Adorable, grisly adventure game ‘Jenny LeClue’ hits PS4 in 2016
Jenny LeClue is a coming-of-age story wrapped in a choose-your-own-adventure novel and tied up with the pixelated ribbon of a point-and-click detective game. And it’s coming to PlayStation 4 next year, creator Joe Russ announced on the PlayStation Blog today. We’ve been keeping an eye on this one since its $105,800 Kickstarter in 2014 — it’s poised to be a witty and charming investigation game starring a pugnacious young woman, Jenny LeClue, on a mission to prove her mother is innocent of murder. However, Jenny is fictional even within the game, where she’s the star of a series of (also fictional) choose-your-own-adventure novels. As Jenny hunts down evidence and discovers secrets in her sleepy, creepy town, her author narrates, and the two characters play off of each other in often-humorous ways.
Source: PlayStation Blog
Durex thinks a condom emoji can help promote safe sex
Look, there’s already a taco emoji, so it doesn’t seem far fetched to have one that represents a condom as well. After all, despite their obvious differences, they both have something in common: pleasure. That’s why Durex, a brand of male contraceptives, is hard at work advocating for a condom emoji. “An official safe sex emoji will enable young people to overcome embarrassment around the discussion of safe sex,” the company says, adding that it can “encourage conversation and raise awareness of the importance of using condoms in protecting against sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV and AIDS.”
Via: Adweek
Source: Durex
LG Watch Urbane 2 LTE gets canned indefinitely due to hardware concerns
Hopefully none of you pre-ordered LG’s Watch Urbane 2 LTE, as LG has just announced that the device has been indefinitely cancelled thanks to some quality concerns with the hardware. They didn’t specify exactly what the problem is, but they did say it’s pretty complicated to solve and it does affect day-to-day usage of the device. That’s never a good combination.
There’s unfortunately no word on when we can expect the Watch to officially be released, but from how LG is wording things, it may never see an official release at all. That’s pretty disappointing for the first LTE-enabled Android Wear watch.
source: Android Police
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YouTube backing content creators by paying fees against copyright takedowns
We’ve all seen cases of YouTube videos getting taken down over copyright claims, and sometimes those claims are a little outlandish and unfair to the content creator. Obviously YouTube doesn’t condone piracy, but sometimes those claims can take down perfectly legitimate, fair use cases of content. That kind of thing hurts YouTube more than it helps, so the site is planning on backing up some of its content creators if they happen to face any legal action over these copyright takedowns.
This doesn’t mean YouTube is going to rush to aid just anyone that gets hit with a copyright takedown action, as the program is starting with only four creators. It also isn’t going to be stopping the copyright takedowns, but it will help pay for legal fees if any legal action is taken against the creators after the takedown occurs.
The plan for this program is to increase brand loyalty and to help educate users on fair use laws. And really, the legal fees of a handful of YouTube creators is cheap for all the good press this would bring the company.
source: New York Times
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The next New York Times virtual reality film will release on December 13th
After the success of the New York Times’ first virtual reality film experiment, the magazine is prepping its second film for release on December 13th of this year. The new film will work just like The Displaced did with Google’s Cardboard partnership, so you’ll be able to check the film out through the NYTVR app just like before.
This isn’t exactly how I’d imagined virtual reality would start building an audience, but it’s interested to watch either way.
source: New York Times (Twitter)
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Cyberpunk noir game ‘Read Only Memories’ heads to PS4 and Vita
Read Only Memories, a pixelated adventure game set in the futuristic city of Neo-San Fransisco, will make its way to PlayStation 4 and Vita “soon,” developer Midboss announced in a new trailer. Midboss is composed of the folks behind the annual GaymerX convention, and Read Only Memories is a narrative-driven, sci-fi romp set in 2064 that happens to include an array of inclusive character options, such as the ability to choose your preferred gender pronoun. However, these options are almost a side-note to the game’s emphasis on story, retro 2D gameplay and robust character interactions.
Source: PlayStation Blog
NASA’s growing flowers on the ISS for the first time
Following upon its initial successes with lettuce back in August, NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station are attempting to coerce a colony of zinnias to flower for the first time. The effort is part of the larger Veggie plant growth system which is studying the effects of microgravity on plant life.
“Growing the zinnia plants will help advance our knowledge of how plants flower in the Veggie growth system, and will enable fruiting plants like tomatoes to be grown and eaten in space using Veggie as the in-orbit garden,” said Trent Smith, Veggie program manager at Kennedy. Additionally, scientists are studying how having plants aboard the orbiting laboratory impacts crew morale.
In this case, researchers are studying how the lack of gravity affects the zinnias’ pollen disbursement. If successful, the experiment could pave the way for orbital greenhouses and give deep space astronauts access to fresh fruit and vegetables. The ISS crew will next attempt to cultivate tomatoes beginning in 2017.
[Image Credit: Boston Globe via Getty Images]
Via: Mashable
Source: NASA
Telegram founder knew ISIS was using his service before Paris attacks
Secure messaging service Telegram announced on Wednesday it had shut down 78 ISIS-related channels since the deadly attacks on Paris and Beirut, alongside a statement saying the company was “disturbed to learn that Telegram’s public channels were being used by ISIS to spread their propaganda.” This made the situation sound like new information to Telegram — but that’s not the case. At TechCrunch Disrupt in September, Telegram founder Pavel Durov told interviewer Mike Butcher that he knew ISIS used his app (as spotted by The Washington Post). “I don’t think we are actually taking part in these activities,” Durov said. “I don’t think we should be guilty or feel guilty about it.” The relevant conversation went down as follows:
Via: The Washington Post
LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE pulled from shelves due to hardware issues
Only a week after its launch by AT&T, LG is stopping all sales of the Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE smartwatch. According to 9to5Google’s sources, AT&T has notified its retail stores that those who bought the second-edition watch are eligible for a refund due to the “quality issue.”
LG has given no date for the smartwatch’s return to the market
The reason for this halt in sales and soft recall is, according to LG, “a hardware issue which affects the day-to-day functionality of the device.” The news comes as disappointing to many Verizon subscribers, as the device was slated to launch in their stores tomorrow morning, November 20th. LG has given no date for the smartwatch’s return to the market, and it might even be gone for good.
The Watch Urbane 2nd Edition was the first Android Wear smartwatch to offer cellular capabilities. This was received with much enthusiasm by fans of Android Wear, as it made the device far less reliant on an accompanying cell phone. It seemed like Android Wearers were leaving the days of leaning so heavily on Bluetooth and wifi networks behind. Unfortunately, no other manufacturers seem to have plans in the works to bring a similar Wear device to the market in the near future, although Google insists that we can expect them down the road.
Don’t miss: LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition first look
Although it’s sad to have the Watch Urbane 2nd Edition pulled away before we even really got to know it, this move is far better for LG and consumers alike, rather than having compromised hardware plague the device. If we’re lucky, LG will get to the root of this unspecified issue and we’ll see the Watch Urbane 2nd Edition rise from the ashes like a mighty phoenix. Only time will tell.
What are your thoughts? Are you a Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE owner? Have you noticed any suspicious issues with your device, and will you be taking it back to AT&T to take advantage of their trade-in? Let us know in the comments!
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Jimmy Iovine thinks women need help finding music
I was wondering to myself just the other day: Man, it is so hard to find music. I don’t know how to turn on the radio. I don’t know how to search for songs on Google. I don’t know how to launch iTunes on my computer. I just don’t know how to do a lot of things. Thankfully, Jimmy Iovine, the head of Apple Music, is here to help. Apparently it’s all because I’m a woman. My boobs must drain a lot of brain cells! In an interview on CBS This Morning earlier today, Iovine said about the streaming service: “Women find it very difficult at times to find music, and this helps make it easier.”
Via: The Verge
Source: CBS News
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