Riot announced updates to its privacy policy today that will allow the company to record and evaluate reported player voice communications in its team-based shooter Valorant.
Source: Kotaku – Riot Will Record Valorant Voice Comms To Catch Racists
Apple’s new iPad Pro models that come equipped with its M1 chip are already seeing delays in delivery times.
Source: Gizmodo – Ordering Apple’s New iPad Pro? It’s Probably Safe to Expect Delays
Asparagus is a spring icon. It is green, it is fresh, and it is bitter, sweet, and slightly grassy all at once. Really good, seasonal asparagus does not need much cooking. In fact, too much heat can wreck its more delicate qualities.
Source: LifeHacker – Marinate Fresh Asparagus With Lemon and Shallots
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Internet service providers today sued New York to block a state law that requires ISPs to sell $15-per-month broadband plans to low-income households.
The lawsuit was filed by lobby groups including USTelecom and CTIA-The Wireless Association, both of which count Verizon and AT&T among their members. Lobby groups for many other ISPs also joined the lawsuit, with plaintiffs including NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association, the Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association, and the New York State Telecommunications Association. The biggest cable lobby group, NCTA, did not join the lawsuit, but a cable lobby group representing small providers—America’s Communications Association—is one of the plaintiffs suing New York.
New York enacted its cheap-broadband law two weeks ago and called it a “first-in-the-nation requirement for affordable Internet for qualifying low-income families.”
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Source: Ars Technica – ISPs sue New York to block law requiring broadband for poor people
In terms of PR and gamer experience, Cyberpunk 2077 flopped out of the gate with a plague of glitches and multiple undelivered features. On the other side of the equation, the game still made quite a bit of money for CD Projekt Red, even in the face of game returns and Sony refusing to sell the game on its platform. Now, the company executives
Source: Hot Hardware – CDPR Execs Nab Massive Bonuses For 2020 Despite Cyberpunk 2077 Launch Disaster
Just over a month ago, announced comprehensive plans for advanced chip development and increased fab capacity to get out of its process node rut. Intel has shifted the bulk of its mobile processors to 10nm, and its desktop and server CPUs will make the transition later this year. For 7nm and beyond, Intel wants to maintain a “competitive advantage
Source: Hot Hardware – Intel Chases Billions In Subsidies As It Scouts European Locations For Chip Fab Expansion
The father of the modern zombie film might have his final statement on the genre finished from beyond the grave. Those circumstances are incredibly sad, but also gruesomely poetic.
Source: Gizmodo – Twilight of the Dead, George A. Romero’s Final Zombie Film, Might Actually Get Made
When it comes to hanging things on your walls, adhesives can only do so much. If you need to securely display framed artwork or install wall-mounted shelves, you’ll probably have to do a little drilling. Here’s how to do it as safely as possible.
Source: LifeHacker – How to Safely Drill Into Any Wall
Joe Rogan would like you to know that he’s an idiot (a “fucking moron,” in fact) and nobody should listen to his vaccine misinformation. Can he keep his podcast? Yes. Okay.
Source: Gizmodo – Joe Rogan Walked Back His Vaccine Crap, He Was Probably Sloshed, Who’s to Say
Bandai Namco and NetherRealm Studios have announced plans to no longer work with esports org WePlay, which over the last month has hosted big money events for Tekken 7, Soulcalibur VI, and Mortal Kombat 11.
Source: Kotaku – Tekken, Mortal Kombat Pulled From Controversial Esports Events
After making history and completing two additional flights, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter could soon attempt even more ambitious forays into the skies of the Red Planet.
Source: Engadget – NASA wants to use its Mars helicopter to support Perseverance rover
Spotify is overhauling the “Your Library” section of its mobile app with a new layout, better search filters, and shortcut options that should make sifting through your ever-expanding Spotify collection a lot less tedious.
Source: LifeHacker – The Best Features of Spotify’s New ‘Your Library’ Tab
When you think of night-vision goggles, you probably imagine the pitch black of night being illuminated in a sea of green that helps improve visibility. That’s ancient technology now as the US Army’s Lancer Brigade of Joint Base Lewis–McChord demonstrates what soldiers see through the military’s latest and greatest…
Source: Gizmodo – The Army’s New Night-Vision Goggles Look Like Technology Stolen From an Advanced Alien Race
The various dingbats and wingnuts of the pro-Donald Trump web have been keeping busy by spreading detailed instructions on how to create fake official Centers for Disease Control and Prevention coronavirus vaccination cards rather than just get the damn shot. Doing so, the FBI says, is a federal crime that can be…
Source: Gizmodo – PSA to Trump Revanchists and Anti-Vaxxers: Making Fake CDC Vaccination Cards Is a Federal Crime
Walmart knocks $50 off Apple’s new 2021 11-inch iPad Pro, bringing it down to $749.
Source: Engadget – Apple’s new 11-inch iPad Pro is already off at Walmart
/e/ Android operating system is a privacy oriented, Google-free mobile operating system, forked from Lineage OS in mid-2018.
Source: Linux Today – Experiencing the /e/ OS: The Open Source De-Googled Android Version
Hoping to find a local dolphin named Kevin, a citizen archaeologist ended up finding a medieval logboat sunk in the shallow water of an Irish river. The man, Anthony Murphy, found the vessel while flying his drone over the River Boyne. “I was actually looking for Kevin the dolphin that has been in the river in the…
Source: Gizmodo – Man Looking for Kevin the Dolphin Accidentally Finds Centuries-Old Logboat
The Fast & Furious movies are big deals. They make hundreds of millions of dollars. They have scenes and stunts that require hundreds of cast and crew members. They require an army of VFX artists. Everything has to be perfect to pull off a movie as huge as these, down to the smallest details—even the vroom-vrooms.
Source: Gizmodo – Vin Diesel Says the Fast & Furious Movies Make the Cars ‘Audition’
Apple is all about the three Ss these days: subscriptions, services, and saturation (for its new iMacs, at least). And while you can hardly blame the company for wanting to diversify its revenue, it can sometimes feel like there’s just a lot to buy from Apple—with a recurring monthly payment, that is. However, you…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Get Started With Apple Fitness+
Off-world helicopter flights are almost starting to seem mundane, as Ingenuity has now flown for the fourth time on Mars. This afternoon, NASA’s experimental helicopter pushed its bounds, traveling farther and at nearly double its previous speeds.
Source: Gizmodo – Ingenuity’s Fourth Mars Flight Sets New Airspeed and Distance Records
