F-Zero turns 30 years old today.Nintendo’s famous sci-fi racing series made its debut on the Super Famicom in Japan on 21st November 1990. It was a huge success, and spawned multiple sequels.I was a huge fan of F-Zero on the SNES (a year and a half later!). I was blown away by the sense of …
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Wood industry regains growth momentum
Producing wooden products for export to EU market of WOODSLAND Tuyen Quang Joint Stock Company. — VNA/VNS Photo Vu Sinh Despite a tough year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the national wood sector looks set to achieve its export turnover target of US$12 billion, and some wood processing businesses have so many orders while they …
Wonder Woman 1984: Release Dates For International Markets Announced
Following delays, Warner Bros. recently announced that Wonder Woman 1984 will debut on Christmas Day through HBO Max and in theatres in North America that are open. But HBO Max is not available in other parts of the world, and as such, the superhero movie is going ahead with a theatrical release that begins before …
Dune: The Graphic Novel cuts the fat from the Frank Herbert classic
I’m not the only person who is champing at the bit for Denis Villeneuve’s modern-day adaptation of Dune. In anticipation of a fall release — which was recently kicked down the road into 2021 — I actually picked up the original book from the library. But… maybe it’s the year that we’re all living through …
This 98-inch, 8K Samsung TV is just $50,000, which is actually half price
The idea of an 8K television is astounding. If we ignore the fact that basically no device other than an ultra high-end monster PC can display anything at that resolution yet, who actually needs to see things in such detail? Then again, that’s what people were saying about 4K less than a decade ago…If you’re …
Jeopardy! winner tears up while thanking host Alex Trebek and reveals he learned English by watching the show as a child
A Jeopardy! winner become overwhelmed with emotions and teared up while speaking to host Alex Trebek, who he credited with teaching him English as a young child. The heart-warming moment happened after Burt Thakur emerged victorious on Thursday night and walked away with a $20,400 prize. After Trebek, 80, asked if anyone was cheering Thakur …
Square Enix To Allow Developers To Work From Home Permanently
Square Enix has announced major changes to its workplace policies to allow developers to work from home permanently, starting on December 1.In a news release, the Final Fantasy publisher said it is adopting this new policy not only to help keep developers healthy during the COVID-19 crisis, but also to increase efficiency and morale.”Rather than …
Christine Ohuruogu reveals her ‘hard’ choice between netball and athletics in Driving Force
Christine Ohuruogu vividly remembers making the phone call which halted her England Netball career in favour of athletics; it was one of the hardest of her life. Speaking to Judy Murray in the latest episode of Driving Force on Sky Sports, Ohuruogu shares how netball was her first sporting love, and how her track career …
The AI that kicked everyone’s ass at StarCraft 2 has made ‘a stunning advance’ in protein folding
Remember AlphaStar, the AI that kicked everyone’s ass in StarCraft 2? That was cool. But it turns out that DeepMind, the Google-owned company that created it, had higher aspirations that just being really good at an RTS. As reported by The Guardian, DeepMind has a another AI called AlphaFold, and it’s recently made unprecedented advances …
Titanfall surprise launches on Steam – is met with immediate “Mostly Negative” reception
Titanfall surprise-launched on Steam last night – and it was met with an immediate “Mostly Negative” reception.Respawn’s multiplayer-only shooter came out in 2014, and six years later it seems it is barely playable on PC not because of a dwindling playerbase, but because players can’t actually play it.Customers are reporting the game’s servers are pretty …