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A PlayStation Network outage is affecting certain games | Engadget Just a day after a massive Xbox Live outage, Sony’s PlayStation Network has been experiencing issues for several hours. The problem on this end is a bit different, and based on reports may only affect certain games. Sony’s PSN Status page reports that “You might…
NASA’s Perseverance rover carried a family portrait of its robotic siblings to Mars | Engadget Like any good piece of high-tech hardware, NASA’s Perseverance rover features an Easter egg hidden in plain sight. Since landing on Mars on February 18th, NASA has been sharing thousands of photos captured by the rover. And if you look…
‘Terraria’ will hit Stadia after all | Engadget Terraria will come out Stadia after all. In a state of the game post spotted by Android Police, developer Re-Logic said it had resumed work on the port after settling its differences with Google. “After a month of pushing (and with the immense support of our fans),…
Right-wing site Gab responds to ‘alleged’ data breach | Engadget The CEO of Gab — the right-wing haven that lost mainstream tech backing after violent attacks in 2018 — published a curious blog post denying that the company has suffered a data breach. While it mysteriously went offline for a short time a week ago,…
Stadia version of Terraria is back in production after developer reconciles with Google Taylor Lyles Earlier this month, Terraria co-creator Andrew Spinks announced that his studio Re-Logic would cancel a Google Stadia port. However, the developer announced today that the Stadia port is now back in development. ”As you may have noticed, we had a…
Facebook’s new app Bars will let you rap over premade beats Mitchell Clark Despite being an annoying hipster, I definitely did not see this one coming: Facebook is releasing an app that will let users post and share videos of them rapping over beats, which are provided by the app (via TechCrunch). The app is…
Netflix is making a Terminator anime with the studio behind ‘Ghost in the Shell’ | Engadget A Terminator anime from the legendary studio behind the Ghost in the Shell franchise is coming to Netflix. The streaming giant didn’t share any details on the plot, but showrunner Mattson Tomlin, who worked on Project Power for Netflix,…
Streaming music made up 83 percent of the record industry’s revenue in 2020 | Engadget The coronavirus pandemic may have made it nearly impossible to check out live shows last year, but the music industry still found a way to grow despite all the hardships. According to the Recording Industry Association of America’s annual year-end…
Two new reports reveal the depths of Stadia’s struggles Jay Peters Two new reports from Bloomberg and Wired have shed light on some of Google’s failures in building its Stadia cloud gaming service. The reports come just a few weeks after Google announced it would be shutting down its in-house Stadia game development studios. One…
Coronavirus News Roundup, February 20 – February 26 Robin Lloyd The items below are highlights from the free newsletter, “Smart, useful, science stuff about COVID-19.” To receive newsletter issues daily in your inbox, sign up here. In a 2/19/21 newsletter for The New York Times, David Leonhardt writes that some cautionary public health…