Facebook test feature shows what you have in common with strangers
"If one of Facebook's latest experimental features makes its way to everyone, you'll be able to find out how you're connected to random commenters on public posts. The social network is testing a feature called "things in common," which displays tidbits of inf…" https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/25/facebook-things-in-common-experiment/
" Didi Chuxing's safety issues still aren't over. Police have confirmed that a driver for the service raped and killed a woman passenger in Wenzhou, China on August 24th. The ridesharing company said it was "deeply sorry" for the incident in a statement, but ac…" https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/25/new-didi-passenger-murder/
" A US Muslim woman whose iPhone was taken from her by US Customs and Border Protection (CPB) is suing to have her property returned. But the property in question isn't the phone itself, which was eventually returned, but the data stored on it and reta..." https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/25/us-customs-lawsuit-copied-iphone-data/
'Fortnite' will introduce a 'robust competition system' in the fall
"There have certainly been Fortnite competitions, but you can't really say that it's designed for competition -- and that's a problem when Epic is spending big money on tournaments. You won't have to wait too long to see a mode, however. Epic Games is developi…" https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/25/fortnite-competition-system/
‘Seed’ is an ambitious, massively multiplayer city builder
" From a distance, Seed looks like any other settlement-building game. Tiny villagers shuffle around a colorful, low-poly map, collecting wood, wheat and other important resources. At any time, you can zoom in, check the stats of individual people and cash in i…" https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/25/seed-klang-demo-improbable-interview/
Magic Leap wants to create art, not just technology
" Everyone has an opinion about Magic Leap. It's either a revolutionary augmented reality company that could change the face of entertainment, or it's emblematic of everything wrong with the technology industry -- an over-hyped, multi-billion dollar pi..." https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/25/magic-leap-hands-on-art/
'Felix the Reaper' puts a playful spin on the danse macabre
NVIDIA’s RTX speed claims fall short without game support
" At its big RTX event at Gamescom, NVIDIA made some bold claims about its new Turing RTX cards. First and foremost was that the GeForce RTX 2080 offered performance "six times faster" than current 1000-series Pascal-based GTX cards. That's in large pa..." https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/25/nvidia-rtx-speed-claims-rt-turing-cores-video/
