A couple of weeks back, Sony announced some bad news for PlayStation Plus users in the EU. At the end of August, prices on PlayStation Plus subscriptions are going to rise, somewhat significantly in some cases. This price hike follows a similar one in the US last year, and as you can probably imagine, PlayStation Plus users aren't exactly happy with the added expense.
MetroPCS has revealed that it will be the home of a new 6-inch smartphone from ZTE called the ZTE Blade ZMax. While the phablet isn't yet available to purchase, interested buyers can 'pre-register' for the phone; as well, the carrier is offering a new promotion where buyers get a $25 gift card for the Google Play Store. You'll only get the promo if you pre-register in time.
Following its launch in 2014, Opera has decided to discontinue its data-saving app for Android. The app is no longer listed in the Google Play Store, but existing users will get to use it for a while longer. Eventually, though, Opera is going to terminate support for those who are still using the app, forcing them to switch to a different product altogether.
This week one intrepid user by the name of AmirZ enabled the Google Camera app to expand its abilities. With a bit of editing to the app's code, the Google Camera can now work with 60fps and 1080p at the same time, just like the Google Pixel. The user responsible for this decompiled the app, implemented a code change from NX Camera, and recompiled using APKTool 2.2.4, signing with his own personal key.
Sonic Mania is nearly upon us and the Sonic faithful are definitely excited. Sonic Mania is a return to form for the ol' Blue Blur, but those of you who haven't been following the game so closely may not know why it's worth getting excited about it. After all, Sonic games in recent years have been a bit hit or a miss, so it might be hard to know why this one should stick out. With that in mind, here are five reasons to look forward to Sonic Mania.
It's a confusing time for Eclipse Watchers in the United States as Amazon recalls hundreds (if not thousands) of Eclipse Glasses this week. This happened just before the Total Solar Eclipse of August, 2017. This Total Solar Eclipse is a rare event because of its position - massive coverage of the sun in a path that spans the United States for over 90 minutes in one go. That doesn't often happen over such a well-populated area of land.
Samsung just revealed a bit of information about its upcoming Galaxy Note 8 handset via one of its support pages. According to that page, the Galaxy Note 8 will be available with a dual-SIM variant for the European market, enabling users to pack a pair of SIM cards for using two numbers or service plans on the same handset.
Google has snapped up the former head of Tesla's Autopilot, with Chris Lattner joining the Google Brain deep learning artificial intelligence project. Lattner was, until recently, leading Tesla's work on semi-autonomous and autonomous driving, having been recruited in January of this year. The electric car company has been one of the most ambitious in its public commitments to making driverless cars practical, with founder and CEO Elon Musk promising that Tesla vehicles being built today will be, with the right software and legal framework, capable of full Level 5 autonomy in the coming years.
Last week’s Game of Thrones episode, The Spoils of War, gave us the explosive action we’ve all be waiting for, but this week’s episode, Eastwatch, calmed things down a bit. Don’t take that to mean that Eastwatch was somehow a boring episode, though; on the contrary, there were some shocking twists for fans who were paying close attention. The things we learned in Eastwatch have some major implications not only for some of our favorite characters, but also perhaps for the fate of Westeros as a whole.
SpaceX has aced its latest Dragon launch, with CRS-12 successfully taking off from Cape Canaveral this morning and the Falcon 9 rocket landing back safely. The mission, CRS-12, is SpaceX's twelfth resupply mission to the International Space Station. Among the cargo is a new supercomputer, which it's hoped will pave the way for a successful mission to Mars.
Apple's next event will reveal the names of their new iPhone collection - and today we're discussing the most mysterious. The iPhone 8, we've been calling it - but since Apple hasn't officially acknowledged its existence, it's not quite official. It's had a few names over the past few months, like iPhone X or iPhone Pro - and all the way back a year ago it was already being prophesied as the iPhone 10, Anniversary Edition. Today we're getting down to business.
This morning The Pokemon Company sponsored a Pikachu Snapchat filter to join in on the fun of Pikachu OUTBREAK in Japan. This morning (last night for Japan) was the big Pokemon GO STADIUM event taking place during Pikachu OUTBREAK, and Mewtwo was released as well. If that all made sense to you, congratulations, you're either a Millennial or very well attuned to Pokemon in pop culture and our everyday Pika-tuned society.
