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Daily tech news & jokes to have a good start for 17/01/2023

Adam Gelencser
4 min readJan 17, 2023

Quote of the day:

Kill them with success and bury them with a smile. Usain Bolt

Jokes of the day:

What do you do when your bunny gets wet? You get your hare dryer.

My husband and I were happy for 20 years. And then we met.

Top 10 news of the day:

Sony Highlights the Riches of 2023 in Upcoming PS5, PS4 Games Trailer

23 titles to keep an eye on — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk_bp75SNQc&ab_channel=PlayStation 2023 has the potentia…

Subscribe to Push Square on 2023 has the potential to be one of the best years in gaming for a long time, and that prospect hasn’t been lost on Sony. The firm has published a new video that is designed to accompany a PlayStation Blog post it uploaded… [714 chars]

Howl is a devious tactics game that channels Into The Breach and Inkle’s Pendragon

Howl is the next game from The Lion’s Song devs, and it’s a fiendishly clever turn-based tactics game.

I did not expect the next game from The Lion’s Song devs Mi’pu’mi Games to be a turn-based tactical folktale, but cor, Howl sure does tick a heck of a lot of boxes for me. Due out later this year, you play a deaf hero in search of a cure to a siniste… [3267 chars]

Starfield ‘Possibly’ Delayed Out Of Xbox’s First Half Of 2023 Release Window

But still aiming for a ‘Summer’ launch — When Xbox & Bethesda took the tough decision to delay both Redfall and Starfi…

When Xbox & Bethesda took the tough decision to delay both Redfall and Starfield out of 2022, both games were tagged with a “first half of 2023” release window. However, it’s looking like Bethesda Game Studios’ Starfield could miss that launch period… [891 chars]

Mad FPS Atomic Heart Alters Visuals to Hit 60fps on PS5

Different between dungeons and open world — The graphical resolution of Atomic Heart will be changed on the fly to ensure …

The graphical resolution of Atomic Heart will be changed on the fly to ensure it always runs at 60 frames-per-second, developer Mundfish has revealed. Responding to a fan on Twitter, the team says that inside “dungeons”, the game will run at 4K, 60fp… [707 chars]

Alert for billions of WhatsApp users — five huge changes coming to the app

WHATSAPP is working on some major changes to the app — including two big tweaks to images.Details of upcoming updates have appeared online, so there

WHATSAPP is working on some major changes to the app — including two big tweaks to images. Details of upcoming updates have appeared online, so there’s plenty to get excited about. 1 Moving chat histories between Android phones without Google Drive w… [1755 chars]

DF Direct Weekly: has Nintendo Switch hits its limits — and do we need a next-gen successor?

Switch is showing its age — so when should we expect a replacement?

Six years is a decent run for a console — even more so for a machine based on what was already out-dated technology — so is it time for Nintendo to replace Nintendo Switch with a next-gen successor? That’s the key topic covered in DF Direct Weekly to… [8284 chars]

Don’t sleep on these rumored Galaxy S23 connectivity upgrades

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S23 series might get a couple of big connectivity upgrades unmentioned previously by the FCC. — SamMobile

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S23 series will get a handful of upgrades across the board, and one of the areas that will improve this year is connectivity. According to a new rumor, the Galaxy S23 Plus and Galaxy 23 Ultra will get Wi-Fi 7 support, while … [1658 chars]

Farlanders review: a Martian city builder that’s rather rocky

Farlanders is a strange, ultimately disappointing beast. Strong storytelling isn’t enough to hold up this turn-based city builder with flawed city building.

Farlanders review Farlanders is a strange, ultimately disappointing beast. Strong storytelling isn’t enough to hold up this turn-based city builder with flawed city building. Developer: Andriy Bychkovskyi Andriy Bychkovskyi Publisher: Crytivo Crytivo… [7647 chars]

New PS5, PS4 Games This Week (16th January to 22nd January)

Monster Hunter! Persona! — What new PS5 and PS4 games are releasing in physical retailers and as part of the PS Store upda…

What new PS5 and PS4 games are releasing in physical retailers and as part of the PS Store update this week? The big early hitters just keep on coming in 2023 as Capcom ports one of its more popular games to PS5, PS4. For a full list of all new PS5 g… [641 chars]

House of the Dead Remake Treated to PS5 Version This Week

Visuals, performance “adjusted” to PS5 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWXXjCdsFhc&ab_channel=ForeverEntertainment F…

Subscribe to Push Square on Forever Entertainment has announced a native PS5 version of last year’s The House of the Dead: Remake will launch on Friday this week. With “game graphics and performance adjusted to PlayStation 5”, you will get to experie… [868 chars]

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Adam Gelencser

Tech enthusiast, currently entrepreneuring — regularly sharing content on tech news and irregularly on other topics. Founder of QMapper.co video AI tool.