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Why is it so much fun to have a ragdoll character fall down stairs, throw it out of a window into oncoming traffic, drop it, throw it, throw it in a game like Human Fall Flat?A ragdoll game is You know how to satisfy the moral center of your frontal lobe by not causing harm (or felonies) in the real world, while at the same time hurting the lizard part of your brain that enjoys being a destructive force of mayhem.You’ll be able to see the fruits of your destruction in a virtual environment as Human Fall Flat and its…
Company X lost a legal battle in Australia in which it tried to avoid a $400,000 fine by claiming Twitter no longer exists. The creative legal argument, first spotted by ArsTechnica, comes amid a more than year-long dispute with Australia’s eSafety Commission.In February last year, the commission asked the company, then known as Twitter, to provide details about its response to child sexual exploitation on its platform. The commission said in a statement last year that Company X did not answer many questions in its responses and left “some fields completely blank.” As a result, the eSafety Commission fined the…
Samsung plans to start using the One UI name for all consumer devices, including televisions and consumer electronics. Executive Vice President Sally Hyesun Chung made the announcement at the company’s 2024 developer conference (via 9to5Google). The One UI brand was previously exclusive to Galaxy smartphones, tablets, and wearables.“One UI now goes beyond mobile and is the software experience on all Samsung consumer devices,” Hyesoon Jeong said on stage at the keynote in San Jose. This is part of the company’s goal for more consistent branding across the consumer ecosystem, especially as AI approaches evolve. samsungSamsung also teased that its next…
Marvel Comics has announced that X-Men: Xavier’s Secret #1 will be released on January 22nd. This one-shot, written by Alex Paknadel with art by Diogenes Neves, compiles the first six issues of the Infinity Comics series.Read the review of the first issue here.So what is X-Men: Xavier’s Secret #1 about?Over two stories, Paknadel and Neves uncover what brought the three pillars of the X-Men series – Professor X, Cyclops, and Jean Gray – to where they are today. In Stephanie Phillips and Alessandro Miracolo’s ongoing Phoenix series, witness Jean Gray’s final moments on Earth before setting off on a galaxy-spanning…
Amazon Prime Day is just days away, and there are a number of early bird deals available right now. We expect to see better TV deals as Black Friday approaches, and LG’s C4 OLED smart TV had some decent deals. The 55-inch version is just $1,297, nearly $700 off, and most other sizes offer hundreds of dollars off.This is the company’s mid-grade line of OLED TVs. Each model includes an updated Alpha 9 Gen 7 chip for smoother menu navigation. The brightness has also been improved compared to the previous model. The brightness of these TVs reaches almost 1,000 nits,…
The European Union has once again issued a ruling that prevents Meta from doing too much with user information. The EU’s highest court has ruled that there must be limits on how long Meta and other social media networks can use people’s information for advertising targeting strategies.TechCrunch reported that the EU’s highest court upheld an earlier opinion published in April by the court’s advisors. The previous ruling also called for limits on how long companies can keep customers’ personal data for advertising targeting purposes.The judgment referred its retention guidelines to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), enacted by the…
Amazon Prime Day is just around the corner, and there are already a lot of sales going on. For example, you can save up to $100 on the Oura Ring. Discounts vary depending on which design you choose. The Stealth Horizon design is $350 in all sizes, while many standard colors are $300. However, the gold option jumps to $450. Prices also vary depending on whether you choose the rounded Horizon design or the more blocky Heritage design.OuraFor the uninitiated, the Oura Ring is a smart wearable that tracks your activity, sleep, and more. The main benefit of choosing a…
Since 2022, Amazon has been holding something of a second Prime Day in October, and that sales event is returning this year. Prime Big Deal Days returns on October 8th and 9th, and we’re already starting to see some decent deals across Amazon’s site. As usual, most of the sales we expected to see on Prime Day in October were exclusive to Prime members, and some of the early Prime Day sales we’re seeing now follow suit. This is what I did. If you’re not a Prime member, don’t worry too much. There are always some discounts offered to all…
Courtesy of the upcoming Dracula: Book II Kickstarter, AIPT can exclusively share the first look at the limited edition cover by Kelly Jones. With over 3.3 million backers and over $250,000 in revenue for Book I, written by Matt Wagner and art by Jones, this campaign is sure to be a success. Volume 2 will be released next week.Click here to be notified when the Kickstarter goes live.“When Matt first heard that the second volume of the Dracula epic would be titled THE BRIDES, we were so excited,” said artist Kelly Jones. “And wow…the stories he’s written are truly chilling!…
A new fix is available for certain iPhones and iPads that addresses recording and password security issues. According to its support website, Apple has released two new patches including iOS 18.0.1 and iPadOS 18.0.1 for iPhone. The update also finally allows users with M4-powered iPads to upgrade to iOS 18 after the initial version was removed to brick users’ devices.This patch fixes recording issues in the Messages app on all iPhone 16 models. Your iPhone’s microphone will accidentally start recording a few seconds before the orange microphone icon becomes active.The password patch fixes an issue where the VoiceOver feature could…