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.....»»
Dave Power, founder of influential car quality survey, dies at 89
J.D. Power was launched in the family kitchen with automotive customer surveys that measured and ranked new-vehicle quality......»»
Clubhouse announces plans for creator payments and raises new funding led by Andreessen Horowitz
Buzzy live voice chat app Clubhouse has confirmed that it has raised new funding – without revealing how much – in a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz through the firm’s partner Andrew Chen. The app was reported to be raising at a $.....»»
Brad Cox, Creator of Objective-C Programming Language, Dies At 76
We have learned that Brad Cox, computer scientist known mostly for creating the Objective-C programming language with his business partner Tom Love, died on January 2, 2021 at his residence. He was 76. From a Legacy.com post: Brad was born on May 2,.....»»
Hank Aaron, baseball Hall of Famer and former Georgia auto dealer, dies at 86
The legendary home run king for several years owned an Atlanta-based auto group that consisted of BMW, Mini, Honda, Toyota, Jaguar and Land Rover franchises......»»
Would you buy the RTX 3080 sneakers?
The name RTFKT (Artifact Studios) might be unfamiliar. The company, which makes "virtual and physical next-gen collectible sneakers for the best esports, gaming, and entertainment celebrities," has teamed up with NZXT, creator of some of our favorite.....»»
Former NADA President Leon Edwards dies at 89
Edwards, a Chevrolet dealer from Birmingham, Ala., was NADA president in 1995......»»
Gerald Wiegert, creator of the Vector supercar, dies at 76
The Vector W8 was aimed at the fastest, sexiest supercars from Italy......»»
Skyrim modders have a new machine learning tool that turns text to realistic NPC speech
VASynth creator Dan Ruta used NPC voices from various Bethesda video games to train the tool's machine learning AI models. He published multiple flavors of the app, including variations for Skyrim, Fallout 4, Oblivion, Fallout New Vegas, Morrowind, a.....»»
How to jump your car
Knowing how to jump-start a car can keep you moving if your battery dies, and save you a big chunk of money......»»
Edmund Melson Clarke, Creator of Model Checking, Dies at 75
IEEE also mourns the loss of F.C. Kohli, India’s ‘Father of IT Industry,’ and others Edmund Melson Clarke Model-checking creator Fellow, 75; died on 22 December Clarke was a computer-science pioneer who helped develop model checki.....»»
First Philippine eagle bred in captivity dies
The first Philippine eagle bred in captivity in an effort to save one of the world's most endangered birds has died from infections, conservationists said Friday......»»
Shirley Young, player in expanding GM China, dies at 85
Young played a key role in GM's billion-dollar investment in China through a joint venture with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. in the 1990s......»»
Niantic buys competitive gaming platform Mayhem
Pokèmon Go creator Niantic has acquired a small SF gaming startup building a league and tournament organization platform to help gamers create their own communities around popular titles. Mayhem was in Y Combinator’s winter 2018 batch and went.....»»
Jarod Nandin, famed South Park WoW cosplayer, dies after contracting Covid-19
It was back in 2013 when Nandin shot to fame after he appeared in a cosplay contest at BlizzCon dressed as "that which has no life," a reference to the 'Make love, not Warcraft' episode of South Park featuring a WoW addict called Jenkins as the antag.....»»
Ether soars above $1,000 as bitcoin sets another record
The value of all cryptocurrencies in circulation is more than $850 billion. Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin. (credit: TechCrunch) Ether, the native currency of the Ethereum network and the second most valuable cryptocurrency, has soared above.....»»
How to get the most from your Nintendo Switch Pro Controller battery
The Nintendo Switch Pro Controller is a great accessory, but can be frustrating when the battery dies on you. Here's how to make the most of its battery life......»»
Game of Thrones games maker dies "after poisoning"
Lin Qi, 39, was the founder of Chinese firm Yoozoo which developed the popular online game......»»
Chinese games billionaire dies "after poisoning"
Lin Qi, 39, was the founder of Yoozoo which developed a popular Game of Thrones online game......»»
Edmund Clarke, 2007 Winner of the Turing Award, Dies of Covid-19
"Edmund M. Clarke, the FORE Systems Professor of Computer Science Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University, has died of Covid-19," writes Slashdot reader McGruber. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Professor Clarke was best known for his work in mo.....»»
Basecamp Releases Hotwire for Building Web Applications Using "HTML Over the Wire"
Basecamp's David Heinemeier Hansson (the creator of Ruby on Rails) announced on Twitter this week that "all the tricks and tooling we used to build the front-end for Hey.com" have now been released as Hotwire (also known as New Magic), "an alternativ.....»»