The Earth Will Feast on Dead Cicadas

Much like an unexpected free dinner will distract you from the leftovers sitting in your fridge, this summer’s cicada emergence will turn predators away from their usual prey. During the 2021 Brood X emergence, Zoe Getman-Pickering, a scientist in Lill’s research group, found that as birds swooped in on cicadas, caterpillar populations exploded. Spared from […]

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Red Dead Redemption 2, à la suprise générale, Rockstar publie la mise à jour 1.32, quoi de neuf ?

Red Dead Redemption 2 Rockstar Games surprend la communauté des joueurs de Red Dead Redemption 2. Une nouvelle mise à jour se déploie aprés deux ans de silence. Elle apporte quelques nouveautés et corrige des bugs. Cette mise à jour s’attarde sur le moteur du jeu. Bien que surprenante elle n’apporte pas de nouveau contenu. […]

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Several fake Helldivers 2 scam listings appear on Steam in the dead of night, prompting Arrowhead to call in 500kg bomb-sized takedowns

What you need to know In the late hours of Thursday evening, two fake Helldivers 2 listings with discounted prices went up on Steam as scammers attempted to make money off the popularity of Arrowhead Game Studios’ hit third-person co-op shooter. Luckily, Arrowhead was able to quickly work with Valve to address the situation, resulting […]

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One of the first Xbox Play Anywhere games is back from the dead — ‘Gigantic’ has been officially resurrected, and we played it!

What you need to know Gigantic was a former Xbox and PC exclusive free-to-play third-person multiplayer shooter with heavy “MOBA” leanings, blending sensibilities of games like Team Fortress 2 and SMITE.  The game was one of the first native Windows 8.1 store “core” PC titles, complete with the earliest version of the “Xbox Play Anywhere” […]

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My iPad will not turn on: How to fix a dead device

You press your iPad’s power button (the sleep/wake button), and nothing happens. There’s no apple logo. Your screen locks off. And you quickly learn that your iPad will not turn on. If your iPad shows a black screen and will not turn on when you press any button, you might think that your iPad is broken […]

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Minecraft Legends’ latest update confirmed to be its last — Mojang’s latest experiment is dead

What you need to know Minecraft Legends is a unique action-strategy spin-off developed by Mojang Studios and Blackbird Interactive. It was released on Apr. 18, 2023, but several issues led to a sudden drop-off in interest from the community. Mojang has continued to update Legends since then with quality-of-life fixes and new content, but has […]

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The Suicide Squad may already be dead, with Kill the Justice League game previews not looking so good

What you need to know Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is an upcoming live service, open-world action-shooter from Rocksteady Studios, the creators of the Batman: Arkham trilogy. Suicide Squad: KtJL has already been the center of backlash in the past, but recent previews haven’t shown a ton of improvement. Multiple outlets have expressed uncertainty […]

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The E3 gaming convention is now officially dead forever

What you need to know E3 is going away forever.  The gaming convention once provided a glimpse at what was next from across the entire industry.  Things had been going downhill for E3 for the last few years, with lower attendance and a seeming inability to pivot after the COVID-19 pandemic.  E3, a trade show […]

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Two of EA’s best games in years are 90% OFF right now with Xbox Game Pass, including the Dead Space remake!

When I stumbled onto this deal, I had trouble believing it was real for a moment. Two of EA’s best games in literal years — and brand-new 2023 releases to boot — discounted by a staggering 90% off on Xbox? It’s real, though, and I know because I immediately bought both of these games even […]

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Grand Theft Auto 5 has sold around 190 million copies, Red Dead Redemption 2 over 57 million copies sold

What you need to know Take-Two Interactive shared its financial results for the Q2 FY24 period ending Sep. 30, 2023.  The publisher reported $1.44 billion in net bookings, down 4% year-over-year.  Grand Theft Auto 5 has now sold approximately 190 million copies, up around 5 million from the prior quarter. A trailer for the next […]

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Google Glass could be coming back from the dead

In January 2022, The Verge claimed that Google was working on an AR headset with the codename “Project Iris.” Almost one and a half years later, in June 2023, a report from Business Insider said that this project was a plan to build smart glasses and that it had been cancelled, just like the company […]

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Dead Space is coming to Xbox Game Pass this month, just in time for Halloween

Microsoft has revealed the games that are coming to Xbox Game Pass this month. The list includes some of the most popular titles in the market that people have been requesting for a long time, and this might just be what you need to make Halloween even better. Among the games that are arriving on […]

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Xbox Game Pass is getting Cities Skylines 2, Jusant, Dead Space remake, and more

What you need to know Several new games are coming to Xbox Game Pass over the remainder of October 2023.  These include the Dead Space remake, which is available for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play members.  There’s also Cities Skylines 2 for PC Game Pass users, as well as Jusant, Mineko’s Night Market, […]

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How Neuralink Keeps Dead Monkey Photos Secret

Davis has released hundreds of pages of emails, contractual documents, memos, and other veterinary records detailing the public university’s work for Neuralink between 2018 and 2020. The descriptions of botched surgeries and the suffering of the subjects was enough to provoke media investigations and coax comments of concern from a handful of lawmakers. Hundreds of […]

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Old Xbox One, PC exclusive ‘Gigantic’ may be back from the dead, at least according to this email

What you need to know Gigantic was an exclusive Xbox One and Windows 8.1 / 10 MOBA.  While fun, the game didn’t set the world on fire, and the developer sadly shuttered the game not long after launch.  Gearbox of Borderlands fame picked up the IP some time later, and may be gearing up to […]

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iPhone 15 Pro owners report dead NFC modules after using wireless charging in their BMWs

Apple acknowledged that the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max suffer from overheating issues and pointed the finger at a bug in iOS 17. A fix is in the works, but a new issue has surfaced – wireless charging might be damaging the NFC module. There are only a few isolated incidents reported for […]

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The Xbox Series X ‘Brooklin’ refresh is dead to me without this feature

Wow, what a day to be an Xbox fan, huh? The leak-a-palooza of documents coming out of the Microsoft vs FTC court case without any sort of redaction is opening a lot of eyes. One of the more interesting, and closer to happening, leaks concerns ‘Brooklin’, aka the mid-cycle Xbox Series X refresh.  It looks […]

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HoloLens for the US military isn’t dead, thanks to ‘next phase’ approval

What you need to know The US Army has approved the next development phase for version 1.2 of Microsoft’s militarized HoloLens headset known as IVAS. Evaluation of the entry was done by soldiers with 1st Battalion, the Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. The development team is currently exploring ways to […]

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Read Dead Redemption arrive sur Switch, pourquoi c’est l’occasion parfaite de (re)découvrir ce classique

Read Dead Redemption a le droit à une ressortie sur Switch et PS4, l’occasion idéale de redécouvrir le chef d’œuvre de Rockstar. Si le portage est d’excellente facture, son prix élevé fait en revanche grincer des dents. Nous avons pu le prendre en main sur les deux consoles, voici nos impressions. Red Dead Redemption est […]

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Surface Duo is (effectively) dead, but you can get a Samsung Galaxy Fold 5 instead

What you need to know Samsung launched its Galaxy Z Flip 5, Galaxy Z Fold 5, Galaxy Tab S9 family of tablets, and Galaxy Watch 6 today. The new Galaxy devices have launch-day offers, such as trade-ins, and many of them come with other perks like Microsoft 365 and YouTube Premium. Many Surface Duo owners […]

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