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Brawlhalla, a free alternative to Super Smash Bros, arrives on mobile

Brawlhalla, a free alternative to Super Smash Bros, arrives on mobile

Brawlhalla, a platform fighting game often compared to Super Smash Bros., has finally arrived on mobile after spending years on console and PC. The game has been available since 2017; it remains free to play and can be downloaded on all major platforms, including the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. As of late last week, the game is also available on iOS and Android — and yes, it…

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In space, bacteria is even more deadly and resilient to antibiotics

In space, bacteria is even more deadly and resilient to antibiotics

China recently launched its Tianwen-1 mission to Mars. A rocket holding an orbiter, lander and rover took flight from the country’s Hainan province, with hopes to deploy the rover on Mars’s surface by early next year.

Similarly, the launch of the Emirates Mars Mission marked the Arab world’s foray into interplanetary space travel. And on July 30, we saw NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover finallytak…

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NASA has gathered new information on Marsquakes

NASA has gathered new information on Marsquakes

NASA has been recording seismic information from inside the surface of Mars using the InSight Lander’s seismometer. NASA says the data record is the first direct evidence of key boundaries inside the Red Planet’s interior. The goal was to help planetary scientists understand how rocky planets are formed.

Before recent data was recorded by the InSight Lander, scientists only…

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Leak claims 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat will start at right under $81,000 A new leak has surfaced that sheds some highly desired information on the anticipated 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat.

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SpaceX launches 57 new “VisorSat” Starlink satellites SpaceX launched 57 new satellites in its latest push to get its Starlink cluster up and running.

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Inside GM’s plans for the EV market — with new cars from Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Hummer

Inside GM’s plans for the EV market — with new cars from Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Hummer

This article was originally published by Michael Coates on Clean Fleet Report, a publication that gives its readers the information they need to move to cars and trucks with best fuel economy, including electric cars, fuel cells, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and advanced diesel and gasoline engines.

Often news comes not from corporate press releases, but secondary material. Such is the case with…

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Original Quake game is now free, but only for this weekend

Original Quake game is now free, but only for this weekend

If you’re feeling nostalgic, now is a good time to fire up the Bethesda Launcher. During this weekend, the original Quake game is free to download, giving players a chance to own the classic title for free. The promotion comes amid the QuakeCon 2020 event, which is taking place entirely online this year due to the pandemic. Quake was first released in 1996.

The 1996 Quakegame…

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NASA offers startling view of Beirut blast damage using satellite data

NASA offers startling view of Beirut blast damage using satellite data

On August 4, the city of Beirut experienced an enormous, incredibly tragic explosion that claimed numerous lives and caused widespread damage. Many videos of this event show the explosion from different angles, as well as the resulting impact, but it can be hard to comprehend the scope of the damage. Here to help with that is NASA, which has published a map showing the extent of damage caused…

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This training bundle can get you ready for a career in video game development, even if you’ve never coded before

This training bundle can get you ready for a career in video game development, even if you’ve never coded before

TLDR: With the training in The Build a Strategy Game Development Bundle, you’ll have a step-by-step guide to building brilliant strategy-based games and more.

Game development doesn’t start the day you decide to build your own Fortnite. That’s the result of hundreds of artists and other game design professionals all contributing thousands of man-hours. Instead, if you’re looking to understand…

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OnePlus owners get exclusive access to PUBG Mobile's new 90fps support

OnePlus owners get exclusive access to PUBG Mobile’s new 90fps support

PUBG Mobile, the version of the battle royale game designed for smartphones and tablets, is now available with support for 90fps gameplay…but only on certain OnePlus phones. The companies announced a partnership last week that gives OnePlus 7T series, 7 Pro, and 8 series device owners access to this smoother gameplay, but that exclusively won’t last forever. Certain countries are excluded from…

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Why governments are threatened by teens on TikTok

Why governments are threatened by teens on TikTok

In Egypt, teenager Menna Abdel Aziz used social media to ask for protection after a sexual assault. She was arrested on a variety of charges, including misusing social media and corrupting family values.

Two young women, Haneen Hossam, with 915,000 TikTok followers, and Mawada Eladhm, with 3.1 million TikTok followers) were also arrested for their social influencing videos. Renad Imad, another…

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Pixel 4 discontinued – Mantra for Pixel 5's success

Pixel 4 discontinued – Mantra for Pixel 5’s success

Google has been trying to hit the right balance between form and function with its Pixel phones ever since the debut of Pixel and Pixel XL. While they excel in certain dimensions, a few shortcomings have let them down. Recently, Google has made certain moves that has stirred the internet and put experts into thinking about the company’s loss of faith in Pixel 4. Though Pixel 5 is on the charts…

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5 free resources every data scientist should start using today

5 free resources every data scientist should start using today

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Before jumping into popular MOOCs or purchasing recommended books on Amazon, I started by subscribing to various data science and data engineering newsletters. At first, I was reading every single article and taking notes, but over time learned to recognize the important links shared in multiple newsletters and focus on a few. Newsletters are great to stay up to…

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Facebook announces Tipperary windfarm plans

Facebook announces Tipperary windfarm plans

The wind project, which will be completed in 2022, will have the capability to generate enough renewable electricity to supply 20,000 homes per year.

Today (7 August), Facebook and Brookfield Renewable announced plans for a new onshore windfarm in Lisheen, Co Tipperary.

The collaboration is part of a long-term corporate power purchase agreement (CCPA) to produce and supply 100pc renewable…

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SpaceX launches and lands its Starship prototype for the first time

SpaceX launches and lands its Starship prototype for the first time

This week in future tech, SpaceX’s Starship takes flight and Dublin City Council has an IoT solution to the problem of stolen ring buoys.

SpaceX has successfully completed a test flight of its SN5 Starship prototype, climbing to an altitude of 150m above the company’s test site in Texas before landing safely on the ground near the launchpad.

The Starship is designed to carry up to 100 crew…

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The most inactive creatures ever discovered

The most inactive creatures ever discovered

Creatures shown in a study published this month can survive with lower energy requirements than any life previously discovered by humanity. Some of the undersea sediment-dwelling microbes shown in this study have survived “under extreme energy limitation for millennia, thus calling into question the limit for life.

If you thought your teenage grunge rock cousin was lazy, wait…

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iPhone 12 release dates may split for Pro cameras The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro will likely split down the middle, with release dates for the 12 coming first, then the Pro at a later date.