Polestar Is One Step Closer To An EV Like No Other Polestar’s goal of creating a completely climate-neutral car by 2030 has found its first partners, as the automaker looks beyond the Polestar 3 and Precept-based Polestar 5 for something with even more green ambition. The Polestar 0 will be the automaker’s first model with zero carbon emissions through production, delivery to the customer, and end-of-life. Polestarannounced its self-imposed challengeback in April 2021....

Square Enix provided updates on multiple titles during yesterday’s excellent Nintendo Direct, includingRomancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven, a full remake of the classic JPRG. It’s coming to multiple platforms as well as PC, which we’re glad to see Square Enix provide more support for over the years when it comes to JRPGs. With the Steam page up, we have our first look at the technical side including the Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven system requirements....

Samsung has now fully revealed the new version of its folding phone,the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2, outlining a number of changes to the former device. It represents a shift towards the mainstream, with a general feeling that folding phones are now much more on the public consciousness as we move beyond the first-gen. As such, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 integrates many areas of improvement, based on customer feedback, addressing the sorts of issues that we highlighted withour review of the original phone....

Samsung May Be Chasing The Magic Behind iPhone’s Video Stabilization With the arrival of theiPhone 12 Pro Maxtwo years ago, Apple introduced a new camera trick called “sensor-shift image stabilization,” replacing the more widely used optical image stabilization (OIS) tech on smartphones. Inspired by the in-body image stabilization (IBIS) tech on professional cameras,sensor-shift image stabilizationinvolves moving the main camera sensor board to compensate for hand movements and jitters. On the other hand, optical image stabilization requires moving only the lens assembly to stabilize the photo and video capture, while the camera sensor remains static....

On Thursday, August 27,Apple released the media invitationfor an event on September 9. The fall announcements typically highlight updates for iOS devices. Sometimes iPhone and iPad are announced separately, but it is estimated both devices will receive a refresh in the coming weeks. In line with new invitations, the web quickly rushes to build corresponding, celebratory wallpapers. Inside, we have some quick work done by avid iDB readers. Within hours, they shared their collections and we pass them on to you....

Deutsche Telekom-owned T-Mobile, the fourth-largest carrier in the United States, is continuing on its mission to pressure the whole industry to focus on what consumers want. Wednesday morning, the carrier announced a brand new wireless service plan with unlimited talk and text and 500MB of 4G LTE data with tethering for $40 a month. As the aggressively priced Simple Starter Plan is capped rather than unlimited, you’ll have to purchase additional data once you spend your monthly allotment of 500 megabytes, but don’t worry – the company won’t slap you with overage fees in case you hit the monthly cap....

After years of building devices with the Alcatel,BlackBerryand - more recently -Palmbrands, TCL has finally stepped out of the shadows and launched its own-brand smartphone. It’s called the Plex, and it’s the first of many phones to be designed and built by TCL under its own name. Having found some success in the affordable smart TV market, TCL has chosen now to release its own phones. It’s got experience, it uses its very own display technology, and it has some interesting ideas for foldable phones....

The 10 Essential Android Apps To Take Your Productivity To The Next Level Over the last few years, we’ve all taken a crash course in mobile productivity, and it’s now understood that work can get done almost anywhere with a data signal or Wi-Fi connection. But with so many apps out there claiming to make you a more efficient person and solve all your problems, it’s hard to know which to choose....

I created a video some weeks ago loosely based on howBloodborneencourages players to create their own unique narrative through interaction with the games environment. Unique in the sense that the way one plays the game and assimilates information it’s entirely possible to create an independent narrative within Bloodborne’s storytelling method. This is exactly what seems to have happened when countless players started committing suicide in front of an NPC called thePlain Doll....

With so many electronics on sale for Amazon Prime Day, you may have some important TV decisions to make. If you’re not looking one of the manysmart TVsavailable on Prime Day discount, you can still upgrade your entertainment experience with a popularstreaming stick. These devices grant you access to popular services and apps, with the top models offering high-end video and audio formats to suit your cinematic and gaming needs. They can give an older TV smart capabilities, but they can also serve to upgrade a more recent model that still has a quality screen, but doesn’t quite cut it when it comes to the operating system....

Two years back a game blew up beyond all expectations, spawning an entirely new genre despite only a very few entries coming close to matching the insanity that made it so good to begin with. Vampire Survivors hit the gaming jackpot, but its real accomplishment is that its success just made the game better. The base game grew beyond all reason, with updates adding characters, weapons, levels, and secrets even as the price, which was already cheap for the amount of playtime, turned into a ludicrously-good value....

These Aircraft Carriers Have Crews The Size Of A Small City When you think of a city, you might imagine nonstop activity, with thousands of people working around the clock and following their daily schedule. Now picture all of that, but on one ofthe world’s biggest aircraft carriersfloating in the middle of the ocean. The life aboard a U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is kind of similar to that. Each of these giant military vessels supports a crew of 5,680 people, split between the ship’s company and the air wing....

This Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle Is A Flame Throwing Machine Someone fitted a rocket on the back of a Volkswagen Beetle resulting in it spewing flames longer than its body. What could possibly go wrong? Volkswagen Beetles are probably the least expected vehicles to be associated with jet-powered cars. Yes,jet cars actually existand can be quite economical, too. These unusual road vehicles are, however, extremely noisy on the road, making them impractical to drive regularly....