Month: July 2019

Sony may have only released the RX100 VI last year, but the company is already back with an updated model called the RX100 VII. (Technically, it’s called the “Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VII,” but that’s a name no one will ever use outside of a product catalog.) The new model is the first RX100 to offer an external mic port — a long-requested addition — as well as Sony’s real-time tracking and real-time eye autofocus systems that it introduced on the A6400 and A9.

The lens on the RX100 VII is the same as last year’s model: it’s a 24-200mm zoom lens with an f/2.8-4.5 aperture that offers up to 8.3x optical zoom. The 20-megapixel 1-inch sensor has been upgraded to a stacked sensor using similar…

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A first-of-its-kind artificial protein — designed on a computer and synthesized in the lab — can be used to build brand-new biological circuits inside living cells. These circuits transform ordinary cells into smart cells that are endowed with remarkable abilities.

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Lately, I’ve started to notice more and more moments when I’m squinting at a screen and thinking, “The text here sure is tricky to read. Wonder when they made it so small?”

It’s not just the need for reading glasses that can make you wish the words on your display were a teensy bit bigger. Maybe you’re looking at a monitor from across the room during a presentation. Maybe you’ve misplaced your glasses or just realized you need a new prescription. Or maybe your eyes are just plain tired after a long night of binging your favorite show.

Whatever the cause, most modern computing platforms make it pretty easy to increase the size of text and decrease the amount of squinting required. Here’s how to make it happen.

Larger text with Android

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“The information contained in this game has no intended connection to actual individuals, groups, areas, incidents, or ideas,” reads the splash screen for mobile game BTS World, right underneath the face of one of the seven members of K-pop band Bangtan Sonyeondan. It’s not just a cognitive dissonance that the game seems unwilling to address, but the one it’s founded on.

The main story sees the protagonist whisked back from 2019 to 2012, before the band debuted or even met. She (and the English translation does only use she / her; a gendering that the original Korean likely doesn’t need to contend with as a language that rarely uses pronouns) immediately leaps into forming the group that she loves, bringing them together and managing…

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New study from the ADL uncovers the ugly side of online gaming.

The streaming platform will mark yet another entry in the streaming wars.

Prepare for trouble, make it double. You can collect and cleanse corrupted Pokemon by defeating Team Rocket in battles.

Nintendo’s latest sprawling strategy game is all about epic emotions.

That’s $100 off and the same price you’d normally pay for the GPS-only model.