Monday 12 June 2017

The Morning After: E3 Edition with Xbox One X and Bioware's 'Anthem'

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It's Monday, June 12, 2017.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Welcome to Monday, and the beginning of a very busy week in gaming news. While you can expect the usual mix of Gear, Entertainment and Tomorrow reports, E3 2017 has kicked off, and that means all of gaming’s biggest players have a lot to show off. We will be reporting live all week from Los Angeles.

It’s the XbOX, get it?

Project Scorpio unveiled: Meet Xbox One X

A year after Microsoft promised the most powerful console ever, it has delivered the details. The Xbox One X will go on sale November 7th with specs built to enable 4K, 60fps gaming. The price? A cool $499. Many of the games coming out this fall will “Xbox One X Enhanced” for the new console, while older titles can gain improvements via a patch, similar to what we’ve seen with the PS4 Pro. Microsoft didn’t discuss any VR aspirations for its latest box -- which is also the smallest Xbox ever, thanks to a new liquid cooled “vapor chamber” -- but we’re guessing that’s in the plans too.

Crimson Skies!

Original Xbox games are coming to Xbox One backward compatibility

Microsoft keeps adding to its catalog of Xbox 360 games that are playable on Xbox One (up over 400 at last count), and now it’s announced plans for something else: original Xbox games on Xbox One. So far the only one announced is Crimson Skies: Road to Revenge, and it sounds like it should work in a similar manner to Xbox 360 backward compatibility where your original discs will still work -- if you haven’t tossed them in yet.

The new update puts almost every version on the Bedrock Engine. Almost.

Microsoft will unify most 'Minecraft' platforms this summer

Minecraft is about to enter its final form. In August, the Better Together update will land and unify the game across nearly every platform, from iOS and Android to Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. This unification comes courtesy of the Bedrock Engine, which already powers all mobile, Windows 10, Amazon Fire and VR versions of the game. It soon won't matter which platform your friends use to play Minecraft -- every version will be the same, they'll share DLC and updates, and all players will be able to create new worlds together. Well, nearly all. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox 360 versions of Minecraft are not included in the initial Better Together update.

Call and response

Sony’s E3 2017 PlayStation event

Microsoft went first, but tonight Sony strikes back. Last year Sony showed off a lot of games that are due to arrive in 2017 and beyond, so we’re expecting updates on big name titles like God of War, The Last of Us 2, Gran Turismo Sport and much, much more. Follow along with our liveblog of the event, which is starting at 9PM ET (maybe take a nap first).

It's time for the Imperial force's story.

'Star Wars Battlefront II' campaign looks like a spin-off movie

EA's E3 2017 Battlefront II presentation did its best to balance new multiplayer goodies (Chewbacca, the planet Naboo, Yoda, Darth Maul, Rey and more) with a highly-anticipated campaign mode, which appears to center on the 'good' Imperials fight to beat the upstart Rebel Alliance. Battlefront II will apparently bridge the story gap between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, similar to how spin-off movie Rogue One connected earlier Star Wars chapters.

It looks like a blend of 'Destiny' and 'Far Cry.'

'Anthem' is BioWare's brand-new open world

The team behind Mass Effect has something new up its sleeves. BioWare today revealed Anthem, a new open-world franchise seemingly set in a futuristic, jungle-ridden universe. It definitely has Destiny, Star Wars and Far Cry vibes. The first gameplay reveal has the player venturing into the wilderness in search of some workers who have landed themselves in a bit of trouble and highlights the game's expansive world, exploration and cooperative combat.

It could spot the first signs of a cyberattack or a disease outbreak.

American military backs an entirely new kind of processor

DARPA is spending $80 million to fund the development of the world's first graph analytic processor. The HIVE (Hierarchical Identify Verify Exploit) accesses random, 8-byte data points from the system's global memory, crunching each of those points individually. That's a much faster approach for handling large data compared to typical processors that access large chunks of sequential data and fill their caches as often as possible. If the concept works as promised, though, it could quickly spot major problems, like cyber-terrorism, before they become especially dire.

But wait, there's more...

1. 'FIFA 18' isn't out yet and I'm already in love

2. 'Forza Motorsport 7' makes the jump to 4K on Xbox One X

3. 'Need for Speed: Payback' and the business of car crashes

4. Watch EA's E3 2017 event in 12 minutes

5. EA's VP explains What EA learned from 'Mass Effect'

6. SpaceX could send its biggest rocket to space in three months

7. Uber considers sidelining its CEO

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Saturday 10 June 2017

The Morning After: Weekend Edition

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It's Saturday, June 10, 2017.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Welcome to the weekend. Of course, with E3 unfolding it’s hardly a regular weekend. Before the press conferences kick off, however, we’ll tell you what to expect and recap Apple’s big news for the week.

Ready?

Watch EA's E3 2017 event live right here at 3PM ET

The first E3 2017 event is upon us. Check this link at 3PM ET and we’ll have the live stream for EA’s big press conference. It’s time to hear more about Star Wars Battlefront II, Madden 18/NBA Live 18, Need for Speed: Payback and probably a few special surprises.

It's going to be a busy week.

What to expect at this year's E3

E3. It's the gaming world’s equivalent of the Super Bowl, the Oscars and a presidential election rolled into one. Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo stand out as the hardware heavyweights, while EA, Ubisoft and Bethesda lead the third-party-publisher tussle. Throw in Square Enix, Activision and the occasional Capcom appearance, and you have the makings of a truly special show. Did we mention the army of indie developers that show up too? Nick Summers breaks down all the rumors and teasers in the run up to E3 2017.

Coming soon.

Windows 10 preview shows significant changes are coming

Insiders testing new versions of Windows 10 in the fast ring have a lot of new features to try out, including the application of Microsoft’s new Fluent Design System to the Start Menu. Other adjustments affect Cortana and handwriting recognition -- it’s one of the biggest updates yet, so take a look at all the new changes.

Welcome to Wakanda

Watch the new ‘Black Panther’ teaser trailer

We’ve seen plenty of futurist visions, but director Ryan Coogler is showing a slightly different kind of style in Black Panther. This movie will join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in February, so you have plenty of time to find out about the fictional African nation and technologically advanced society at the center of its story.

There’s a lot

WWDC 2017 recap

New iMacs, new iPads and so much more. We cut down the WWDC keynote to 15 minutes so you can get just the highlights, and you can check out all of our coverage right here.

And you thought the trade-in prices were a rip off

GameStop confirms extensive credit card data breach

It appears that hackers compromised Gamestop’s credit card processing systems for about six months. If you shopped there between August 10th, 2016 and February 9th, 2017, then expect a letter.

But wait, there's more...

1. Samsung's beastly 49-inch QLED display is built for gaming

2. A piracy lawsuit is tearing through Kodi's add-on community

3. Of course the 'Stranger Things' soundtrack is coming to cassette

4. Stream live performances from Bonnaroo this weekend on Red Bull TV

5. Elon Musk says all Superchargers will run on solar and battery power

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Friday 9 June 2017

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Tech News Flash: Friday -- June 9, 2017

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Arms Could Help Nintendo Fight Its Way Back Into the Ring
E3 2017: Enhancements, Expectations and Perhaps Excitement
Open Source Survey Exposes Community Troubles
Metis CDS Debbie Berebichez to Women in STEM: Chase Your Dreams
Apple's iOS 11 Makes Siri a More Natural Woman... and Man
With Audio Focus, Apple Side-Steps Smart Speaker Competition

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Arms Could Help Nintendo Fight Its Way Back Into the Ring

Arms, the highly anticipated fighting game for Nintendo's Switch, will
be available next Friday, and based on the early reviews, the company
just may have found the magic bullet. Nintendo's Switch console,
launched earlier this year, has been something of a surprise success.
Prior to its launch, it seemed like a risky play for the company, which
has been bobbing and weaving in recent years.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84598.html

E3 2017: Enhancements, Expectations and Perhaps Excitement

All of the major video game developers, publishers and console hardware
makers, as well as many retail buyers and the gaming press, will descend
on Los Angeles for E3 2017 next week. The annual event -- a showcase for
computer, video and mobile games and related products -- will kick off
officially on Tuesday and run through Thursday at the Los Angeles
Convention Center.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84595.html

Open Source Survey Exposes Community Troubles

GitHub has released the results of its survey on open source software
development, practices and worldwide communities. Responses from more
than 6,000 participants reveal some of the problems missing or poorly
done documentation can have on users and project adoption. The survey
also reveals an ongoing concern about nasty interactions among community
members and negative attitudes toward women.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84592.html

Metis CDS Debbie Berebichez to Women in STEM: Chase Your Dreams

"I've helped shape the conversation," said Debbie Berebichez, chief data
scientist at Metis. "It's empowered me to mentor young women and also to
shape policy. At Metis, we offer a scholarship to women and minorities,
so we do things actively to bring women in. I also try to recruit and
hire women. Even though it's a tech company, over 60 percent of the
employees at Metis are women."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84590.html

Apple's iOS 11 Makes Siri a More Natural Woman... and Man

New voices for Siri and peer-to-peer payments are among the new features
in the next version of Apple's mobile device operating system iOS 11,
previewed at the company's annual Worldwide Development Conference on
Monday. "With the new operating system, Apple has doubled down on many
of the applications it has developed for iOS," said Ross Rubin, the
principal analyst at Reticle Research.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84588.html

With Audio Focus, Apple Side-Steps Smart Speaker Competition

Apple raised the curtain on HomePod, its upcoming smart speaker, during
Monday's WWDC keynote presentation. The company also announced some
desktop OS features for the iPad, and revealed its plans to become an
augmented reality powerhouse. "Just like iPod reinvented music in our
pockets, HomePod is going to reinvent music in our homes," said Apple
SVP Phil Schiller.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84585.html

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