Rick and Morty get stuck in a hilarious Pringles advertisement

Jak Connor | TV, Movies & Home Theatre | Jan 29, 2020 2:36 AM CST

As expected, Pringles have taken over Rick and Morty in a new advertisement that recommends and a new flavor of Pringles.

Rick and Morty get stuck in a hilarious Pringles advertisement

The above ad has been released on the official Rick and Morty Twitter page and showcases Rick and Summer sitting in their house watching TV. On TV a Pringles ad just finishes showing off a triple-layer-dip-stick, Summer then asks Rick "how much do you think Pringles paid these people?", Rick then replies, "hardly anything". This is a tongue-in-cheek dig at Pringles not paying Adult Swim enough money for this advertisement.

Morty then enters the room, asking Summer and Rick if they want to combine some Pringles flavors to create a whole new flavor. Rick then realizes that Morty is, in fact, a robot and that everyone is trapped in a Pringles commercial. A bunch of more robot Morty's then enter the room chanting "stack Pringles and make endless new flavors".

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British Airways cancels ALL flights to and from mainland China

Anthony Garreffa | BREAKING STORY | Jan 29, 2020 2:23 AM CST

British Airways has just announced it has suspended all flights to and from mainland China, a move made after Britain warned against all but essential travel to China because of the on-going coronavirus outbreak.

British Airways cancels ALL flights to and from mainland China

British Airways said in an email: "We apologise to customers for the inconvenience, but the safety of our customers and crew is always our priority. Customers due to travel to or from China in the coming days can find more information on BA.com". British Airways isn't the first airline to make a bold move like this, with South Korean airline Air Seoul stopping all flights to China over coronavirus.

Thai Lion Air also announced that it has stopped all flights between Thailand and Chengdu in southern China until February 10, while airlines including Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines letting crew wear masks on China bound flights. American Airlines is providing hand sanitizer wipes for flight attendants to use on all China bound flights.

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World's most powerful space telescope probably won't launch next March

Jak Connor | Science, Space, Health & Robotics | Jan 29, 2020 2:06 AM CST

The telescope we are talking about here is none other than the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which is expected to launch in March next year.

World's most powerful space telescope probably won't launch next March

According to the latest report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which does audits on government-funded programs, the JWST only has a 12% chance of hitting its March 2021 launch date. The GAO did an analysis back in October on those participants who are working on the project, they evaluated the current progress and came to the conclusion that NASA should figure out a new release date in Spring this year.

Here's a little history about the JWST. The telescope idea was first created back in the 1990's and was originally estimated to cost anywhere between $1 billion and $3.5 billion. Back then, scientists expected that it would have been completed and launched between 2007 and 2010. Unfortunately, that hasn't happened, and costs have gone up exponentially (95%), and the launch date has moved further down the yearly timeline.

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Tesla sold more cars in 2019 than the previous two years combined

Jak Connor | Business, Financial & Legal | Jan 29, 2020 1:38 AM CST

Tesla really showed its colors in 2019, as the company recently hit $100+ billion in market value and became the second most valuable car manufacturer in the world.

Tesla sold more cars in 2019 than the previous two years combined

Now, some new statistics have come out revealing how Tesla managed to take that second place, knocking off German car manufacturer Volkswagen. According to Learnbonds, Tesla had a massive increase of 40% increase in car delivery productivity in 2019 in comparison to 2018. The data provided on their website indicates that Tesla sold 367,200 vehicles around the world in 2019. This is quite a hike up when compared to 2018's 244,920 vehicles.

Since 2016, Tesla is on the exponential rise of delivering more and more vehicles out to new customers. These sales are so apparent that throughout 2019 Tesla sold more vehicles than both 2017 (103,020) and 2018 (244,920) combined. These statistics are really quite promising; at this rate, the electric car manufacturer is paving the future road of more environmentally friendly vehicle options that other car companies are already attempting to jump in on.

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Temtem is the scuffed clone of Pokemon that you've been wanting

Jak Connor | Gaming | Jan 29, 2020 1:05 AM CST

If a game gets a lot of attention, there's only a matter of time before other developers rip off the core aspects of the title and create their own. So, why hasn't there been a good Pokemon rip off yet?

Temtem is the scuffed clone of Pokemon that you've been wanting

TemTem is that Pokemon rip off, and it's surprising that other developers haven't already tried to do this. Temtem developer Crema has taken everything great about Pokemon (besides the nostalgia), and applied it to Temtem while also giving the title a fresh visual art style.

The game starts with the players' mom waking you up on the day you are meant to become a Temtem tamer. Then the local professor gifts the player with their very first Temtem (sound familiar?). After that, players kick start their journey of battling wild Temtem, training and capturing them, and, of course, leveling them up to evolve. If you are a Pokemon fan and want to give a Pokemon-inspired game a shot, Temtem is currently available in early access on the Steam Store. A link to the Steam page can be found here.

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AMD promises Navi refresh, next-gen RDNA2 graphics cards in 2020

Anthony Garreffa | Video Cards & GPUs | Jan 28, 2020 11:39 PM CST

AMD hosted their FY2019 earnings call today, with some new information provided by AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su on the GPU side of things. We are now learning there will be a Navi refresh this year, as well as the next-gen RDNA architecture.

AMD promises Navi refresh, next-gen RDNA2 graphics cards in 2020

Our friends at AnandTech have transcribed the call, where Lisa Su said: "In 2019, we launched our new architecture in GPUs, it's the RDNA architecture, and that was the Navi based products. You should expect that those will be refreshed in 2020 - and we'll have a next generation RDNA architecture that will be part of our 2020 lineup".

She continued: "So we're pretty excited about that, and we'll talk more about that at our financial analyst day. On the data centre GPU side, you should also expect that we'll have some new products in the second half of this year"

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DOOM Eternal ray tracing will happen post-launch

Anthony Garreffa | Gaming | Jan 28, 2020 10:28 PM CST

DOOM Eternal will not have ray tracing support at its launch, and while that might disappoint gamers -- it will be coming. The team at id Software love new technology, but DOOM Eternal's launch will see ray tracing missed.

DOOM Eternal ray tracing will happen post-launch

One thing that DOOM Eternal has for it over any other game is that it'll be the first game powered by id Tech 7, with developer id Software talking about the game in great detail through DOOM Eternal executive producer Marty Stratton. In a recent interview video with Stratton, he said the team at id Software "are the biggest fans of new tech".

Stratton said: "Our tech team, they are the biggest fans of new tech. So it was a little hard to pull everybody off of that because it was the shiny new toy, but when we're talking about getting the game out there and getting it out as close to on time as possible and at the highest polished quality, we kind of had to pull back on that effort".

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Grand Theft Auto V + Red Dead Redemption 2: 150 million copies sold

Anthony Garreffa | Gaming | Jan 28, 2020 9:38 PM CST

Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 are some of the best-selling games of all-time, but now developer Rockstar Games and publisher Take-Two Interactive have a gigantic milestone to celebrate.

Grand Theft Auto V + Red Dead Redemption 2: 150 million copies sold

The two games have a combined total of over 150 million units worldwide, which is a gigantic milestone in itself. Grand Theft Auto V is the best-selling video game of the last 10 years in US dollar sales alone, while Red Dead Redemption 2 is the top-selling game of the last 4 years in US dollar sales. Both of these games were made by the unstoppable Rockstar Games, which has been on a roll for over a decade.

Now for the sales split, we know that in November 2019 that over 115 million copies of Grand Theft Auto V had been sold, while Red Dead Redemption 2 sales numbers were hitting around 26.5 million units 1 year into its release. This means that nearly 10 million more sales between GTA V and RDR 2 have tallied up in the last 3 months alone.

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Cyberpunk 2077 footage to be shown at Taipei Game Show

Anthony Garreffa | Gaming | Jan 28, 2020 9:07 PM CST

The first early reports on the Taipei Game Show teased the Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt RED would be showing off brand new footage from the game, but an update to VG247's original post has squashed those rumors.

Cyberpunk 2077 footage to be shown at Taipei Game Show

CD Projekt RED has said that there are "no plans for new content" at the Taipei Game Show, with VG247 adding that there will be "fresh presentation of content" that "we've seen before". CD Projekt RED has been slowly showing off more and more of Cyberpunk 2077 as time goes on, where I was personally privvy to behind the scenes footage from the game at E3 2019 last year and was blown away.

Cyberpunk 2077 was recently delayed until September 17, 2020 -- but we will see more of it at the Taipei Game Show, and again at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in March, and then again at E3 2020 in June before its release in September.

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Battlefield V Chapter 6: Into the Jungle trailer released

Anthony Garreffa | Gaming | Jan 28, 2020 8:40 PM CST

EA and DICE teased the reveal of Battlefield V Chapter 6: Into the Jungle just over 24 hours ago, and now here we are -- the official overview trailer is available for your viewing pleasure below:

Battlefield V Chapter 6: Into the Jungle trailer released

Battlefield V Chapter 6: Into the Jungle will see gamers thrown into a new map with Solomon Islands, which has been built from the ground up for close quarter combat. You'll be battling it out in a beautiful Frostbite-powered jungle environment with mangroves, water, and hidden bunkers.

It wouldn't be a new Chapter of Battlefield without new weapons and gadgets, so the team at EA DICE have teased the Type 11 LMG and Model 37 shotgun for the Support class. If you're an Assault class player then you'll be happy to hear you will get your grubby mits on the M2 Carbine, which is going to make for some messy fun in those jungle environments.

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