Just a month after its last free event, Star Citizen is free-to-play again, from now until 22nd August, 2024.

That means everyone can jump in and give the space sim a chance, as well as try out all "top 16 ships", "granting both green and grizzled pilots the ability to try out eligible ships before choosing which one to vote for" at this year's Ship Showdown event.

For the last few weeks, the community has been voting for their favourite ships and ground vehicles with their own "original creations", including videos, songs, photos, paintings, and more.

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The Humane Ai Pin was supposed to be the first in a new category of wearable, AI-first devices. But it arrived this year to universally awful reviews citing its limited functionality, spotty reliability, awful battery life, and high price, just to name a few problems. Last month we learned that Humane was looking to sell […]

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Star Citizen has raised over $700m in crowdfunding, even though it still lacks a full release date.

As spotted by Neowin, the funding tracker for Cloud Imperium Games' space sim has seen an uptick in donations recently. On 25th May alone, almost $3m was raised.

This has coincided with Star Citizen's free play period which kicked off earlier this month, and allowed non-backers to give the game a whirl for themselves. At the time of writing, Star Citizen has raised a whopping $702,634,839. And - again - it isn't even fully out yet, and is still in an early access build.

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Samsung is one of the biggest pioneers of smartwatches and one of the few manufacturers that has been around since the start and is still going strong. Samsung’s entry into the smartwatch space started a long time ago, and the Galaxy Watch lineup started with the original Galaxy Watch back in 2018. It ran Tizen, which many would strongly argue provided a better user experience than Wear OS at that time. Samsung jumped to Wear OS with the Galaxy Watch 4 (to help save Google’s wearable OS), but this jump came at the cost of Tizen. Samsung has now put Tizen on life support, and in the coming months, your Tizen watch’s functionality will become increasingly limited until its eventual demise.

Reddit user Seaweed_Maximum (via Techissuestoday) brought to light Samsung’s termination schedule for Galaxy Store access for Tizen smartwatches. According to screenshots of the notice posted purportedly by a member of the Galaxy Store Operations team, here is the timeline for various termination dates for Tizen watches:

Star Citizen is free to play until 29th May 2024.

The free play period – timed to mark Invictus Launch Week 2954 – enables players to download and play the game for free during the event and "test pilot all 87 military vehicles for a limited time", with all ships available to test drive for the final three days of the show. You can also expect "surprise reveals" throughout the week, too.

"A variety of collaborative in-game events designed in the spirit of 'One Empire', and how each citizen’s individual contributions help create humanity's unrivaled power of unity that has taken it beyond the stars, showcase the might of the UEE Navy and invites citizens to explore the vessels that keep the ‘verse safe," Cloud Imperium Games teases.

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As Star Citizen continues to grow and evolve, several annoying bugs have started to occur. Some players have recently had trouble actually getting into the game due to a bug that causes Star Citizen to get stuck loading forever. These are several solutions that have been confirmed to fix the Star Citizen stuck loading forever bug that can occur.

Star Citizen loading forever fixes

There appear to be three separate issues that can trigger the Star Citizen stuck loading forever issue or infinite loading screen bug. First, is some sort of connection issue, either on your end or with the Star Citizen servers. Second, is the inability to properly load data from your storage device. And third, is a specific isolated issue that can occur if your character gets stuck in a persistent "in-between" state of being logged in and out. Here are all the ways you can fix when you get stuck loading forever in Star Citizen:

• If you installed Star Citizen on an HDD, try reinstalling it on an SSD. There have been some issues getting the game to load properly when using an HDD.
• Verify there are no current server issues. When certain servers are offline you can get stuck loading infinitely due to being not able to connect.
• Make sure you have a stable connection. Run a Speed Test to confirm your internet is working properly. If it is not, contact your ISP. If you are using a wireless connection, try switching to a wired one as it can yield much better results.
• Enter the Arena Command module, play a single game, and then try going back to the Persistent Universe. You can do this from the main menu screen, and it will sometimes refresh your character status in the PU.

In the event you're able to get to the main menu screen before the issue occurs, hit your Tilda (~) Key and type r_displayinfo 2 in the console, and hit Enter. Look for the Entities field in the top right and check if the number beside is increasing or staying the same. If it is increasing, it means your game is still loading, although it may be slower than usual. If the number stays the same for an extended period time, it means you will not load and are safe to close Star Citizen as it will not load without fixing the issue.

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The biggest update to Star Citizen is here bringing in a ton of new content, reworks, and system balances all across the universe. If you're trying to dabble in trading/hauling commodities to make some extract aUEC, you may have encountered a pesky new message when trying to trade. Here is how to fix the Star Citizen Transaction Cost Mismatch bug that can occur when trying to sell various commodities.

How to fix Transaction Cost Mismatch

You can fix the Transaction Cost Mismatch bug when trying to sell commodities by splitting the stack size of the goods you are trying to sell into sizes of 3, then selling them each one stack at a time. The new update brought back a pesky bug that caused the sale of high volumes of commodities to result in the Transaction Cost Mismatch bug due to it not being able to properly calculate prices based on future sales, which results in the error.

This error message has occurred before and was fixed by the developers, so it's likely it will be fixed again. However, if you need the aUEC and can't wait for the bug to be resolved, this temporary workaround will work on all items you may be trying to sell including gems. Break it all down into stack sizes of 3 or less.

For example, if you have 60 Dolvine and are getting the Transaction Cost Mismatch error in Star Citizen when trying to sell, try breaking it into 20 stacks of 3 Dolvine, and selling each stack one at a time. This appears to be the only workaround at this time, so if you have a really big stack of items that would take a long time to split up into stacks of 3, you may want to just hold off on selling until a bug fix is implemented.

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The discussion around the best space games is an ever-changing one, with the launch of Homeworld 3 bringing it into competition alongside heavy hitters like Outer Wilds, Elite Dangerous, Stellaris, No Man’s Sky, Everspace 2, and Bethesda’s Starfield. Of them all, however, few can claim to be as ambitious - or notorious - as Star Citizen. The mammoth project from Roberts Space Industries continues to grow, and developer Cloud Imperium says that the new Star Citizen Alpha 3.23 update is “one of our most expansive and game-changing releases to date.”

UPDATE 29/02/24: Cloud Imperium Games has responded to Eurogamer confirming "some minor staffing changes" due to a return to office work.

The statement in full reads: "As part of our normal processes, we regularly look for ways to make our operations more efficient, which can include restructuring in order to place a position closer to the team it supports.

"Now that we are back in office and seeing the progress and quality of work when our teams are in-person working together, we have decided to co-locate as much development as possible, which has resulted in some minor staffing changes as we move some development positions closer to their core teams. As a result of this consolidation, a small number of positions were eliminated and we continue to recruit for key roles within the company."

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Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games is the latest games company to cut staff, confirming “a small number of positions were eliminated” as part of a relocation plan some former employees have criticized. CIG failed to specify the number of staff affected.

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Last month, Samsung unveiled its new lineup of smart TVs that includes QLED TVs, Neo QLED TVs, OLED TVs, and Micro LED TVs. All these new TVs run a new version of Tizen (7.0) that brings new content, connectivity options, and features. They also feature Samsung Daily+, which is a central hub where users can find non-content apps, including live shopping, remote PC, telehealth, and video calling. To improve its telehealth services, Samsung has partnered with FlexIt.

Health, fitness, and wellness training content from FlexIt will be available on Samsung TVs with Samsung Daily+

Samsung announced today that it has partnered with FlexIt, a health and wellness solutions provider, to make exercise more accessible and convenient. The company will bring personal trainer-based fitness content to Samsung TVs that feature Samsung Daily+. Users can register, book, and pay for one-on-one workout sessions with personal trainers from FlexIt. The TVs can be paired with a compatible webcam or a Galaxy smartphone, and FlexIt trainers can offer users real-time feedback. Since the form is of utmost importance during workouts, personal trainers can offer form corrections and modifications.

In addition to workouts, FlexIt also offers information about diet and nutrition. Low-impact workouts like meditation and yoga are also offered in FlexIt's app. With Samsung Daily+, the South Korean TV maker wants to offer more than just content to users. The company's new TVs can control smart home devices and offer cloud-based work solutions, video meeting options, and even cloud-based gaming. Data from a Galaxy Watch, including heart rate and calories burned, is also displayed on a compatible Samsung TV. Last month, the company offered visitors an early look at Samsung Daily+ and FlexIt content at the CES 2024 expo in Las Vegas, USA.

Demian Hyun, VP and Head of the Experience Planning Group at Samsung Visual Display, said, “Wellness should be central to our routines, so building healthy habits through Samsung Daily+ makes it convenient to incorporate health and wellness into all different aspects of daily life. This new partnership underscores Samsung’s commitment as the leader in the global display industry to promoting thoughtful, interconnected health experiences aimed at bettering the lives of consumers.”

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