Public beta of macOS High Sierra is now live

If you’ve been wanting to try out Apple’s newest version of its Mac operating system, then the wait is over. Public beta for macOS High Sierra is now available. Interested users can enroll in the Apple Beta Software Program and sign up at this link. But again we have to remind you that beta versions of an OS aren’t stable or will work as advertised just yet as this software is still in development.

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Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ gets Hall H panel at Comic-Con

Netflix hit Stranger Things is doing something no other original show from the streaming service has done: get a Hall H panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. The 6,000-seater Hall H is known to host the biggest shows and movies we geek over. But we aren’t surprised with this development as the buzz surrounding the show has been hot since it first came out and now a second season is debuting on Halloween. They’ll be having their panel at 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Other Netflix titles making a Hall H appearance will be the original films Bright by Suicide Squad director David Ayer and its Japanese manga adaptation of Death Note.

Source: Mashable

‘Mass Effect: Andromeda’ isn’t getting a single-player DLC

If you have been waiting for a single-player DLC for Mass Effect: Andromeda, then we’re sorry to disappoint you but that isn’t going to happen. Earlier this week, a fake company called Sinclair Networks claimed on a Facebook post to have been working on a single-player, story-based DLC for the title until it was killed. BioWare producers were quick to dispute this saying that they don’t hire “fake companies” to work on their DLCs and they haven’t heard of Sinclair Networks.

Even with that news, it looks like there wasn’t even a DLC in the works in the first place. As Slash Gear points out, this marks a big change from the original Mass Effect trilogy, which always had expansions. EA won’t release any official announcements yet but it’s safe to say that an Andromeda DLC isn’t in our future, especially since the Mass Effect franchise is on hold indefinitely due to this game’s mediocre reviews.

Volkswagen wants cars to communicate with each other starting 2019

Volkswagen plans to make its cars “talk” to each other starting 2019 as the German car manufacturer wants to equip its vehicles with public wireless LAN (pWLAN). This technology will allow cars and transport infrastructure to send messages to other cars with a distance of up to 500 meters. Cars can get information about things like traffic jams, accidents, or even other vehicles coming out of an alley. Volkswagen even wants to equip fire trucks and ambulances with pWLAN tech so you’d know where the sirens are coming from. With pWLAN, you don’t have to worry about getting a data plan either as it’ll send messages via pWLAN, which uses its own frequency band and not cellular networks. And since this complies with industry standards for cars, you can communicate with any car fitted with pWLAN.

Initially, the system will be limited to local information and warnings. As the tech rolls out, it’ll be getting more features like real-time traffic light monitoring and the info on emergency service vehicles.

Source: Engadget + CNET