iPhones Might Soon Drop Lightning Cables
It’s looking even more likely iPhones will soon drop lightning cables, as all smartphones sold in the European Union will have to use USB-C ports by fall 2024. This will include Apple’s iPhone and other electronic devices such as portable video game consoles, tablets, laptops, etc.
According to The Verge, this legislation has been in the works for more than a decade, with both parties agreeing to make the change. The legislation will still need to be approved by both the European Union Parliament and Council later this year, though it seems very likely the law will pass.
It was previously reported that the current Apple products that still use lightning chargers are Airpods, Apple TV remote, the MagSafe battery pack, the MagSafe Duo charger, and the iPhone. The iPad Pro, iPad Air, iPad Mini, and Macs have already switched to USB-C.
Last year Apple openly criticized the move, telling Reuters that the legislation “stifles innovation rather than encouraging …
Inside Review
A world, broken at the hands of technological progress, decays in silence and darkness. Cowed and enslaved people shuffle mindlessly through the streets. Overseers dressed in masks and black clothes stand at the corners, waiting for one of the slaves to fall out of line, watching the soulless masses as they are forced to jump and dance. A featureless boy in the midst of it all walks through this dystopia wearing a red shirt, one of the only touches of color in this oppressive world.
This is Inside, the second game from Limbo developer Playdead. Like Limbo, the gameplay is simple: you have to walk, jump, and grab objects in order to solve puzzles and overcome obstacles. Ultimately, however, the game is about your journey through a tyrannical, unknowable, and apocalyptic world. Over the course of a few hours, you descend ever deeper into the heart of a malicious and immense construct that threatens to suffocate agency and humanity.
Judge Approves Activision Blizzard's $18 Million Settlement In Gender Discrimination And Harassment Case
In September 2021, Activision Blizzard agreed to terms to settle one of its high-profile gender discrimination lawsuits, and that settlement has now been approved. A federal court on Tuesday announced that it would approve Activision Blizzard’s proposed settlement with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which is the next step toward creating an $18 million fund to compensate and make amends to workers affected by gender discrimination and harassments claims within the company.
Under the terms of the agreement, Activision will create an $18 million fund for eligible claimants and take steps to enhance its “policies, practices, and training” to help prevent harassment and discrimination in the future. Additionally, Activision Blizzard said it will work with a “neutral, third-party equal employment opportunity consultant” to provide oversight on Activision Blizzard’s compliance. This person will be a non-Activision Blizzard employee approved by the EEOC. This …
Lady Gaga Says She And Joaquin Phoenix "Tore Up" And Revised Joker 2's Script
In just under a month, Joker: Folie à Deux will introduce movie fans to Lady Gaga’s incarnation of Harley Quinn opposite Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck/Joker. While Gaga is a veteran musician and singer, this is only her third major film in a leading role. But Gaga got an unexpected education in collaborative filmmaking from Phoenix when they rewrote lines from the script during production.
“We’d very often meet in Joaquin’s trailer and sometimes we would just tear the script up and start all over,” Gaga told Vogue. “It was a really cool, liberating process.” Director and screenwriter Todd Phillips confirmed Gaga’s account and gave an example of how their process worked.
“My line about Joaquin is that he’s the tunnel at the end of the light,” said Phillips. “You think, ‘Okay, this scene works, let’s just go shoot it. And Joaquin’s like, ‘No, no, no, let’s just have a quick meeting about it,’ and it’s three hours later and you’re rewriting it on a napkin. What’s great …
Lost Ark Launch Event Will See Streamers Racing To Unlock Twitch Drops
Lost Ark, the free-to-play Korean MMO from Smilegate that is finally coming to the West courtesy of Amazon, is kicking off the game’s launch with a Twitch event that will let viewers score some free loot–should streamers be up to the task.
Called Legends of Lost Ark, the event will pit three teams of 20 streamers against one another as they race to complete various challenges that are worth a certain amount of points. At certain thresholds, each team will unlock Twitch drops that viewers can claim as in-game rewards. Viewers will need to have activated Twitch Drops for their Lost Ark account to claim the drops. The drops will be claimable from February 8 to February 28, and viewers can track each team’s progress via a leaderboard.
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Lies Of P- How To Get More Pulse Cells
There are certain gameplay mechanics that tend to show up in every Soulslike game, and one of those is a limited healing flask that can have its uses replenished after every visit to a checkpoint. That trend continues in Lies of P via a healing item known as Pulse Cells. While you’ll only have a few to keep you alive in the game’s early hours, you can earn up to seven more Pulse Cells as you continue your perilous journey. Here’s how to get them.
How to get more Pulse Cells in Lies of P
You’ll begin Lies of P with three Pulse Cells, but you’ll be able to gain more in a variety of ways. For starters, you’ll automatically be given a couple of extra Pulse Cells as you continue through the main story and speak to NPCs. To get even more, however, you’ll need to begin upgrading your P-Organ phases. By investing in the P-Organ upgrades, you can build up plenty of extra Pulse Cell uses–but due to the rarity of the Quartz needed to do so, it’ll be a relatively slow process tha…
Legend Of Zelda Is "Dying For A Cinematic Treatment," Director Says
Nintendo is teaming up with Sony and Marvel producer Avi Arad for a live-action The Legend of Zelda movie. Director Wes Ball recently told Variety that Zelda is one of the last “untapped properties” that is ripe for a movie and that he’s excited to get to work on the film.
“I can’t say a lot about it, but Zelda is hugely important to me. It’s up there with Star Wars for me in terms of what shaped me as a kid,” Ball said. “Talking about adventure? That’s the thing. It’s like one of the last untapped properties that is dying for a cinematic treatment. But we’ll see what happens.”
Zelda has a dedicated and passionate fanbase, and Ball knows something about that having previously directed the Maze Runner movies. He said he got a “taste” of the “expectation game” with those films, and now he’s feeling it again directing Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. For Zelda, though, he might be facing the highest expectations of his career.
“Obviously you can’t have that while yo…
Lords Of The Fallen- How To Find The Blacksmith And Upgrade Weapons
Upgrading your weapons is a hallmark of most Soulslike games, and Lords of the Fallen is certainly no different. However, you won’t have access to this pivotal feature at the very beginning of the game. Instead, you’ll need to seek out a blacksmith named Gerlinde by exploring the early game area known as Pilgrim’s Perch and rescuing her from captivity. Here’s where to find Gerlinde and gain access to weapon upgrading.
How to find Gerlinde and upgrade weapons
Before you can upgrade your weapons, you must first find and rescue Gerlinde in Pilgrim’s Perch. You’ll begin your journey to her from the Bellroom vestige.
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Madden 23 – Miami Dolphins Roster And Ratings
Madden 23 is here, and that means virtual football fans once more have a full season’s worth of debates to have, first downs to pick up, and hopefully more than a few touchdown dances to choreograph. We’re breaking down the Madden 23 rosters for all 32 teams, and in this guide we’ll be taking a look at the Miami Dolphins. If you’re curious who the Dolphins’ best players are, where they stack up in the league as a whole, or which roster spots may need to be improved in Franchise mode, here’s everything you need to know about the Madden 23 Dolphins roster.
Miami Dolphins’ best and worst players
The Dolphins are the 16th best team in the league according to the launch list of the best teams in Madden 23. At launch, they have an overall team rating of 83. The Dolphins have players rated 90 or above in Madden 23, including:
- Tyreek Hill – 97 OVR
- Terron Armstead – 93 OVR
Guilty Gear Strive Review — Burning Like A Roman Cancel
Guilty Gear Strive is, like so many of its predecessors, the pinnacle of a certain kind of fighting game. The series, known for its highly technical (read: complicated) set of systems, rewards players for investing time to master both its universal systems and the nuances of its individual characters in a way that few other series have. Strive maintains that tradition and throws in a couple new ideas that bolster its bold anime-inspired flash without making the game any harder to learn. While the core fighting experience has only improved, many of the game’s less savory tendencies remain in place, including its non-playable story “mode” and yet another set of kludgy Arc System Works-style avatar-based matchmaking menus. As in most fighting games, those problems are secondary: Players, particularly veterans, who want to put in work will find Guilty Gear Strive to be a wild time.
If you’re counting, Strive is the eighth primary entry in the Guilty Gear franchise, so its fighting…