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After a long wait, fans of Netflix’s Space Force will finally catch up with Steve Carrell’s General Mark R. Naird and the rest of his team when season 2 arrives on the streaming service in February. Now, Netflix has released the first Space Force season 2 trailer, offering fans a glimpse at the challenges and chaos facing the task force. Space Force debuted on Netflix in 2020, partly inspired by the real-life establishment of the sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces, the United States Space Force, by then-president Donald Trump....

The sixth addition to the long-running sniper-stealth franchise, Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 is shaping up to be one of the series’ biggest entries to date, featuring new maps, weapons, and targets. Unfortunately, it seems PlayStation 5 users keen to jump into the next generation of long-range warfare will have to wait a little longer than expected, with CI Games announcing that it has decided to delay the port. To clarify, the decision has no impact on the PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X versions of the game, all of which will still release as intended on June 4....

Sonos is one of the most important names in the audio industry. The company focuses on wireless audio products for sound systems to cover your entire home. The brand also wants its products to be easy to manage through mobile devices. Basically, Sonos goal is to make the user experience as easy and satisfying as possible. However, Sonos products users are currently facing some issues that significantly affect their functionality....

Google has been recently sued by the audio company Sonos for allegedly copying its wireless speaker design, urging the International Trade Commission (ITC) to ban Google products like laptops, phones, and speakers. According to reports in The New York Times, the company has filed two lawsuits covering five patents against Google, claiming that “Google stole its multi-room speaker technology after getting access to it through a 2013 partnership”. The partnership let Sonos speakers support Google Play Music....

Scientists have confirmed the existence of space hurricanes, with a 600 mile-wide mass spotted above the North Pole. Researchers led by China’s Shandong University used satellite data to identify this space hurricane. They found out that it wasn’t a whirling pattern of air but a whirling pattern of plasma – ionised gas. They’re calling it the ” Space Hurricane” It is a gigantic, 1,000 kilometre-across “space hurricane” swirling hundreds of kilometres above the North Pole....

This is not investment advice. The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Wccftech.com has a disclosure and ethics policy. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) have entered into a space act agreement to share data for the latter’s Starlink constellation of internet small satellites. This agreement will allow the duo to coordinate Starlink and NASA operations to avoid any accidents between the satellites and the agency manned and unmanned operations primarily in the Low Earth Orbit (LEO)....

In Spellbreak, fans of the battle royale genre can add magic to their arsenal to ensure their survival. Unlike most other battle royale games, Spellbreak prefers using elemental spells and other magical abilities to allow players to secure advantage in battle. Additionally, the game’s elemental magics affect the environment around players, adding an extra layer of challenge. As such, newcomers might find it a bit overwhelming to outlast their foes while finding the right combination of spells to work with....

Spotify has always invested in personalization features that focus on a user’s listening habits. 2022 Wrapped helped users know who they listen to most and brag about it on social media. But the user or algorithm-generated playlists have always been their top priority. One such example is the dynamic mood playlist that keeps changing with time and day. Spotify mood playlist missing However, several people took to Twitter to complain that the mood or time of day playlist is no longer available for them (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9)....

The Game Awards 2021 showed there’s still a hunger for choice-driven narrative experiences that characterized the output of Telltale Games before it shut down in 2018. Telltale was revived by LCG Entertainment the following year, and at The Game Awards revealed it is working on an episodic title based on The Expanse. Also revealed during the December 9 awards show was Star Trek: Resurgence. Developed by Dramatic Labs, which includes former Telltale employees like Andrew Grant, Dan Martin, Kent Mudle, and Brett Tosti, Star Trek: Resurgence is described as a “narrative adventure game” with branching storylines, as well as representation for the less diplomatic sides of Star Trek....

As if Dave Filoni’s new job title at Lucasfilm wasn’t enough, the golden boy of Star Wars is now getting what some might consider an even bigger honor. After earning years of praise for his work on shows from The Clone Wars to The Mandalorian and beyond, Filoni will now be an officially licensed action figure. Finally, he’s achieved the same level of fame as Yak Face. Hasbro has just unveiled the newest member of their Black Series action figure family....

Everybody makes mistakes, especially those who are in the entertainment industry - whether that mistake is in the medium itself or not. However, when it comes to a series as popular as Star Wars, if a mistake shows up in one of its properties, its fanbase will let them know about it and then some. That brings us to Stars Wars: The Book of Boba Fett. As the galaxy from long ago and far, far away continues to expand its universe with more miniseries and spinoffs, the fans, in character, have paid close attention to every detail of every episode that has come out....

When it comes to Star Wars, fans aren’t exactly stuck for visual grandeur. The series is littered with memorable moments, from lightsaber duels and spaceship dogfights, to surfing down sand dunes beside a derelict Star Destroyer. However, Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi set a new standard for the series to aspire to. Though the sequel trilogy could have learned from some aspects of the prequels, it restored a more tactile feeling to the galaxy far far away, after the pristine but vapid visuals of the prequel trilogy....

HOUSTON, June 24, 2021 – KBR (NYSE: KBR) won a $194.3 million task order to research, develop, test, and analyze the design and fabrication of microelectronics components, verifying and validating their trustworthiness for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Trusted Electronics Branch (RYDT). “We’re excited and proud to expand our research collaboration with AFRL,” said Stuart Bradie, KBR President and Chief Executive Officer. “KBR’s expertise in cutting-edge research will assist AFRL in assuring the integrity of microelectronics, which is vital to America’s security....

There’s a real possibility that the upcoming Steam Deck could pave the way for a new kind of mobile gaming technology, one which combines the convenience of a handheld console with the power of a home computer. With Valve assuring people that the Deck is coming this February, after initially pushing the launch date back a couple of months, all eyes are on the device. One thing that has been a concern for some is the incompatibility between it and certain anti-cheat technology, but that seems to have been sorted now....

The movie Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, created a storm as the movie of the year. Stephanie Hsu made the biggest breakthrough in her career yet with the blockbuster movie of the year. She has made it to the top as the year 2022’s first Breakout Movie Star. The actress had a recurring role to play in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and also in “Shang-Chi and the Legend of 10 Rings”, which were just a few of the many different roles that built her up for starring in the most phenomenal mega hit of the year 2022....

Ever since the launch of Dreams, players have been pushing the creation tool to its limits, creating wild and unique games as well as paying tribute to their favorites. One Dreams player recovering from the COVID-19 vaccine side effects decided to pay homage to Ratchet and Clank, and the results are impressive. Dreams is a PlayStation-exclusive multimedia creation tool that allows players to rapidly create games, animations, and interactive artwork. The tool is one of the easiest ways for players to become creators, and allows creations to be shared with an in-game community, resulting in players making homages to their favorite games, such as Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart....

Rajinikanth has launched Hoote, a new voice-based social media platform. Soundarya Rajinikanth, his daughter, founded the app as a voice-based social platform. At the moment, Hoote is stated to support eight native Indian languages and three overseas languages. Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, and Gujarati are among the Indian languages. Users can express themselves through voice notes, add background music to their hoote postings, and upload photographs to further express themselves on the platform....

– First annual Battle of the Butty, a month-long pro/am search for the UK’s most exciting breakfast sandwich where YOU’RE the judge LONDON, Nov. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Nationwide research by TABASCO® Brand revealed that modern Brits are upgrading their breakfast sandwiches. Exciting fillings such as baked beans, mac ‘n’ cheese and even caviar are now being sandwiched together in good, old-fashioned, white sliced bread, with English muffins, wraps and even croissants also proving a favourite....

The Tata Group has acquired intellectual property rights for a site of German origin to design and produce indigenous military aircraft in India. The group plans to combine native sensors and payloads into an intelligence-gathering asset. A wide variety of roles can be played by twin-engine, high-altitude aircraft. It can be used for cross-border surveillance, along with signal intelligence, and is currently in its final phase of testing in Germany....

– Fusion Essence Cloud will automate core processes and digitalize the end-to-end customer journey to support growth in mortgage lending and savings LONDON, Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Finastra today announced that UK-based specialist building society, Teachers Building Society, has selected Fusion Essence Cloud, its next-generation Software as a Service (SaaS) core banking solution, to deliver a new core and digital banking service. Fusion Essence Cloud will help Teachers Building Society (Teachers BS), the first-ever UK building society customer to invest in the solution, process significantly higher volumes of mortgages, savings applications, and money transfers; enabling the firm to continue to grow its member base through an enhanced customer experience....