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France has banned the use of anglicised video game terms like “esports” and “pro-gamer”, instead forcing government officials to use French equivalents. The words are being changed in an effort to preserve the purity of the language, as the French culture ministry told Agence France-Presse (via The Guardian) that the anglicisms may act as “a barrier to understanding” for those that don’t play games. “Pro-gamer” is now “joueur professionnel” (“professional player”), whilst “streamer” has become “joueur-animateur en…

Diablo Immortal is hell, literally, but playing it doesn’t have to be. Ahead of the game’s June 2nd release date, the Diablo team at Blizzard talked about some of the accessibility features they’ve built into Diablo Immortal to make hell that works for everyone. Controller support was something really important to bring to Diablo Immortal. “You will be able to play Diablo Immortal with controllers on both mobile devices and on PC,” Blizzard wrote in its accessibility blog. “Many controls — including skills, accessing…

Riley Keough is an actor who establishes her film-making credentials with this terrific debut feature, co-directed with Gina Gammell. It is a movie set on and around the Pine Ridge Native American reservation in South Dakota and is scripted by Gammell with Bill Reddy and Franklin Sioux Bob. It’s a really heartfelt and absorbing story (with something of Chloé Zhao’s The Rider) about two young guys from the Oglala Lakota community, one about 12 or 13, the other 19 or 20. They are not known to each other, or at least not…

Google is finally adding braille display technology to Android with OS version 13, out-of-the-box with no extra installations needed. That’s based on recent reports breaking down the new addition to the next-gen update.Now, it bears pointing out that Google already supported braille display technology prior to Android 13. Namely, via the installation of secondary accessibility apps such as the BrailleBack app and TalkBack braille keyboard. But this is the first time the company is bringing it natively to Android —…

Google applications on iOS have long been criticized for not feeling native to the platform. Earlier this year, the company’s designers reviewed their approach for developing iOS apps and opted for a change.  Google apps on iOS have long looked and functioned near identically to their Android counterparts. That in itself is fine and the company’s prerogative, but Apple enthusiasts have complained about Google applications not respecting common iOS conventions and “feel,” thus resulting in an inconsistent user…

Apple constantly highlights that iPhone and iPad devices always receive system updates for a long period of time. While this is true, the company sometimes fails to deliver bug fixes and security improvements as quickly as possible to its users because it needs to update the entire system to fix those things. It’s past time for Apple to offer standalone updates for native iOS apps. Since the very first iPhone, Apple has relied on system updates to fix bugs or add new features to its own apps. In other words, every…

Google is reportedly working on a new Chromecast with Google TV that could replace the company's older third-generation Chromecast that was released in 2018. The upcoming Chromecast is said to feature a maximum resolution of 1080p, could feature the company's Google TV interface and come with a remote. The upcoming Chromecast with Google TV is also said to come with AV1 hardware decoding support and could be priced lower than the regular Chromecast with Google TV which comes with 4K video support.According to a report by…

The most comprehensive genetic assessment to date of the vaquita, the world's rarest marine mammal, is offering a glimmer of hope that this small tropical porpoise native to Mexico's Gulf of California may avoid extinction despite its population dwindling to about 10.Researchers said on Thursday genome data from 20 vaquitas showed that while the species possesses low genetic diversity — differences in the DNA among the various individuals — the number of potentially harmful mutations that could endanger its survival…

Credit: Antiquity (2022). DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2022.24 An independent researcher and one scientists from the University of Tennessee and one from Ancient Art Archive have revealed ancient Native American artwork inscribed on cave walls and ceilings in Alabama using 3D photogrammetry. In their paper published in the journal Antiquity, Alan Cressler, Jan Simek and Stephen Alvarez describe their work in documenting the ancient…

The mobile application market is growing, as more and more users start relying on smartphones not only as a means of communication but also as effective maintenance, management, financial, and collaboration tool. No wonder mobile apps enjoy enormous popularity these days, and the number of appreneurs eager to enter this lucrative market is also growing. If you also want to jump on the bandwagon, you should do thorough research learn more about the nitty-gritty of mobile app development, and enlist the help of an…