Wednesday
Dec192018

Prepare for the most anticipated games of 2019 on the Xbox

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There are many things we love about a new year, one of them is getting new games to play. Here’s a list of the big titles coming to the Xbox One in 2019. Quick note for the Microsoft Studios titles, those will be launched in Xbox Game Pass on the same date as their global release.

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Tuesday
Dec182018

Sphero won’t make any ‘Star Wars’ droids anymore

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Sphero is done making licensed robots. Once the company clears out its inventory of BB-8s, R2-D2s, and other Disney-licensed ‘bots, it won’t be making any more. In a statement released to The Verge, Sphero CEO Paul Berberian said that while these toys did well soon after the release of the films, interest for them would wane over time. And the amount of effort put into making these robots didn’t reap as many benefits as they’d hope. While the company reportedly sold millions of BB-8 units, the data Sphero got said most of these have been relegated to shelves and the like after using them for a few times. The company is looking to focus on working on its education-focused robots, which they claim are doing better.

Tuesday
Dec182018

Epic delays release of latest 'Fortnite' patch, including new Driftboard vehicle

After teasing the existence of a new snowboard-like vehicle it’s calling a Driftboard, Epic Games had to delay the release of said vehicle as well as an upcoming patch for Fortnite. The developer found a bug with the Driftboard, thus delaying the plans for its release. It was supposed to arrive with the patch v7.10 set to go live on Tuesday morning. But those plans also got sidetracked. Epic announced that there’s a larger issue with patch itself, so they’re delaying that release as well. It isn’t clear though if Epic plans to release these two together as originally planned. But we’ll keep you posted if we hear any news.

Source: Polygon

Tuesday
Dec182018

Google Assistant will soon alert you if it thinks your flight will be delayed

With the help of machine learning and historical flight status data, Google Assistant might soon alert you if your flight is going to be delayed. It’ll be able to do so with an 85 percent confidence rate. Right now Google Flights can do this for you, but soon you’ll be able to ask Google Assistant to check if your flight is going to arrive on time or what the status of your flight is. It will be able to tell you things like the reason for the delay. What Google has over its competition is it could predict a delay. Sites like FlightAware can actually do this for you but this would at least simplify the process.

Source: The Verge