Entries by Nicole Batac (11832)

Wednesday
Mar112020

Blizzard's Overwatch League events this March, April won't be happening

While Overwatch League matches will continue, the events scheduled for March and April have been cancelled due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns. Blizzard announced that it's still planning when or where the games will be made up in the future. 

In a statement released on Twitter, Activision Blizzard Esports CEO Pete Vlastelica said the games would be played in some form. "To be clear, we will be playing matches in March and April," he said. "We cancelled the events, not the matches (though we will have to move a few things around in the schedule to make this work)."

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Wednesday
Mar112020

E3 2020 will not happen due to coronavirus concerns

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With the growing concern over the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), it comes as no surprise that another big tech event won't be pushing through. This time, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3 as we know it, won't be happening in June. ESA, the organization behind E3, confirmed the news.

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Wednesday
Mar112020

Netflix certifies over 30 Samsung phones to stream HD, HDR10 content

Netflix isn't the quickest when it comes to updating its HD and HDR10-compatibility pages. But with the recent launch of the Samsung Galaxy S20 series, the streaming service seems to think now is the best time to refresh the list. According to 9to5Googlethere are 32 new Samsung devices that "officially" support Netflix in HD, while 11 support HDR10. You can see the complete list under the cut.

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Tuesday
Mar102020

Huawei P40 Series launch will be an online-only event

As concerns of the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) mount, we see more and more events getting cancelled. The latest casualty is Huawei's P40 launch, which was supposed to take place in Paris, France. In its place, the company will be hosting an online event on March 26, which Huawei did for the launch of the Huawei Mate XS last month following the cancellation of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

Huawei is expected to launch three variants of the flagship series: the Huawei P40, Huawei P40 Pro, and Huawei P40 Pro Premium Edition. Revu reported on some of the rumoured camera specifications that it believes to refer to the Huawei P40 Pro Premium Edition. The prolific tipster who shared the specs claims it's for the standard Huawei P40 Pro, but with what's been presented, it could well be the most premium of the line.

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