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Microsoft continues to blur lines between its Xbox One and PC players with the Xbox Game Pass, and no reveal signals this change more thanHalo: The Master Chief Collectionfinally coming to PC. With Master Chief’s tale being exposed to a new audience, the developers are adding a chapter that was missing from the collection withHalo: Reachcoming to both PC and Xbox One players. For those awaiting the release, 343 Industries previously said it couldgo live for select players later this monthif “everything goes according to plan....

Helldivers 2 devs are secretly pushing players away from fighting Terminids One of Helldivers 2’s biggest problems is that players vastly prefer fighting Terminids to Automatons, throwing off the balance of the galactic war. However, there’s good reason to believe the devs are stealthily doing as much as they can to try and restore that balance. For those who pay attention to the ever-changing landscape of Helldivers 2’s galaxy, you’ll have no doubt noticed how many more players are fightingTerminidsthanAutomatonsat any given time....

Summary Kevin Costner’s marathon Western movie seriesHorizon: An American Sagais off to a rough start thanks to somepoor early reviews, which puts him on track to repeat one of the most infamous failures of his career. The sprawling Western adventure will weave together a series of interconnected stories across four movies, each theorized to run around three hours.Horizon: An American Saga - Part 1will hit theaters on June 28th, 2024, with the immediate sequel set to release just a few weeks later on August 16th, 2024....

We saw Siri’s voice options expand for many users thanks to iOS 14 updates, allowing users to pickfrom various voice assistant flavorsto find an accent and tone they like best. However, it’s less clear how this option works on theHomePodorHomePod Mini, which don’t have the obvious Siri controls that something like iOS offers. Fortunately, HomePod can also adjust Siri’s voice with the right settings. Let’s look at where to go and what to change so you can match your Siri across all your devices....

HP is looking to compete directly in the still nascent virtual reality computer market and in the VR software field, too. The firm has announced that a brand-new Mars VR experience is in the works, as well as a new “workstation class” backpack computer designed to enable mobile virtual reality for business training and architectural prototyping. Called theHP Z VR Backpack, the mini PC packs powerful hardware and will be marketed to enterprises looking to take portions of their business into the virtual world....

An international team of astronomers has used more than 500 images from the NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope spanning two decades to detect seven fast-moving stars in the innermost region of Omega Centauri, the largest and brightest globular cluster in the sky. These stars provide compelling new evidence of the presence of an intermediate-mass black hole.ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Häberle (MPIA) There’s something strange about black holes. Astronomers often find small black holes, which are between five times and 100 times the mass of the sun....

Summary Hugh Jackman’s underrated sci-fi movie,Real Steel, becomes a global Netflix hit. Directed by Shawn Levy, with a script written by the Oscar-nominated John Gatins (Flight), the 2011 sci-fi sports film follows a former boxer who, in a futuristic world where robots have replaced human boxers, reconnects with his estranged son by building and training a robot boxer. Other than Jackman in the lead role, the cast also includes Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Olga Fonda, Karl Yune, Kevin Durand, Hope Davis, and James Rebhorn....

Warning! Contains major potential spoilers for Silo season 2 and Hugh Howey’s Shift. Summary After watchingAmazon’s best sci-fi show, I could not help but grow increasingly concerned about anApple TV+series' future. Many incrediblesci-fi shows, like1899,The Last of Us, andSweet Tooth, have come out in the last couple of years, but only a few have had a lasting impact on me. The reason being that, as much as I like shows with ambitious explorations of human perception, alternate realities, pandemics, and other epic-scaled fantasies, I’m always more drawn to series with traces of realism and some semblance of truth....

Unlike most major studios,Disneyhas worked hard for many decades to establish a brand that makes sense to audiences around the world. When you see a Disney movie, you’re supposed to be able to know it even without the logo in front of it. That’s definitely true in animation, but even some of their live-action movies have this same sheen.Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, for instance, is a Disney movie through and through....

Chris Harrison is thinking about the future. His. Yours. Ours. Everyone’s. More specifically, he’s thinking about how the world will be using computers, and what those computers might look like, a quarter-century from now. Since Harrison is 35 years old today, that’s right around the time that he may be contemplating retirement. It’sHarrison’s jobto think about these things. He is director of the Future Interfaces Group at Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute....

According to a new report, Intel might be about to introduce a substantial pricing increase on the majority of its catalog. Unfortunately, this also includes consumer-level processors. The company cites an increase in production and material cost as the reason why it decided to up its prices. For the customers, it all comes down to one thing — PC hardware and pre-built desktops and laptops might get a lot more expensive....

iPhone users are certain iOS 17 has made phones “dumber” Some iPhone users complain that their phone is not performing up to the mark since it was updated to iOS 17. Software updatesare meant to enhance the performance of asmartphone. Not only does it add new features, but it also keeps vulnerabilities at bay. iPhonesare known to have a long shelf life thanks to the multiple OS updates thatApplepromises. Some users, however, aren’t happy with the performance of their phones after updating toiOS 17....

Ironmouse says breaking Twitch sub record & beating Kai Cenat will help all VTubers Over the last few years,VTubers have been on the rise. There have been some incredibly dedicated streamers who don’t show their face and just let the on-screen character do the talking. There have been others, though, who’ve dipped their toe in and mixed in an animated figure with their real-life look. Ironmouse falls into the former of that, never actually showing her face online despite having met a number of other streamers....