Ubisoft encourages players to stay home with a month of free games, discounts, and more TechSpot

The first of these many offers comes in the form of a free copy of Rayman Legends, the award-winning (and generally well-received) sequel to Rayman Origins; a side-scrolling platformer that aimed to breathe new life into this aging franchise. It came out in 2013 (two years after its predecessor) and...





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Humble Bundle helps fight coronavirus with 71-item game/book bundle for only $30 TechSpot

Humble Bundle is the latest to toss us a sweet deal. For the next week, the store is offering a bundle of games, ebooks, and comics for $30. It claims the package is worth $1,071. In total, there are 45 games and 26 digital books and comics. Most of the...





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Fitbit launches its Charge 4 tracker with GPS, NFC payments, and Spotify controls TechSpot

For better or worse, Fitbit is launching a fitness tracker in the middle of a global pandemic, with high hopes that it'll still prove useful to people who want to stay active, even when locked inside their homes.





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Two more astronauts have been added to SpaceX's first operational Crew Dragon flight TechSpot

These additions include American astronaut Shannon Walker and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency member Soichi Noguchi. The news was revealed by NASA today, along with some other details about the mission. For starters, the flight will be the first of many, as part of NASA's "Commercial Crew Program."





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Phone carriers must have STIR/SHAKEN framework implemented by mid-2021 TechSpot

A little over a year ago, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai strongly urged carriers to have the STIR/SHAKEN (aka SHAKEN/STIR) authentication protocol in place by the end of 2019. A threat of "regulatory intervention" accompanied the recommendation if companies did not meet the deadline





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Minecraft Dungeons gets May 26 launch date TechSpot

First announced at Minecon 2018, the dungeon crawler pits up to four players in a battle to defeat a relentless swarm of mobs and the evil Arch-Illager using an array of weapons, artifacts and enchantments in procedurally generated environments.





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D-Wave is offering free access to its quantum computers for Covid-19 researchers TechSpot

Canadian quantum computing company D-Wave Systems on Tuesday said it is offering anyone working on responses to the Covid-19 crisis immediate and free access to its quantum computers via the Leap 2 quantum cloud service.





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The Outer Worlds' Nintendo Switch port gets June 5 launch date following coronavirus-related delay TechSpot

The hub-based sci-fi RPG from Obsidian was initially intended to launch on March 6, but the game was delayed indefinitely after port development studio Virtuous faced Covid-19 complications.





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Logitech launches popular Streamlabs OBS on macOS TechSpot

Streamlabs, a subsidiary of Logitech, announced today that it is launching popular streaming software Streamlabs OBS as an open beta on macOS. Live streaming has long been a staple of PC gaming on Windows and now macOS users will be able to participate.





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Capcom insider claims next Resident Evil will represent series' biggest departure ever TechSpot

According to Capcom insider Dusk Golem, the next Resident Evil game entered development in late 2016 and will arrive sometime next year. The leaker said the development is very similar to the original Resident Evil 3 and that an announcement could be coming “really soon.”





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The PC master race is 'decimating' Switch players in Jedi Academy crossplay TechSpot

Last week, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy launched simultaneously on the Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation 4. Users on both consoles quickly discovered themselves being cut down by seemingly unbeatable opponents. It was as if the Masters turned on the Padawans. As it turns out, that was literally the case.





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Xiaomi says China sales are close to a full recovery TechSpot

With the entire world battling the Coronavirus pandemic, it wouldn't be a surprise if Chinese smartphone makers experienced a disappointing first quarter this year, but it looks like the country is now quickly recovering to normal levels of consumption.





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Spotify Kids launches today in the U.S., France, and Canada TechSpot

Last year, Spotify rolled out a new version of their Premium Family plan that included the oft-requested parental controls. Now, the company is releasing a dedicated Spotify Kids app. Like YouTube Kids, everything in Spotify Kids is curated to ensure songs are kid-friendly. There are more than 8,000 songs and...





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Lucid Motors postpones electric sedan showcase amid auto show cancellations TechSpot

The electric automaker originally planned to showcase a production model of the Lucid Air at the New York International Auto Show. That event was to run from April 10 through April 19 but coordinators earlier this month postponed it until late August due to the coronavirus pandemic.





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The new Microsoft 365 brand reflects how the set of applications and the company itself is changing TechSpot

In June of 2011, for example, the company officially unveiled Office 365, which provided access to all the same applications in the regular suite but in a subscription-like “service” form that was delivered (and updated) via the internet. Since then, the company has added new features and functions to the...





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Pokémon Go will let you raid with your friends while at home TechSpot

Concerns over Covid-19 have led to numerous shelter-in-place mandates and calls to exercise social distancing to limit the spread of the virus. This has the unfortunate side effect of limiting activities that encourage being around people such as Pokémon Go. The game actively rewards players for walking around town to...





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Comcast sees peak Internet usage times shift as nation settles into new patterns TechSpot

Weekday usage of VoIP and video conferencing applications is up 212 percent while VPN traffic has increased roughly 40 percent, the result of more people moving to work and learn from home environments. This has also shifted peak download time from 9:00 p.m. before March 1 to around 7:30 p.m....





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