Pokémon Sword & Shield will be receiving another Mythical Pokémon in the future, as The Pokémon Company intends to unveil it during the upcoming Pokémon Day celebrations. Pokémon Day is held on February 27 and it’s an annual celebration of the release of Pokémon Red & Green in Japan. Game Freak recently announced two expansions for Pokémon Sword & Shield in the form of the Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra....
UPDATE 5/14/2020: Nintendo confirmed Paper Mario: The Origami King today for Nintendo Switch. The trailer also contained footage at the end that hinted a new Metroid title would be coming this year as well. It looks like there might be more Metroid and Paper Mario on the horizon this year, as prominent internet leaker Sabi claims that Nintendo has new games in the works for both these mainstay franchises, and that they might be coming to the Switch at some point in 2020....
Apple debuted its iPhone disassembly robot Daisy in 2018 as a way to efficiently reclaim valuable materials stored inside iPhones. The company is also working towards fulfilling its promise to stop mining the earth and build all products from recycled materials. In a new interview with Reuters, Apple’s VP of environment, policy and social initiatives Lisa Jackson offered an update on the company’s work in these areas. Currently, Daisy focuses on disassembly of the iPhone, and that was a conscious choice, according to Jackson....
A report from Economic Daily News suggests that Apple is preparing to relaunch a new 4.7-inch iPhone based on the iPhone 8 design. This model would purportedly come with 128 GB storage, the new A13 chip, a single-lens camera and cost around $650. Apple discontinued the iPhone SE last year, although third-party sellers continue to sell stock from time to time, but there is still a vocal minority of readers who pine for smaller phone designs....
It’s Valentine’s Day this week, so whether you’ve got someone to cosy up to or have the whole couch to yourself, check out our guide to the best new TV shows and movies on Netflix this weekend. There are super-powered siblings, professional break-up artists, a first-time comedy special from a familiar face, and a docuseries about making people laugh in some of the world’s most dangerous places. Last week’s new Netflix releases included a special Valentine’s episode of animated comedy Big Mouth, Steven Soderbergh’s new sports drama High Flying Bird, and a brand new season of sitcom One Day At A Time....
New Girl is the perfect example of a successful rom-com TV series where it is refreshingly just as funny as it is filled with romance. What more could you ask for in a sitcom? The central themes throughout Elizabeth Meriwether’s series have to do with romantic relationships and how we don’t always end up with the person that we have always pictured ourselves with. Which were some of the best couples on New Girl that fans were totally behind?...
A new service from smartphone unlocking company ChronicUnlocks is offering iPhone users the ability to remove Apple’s Activation Lock security feature that the company first introduced in iOS 7. Activation Lock, a security feature that Apple first announced alongside iOS 7, is supposed to be a theft deterrent by making it harder for lost and stolen devices to be reactivated on the second hand market. The feature accomplishes this by linking a device’s activation to the user’s iCloud account....
Jamf has released a new survey today titled The Impact of Device Choice on the Employee Experience. Among other findings, Jamf reports that about three-quarters of employees picked iPhone, iPad, or Mac over competing options when given a choice. Jamf’s March 2018 survey is based on responses from 580 executives, managers, and IT professionals. It is important to note that Jamf’s business is selling management software for Apple products. But regardless, the data is great news for Apple....
The other such protocol, Transport Control Protocol (TCP), is designed to provide reliable connections with built-in error handling. It is designed for applications that need to be certain that data reaches its destination intact and do not prioritize traffic latency. UDP, on the other hand, is intended for applications that prioritize latency over reliability. It is a “fire and forget” protocol, which does not retain state. After a UDP packet is sent, there is no acknowledgement of receipt from the destination and lost packets are not transmitted....
As people start benchmarking the new iMacs on Geekbench, the new new Sandy Bridge systems are showing pretty strong results coming in near the Mac Pros released last year and significantly above the speedy Sandy Bridge MacBook Pros released earlier this year. To give an idea where it falls, here is a bit of Geekbench’s normalized results for Mac systems: Macworld also benchmarked a new 3.1 GHz Core i5 27-inch iMac and found it to be the fastest iMac ever tested with the Speedmark 6....
As noted by MacRumors, Apple is getting ready to launch the third-generation iPad in 30 additional countries this month beginning with 23 countries on May 11. Among the countries included in this Friday’s launch is Brazil, where Apple currently assembles some of its iPad 2 and iPhone 4 units at a Foxconn plant in Jundiai. China is still not included in this month’s international roll out. All countries receiving the iPad on May 11 include: Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Malta, Martinique, Mauritius, Morocco, Peru, Taiwan, Tunisia, and Vietnam....
An ambitious career mode and the inclusion of WNBA athletes are the standouts, but they’re crossed over by the greed of MyTeam and a host of issues. It’s that time of year again. Like the first fallen leaves signalling the return of autumn, every major licensed sports franchise in gaming is once again duking it out with other titles for access to players’ wallets and attention. As always, NBA 2K20 makes a strong argument for itself with streamlined controls, updated visuals, and, of course, the latest league roster....
One notable provider missing in Apple’s TV app integration is Netflix. While you can still search for content from Netflix within the app, it will not keep track of watching history or suggest content for the Up Next feature. The company will be distancing itself from Apple even more soon. According to a report from VentureBeat, Netflix will soon be removing the option for billing via iTunes for new users. This means that new users wanting to sign up for the service on iOS will be redirected to Safari to subscribe....
Netflix has released the full-length trailer for Anne, the TV adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne Shirley novels. Montgomery published the first Anne novel, “Anne of Green Gables”, in 1908 and went on to write nine books total revolving around the characters (as well as their descendants) introduced during “Green Gables”; that includes, the posthumously published “The Blythes Are Quoted”, in 2009. The Anne stories have since been adapted multiple times over in different mediums, including live-action film, television miniseries, stage productions and even as a kid-friendly PBS program (Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series) in the 2000s....
Netflix’s In The Shadow Of The Moon’s ending includes time travel, sacrifices and a lot more confusing plot devices besides. A twist-filled sci-fi neo-noir mystery about obsession and sacrifice that plays like a cross between 1995’s 12 Monkeys and True Detective, In The Shadow Of The Moon is directed by Tim Mickle and stars Boyd Holbrook and Michael C. Hall. In 1988 Philadelphia, Thomas Lockhart (Holdbrook) finds himself on the heels of a killer who can cause their victims’ brains to melt out of their head using technology nobody can make heads or tails of....
A new feature in Apple’s iOS 8 software might make it easier for users to track down missing or stolen devices. The setting seen above can be found in the Find My iPhone panel of the device’s iCloud settings, and enables the phone to automatically send its last known location to Apple’s iCloud service if the phone’s battery is almost dead. The data will apparently be stored for 24 hours after the phone’s battery dies, so even if the phone is no longer turned on users can at least have some idea of where it was active....
Apple is rumored to introduce a new product called AirTag, which is basically a Tile competitor that will let users track any objects through the Find My network. Although we don’t know when the AirTags will be unveiled, the leaker Fudge shared today on Twitter an image that shows an alleged AirTag carrying accessory designed by Apple to work with AirTags. Based on the image, the accessory looks like a small leather sleeve for AirTags, as users might be able to easily place them within the leather cover....
Update: The WSJ has also put the Apple Watch Series 4 fall detection feature through a series of tests. Watch it here. One of the Apple Watch Series 4 features Apple touted on stage last week was fall detection. With this featured enabled, the Apple Watch can detect when you’ve fallen and offer to call emergency services. A new video takes a (less-than-scientific) look at just how well the feature works....
The next Apple Watch Activity Challenge is set for Veterans Day on Sunday, November 11th, 2018. Apple Watch Activity Challenges increase awareness about fitness features and healthy living while observing holidays and more. In exchanging for completing a workout challenge, participants earn virtual achievements in the Activity app on the iPhone as well as special sticker packs for iMessage and FaceTime. The fitness challenge for the next Apple Watch Activity Challenge is unchanged from the Veterans Day Activity Challenge last year: complete a single workout with the Apple Watch for at least 11 minutes on November 11th....
Netflix has come out in defense of itself following backlash surrounding the streaming service’s recognition at the Oscars. While filmmakers like Alfonso Cuarón also stand on the side of Netflix, others like Steven Spielberg believe that films released by Netflix don’t deserve recognition by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and should instead be treated as made-for-TV movies. The drama surrounding Netflix’s recognition by the Academy isn’t unique to films released over the past year, but Roma’s ten Oscar nominations have roused a significant amount of attention....
