New Overwatch 2 heroes will now be available for everyone, no Battle Pass required

What you need to know During the first Overwatch 2 developer update of 2024, game director Aaron Keller outlined changes players could expect to see soon.  New Overwatch 2 heroes will now be available for everyone, without being locked behind a Battle Pass or having to complete extensive challenges.  Blizzard Entertainment is also planning on […]

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Big Helldivers 2 balance changes are on the way, so hopefully everyone can stop arguing about meta loadouts soon

What you need to know In the weeks following Helldivers 2’s launch, the game’s “meta” — the best armor, weapons, and stratagems to use — has settled. Though you can use anything you want and be successful in the first five or six of Helldivers 2’s difficulty tiers, things get more complicated in the higher […]

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Signal to rollout usernames to everyone very soon

In November 2023, Signal started testing usernames for accounts on Signal in the pre-beta version of the instant messaging service’s Android, iOS, and PC applications. Now, the company has announced that it will make the feature available in the stable version of the Signal app for those platforms in the coming weeks. At the moment, […]

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Minecraft continues to push for a friendlier internet with new free educational map for everyone

What you need to know Minecraft: Education Edition boasts dozens of interactive educational lessons focusing on a wide variety of topics, and many come to Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, too. Mojang Studios has released a new map in its Cyber Safe collection dubbed ‘Good Game,’ and it focuses on digital wellbeing in online communities. The hour-long […]

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The Division 2 Project Resolve is going to make big changes to weapons, gear, and loot to make the game more fun for everyone

What you need to know Project Resolve is the huge quality of life upgrade that Ubisoft is making to The Division 2, detailed today by the game’s developer, Massive.  As part of the upgrades, there will be a number of buffs to weapons and gear sets.  Loot crates in the open world will also, finally, […]

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Jennifer Doudna Believes Crispr Is for Everyone

It’s been a monumental year for Crispr, the molecular tool scientists use to edit genetic material. This November, the United Kingdom authorized the first medical treatment using Crispr gene editing, giving people with sickle cell disease new opportunities to receive a one-time therapy to prevent episodes of terrible pain. This week, the US Food and […]

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Galaxy S24 wallapers leak, may or may not impress everyone

We recently saw hints of what the wallpapers on the Galaxy S24 lineup could look like, thanks to leaked images of the upcoming Galaxy Book 4 series of laptops. The Galaxy Book 3 and the Galaxy S23 series shared the same basic wallpaper design earlier this year, so it stands to reason that the same […]

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I bought Diablo 4 four times, and now here is Blizzard letting everyone play free for the whole week on Steam

What you need to know Blizzard has announced that from today, November 21 through to November 28 Diablo will be completely free to play on Steam. The game is Steam Deck verified, and if you already own the game on another platform, your character and progress will crossover seamlessly.  There is currently a Mother’s Blessings […]

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Nearly Everyone With Mild Cognitive Impairment Goes Undiagnosed

Millions of people over the age of 65 likely have mild cognitive impairment, or MCI—minor problems with memory or decisionmaking that can, over time, turn into dementia. But a pair of recent studies both concluded that 92 percent of people experiencing MCI in the United States are not getting diagnosed at an early stage, preventing […]

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dBrand and Novelkeys are selling an ESC key that stabs you, and at long last, an Enter key that tells everyone where to go

What you need to know Dbrand has just launched its own mechanical keycaps, and they are as quirky as you would expect. Distributed through NovelKeys, there are two keycaps. An ESC key shaped like a pyramid that draws blood, and an Enter key that states ‘Fuck off. The keys are priced at $60 and $40 […]

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Everyone Was Wrong About Why Cats Purr

Feline researchers have long believed that purring is produced by voluntary muscle contractions, but a new report indicates that this vibration in the larynx of cats may be explained by the myoelastic aerodynamic theory of phonation. Studies on the complex action that produces a unique vibration in the larynx of cats—known as purring to most […]

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The Xbox October Update is bringing keyboard mapping to controllers and easier clip editing to everyone

What you need to know Every month, Xbox releases a new ecosystem update with new features and improvements. The Xbox October Update for 2023 is now rolling out to all users, with two headlining changes. First, the keyboard mapping to controllers announced earlier this month is officially here. Xbox is also making it easier to […]

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Lee Jae-yong urged everyone to keep innovating during his visit to Samsung’s next-gen R&D campus

Yesterday, October 19, Samsung Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong visited the construction site of the next-generation semiconductor R&D complex at the Giheung campus in South Korea. The leader inspected the construction site and held a management meeting with other Samsung executives, some of whom attended through video conferencing as they were overseas. The management meeting took […]

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Undervolting Steam Decks will soon be possible for everyone, but why bother?

What you need to know Valve added a new SteamOS 3.5.1 firmware update to its opt-in Preview branch for owners to optionally install. Besides a slew of fixes, dedicated undervolting controls were added to the Steam Deck BIOS alongside a CMOS reset function to restore default values. Undervolting the CPU, GPU, and SoC in a […]

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New Spotify Jam feature lets everyone contribute to what’s playing on the speaker

Spotify has introduced a new feature on the music streaming platform and it’s called Jam. In a blog post, the company says that it is a “personalized, real-time listening session for your group to tune into together”. Jam enables you to invite other people on Spotify to a queue of songs who can add tracks […]

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Microsoft removing third-party printer drivers from Windows Update benefits everyone

What you need to know Microsoft announces an end to servicing legacy v3 and v4 Windows printer drivers via Windows Update, to be completed in 2027. Manufacturers will subsequently need to provide third-party drivers via brand-specific support portals. With a first-party Microsoft IPP Class Driver, printers will function on modern versions of Windows without extra […]

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My favorite Microsoft Edge feature is now rolling out to everyone

What you need to know An update that just shipped to Microsoft Edge adds two significant features. The browser now supports Microsoft Edge for Business, which is a designated mode aimed at professional use. The option to detach the Edge Sidebar and have it live on the Windows desktop also rolls out with the recent […]

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Everyone Was Wrong About Antipsychotics

Next, Parker wondered how general this effect is. Most antipsychotics developed over the past 70 years stick to dopamine receptors, but a new generation binds to other sites, like acetylcholine receptors. Might these new drugs still be doing something to D1 neurons indirectly? Parker’s team picked three promising new drugs—all in the final clinical trials […]

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15 features everyone should know in Windows 11 for this back-to-school season

Windows 11 includes many features to help you stay productive and focus on any task you have to accomplish, especially for schoolwork, and in this guide, you will learn 15 features that everyone should use this back-to-school season. For instance, the operating system offers features to organize your work and stay focused with Focus, Do […]

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Windows 11’s next big update is rolling out to everyone

What you need to know July’s Patch Tuesday update ships with Windows 11’s Moment 3 features. The security update for Windows 11 patches 132 flaws. The update doesn’t fix one of the RCE flaws that attackers have been exploiting. Microsoft recently released July’s Patch Tuesday update (KB5028185), finally availing the Moment 3 features on Windows […]

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