The Public Access Weekly: Roadrunner, roadrunner

Looking for something to read? Check out:Andre Smith highlights a few fun tech gadgets that can help you feel like James Bond…Or at least like Q. Personally, my favorite of the bunch is the pen document scanner or the lighter spy camera because they seem like they might have some kind of practical application. Not that I can think of one, but that’s never stopped me from making a fun gadget purchase before.Meanwhile, Ben...

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Samsung is working on a new Gear VR and AR tech

The next version of the Gear VR “will be presented in a short time” according to Hong, so we may see that headset debut at Mobile World Congress in February. Samsung typically makes some big announcements at that show. The company just refreshed the Gear VR in August and Hong didn’t offer any details as to what we can expect from the upcoming model.One thing we do know about the company’s plains for Barcelona...

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The mysterious existential dread of Krillbite’s ‘Mosaic’

It’s clear that Mosaic is very different than Among the Sleep, but it still feels like a Krillbite game. In its first teaser trailer, Mosaic is bleak and highly stylized, featuring a man with thin, spindly limbs trapped in a monotonous nine-to-five cycle: He brushes his teeth, travels to work alongside crowds of people in suits staring at their phones, and goes home. He does it again. And again. The repetition is cut with scenes...

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China’s elevated bus test site has been abandoned for months

Following China News’ report last week, The Paper reached out to an unnamed senior staffer at TEB Technology Limited and learned that the company has indeed been facing some “significant” financial issues since mid-November, and its sole investor — a Beijing wealth management company called Huayingkailai — refused to provide further funding. In fact, Huayingkailai landed in hot water recently with...

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China’s elevated bus test site has been abandoned for months

Following China News’ report last week, The Paper reached out to an unnamed senior staffer at TEB Technology Limited and learned that the company has indeed been facing some “significant” financial issues since mid-November, and its sole investor — a Beijing wealth management company called Huayingkailai — refused to provide further funding. In fact, Huayingkailai landed in hot water recently with...

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