Robots that can whack a golf ball down a fairway aren’t exactly new, but building one that can play the nuanced short game is a more complex problem. Researchers at Paderborn University in Germany have done just that with Golfi, a machine that uses a n…
Google says Google and other Android manufacturers haven’t patched security flaws
Google has disclosed several security flaws for phones that have Mali GPUs, such as those with Exynos SoCs. The company’s Project Zero team says it flagged the problems to ARM (which designs the GPUs) back in the summer. ARM resolved the issues on its …
Twitter shutters Brussels office just as the EU brings stricter content rules into force
Twitter’s Brussels office is no more, according to reports, which could make it more difficult for the company to adhere to new European Union regulations regarding content moderation. The number of people employed at the office dropped from six to two…
Microsoft: ‘Sony has more exclusive games … many of which are better quality’
Sony has more exclusive games than Xbox does, according to Microsoft, which claims that many of its rival’s first-party titles “are better quality.” Lest you believe Microsoft is dunking on its own game studios for no reason, the company made the asser…
Ticketmaster’s Taylor Swift fiasco sparks Senate antitrust hearing
Ticketmaster’s chaotic handling of Taylor Swift’s tour ticket sales has brought the company under increased scrutiny, including from lawmakers. Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Mike Lee (R-UT), the chair and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcomm…
Golf is coming to ‘Nintendo Switch Sports’ on November 28th
Nintendo Switch Sports is a fun package that modernizes the world-conquering Wii Sports, but it was missing a few of the 2006 classic’s game modes at the jump. One of those will arrive very soon as a November 28th update will add golf to the game.You’l…
EU confirms multiple ongoing investigations into TikTok data practices
The president of the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, has confirmed there are multiple ongoing investigations into TikTok. The probes concern the transfer of EU citizens’ data to China and targeted advertising aimed at m…
Ooni’s pizza ovens are 20 percent off for Black Friday
Serious home pizza chefs who are looking to up their game may want to consider Ooni’s offerings. The pizza oven company is running a sitewide Black Friday sale with 20 percent off all its products. At the lower end, the Ooni Fyra 12 is down to $279, ne…
Ubisoft will release games on Steam again, starting with ‘Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’
Ubisoft will start bringing its games to Steam again, nearly four years after it turned its attention to the Epic Games Store and its own Connect launcher. First up is one of the publisher’s biggest games of the last few years, Assassin’s Creed Valhall…
NASA’s Orion crew vehicle successfully completes Moon flyby
NASA’s Orion spacecraft has successfully completed one of the key maneuvers of its maiden journey: a flyby of the Moon during which it got as close as 81 miles to the lunar surface. This was important for a few reasons, not least because it marked a cr…