The Pixel Buds Google Translate feature is now included on even more devices than ever before. This flagship feature of Google’s listening device allows for real-time-translations with the push of a button. The Pixel Buds were initially launched in October 2017. The wireless earbuds are available on the Google store for $159. The support site for the Google Pixel Buds has updated to show that any headphones with Google Assistant built-in will have this translation feature. In addition to this, the feature is no longer tied to just Google Pixel branded phones and is now available to all Android devices. This means that devices such as the Sony WI-1000X and the Bose QC35 II can now use this function. This translation feature allows for 40 languages to be translated via the Google Translate app and a compatible device. A user would need to first activate their Google Assistant on the listening device of choice, and then speaking into the device in their native … [Read more...] about Pixel Buds Google Translate Feature Now on More Devices
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The best PS4 games in 2018: every must-play on Sony’s flagship console
Here are our picks for the absolute best PS4 games. From blockbusters to indies, action roller-coasters to contemplative explorations, these are the best games available right now for Sony’s PlayStation 4, as selected by the voracious gamers of VG247. We’ll be checking back in with new games on the regular, as old favourites are retired and new challengers rise above the pack to win a place in our hearts. It’s been a while since we last updated this list, and 2017 has long since drawn to a close. During last year we got some new info on games that might one day make this list, like Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding and The Last of Us: Part 2. But for now, the most recent additions to our list are the mainstream smash-hit sensation Fortnite: Battle Royale and Capcom’s action-RPG epic Monster Hunter World. At the end of last year, Middle Earth: Shadow of War arrived to succeed the venerable old Shadow of Mordor on our list – building on the rock-solid … [Read more...] about The best PS4 games in 2018: every must-play on Sony’s flagship console
Wikipedia won’t fix YouTube’s problems
YouTube’s CEO wants to tackle the platform’s conspiracy theory problem by relying on Wikipedia in an effort to keep viewers informed. The idea is simple enough: YouTube will identify videos about known conspiracy theories, and include a Wikipedia description that provides more information on the main topic that the conspiracy is concerned with. “When there are videos that are focused around something that’s a conspiracy — and we’re using a list of well-known internet conspiracies from Wikipedia — then we will show a companion unit of information from Wikipedia showing that here is information about the event,” Wojcicki said at a South by Southwest talk yesterday, as reported by The Verge. Wojcicki pointed to flat-earthers, people who believe that the Earth isn’t spherical — even though the ancient Greeks figured out the truth, and explorers Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano proved it centuries ago. … [Read more...] about Wikipedia won’t fix YouTube’s problems
YouTube wants to rely on Wikipedia to fix its problems
YouTube’s CEO wants to tackle the platform’s conspiracy theory problem by relying on Wikipedia in an effort to keep viewers informed. The idea is simple enough: YouTube will identify videos about known conspiracy theories, and include a Wikipedia description that provides more information on the main topic that the conspiracy is concerned with. “When there are videos that are focused around something that’s a conspiracy — and we’re using a list of well-known internet conspiracies from Wikipedia — then we will show a companion unit of information from Wikipedia showing that here is information about the event,” Wojcicki said at a South by Southwest talk yesterday, as reported by The Verge. Wojcicki pointed to flat-earthers, people who believe that the Earth isn’t spherical — even though the ancient Greeks figured out the truth, and explorers Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano proved it centuries ago. … [Read more...] about YouTube wants to rely on Wikipedia to fix its problems
Lair: What went wrong
“Lair was a genuine fuck-up by everybody involved, probably me the worst,” says Julian Eggebrecht, one of Factor 5’s co-founders, about the studio’s disappointing PlayStation 3 game. The approximately $25 million project, a game about dragons and fantasy warfare, took three years to develop, which included a yearlong delay. From faulty studio decisions, publisher strife and arguments regarding studio dynamics, Lair fought its way out from the studio that created it. Lair itself did not ruin Factor 5 — although the circumstances didn’t help — but it ended a relationship with Sony and left the studio dangling in searching of a follow-up project that never came. Before Lair The history of Lair intertwines with the history of Factor 5. Back in the late ‘80s, the German studio began working alongside Europe’s PC boom, plugging away on action games like Turrican (and its sequels) before switching over to consoles. In 1992, LucasArts and … [Read more...] about Lair: What went wrong