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CHEAP: Suck it, reality — Samsung’s Odyssey+ VR headset has $200 off

Jun14
by on June 14, 2019 at 9:24 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! The world sucks. You know it, I know it, and your dentist even knows it. That’s why it’s so important we all start spending a lot more time in virtual reality (VR). There, things don’t need to suck. Well, what a stroke of luck that the Samsung Odyssey+ VR headset is on offer then! A $200 reduction type of offer. The sort of offer that makes it a 40 percent discount. An offer where you can get the headset for only $299.99. You know, an…

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Facebook signs major partners for its cryptocurrency network and it still sounds terrible

Jun14
by on June 14, 2019 at 8:49 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Facebook has begun assembling a who’s who of big tech companies to back its soon to be unveiled cryptocurrency, GlobalCoin. The likes of Mastercard, Visa, Uber, and PayPal are all backing the social media giant’s upcoming digital coin due to be unveiled later this month, and officially rolled out next year, reports The Wall St Journal. The Big F has already signed up more than a dozen companies. Each of these firms will invest a reported $10 million to help support GlobalCoin, and to be part of the coin‘s governing consortium called the Libra Association. Fintech firm Stripe, Booking.com, and…

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Google’s Game Builder lets you create 3D titles without coding — for free!

Jun14
by on June 14, 2019 at 7:57 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, gaming, Google


On its blog today, Google talked up Game Builder, its sandbox for desktops that lets you create 3D games without having to write any code (though you can if you want to). It’s available now on Steam, for Mac and Windows, for free. There are other tools like this for creating games, but Google’s Area 120 – the company’s internal incubator for employees’ big ideas – says this one is designed to feel like you’re playing a game while making new ones. That’s about right – in my brief time trying the prototype today, editing a platformer demo felt a lot…

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Google Chrome 76 will make it easier to bypass paywalls

Jun14
by on June 14, 2019 at 7:45 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


Google may have released Chrome 75 just last week, but it’s already lining up a few nifty features for its upcoming release. Most importantly, the beta version of Chrome 76, which was officially released a day ago, makes a subtle tweak that may not be welcomed by publishers like The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and others that rely on subscriptions and paywalls. Currently, they prevent you from viewing articles in Incognito Mode (or Private Browsing in Safari and Firefox) to get around free article limits. This is because it temporarily blocks a site’s ability to read or write cookies…

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India will build its own space station in the next decade

Jun14
by on June 14, 2019 at 7:16 am
Posted In: Around the Web, India


Yesterday, Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) announced its ambitious plan to put up a space station in the next decade. The space agency’s chief, K. Sivan, said the idea is to build the space station in the next seven years, and launch it by 2030. Sivan mentioned that India doesn’t plan to carry out research experiments from the Internation Space Station (ISS), and wants to build its own facility. He added that it’ll be a hub for microgravity research. The ISRO chief stressed upon the fact that the station’s not going to be too big: Our station won’t be…

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