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Surviving battles inIndiana Jones and the Great Circleisn’t just about swinging a whip or throwing punches. Nope, it’s about fighting smarter, faster and a whole lot cooler than your enemies. This game isn’t for button-mashers or people who think running in with guns blazing solves everything. Whether you’re taking on henchmen in dark temples or fending off foes while clinging to a cliff’s edge, knowing how to handle yourself in a fight makes all the difference....

My grandma is 87 years old, and it goes without saying that she has a hard time around technology. So, when the battery inside her 10-year-old Nokia 110 breathed its last breath recently, I, as the IT guy of the family, decided to get her yet anotherfeature phone instead of a smartphone. Except this time, I decided to go with slightly more advanced features than the last one. After weighing a few options, I chose a feature phone from a lesser-known brand, but one with promising specs, a guarantee of a secure build, and, above all, Wi-Fi....

Fantastic Beasts 2isn’t going to explicitly address Dumbledore’s sexuality andIan McKellenis rather disappointed in that fact. Even though McKellen isn’t involved in theHarry Potterfranchise in any capacity, even if he would have made a great Dumbledore and, by his own admission, he gets confused for having played the part often enough, the actor is gay himself and has been an advocate for the LGBTQ community for years. Upon hearing that Dumbledore won’t be openly gay in the upcoming sequel, McKellen expressed his disappointment and went on a bit of a rant about Hollywood in general....

Apple’s annual iPhone unveiling typically includes the introduction of an all-new SoC with modest speed improvements, with this year’s focus being theA13 Bionicchip. At theKeynote, Apple’s vice president of silicon manufacturing Sri Santhanam said that all mechanisms of the A13 Bionic chip would be nearly 20% faster than its predecessor; but is this the case? Now that the iPhone 11 Pro is readily available to those who pre-ordered or tried their luck at local retail stores, it should come as no surprise that these numbers are being put to the test....

Jim Nabors, star of The Andy Griffith Show andGomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., has died at the age of 87. Nabors passed away in Hawaii after suffering from health issues for the last couple of years. His health had been in decline as the result of a liver transplant from 20 years ago. The news was confirmed by his longtime partner and husband since 2013, Stan Cadwallader. Starting in 1962, Jim Nabors became a household name when he debuted onThe Andy Griffith Showas Gomer Pyle....

We’re only two days into this patent trial of the century and already things are getting out of control in the courtroom. Even though Judge Lucy Koh denied Samsung’s request to present to the jury its pre-iPhone F700 device meant to establish it did not copy the iPhone, the South Korean consumer electronics maker just issued a press release with two batches of evidence Judge Koh specifically excluded from the litigation…...

KFC Just Roasted The Mercedes F1 Team And Twitter Is Freaking Out KFC has earned a long-standing reputation for addingstrange and unconventionalproducts to its menu, but members of its social media team appear to enjoy causing havoc on Twitter as well. For example, KFC Spaintook Twitter by stormin 2020. The fast-food chain and its social media armada are at it yet again, and this time, their sights are locked on Toto Wolff, CEO and principal of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team....

Die Hardtakes place on Christmas Eve and the LAPD and NYPD took some time out of their holiday night to pay tribute to the Christmas movie. The action movie has been hailed as a holiday classic for years now, but it’s only lately that the studio and co-writer Steven E. de Souza have been embracing the title. Souza confirmed that the iconic action movie was a Christmas movie last year. Fox just released a 30th anniversary Christmas version of the movie, which includes holiday cards....

Lenovo ThinkVision 27 3D Monitor: First Look, No Glasses Required With every passing generation of technology, our ability to render three-dimensional objects becomes more and more elaborate. Where once a 3D box was riddled with pixels and artifacting, now such a thing can appear nearly indistinguishable from the real deal. These advanced monitors have proven especially beneficial in the remote work age, as 3D modelers and designers can still get the highest possible fidelity even if they’re not working on industrial-grade displays....

Lucid RangeXchange Turns Air EV Into A Charger For Other Electric Cars The alreadyfeature-packed Lucid Airis getting an upgrade. Later this month, the luxury car brand is introducing aRangeXchange charging cablethat allows customers to charge other electric vehicles with their EVs. Using the Lucid Air’s built-in Wunderbox bi-directional battery charger and new over-the-air (OTA) software, customers will be able to send power to another EV up to 9.6 kW. According to Lucid, this results in around 24 to 40 miles worth of juice transferred to most EVs per hour....

A new trailer has been released for upcoming tactical RPG Marvel’s Midnight Suns, showing card-driven turn-based combat. Marvel’s Midnight Suns Gets Gameplay Trailer and Screenshots The latest trailer for Marvel’s Midnight Suns previews some of the gameplay of the upcoming turn-based RPG. A card-based skills system can be seen in the trailer and also some of the moves the heroes and anti-heroes will possess. The extended gameplay reveals some of the features of the tactical game, including a “deep roleplaying system” and customisable character....

Monopoly GO’s Valentine’s Partners event allows you to work with friends to obtain points and collect tons of prizes over the next five days, including dice, cash, and stickers. Here’s the complete list of rewards for the Valentine’s Partners event. Monopoly GO Valentine’s Partners Event Points and Rewards Monopoly GO’s Valentine’s Partners event hasfive reward levelsper cake with your partners. You’ll also receive agrand prizewith thousands of dice, an event token, and five-star stickers by completing all four cakes....

Loads of surveys say it: the biggest pain point with a smartphone is the battery life. Which Motorola’s Moto G8 Power looks to squash in one very simple way: plonking a massive-great battery into the handset to give it truly epic battery life. That was the mantra of theG7 Power before it, a phone that we thought was relatively unbeatable for its price point. The follow-up model expands a few specifications, adding multiple cameras, a higher-resolution screen and punch-hole front camera into the mix....