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Southwest Airlines’ technical issues lead to 500 canceled flights

Southwest Airlines passengers had to deal with thousands of delayed and canceled flights this week caused by a couple of technical problems that affected its systems. On Monday, the airline’s third-party weather data provider suffered from intermittent performance issues that prevented it from receiving the information its flights needed. According to the website FlightAware, 1,541… Continue reading Southwest Airlines’ technical issues lead to 500 canceled flights

‘Mario Party Superstars’ revives classic boards and games

When Nintendo releases Mario Party Superstars on October 29th, it will give fans the chance to revisit some of their favorite moments from past games in the series. Superstars will feature five classic boards from the franchise’s Nintendo 64 era. Specifically, Nintendo showed off new and enhanced versions of Peach’s Birthday Cake and Space Land.… Continue reading ‘Mario Party Superstars’ revives classic boards and games

Watch Nintendo’s E3 2021 Direct in 12 minutes

[embedded content] Earlier today, Nintendo was one of the last major publishers to host an E3 2021-related event, and the company did not disappoint. After seemingly trolling its fans with a lengthy look at the expansion pass for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, the company delivered the goods.  We got a brief but tantalizing look… Continue reading Watch Nintendo’s E3 2021 Direct in 12 minutes

Xbox’s June update adds speech-to-text chat feature

Xbox’s June update is here, and Microsoft has detailed the latest software tweaks Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S users can look forward to trying out on their consoles. To start, the company has officially implemented the speech transcription and text-to-speech synthesis tools it started testing with Xbox Insiders back in May. Now that they’re… Continue reading Xbox’s June update adds speech-to-text chat feature

Windows 11 has leaked, and it looks a lot like Windows 10X

Windows 11 is real, and details about it are leaking all over the internet. First, a Baidu user posted two screenshots of the OS this morning, revealing a centralized Start menu with rounded corners. That glimpse gave us serious Windows 10X vibes, especially since that (now defunct) OS also featured a Start menu with centered… Continue reading Windows 11 has leaked, and it looks a lot like Windows 10X

Razer’s smart RGB face mask will ship before the end of the year

In a few months, you may be able to buy Razer’s Project Hazel — the high-tech face mask with working RGB lights the company unveiled at CES in January. The company has revealed at its E3 2021 presentation that the mask will start shipping in the early fourth quarter this year, which means you could… Continue reading Razer’s smart RGB face mask will ship before the end of the year

Twitter might let you ‘unmention’ yourself from tweets

Twitter is exploring a new way to prevent the kind of “unwanted attention” that often results in harassment. The company is working on tools that, if launched, would allow users to prevent people from mentioning them without the block or mute button.  Described by Twitter product designer Dominic Camozzi as “early concepts,” the features would… Continue reading Twitter might let you ‘unmention’ yourself from tweets

Shocking no one, Capcom announces ‘Resident Evil Village’ DLC

Capcom will release new downloadable content for Resident Evil Village. “By popular demand, development has just started on additional DLC for Resident Evil Village,” the company said during its E3 presentation on Monday. Whether that additional content will continue the story of Resident Evil Village, Capcom didn’t say. It also didn’t share a release date,… Continue reading Shocking no one, Capcom announces ‘Resident Evil Village’ DLC

E3 failed its deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers today

E3 is in full swing this week, drawing tens of thousands of live viewers to its livestreamed gaming announcements. There’s plenty of fun trailers and exciting teasers to check out, but if you’re relying on the feed’s closed captions to make sense of what’s being unveiled today, you might be very confused. Try comprehending this,… Continue reading E3 failed its deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers today