Samsung’s post-apocalyptic Australia Fortnite map offers real prizes worth $8,000

Last updated: May 2nd, 2024 at 13:20 UTC+02:00 Samsung Australia is rolling out a new Fortnite Creative map for mobile gamers. The new experience called Clash of Commuters features “a uniquely Australian and public transport-inspired map.” And for a limited time, players will have the opportunity to win Samsung prizes. The new map features Australian … Read more

PUBG will take a nostalgia-infused trip back to its first map in May

PUBG: Battlegrounds is somehow old enough to evoke nostalgia. The pioneering battle royale game, which entered Steam Early Access in 2017, will borrow a page from Fortnite’s playbook and honor its first map. Erangel Classic will recreate the old-school battlefield from the game’s inception for a limited two-week run in May and June. Developer and … Read more

Apple II launch puts Cupertino on the map

April 17, 1977: The Apple II launch at the West Coast Computer Faire positions Apple at the forefront of the looming personal computer revolution. The company’s first mass-market computer, the Apple II boasts an attractively machined case designed by Jerry Manock (who will later design the first Macintosh). It also packs a keyboard, BASIC compatibility … Read more

A milestone map of mouse-brain connectivity reveals challenging new terrain for scientists

A cubic millimetre is a tiny volume — less than a teardrop. But a cubic millimetre of mouse brain is densely packed with tens of thousands of neurons and other cells in a staggeringly complex architectural weave. Reconstructing such elaborate arrangements requires monumental effort, but the researchers affiliated with the Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks … Read more

observatory will map Big Bang’s afterglow in new detail

The front of the Simons Observatory’s Large Aperture Telescope Receiver, the largest receiver for observing the cosmic microwave background built so far.Credit: Mark Devlin/University of Pennsylvania Cosmologists are preparing to cast their sharpest-ever eyes on the early Universe. From an altitude of 5,300 metres on Cerro Toco, in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert, the Simons Observatory … Read more

Samsung SmartThings app gets 3D Map View for better usability

Last updated: March 21st, 2024 at 07:28 UTC+01:00 Samsung has formally introduced the 3D Map View feature to the SmartThings app. This new view improves the usability and visibility of smart home devices, and it is now available on refrigerators, smartphones, tablets, and TVs. SmartThings gets the 3D Map View feature Samsung’s smart home platform, … Read more

researchers map organ in stunning detail

The heart is the first organ to develop, but despite its importance, scientists know surprisingly little about exactly how its cells are arranged. Read the paper here: Spatially organized cellular communities form the developing human heart Now a team of researchers have combined RNA sequencing and cutting edge imaging technology to map the heart in … Read more