A Super Mario Bros. speedrunner seemingly did the impossible by beating his own “impossible” world record in the classic NES game. Twitch streamer Niftski completed Super Mario Bros. in 4:54 and 798ms on Sunday. This edges out his previous record 4:54 and 881ms set last December by 3ms, or five frames. Niftski was the first Super
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A live-action Pac-Man movie is in development from Bandai Namco, the publisher of the iconic arcade mascot, and Wayfarer Studios. The project is based on an original idea from Lightbeam Entertainment’s Chuck Williams, the mind behind the latest Sonic the Hedgehog movie franchise. A release date hasn’t been set, and plot details have yet to
Netflix plans to expand the catalog of mobile games it launched in November, but few Netflix subscribers are reportedly playing along. Netflix has more than 20 mobile games for iOS and Android users and plans to up its offering to 50 games by the end of the year, according to a CNBC. So far, less
Apple continues to remain quiet on its rumored AR/VR headset, but the iPhone maker is looking to ship 1.5 million units of the face-mounted device in 2023 at a price of up to $2,000, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, as reported earlier Sunday MacRumors. Apple will announce its headset during a January 2023 event
Apple is on the cusp of introducing a tiny change with an outsized impact on the quality of life of iPhone users everywhere who are tired of helplessly watching on as the life trickles out of their device in unquantifiable increments. But there’s good news: In the latest iOS 16 beta, the battery icon again
Vadym Synegin Contributor Vadym Synegin is a Ukrainian impact entrepreneur, philanthropist and investor in fintech and crypto projects with more than 15 years’ experience as an entrepreneur in Europe and the UAE. Ukrainians have often pioneered market-leading companies and built products that positively impact society, especially in the fintech sector. Despite the hurdles of war,
With the Senate passing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 last night, and House passage later this week all but assured, it’s likely that the U.S. will be taking significant — though not comprehensive — congressional action on climate change. The bill is expected to trim U.S. carbon emissions to 40% below 2005 levels by
xDrive50 electric powertrain The iX comes standard with all-wheel drive, pairing a 190-kilowatt electric motor on the front axle with a more powerful 230-kW rear unit. Combined output peaks at 516 horsepower and 564 pound-feet of torque, enough oomph to silently launch the iX from 0 to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds. The surge of
HBO Max has gradually built up a stack of TV shows well worth your binge-watching hours. The home of Succession and The White Lotus, HBO Max brings you new shows and episodes each week. Check out the weekly highlights below and then take a look at the best of HBO Max’s TV shows. Read more: HBO
I mean, listen to that roar! It’s magnificent, a truly special moment of joy and camaraderie between fans, as they prepare for what was a hella epic—albeit hella short—matchup. The Cell Yell hits especially hard during these trying times, when conventions and in-person events have largely been canceled these last couple of years, due to
Diablo IV | Developer Gameplay ShowcaseThe leaks were obtained from a beta test for friends and family of Blizzard, whom Bloomberg reporter Jason Schrier says are under NDA. This means that they’re legally bound not to share information from the build. However, that hasn’t stopped some testers, who uploaded screenshots and videos to the internet.
This morning, I was idly looking through my Twitter feed and came across a thread discussing Starbucks’ recent hiring of a former Pinkerton intelligence analyst, which led to a discussion of the history of the Pinkertons as strikebreakers, which led to a 19th-century illustration of a crowd of women confronting uniformed men with guns. Curious
Google is striking back at Sonos with a pair of lawsuits alleging that the wireless speaker company is infringing on a number of its patents around smart speakers and voice control technology. It’s the latest volley in a back-and-forth battle over wireless speakers that has so far involved multiple lawsuits from Sonos, one lawsuit from
Astronomers armed with early data obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are hunting galaxies that existed just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. Rohan Naidu, an astrophysicist based at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA), and his colleagues have been particularly good at uncovering these cosmic relics.
Experience the Great Sea in an entirely new and unprecedented way with The Legend of Zelda: the Wind Waker Rewritten, a romhack that takes the dialogue from the original Gamecube classic and rewrites it from front to back to tell an entirely different, unique story within the same framework of the game you know and
Solo Stove fire pits are among the best smokeless fire pits out there, and while they work great and their stainless steel construction gives them a sleek appearance, they have one flaw: They’re not so easy to clean up. However, that’s changing with the arrival of the new Solo Stove 2.0 fire pits, which are
Advertisement Here’s a bigger, less animated version of the piece: Image: SNK G/O Media may get a commission Advertisement So, a new Fatal Fury/Garou game, which means this is either a successor or direct sequel (it’s hard to tell from a single piece of art!) to 1999’s Garou: Mark of the Wolves, which was a
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is set to launch on Oct. 28 for PC and consoles, and fans excited about the game will get their first look at its multiplayer version on Sept. 15 at the Call of Duty: Next event. Ghost is here to welcome you to the next era of CoD. Infinity Ward
Foldable phones made a splash in 2019, when companies like Samsung, Huawei and Motorola introduced their first bendable devices. With Samsung, Motorola and Google rumored to be developing new flexible phones, another milestone moment may be coming soon. Samsung’s next foldable phones may be just around the corner. The tech giant is holding its next
AI’s strength lies in its predictive prowess. Fed enough data, the conventional thinking goes, a machine learning algorithm can predict just about anything — for example, which word will appear next in a sentence. Given that potential, it’s not surprising that enterprising investment firms have looked to leverage AI to inform their decision-making. There’s certainly
Last year was record-breaking for the cybersecurity market. Data from Momentum Cyber, a financial advisory firm for the security industry, showed that cybersecurity startups raised a “record-shattering” $29.5 billion in venture capital in 2021, more than doubling the $12 billion raised in 2020, while a record number — including Dragos and Noname Security — were
Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous
Samsung has officially started to roll out its One UI 5 open beta to Galaxy S22 owners in the US, Germany, and South Korea. The update comes only a few weeks ahead of Android 13’s expected release, and just a few days before Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event. Like the operating system it’s powered by, the
Samsung has a phone for just about every budget. Whether you’re willing to splurge more than $1,000 on the Galaxy S22 Ultra or just want the basics, there’s bound to be something for everyone. Samsung has already launched several phones this year, so there are plenty of new options to choose from. The Galaxy S21
Predator prequel Prey — that’s fun to say out loud — came to Hulu on Friday (and Disney Plus Star outside the US), bringing the iconic sci-fi series back to 1719. It sees one of the alien hunters going up against Comanche Nation tribespeople like Naru (Amber Midthunder), and it’s absolutely excellent. “This is easily
For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. US President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday, a week after testing positive in a “rebound” case. “The President continues to feel very well,” White House Physician Kevin O’Connor said in a memo, adding that Biden
This year, however, the OLED TV competition is tougher than ever. LG’s archrival Samsung has an OLED TV too, promising better color with an all-new QD-OLED panel. Sony offers two different kinds of OLED, including a QD-OLED of its own that looks pretty sweet in person. And in 2022 more TV-makers sell mini-LED models, which
Gumroad’s Sahil Lavingia broke into the venture world as one of the early testers of the rolling fund, an AngelList product that allows investors to raise capital on a subscription-like basis. That was in 2020. Fast-forward to 2022 and a lot has changed. One of those changes? The number of pitches from founders looking to
Reality TV is a well-tilled field, but it’s so overfarmed that it’s rare anything fresh or new can grow there. Despite the genre’s overstuffed nature there been some standouts in recent years, including Nailed It, which made a successful transition from cooking meme to highly entertaining television. If you like that show, have I got
Predator prequel Prey — that’s fun to say out loud — came to Hulu on Friday (and Disney Plus Star outside the US), bringing the iconic sci-fi series back to 1719. It pits one of the alien hunters against Comanche Nation tribespeople like Naru (Amber Midthunder), and it’s absolutely excellent. “This is easily the best