So another E3 has come and gone, leaving behind a confusion of cinematic trailers and vague premonitions of future DLC. But beyond the big console non-reveals and the games with release brackets in place of dates, we got a plethora of games with actual launch dates. Here’s everything you need to know so you can schedule your days off accordingly. (Note: I’m not including anything going into Early Access on a certain day — that feels like cheating. Also, I didn’t include games for which we already knew the release date. I’m trying to help you cut through the noise…
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In a time where most musical advancements seem to come in the form of software tricks, it’s refreshing to see a product with a new kind of analog hardware. That’s what Gamechanger Audio delivers with its new Motor Synth, an analog electro-mechanical synthesizer that uses drone motors as oscillators to create unique sounds with a gritty, industrial texture. It also just looks really cool. Where most modern synths are basically computers digitally modeling waveform, Gamechanger’s synth uses pickups to react to the changing magnetic field of its eight spinning motors. This is where the drone tech comes in; since the…
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Apache Kafka is a fascinating product that solves a problem that almost nobody has. If the Internet is a series of tubes (RIP Ted Stevens), Apache Kafka is the pipe that connects high-volume applications with their external components, like databases and third-party services. It’s frequently used by companies that operate at the most extreme of scales, like Uber, Netflix, and Airbnb. It was initially developed by engineers within LinkedIn, which is the world’s largest professional networking site. (If you let me put my nerd hat on for a second, I should say that my explanation was massively simplified. It does…
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