Houseparty: What Is It And Why This App Is Exploding As COVID-19 Self-Isolation Continues

Here are your Hot Headlines in Tech for today. [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [Super Mario Galaxy, Mario 64 Remasters Reportedly Landing On Nintendo Switch For 2020]( By Brandon Hill on Mar 30, 2020 03:24 pm [Super Mario Galaxy, Mario 64 Remasters Reportedly Landing On Nintendo Switch For 2020]( Gamers of all ages know who Mario is (and his often-overlooked brother, Luigi) and are familiar with his travails over the past three decades. Mario is one of the most recognizable characters in gaming history, and Nintendo is rumored to be planning something big to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the original Super Mario Bros. game that [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [Samsung's Premium Galaxy Chromebook Rocks A 4K OLED Screen And Intel 10th Gen CPU For $999]( By Paul Lilly on Mar 30, 2020 12:30 pm [Samsung's Premium Galaxy Chromebook Rocks A 4K OLED Screen And Intel 10th Gen CPU For $999]( Samsung is getting ready to launch a premium Chromebook. Called the Galaxy Chromebook, it wields a 13.3-inch 4K (3840x2160) AMOLED touchscreen display powered by an 10th generation Intel 'Comet Lake-U' processor, and commands $999. It will be available to purchase starting April 6, 2020, for those who are looking for a high-end Chromebook. That [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [COVID-19 Social Distancing Sparks Massive 775 Percent Surge In Microsoft Azure Cloud Demand]( By Paul Lilly on Mar 30, 2020 11:30 am [COVID-19 Social Distancing Sparks Massive 775 Percent Surge In Microsoft Azure Cloud Demand]( There has been a sharp rise in the number of people who are working at home as of late, because of the Coronavirus outbreak. Social distancing is the recommended course of action to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (along with frequent hand washing). Fortunately, the Internet infrastructure is mostly passing the test of this unique time we find [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [Astro Slide Phone Melds Old School Slider Keyboard With Modern 5G Platform]( By Brandon Hill on Mar 30, 2020 11:10 am [Astro Slide Phone Melds Old School Slider Keyboard With Modern 5G Platform]( BlackBerry (via TCL) was the last major OEM that attempted to include a workable physical keyboard in a modern Android smartphone. However, a relative newcomer to the game -- Planet Computers -- is looking to spread some physical QWERTY goodness around the world with the Astro Slide. The highlight of the Astro Slide is definitely the physical [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [World Health Organization Encourages Stay At Home Gaming With #PlayApartTogether Initiative]( By Shane McGlaun on Mar 30, 2020 10:28 am [World Health Organization Encourages Stay At Home Gaming With #PlayApartTogether Initiative]( Glance out the window in many neighborhoods around the United States, and you're likely to see groups of people completely ignoring the social distancing mandate to help curb the spread of coronavirus. The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it has teamed up with the video game industry on a new initiative to help encourage [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [Inside Microsoft's Xbox Series X: Design, Cooling, And Its New Game Controller]( By Paul Lilly on Mar 30, 2020 10:13 am [Inside Microsoft's Xbox Series X: Design, Cooling, And Its New Game Controller]( If things go well, you will never have cause to open up your game console and spy its guts. That is somewhat of a shame, because depending on the system, there is some complex engineering involved. This is especially true of Microsoft's upcoming Xbox Series X console, which crams high-end components into a tower design. Game consoles have [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered Launches Tomorrow, Watch The Leaked Trailer Here]( By Brandon Hill on Mar 30, 2020 10:06 am [Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered Launches Tomorrow, Watch The Leaked Trailer Here]( While many folks today are enjoying Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and its Call of Duty: Warzone battle royale add-on, there's another member of popular franchise launching tomorrow. As confirmed by a listing found on the German-language version of the PSN, the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered is launching tomorrow, March 31st. According [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [This Grand Theft Auto 6 Teaser Was Really A Trolling, Buzzkilling Fake Aimed At Fans]( By Paul Lilly on Mar 30, 2020 09:36 am [This Grand Theft Auto 6 Teaser Was Really A Trolling, Buzzkilling Fake Aimed At Fans]( At some point, Rockstar Games will inevitable announce Grand Theft Auto VI, because the hugely popular franchise is much too big for Grand Theft Auto V (and GTA Online) to end up being the swan song. When will it happen, though? Not on March 25, as was rumored (the date has come and gone). And not during a subsequent livestream that had some [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 Review: AMD Ryzen 4000 Mobile Unleashed]( By Marco Chiappetta on Mar 30, 2020 09:11 am [ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 Review: AMD Ryzen 4000 Mobile Unleashed]( We first got our hands on the AMD Ryzen 4000-powered ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 during CES early this year. If you are unfamiliar with the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14, it is a new breed of thin and light gaming notebook, that packs the performance of a much larger desktop-replacement type machine into a slimmer and sleeker 14”, sub-20mm class notebook.... 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AMD's Ryzen 4000 processor family represents AMD's most comprehensive and performance-packed counter to Intel's mobile Core processors in years, and [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [Official OnePlus 8 Renders Leak Flaunting Sweet Interstellar Glow Color Option]( By Shane McGlaun on Mar 30, 2020 08:56 am [Official OnePlus 8 Renders Leak Flaunting Sweet Interstellar Glow Color Option]( Some official renders have leaked of the incoming OnePlus 8 that shows a couple of the color options available for the device. The images show an interesting new color variant called Interstellar Glow. 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