Google Stadia will become available to everyone else in early 2020, but those who pick up the Founder’s Edition will get three free months of Stadia Pro (essentially the Stadia equivalent of Xbox Live Gold or PlayStation Plus). They will also get a Buddy Pass that lets them share their Stadia Pro subscription with a friend. Stadia Pro will get players roughly one free game per month, with the first being none other than Destiny 2: Shadowkeep....
As indicated in its 2019 Game Developer’s Conference keynote, Google has established its own studio with the goal of creating Google Stadia-exclusive games. Few details on this studio, which is called Stadia Games and Entertainment, are currently known, but the announcement does indicate that streamable gaming may not be the only draw for the platform. What is known is that Stadia Games and Entertainment is being led by Jade Raymond, an industry veteran that acted as executive producer on titles like Assassin’s Creed 2, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, and Watch Dogs....
What saddens even more is that both Google and Facebook seem to be sailing in the same boat. Facebook data mined all our content and sold it to third party apps whereas on the other side of the spectrum Google resides, that stores all our data and acts like an innocent spectator while Facebook is being accused. Did I land in an AU of Heathers? Google: I’ll Be Watching You (Just So That You Have A Good Time) Google has been our go to search engine from a long long time....
Reddit user Alfatango97 pointed out that Google TV was leaving films and shows in the Continue Watching list, even if they were finished, making it difficult to keep watching other content. Now, after contacting Google to bring the issue to light, the option to Hide media in the Continue Watching list has begun appearing for some users. As 9to5Google points out, the ability to hide movies and shows you don’t want to see any longer is an existing feature for Android TV, but this is a first for Google TV....
As they battle to maintain their own seats—and the Senate majority—amid a pandemic, Republicans have a message for the commander-in-chief: We approve. “It’s been the most trying times, and if there’s one guy who can bring us back from this, it’s President Trump,” said Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), who trails Democratic opponent Gov. Steve Bullock by seven points in the latest poll. “By moving boldly and quickly early, he bought us a couple of months of time to prepare for this,” Sen....
DeSantis reacted to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Rochelle Walensky after they floated ideas of pre-flight testing and domestic air travel restrictions—although the White House said they aren’t recommending such measures. DeSantis said many Democratic governors are “putting people out of business,” and are hoping to implement such punitive measures in states like Florida through federal restrictions. “It would be unconstitutional, it would be a political attack against Florida,” he said during his television interview with host Maria Bartiromo....
The request follows Trump pardoning several key political figures and fixers ahead of his term ending on January 20, despite his continuing efforts to overturn the election. Included in the list of more than 40 pardons issued this week is Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, longtime adviser Roger Stone, and Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law. Gosar, a Republican representing his state’s 4th district, tweeted Thursday: “More pardons are needed....
On Thursday, Rultenberg, who was conducting an interview with Mandel for Spectrum News in Ohio, asked the U.S. Senate candidate a question regarding children potentially being carriers of COVID-19 as the 2021-2022 school year is set to begin. “Kids aren’t vaccinated at this point,” said Rultenberg. “If they were a carrier for the disease, if they go to school and come home…how do you protect those that they’re going home to if they are the carrier for this?...
This generation’s Hero looks and feels like a general refinement over its predecessor but also incorporates compatibility with a new line of dedicated modular accessories that pull focus in a new direction. Price and availability The Hero 8 Black launched alongside the company’s second-ever 360 camera, the GoPro Max. The 8 Black costs £379.99/US$399.99. As for the modular accessories currently available for the 8 Black, the Media and Display Mods cost £79....
According to GoPro, the Black Bones camera has been designed to weigh only 54 grams so that it can be easily placed on top of drones for First Person View (FPV) camerawork. It can also be connected to a drone’s battery to extend its life so long as it meets the drone’s specifications. Other features include the HyperSmooth functionality and the ReelSteady desktop app. The FPV videos GoPro is referring to are those viral videos of a drone flying through an area in a single shot....
According to GoPro, this ability to capture such high resolutions is powered by the new GP2 processor, as the company finally lets go of the old GP1 from 2017. The HERO10 Black combines its new processor with a 23.6-megapixel camera to record 4K video at 120 frames per second and capture 2.7K video at 240 frames per second. The HERO10 also can pull high-quality still images from the videos it takes, up to 19....
According to a report submitted by Bloomberg, District Judge Lucy Koh from California ruled that the tech giant has not notified users that it engages in the alleged data collection while the user browses Chrome in the private mode. The complaint stated that Google was trailing user activities in incognito mode via Google Analytics, Google Sign-In buttons, and Google Ad Manager. The complaint further said that Google “cannot continue to engage in the covert and unauthorised data collection from virtually every American with a computer or phone”....
It is reported that this complaint by Motorola’s seeks to block Apple from importing its iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and various Apple computers to the US market, which accounts for most of its sale. Motorola complains that certain features on Apple devices, infringe its patents. This lawsuit is marked being the latest in a long series of recent disputes going on between Apple and Google/Motorola. However, it is also Motorola’s first lawsuit following its acquisition by Google in February....
For all those people who fell in love with the Nexus 4 but weren’t able to get hold of a piece on Google Play or other retail outlets, here’s why it happened. The $299 unlocked device soon went out of stock and is still out of stock in every country where it was sold, and it doesn’t look like this situation is going to change. To start with, apparently, Google itself was unable to forecast the demand for its flagship smartphone accurately, with demand far exceeding what they had expected....
At about 3 p.m. Wednesday, two planes consisting of about 50 men, women and children—most originally from Venezuela—arrived in Martha’s Vineyard. Officials from the Florida governor’s office confirmed the $12 million move facilitated by DeSantis involving migrants from a country that in the past have been at odds with Republicans. Volunteers and officials distributed food, clothing and COVID-19 tests to migrants upon arrival. “Republicans who call themselves Christians have been plotting for some time to use human lives - men, women, and children - as political pawns,” tweeted Dylan Fernandes, a Massachusetts state representative who represents Martha’s Vineyard....
Chuck Muth told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he took advantage of the Nevada Democratic Party’s same-day voter registration policy to choose his ideal candidate. “I was in and out in 10 minutes. You can register, same day registration, change your party, vote in the caucus, and then the next day, you can switch back if you want,” he said. Muth was previously the campaign manager for Nevada pimp Dennis Hof’s bid for State Assembly....
On Saturday, loyal supporters of President Donald Trump in the state threatened to dismantle the Republican Party and boycott the Georgia runoff elections that will determine control of the Senate. In a video shared to Twitter, a protester speaking into a microphone called Kemp and Utah Senator Mitt Romney “traitors,” and promised to run the two Republicans out of office for allegedly being “complicit” in Trump’s failed efforts at reelection....
Jordan stressed he is willing to work with Democrats and is pushing ahead with bipartisan legislation against government overuse of facial recognition technology. But speaking with the editorial board of The Lima News Friday, the staunch GOP backer of Trump switched gears and re-focused his criticism on “the left” for deeply dividing Americans. Jordan said “they,” meaning Democrats and critics of the president, have ripped the country apart through acts such as the praising of former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who knelt during the national anthem in protest of police violence against people of color....
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich was the prime mover behind the 1994 Contract with America, which laid out clear legislative priorities for the GOP. Congressional and welfare reform were key tenets of the contract. Democrats had no such unifying message, and the new class of GOP freshmen swept in, earning a net 54 House seats and 8 Senate seats. Just as in 1994, Democrats today have no clear objectives apart from radical promises by House progressives that are doomed to failure....
