/ For an hour and a half, many people were unable to post. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeTwitter appears to be recovering from … [Read more...]
Link rides a huge hoverboard in the new Zelda 'Tears of the Kingdom' trailer
Nintendo closed out today's Direct showcase with a new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, showing off the game's traversal mechanics and dramatic cinematics. Link takes to the skies above Hyrule on a huge, four-engine drone and in the bucket of a small hot-air balloon, and he drives across the grass on a massive motorized chariot. In one shot, he slides down one rail of a … [Read more...]
'Metroid Prime Remastered' is out today on Switch with dual-stick controls
Here's a pleasant treat from today's Nintendo Direct: the surprise launch of a revamp of the original Metroid Prime for the Switch. The appropriately titled Metroid Prime Remastered boasts much-improved graphics, of course, but it also includes dual-stick controls that are considerably more intuitive. You can use a GameCube-like scheme and other control options, but players used to two decades of … [Read more...]
Daily Crunch: Google announces global rollout for AI-driven ‘multisearch’ on mobile devices
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Hello, you crunchy delights, Dunno ’bout you, but we’re getting a little excited about our TC Early Stage event in Boston on April 20, and Darrell just announced the first group of speakers for the event. It’s gonna be a good one! Our Black History Month feature of … [Read more...]
'Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp' will finally arrive on April 21st
Multiple delays and more than a year after it was first supposed to arrive, Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp has a new release date. Nintendo announced today that the remaster will arrive on April 21st. First announced in the summer of 2021, Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp was originally scheduled to hit the Nintendo eShop later that same year. However, Nintendo first delayed the title in the fall of … [Read more...]
The biggest news and trailers from today’s Nintendo Direct
/ Zelda, Metroid, Pikmin, Advance Wars — it was a busy stream. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeThe latest Nintendo Direct had all the … [Read more...]
Best graphics cards for gaming in 2023
A graphics card is one of the most important components of a gaming PC, if not the most. But just like most PC components, there's no single GPU that works for everyone. While some users may want the absolute ultimate gaming experience on PC, others may want something that offers the best value, albeit less powerful. Many are even looking for the best budget graphics cards for a casual 1080p … [Read more...]
Nintendo’s first $70 game is The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
/ Nintendo joins Sony and Microsoft in making the jump to $70 games. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Image: NintendoFollowing in the footsteps of Sony and Microsoft, … [Read more...]
AI is eating itself: Bing’s AI quotes COVID disinfo sourced from ChatGPT
One of the more interesting, but seemingly academic, concerns of the new era of AI sucking up everything on the web was that AIs will eventually start to absorb other AI-generated content and regurgitate it in a self-reinforcing loop. Not so academic after all, it appears, because Bing just did it! When asked, it produced verbatim a COVID conspiracy coaxed out of ChatGPT by disinformation … [Read more...]
Nintendo is adding Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games to Switch Online today
After years of rumors, Nintendo is finally bringing Game Boy and Game Boy Advance titles to its Switch Online service. The company revealed during its latest Nintendo Direct that games from its early handhelds will be available on Switch today. The Game Boy titles you can spend the entire rest of your week on include Tetris, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening … [Read more...]
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s latest trailer reveals a new car and airship for Link
/ The sequel to Breath of the Wild is almost here.Nintendo released a new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom at its Nintendo Direct showcase on Wednesday. The trailer gave us our best look at the new game yet, though is light on specific details; seems like Nintendo doesn’t want to spoil too much about the game even though we are just a few months away from release. At the … [Read more...]
Tweets and direct messages are broken for many Twitter users
Something is very wrong with Twitter right now, but it’s not clear exactly what. As of Wednesday afternoon, core features, including direct messages and tweets, are not working for large swaths of users. While some users are able to tweet, many users are receiving messages that they can’t tweet or as they are “over the daily limit for sending Tweets.” A similar message appears when attempting … [Read more...]
The Political Theater Behind the State of the Union Data Privacy Push
If you talk to House Republicans, President Joe Biden delivered an offensive, hyper-partisan diatribe last evening. Hell, if you just listened to the State of the Union address, you’d have heard the commander-in-chief heckled as a “liar,” blamed for the opioid epidemic—"It’s your fault!”—or heard him met with a thunderous and sustained Republican “BOOOOOOOOOOO!”Most all of those raucous … [Read more...]
Metroid Prime Remastered is coming to the Switch today
/ The game was surprise-announced during the first Nintendo Direct of the year.It’s not Metroid Prime 4, but it’s still big news for fans of intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran: the original Metroid Prime is being remastered for the Switch. Even better, the game will be launching today in the Nintendo eShop (a physical version will be available on February 22nd). The news was announced during … [Read more...]
Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games are coming to Nintendo Switch Online today
/ But Game Boy Advance games will be exclusive to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers.Nintendo Switch Online subscribers will be able to play Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games later today, the company just announced during its Nintendo Direct. And you’ll be able to play the multiplayer ones with a friend wirelessly — no Link Cable required.Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy … [Read more...]
How to build a user signup and login system using django-allauth
django-allauth is an integrated set of Django applications addressing authentication, registration, account management as well as 3rd party (social) account authentication. We will use this package to implement authentication workflow. Create a new directory anywhere on your computer. You can do it on your desktop and then open the folder using your favorite code editor Open the terminal and … [Read more...]
Hands-on with the new Bing
Yesterday, Microsoft launched the new Bing on the web and in its Edge browser, powered by a combination of a next-gen OpenAI GPT model and Microsoft’s own Prometheus model. With this, Microsoft jumped ahead of Google in bringing this kind of search experience to the mainstream, though we’ll likely see the competition heat up in the next few months. We’ve now had a chance to try the new Bing and as … [Read more...]
Advance Wars remakes finally get a release date
/ After almost a year in limbo, Nintendo will release the real-time strategy game.It’s been just one month shy of a year since Nintendo delayed the Advance Wars remakes, “in light of recent world events.” Since then, the games have sat in limbo with no word on when Nintendo would actually release them. Now, with the company’s first direct of 2023, Advance Wars 1 and 2 will launch on April … [Read more...]
'Pikmin 4' hits Switch on July 21st
After nearly a decade in development, Pikmin 4 is due to land on the Switch on July 21st, 2023. Nintendo shared a fresh gameplay trailer during today's Direct showcase, featuring a new Pikmin with ice abilities and a friendly dog who helps the little plant buddies on their cosmic adventures. Apparently, Pikmin games just take a long time to develop, OK? Nintendo head Shigeru Miyamoto said in 2015 … [Read more...]
Meta now owns VR fitness company Within
The tug of war over Meta's acquisition of Within is over. Meta has completed its purchase of the virtual reality workout app maker, bringing Supernatural and other projects into the metaverse giant's fold. The two didn't elaborate further on their plans, but Within said in October 2021 that it would continue to develop Supernatural exercise content under Meta's Reality Labs wing. The deal was in … [Read more...]