Amazon abruptly pulling the plug on its Halo bands reminds me of when the Microsoft Band met the same fate. Google’s been a poor shepherd to Fitbit, too — why is big tech so bad at bands? Must we all wear a smartwatch to track health?
The Steam Deck competitor will be sold in both Z1 and Z1 Extreme configurations, Asus confirms to The Verge. (That was expected, but it’s good to know for sure.) So when you see the starting price on May 11th, know it’s for a somewhat less powerful model.
Here’s our ROG Ally hands-on.
9to5Mac reports that a new version of iOS has silently added a system, “countryd,” that uses GPS, cellular and Wi-Fi data to verify which country you’re in. Apple may soon be forced to allow third-party app stores onto the iPhone in Europe, but not necessarily elsewhere. This could be a way to put location spoofers in their place — so to speak.
Shuhei Yoshida tells The Guardian (via Kotaku):
“PlayStation embraces new ideas, and many of them fail. We do a prototype, we evaluate, we decide whether to spend more time and resources, or we just stop. We cancel so many games. I usually try to convince the developer that I’m trying to save them from getting stuck with this project … We tend to work with people who have very strong ideas, we love these people, so trying to change or stop their project is so hard.”
These days, he’s in charge of PlayStation Indies.
The Flash’s second trailer just dropped. Batman’s jet plane is absolutely the star of this movie. Batwing rules.
The film’s director says WB built an entire Batcave set to house it, too.
Anker’s first 3D printer is blazing fast — but a year later, it’s still in beta.
