Wednesday 6 November 2024

The Morning After: Your Switch games will work on Nintendo’s next console

You won't have to worry about repurchasing your Nintendo favorites when the Switch’s successor finally arrives. In its earnings report, Nintendo said its next console will have backwards compatibility and be able to run games made for the Switch. In addition, Switch Online will also be available on the Switch 2.

The earnings report takes a philosophical tone in talking about the why. Its online service, Nintendo Account, ties a user’s history to one account and enables the company, it said, to “maintain a continuous relationship” with them across console generations.

We’re all waiting: Nintendo downgraded its sales forecast for the fiscal year due to a big decline in console sales compared to last year.

— Mat Smith

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Japanese researchers just sent the world’s first wooden satellite to space, in a bid to figure out whether wood could be a future suitable material for all kinds of space activities. “With timber, a material we can produce by ourselves, we will be able to build houses, live and work in space forever,” said Takao Doi, an astronaut affiliated with Kyoto University.

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While we felt the Kindle Colorsoft was a solid first stab at a color ereader by Amazon, there’s an issue. After several buyers pointed out that a yellow band was discoloring the bottom of the display, the same issue occurred on our review unit. Now, the company says it’s offering refunds and replacements for anyone seeing the same issue. For the time being, Amazon has delayed shipments of the ereader while it juggles replacements. We’ve also pulled the score from our review until it’s resolved.

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Meta had plans to build an AI data center that relies on nuclear power in the US — it even already knew where it wanted to build the facility. According to the Financial Times, though, the company had to scrap its plans because a rare bee species was discovered on the land reserved for the project. The report didn’t say whether Meta is looking for a new site — one without rare bees.

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Proton brings more encrypted collaboration features to its Docs app

Proton is continuing to build out its Drive suite of productivity tools for its privacy-focused alternative to Google Docs and Microsoft Word. The latest update is to the Docs app, which now has a "suggesting mode." Proton claims that this is the "first and only encrypted, real-time collaboration feature designed for teams managing sensitive documents to streamline review processes and allowing seamless and secure collaboration."

Suggesting mode should be familiar to anyone who's shared a Google Doc with someone else for feedback. It offers things like suggestions for modifying the text, tracked changes and a way to save a copy of the original version to make sure nothing's accidentally lost during the editing process.

Suggested changes in Proton Docs
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Elsewhere, a new public links feature allows you to set permissions to read-only and apply an expiration date, giving you more control over shared documents. In the Proton Drive Windows app, you'll be able to see all of the files that collaborators have shared with you. It's possible to sync these for offline access as well.

Since Proton debuted Docs in July, it has been expanding the app's feature set with options including PDF exporting, keyboard shortcuts, additional formatting tools and a word count function. With the addition of suggested mode, it's getting closer to having all of the features that folks have come to expect from the likes of Google Docs, making it more of a viable option for collaborative teams who are concerned about sharing documents containing sensitive information.

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Tuesday 5 November 2024

PSA: New PS Plus Game Has a Bunch of Free DLC

PS Plus free game and DLC

November 2024’s PS Plus Essential monthly games are rolling out as we speak, and one of the games included in the lineup comes with free DLC packs. Sony didn’t advertise the free content for Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 – Turbocharged, but all players can download the six add-ons via PS Store right now.

PS Plus not required to claim free DLC for November’s monthly game

The free DLC available for Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 is as follows (availability may vary by region):

  • AcceleRacers Free Pack 1
  • AcceleRacers Free Pack 1
  • AcceleRacers Free Pack 3
  • Manga Free Pack
  • Mega Bites Free Pack
  • Highway 35 Free Pack

All the packs add two cars to the game, so that’s 12 additional cars.

If November’s lineup has yet to go live in your region, check back later in the day. However, you don’t need to own Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 — or even be a PS Plus member — to claim the DLC, so you can grab these packs right away.

As a reminder, the monthly lineup going live today also includes day-one game Death Note Killer Within (Evil West in Japan) and Ghostwire Tokyo. As we’ve previously advised, PS Plus Extra/Premium users should claim Ghostwire Tokyo again if they want a permanent license for the game.

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Sunday 3 November 2024

PS5 Pro Enables Taking Screenshots in 8K, Full Specs Leaked

PS5 Pro specs

The complete official list of PS5 Pro specs has leaked, thanks to some customers getting their consoles early. In addition to confirming its power supply wattage and GPU teraflops, leaks have revealed that the PS5 Pro allows capturing screenshots in 8K.

What we know about PS5 Pro specs thus far

Documentation that accompanies the PS5 Pro (via Reddit) lists its power supply as 390W, which is 40W above the launch PS5’s power supply of 350W. To add more context to this, the base PS5 consumed an estimated 200W when running intensive games. The PS5 Pro is expected to consume around 240W-260W when under heavy load.

This has led some users to speculate that PS5 Pro’s system-on-a-chip is fabbed on 6nm rather than the rumored 4nm. What this means in terms of PS5 Pro’s power consumption remains to be seen. However, a teardown video has revealed that the PS5 Pro comes with a smaller fan, so it possibly runs quieter and cooler than the base PS5.

We’ve also learned that the PS5 Pro’s GPU is 16.7 teraflops, and it comes with an additional 2GB of DDR5 RAM, which presumably frees up VRAM for developers — something the PS4 Pro did as well.

Last but not least, PS5 Pro has a system level option that allows players to take screenshots in 8K in games that support it, indicating that support might be expanded to more games in the future.

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