In brief: Amateur astronomers earlier this year observed what appeared to be a systematic breakdown of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, the largest known storm in our solar system. Experts from the University of California disagree with the conclusion that some reached and instead believe what we observed was little more than normal weather phenomenon.

Multiple storm trackers observed what appeared to be large sections of the storm – described as flakes, blades and hooks – peeling away from the main spot. These led some to conclude that the giant storm may be

Highly anticipated: Square Enix has shared new screenshots and additional details regarding its upcoming Final Fantasy VII Remake. The highly anticipated reimagining of the 1997 fan favorite will be spread out over multiple releases with the first landing early next year.

The first chapter of the game will take place in Midgar. The development team put a considerable amount of time and effort into creating a rich depiction of Midgar which, in turn, prompted them to reimagine some of the characters that live there. As a result, the daily

In context: Now that we’re several years into the AI revolution, people are starting to expect that the applications they use will become more intelligent. After all, that was the high-level promise of artificial intelligence—smarter, more contextually aware applications that could handle tasks automatically or at least make them less tedious for us to do. The problem is, that hasn’t really proven

In brief: Facebook is renewing their efforts to collect user data by paying for it with a new app called Viewpoints. If you don't mind the minor privacy intrusion, you can exchange 15 minutes of your time on surveys to earn a small amount of money.

Facebook is introducing a new dedicated market research app that allows users to participate in surveys and other tasks and rewards them for their

In a nutshell: With both Sony’s and Microsoft’s next generation of consoles around one year away, more details about the machines are arriving all the time. In the case of the next Xbox, codenamed Project Scarlett, head of Xbox Phil Spencer says that VR won’t be a focus.

It appears that Spencer has never been virtual reality’s biggest advocate. Back in 2016 before the console’s release, he said that VR would come to the Xbox One X when it

WTF?! We’re used to hearing about big tech companies selling our private data, but they’re not the only ones doing it. DMVs across the nation are also making money off the practice, including California’s Department of Motor Vehicles, which generates $50 million per year from the sale of drivers’ personal information.

The revelation comes via a report from Motherboard , which used a public records acts request to discover how much firms are paying the California

In a nutshell: We’ve been reporting on Boston Dynamics’ robot dog, Spot, for years now, though its practical applications haven’t been too clear. But Massachusetts State Police (MSP) bomb squad has been using the quadruped since April, where it’s been utilized as a “mobile remote observation device.”

Last we heard of Spot was in September, when Boston Dynamics announced it was going on sale to companies in “select industries.” They’

In context: It's been a week since Google launched its game streaming service and, unsurprisingly, most of the early impressions and experiences haven't gone in Stadia's favor. While the company has been heavily advertising the service pre- and post-launch, pitching the platform as the "one place for all the ways we play," it ultimately had to announce and arrive with several missing features and is now addressing performance and quality issues with Stadia such as 4K support