A daily dose of what’s up in the tech world
Daily tech news & jokes to have a good start for 25/03/2023
Quote of the day:
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. Aristotle Onassis
Jokes of the day:
Where do cats write notes? Scratch Paper!
If Bill Gates had a dime for every time Windows crashed … Oh wait, he does.
Top 10 news of the day:
LEGO 2K Drive Will Include Real Money Transactions
It’s a “live service” with seasonal updates & “drive pass” — https://youtu.be/1YhIrHH3p-k LEGO 2K Drive got announced for …
Subscribe to Nintendo Life on LEGO 2K Drive got announced for the Nintendo Switch earlier this week and if you have been wondering about whether or not there’ll be an option to spend money on the game, yes — there will be. A 2K representative has tol… [1167 chars]
Sonic Origins Plus Will Apparently Fix Some Pesky Bugs
Updated and improved — It’s been a rather exciting week for fans of the blue blur Sonic the Hedgehog, with Sega launching …
It’s been a rather exciting week for fans of the blue blur Sonic the Hedgehog, with Sega launching a new DLC pack for Sonic Frontiers and also unveiling the new and improved Sonic Origins Plus collection. While we already know how it will be adding a… [683 chars]
PS5 Has Been Discounted for the First Time Since It Launched Over Two Years Ago
You better believe it — This is quite incredible: the PS5 has been available for over two years now, but it’s spent most…
This is quite incredible: the PS5 has been available for over two years now, but it’s spent most of that time out of stock. Now platform holder Sony has finally got its supply chain in order, it’s unexpectedly discounted the device, with its God of W… [1512 chars]
Google Maps Immersive View finally starts appears for some, bringing lively 3D cities
Google Maps’ Immersive View appears to have finally started rolling out to users.
What you need to know Google Maps’ Immersive View is finally appearing for users. A redditor has spotted Immersive View available for London and Berlin, at the moment. Immersive View is a 3D Maps feature that combines billions of Street Views and aer… [2851 chars]
Oh dear, it’s finally happened: we’ve given a 1-star product review
1-star reviews from disgruntled buyers may be common, but it takes a lot for a product to totally fail our objective testing
Writing professional product reviews rarely throws up any surprises. Generally if a camera, lens or accessory has made it to mass market and we’ve got a review sample, it’s almost certainly going to be at least fit for purpose. The vast majority of p… [6706 chars]
‘Parer’ broke 60 percent of all Wordle streaks on one day
The New York Times’ Zoe Bell talks about Wordle’s toughest word.
If you played Wordle religiously through 2022, you might remember one particularly rough day’s answer: Parer. This turned out to be the most difficult word of the year, in part thanks to its use of a recurring ‘r’, but a GDC talk yesterday from Zoe B… [3393 chars]
ChatGPT users’ credit card details and personal information are LEAKED after AI was hit by a ‘bug’
OpenAI revealed Friday that a bug caused ChatGPT to show personal data of some users to others. This included first and last name, email address and credit card details.
OpenAI revealed Friday a bug exposed some ChatGPT users’ personal information and credit card details to others using the service. The bug was spotted Monday, when a ‘small percentage’ of users this week could see chat titles in their own conversatio… [3060 chars]
Intend’s New Trinity Brake System Hides High-Tech Features
Intend’s new four piston brakes use mineral oil and look amazing.
Intend BC manufactures quality, boutique components like inverted single-crown forks and freewheeling crank systems in Freiburg, Germany. Their latest creation is the Trinity Brake System, which is a machined 4-piston caliper that features high-tech … [2137 chars]
Welcome To Nintendo Life’s New And Improved Discord Server
But please, no discord in the Discord — https://youtu.be/7wf5Y_q3QMs?t=220 Did you know Nintendo Life has its own Discord …
Subscribe to Nintendo Life on Did you know Nintendo Life has its own Discord server? Well, we do. And we’ve spruced the place up quite a bit to get it all ship shape for all of you lovely readers. Admittedly, we’ve had the server for a little while n… [558 chars]
Sonic Origins Plus will see some of the older issues fixed
We learnt yesterday that SEGA is preparing Sonic Origins Plus which will be available as DLC for Sonic Origins, or as a full package, coming in June. There’
We learnt yesterday that SEGA is preparing Sonic Origins Plus which will be available as DLC for Sonic Origins, or as a full package, coming in June. There’s a wealth of changes and additions to the original Sonic Origins compilations such as Amy Ros… [579 chars]
