Lionsgate confirms rumored 'Borderlands' movie directed by Eli Roth

The big picture: Lately it seems we have been seeing a lot of video games being turned into films or TV shows. While such adaptations are nothing new, it may be the wild success of The Witcher that has spurred investment in the latest round movie knock-offs. The real trick is getting them to pay off with finicky fans.

On Thursday, motion picture production house Lionsgate confirmed rumors it is working on a film adaptation of the video game Borderlands. Producers Avi and Ari Arad have tapped Eli Roth to direct

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Hot Wheels is now accepting pre-orders for a remote-controlled Tesla Cybertruck

In brief: Tesla’s futuristic Cybertruck will soon be available to drivers of any age. Hot Wheels parent company Mattel on Friday launched pre-orders for remote-controlled versions of Tesla’s Cybertruck in two sizes.

To craft the RCs , the Hot Wheels team met with Cybertruck chief designer Franz von Holzhausen. They studied the real-life Cybertruck from every angle and even made three-dimensional models of the truck’s exoskeleton to ensure that no details were glossed over. Even the interior is getting the Hot


The Witcher 3 has made over $50 million on Steam, giving CD Projekt Red a larger cut of sales

In context: The Witcher 3 is undoubtedly one of the best games ever made, and, thanks to Netflix's TV show, its popularity has increased recently. The massive success of CD Projekt Red’s title means the studio is now getting a larger cut of its Steam sales.

In a recent tweet, CD Projekt Red revealed that since October 1, 2018, The Witcher 3 has generated over $50 million on the Steam platform. The achievement was doubtlessly helped by the Henry Cavill-


Facebook and Sony are skipping the Game Developers Conference due to coronavirus concerns

What just happened? The coronavirus continues to disrupt the best-laid plans of conference organizers worldwide. After prompting coordinators to call off the smartphone industry’s largest trade show last week, the global health hazard is now rattling other tech sectors.

Both Facebook and Sony have confirmed that they won’t be attending the Game Developers Conference due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus.

Facebook said it will not have a physical footprint at the show and advised all employees to refrain from travel during the show. The company said it will

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The Czinger 21C is a 3D-printed, $1.7 million hypercar that can do 268mph

In a nutshell: We’ve seen 3D printing techniques create a multitude of items, and now the process has been used to build a hypercar for the first time. The Czinger 21C will be officially shown off at the Geneva Motor Show in around two weeks, but its full details have been revealed.

While the entire car doesn’t come from a 3D printer, obviously, large portions of the chassis were created using the technology. That does save on production costs, but you'll

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Microsoft begins rolling out revamped app icons to Windows Insiders

The big picture: Microsoft's monochromatic app icons have spent quite some time in Windows 10, but things are soon set to change for consumers, given that the company started pushing out new colorful icons to users in the Windows Insider program. The changes come as part of a design revamp meant to visually unify Windows 10 with Microsoft's offerings on other platforms, and more importantly,
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Apple tries to ban former exec's book that it says reveals trade secrets

Why it matters: Being one of the largest companies in the world means Apple’s lawyers are kept busy. It’s not just patent trolls and IP thieves it has they deal with; the firm is also trying to stop sales of a book written by a former executive.

The book, called " App Store Confidential ," is written by Tom Sadowski. He was Apple's App Store leader for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland from 2014 until he was fired by the company in December


Facebook will pay users for submitting their voice recordings

In a nutshell: There’s been plenty of controversy over tech firms listening to and transcribing our voice recordings, but Facebook is taking a different approach to the process. Not only is it asking users for their voice samples, but it’s also paying for the audio.

It seems pretty much every big company, including Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft, has been listening to and transcribing users’ voice recordings without their consent. It’s a way to improve speech recognition systems, but many customers


Medieval sandbox RPG Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord releases on March 31 in Early Access

Highly anticipated: In the realm of upcoming PC RPGs, few games are as highly-anticipated as Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (except, perhaps, Cyberpunk 2077). It's been in development for close to a decade, but at long last, its release day is just around the corner.

The medieval-focused sandbox RPG was slated for a March 2020 release date, however, aside from the fact that the game will launch in Early Access (more on that in

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Anatomy of a Storage Drive: Optical Drives


You don't have to use magnetism or electrical charge to store data. It can be done using light, or more rather, the reflection of it. Okay, if you want to be really specific, it's done using the interference of infrared and visible electromagnetic waves, but let's not worry too much...

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