Mercedes shows a sneak peek at its 1,000 HP AMG Project One Hypercar

Mercedes' AMG Project One Hypercar which has 1,000 Horesepower powertrain and can hit a top speed of 217 MPH. While a lot of details about this upcoming car are known, Mercedes has kept the car's design under wraps but thanks to a teaser photo above, we can see this will be something special. 

This thoroughbred race car will showcase an F1-based 1.6-liter turbocharged V6 engine that revs to 11,000 rpm, and four of electric motors. Mercedes confirmed with this teaser that the powertrain will produce over 1,000 horsepower. The company will build 275 examples of the car at $2.54 million a piece. 

Source: Autoblog

A mobile MMO based on ‘Game of Thrones’ is now up for pre-registration

If you’re suffering from Game of Thrones withdrawals, perhaps an upcoming massive multiplayer online (MMO) game based on the show might hit the spot? Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and HBO Global Licensing, together with game developer Turbine, just unveiled an upcoming game called Game of Thrones: Conquest and they’ve put it up for pre-registration on its official site. If you pre-register for the game you can get US$50 worth of free in-game content when it goes live.  These include Night’s Watch training gear and gold and resources you’ll need to gain control over the Iron Throne.

Yes, this MMO lets you control your own powerful house in Westeros as you’ll try to claim the Iron Throne. You can rule your house however you choose—through giant armies, forged alliances, etc. Of course, you’re expected to defend your own house at the same time. The game is expected to launch later this year on both Android and iOS.

Source: Android Authority

HBO’s ‘True Detective’ is coming back for season three, Mahershala Ali takes lead role

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To say True Detective has been through a lot is an understatement. What was considered a great show in its first season fell by the wayside by its second season. And as The New York Times reports, few people expected it to make a comeback. But the show, which one starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, will be coming back for season 3 and this time, Oscar winner Mahershala Ali is taking the lead. He’ll be playing a state detective in Northwest Arkansas as a crime happens in the Ozark Mountains.

Not much else is known about the show but its creator Nic Pizzolatto will be writing most of the season and directed several episodes. David Milch, the creator of HBO series like Deadwood and Luck co-wrote one episode with Pizzolatto. For the rest of the season, Jeremy Saulnier will be taking the role of director. No word yet on when the show is coming out as well.

Google’s News Lab collaborated on visual site that shows most common ‘How To’ questions online

The phrase “Google it” is such an important part of our lexicon for years already. But what do we Google exactly? A new website made by Google’s News Lab team together with interactive visual data journalist Xaquin G.V. delves into the searches we made starting with the words “How To.” These two words apparently make up a lot of our searches on the site. Inspired by his own searches of how to fix things around the house, the site makes use of Google and its Trends tools to show what tops the “How to” searches are for different countries. As TechCrunch points out, in Canada, how to searches related to doors, toilets, and fridges are commonly looked up.

On top of that, the site has an essay that looks in the top 100 “How To” searches made around the world to see what we usually need help with. Xaquin breaks this down into categories and adds visual representation of how popular each topic is. The site is highly responsive and looks great on mobile. It was deliberate on their part as Google News Lab Data Editor Simon Rogers said, they wanted to focus on the site’s mobile performance for visual storytelling as this is how people access information. Rogers also said projects like this help them see how their data can be used to tell stories and perhaps fuel interest in creating great data-based journalism.