After years of rejecting calls for increased regulatory oversight of Facebook, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has now called for more cooperation with government in dealing with problems posed by internet platforms and emergent internet technologies.
If you’re curious about Activision’s take on battle royale, the Blackout mode found in Black Ops IV, but haven’t yet taken the financial plunge, you’re in luck. Call of Duty: Black Ops IV, or a significant portion of it, is free-to-play for the rest of April. And not just on a platform or two, on all of them. Whether you’re a glorious PC gamer, a PlayStation acolyte or a filthy Xbox One spawn-camper, you can drop into Blackout for free for the rest of the month. Terms and Conditions apply.
Research into digital technologies indicates that phrases such as “word of mouth” or “keeping in touch” point to the importance of face-to-face conversation. Indeed, face-to-face conversation can strengthen social ties: with our neighbours, friends, work colleagues and other people we encounter during our day.
This week on Light Start, we have a small games console, a self-driving car, a Swamp Thing, and Valve’s own version of virtual reality.
If you’re a fan of running and gunning, of shooting and looting, then you’re probably super-keen on the next instalment of the Borderlands series. Especially as Borderlands 3 has finally be confirmed by developers Gearbox. A short trailer dropped a mass of information about the upcoming sequel and it looks… almost like a massive expansion pack. There are familiar enemies and locations, more guns than you could possibly eat in a single lifetime, and an all-new cast of characters to look forward to.
Blink and you’ll miss it. We’ve got another look at Xiaomi’s folding smartphone and it’s very, very quick. Just ten seconds, in fact, but that’s long enough for us to decide that we’re very impressed with whatever the Chinese company is up to.
The December 2018 premiere of Netflix’s Black Mirror: Bandersnatch offered consumers a new way to influence the entertainment they’re watching. Netflix has a growing list of choose-your-own-adventure movies.
If we didn’t know any better, we’d say that this video of Samsung’s Galaxy Fold smartphones being tested was part of a much longer video. A video involving some early-2000s band, possibly transformed into monkeys and singing about… well, you decide what they’re singing about. It’s got the same sort of vibe.
It’s the sequel we never ever expected to see. Streets of Rage is returning after almost 25 years with Streets…
Super. Charge. Turbo. All words that bring to mind a motorised vehicle flying by quick enough to demolish a building…