The wait is over. The Pokémon GO Fest 2021 has been announced for July 17 and 18. To celebrate Pokémon’s 25th anniversary and the fifth anniversary of Pokémon GO, the two-day event will include a special costumed Pikachu, new shiny Pokémon, and a chance to receive a new Mythical creature. Niantic announced that this Pokémon GO Fest will have a price drop. Last year, one ticket cost $14.99. This year will cost only $5....
Warning: Nightflyers Spoilers Ahead Nightflyers is a novella written by George R.R. Martin. It was originally published back in 1985, but has since been repackaged and reprinted a few times. Most recently though, it was turned into a TV series by Syfy. Syfy had likely hoped to make more than one season out of the novella, but they recently announced that they’d be leaving the series alone after just one season....
Tyler Blevins, better known by his online persona Ninja, reportedly received 20-30 million dollars to move from Twitch to Microsoft’s Mixer. Ninja had made a huge name for himself as a Twitch streamer by playing games like Fortnite. Prior to his retirement from Twitch he owned the most subscribed channel at 14 million followers. Ninja began his video game career in 2009 when he began playing Halo 3 professionally. During this time period he played for several professional gaming teams like Team Liquid and Luminosity Gaming....
It’s not like Nokia’s been able to produce a serious threat to Apple’s handset so far or that its management’s vision was comparable to that of Steve Jobs and his management team. The ailing handset maker (Apple recently beat Nokia to become the leading smartphone maker in the world) under the new team led by Stephen Elop made a huge gamble by going to bed with Microsoft. Today, the company took the wraps off its brand new device dubbed the Lumia 800, Nokia’s first smartphone powered by Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7....
Night Of The Living Dead 3D changes the famous ending of the original - and it sucks. Night Of The Living Dead is one of the most groundbreaking horror movies of all time. This 1968 classic introduced zombies as audiences know them today, establishing rules such as headshots being the only way to stop them. George A Romero’s documentary-style direction, the black & white cinematography, and its infamous ending are just some of the reasons it became a genre landmark....
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Warning: SPOILERS for Tony Stark: Iron Man #16 Tony Stark’s death in Avengers: Endgame is still an open wound for millions of Marvel fans, but they may want to prepare for even more heartbreak with Iron Man in the comics, too. But look on the bright side: at least if THIS Tony Stark dies, it’s really just the death of a copy of the true Tony… who died already. It’s hard to believe just how much has changed for Iron Man in Marvel’s Universe, following the Civil War II battle that saw Tony Stark get killed by Captain Marvel....
No Man’s Sky: Beyond has been announced by developer Hello Games, and the first part of the upcoming free update will be a new multiplayer experience called No Man’s Sky Online. The developer is hyping the new release up as a radical change to the way No Man’s Sky previously handled online interaction. No Man’s Sky: Beyond is the latest evolution in the life cycle of No Man’s Sky, a process that began with the last major update, No Man’s Sky NEXT....
In partnership with the Associated Press, Citizen Lab revealed on Thursday that Polish Senator Krzysztof Brejza was hacked using NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware 33 times between April 26, 2019 and October 23, 2019. Brejza helped run the opposition campaign against the right-wing government of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki that is currently in power. Doctored photos from Brejza’s smartphone falsely implicated him in several scandals and were shared by government-backed news outlets....
It seems that the device we were speculating as Nubia Z18s, is actually the Nubia X. This is a unique entry in the smartphone market and is first of its kind. It is a dual-screen smartphone. A few weeks ago Nubia X marked its appearance on Master Lu benchmarking website. A teaser poster of this device is now out officially. Also, the Nubia X Release Date Reveals in the poster. It will release on 31st October....
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk079o_2FHo&feature=player_embedded] Next Issue, a subscription-based iPad app for magazines, finally hit the App Store today after first having launched as an Android app on the Google Play store. The sales pitch is simple: “All the magazines you love. All in one app. All yours for one low price.” Folks need to visit NextIssue.com to create an account and start a 30-day free trial, and then they can download the app to access a bevy of titles from Conde Nast, News Corp, Hearst, Meredith, Time, and more major publishers....
The Nintendo Switch looks to be a console like no other. Officially announced in November of last year, the reveal seemed to be Nintendo’s response to both Microsoft and Sony who had already teased upgraded consoles in the form of ‘Project Scorpio’ and the PlayStation Neo. Instead of just pumping out an upgrade to the flailing Wii U, Nintendo instead chose to completely redesign, building a brand new platform from top to bottom....
Apple will soon let manufacturers in its Made for iPhone/iPad/iPod (MFi) licensing program include charging pads for the Apple Watch directly in their accessories, according to sources. Currently, dock makers can only offer charging by making unsightly openings in their docks for Apple’s official charger to sit, forcing users to bring their own cable and install it, and compromising an ideal design and user experience in the process. By making charging modules available to manufacturers to use, however, customers will be able to buy docks and stands with integrated chargers without needing to use their own....
Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 (codename: chiron) was launched in the year September 2017. The phone came out of the box with Android 7.1 Nougat. Recently this device has received the official TWRP recovery support. So, on this page, we will guide you to install the TWRP Recovery on Xiaomi Mi Mix 2. This guide contains both the written instruction and video tutorial to help you install it quickly. Make sure to download the files required and then jump straight into instruction on how to install TWRP Recovery and Root your Xiaomi Mi Mix 2....
Annapurna Pictures releases a red band trailer for Booksmart, the directorial debut of Olivia Wilde. The comedy premiered March 10 at SXSW and stars Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein. In 2007, Feldstein’s older brother, Jonah Hill, landed a breakout role in the coming-of-age teen comedy Superbad. Directed by Greg Mottola, the film starred Hill and Michael Cera as two awkward teenagers hoping to gain more confidence before college. In Booksmart, Dever and Feldstein’s characters similarly have the same objective....
The Nintendo Switch Pro, or whatever Nintendo is planning on calling their next hardware revision, is rumored to launch near Christmas 2020, but new reports suggest it may be lacking a key modern feature. The Nintendo Switch launched on March 3rd, 2017, and is now fast approaching its third anniversary. The console’s already seen a Switch revision with improved battery life, and Nintendo dropped the portable-only Nintendo Switch Lite on September 20th, 2019....
It was only a matter of time before executives from various automakers responded to news that Apple is looking into developing its own electric vehicle. The first responses come from CEOs of Volkswagen, Daimler and Nissan during interviews at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and the Geneva car show this week. CNET reports that CEO of the Nissan-Renault Alliance Carlos Ghosn responded positively to questions regarding reports of Apple’s electric vehicle project: ”If Apple does it, obviously it’s good news for us,” said Ghosn....
Although it didn’t appear in Scott Forstall’s presentation and is yet to show up in iOS 5 SDK findings or in the actual developer beta release, references to Nuance integration have appeared in iOS 5’s internal preferences. ChronicWire has posted screenshots of the Nuance references from an internal build of iOS 5, including the one above (with help from Sonny Dickson). The Nuance integration, specifically, appears to be related to the voice-recognition company’s “dictation” software....
Update: The NYPD has issued a statement in which it says the phones were provided as part of a contract that allowed it to change devices after two years, and that it will begin the switch to iPhone in the fall. It claims that the phones were provided ‘at no cost’ but does not explain how they were paid for. The New York Police Department is being forced to scrap 36,000 Windows Phones bought just two years ago as part of a $160M mobility project....
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo squash the ongoing theory that the MCU’s Nick Fury and Star Wars’ Mace Windu are the same person. Helming Marvel Studios’ two biggest films - Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, the duo first started in the franchise with Captain America: The Winter Soldier where they worked closely with Samuel L. Jackson. Considering that and the subsequent times they’ve worked with the actor, they take on the latest hypothesis that Fury and Windu are one and the same....
