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Just because most of the best smartwatches have built-in GPS as a standard feature doesn’t mean they’re going to be the right choice for all runners. Whether you’re training for your first triathlon or you want to step up your game from beginner to intermediate runner, a dedicated GPS running watch can provide a lot of benefits over a standard smartwatch. Faster and more accurate GPS can be one of those things, in addition to more advanced health metrics, more trackable workout profiles and extra-long battery life. And those are on top of standard “smart” features like phone notification alerts,…
During this year’s Geeked Week fan event, Netflix released teasers and previews of upcoming shows, including Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2. In addition to announcing that the new season is already in production, Netflix also announced that Miya Cech (Are You Afraid of the Dark?) will play the earth-wielding master Toph.The teaser for Squid Game Season 2 shows Lee Jung-jae once again donning the Player 456 uniform as he takes on other contestants in a life-threatening game with a shot at millions of dollars in prize money. The next season of Squid Game will premiere on December 26th.Streaming giant…
More details about Monument Valley 3 have emerged during Netflix’s Geeked Week event, and developer Ustwo Games says the long-awaited sequel will build on its predecessor in several ways, particularly in terms of gameplay, art style, and story.Perhaps the biggest change in Monument Valley 3 is the introduction of sailing. Because you can move your boat in just about any direction, “the game is no longer limited by geometric space,” game director Jennifer Esteris said in a conference call with reporters. Along with an unfolding cube that transports new protagonist Noor to different planes, Monument Valley 3 is primarily focused…
The fourth installment of the one-shot series “The Horizon Experiment” hits stores in December. “The Horizon Experiment: Motherfu*kin’ Monsters” is like “Evil Dead,” but for fanatics, it’s a love letter to Sam Raimi and Edgar Wright set to a Wu-Tang Clan soundtrack.In Motherfucking Monsters, a nerdy black kid from Brooklyn and his friends stumble upon a group of Satan-worshiping sorority boys trying to take over the world. Colorful chaos ensues as heroic JJ Henry and his family fight to stay alive and stop this grimoire-based evil from being unleashed. In this story, Holtham and Harris put black characters at the…
The ripples of Concord’s explosive collapse are still reverberating since Sony decided to take the game offline earlier this month. Now, it has been reported that the game’s director has decided to gracefully step aside. Kotaku reports that Firewalk Studios game director Ryan Ellis has told staff he is stepping down. Ellis, who co-founded Firewalk after serving as creative director on Destiny 2, will remain with the studio only in a supporting role.Meanwhile, Firewalk staff have yet to hear what Sony plans to do with the underperforming game. Just two weeks after Concord’s release, Sony took the team shooter offline…
Get ready to question humanity’s control over the technology that surrounds us: a new season of Netflix’s Black Mirror is in the works. Today, the official Black Mirror X page revealed the cast of the new season, which will be released next year, along with other interesting hints and Easter eggs.The video features a flickering old computer screen that appears to load a complete data dump of the entire cast of season 7. Among the names that jump out at us are Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti, Doctor Who star and Oscar winner Peter Capaldi (who won in 1995 for the…
An Austin-based startup best known for its VR and mixed reality workspace software for other companies’ headsets has developed its own hardware: the Immersed Visor appears to be somewhere between the Vision Pro Lite and the Xreal Plus: a lightweight, head-worn device that creates high-resolution spatial computing environments on the cheap (well, relatively speaking).After being long-rumored for months, Immersed founder Renji Bijoy finally unveiled the Visor at an event in Austin on Thursday. Better than glasses but far less than a full headset, the device provides the equivalent of a 4K OLED screen for each eye; has a 100-degree field…
A day after X became available again to some people in Brazil, the country’s Supreme Court threatened heavy daily fines against the social media company and Elon Musk-owned Starlink. In a new order posted online, Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered regulators to “restart” blocking X, saying the companies could be fined nearly $1 million per day if they didn’t comply.The latest order from Moraes, who has been publicly sparring with Musk for months, comes after X was regained access for many users in Brazil on Wednesday. The company said in an earlier statement that the change was an…
Google has found another way to turn user gazes into cash: turning paused YouTube videos into new ad space. A communications manager for YouTube told The Verge that they’ve seen “a positive response from advertisers and reviewers since we rolled out pause ads to all advertisers.”YouTube has begun discussing the use of ads in pause screens with some advertisers in 2023. Google Chief Business Officer Philip Schindler said last April that advertisers liked the new ad concept. YouTube viewers have not been as keen on the idea.Reddit users have been posting screenshots of the new pause screen ads, and to…
As the wildly popular comic book series Scott Pilgrim celebrates its 20th anniversary, Oni Press has teamed up with series creator Bryan Lee O’Malley and Eisner Award-winning artist Patrick Crotty to produce a new box set of the series. Read The Beat’s review here. The Beat asked O’Malley a few questions, which you can read below: This interview has been edited for clarity. Jared Bird: Thanks so much for your time today. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Scott Pilgrim series, Oni Press is releasing a new box set that contains the entire series in hardcover format and comes…