11 June - NextWeb / Tech Crunch / The Verge

Surprise: Fallout 76 is a multiplayer survival game and it’s out in Novemberabout 3 hours ago“In Vault 76, our future begins,” announces a voice at the end of the new Fallout game trailer that was first played at Microsoft’s E3 press conference. The follow-up – or rather, prequel – to Bethesda’s post-apocalyptic action RPG looks great, is much bigger than Fallout 4, and now has a release...

The Elder Scrolls VI gets an all-too-short teaserabout 5 hours agoAt its E3 press conference, American game publisher Bethesda revealed a teaser clip that revealed The Elder Scrolls VI, is real, and in development. That means the company hasn’t merely been resting on its laurels since the launch of the incredibly popular The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim back in 2011...

In the EU’s fight against fake news, disinformation is winning2 days agoIt hasn’t even been a month since Brussels was hyped about Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg being (supposedly) grilled by the European Parliament. COO Sheryl Sandberg is next on the agenda, rumored to be questioned by MEPs in June. Simultaneously, for five months now the European Commission has been ...

Taiwan is obsessed with claw machines (and so am I)2 days agoTaipei is game-crazy. From pinball machines to toy dispensers, the gray city blocks are sprinkled with the neon glow of mini arcades, with enticing names such as “Happy Moments” and “Sweet Box” (😬). But no game is more common than the claw machine. Claw machine games are, of course, not exclusive...

8 courses for mastering the Adobe Creative Cloud…and you name your price3 days agoWhether it’s images, video, graphic design, web creation and anything in-between, Adobe’s industry-topping package of apps maintain their lofty status because they can still get the job done better and faster than anybody else. Right now, you can learn how to wield the entire Adobe CC catalog of ...

The EOS mainnet nightmare: How not to launch a blockchain network3 days agoIn a year-long initial coin offering (ICO), Block.one raised $4 billion for its blockchain and smart contracts platform EOS. It is worth noting that a host of such platforms already existed, but Block.one promised a more scalable solution for decentralized applications (DApps). The only problem i...

Facebook! Stop sending us lobbyists! demands European Parliament3 days agoThe European Parliament is sick and tired of Facebook refusing to properly answer its questions. After the fiasco of the Mark Zuckerberg show, a further two hearings are planned for June 25 in Brussels and July 2 in Strasbourg. However despite a clear request for COO Sheryl Sandberg to join the l...

Research: Only 10% of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is used for transactions3 days agoWhen Bitcoin Cash (BCH) – a hard fork of the world’s apex cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) – first took off last August, it promised to solve BTC’s soaring transaction fees and make cryptocurrencies a viable option for everyday transfers once more. But it appears hardly anyone is using it for its so-...

Dungeon Defenders II will implement ‘proof of skill’ algorithm for crytpocurrency rewards4 days agoBlockchain startup Signal Zero today announced a partnership with Trendy Entertainment to bring its Loot protocol to the massively popular game Dungeon Defenders II. This marks the first major game release to feature baked-in cryptocurrency rewards. Dungeon Defenders II is a free-to-play game ava...

Hands-on: The BlackBerry Key2 has me unreasonably excited for a physical keyboard4 days agoAfter weeks of teasers and leaks, TCL’s Blackberry Key2 is finally official. If you have dearly missed a physical keyboard this is obviously the phone for you. But even if you’ve never cared about a clicky keys, the Key2 is compelling in just how different it is from the competition. It’s unique ...

Facebook cuts down annoying ‘now connected on Messenger’ alerts3 days ago“‘You Are Now Connected On Messenger’ Is The Worst Thing On Facebook” BuzzFeed’s Katie Notopoulos correctly pointed out in a story yesterday. When you friend someone on Facebook or Messenger, or an old friend joins Messenger, you often get one of these annoying notifications. They fool you into t...

Rakuten acquires mobile commerce startup Curbside4 days agoTokyo-headquartered Rakuten, Japan’s answer to Amazon, is acquiring the Silicon Valley mobile ordering and pickup startup Curbside, the companies announced today. Terms of the all-cash deal were not disclosed, but Curbside had previously raised between $40 million and $50 million from investors i...

At Apple’s WWDC 2018, accessibility pervades all 4 days agoAccessibility has long played an integral role at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, and it certainly had its presence felt in 2018. There are some constant elements of the week, such as the labs, sessions, and mid-week social that brings together members of Apple’s Accessibility group, dev...

Uber and Lyft apply for electric scooter permits in SF3 days agoUber and Lyft have officially put their respective names into the electric scooter competition. Uber and Lyft are among the 11 companies that applied to operate an electric scooter-sharing service within San Francisco city limits. The city, however, will only offer up to five companies permits to...

IBM and the DoE launch the world’s fastest supercomputer3 days agoIBM and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) today unveiled Summit, the department’s newest supercomputer. IBM claims that Summit is currently the world’s “most powerful and smartest scientific supercomputer” with a peak performance of a whopping 200,000 trillion c...

Airbnb creates $10M fund to cover cancelled reservations in Japan after regulatory shift3 days agoAirbnb has been one of the breakthrough stories in the wave of shared-economy startups that have emerged out of Silicon Valley, with a valuation of $30 billion for its travellers platform that lets people book private homes as accommodations, as well as other services. But even so, it’s not immun...

Uber is looking to buy the bike-share company behind Citi Bike and Ford GoBikea day agoUber is reportedly looking into buying Motivate, the company that makes Ford GoBike’s in the San Francisco Bay Area and Citi Bike over on the East Coast. This comes following reports of Lyft getting close to purchasing Motivate in a $250 million deal. Uber bought bike-share startup JUMP, a dockle...

How (and when) to watch the E3 2018 press conferencesa day agoSure, E3 doesn’t actually officially start until Tuesday, but the big news kicks off this weekend. Here’s a quick overview of some of the biggest new titles we expect to be shown off at press conferences from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, but there’s a lot more to the show than just the big three...

Airbnb will now let people register as Open Homes emergency volunteers before a crisis hitsa day agoAirbnb — the travel startup that lets individuals rent out private homes or rooms in private homes to people as an alternative to hotels — has racked up more than 17,000 nights in its Open Homes program, a voluntary effort where Airbnb hosts can offer their houses and rooms free of charge to peop...

Keegan-Michael Key plays Skyrim on an Echo, pager and fridgeabout 8 hours agoFor the first few moments of the Skyrim: Very Special Edition trailer, you kind of want it to be real. Hell, the game’s been ported to every of platform, and Alexa games are kind of thing now — or at least Amazon is trying to convince us of as much. Of course, the longer Keegan-Michael […]

Wolfenstein and Doom get sequels at E3about 9 hours agoIt’s no surprise, really, but it still managed to wow the crowd at tonight’s Bethesda press conference. Doom just got a sequel, and it looks, fittingly, extremely dark. Doom Eternal is actual the direct sequel to the 2016 reboot of the classic first-person shooter. That title, which began life as...

Here’s what Microsoft announced at E3 2018about 14 hours agoWith 50 titles, including 15 Xbox exclusives, today’s Microsoft E3 event was wall to wall with new game trailers. As the first press conference of the big three, the company clearly wanted to put on a big (and extremely loud) show — and largely succeeded on that front. We won’t bore you by featur...

Xiaomi posts $1.1B quarterly loss ahead of much-anticipated IPOabout an hour agoA month after it filed for a much-anticipated Hong Kong IPO, Xiaomi has revealed a little more financial information after a monster 621-page document disclosed a $1.1 billion (seven billion RMB) loss for the first quarter of the year. The IPO, which could raise up to $10 billion value Xiaomi at ...

Notorious Kindle Unlimited abuser has been booted from the bookstoreabout an hour agoA few levels past the bestsellers and sci-fi/romance/adventure titles on Kindle Unlimited, in the darkest corners of the Kindle Direct Publishing market, there are books that are made entirely out of garbage designed to make scammers hundreds of dollars a day. One user, who called his or herself ...

How to watch Bethesda’s E3 2018 press conferenceabout 16 hours agoBethesda’s E3 presentation should give us good looks at Fallout 76 and Rage 2 when the event takes place on Sunday, June 10th. But any number of other Bethesda franchises could pop up during the company’s E3 keynote presentation. The happiest surprise for fans could come with any news about the E...

The Division 2 brings the apocalypse to Washington DCabout 14 hours agoUbisoft’s sequel to The Division is coming March 15th, 2019. The Division 2 will take place in Washington, D., after an apocalyptic plague has laid waste to the city. A new trailer for the game premiered today at the Xbox E3 press conference, along with a gameplay demo. Ubisoft surprised fans of ...

Cyberpunk 2077 looks incredible about 13 hours agoCD Projekt Red, makers of the amazing The Witcher 3, made a surprise appearance at Microsoft’s E3 keynote to show off their upcoming role-playing game, Cyberpunk 2077. It’s been years since we saw a small teaser of this game, and while there wasn’t any specificgameplay on display, the new world t...

Fallout 76’s collector’s edition comes with a wearable power armor helmetabout 8 hours agoFallout has always been known for its incredible collector’s editions, and the upcoming Fallout 76 is going to be no exception, offering a functional, life-size, wearable version of the helmet from the series’ iconic power armor (specifically the T-51). The helmet also features a functional head...

This Fallout 4 Dogmeat statue looks amazingabout 7 hours agoPeople are naturally very excited about the Fallout 76 power armor helmet that was announced today. But here’s the thing: that helmet is not a good dog. Fallout 4 companion Dogmeat, on the other hand, is a very good dog, and now you can get a wonderfully detailed statue of him. The figure is part...