Category Archives: Tech

Why Jurassic Park’s Visual Effects Still Look Amazing Today

Jurassic Park still holds up. It’s an excellent movie that’s still fun to watch, the dinosaurs are still scary as hell, and the visual effects still look spectacular. How is that possible? Even though Jurassic Park changed the way films use visual effects, the restraint it used with its own effects is what has made it stand the test of time…. Read More

Source:: Gizmodo

YouTube to swallow up Google’s Hangouts on Air – CNET

Google decides that YouTube will be the new home for Hangouts on Air. The service will no longer be a part of Google’s social network as of September 12. Read More

Source:: CNET

Nvidia Finally Fixed Laptop Gaming

You haven’t really experienced PC gaming if you’ve been playing on a laptop instead of a desktop. You’ve enjoyed the convenience of taking your games anywhere, but you’ve sacrificed playability for mobility. Your games are rarely pretty. You run things on mid-to-low settings. The newest games struggle. But with Nvidia’s latest new line of mobile video cards based on the Pascal chip
architecture, that’s all going to change. Nvidia just closed the gap between mobile and desktop PC gamers, and made VR accessible to a much larger audience…. Read More

Source:: Gizmodo

LA Library Cards Get You Free Digital Access to the New York Times

Do you live in Los Angeles and pay for online access to the New York Times? Have I got a cheapskate lifehack for you…. Read More

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Twitter now lets you slap ad stickers on your photos – CNET

Because nothing personalizes a photo like a branded graphic. Read More

Source:: CNET