Samsung is Working on a Cutting-edge Battery
Samsung is conducting research on a new type of battery with solid electrolyte (so-called all-solid-state). The battery is to achieve an energy density of 900 Wh/L. In the case of electric cars, this would enable to increase their range up to 800 kilometres.
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Bart Swiatek
March 16, 2020
App For Tracking Coronavirus Turn Out to be Ransomware
The ransomware software called „CovidLock” infects Android smartphones when users install the coronavirus case tracking application. Hackers block the phone and demand a ransom in exchange for access.
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March 16, 2020
Pokemon GO Devs Introduce Changes and Encourage to Play at Home
In the world of Pokémon GO, changes have been introduced to make it easier to play without leaving home. The changes are dictated by player safety considerations and will remain in force until further notice.
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Conrad Hazi
March 15, 2020
Scientists Dispel Doubts: 5G Does Not Harm Your Health
Independent scientists affiliated to the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) have concluded that, based on current scientific knowledge, the 5G communication standard does not represent a risk to human health.
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Bart Swiatek
March 13, 2020
Fallout Shelter Online Goes West
The online version of Fallout Shelter for Android and iOS devices, which until now was available only in China, will soon be launched in the Western market. The production will see several novelties and changes compared to the Chinese original.
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Paul Wozniak
March 11, 2020
DuckDuckGo Provides a Great List of Websites That Track Us on the Web
DuckDuckGo has released Tracker Radar - a huge database of websites that track Internet users. The company hopes that this will increase the privacy of web browser users. In addition, it was revealed which companies most often collect information about our online activities.
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 6, 2020
Google Cancels I/O 2020 Due to Coronavirus
Google has decided to cancel the „physical” I/O 2020 event planned for mid-May, which was to be the company's largest event this year. As you can guess, the reason are fears of the coronavirus.
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Milosz Szubert
March 4, 2020
Digital Dragons 2020 - Control Devs and Composer for Crysis Among Guests
More artists have been revealed, whose lectures we will be able to listen to during the Digital Dragons conference. Among them were composers Inon Zur and Gareth Coker, as well as a team from Remedy, who will talk about the work on Control.
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Adrian Werner
March 4, 2020
Easier Access to Batteries in EU Mobile Devices - Legislation Proposal Leaked
Danish website Het Financieele Dagblad posted a leak concerning a proposal for a European Parliament law that would make it easier for mobile users to access batteries. According to the information, we will officially hear about it for the first time in mid-March.
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Paul Wozniak
February 29, 2020
Epic Games on Fortnite's Revenue Drops: The Data is Inaccurate
Epic Games has criticized the SuperData group for reporting Fortnite's revenue. The company disputes the data provided by the analysts, even though it referred to them in the previous month.
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Jacob Blazewicz
February 28, 2020
Developers of Roblox are Now Worth $4 Billion
Thanks to the a round of investments, we learned that the developers of Roblox are already worth $4 billion. In addition, the number users playing the game monthly has increased to 115 million.
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Adrian Werner
February 27, 2020
Minecraft Received Pack of Content From the Mass Effect Series
Minecraft just got pack of content that will take the players straight into the Mass Effect universe. It offers, among others, 36 additional skins, changed textures and various locations. It can be purchased for 990 Minecraft coins (around $5) on PCs, consoles, as well as Android and iOS devices.
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Paul Wozniak
February 26, 2020
Dota Underlords Officially Lauches, Having Left Steam Early Sccess
The full version of Valve's auto battler Dota Underlords has officially launched. It introduces novelties in multiplayer and a single player story campaign.
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Adrian Werner
February 26, 2020
Facebook Will Ban Some of the Coronavirus Medicine Ads
Facebook has announced that it intends to ban several advertisements of COVID-19 coronavirus medicine, which are said to spread fear and play on user emotions. The company does not want the website to be used for disinformation and making money from the commotion associated with this epidemic.
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Bart Swiatek
February 26, 2020
EA Bans a Youtuber in All its Games and Services
Electronic Arts resorted to the harshest penalty in a violent conflict with the player known as Kurt0411. He got banned in all the games and services of this publisher.
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Adrian Werner
February 25, 2020
Coronavirus: Samsung Temporarily Shuts Down Its Smartphone Factory
Samsung has decided to close one of its factories for the weekend - a plant located in the Korean city of Gumi, where Samsung Galaxy Fold and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip smartphones are manufactured.
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Bart Swiatek
February 24, 2020
NetEase Makes an Online FPS With Marvel Superheroes
Thanks to a job advertisement, we learned that NetEase Games is working on an online FPS game set in the Marvel Universe. The project is described as an AAA game and is aimed at PCs, consoles and mobile devices.
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Adrian Werner
February 23, 2020
Over Million Players Have Used GeForce Now
Nvidia announced on its blog that GeForce Now game streaming service is very popular. We've learned that over a million players have used it so far.
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Bart Woldanski
February 21, 2020
Facebook Will Pay Its Users for Voice Sample Recordings
Facebook will pay users for voice recordings. The aim of the initiative is to improve speech recognition technology. In the past, the company was caught eavesdropping on customers without their knowledge.
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Bart Swiatek
February 21, 2020
Microsoft Defender Antivirus is Coming to iOS and Android
The Windows Defender anti-virus software will be launched on other platforms. The application received a version dedicated to Linux, and there are plans for releases for mobile devices based on iOS and Android.
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Bart Swiatek
February 21, 2020