Masayuki Uemura, Creator Of The NES And SNES, Dies At 78
Masayuki Uemura was the lead architect for the Famicom (aka the Nintendo Entertainment System) and the Super Famicon (aka the SNES). The mark he left on the gaming industry and popular culture is indelible. According to Oricon News, Uemura passed awa.....»»
Two months after receiving a pig heart, transplant patient dies
The patient's health had declined, but nobody is explaining why at this point. Enlarge / The transplant team with the replacement heart. (credit: The transplant team with the replacement heart.) On Wednesday, the University of.....»»
Nick Kroll rapidly cycling through "Big Mouth" voices is impressive to watch
Sometimes, when you're watching an animated show with a bunch of bizarrely-voiced characters, it's easy to forget that many of them may be voiced by just the one person.When it comes to Netflix's Big Mouth one of those people is co-creator Nick Kroll.....»»
"Black Mirror" creator"s Netflix video game "Cat Burglar" cleverly skips the obvious choice
There's always a wall. The only thing that changes is how your thieving cat gets past it.Circumventing the brick barrier that surrounds a fancy art museum is the first of several challenges that get thrown your way as Netflix's interactive cartoon Ca.....»»
"Our Flag Means Death"s creator on Rhys Darby, Blackbeard, and more
Say hello to your new favorite pirate, Stede Bonnet.Often referred to as "the Gentleman Pirate," Stede was a wealthy landowner who upended his life to sail the high seas. His real-life exploits are now the subject of HBO Max's comedy series Our Flag.....»»
Intel, AMD, and other industry heavyweights create a new standard for chiplets
UCIe 1.0 aims to standardize (and democratize) chiplet-based processor designs. Enlarge / A sample chiplet design, with the CPU dies made with a more advanced manufacturing process and the chipset and some other functions made on older.....»»
Epic Games Purchases Bandcamp
Longtime Slashdot reader tlhIngan writes: As reported in many outlets, Epic Games has acquired indie music store Bandcamp to build out a "creator marketplace." Bandcamp will continue to be run as it is. "The products and services you depend on aren't.....»»
Mr. Robot creator set to build Metropolis TV series for Apple
Sam Esmail will bring his long-awaited television adaptation of Fritz Lang's Metropolis to Apple TV Plus......»»
David Boggs, Co-Inventor of Ethernet, Dies at 71
David Boggs, an electrical engineer and computer scientist who helped create Ethernet, the computer networking technology that connects PCs to printers, other devices and the internet in offices and homes, died on Feb. 19 in Palo Alto, Calif. He was.....»»
Elden Ring Creator Says He Won’t Stop Making Challenging Video Games
Elden Ring creator Hidetaka Miyazaki has revealed he plans to continue making challenging games going forward. The post Elden Ring Creator Says He Won’t Stop Making Challenging Video Games appeared first on PlayStation Universe. Elden Ring.....»»
Why Swift Creator Chris Lattner Stepped Down From Its Core Team This Week
The creator of Apple's Swift programming language stayed involved in the Swift core team and Evolution community... until this week. Though he'd left Apple more than five years ago, "Swift is important to me, so I've been happy to spend a significant.....»»
Ruby On Rails Creator Backpedals About Bitcoin: "We Need Crypto"
New submitter LZ_Mordan writes: David Heinemeier Hansson, the Ruby on Rails web development framework creator, took to Twitter on Monday to tell his followers that he was no longer a Bitcoin skeptic. "I still can't believe that this is the protest th.....»»
Time and beauty reveal the physics of human perceptions
Adrian Bejan, the J.A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University, has published a new book titled "Time and Beauty: Why Time Flies and Beauty Never Dies." This is Bejan's fourth book written for a general audience tha.....»»
No Man’s Sky Creator Says The Game Isn’t Finished ‘By A Long Shot’
Sean Murray has said that Hello Games isn't done with No Man's Sky 'by a long shot,' with more content in the pipeline. The post No Man’s Sky Creator Says The Game Isn’t Finished ‘By A Long Shot’ appeared first on PlayStation.....»»
11 of the best Squarespace templates for artists, painters, and creative types
There is a point that comes in the career of almost every artist: you’ve made all these works and feel like you are not doing enough to show them off. A strong website is an essential part of marketing yourself as a creator and, with templates.....»»
France"s Nobel winner for co-discovery of HIV virus dies
French scientist Luc Montagnier, who won the Nobel prize for medicine for his co-discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS, has died aged 89, the mayor of the Paris suburb where he was hospitalised said Thursday......»»
Luc Montagnier, Nobel-Winning Co-Discoverer of HIV, Dies At 89
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Luc Montagnier, a French virologist who shared a Nobel Prize for discovering the virus that causes AIDS, died on Tuesday in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine. He was 89. [...] The disco.....»»
More than 85,000 Battlefield 2042 players sign petition demanding a full refund
According to its creator, the game has cost consumers millions of dollars in damages and upset thousands of customers. What's more, the person claims one of the nation's best class-action lawyers would take the case against EA if the petition got at.....»»
EarthBound fans think its creator is teasing Nintendo Direct news
EarthBound/Mother's creator Itoi Shigesato may be teasing a reveal for today's Nintendo Direct......»»
Douglas Trumbull, VFX Whiz For "Blade Runner", "2001" and Others, Dies At 79
Douglas Trumbull, the visual effects mastermind behind Blade Runner, Close Encounter of the Third Kind, 2001: A Space Odyssey and numerous others, died on Monday at age 79. His daughter Amy Trumbull announced the news on Facebook, writing that her fa.....»»
Create collaborative ‘mixtape’ playlists with your Apple Music friends using Caset
Apple Music lets users create and share playlists with other subscribers, but there’s no way for multiple people to edit the same playlist – so only the playlist creator can add or remove songs from it. With this in mind, the developers behi.....»»