Download festival asked fans to turn off smartwatches over the weekend. Police said hundreds of fake emergency calls came from the devices last year. The watches thought people had crashed when they were just moshing at concerts. Emergency operators had to check each false alarm instead of helping real emergencies.
Smartwatch crash detection systems cannot tell the difference between accidents and rock concerts. The devices sent 700 wrong emergency calls during 2023 Download. Leicestershire Police workers spent time calling people back to make sure they were safe. Concert fans were told to answer callbacks if their watches made automatic emergency calls.
Green Day and Sleep Token headlined the successful weekend event. The festival...
Bassist Rudy Sarzo played music with Randy Rhoads across two different rock bands during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The pair worked together first with Quiet Riot and later joined Ozzy Osbourne's group. Sarzo recognized Rhoads as a star from their very first performance together. The guitarist carried special qualities that set him apart from other musicians. Audiences could sense his talent immediately during live shows.
Rhoads came from a musical family filled with professors and educators who ran their music school. His formal training gave him advantages over other rock musicians who learned songs from records. The guitarist understood music theory and could read musical notation fluently. Most rock players picked up skills...
Gearbox Software started taking pre-orders for Borderlands 4 today. The company eased fan worries about expensive pricing after president Randy Pitchford avoided confirming costs earlier. Players can order the game without paying the feared $80 price tag. The Texas studio shared computer requirements alongside the pre-order launch. Both Steam and Epic Games Store pages display the technical specifications.
Minimum specs require Intel Core i7-9700 or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X processors. Players need 16GB of memory and NVIDIA RTX 2070 or AMD RX 5700 XT graphics cards. The game demands 100GB of storage space on solid state drives. Eight CPU cores and 8GB of video memory are essential for basic gameplay. Windows 10 or 11 operating systems support...
French cloud platform Shadow launched Neo as their newest gaming service tier. The company replaced their previous Boost option with much better computer specs. All Boost users received automatic upgrades to Neo at the same monthly price of $37.99 before taxes. Gaming performance jumps up to 150 percent faster and software runs up to 200 percent quicker. Neo uses AMD EPYC processors with 8 cores and NVIDIA RTX 4060 graphics cards.
The service provides 16GB of DDR5 memory and gigabit fiber internet connections. Users can run Windows 10 or Windows 11 operating systems on their cloud computers. Neo supports modern gaming features like DirectX 12, RTX ray tracing, and DLSS frame generation. CEO Olivier Abecassis says Neo delivers high-end...
Ubisoft shared fresh news about Prince of Persia Sands of Time Remake through social media posts. The company told fans they continue working hard on the project behind closed doors. Developers explore new ideas and build game features with careful attention to detail. The studio team pours effort into each development step during the creation process. Coffee fuels their late-night work sessions as they craft the remake.
The gaming company reminded players about The Rogue Prince of Persia as an alternative option. This other adventure waits for fans who want Prince of Persia action right away. Ubisoft released new artwork showing familiar building exteriors from the original game. The image brings back memories for people who played...
Intel plans major upgrades for their Nova Lake-S desktop processors coming in 2026. The company will boost native memory speeds from DDR5-6400 to DDR5-8000 MT/s. This represents a 25 percent jump over current Arrow Lake-S chips. Tech leaker @jaykihn0 shared these details about the upcoming processor family. Nova Lake-S chips will support up to 52 cores compared to 24 cores on current models.
Memory performance sees significant improvements with the new design. Standard memory modules should reach 8000 MT/s speeds without overclocking. Enthusiasts can push speeds past 10,000 MT/s with advanced CUDIMM modules. The enhanced memory controller enables these faster data transfer rates. LPCAMM2 memory will become more popular among power...
Sloclap releases their soccer game Rematch on Thursday June 19 2025. The developer previously made Sifu and expects strong sales after 1.9 million people played the beta test. Players used PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC systems during the trial period. Early access customers already started playing three days ahead of the official release date. The studio charged extra money for people who wanted to start playing earlier.
Cross-play features will not work at launch between different gaming platforms. Sloclap announced this news one hour before early access began. Steam, PlayStation and Xbox players cannot play together at first. The company promises to add cross-play support through future updates. Developers called cross-play one of...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company finished its first chip batch at the Arizona factory. Apple, NVIDIA and AMD received these chips from the new facility. The plant started production late last year using N4 process technology. Workers sent 20,000 wafers to Taiwan for final packaging steps. The factory created chips for different tech companies during its startup phase.
NVIDIA received Blackwell AI processors made with custom 4NP technology at the Arizona site. Apple got iPhone processors manufactured at the same location. AMD ordered fifth-generation EPYC data center chips from the facility. These companies placed orders soon after the plant opened for business. All three firms represent major customers for the semiconductor...
Music Production for Women starts free beginner workshops across Europe during July. Women and gender-nonconforming musicians can learn basic music production skills at these events. The sessions happen in London, Berlin, Amsterdam and Dublin throughout the month. Students will practice beat programming, synthesis, audio effects and DAW navigation. No prior experience or technical skills are needed to join these workshops.
The organization has taught thousands of students worldwide since 2019. Previous events attracted hundreds of people who wanted to learn music production. Kilohearts, Novation and Distrokid sponsor these free workshops for attendees. One person at each event wins a studio bundle with a Novation Launchkey Mini...
