Genshin Impact is a live service game that obtains updates every six weeks, thereby allowing players to look forward to a consistent schedule. But mitigating circumstances might result in the delay of the upcoming version on Genshin Impact, with so many rumours as well as speculations spreading about forthcoming updates getting delayed because of the ongoing pandemic.
Fans initially found that a travelling merchant event will take place from May 6 to May 13, after the Leyline event, which will double the total number of rewards that you will get from Leyline challenges. But this Leyline event was original and will be the final event of Version 2.6.
In addition, this leak also implies that HoYo verse is making a strategy for a re-run banner of Arataki ltto and Xiao as a banner to surge the gap between the versions 2.6 and 2.7. This can also explain why Battle pass experience needs were diminished in the game version 2.7 beta test, as players will have less time for completing the pass because of delay.
Leakers and the players identically reasoned this delay because of the pandemic in Shanghai, China, where Hoyo Verse headquarters is present. But till now, no official news has come from the company about delays, so keep in mind for taking these rumours with a grain of salt.
There will be no more porting of No More Heroes to PlayStation, PC, and Xbox. Publisher XSEED Games made an announcement of the product on Friday. The port will be released in Fall 2022 with enhanced HD visuals, fast loading times, and framerates.
No more Heroes is notoriously over any top franchise, consistently reinventing itself and making new stakes. Anyone can pick no more Heroes 3 and play it without requiring to enter into other main games. Players often take strong control of the Travis Touchdown, an Otaku Hero who earned a beam katana in an auction and then became a master assassin. Travis needs to fight off the alien invasion to protect their hometown from interplanetary warlord Prince FU.
Our favorite otaku assassin returns! Travis Touchdown has been forced out of retirement to defend not only Santa Destroy, but Earth itself! Bring on the beam katana and take on Travis' toughest challenge yet in #NoMoreHeroes3, coming this fall to PS4, PS5, Xbox, and PC! pic.twitter.com/kdEJnonUd5
Polygon’s review of No More Heroes 3 said it is fascinating and an off-kilter game, and despite all mechanical problems, it is stuffed with some amazing touches that are fun taking in the vibes.
In Fall 2022, a Physical No More Heroes 3 Day 1 edition for consoles will be released, including a CD, artbook, and license plate of the biker. Later on, more information on the digital release will be announced.
Apple is working on nine new Macs that feature its imminent M2 processors, as per Bloomberg Mark Gurman. Many rumors came about Apple releasing the Mac Studio and its statement that the M1 Ultra will be the last chip in its existing generation lineup.
Bloomberg is not predicting the studio replacement, but it reports that most of the Mac models will get an upgradation. According to Gurman, there is evidence of an M2-powered MacBook Air with a ten core GPU in contrast to all previous predictions that a redesigning Air would still have an M1 and an entry-level M2 MacBook pro with all the exact specifications. The 14 and 16-inch MacBook also makes an appearance in addition to the new Mac Mini and Mac Pro, which are all next-generation Apple silicon.
A Mac mini with an existing generation M1 Pro also cropped up, even though it is difficult to predict whether it is good to introduce in the market with Mac Studio. The high-end machines will have M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, with the Max having 12 CPU cores and 38 graphics cores. Unfortunately, Bloomberg did not include any details about the breakdown of effectiveness and other performance cores. The M2 Pro also shows an option for Mac Mini, and Gurman predicted that the Mac Pro would have an inheritor to the M1 Ultra.
Interestingly, the initial MacBook Pro might stick around and still barely discriminated from the Air. However, it is predicted that Apple will gradually discontinue its 13-inch mode as it seems like an unnecessary medium between the Air and the 14-inch pro. It is also confused about its touch bar, and it is still in doubt whether its successor will have one of it or not.
According to Gurman, all this information came from developer logs, which showed that Apple has been testing all of its new computers by using third-party apps. While it is not hard to predict that Apple will be working on its next generation of chips, it is pretty exciting to observe evidence of their existence out in the wild and obtain all details. You will not have to wait long for an official announcement of these computers. Bloomberg reported that “a minimum two Macs” will launch towards the middle of the year. You might not know that WWDC will be on the calendar for June 6th.
WhatsApp will now facilitate large group chats for definite topics or communities like schools or apartment buildings.
WhatsApp is adding new features that will allow users to increase their friend circle or grow to dislike their circle of friends. It is the dealer’s choice. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the planned feature known as communities in a post on Facebook, conveying that messaging is now a primary part of our digital lives for deeper interaction.
Zuckerberg said that “these communities rolled out to some of the WhatsApp users, and it will be completely available for all users in upcoming months. ” The new application feature facilitates users to make posts in selected group chats devoted to some specified communities or organizations. But like regular WhatsApp conversations, you will not get access to the phone numbers of all in the chat. Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp, said in an interview with The Verge that all communications would remain encrypted for the name of the chat and its predominant community.
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This new feature of Whatsapp is like Nextdoor, Facebook messenger, and Slack, all three rolled into one feature. Meta gave some examples in its recent announcement post where multiple varied chats were present in the same apartment building. Another example showed work-based chats for various teams under the umbrella of a benevolent id group. Similarly, one picture shows a group of school parents with chat rooms dedicated to kids of various grades.
According to the post published, these communities will make it very easy for a school principal to bring every parent of the school together for sharing all must-read updates and set up groups about specified classes, voluntary requirements, and extracurricular activities.
For anyone who has spent some time with parents groups on Facebook, you can expect abuse, misinformation, and name-calling, same as any online community where kids are involved. In a Facebook post, Zuckerberg said that community messaging would have all basic protocols like one-to-one messaging and more extensions. So it is easy to communicate with groups of people for doing all things together. He further added that features on WhatsApp will soon be transferred to Instagram and Facebook.
Furthermore, the post also showed that it would allow 2GB of file sharing, emoji reactions, 32-person audio calls, and admins ability to delete posts. All these new features will be available over time. But it has not been mentioned either in the post or by Zuckerberg about the complete timeline about how the feature will get integrated into all existing applications or they will allow the already existing group chats to grow into communities chats.
Google has secretly launched a one-of-its-kind app for iOS. According to a recent report published on 9To5Google, the app can be downloaded free of cost and can be used for seamlessly transferring data from iPhones to Android devices. Google has named the app “Switch to Android” based on the work it has been designed to perform.
The app will work wirelessly, which means you’ll not need to connect the two devices using a cable for transferring data.
The App store describes the Switch to Android app by Google as an application meant for moving crucial data types such as calendar events, contact, videos, and photos securely and quickly to a new Android phone/tablet without using any fussy cable.
Here, it must be noted that the list of transferable data doesn’t include messages. This means you will not be allowed to transfer messages using this app. However, the app will explain the method of turning off iMessage, which will ensure that the user doesn’t miss texts sent by family and friends.
The 9To5google report claims that the Switch to Android app is categorized as an unlisted application. As a result, users will not find it on their iPhone’s App Store. Even Google has not yet made it clear when they are planning to make the app available officially on the App Store. For now, the app can only be downloaded using a direct link.
In the official PSN Status Page of PlayStation, you can now find listing of all online services as up and running. If you log in to PSN on your PlayStation device, you can easily engage with all online services.
PlayStation didn’t acknowledged the momentary outage that lasted only for less than one hour. PlayStation network is down at present.
As per the reports from the owners of the PlayStation updated both online as well as on the PlayStation Status Page, PSN is going through some kind of technical difficulties. The sister site of IGN Down Detector has shown that there were more than 13000 reports of outages with the PSN since 4pm PT.
As per the official PlayStation Network Status Tracker, all service right from account management, PlayStation Now, PSN Store to Online Gaming are experiencing some or the other kind of problems.
Till now no official news on why such an outage occurred or till how long it will be there until and unless all services comes back to normal.
Keep on checking IGN where you will get the update on when the services will resume.
DuckDuckGo, popular for its privacy-based search engine launched its privacy-based search engine for Mac OS as a substitute to Google Chrome or Safari. Back in December 2021, it had announced that it was developing a fast and private browser for desktop. This new app will allow Mac users for surfing the web and avoid data collectors.
It has been built from beginning to pay attention to your privacy without any complex settings to go through. Now Mac owners can easily experience what it looks like after beta release of DuckDuckGo for Mac.
In this new browser you will experience DuckDuckGo built in search engine, email shield, fire button for single click data clearing, cookie pop-up defense as one of the standard features that is available after you install it. The browser also make use of Smart Protection System of the company, which implies you will visit encrypted version of website frequently by default. More than 80% of all clicks will make use of encrypted acquaintances depending on performance of the mobile app.
The browsing experience will be fast as DuckDuckGo claims it’s already fast than chrome on some of the graphics performing benchmark while utilizing 60% less data as it blocks a lot of trackers inevitably. It does not offer bookmarks, management of tab, password manager and extra privacy features when you want to fine tune all protection.
A snooping bug impacts some of the pixel owners where the ringtone, notification sound, and alarm sound is changing randomly on Google devices. As a result, many reports are coming where users can hear sounds that are different from the ones they have set when they are getting a call, alert, or any notification. It is pretty disturbing and might cause you not to think of even checking your phone.
Some random sounds are like the files that the end-users cannot select by using the sound selector. The bug also impacted the Pixel 6 Pro unit, which the users use over at 9 to 5 Google. But the issue is not too wide as only a few reports are floating around.
These issues started arising after the recent release of the security update in April. Even though it fixed many irritating issues, which also included a significant bug in the camera that made all selfies green in color, it introduced a new bug to some of the pixel devices.
The good news is that you can fix the issues by heading onto your phone’s Sound and Vibration settings and reselecting your old ringtone and other alert sounds. Hopefully, they will stay put after selecting. Two Reddit users raised issues that they could not get their old ringtones and another unique sound which implies the bug is also deleting some of the old ringtone files.
Next time your Pixel phone starts sounding slightly different, it’s better to head on to your phone setting and check if your ringtones are changed or missing.
Netflix is rolling out a new button to assist the streaming service to present your homepage with better recommendations. And the new button, “Two Thumbs up,” will be seen along with the existing one thumbs up and thumbs down button. This new feature will allow consumers or viewers to show deep affection for TV shows or movies that they like.
It will assist Netflix in understanding what individual subscribers liked that they were not satisfied with one thumbs up. It is a highly demanding feature within an experience.
Christine Doig Cardet, director of product innovation and personalization experiences at Netflix, tells The Verge that “Members have never had as many great entertainment options as they have right now,” Getting hold of shows that viewers liked more is very important. It will help Netflix become a platform where it is very easy to select something to view.
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In 2017, Netflix discarded its five-star rating for the Thumbs up and Thumbs down the system. Doig Cardet said users didn’t feel signifying which titles they liked and disliked was enough. The new button must assist subscribers to navigate better the huge library of various shows and movies on Netflix by providing them with a better way of liking titles.
At present, Netflix serves the most customer-centric experience in the streaming world. It is consistently testing all new features and tools to assist users in finding stuff for watching. For instance, in the year 2020, it introduced the Top 10 roe, then in the year 2021, it launched the Play Something Feature and rolled out its ability for editing the Continue watching row on every device at the beginning of this year. Doig – Cardet states that customers can expect some more personalization features and tools in coming years.
Furthermore, Christine Doig Cardet said to end choice fatigue with some new features added this year. It is a big part where they will invest in offering this mechanism to offer more control to the user to assist them in tailoring their experience to their taste.
This new Two Thumbs Up button is just next to the Thumbs up and Thumbs down button on Netflix web, iOS interfaces, TV, and Android.
Square Enix, the video game developer, announced Kingdom Hearts 4 with a striking trailer for the next episode of the video game franchise Kingdom Hearts IV that featured various acquainted faces. The trailer was for Android and iOS that shows the returns of Sora and his battle against big enemies around Quadratum, which is a significant and expansive city set in a world unique in the franchise. The clip also shows some iconic characters, Goofy and Donald, besides the first appearance of mysterious Sterliyzia.
Square Enix stated in a press release that Sora makes a victorious return with an upgraded look at the starting of an epic new storyline with the title ” Lost Master Arc. ” Fans will get excited when they see the return of Donald and Goofy, some of the well-known companions of Sora besides the first appearance of Strelitzia. In this strange new setting, Strelitzia is a mysterious new character making an appearance before Sora.
The last release of the main series was Kingdom Heart III in 2019, after more than a decade of spending in development. Working on the game started in 2015, but no announcement was made till 2013. When it was released, it was accepted well, with many people calling it the strongest in the whole franchise. Kingdom Hearts II was also notable as it concluded the ” Dark Seeker Saga ” that covered The battle of Sora against the seeker of darkness, Xehanort, and his several incarnations.
Kingdoms Hearts IV will start a new chapter in Sora’s journey, ensuing its precursor’s cliffhanger ending. This game will follow up on several Kingdom Hearts X and Kingdom Hearts III events.
The franchise of Square Enix made its appearance in the year 2022 with Kingdom Hearts, a collaborative effort of Square Enix and The Walt Disney Company. It introduced the adorable character of Disney and the heroes of the Final Fantasy series altogether in the story that revolves around Sora, who is a teenage hero from Destiny Islands. Even if there are only three released installments in the primary series, there has been a vast range of Kingdom Hearts Games in the last 20 years. Along with mobile games and other portable releases, the franchise of Kingdom Hearts boasts 17 titles altogether.
Square Enix has not made any announcements about the release date of Kingdom Hearts IV or on which platform it will get released.
Google has always been known for making the job of gathering correct information easier for users. It has been using advanced technologies for benefitting people using the world wide web for a long time. This time, the search engine giant has shared how it is using artificial intelligence for updating business hours on Google Maps.
In a recent post published on the company’s official blog, Google informed the audience that if it’s confident that the predictions made by artificial intelligence regarding the business hours of a company or service provider are correct, it will go ahead and update the info in Maps.
Google has outlined several factors analyzed by its AI for finding out whether it would be the right decision to make these updates. It begins by checking when the profile of the given company/service provider was last updated, Popular Times data, and business hours of similar shops to determine whether it’s possible that the current hours mentioned on Maps are incorrect.
Let’s explain with an example. If the search engine biggie finds out that many visitors are arriving at a particular shop when it’s apparently closed, it might take the decision of updating the hours based on that finding.
In the post, Google made it clear that artificial intelligence needs more data for determining whether the hours of a business need to be changed. AI checks the official website of the business for information regarding its opening hours. What’s more, it can even track street view images (to see whether they show any signs featuring business hours of the shop) for figuring out the exact opening hours of the business.
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Google will also check with humans to get the info provided by AI confirmed. According to the search engine company, it will contact the business owners and Google Maps users to verify the predictions made by AI. The company stated that in certain countries, it might use Duplex for enquiring businesses about their respective opening hours directly.
According to Google spokeswoman Genevieve Park, the search engine biggie never publishes business hours if it is not confident enough that the information available is accurate. Whenever AI feels that the business hours might be wrong but lacks a strong prediction, Google notifies the users by saying, “The hours might have changed.”
Google refrains from explicitly telling the users when its AI has last updated the hours. However, it uses AI for almost everything on Google Maps. Right now, the company is planning to use AI to update the opening hours of more than twenty million businesses located in different parts of the world over the coming six months.
A new update was released and is now live in Metroid Dread on Nintendo switch, making it game version 2.1.0. This is quite exciting for the game fans as three different modes have been added. They are Boss Rush, Dread Rush, and Survival Rush. These three modes are different variations on a similar theme, thereby facilitating players for taking on games varied bosses but in specific situations. Furthermore, those searching for something new for doing in the game add an extra layer of challenges.
Three varied boss rush modes have been added to the game. It would help if you pressed the R button on the ” Samus Files” screen for moving to the Boss Rush selection screen.
Boss Rush
A mode where the players can fight 12 consistent boss battles and then makes an aim for the best time
If any destruction occurs, it is carried into the next fight. All weapons are restored in between the battles.
If Samus got defeated, players could select “Retry “to continue playing from the beginning of the battle they had lost. There might be some time penalty for being defeated.
Bosses who fought in Boss Rush can fight one on one anytime by choosing the ” practice” option.
Survival Rush
It’s a mode that makes players know about the number of players that can defeat in a five-minute time limit.
All damages and weapons are carried over to the next battle game. Even if the player has not crossed the time limit and Samus is defeated, the game is over.
Beating a boss adds a fixed amount of time to the countdown clock. So if you want some big-time bonus, you can defeat a boss without obtaining any damage.
Unlock survival rush by completing Dread Rush or Boss rush.
Dread Rush
All basic rules to follow here are the same as in Boss Rush, but when Samus hits Samus, the energy level drops to zero, and she gets defeated.
Bosses fighting in a Dread rush can fight one on one by choosing “Practice”.
Unlock by defraying the main game utilizing Dread mode.
All these three new modes are available for free. Although it’s not clear if developer Mercury System is planning to add something new to the game, it seems possible because of the high sales of Metroid Dread since it was launched last year. As of now, you have to wait and see.
