Dragon’s Dogma 2 ‘The Sorcerer’s Appraisal’ maister quest guide: talk to Myrddin, and get the Maelstrom spell

Dragon’s Dogma 2 is here. It’s awesome. It’s also complex. That’s where we come in.  Dragon’s Dogma 2 is an adventure-first action RPG from Capcom, where players take up various fantasy vocations to do battle in a dark medieval world. Every few decades, a Great Dragon arrives, and curses a human being by stealing their […]

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“I’m going to enjoy seeing it bend out of the way that you thought it was going to go.” Halo TV series cast and showrunner talk Season 2, disrupting hierarchies, and the incoming fall of Reach.

“Crisis.” So says David Wiener, new showrunner for Halo The Series Season 2, when I ask him what single word he’d choose to describe this season’s story arc. I recently had the chance to speak with some of the team on Halo The Series Season 2, with actors Bokeem Woodbine (Spider-Man: Homecoming, Fargo, Queen & […]

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This Bree AI Chatbot app has a 4.7-star rating, showing that sometimes all people want is somebody to talk to

Surprisingly, there aren’t many AI-focused apps yet on the Microsoft Store. Maybe Microsoft is dissuading individuals from building custom apps, but the more likely scenario is that most talented developers are working on creating custom GPTs. I wanted to try AI-centered apps and see which ones are worth their gusto. Bree AI stood out because it […]

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Galaxy S24 brings display improvement that Samsung didn’t talk about

Samsung brought massive improvements to the displays with the Galaxy S24 series. The screens on all three phones in the lineup—Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra—are brighter and more power-efficient. The displays can reach a peak brightness of up to 2,600 nits. The screens on the Galaxy S24 and the Galaxy S24+ can […]

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Blizzard’s Overwatch 2 director responds as major upcoming change sends shockwaves through the community: “It was a mistake to talk about this lone change out of context”

What you need to know The Overwatch 2 community got a major shock recently when developer Blizzard announced plans to give tank and damage heroes self-healing in Season 9. This will be a “modified, tuned-down version of the support self-healing passive,” enabling tank and damage heroes to slowly heal after a few seconds of avoiding […]

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Intel’s new Core Series 1 laptop chips ditch all the AI talk, target lower power, more affordable devices

What you need to know Following December’s launch of the new Intel Core Ultra laptop CPUs, the company has unveiled the more mainstream Core U-series.  Targeting lower-power, more affordable laptops, one of the big differences appears to be no NPU for localized handling of AI workflows.  Core U-series will boast up to 10 cores with […]

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The Talk Show Live From WWDC 2023 With Craig Federighi and Others Now Available on YouTube

The Talk Show Live From WWDC 2023 is now available to watch on YouTube. Daring Fireball’s John Gruber discussed the Vision Pro and other WWDC announcements with Apple’s software engineering chief Craig Federighi, hardware engineering chief John Ternus, AR/VR chief Mike Rockwell, and marketing chief Greg Joswiak. [embedded content] The staged interview took place on […]

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Microsoft will talk more about AI, Windows, and ARM at Build 2023 next month

What you need to know The session list for Microsoft Build 2023 is live. It reveals 79 sessions and talks about AI across different Microsoft products. There are also 21 Windows sessions around app development and AI integration The session list for Microsoft’s Build developer conference is live, and perhaps unsurprisingly, it has revealed that […]

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You will soon be able to talk to Google’s AI bot

After Microsoft unveiled a slew of AI-powered features to its search engine Bing, Google is trying to keep up with the pace and recently unveiled its own version of the ChatGPT, named Bard. It wasn’t a smooth launch, but according to Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO, the company is making rapid improvements. For instance, the search […]

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Apple Executives Talk About iPhone 14 Pro’s Dynamic Island in New Interview

In a new interview, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, Craig Federighi, and Apple’s vice president of human interface design, Alan Dye, sat down to discuss the thinking behind the iPhone 14 Pro‘s Dynamic Island and how it was developed. During the interview with the Japanese magazine Axis, Federighi, who oversees the development of […]

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DIZO Watch R Talk and Watch D Talk unveiled with Bluetooth calling

As promised DIZO launched two new smartwatches today, both bearing the “Talk” name – this means that both support Bluetooth calling. They are based on previous DIZO watches by Realme’s TechLife brand, but with some important differences. DIZO Watch R Talk This is the more glamorous of the two and as it happens, it is […]

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Interview: Honor executives talk about road after independence, innovation and key partnerships, foldable phone plans

While we were at IFA Berlin last week, we had the chance to talk to Honor Europe CEO Tony Ran and Honor Western Europe CMO Clement Wong, who shared more on the company’s background and future plans. Honor Europe CEO Tony Ran The discussion included several interesting topics such as the road ahead for Honor […]

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Interview: Honor executives talk about road after independance, innovation and key partnerships, foldable phone plans

While we were at IFA Berlin last week, we had the chance to talk to Honor Europe CEO Tony Ran and Honor Western Europe CMO Clement Wong, who shared more on the company’s background and future plans. Honor Europe CEO Tony Ran The discussion included several interesting topics such as the road ahead for Honor […]

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DIZO Watch R Talk and Watch D Talk are launching on September 7

Realme’s TechLife brand DIZO has announced it will unveil two new smartwatches on September 7 in India at noon local time, dubbed the Watch R Talk and Watch D Talk. The DIZO Watch R Talk appears to be the more expensive of the two. It features a 1.3″ circular AMOLED screen and has voice call […]

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Immortals Fenyx Rising, Immortality, Coffee Talk, and more come to Xbox Game Pass

What you need to know More games are headed to Xbox Game Pass during August 2022.  This includes Ubisoft’s Immortals Fenyx Rising, an RPG where players have to save the Greek gods.  There’s also newly launched games like Coffee Talk and Immortality.  More games are headed to Microsoft’s gaming service, and as usual, there’s a […]

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Let’s talk about the Samsung Galaxy Note series’ retirement a year later

Last year, Samsung’s smartphone business went through one of the most notable restructuring phases when it did away with the Galaxy Note series. It was a tough pill to swallow, given the lineup’s rich legacy, but fast forward to the present day, and it seems like it was the right choice to make. Join us […]

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Let’s talk about the latest Galaxy S22 firmware update

Another month, another security update is upon us, and the Galaxy S22 flagship series was one of the first to receive it. Today we’re taking a closer look at the new August 2022 security patch for the Galaxy S22 Ultra in a new video. Join us below for details, and feel free to refer to […]

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A new video is up! Let’s talk about Samsung’s leaked One UI 5 beta update

Samsung’s One UI 5 public beta program seems to be just around the corner and could kick off by the end of the month. Meanwhile, a recent leak gave us our first look at the upcoming firmware, and there are plenty of new features over which Samsung fans can get excited. Today we’re taking another […]

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New videos are out! Let’s talk Galaxy Z Flip 4 leaks and ISOCELL HP3 specs

The past few weeks have been quite interesting for Samsung fans. New exciting details about the company’s upcoming products emerged through official and unofficial channels alike. And today, we’re recapping the high points — including Galaxy Z Flip 4 leaks and official ISOCELL HP3 news — in a couple of new YouTube videos, which you […]

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