Shooter developers have long struggled to balance competitive online games between players who use a handheld controller and players who use a mouse keyboard setup. Fourteen days is no exception, and developer Epic has a long history of addressing the issue. Recently, Epic has tweaked the balance of “Aiming Aid,” …
Read More »Andy Rubin’s smartphone startup, Essential, is dead
Andy Rubins smartphone startup Essential, is finally dead. Essential announced in a blog post today that it is closing its doors, stating that the company “made the difficult decision to shut down and shut down Essential” because “it has no clear way to deliver its latest smartphone to customers” . …
Read More »Due to limited iPad availability in the first quarter, Huawei overtook Apple in China
Due to the limited iPad availability in China, Apple was overtaken by Huawei as the best-selling tablet brand in the first quarter of the year. Almost all tablet manufacturers saw their sales while the corona virus was blocked due to a combination of delivery bottlenecks due to factory closings and …
Read More »Linus Torvalds has dragged WireGuard VPN into the 5.6 kernel source tree
Yesterday Linux developer Linus Torvalds merged David Miller’s Net-Next in his source tree for the Linux 5.6 kernel. This fusion added many new network-related drivers and features to the upcoming 5.6 kernel, with # 1 on the list simply being “Add WireGuard”. As previously reported, WireGuard was added to net-next …
Read More »Which Batmobile is Best? This documentary shows all of Batman’s rides
There cannot be many popular culture vehicles as famous as Batman’s Batmobile. The car is as much a character as the Caped Crusader itself, and it’s the subject of a documentary that’s simply titled The Batmobile that Warner Bros. recently put online. I have to confess I’m a few weeks …
Read More »We now have more evidence that Galileo probably never said, “And yet it moves.”
Galileo Galilei It is known that he was on trial because, based on astronomical observations through his telescopes, he insisted that the Copernican model of the solar system was correct. The earth turned around the sun, not the other way round, contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church at …
Read More »HBO Max now available for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV
The HBO Max application is now available for Apple users with apps for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV: Get the app here. HBO Max replaces HBO Now. So if you already have the Now app installed, the next time you update your apps, the App Store will convert it to …
Read More »Switzerland publishes the COVID-19 app with Apple and the Google Exposure Notification API for the first time
The first app to use the Apple and Google Exposure Notification API was released in Switzerland. This comes from a new report from BBC. The app is called ‘SwissCovid’ and is currently available for the selection of important employees. Members of Swiss Outlook, hospital employees and civil servants can legally …
Read More »Audi parks drivers for using a ring tone in the charity esport race
The combination of racing driver and esport is dramatic. When COVID-19 stopped real racing in March, professional series moved the action with Sims like iRacing and rFactor 2 along with streaming platforms like Twitch to do something for the drivers and see something for the fans. However, the transition did …
Read More »How to jailbreak iOS 13.5 with Unc0ver on macOS
It’s been a long time since I wrote an article about jailbreaking, but this publication is big. A new 0-day @ Pwn20wnd kernel vulnerability could jailbreak all iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch devices that can run iOS 13.5. In other words, this means that any modern iOS device that is …
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