Netflix begins streaming in AV1 on Android

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by Manish Singh - February 7, 20200

Netflix begins streaming in AV1 on Android

Netflix announced this week that it has started to stream titles in AV1 on Android in what could significantly help the two-year-old media codec gain wider adoption. The world’s biggest streaming giant said on Wednesday that by switching from Google’s VP9 — which it previously used on Android —

Paladins Season 3 Begins with New Champion Release, Community Battle Pass

by Alex Cantatore, Live Game Brand Manager, Hi-Rez Studios - January 8, 20200

Paladins had an exciting year in 2019 – we released four new champions, a variety of exciting Battle Passes, and a series of updates which brought more bug fixes and quality of life improvements than ever before. We declared 2019 the best year ever for Paladins, and we think we

Yo Ho Ho Ho! The Festival of Giving Begins Today in Sea of Thieves

by Joe Neate, Executive Producer at Rare - December 11, 20190

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and there’s no better place to spend it than on the Sea of Thieves. Put out the decorations, hang up your stocking and enjoy our latest monthly content update, Festival of Giving. This update is available for free to all Sea of

AWS Outposts begins to take shape to bring the cloud into the data center

by Ron Miller - December 5, 20190

When AWS announced Outposts last year, a private cloud hardware stack they install in your data center, there were a lot of unanswered questions. This week at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, the company announced general availability as the vision for this approach began to become clearer. AWS CEO Andy Jassy,

Modern Warfare: A Thrilling New Season Begins December 3 on Xbox One

by David Hodgson, Editorial Manager, Call of Duty - December 4, 20190

SummaryThe first Battle Pass is packed with 100 tiers of exciting new content to customize the way you play New weapons, multiplayer maps, Special Ops experiences, and the return of fan-favorite content Use Call of Duty Points to upgrade your Season 1 Battle Pass or purchase the Season 1

Virgin Galactic begins ‘Astronaut Readiness Program’ for first paying customers

by Darrell Etherington - November 15, 20190

Virgin Galactic has begun its ‘Astronaut Readiness Program’ this week, which is being run out of Under Armour Global HQ to start. Under Armour is Virgin Galactic’s partner on its official astronaut uniforms, which its first paying space tourists will don on the company’s initial trips beyond Earth. The Astronaut Readiness

The slow death of Flash continues as Google begins to remove it from search

by Devin Coldewey - October 30, 20190

The death of Flash has been a long time coming… and a long time going on, too. For years we’ve heard that it’s on its way out, but who among us has not found an errant Flash video or widget in the last month or two? To hasten its demise

Gears 5 Early Access Begins Tonight; “The Chain” debuts in NFL Season Opener

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by Will Tuttle, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief - September 6, 2019September 18, 20190

Gears 5 Early Access Begins Tonight; “The Chain” debuts in NFL Season Opener

Tonight, the wait is finally over. Gears 5 will be available tonight, immediately following the television debut of the launch ad, “The Chain,” during the NFL Season opener, the Green Bay Packers @ Chicago Bears on NBC. This begins the four-day early access period for Gears 5 Ultimate Edition owners and

NASA’s Mars Helicopter begins final testing phase before 2020 mission

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by Darrell Etherington - June 7, 20190

NASA’s Mars Helicopter begins final testing phase before 2020 mission

NASA’s Mars Helicopter will be a key experimental craft when it comes to shaping what humanity’s future exploring the Red Planet looks like – when it launches aboard NASA’s Mars 2020 mission, it’ll head to Mars with the aim of testing the viability of flying heavier-than-air vehicles through another