The ongoing pandemic has clearly affected all our lives, some far more than others. It also continues to affect the tech world, with the games industry just one to have been hit by global semiconductor shortages. Sony cannot make enough PlayStation 5 consoles to meet demand, the same is true of Microsoft and the Xbox Series X and S. Then, in the PC gaming sphere isNvidia. Its latest 30 series graphics cards are proving just as elusive - selling out almost instantly each time they hit online stores....

Quick Links In thisPathfinder KingmakerGuide we will take a look atJaethal, an undead elf. She is a standardInquisitor, a divine caster class with lots of versatility. This build will however, focus on the simplest of routes and that is using 20 levels in Inquisitor and impersonating theGrim Reaperwith a Scythe as our preferred weapon. Because Jaethal isUndead, she has different features, which include being able to heal from negative energy spells such asInflict wounds, while taking damage from positive energy spells likeCure Wounds....

Quick Links Alakazam, known for its incredible psychic powers and staggering intellect, is a formidable Psychic-type Pokémon inPokémon GO. With its brain cells continuously multiplying, Alakazam boasts an IQ of over 5000, giving it the ability to outsmart its opponents in battles. When it Mega Evolves into Mega Alakazam, it gains even more speed and power, making its Psychic-type moves devastatingly effective. The spoons it carries are conduits for its psychic energy, which intensify further during its Mega Evolution, allowing it to harness more psychic power than ever before....

Procreate Pocket, an iPhone and iPad version of the powerful sketching, painting and illustration app for iPad, has received a major 2.0 update on App Store this morning. Procreate Pocket 2, a major new version, has been completely reimagined for iPhone and features an all-new user interface and full iPhone X compatibility which permits the app to take full advantage of that edge-to-edge OLED panel. The Hobart, Australia-based developer calls it the “most advanced version of Procreate Pocket we’ve ever built....

“Snapdragon” has been synonymous withhigh-end smartphonesfor several years. People may not really know what chip their phone runs on, or what the numbers mean, but they likely know that it’s powered by a Snapdragon.Qualcomm, which makes the expansive range of chipsets, is acknowledging the strength of the brand with a shift in the product line. Moving forward, the company is dropping its own name from the chips to let “Snapdragon” stand alone....

Razer continues to update its line of gaming laptops, now turning to the Blade Stealth, which gets a new 2020 version that upgrades its screen and GPU to provide compelling specs at a still huge price. The Blade Stealth 13 is now the first ultrabook on the market to get a 13.3-inch 120Hz display, where older models had to make do with 60Hz displays. That’s a nice leap forward, and should make for smoother gaming and response rates....

TheApex Legendscommunity is continuing to express its disapproval of theupcoming Battle Pass changesas the game’s newest event trailer is bombarded with dislikes. Earlier this month, Respawn Entertainment announced that it would be re-working Apex Legends' Battle Passes from Season 22, which is set to be released sometime in August. The changes went down like a lead balloon as fans immediately threatened to boycott the popular Battle Royale title if Respawn went ahead with the changes....

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With Final Fantasy VII Remake having released to great success and a greatly positive reception from fans, Square Enix probably could have just released more of the same for the next two parts of the Remake trilogy and been just fine. Considering how things are typically done in the AAA gaming space these days, that’s likely what everyone would’ve expected too. That’s not quite what’s being done with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, though....

The 5 Most Important Cars In Pulp Fiction “Pulp Fiction” hit American theaters just over 30 years ago, and it helped resurrect John Travolta’s acting career as well as establish Quentin Tarantino as a filmmaking juggernaut. Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson starred as Los Angeles-area hitmen Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield in a star-studded cast that also included Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Uma Thurman, and Harvey Keitel. Travolta, Jackson, and Thurman earned Oscar nominations for their performances, and Tarantino picked one up for Best Director....

Apple completed its rollout of its all newApple Mapsexperience in the United States not too long ago. And now it’s widely available in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. In apress releasesent out today, Apple has confirmed that the new Apple Maps experience within the UK and Republic of Ireland is rolling out beginning today. With this update, Apple Maps will enhance the user experience in just about every way....

The Innovative Wii Remote Feature You Probably Never Used Anyone who’s been a gamer for long enough remembers “the waggling years,” the period in the seventh generation of video game consoles in which everyone wanted to make motion controls happen. Naturally, this race toward motion control supremacy was sparked off by Nintendo and itsmotion-powered Nintendo Wii. While the Wii Remote wasn’t thefirst motion-powered game controllerin history, it was the first to be used as a console’s primary form of input, pointing at the screen with its sensor and measuring movement with its accelerometer....

The Shady Side Of Microsoft Microsoft is one of the most important companies of the 20th century. Within two decades of its founding, Bill Gates and Paul Allen’s software project had turned into a technology behemoth, revolutionizing both the workplace and the home office. Gates and Allen became very wealthy men, especially Gates, who has been among the richest people in the world since the late 1980s. In 2000, Gates and his wife Melinda established the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a private $77....