Expanding out into space was never going to be easy, but it turned out to be difficult enough that when a savior promised peace, humanity ignored all previous experience and believed what it wanted to hear. The Great Prophet promised the Circle could bring harmony and end the wars, starvation and diseases that made life in space so precarious, and it didn’t hurt that the prophet had joined with the Faceless, a near-mystical race that could bring forth dark abilities in the Circle’s followers to scour the galaxy clean of any dissent....

A full, final build of Android 8.0 Oreo is due to be released for the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ around the end of January and following a leaked early build, it seems the new software will bring with it support for Dolby Atmos audio. The leaked version of Android Oreo with Dolby Atmos is, for now at least, for the Snapdragon 835-powered Galaxy S8 models and it is also claimed to be a stable build....

It was just two weeks ago thatSaurik(Jay Freeman)released an official update for Cydia Substratewith full support for theunc0verjailbreak on iOS 11, but as you might have noticed,there’ve been some issues surrounding the release. Cydia Substrate has received several updates since the initial release, primarily to fix ‘freezing’ and ‘respringlooping’ issues that some users experienced after updating, but older handsets like theiPhone 5sandiPhone 6continued to exhibit unexplained instability. Fortunately, Saurik has our backs....

Every time you runCivilization 7on PC, you’ll see an option to run it in DX12 (DirectX12) or Vulkan. Both are different APIs designed to do the same thing – help improve performance by utilizing the hardware more efficiently. Most if not all games have either DX11/DX12 or Vulkan options to run their games. For Civilization 7, what should you choose for the best performance? The Difference Between Running Civilization 7 on DirectX12 and Vulkan Both APIs are designed to make your games run more efficiently by pushing aside the OS and letting the hardware focus on running the game smoothly....

While it’s exciting to be able to take yourself into Street Fighter 6 via your own avatar, the series has lasted over the decades due to the enduring characters we’ve played over the decades. Whether you prefer Ryu, Chun-Li, or another of the returning characters, it’s great to see they’ve all had a bit of a makeover. However, each character has a classic or alternative costume available in Street Fighter 6, so read on if you want to know how to unlock them....

Apple is shaking up the App Store, but what about its OS X counterpart? Sure, the new subscription terms extend to iOS, tvOS and OS X apps, but what’s Apple going to do, if anything, in order to make the Mac App Store a more attractive venue for Mac software distribution? We should find out what’s next for the Mac App Store next week at WWDC. In the meantime, here’s what developers are disliking about it,basedon a DevMate survey which polled about 700 Mac developers....

After a series of delays, Tesla’s Robotaxi reveal is finally upon us and will be held in Los Angeles, California on Oct. 10. The company is expected to hold the event a Warner Bros. Studio’s film lot, and sightings of a small fleet of Tesla vehicles, as well as some heavily camouflaged potential Robotaxi prototypes, have popped up in and around the campus. Tesla shareholders, fans, and analysts will be anxiously watching the reveal for any glimpse of updates on the so-calledModel 2, which, if rumors are to be believed, is all but scrapped as Tesla refocuses resources and attention on the Robotaxi project....

Choosing the best CPU cooler for your next build isn’t easy. Between liquid and air options, a variety of different form factors, and differences in performance, it’s important to choose a cooler that will keep your processor at a reasonable temperature. There is no one-size-fits-all option. To help narrow down your search, we’ve compiled a list of CPU coolers that will keep every processor nice and cool, including some of thetop CPUs....

After years of restricting emulation apps from entering its App Store, Apple finally opened the floodgates to the software category earlier this month. The first high-profile app to hit the ground runningwas Delta, which features the ability to emulate a slew of classic Nintendo systems. One of the developers of the emulator, Riley Testut,took to Threadsover the weekend to confirm the active development of an iPad-optimized version of the app....

The Last of Ussecond season is ready for 2025. The continuation to the live action version hypes up fans by hinting at plot points with a poster. The Last of Us Season 2 Will Premiere on Max in 2025 Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey are set to reprise their respective roles as Joel and Ellie in the second season of “The Last of Us.” The new episodes, once again led by Craig Mazin and Neill Druckmann, the creator of Naughty Dog’s apocalyptic story, are ready to arrive on Max in 2025....

Sony today debuted atIFA 2022the Xperia 5 IV, a new compact smartphone. Like all of Sony’s smartphones, the company highlights its camera capabilities with a laser-sharp focus on its videography features. It goes on sale in Europe and the U.S. at the end of September and October respectively. The Xperia 5 IV ships with a compact 6.1-inch OLED display capable of a 120HZ refresh for smooth scrolling and 240Hz Motion blur reduction for gaming....

This ‘criminal’ prison burrito hack has TikTok divided Tommy Winkler, a food TikToker that goes known as‘The Food Guy’has a bit of a cult following on the platform, with over 580 million likes at the date of this article being published. However, he has divided his fans with this video, showing how to make a burrito in prison. Using a bag of hot cheetos, a pack of ramen, and a cured sausage, Winkler makes a ‘burrito’ that has his viewers divided....

VIA EPIA-T700 Is First 6x6cm Mobile-ITX ‘Board Remember VIA’sMobile-ITX form factor, the 6 x 6 cm board format announced back in December 2009? Back then the computer-on-system module was more about proof of concept than production product; that’s all changed with the VIAEPIA-T700, packing a specially-miniturized 1GHz VIA Eden ULV processor, 512MB of RAM and VIA Chrome9 DX9 GPU.Video demo after the cut There’s also a companion carrier I/O board onto which the T700 drops, in case the onboard LCD/CRT connection isn’t enough display flexibility....