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Apple has managed to build an empire by being secretive, but it looks as though the times are finally changing. At this year’s WWDC, Apple began pulling back the veil — at least,around HomeKit. First introduced three years ago in the 2014 installation of the company’s famous Worldwide Developers Conference, HomeKit has historically been a decidedly closed system. Developers interested in working with the software had to integrate a dedicated authentication chip into a device, then undergo plenty of certification testing through the MFi (“Made for iPhone/iPod/iPad”) program....

Diddy’s lawyer reveals “roughest” part of prison ahead of new documentary Ahead of 50 Cent’s new Netflix documentary, details about Sean “Diddy” Combs’ continue to emerge, with his lawyer now revealing he’s struggling in prison. Yesterday (October 10), Combs attended another hearing in New York, where he is currently being held in a Brooklyn prison awaiting trial on charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution....

Discord fully launches ‘Orbs’ currency that lets you buy Nitro Discord has officially rolled out Orbs across the entire platform, giving users a new way to earn free perks, including Nitro, just by completing in-app Quests. The feature, which waspreviously in limited testing, is now available globally. Orbs function as a reward currency tied to Discord’sexpanding Quest system. Users can complete tasks like trying out partnered games, participating in events, or exploring new features in return for Orb payouts....

Dual Destiny will finally change the worst thing about Pokemon Go Pokemon Go has finally revealed its next season— Dual Destiny. While there are certainly some exciting Pokemon coming to the game, it’s the UI that really deserves to be in the spotlight. Ever since Pokemon Go took over the world like a Rotom takes over a microwave, it’s had the same UI. Of course, the look of the main screen has been adapted and thankfully updated, but the majority of the inventory, store, battles, and Pokedex have stayed the same, making them roughly eight years old (bet you feel old now don’t you)....

Elden Ring players discover new Erdtree location was already in the game’s lore Elden Ring fans have made a new discovery that shows an Erdtree location could already be seen in the game’s lore. With last week’s release of theShadow of the Erdtree trailer, the Elden Ring community is looking for anything and everything to hint at what the DLC could have in store for them. Many fans have even begun combing back through the content in the base game to see ifthere were any referenceshiding in plain sight....

Apple’s Spring Loaded eventwas jam-packed with product announcements, from arevamped iMacto aniPad Pro with M1 chip. Yet, there was far more rumored than what we actually saw at Apple’s first show of 2021. Indeed, if you believed the leakers and analysts, there were even more products on the cards for the April event. A whole heap of them never made it out of the blocks, though, and are either not ready or were never coming in the first place....

Fortnite Chapter 2 Remix is finally here, and players are again dropped onto theOG Chapter 2island that has returned with a remixed hip-hop twist. The anticipation around the season has been at an all-time high even before it began since Chapter 2 has been one of the most popular eras of Fortnite to date. If you’ve just booted up the game and want to catch up on everything that’s new, we’ve got a full rundown on all you need to know about Fortnite Chapter 2 Remix....

EVO 2023 hits attendance record as line goes literally out the door EVO 2023 broke its record for most signups for the Las Vegas fighting game tournament, which has led directly to one of the biggest lines ever seen for the event in general. EVO 2023,the biggest fighting game tournament in the world, has opened its doors to welcome in the first players for morning pool play and spectators looking to watch and see what the venue has to offer....

The sunny disposition of the Big Blue Boy Scout is often the image we see in our mind’s eye when envisioning DC’s fictional urban sprawl of Metropolis being looked after by its Kryptonian hero. Clark Kent, or Kal-El as he was named on his home world of Krypton, might be Superman — a hero who is known for being ultra strong, nearly indestructible, and faster than a speeding bullet — but it’s ultimately his world within Metropolis that defines him....

Image-recognition programs are trained using databases of millions of photographs manually tagged in order to teach the computer to spot different objects. But Facebook has an interesting database of images already at its fingertips: Instagram. During the F8 conference, the social media giantshared how the company trained an artificial intelligence image recognitionsystem by using a combination of public Instagram photos and hashtags. Labeling an image manually to build a database of millions of photos is a time-consuming process, particularly when getting down to the specific details like a species of a bird rather than just labeling “bird....

Some people love the idea ofself-driving cars, while other people find the conceptterrifying or creepy. A new survey has revealed that the biggest difference between these groups is not whether or not they think self-driving cars are cool, or how open they are to new technology in general, but rather whether they believe machines can outperform humans in driving tasks specifically. The researchers surveyed 404 participants through the Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing website, collecting information on their demographics as well as their opinions about self-driving cars....

Showtime has been delivering solid hits since the early 2000s. Frompopular modern television masterpieceslikeMad MenandYellowjacketsto underrated gems likeThe Big Cand gone-too-soon comedies likeUnited States of Tara, Showtime’s programming has something for everyone. This November, its strongest bet is the historical romanceFellow Travelers, from the mind ofHomeland‘s Ron Nyswaner. Based on the 2007 novel by Thomas Mallon, the show begins in 1950s Washington at the height of McCarthyism. The main plot revolves around the romance between two men, war hero and Washington star Hawkins Fuller and young and idealistic Catholic boy Tim Laughlin....

Summary TheGenshin Impact4.8 livestream is approaching and, with it, confirmation on several rumors and leaks about the upcoming patch, as well as a deep-dive into the gameplay kit for Emilie, a character that has already been confirmed by developer HoYoverse. Livestreams are special events held by HoYoverse ahead of the release of a patch with the intention to showcase most of the new playable content arriving in the update, as well as other fixes to the game – and even teases, like the one showcasing details about therelease of Natlan inGenshin Impact’s 4....