Engadget The most notable change is the revamped clip-on cooler that comes with the ROG Phone 6. You can switch between four cooling settings in the updated Armory Crate app console, with a “Frozen” mode that pushes the Peltier chip to the max. This is only available when external power is connected to the device, but ASUS claims that the AeroActive Cooler 6 can reduce the ROG Phone 6’s surface temperature by up to 25 degrees Celsius (that’s 77 Fahrenheit), which is more like a portable air cooler rather than a smartphone accessory. As for availability, ASUS says the ROG Phone 6 series will start at €999 (around $1,000) in Europe. US availability remains TBC. -Matt Smith
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That wasn’t part of the plan.
NASA Well, that took a turn. Just yesterday we reported on NASA’s final steps toward returning a man to the Moon, but the agency lost contact with CAPSTONE, a tiny satellite that left Earth’s orbit on July 4. The small satellite stopped communicating with engineers shortly after being launched from an Electron rocket shuttle and leaving Earth’s orbit. The operators are trying to re-establish contact with the cubesat. Continue reading.
The Digital Markets and Services Acts are designed to level the playing field.
The European Union has passed a pair of landmark bills designed to curb the power of Big Tech. The Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act aim to promote fairer competition, improve privacy protections, and ban many forms of targeted advertising. The EU has given both bills plenty of teeth and can impose a maximum fine of 10 percent of its total global turnover from the previous year if regulators find non-compliance. That figure, however, will jump to 20 percent of global turnover if officials find “repeated non-compliance.” Continue reading.
The company also filed a complaint against a scraping-for-hire company.
On Tuesday, Meta filed separate federal lawsuits against a company called Octopus and an individual named Ekrem Ateş. According to Meta, the first is the US subsidiary of a Chinese multinational technology company that offers data collection services for rent to individuals and companies. Octopus also sells software that allows people to run their own data collection campaigns. According to Meta, this program first compromises a user’s Facebook and Instagram accounts by providing their authentication information to Octopus before proceeding to scrape all the data accessible to that person’s accounts. Continue reading.
‘Beyond Good and Evil 2’ please?
Ubisoft Back in June, Ubisoft confirmed that it would share information about the future of Assassin’s Creed during a special event in September, and this seems to be it. The company is currently working on two Assassin’s Creed projects: one is a live multiplayer experience spanning multiple time periods codenamed Infinity, and the other is a standalone installment of the series codenamed Rift. Continue reading. All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories contain affiliate links. If you purchase something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
