Places and Things

Biden campaign launches official Animal Crossing: New Horizons yard signs Starting today, September 1st, Animal Crossing: New Horizons players will be able to deck out their island homes with official Joe Biden yard signs as part of the campaign’s broader initiative to organize voters online this fall. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/1/21409727/biden-harris-animal-crossing-campaign-new-horizons-yard-signs-election

What's on TV this week: 'Mulan,' 'The Boys,' 'Tony Hawk' and 'NBA 2K21' September has arrived and with it, we’re seeing more new games launching for the fall season, as well as some new options for binge watching. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/mulan-nba-2k21-tony-hawk-pro-skater-054233862.html

World Of Warcraft Now Requires an SSD To Run Shadowlands Expansion World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' full PC system requirements are unveiled, and the expansion finally requires players to have SSD storage. Continue Reading . . . https://screenrant.com/world-warcraft-shadowlands-system-requirements-ssd-gpu/

Storm Surge: The Science behind This Year’s Hyperactive Hurricane Season The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season has arrived and is living up to its name: Two storms, Laura and Marco, developed within the relatively small confines of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea area late last week. Continue Reading . . . https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/storm-surge-the-science-behind-this-years-hyperactive-hurricane-season/

Android 101: How to stop location tracking Location tracking can be very handy — it’s convenient when an app can tell you, say, where the near restaurants or gas stations are — but it’s also a privacy issue. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/21401280/android-101-location-tracking-history-stop-how-to

Apple makes Final Cut Pro X work better for remote and collaborative video editing Apple has announced a new major update to Final Cut Pro X that adds several new improvements to proxy workflows, making the software far more suited to remote and collaborative editing for videos. The 10.4. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/25/21400969/apple-final-cut-pro-x-update-proxy-social-media-cropping-edits

Bloomberg: Nintendo is working on a 4K-capable Switch for 2021 Sony and Microsoft have shown off the 4K-ready consoles they’ll deliver later this year with the Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X, but what is Nintendo working on? According to sources cited in a report by Bloomberg, while its convertible console tops the sales charts along with hit games like Anim Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/nintendo-switch-4k-061428807.html