Entries by Nicole Batac (11985)

Wednesday
Nov012017

Apple releases expected battery life for Apple Watch Series 3 when streaming music over LTE

If you’ve ever wondered what you can expect from Apple Watch Series 3 has with the new watchOS 4.1 software just released. This update brings with it the ability to stream Apple Music and Beats 1 over LTE using the new smartwatches. And now we have a quick roundup of what kind of battery life you can expect from the Apple Watch Series 3 models. For one, you get up to 10 hours when you play music from the phone’s built-in storage. If you stream Apple Music via LTE, you’ll get seven hours. Now if you want to stream live radio via LTE and using the new Radio app, you’ll get up to five hours. If you want to take it with you outdoors, you can get up to three hours with streaming audio, LTE, and GPS activated. If you don’t stream audio, you can get up to four hours of use on a single charge.

Source: MacRumors

Wednesday
Nov012017

‘South Park: Phone Destroyer’ comes to Android and iOS on November 9th

Ubisoft just announced its bringing its latest South Park game called South Park: Phone Destroyer to mobile devices on November 9th. The game lets you play everything from cowboys, pirates, wizards, cyborgs, to gods with Cartman, Stan, Kenny, and Kyle. It brings together real-time strategy and over 80 collectible cards to help you “fight across town” as a now fully customizable New Kid. You’ll need to collect, upgrade, and master this deck of characters to unearth their full potential while on the game’s battlefield. There is a single-player campaign with 60 story-driven, dialogue-filled levels as well as real-time player versus player matches.

Source: Ubiblog

Monday
Oct302017

NASA comes out with its own spooky Halloween playlist made from sounds heard in space

While Alien reminds us that no one can hear us scream in space, that doesn’t mean it’s bereft of strange sounds. And we get to hear what radio bursts, solar wind, electromagnetic pulses, charged particle bursts, and the like sound like courtesy of NASA. The space agency compiled a SoundCloud playlist with over 20 different space sounds, including plasma waves, “the roar of Jupiter,” Saturn’s radio emissions, and many more. You can read explanations for some of the sounds in this link.

Monday
Oct302017

Netflix cancels ‘House of Cards’ following sexual assault allegations against star Kevin Spacey surface

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House of Cards is one of the biggest productions Netflix has ever produced but now it gets the rug pulled out from under it after allegations that its star and executive producer Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted Star Trek: Discovery star Anthony Rapp in 1986 back when he was 14. While the show was scheduled to be wrapped up soon, this scandal can be considered the tipping point for Netflix and producer Media Rights Capital to cancel the show. The two companies say in a statement, “Media Rights Capital and Netflix are deeply troubled by last night's news concerning Kevin Spacey. In response to last night's revelations, executives from both of our companies arrived in Baltimore this afternoon to meet with our cast and crew to ensure that they continue to feel safe and supported. As previously scheduled, Kevin Spacey is not working on set at this time.”

Spacey also issued his own statement saying he was “beyond horrified” about Rapp’s story but that he doesn’t recall the incident. In the same statement, he also says he chooses to “live as a gay man” from this point on, which has him criticized by GLAAD and gay activists because it seems like a deflection from Rapp’s accusation. Filming for the sixth season began in Maryland this month but there’s no specific premiere date yet. Season five premiered May 30 on Netflix.

Source: Engadget