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We’ll highlight what’s new with the second-generation smart speaker, including a number of smart home goodies. The HomePod Is Back In a press release, Apple announced the return of the second-generation HomePod. On the outside, the new model looks almost identical to the original with a mesh fabric exterior and a backlit touch surface on the top. But there are a number of notable improvements inside. The speaker is powered by the faster S7 chip found in the latest Apple Watch models....

Apple’s latest M1 chip marks a new generation of Mac computers in which a single chip takes care of both graphics and computing tasks, thus drastically cutting down on power expenditure and price tag. In this article, we’ll explore the specifics of Apple’s M1 chip and what it means for everyday consumers. Here’s everything you need to know about the new M1 chip by Apple. It All Started With AMD’s APU For the longest time, if you wanted to enjoy 3D games, you had to buy a discrete graphics card in addition to the CPU....

The split is the result of tensions which have been rising between the companies ever since the Epic Games Store was launched. The short argument is that Epic Games violated both Google and Apple’s terms of service by allowing players to purchase V-bucks directly from its store at a discount, thus undercutting and denying the app store its 30% cut of the sale. Epic Games argues the clause it supposedly violated is itself in violation of antitrust laws....

Developers paid $500 to lease the special Developer Transition Kit desktop Macs back in 2020, after Apple announced the DTK Macs’ availability at that year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). They were intended to help developers prepare apps for the transition from Intel-based Macs to Apple Silicon M1 Macs, sporting Apple’s own-designed chips. DTK Macs Were a Preview of Apple Silicon “Now that the new MacBook Air, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro powered by the Apple M1 chip are available, you’ll need to return the Developer Transition Kit (DTK) that was loaned to you as part of the program....

Why Is My Apple Watch Not Registering When I Stand? There are many different reasons why your Apple Watch isn’t registering you standing. It’s important to troubleshoot why it occurs to figure out how to fix the issue. Typically, the reason is often quite simple. You’re not standing for long enough. The Stand feature only recognizes when you’ve been standing for one minute. It won’t detect it if you stand up for a brief length of time....

No. 2 Michigan lost to Iowa, No. 3 Clemson lost to Pittsburgh and No. 4 Washington lost to USC. To put that in perspective, the last time three of the top four teams all suffered a defeat on the same day happened in 1985, when No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Oklahoma and No. 4 Arkansas lost to No. 1 Iowa, Miami and Texas, respectively. MORE: Good luck figuring out CFP rankings...

RELATED: Apex Legends: 10 Best Tactical Skills, Ranked How exactly can players reliably get the weapons they need if they don’t have the time to choose? Thing is, players shouldn’t choose a weapon depending on its name or type. Rather, players should choose their weapons for the match depending on their specific needs. 10 Get To Know The Classics Gamers who play it safe will avoid early-game confrontations in hot zones by dropping in nondescript areas on the map....

Every Apex Legends season has introduced a new character, but few have remained so popular. For example, Wattson (season 2), Crypto (season 3), and Rampart (season 6) often find themselves at the bottom of season 10’s pick rate. Octane, on the other hand, is super popular, rivaling and even surpassing Seer within the first weeks of season 10. RELATED: Apex Legends Season 10 Weapon Tier List For the first few weeks of a season, it’s an understatement how popular the new character is....

Whenever a player launches Apex Legends, they are usually greeted by an announcement screen. These announcements usually revolve around the latest events, new Apex maps or Legends, as well as details about any deals going on in the in-game store. RELATED: Itch.io is Offering Over 700 Indie for $5 to Support Racial Justice and Equality However, players will now be met with a very different announcement when they load the game....

Apex Legends has come a long way since its release in 2019 and has grown to be one of the top battle royale titles in gaming today. Throughout its 15 seasons, the game has undergone many changes with new characters, maps, weapons, and interesting cosmetics being added regularly while building on its Titanfall-based lore. Although, these changes don’t always work in the game’s favor. For example, the developers had to recently roll back an update that accidentally nerfed Horizon’s Gravity lift tactical ability....

In a post on Instagram, a cosplayer known as sarenji revealed a new cosplay of Caustic from Apex Legends. This cosplay is especially interesting as it reveals what a female version of Legend would look like. In the collection of photos from the creator, she is seen in the character’s iconic yellow overalls. To help complete the look, the cosplayer attached a number of gas canisters to the outfit along with wearing the Legend’s gas mask....

What’s perhaps interesting about the third-person mode is how this Apex Legends Mobile feature can change the way the game works due to how this visual component can alter the likes of exploration and aim at the map. What else should players take note of with this Apex Legends Mobile feature? 7 Getting Into Third-Person Mode Before deep-diving into what the third-person mode can offer to Apex Legends Mobile players, it may help to identify just how to switch into the mode first....

The popular battle royale Apex Legends has grown its roster to a fairly decent size. With the recent new legend Catalyst being added, the game has nineteen unique legends to choose from, with each legend having their own set of abilities, including an ultimate ability that has powerful effects. For example, Octane’s ultimate allows him to deploy a jump pad that anyone can use to launch themselves a good distance into the air....

Season 9 of the first-person shooter will begin on May 4, 2021, and Respawn already announced Valkyrie as the new Legend for Apex Legends last week. More details are coming out today, including the information about the Peacekeeper shotgun returning from the care package to the ground. RELATED: Apex Legends Streamer ShivFPS Banned from Twitch When Apex Legends released two years ago, the Peacekeeper was a standard ground loot weapon, and a favorite one at that for many....

Now, Respawn has just released another bit of extended universe lore by way of the Apex Legends: Pathfinder’s Quest lore book. Interestingly, it seems that Respawn has hid a surprise face reveal for Apex Legends’ masked adrenaline junkie, Octane, within the the lore book. RELATED: Apex Legends Could Be Adding Vehicles to Other Maps Though the Pathfinder’s Quest lore book naturally center’s around everyone’s favorite friendly robot, it seems that some other Legends may also get some additional lore if this Octane reveal is anything to go off of....

March 4, 2019 will mark the one month completion of Apex Legends as the game was revealed and released on February 4, 2019. Recently, it was officially announced that Apex Legends will have a total of 4 seasons this year, with each season of the game will have a month difference between them. Apex Legends Season 1 is slated to release in the coming month of March. While the release date was not yet officially revealed by the developers, we speculated it to be within the first two weeks of March 2019....

Evo Shields are a relatively new addition to Apex Legends that start off worse than basic white body shields but get progressively stronger the more damage players inflict on opponents. After the System Override event earlier this year, Evo Shields are still in Apex Legends and are moving toward becoming an integral part of the game. Ever since their introduction, Evo Shields have been considered a powerful part of the metagame and utilized by many players....

Total online players registered for the game. The number of concurrent players playing the game. Apex Legends even crossed Fortnite battle royale in terms of total hours watched on Twitch. Every day we saw the developers bragging about their achievements. The whole battle royale community was awed by the sudden release of a battle royale title which was not an alpha but a complete game. Also Read, Apex Legends New Game Map, Single Player, Cross-Play and More about the Battle Royale...

As one can imagine, the player with the gun usually took the win over the player who only had their hands and no cover. Luckily, Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment has come out with a hotfix for the exploit and put an end to it before it could potentially ruin the new game type. The developer took to social media to let players know that the hotfix was live, and that the hotfix also cleans up several other glitches Apex Legends suffered as well....

Give the NFL credit for possibly the most creative use of the host city and the iconic venue for Thursday’s first round. It was unclear whether Sylvester Stallone, the namesake of the Rocky series that inspired the statue, was ever considered to do the red-carpet honors. But, as an NFL Network spokesman explained to SI.com on Sunday, they did pull Carl Weathers, who played Rocky’s nemesis-turned-ally-turned-tragic-victim-turned-inspiration-turned-father-of-future-champ. (There, kids, now you know the plot of the first four “Rocky” installments, and the last sequel....