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Mediatonic Colorful battle royale game Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout has just released its Season 2 update, and features new medieval- and fantasy-inspired games and costumes. Four new themed games are available to play today, with more on the way soon. And other features new to the game have been added as well. New Levels The…

Google Every day we’re bombarded by noise grabbing for our attention, from the sound of the dishwasher barking to a dog barking. If you’re wearing headphones or have hearing loss, you may miss the critical noises, like a smoke alarm. Android’s new Sound Notifications seek to solve that problem. Sound Notifications is a new Android…

Andrey Armyagov Since it’s neither practical nor easily possible to train the service people of the United States Space Force in actual space, the Armed Forces branch needed to get creative. Now, it is working with firms and funding partners to create the Slingshot Orbital Laboratory, a simulator that will provide interactive training opportunities while…

Google Arguably one of the best parts about smartphones is the apps you can install to do more. But sometimes it’s inconvenient to unlock your phone and touch the screen to control them. If you’re on Android, there’s good news for you: you can now control many apps with your voice, and more apps are…

Staying on task while working can be a challenge, especially at home, and it’s not just about productivity. Getting up to move around and drinking water is important too. Automate reminders for these things with the Google Assistant “Workday” routine. “Routines” is a feature built into the Google Assistant and Nest smart speakers and displays.…

LightField Studios/Shutterstock It’s truly a holiday season like no other. Best Buy wants to start its two-day Black Friday event on Tuesday, October 13th. And while the science of Black Friday on a Tuesday is… questionable, Best Buy doesn’t care. The company just wants to compete with Amazon Prime Day, which also runs October 13th…

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the most visually spectacular fantasy films of its time, topped only by its excellent storytelling. Also, The Hobbit trilogy exists too, which is nice. If you’re a fan of either set of movies and want to see them again with better visuals, then you’ll be pleased to hear that…

To get the most out of your Google TV streaming device, you’ll want to find and download some apps and games. Unfortunately, doing this on devices like the Chromecast with Google TV isn’t as easy as opening the Play Store, but we’ll walk you through it. Devices like the Chromecast with Google TV have access…

WordPress Working with popular Content Management Systems can be a great way to manage, modify, and maintain your website. But with great popularity comes great responsibility to secure your WordPress installation from hackers that aim to exploit popular systems like WordPress. Let’s find out how we can secure our server and protect ourselves from attackers.…

Fitbit The Sense is Fitbit’s newest smartwatch, similar to the Versa line but with an extra suite of sensors. While it was heavily promoted during the launch, the Sense’s ECG scan feature wasn’t actually activated as it passed through medical regulatory approval. After getting through the red tape, ECG scanning is now live for users…

Khamosh Pathak While you can completely customize your iPhone Home screen with widgets and icons, you, unfortunately, can’t add any empty space between them. However, there’s a work-around for this! How to Create a Transparent Widget Background with Scriptable To do this, we’ll be using the free app Scriptable to cut out part of the background via a…

Rating: 8/10 ? 1 – Absolute Hot Garbage 2 – Sorta Lukewarm Garbage 3 – Strongly Flawed Design 4 – Some Pros, Lots Of Cons 5 – Acceptably Imperfect 6 – Good Enough to Buy On Sale 7 – Great, But Not Best-In-Class 8 – Fantastic, with Some Footnotes 9 – Shut Up And Take…

Originally launched in 2017 as Project Honolulu, Windows Admin Center (WAC), or WAC as it became known, has gained lots of functionality and features to make managing your servers, clusters, and Windows 10 PCs that much easier. WAC is a browser-based application that is downloaded and locally deployed, so no server is needed to use…

Casimiro PT/Shutterstock Steam filters profanity and slurs by default in both Steam chat and games that support the filter. If you want to disable Steam’s chat filter, you can. You can even add your own personal list of words you want to filter. This setting is available on your Steam account preferences page. To access…