When are things getting back to normal? When are we going back to school, the office, going on vacation or making travel and hotel reservations for E3? Those important questions. The world’s largest gaming program, which had to be canceled last year, continues to squirm and reinvent itself, and its organizers say it will be back in 2021 – probably as a fully digital event.
Engadget has already covered at least one all-digital trade show, CES, but reporting the latest gaming news seems more feasible than trying to evaluate TVs, gadgets and startups hundreds (or thousands) of miles away. In addition to what we saw last year – many YouTube-based trailers and gameplay videos, even without an official E3 2020 – with the ability to stream and play new games remotely, future E3s can offer the same type of insight into new ones releases that you would get a standard show.
If companies want us to play, that is.
– Mat Smith
They are not sports SUVs – they are sports cars.
Two years after the debut of the first e-tron SUV, Audi is expanding its electric range with a pair of Grand Touring models with four-wheel drive and four-wheel steering – the 637 HP RS e-tron GT and the 522 HP e – tron GT quattro.
The quattro offers 320kW of total power (350kW or 522HP under boost), a zero to 62 of 4.1 seconds and 465 pounds per foot of torque. The most capable RS muscles have 440kW (475kW under thrust or about 637HP), zero to 62 in just 3.1 seconds, torque of 612 pounds per foot and top speed of 155 MPH (controlled).
The e-tron GT will arrive in the United States this summer in three finishing packages: the e-tron GT quattro Premium Plus for $ 99,900, the e-tron GT quattro Prestige for $ 107,000 and the RS e-tron GT for $ 139,900.
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And what could be a new conversation widget.
We still don’t know when Android 12 will arrive, either as a developer preview or for us mere mortals. However, a XDA rumors claim to have seen the first drafts of the Android update, which includes a new privacy indicator in the upper left corner of the interface, showing whether the phone’s camera and microphone are in use – a la iOS 14.
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Four grids to come include Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity and an LED display.
This is definitely not the season for this, but Weber is making its gas grills more modern. Three new grills will include the Weber Connect platform, which aims to make the barbecue easier – or at least less likely to result in charred remains. Until now, the platform was only available on the company’s smart grid hub and on the company’s pellet grids. He can monitor what he’s cooking, check the temperatures and let him know via Bluetooth and WiFi. All three gas grills, from $ 999 to $ 1,299, will be launched this spring.
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‘Terraria’ would arrive at Stadia this year. Emphasis on ‘era’.
This is how it happened in public: Terraria co-creator and Re-Logic CEO Andrew Spinks published a Twitter topic on Monday morning accusing Google of suddenly and unreasonably suspending his studio’s YouTube, Gmail, Drive and Play accounts. He said he never violated Google’s rules and that the company refused to clarify the situation. And so, Spinks canceled the Google Stadia edition of Terraria, a beloved independent game from 2011 with an audience of over 30 million players. Take a closer look at what happened.
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If the older MBP is not loading, try the latest macOS software update first.
Apple launched a battery replacement program for the MacBook Pro 2016 and 2017 models with this issue. The tech giant has just released macOS 11.2.1 and a supplementary update to macOS Catalina 10.15.7, both aimed at fixing a bug that prevented the batteries from charging the affected computers. But if the patches don’t work, you can contact Apple or take your laptop to a service center.
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They tested their method on ‘state-of-the-art deepfake detectors’.
Research on the detection of deepfake videos continued at a pace in an attempt to limit the spread of incorrect information. Deepfake detectors, however, can still be tricked, warned a group of computer scientists at UC San Diego. The scientists used “opposing examples” (manipulated images that can cause AI systems to make a mistake) inserted into each video frame, which could mislead “state-of-the-art deepfake detectors”.
So, how can we improve these detectors so that they cannot be deceived? Scientists recommend using opponent training, in which an adaptive opponent continues to generate deepfakes that can bypass the detector while it is still being trained.
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But wait, there’s more …
OnePlus co-founder launches ‘Nothing’ brand with a pair of wireless headphones
Hyundai’s TIGER ‘ultimate mobility vehicle’ concept is the size of a domestic cat
‘Crash Bandicoot 4’ hits PS5, Xbox Series X / S and Switch in March
DOJ gives up on lawsuit challenging California net neutrality law
Novation causes circuit rhythm sampler
Amazon is building a wall-mounted Echo ‘command center’
Google Fi VPN is coming to the iPhone this spring