PC Gaming Weekly: H1Z1 tries to stand out of the battle royale crowd

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Fornite are the leaders on the battle royale block, selling millions of copies and in-app transactions. Games studios and publishers are rushing to make clones. But the granddaddy of them all, H1Z1, just left its Early Access stage and has officially released. H1Z1 used to be king of this hill. It started out as a survival game (riffing […]

‘Yellowstone’ Trailer: Kevin Costner Tries to Survive Another Season

Kevin Costner teams up with the creator of Sicario, Hell or High Water and Wind River for Yellowstone, an intense-looking new series from the Paramount Network. The series follows the Dutton family, who controls the largest ranch in the United States. Watch the Yellowstone trailer below. “All men are bad,” a character says in the Yellowstone trailer. “But some of us try real […]

Facebook’s ‘downvotes’ test tries to fix comment moderation

Back in 2016, Facebook reportedly chose to roll out Reactions instead of a dislike button, because the latter would’ve sown too much negativity. According to The Daily Beast, though, the social network is now testing a “downvote” button, which has its own place underneath comments separate from Reactions. While it’s easy to think of it […]

Facebook tries giving chatbots a consistent personality

Dig into the personalities of chat bots and you’ll find that they’re about as shallow as they were in the days of Eliza or Dr. Sbaitso. They respond with canned phrases and tend to be blithely unaware of what you’ve said. Facebook wants to fix that. Its research team has tested a new approach that […]

Intel CEO tries to calm investor concerns about security flaws

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich opened his fourth-quarter earnings call with comments on the newly discovered Spectre and Meltdown security flaws in nearly all of Intel’s processors. He said that the company was working “around the clock with our customers and partners” to address the flaws, and he was “acutely aware that we have more to do” beyond issuing software […]

Google Maps: Man tries to escape THIS chasing him across a beach

Google Maps Street View was created in 2007, two years after Google Maps was launched.  The images allow people to walk down the streets as if they were there, no matter where it is in the world.  Some countries still ban the 360-degree cameras but most have now been mapped for users to explore. The […]

Celebrity Big Brother 2018: Ashley James left ‘terrified' as Ginuwine tries to seduce her

The former Made In Chelsea star was mortified when the musician tried to entice her with a sexually suggestive song. In scenes aired last night, Giuwine, 47, was seen serenading Ashley with sexual lyrics as he pointed at his genitals. His actions worried the DJ, who then confided in her female housemates about the situation. […]

‘Beirut’ Trailer: Jon Hamm Tries to Save A Life

Jon Hamm and Rosamund Pike, two talented actors who deserve a lot more work, star in Beirut, a new drama from Session 9 director Brad Anderson. The first Beirut trailer offers a pulse-pounding look at the film. Jon Hamm delivered a consistently fantastic performance for years on Mad Men, and Rosamund Pike performed jaw-dropping work in Gone Girl, yet neither of […]

Spotify tries using video loops as song artwork

Usually when you tap the now-playing bar while listening to Spotify on your phone, it brings up a static image related to the song you’re playing. But today, Music Ally noticed that one song on the New Music Friday playlist, Superorganism’s “Everybody Wants To Be Famous,” instead featured a looped video in the background rather […]

Ankara tries to bury the hatchet with Berlin as Turkish-US ties disintegrate

Published time: 5 Jan, 2018 14:25 Ankara wants to reverse the “spiral” of worsening relations between Turkey and Germany, Turkey’s FM has stated. Melvut Cavusoglu’s call for rapprochement with Berlin comes amid rapidly deteriorating relations with Washington. In an op-ed published ahead of his Saturday meeting with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, Cavusoglu wrote that […]