Month: May 2020

The greatest comedy in television history became a part of the Disney family when the mega-corporation gobbled up Fox last year, like so many forbidden donuts. Beyond having to make nice with the cartoon mouse American’s family had so openly antagonized over the decades, the deal meant that The Simpsons would have a permanent home on the new Disney+ … Continue reading The Simpsons can now be watched in 4:3 aspect ratio on Disney+, as nature intended Continue Reading →

Update now! Plenty of new games ship with bugs, but this one’s a lot more severe than the usual glitches: It could potentially wipe a drive of data. The problem is with Minecraft Dungeons, and it could erase your computer’s data when uninstalling the game. Thankfully, there’s a simple fix. The dungeon-crawling Minecraft spin-off arrived on … Continue reading Bug in Minecraft Dungeons could wipe your PC data Continue Reading →

The company says that over a dozen workplace and product quality initiatives have been put in place amid slow resumption Boeing landed in a deep crisis following two fatal crashes of its 737 Max in October 2018 and March 2019. Soon after airlines began grounding the plane, the company said that it would temporarily suspend production … Continue reading Boeing resumes 737 Max production following temporary suspension earlier this year Continue Reading →

How did yesterday’s launch of HBO Max go? We don’t have official numbers from WarnerMedia, but app store intelligence firm Sensor Tower says HBO Max was downloaded by nearly 87,000 new users across Apple’s App Store and Google Play. That number might seem pretty low compared to other streaming launches — like the 4 million first-day installs for Disney+, … Continue reading HBO Max was downloaded by 87K new users yesterday (Sensor Tower) Continue Reading →

Are you a big fan of single-board computers? Then here’s some good news: the Raspberry Pi foundation has just released a new, $75 Raspberry Pi 4 model that comes with 8GB of RAM. And to make the most of this memory increase, a 64-bit version of its operating system is being released in early beta … Continue reading An 8GB Raspberry Pi 4 model arrives alongside a new 64-bit OS Continue Reading →

The top-end Pi 4 now has double the RAM. Hot off the launch of an interchangeable camera system earlier this month, Raspberry Pi is introducing a new configuration of the Pi4: a model with a whopping 8GB of RAM. The new, highest-end config for the Pi 4 will run you $75. The 8GB version of the Raspberry … Continue reading New Raspberry Pi 4 model comes with a ton of RAM: 8GB Continue Reading →

Battery Health Management is an optional feature, though. This week, Apple released macOS Catalina 10.15.5, rounding out a series of system software updates that has rolled out to various Apple platforms (iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS) over the course of a week or so. This version of macOS is primarily focused on a new battery management … Continue reading New macOS 10.15.5 feature reduces your battery life to save your battery’s life Continue Reading →

Viral RNA levels spike in sewage seven days ahead of new cases. Around the country and the world, coronavirus lockdowns and stay-at-home orders are being lifted as the rate of new infections begins to slow. That shouldn’t be interpreted as humans having suddenly beaten the virus; local outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 are going to be something … Continue reading Poop alert: Sewage could signal impending burst of COVID-19 cases Continue Reading →

Good news for game preservationists Notably, Ronald’s usage of terms like “a hand curated list of titles” suggests that not all of the games in the Xbox back catalog will take full advantage of Microsoft’s new hardware and techniques. Here’s to hoping that your favorites make the cut! Microsoft from day one set about to design … Continue reading Xbox Series X will be Microsoft’s most compatible console to date Continue Reading →