Month: September 2019
Atari partners with Anstream Arcade for retro gaming
Atari has announced a partnership with retro gaming platform Antstream Arcade. This partnership brings an enhanced and exclusive “Atari Edition” of Antstream’s game streaming service to the upcoming Atari VCM home gaming and entertainment system. The exclusive Atari VCS edition of Antstream Arcade unlocks an instantly-accessible collection of classic video game titles. In addition to an existing…
Six Great Apps to Help You Find Local Events
LoyalFree founder Sophie Hainsworth picks her favourite apps for finding local events, including Skiddle and Eventbrite... With new technology, finding out what is going on in your local area has never been easier. This is great news if you don’t want to hear about a great local event after it happened, or you have moved…
Developers Identifying Shift in Gaming Audience to Older Players
Across all platforms, the various sectors of the gaming industry are growing at an incredible rate, with more people than ever playing all types of titles. The simple fact is, regardless of how highly rated the games are by console and PC gamers, mobile games, lite games, and online browser games have made this form…
Uber warns users to check for cyclists before opening car doors
Uber is introducing a new safety feature that will warn users to look out for cyclists when opening a car door in areas popular with those on bikes. The riding hailing app said the new tool will use publicly available mapping data alongside an Uber user’s journey to send a reminder before they are dropped…
Government trials new apps to help young people find work
New apps aimed at helping young people find work are to be trialled as part of a multimillion-pound employment initiative, the UK Government has said. Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey said the move was part of a £4 million package. Ms Coffey said disadvantaged young people would receive extra support to find work under…
Elon Musk unveils SpaceX for Moon or Mars
Elon Musk has unveiled a SpaceX spacecraft designed to carry a crew and cargo to the moon, Mars or anywhere else in the solar system and land back on Earth perpendicularly. In a live-streamed speech from the SpaceX launch facility near the southern tip of Texas, Mr Musk said the space venture’s Starship is expected…
How many applications can cryptocurrencies have?
Today, there are many different reasons to use cryptocurrencies instead of the standard currencies we’re all familiar with. For starters, you can use them for a lot of the things you’d use normal currencies for – you can buy home goods, you can get a VPN, you can buy food, or get all kinds of…
NASA unable to spot India’s lost moon lander
A NASA orbiter circulating the moon was unable to find India’s lost lander in newly released photos around its targeted landing site. The American space agency stepped in to help the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) find Vikram, part of India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission which was meant to make a soft landing on the moon earlier…
UK Space Agency launches scheme for young people
Young people’s chances of being able to engage with the UK space industry has been boosted by the announcement of a new scheme. The UK Space Agency has launched an initiative to help the sector deliver one million engagement activities a year. The sector generates billions of pounds for the economy and creates around 42,000…
Brisant Secure launches voice-controlled smart door lock
UK security company Brisant Secure has unveiled what it claims is one of the most robust smart door locks on the market. From the outside of the door, the Ultion SMART appears to be a traditional door lock/handle, but on the inside features smart home technology such as voice activation and geo-unlocking. Ultion SMART can…