There’s little mystery as to why 2016’s NES Classic was the must-have gift of the year. The miniaturized game console jammed 30 beloved titles from the 1980s-era Nintendo Entertainment System — from Super Mario Bros. to Punch Out! — into an HD-ready box that sold for a mere $60. But […]
Daily Archives: September 27, 2017
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PUBG server status doesn’t make good reading for fans right now. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is currently experiencing server issues, as fans are greeted with connection closed messages. Reports have started to appear on Down Detector, which tracks online service outages. Some fans have been greeted with a message telling them that […]
WASHINGTON and MOSCOW — Five years ago this month, Intelsat ordered the first of what is now six high-throughput Epic-class satellites. That soon-to-be global network is now mostly in orbit, with the fifth satellite, Intelsat-37e, launching Sept. 29, and Horizons-3e, a shared satellite with Sky Perfect Jsat, launching in 2018. […]
In early 2017, the Lamborghini Huracan Performante stole the production-car Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record away from the Porsche 918 Spyder. Now, a few months later, Porsche’s stolen it back in a big way. The brand new Porsche 911 GT2 RS recorded a Nordschleife lap time of 6:47.03, besting the Huracan […]
The silting of rivers and streams leads to problems for fish, mussels, and other aquatic organisms because their habitats disappear. However, not only intensive agriculture and erosion are destroying these habitats. Now a study refutes this widespread view. In order to save the species living in the river basin — […]
The fauna of deep seabed tends to be relatively unknown due to the difficulty of collecting samples at great depths. A research team undertook four oceanographic expeditions in the waters off the northwest coast of the Iberian Peninsula that have led to the discovery of several new species that inhabit […]
Southwest Airlines has apologized to a passenger who was recorded being pulled off of a Los Angeles-bound flight after she told the crew she had a life-threatening pet allergy. Taken on Tuesday evening, video shared by NBC Los Angeles shows the unidentified woman repeatedly asking Transportation Authority officers, “What are […]
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has ditched the mobile operating system his company built – Windows Phone – in favour of rival Android. Gates revealed the move to Android during an interview with Fox News Sunday. The 61-year-old multi-billionaire did not reveal what model Android smartphone he had opted for – […]