[ad_1] Be honest – you haven’t played Minecraft in years, have you? After hitting the bottom of the game’s rather shallow tech tree, there’s only so much fun to be had building things out of blocks. But there’s another way to enjoy Minecraft – with mods. Mods that’ll let you build up enormous factories inRead more about The Best Minecraft mods[…]

[ad_1] Microsoft has confirmed that just 13 phones will be getting the Windows 10 Creators Update for mobile devices, with the roll-out scheduled to start from April 25. If your phone’s not included, you might not be quite out of luck. The handsets are the Alcatel IDOL 4S, the Alcatel OneTouch Fierce XL, the HPRead more about These 13 phones are the only ones getting the Windows 10 Creators Update[…]

[ad_1] Things are pretty great for Star Wars fans at the moment: not only are new films coming on the regular, according to EA’s Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen there are going to be a handful of games from various studios too. The next exciting title in the Star Wars franchise is, of course, EARead more about Star Wars Battlefront 2 release date, news and rumors[…]

[ad_1] So, we’re already at day two in the 10 day countdown towards the London Marathon, and I’ve had a few people asking what sort of tech I’ll be using in the race – so I’ve put together a guide to what I’ll be using. However, what I’ll be running with will be useless toRead more about The tech I’ll use to take on the London Marathon[…]

[ad_1] Basically, it’s a royalty-free community patent cross-license that covers Android and Google Applications preinstalled on devices. The idea is to create an Android patent clearinghouse that, in the words of Google, “ensures that innovation and consumer choice – not patent threats – will continue to be key drivers of our Android ecosystem”. PAX isRead more about Google bids for patent peace with PAX Android[…]

[ad_1] First released in 1998, the original arcade cabinet gave players the chance to spend around ten minutes in the company of Tony Gibson, a police officer in charge of something called the ‘chase special investigation department’, which sounds very much like a police department trying to justify a budget surplus.  Along with your partnerRead more about 10 forgotten gaming classics that we'd love to see rebooted[…]

[ad_1] “Our smartphones have turned into a tool that provides short, quick, immediate satisfaction, which is very triggering,” said Isaac Vaghefi (pictured), assistant professor of management information systems at Binghamton University-State University of New York. “Our neurons get fired and dopamine is being released, and over time this makes us acquire a desire for quickRead more about Are you a phone addict?[…]

[ad_1] While you’re busy browsing through photos from your friends and liking their opinionated political rantings, Facebook engineers are busy trying to weed out fake accounts and comment spam, and apparently they’re making progress. First Facebook announced it’s making progress in “protecting the integrity of activity” on the social network: basically busting fake accounts thatRead more about Facebook gets better at spotting fake accounts, spammers[…]

[ad_1] An energy efficiency benckmark for microcontrollers and Bluetooth radios used in IoT designs has been created by the US-based EEMBC. Called the IoTMark-BLE, it is the first of a suite of benchmarks that the EEMBC is proposing to create through its IoT working group, which includes Ambiq Micro, Analog Devices, ARM, Intel, Microchip, NordicRead more about ARM and Intel part of IoT MCU benchmarking group[…]

[ad_1] In a case of “If only we could buy this”, Google parent company Alphabet’s life sciences branch has detailed a stylish new smartwatch with robust health tracking capabilities. Called the Verily Study Watch, the device is designed to track and collect the health data of wearers who are taking part in clinical and observationalRead more about Alphabet's life sciences branch made a sleek smartwatch for robust health tracking[…]