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11:00pm, 22nd April, 2020

For SoftBank's Son, coronavirus turns vision to illusion

SoftBank Group Corp founder Masayoshi Son's dream of a global tech empire is unravelling, with the coronavirus crisis compounding losses at his $100 billion Vision Fund and distress at his big bets portending more pain.

Nope, Turns Out Solid Snake Isn't Coming to Tekken 7

12:37am, 5th August, 2019

Games

Nope, Turns Out Solid Snake Isn't Coming to Tekken 7

Against the hopes of many an attendee at this year's EVO fighting game tournament, Metal Gear Solid's Snake is not coming to Tekken 7, as was believed. The official EVO Twitter account clarified what happened Sunday. "Just to clear things u...

Apex Legends Glitch Turns Gibraltar's Shield Into a Bounce Pad

9:34am, 11th April, 2019

Games

Apex Legends Glitch Turns Gibraltar's Shield Into a Bounce Pad

Apex Legends players have been having fun with an exploit that lets them attach Legends' items to Gibraltar's shield. Not usually the most popular Legend, thanks to his huge hitbox and lumbering movement, Gibraltar's glitch has made hi...

Review: The $199 Echo Link turns the fidelity up to 11

9:27am, 10th April, 2019

Gadgets

Review: The $199 Echo Link turns the fidelity up to 11

The Link takes streaming music and makes it sound better. Just wirelessly connect it to an Echo device and plug it into a set of nice speakers. It’s the missing link. The Link bridges the gap between streaming music and a nice audio system. Instead o...

Sea of Thieves' Anniversary Update Turns the Game Into Two Very Different Experiences

4:20am, 10th April, 2019

Games

Sea of Thieves' Anniversary Update Turns the Game Into Two Very Different Experiences

The executive producer for Sea of Thieves has just called me a “motherf**ker”. I can't stop laughing. I didn’t expect this when I arrived at Rare this morning. To be honest, I didn’t really expect that kind of reaction to ever emerge from a sess...

FarmWise turns to Roush to build autonomous vegetable weeders

9:54am, 27th March, 2019

Gadgets

FarmWise turns to Roush to build autonomous vegetable weeders

wants robots to do the dirty part of farming: weeding. With that thought, the San Francisco-based startup enlisted the help of Michigan-based manufacturing and automotive company Roush to build prototypes of the self-driving robots. An early prototyp...

Search for Planet Nine turns up a way-out dwarf planet that’s called ‘The Goblin’

12:37am, 3rd October, 2018

Space

Search for Planet Nine turns up a way-out dwarf planet that’s called ‘The Goblin’

The International Space Station leaves a streak above the Subaru Telescope in a long-exposure image. Observations using the Subaru Telescope led to the discovery of the mini-world known as The Goblin. (Subaru Telescope / NAOJ Photo / Hideaki Fujiwara...

Amazon turns to toys, home goods in latest brick-and-mortar trial

6:14pm, 27th September, 2018

News

Amazon turns to toys, home goods in latest brick-and-mortar trial

Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday said it is opening a general store in New York City that will sell toys, household goods and a range of other products highly rated on its website, marking its latest push into brick-and-mortar retail.

Are we alone? NASA turns to the search for technosignatures beyond Earth

3:46pm, 25th September, 2018

Space

Are we alone? NASA turns to the search for technosignatures beyond Earth

An artist’s representation shows a megastructure known as a Dyson sphere capturing the energy from a distant star. Such a structure could create observable technosignatures pointing to the civilization behind its construction. (Credit: Danielle Futse...

Apple iPhones get bigger and pricier, Watch turns to health

5:28pm, 12th September, 2018

News

Apple iPhones get bigger and pricier, Watch turns to health

Apple Inc introduced its largest-ever iPhone and a watch that detects heart problems on Wednesday in an attempt to get customers to upgrade to more expensive devices in the face of stagnant global demand for smartphones.