothing out of the ordinary, the early leaks could mean an official launch is happening much sooner than anticipated. New MacBook...

Netflix’s rumored video games business might launch in 2022, but it won’t be as huge as Xbox Game Pass

May 25, 2021 06:44 am UTC| Technology

Netflix has been making headlines in the past few days, but not because of a new movie or TV series. The streaming giant is reportedly making a significant leap into the video games business. Netflix is looking for a...

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 release date: Patent filing hints at replacing physical buttons with capacitive buttons, squeeze gesture

May 24, 2021 10:18 am UTC| Technology

A patent filed by Samsung that features illustrations of a device that looks like the Galaxy Z Fold 3 has sparked speculations that the tech giant is planning to remove all physical buttons from its foldable devices. They...

‘Watch Dogs: Legion’ update: 60fps Performance Mode goes live on PS5, Xbox Series X next week

May 24, 2021 10:12 am UTC| Technology

More games are getting updates that will maximize the technical upgrades available on new-generation consoles PS5 and Xbox Series X. Next in line is Watch Dogs: Legion as Ubisoft confirmed the game is getting a Performance...

iPad Pro 2021: Apple confirms M1-powered tablets can get iPadOS updates via 5G cellular network

May 24, 2021 09:59 am UTC| Technology

The new lineup of iPad Pro is now available in stores and online, and Apple has updated some support pages to reflect upgrades available in the new tablets. Thanks to the inclusion of the 5G cellular network, gone are the...

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Economy

Space arms race may be underway

As conflict rages on Earth, an arms race may be underway in outer space. On May 30, a US diplomat warned that Russia had launched a weapon into orbit, something Russias deputy foreign minister, Sergey Ryabkov, branded as...

Mauritius’ next growth phase: a new plan is needed as the tax haven era fades

Mauritians will head to the polls by November 2024 and politicians are considering the economic direction of the island country. For the last two decades, the countrys economic growth has depended heavily on its...

Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality

If you feel like youre being pushed around in life, youre not alone. Our recent research has found that Canadians are increasingly feeling a sense of powerlessness in their lives. This sentiment has been steadily...

Myth: How the US manipulates global markets for economic supremacy

US president, Joe Biden, raised tariffs on Chinese-made goods sharply in May, claiming that the Chinese government has cheated by pouring money into Chinese companies … hurting competitors who play by the rules. The...

The world no longer needs fossil fuels – and the UK could lead the way in making them taboo

North Sea oil and gas has become a battleground issue in the UK general election. The Labour partys manifesto promises an end to issuing new licenses for finding oil and gas. The Conservative party meanwhile proposes a...

Politics

Three ways politicians always promise to raise money without increasing taxes – and why they rarely deliver

After weeks of controversy over Labour and Conservative costings in which each side accused the other of dishonesty the manifestos show that both parties had wildly exaggerated their rivals plans. But there has been...

Election 2024: migrants aren’t to blame for Britain’s housing crisis

Migration has become the most toxic issue in British politics, driving intensely emotional debates that are often based on prejudice and misunderstanding. Similarly emotional is housing a finite resource in high demand at...

How Vladimir Putin projects his image as a modern-day Peter the Great

Russian energy giant Gazprom is reported to have been hit particularly hard by sanctions imposed as a result of the war with Ukraine. An internal report obtained and published by the Financial Times has forecast that the...

Another election, another round of Nigel Farage hype, with no lessons learned

Nigel Farage, a man who has never been elected to the House of Commons despite years of trying, has again been allowed to set the agenda in the UK. Ten years after Ukip won the European parliament elections, throwing...

Science

Nations realise they need to take risks or lose the race to the Moon

The Nasa-led Artemis-3 mission will place the first human boots on the surface of the Moon since Apollo 17s Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt left the lunar surface in December 1972. The goal of the Artemis programme is...

Eye exercises to improve sight – is there any science behind them? An ophthalmologist explains why you shouldn’t buy the hype

You may have seen advertisements claiming to eliminate the need for eyeglasses through vision therapy or vision training basically, eye exercises. These exercises include putting pressure on or palming the eye; eye...

The universe’s biggest explosions made some of the elements we are composed of. But there’s another mystery source out there

After its birth in the Big Bang, the universe consisted mainly of hydrogen and a few helium atoms. These are the lightest elements in the periodic table. More-or-less all elements heavier than helium were produced in the...

Engineering cells to broadcast their behavior can help scientists study their inner workings

Waves are ubiquitous in nature and technology. Whether its the rise and fall of ocean tides or the swinging of a clocks pendulum, the predictable rhythms of waves create a signal that is easy to track and distinguish from...

If an asteroid hit Earth and all the humans died, would the dinosaurs come back?

Many, many years ago dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Six-year-old Aga knows that a meteorite wiped them out… but could another meteorite bring them back? You can read a print version of this story...

Technology

Binance Delists Shiba Inu, Chainlink, and Five More Cryptos Due to Market Conditions

On June 26, Binance, the worlds largest cryptocurrency exchange, announced the delisting of Shiba Inu, Chainlink, and five other crypto assets, effective June 28. The move is due to declining trading volumes and aims to...

PancakeSwap Unveils AI-Powered Ether Prediction Market on Arbitrum with Allora

PancakeSwap has launched an AI-powered Prediction Market on Arbitrum, allowing users to forecast Ether price fluctuations with data supplied by Allora Networks machine-learning capabilities. PancakeSwap Teams Up with...

Huawei Invests $1.66 Billion in R&D to Develop Advanced Chipmaking Tools

Huawei has invested $1.66 billion in a new RD facility near Shanghai to develop advanced chipmaking tools. This effort aims to achieve self-sufficiency amid U.S. trade restrictions, highlighting Huaweis innovation and...

Why Shiba Inu Price is Surging Today: Key Factors Behind the Rally

The price of Shiba Inu Coin surged by nearly 3% today, reflecting a significant rally in the cryptocurrency market. In line with the general upturn in the cryptocurrency market, the price of Shiba Inu Coin surged by...
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