Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
We’re continuing our Best of Black Friday posts today with a look at the best current deals on power stations and their respective bundle options. Folks across the country and beyond have been steadily investing more and more in the industry for a vari...
Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
Sony has kicked off the PlayStation Plus Season of Play with a free PS Plus multiplayer weekend, avatars, and free star points. To celebrate the holiday season, the PS Plus Season of Play offers a month of activities including a free Online Multiplayer Weekend, exclusive avatars, and more. The free online multiplayer weekend will start on December 9 at 12:01 am through December 10 at 11:59 pm local time and will offer online multiplayer without the need for a PS Plus subscription. As such, all PlayStation players can play against or with each other online during the weekend. Available starting […]
Nearly two years later to the day (Halo Infinite launched on December 8, 2021), the first-person shooter game can finally be considered feature complete thanks to the release of the Firefight PvE mode. As you'll probably recall, Halo Infinite had a lot of troubles throughout its entire development. The game was originally meant to be a launch title for the Xbox Series S and X consoles in November 2020, but 343 Industries had to delay it to 'deliver an experience' that could meet their vision. Fans ended up having to wait for more than an entire year, and yet they […]
Last month The Game Awards officially unveiled its nominations in all categories, with one exception. The “Players’ Voice” award is not only voted on by fans, the nominations are determined by them as well, which provides some interesting insight into what players are really excited by in a given year (or which fanbase is most motivated to stuff the ballot box). Well, the final five nominees for the Players’ Voice award have now been announced, and they’re Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur’s Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, and Genshin Impact. You can […]
Apple's iOS 17 update launched with many bugs and issues, impacting all compatible iPhone models. The company has released various updates, but the platform continues to show signs of bugs hidden under the hood. We have previously reported that users complained about Wi-Fi connectivity issues on iOS 17.1.1. The company did not fix the issue with the release of iOS 17.1.2 last week. Another bug in iOS 17 is plaguing iPhone users, causing the App Switcher to appear on the screen while typing. A new bug in iOS 17 is automatically initiating the App Switcher while typing, but there is […]
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition was updated today on PC, bringing back what is unarguably one of the most despised features ever implemented by Bethesda in its popular role-playing game. Update 1.6.1130 brings back the despised paid mods that were implemented into the game back in 2015 which can be found in a new menu that unites the previous Mods and Creations menus. These paid mods are mostly from known modders, cost too much for what they offer, and they are not as good as some of the free mods that are available for the game. Unfortunately, the […]
This year's iPhone launch brought a boatload of front-facing changes for the standard models in the lineup. Last year, the company introduced Dynamic Island for the iPhone 14 Pro models. However, the standard iPhone 14 models featured the same notch as the iPhone 13 series. Now, the entire iPhone 15 lineup features Dynamic Island on the front, bringing the standard models much closer to the 'Pro' models as far as the design is concerned. A new report claims that Apple supplier BOE has difficulty expanding the OLED supply for the iPhone 15 models due to light leakage issues. BOE continues […]
NVIDIA is working with Inworld AI to bring lifelike NPCs in next-gen games while also upgrading its own ACE technology with advanced animation & speech features. AI Will Drive More Believable & Realistic NPCs In Next-Gen Games, And NVIDIA Is The Driving Force Behind It All NVIDIA first showcased its ACE (Avatar Cloud Engine) technology at Computex 2023 with the aim of helping developers integrate unique voice, conversation, and motion AI models into the characters in-game. The technology was later upgraded further with NVIDIA's NeMo SteerLM tools which add an extra level of customizations to the attributes of each individual […]
Nearly seven years after the game's announcement, Ubisoft Massive is finally about to release Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. The first-person open world action/adventure game will launch on Thursday, December 7, for PC (Ubisoft Connect, Epic Games Store), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X. It's the second game set in James Cameron's sci-fi universe after 2009's Avatar: The Game (which, interestingly enough, was also made by Ubisoft, albeit at the Montréal studio). That game was a mere tie-in, though, and was largely panned by critics when it came out despite selling over 2.7 million copies on brand name alone. Avatar: Frontiers […]
One of the biggest hurdles to the mass appeal of a new class of GLP-1 weight loss drugs remains their sky-high prices. Insurance coverage, however, is playing a fundamental role in addressing these affordability concerns, with Eli Lilly and Company coming out today with important price updates for those with insurance coverage in the US. Glucagon-Like Peptide-1, or GLP-1 for short, plays an important role in regulating hunger. These drugs stimulate the release of insulin in the pancreas, block the unhelpful release of glucagon after meals to prevent excess glucose from entering the bloodstream, and slow gastric emptying to reduce […]
Huawei has just introduced its brand new Qingyun L540 laptops for Chinese domestic markets which feature the 5nm Kirin 9006C SOC. Huawei's Latest Laptops For China's Domestic Market Pack 5nm Kirin 9006C SOC With 8 Cores The Huawei Qingyun L540 laptops are the follow-up to the L410 series which featured the Kirin 990 SOC. The new laptops utilize the latest 5nm Kirin 9006C SOC which is designed by HiSilicon and adopts a new Arm-based architecture that offers up to 8 cores. The CPU configuration includes 4 Cortex A77 cores and 4 Cortex A55 cores. The Cortex A77 core module features […]
Naughty Dog and Sony have shown the first glimpse at the No Return mode coming to The Last of Us Part II Remastered in a new trailer. Experience deep combat via an entirely new mode! Survive as long as you can in each run as you choose your path through a series of randomized encounters featuring different foes and memorable locations from throughout The Last of Us Part II, all culminating in tense boss battles. Unique gameplay modifiers can offer new and unexpected challenges as you fight to succeed – and survive – in a host of different encounter types. […]
There is no denying that the number of views and likes that people get on YouTube videos is very important. This is the same for both the platform and creators on it, and sometimes, tracking these numbers can be a difficult task. Well, that could soon change as the company is apparently working on real-time likes and views counters, and once the feature does roll out, it will do exactly what it means, and more importantly, it will rid you of any third-party software or plugins that you might be using. YouTube creators will have a much easier time looking […]
Sony has kicked off the PlayStation Plus Season of Play with a free PS Plus multiplayer weekend, avatars, and free star points. To celebrate the holiday season, the PS Plus Season of Play offers a month of activities including a free Online Multiplayer Weekend, exclusive avatars, and more. The free online multiplayer weekend will start on December 9 at 12:01 am through December 10 at 11:59 pm local time and will offer online multiplayer without the need for a PS Plus subscription. As such, all PlayStation players can play against or with each other online during the weekend. Available starting […]
Nearly two years later to the day (Halo Infinite launched on December 8, 2021), the first-person shooter game can finally be considered feature complete thanks to the release of the Firefight PvE mode. As you'll probably recall, Halo Infinite had a lot of troubles throughout its entire development. The game was originally meant to be a launch title for the Xbox Series S and X consoles in November 2020, but 343 Industries had to delay it to 'deliver an experience' that could meet their vision. Fans ended up having to wait for more than an entire year, and yet they […]
Last month The Game Awards officially unveiled its nominations in all categories, with one exception. The “Players’ Voice” award is not only voted on by fans, the nominations are determined by them as well, which provides some interesting insight into what players are really excited by in a given year (or which fanbase is most motivated to stuff the ballot box). Well, the final five nominees for the Players’ Voice award have now been announced, and they’re Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur’s Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, and Genshin Impact. You can […]
Apple's iOS 17 update launched with many bugs and issues, impacting all compatible iPhone models. The company has released various updates, but the platform continues to show signs of bugs hidden under the hood. We have previously reported that users complained about Wi-Fi connectivity issues on iOS 17.1.1. The company did not fix the issue with the release of iOS 17.1.2 last week. Another bug in iOS 17 is plaguing iPhone users, causing the App Switcher to appear on the screen while typing. A new bug in iOS 17 is automatically initiating the App Switcher while typing, but there is […]
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition was updated today on PC, bringing back what is unarguably one of the most despised features ever implemented by Bethesda in its popular role-playing game. Update 1.6.1130 brings back the despised paid mods that were implemented into the game back in 2015 which can be found in a new menu that unites the previous Mods and Creations menus. These paid mods are mostly from known modders, cost too much for what they offer, and they are not as good as some of the free mods that are available for the game. Unfortunately, the […]
This year's iPhone launch brought a boatload of front-facing changes for the standard models in the lineup. Last year, the company introduced Dynamic Island for the iPhone 14 Pro models. However, the standard iPhone 14 models featured the same notch as the iPhone 13 series. Now, the entire iPhone 15 lineup features Dynamic Island on the front, bringing the standard models much closer to the 'Pro' models as far as the design is concerned. A new report claims that Apple supplier BOE has difficulty expanding the OLED supply for the iPhone 15 models due to light leakage issues. BOE continues […]
NVIDIA is working with Inworld AI to bring lifelike NPCs in next-gen games while also upgrading its own ACE technology with advanced animation & speech features. AI Will Drive More Believable & Realistic NPCs In Next-Gen Games, And NVIDIA Is The Driving Force Behind It All NVIDIA first showcased its ACE (Avatar Cloud Engine) technology at Computex 2023 with the aim of helping developers integrate unique voice, conversation, and motion AI models into the characters in-game. The technology was later upgraded further with NVIDIA's NeMo SteerLM tools which add an extra level of customizations to the attributes of each individual […]
Nearly seven years after the game's announcement, Ubisoft Massive is finally about to release Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. The first-person open world action/adventure game will launch on Thursday, December 7, for PC (Ubisoft Connect, Epic Games Store), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X. It's the second game set in James Cameron's sci-fi universe after 2009's Avatar: The Game (which, interestingly enough, was also made by Ubisoft, albeit at the Montréal studio). That game was a mere tie-in, though, and was largely panned by critics when it came out despite selling over 2.7 million copies on brand name alone. Avatar: Frontiers […]
One of the biggest hurdles to the mass appeal of a new class of GLP-1 weight loss drugs remains their sky-high prices. Insurance coverage, however, is playing a fundamental role in addressing these affordability concerns, with Eli Lilly and Company coming out today with important price updates for those with insurance coverage in the US. Glucagon-Like Peptide-1, or GLP-1 for short, plays an important role in regulating hunger. These drugs stimulate the release of insulin in the pancreas, block the unhelpful release of glucagon after meals to prevent excess glucose from entering the bloodstream, and slow gastric emptying to reduce […]
Huawei has just introduced its brand new Qingyun L540 laptops for Chinese domestic markets which feature the 5nm Kirin 9006C SOC. Huawei's Latest Laptops For China's Domestic Market Pack 5nm Kirin 9006C SOC With 8 Cores The Huawei Qingyun L540 laptops are the follow-up to the L410 series which featured the Kirin 990 SOC. The new laptops utilize the latest 5nm Kirin 9006C SOC which is designed by HiSilicon and adopts a new Arm-based architecture that offers up to 8 cores. The CPU configuration includes 4 Cortex A77 cores and 4 Cortex A55 cores. The Cortex A77 core module features […]
Naughty Dog and Sony have shown the first glimpse at the No Return mode coming to The Last of Us Part II Remastered in a new trailer. Experience deep combat via an entirely new mode! Survive as long as you can in each run as you choose your path through a series of randomized encounters featuring different foes and memorable locations from throughout The Last of Us Part II, all culminating in tense boss battles. Unique gameplay modifiers can offer new and unexpected challenges as you fight to succeed – and survive – in a host of different encounter types. […]
There is no denying that the number of views and likes that people get on YouTube videos is very important. This is the same for both the platform and creators on it, and sometimes, tracking these numbers can be a difficult task. Well, that could soon change as the company is apparently working on real-time likes and views counters, and once the feature does roll out, it will do exactly what it means, and more importantly, it will rid you of any third-party software or plugins that you might be using. YouTube creators will have a much easier time looking […]