Vampyr Release Date, Trailer, & Everything Else We Know
Vampyr Release Date Oskar Guilbert, CEO of DontNod Entertainment, has announced that Vampyr has been delayed until Spring 2018. “Delaying the release of a project you hold dear is always a tough decision,” writes Guilbert in a press release. “However, we believe that meeting a deadline should never compromise quality. We were still convinced just …
Intel reveals it has been working with Google on self-driving cars since 2009
Waymo Self-driving cars have Silicon Valley salivating. Something of a gold rush is going on right now, as everyone is trying to perfect the technology that could banish gridlock and traffic casualties once and for all. Google started working on the problem back in 2009, then in 2016 spun the project out as a company …
The United States Air Force turned 70 today
The United States’ position as the sole remaining superpower on Earth is in large part thanks to its air force. That organization—the United States Air Force, or USAF—turns 70 years old today, and since we know there are plenty of plane spotters and aviation geeks here at Ars, we thought we’d assemble a gallery of …
Left Alive: Shooter Takes Place in Front Mission Universe
At Tokyo Game Show 2017, Square Enix revealed a new project called Left Alive. This game is billed as a survival action shooter that seems to feature some kind of mech-based combat based on a previous teaser Square released a few months back. Here’s the debut trailer: Video of Left Alive – Announcement Teaser Get a …
Nikola Motor Company and Bosch team up on long-haul fuel cell truck
Enlarge / This is what the Nikola Two will look like. Nikola Motor Company Salt Lake City-based Nikola Motor Company and German auto components giant Bosch are teaming up to build the Nikola One and Nikola Two—a pair of hydrogen-electric, long-haul trucks that will compete with the handful of other low-emissions trucks and powertrains that have …
The Ikea Place App Shows the Practical Promise of AR Kit
For almost as long as Ikea has designed and manufactured assemble-it-yourself furniture, the Swedish company has let technology inform its business. It incorporated wireless charging into its furniture designs, created smart lighting that works no matter what smart home ecosystem you live in, and as early as 2012, experimented with augmented reality to bring its …
A Proterra electric bus just drove 1,100 miles on a single charge
Proterra On Tuesday, Proterra revealed that one of its Catalyst E2 Max electric buses just set a new world record for the longest distance traveled by an electric vehicle on a single charge. The bus, which packs a hefty 660kWh of storage—equivalent to 11 Chevy Bolts—drove a total of 1,101.2 miles (1,772.2km) at the Navistar …
McLaren builds a virtual hypercar for the next Gran Turismo game
Way back in the mists of time—OK, it was 2013—Polyphony Digital’s Kazunori Yamauchi challenged the automotive world to think outside the box for Gran Turismo 6. Kaz wanted some unique concept cars for the game, and a bunch of car companies (as well as a few design studios and even Nike) signed on to the …
20 Characters Missing from the Marvel vs. Capcom Series
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is essentially the ninth game in the crossover fighting game series, starting all the way back in 1994 when Akuma showed up in X-Men: Children of the Atom. Despite the amount of reused resources in the games, plenty of recognizable characters have shown up for both sides. We’ve seen classic characters like …
Apple Becomes a Chipmaker to One-Up Smartphone Foes
In a video introducing the iPhone X, Apple design chief Jony Ive speaks in his usual sonorous tones about features like polished stainless steel and new formulations of glass. Twice, he also calls out a feature of the $999 device that its owners will never see: the A11 “bionic” processor powering the phone. The new …
