One Alex Rieseberg has just uploaded this application on GitHub. This unofficial imitation of the good ol’ Windows 95 has everything that the old OS had: simple interface, menu Start with all the applications and even games such as Sapper or Solitaire. It works on the PCs with Windows, Linux and macOS systems. The Windows version can be downloaded from here. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Last week (so yeah, I am late, sue me), Google announced that the storage upgrade of Google One will become available in the US immediately; other countries will still have to wait a week or few.Google One plans are: US$1.99 for 100 GB, $2.99 for 200 GB and $9.99 for 2 TB of space. Already existing 1 TB plans will be upgraded to 2 TB free of charge. Plans that provide over 2 TB of space will have their prices unchanged. As for Google Drive, it offers the first 15 GB for free. Additional 100 GB cost $1.99, 1 TB costs $9.99 and 10 TB cost ...

First time we ever heard of World War 3, online shooter made by a Polish studio Farm 51, was in May, when we were given an eye-catching but not overly informative agglomeration of cut-scenes. Now though, during this year’s Gamescom a few days ago, Farm 51 has provided us with something much better, namely a two and a half minute gameplay trailer showing off the game in all its glory. It shows us much (hopefully not all) that the game has to offer – frantic, fast-paced on-foot action, environmental destruction (loved the way the tree was brought down by heavy fire, or how the ...

Apple Store in Amsterdam, yesterday, 2:20 pm. Crew of firefighters from Amsterdam’s fire department arrived after being called by the store’s employee. The reason they were called was an iPhone smartphone that started to smoke, releasing toxic waste into the air. The device did not start a fire, nor anyone was burnt by it, but three people have been treated on site by the ambulance workers due to suffering breathing difficulties. While no official statement has been released, it is rumoured that the whole event was caused by a faulty iPhone battery that melted down. Whatever ...

Load your shotguns and put on some metal music, because it is on! Bethesda Software has released three long gameplay videos of Doom: Eternal, sequel to the Doom remake from 2016. The video can be watched here – https://youtu.be/dG2lJ3mmQC4 – and what can I say… it is amazing! Boom, new enemies and weapons! Boom, new skills! Boom, great maps on Earth and Phobos! Boom, even more mobility! Boom, multiplayer mode where players invade your campaign as daemons! ...

I wanted to start this news with my typical O tempora o mores, but… seeing as things are going worldwide, perhaps this news is not as horrible as it would be some time ago. Much has been said about the Google-China conflict; communist country wanted the american company to deliver them a properly censored browser, while Google did not. Past tense is right in place, too; as it seems, Google has given in to temptation and is now creating a censored wersion of its browser specifically for China. Censorship will ban citizens of China from reading about anything that their government does ...

New emojis incoming! The Unicode Consortium is currently composing the list of emojis it will add to Unicode 12 in 2019. Today, Emojipedia has released some information on those upcoming emoticons. New emojis will be a varied bunch, some among them depicting mixed race and gender couples, people with disabilities, axes (huh), flamingos, prophet’s eye (again, huh) and much more. Few proposals for 2020 emojis were also made, like a screwdriver or magic wand. Tweet Vote on ...

Holster your revolvers and put on your cowboy hats, ladies and gentlemen. New gameplay video of the long awaited sequel to the ”real Wild West game” Red Dead Redemption is coming out today! Video will be available on YouTube as well as Rockstar’s official website. Trailer will come out on 11 am EST. Tweet Vote on HN ...

European Union plans on reducing the number of electronic waste produced – better late than never, since the business is estimated to produce 51 tons of electronic trash per year. One of the steps that the Union wants to take in order to reach this goal is standardising smartphone’s chargers. UE wants all the smartphones to use the USB-C standard. There is a long way for this to happen, though; many lesser models are still using the microUSB plug-in, while Apple is adamant about keeping to its Lightning plug-in. EU wants to combat this by a mix of new laws and, if needed, ...

Do you remember floppy disks at all? LGR does. In the latest episode of his show, mister Clint Basinger shows us how to make a floppy disk video game work on a modern Android smartphone. It is a leghty process that requires meddling in the phone’s settings, difficult game installation, search for proper ports and keyboard adapters… all of this just so that you can show your friends how retro you are. Have fun. Tweet Vote on HN ...