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The glitzy opioid crisis drama is fun, but it has conflicting aims, and it’s a little too keen to make the sale.

Hailing Frequencies! The ships of “Star Trek”…The Enterprise, Discovery, Voyager, Defiant… they’re all iconic characters in their own right, and if you’re a fan, it’s highly likely you’ve thought about leaving Space Dock in the Captain’s chair of your own Federation star ship. Well, now you can get your hands on the hero ship from […] The post A Star Trek Crossover Event appeared first on Xbox Wire.

Apple today seeded the first betas of upcoming iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2 updates to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to try out the software ahead of its release. The public iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2 betas come a day after Apple released the betas for developers. Public beta testers can get the beta by opening up the Settings app, going to the Software Update section, tapping on the "Beta Updates" option, and toggling on the ‌iOS 17 or iPadOS 17‌ Public Beta. Signing up on Apple's beta...

Apple today seeded the first public beta of an upcoming macOS Sonoma 14.2 update, allowing non-developers to test out the software ahead of its release. The public beta comes a day after the first developer beta. Beta testers can opt-in through the Software Update section of the System Settings app. Under Beta updates, simply toggle on the Sonoma Public Beta. Note that you must sign up to participate on Apple's beta testing website. ‌macOS Sonoma‌ 14.2 adds Messages sticker reactions, which make...

Equip Saga with a handy sawed-off shotgun for an early boss fight.

If you love The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker but wish it had more blood, death and inclement weather in it, consider Sands of Aura. Released out of early access today, this is a top-down fantasy action-RPG set in a swirling, post-apocalyptic world in which you build up a town and sail between island dungeons in a sandship. The sandship, or rather, "grainwake" sailing sees you bouncing merrily from dunes as vast, ominous structures loom out of the haze. The combat takes some inspiration from the S...

Cities: Skylines 2 has got off to a bit of a rough, with many players complaining of performance issues following this week's launch on PC. But while publisher Paradox has been forthright in acknowledging these problems (even prior to launch, somewhat unconventionally), it now wants to make it absolutely clear that, no, technical issues aren't because the game is trying to render the teeth of every single person in your city. All this apparently started with a post on the Cities: Skylines subred...

Iron Gate announced a new public test release Beta of Valheim, which brings with it a Unity game engine upgrade that includes multiple performance enhancements to improve the game. So time to get testing.

Best Buy is joining the early Black Friday sale club this weekend, offering My Best Buy Plus and Total members a chance to save on Apple products, video games, TVs, headphones, and much more. We're tracking another similar early Black Friday sale at Sonos. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. You'll need to be a My Best Buy Plus or My Best Buy Total memb...

Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Alpha ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to the […] The post Xbox Insider Release Notes – Alpha (2311.231025-2200) appeared first on Xbox Wire.

Studio Wildcard with Grove Street Games and Instinct Games have released ARK: Survival Ascended, a full Unreal Engine 5 remake of ARK: Survival Evolved and it's playable on Steam Deck.

Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to […] The post Xbox Insider Release Notes – Alpha Skip-Ahead (2408.231025-2000) appeared first on Xbox Wire.

Most people want a VPN for security, and power users will want all of their tech protected. That means getting a VPN that can handle multiple phones, laptops, smart TVs, gaming consoles and other tech with an internet connection simultaneously. Out of the nine VPN services we tested, Surfshark came out on top when it came to protecting multiple devices. Here’s a rundown of our experience with Surfshark. Surfshark VPN pricing and features Surfshark VPN has three membership tiers: Starter, One and...

On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss our expectations about Apple's upcoming "Scary Fast" event, which is widely rumored to see the announcement of new Mac models. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos We talk through the unusual nature of the event, with Apple announcing it less than one week in advance, opting for an unorthodox 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time start, and even offering an explicit nod to the arrival of new Macs with a Finder easter egg. The event ...

A legendary manga finally gets the adaptation it deserves.

As October comes to a close, it’s time for a new Valheim Ashlands update from the development team over at Iron Gate. Following on from some teases of the team running a playtest of the next Valheim biome, which were shared to social platform Twitter/X on Friday October 13, the team gives us a look at a “small selection” of the weapons we’ll be able to craft after visiting the lava-strewn, ash-swept region.

If you prefer Steam as your main store the Steam Scream: The Revenge event is live now until November 2nd, featuring discounts and demos for some spooky times.

PCG demands the tooth, the whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth.

It's still a few days until Halloween, but retailers are already pushing early Black Friday deals. That makes this week either an opportunity to bemoan the unrelenting passage of time or a good time to shop. For those who take the latter view, we gathered up the better tech deals that've popped up. Those include a rare sale on Sonos home theater speakers, sweeping discounts on Blink security cameras and a steep price drop on a recommended VPN service. We've also spotted discounts on Apple's M2 M...

And long overdue.

This incredibly pretty game scales down to cheaper GPUs pretty well, actually.

Well that was simple.

Exactly one year has passed since Elon Musk, fresh off a months-long legal battle that forced him to buy the company, strolled into Twitter headquarters carrying a sink. At the time, we weren’t entirely sure what to expect. But there were no shortage of predictions — including from us at Engadget — about just how messy and chaotic Twitter might become under Musk’s leadership. I’ve spent the last week revisiting many of those stories, and I’ve been struck by how, for a famously erratic CEO, just ...

Friendly neighborhood sitting.

Gameloft says continuing to charge for the game will enable it to "keep delivering free content updates," but not everyone is convinced.

After spending hours poring over Alan Wake 2 this week, corkboards full of photos, red string and important little clue nuggets have definitely been on my brain. Alas, Remedy's horror-fuelled detective 'em up keeps its problem-solving a little too much at arm's length for my tastes. Every piece of evidence you collect has its own set place on the board, for example, and heck, even the thrill of joining the dots with a set of pins and string is taken away from you, as its deduction work is all sw...

Here's another chance to pick up a free game, as GOG are now giving away Blacksad: Under the Skin as part of their ongoing Halloween Seen I recently covered here.

For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with GRID Studio to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a 256GB iPhone 15 Pro Max from Apple. For those unfamiliar with GRID Studio, the company takes old, discarded Apple devices and turns them into clever artwork. Each of GRID Studio's pieces features a deconstructed Apple device with the components laid out underneath a glass frame. There are labels for each part, along with interesting and relevant historical facts and details. One of GRID Studio...

If you want to relax and just auto-play through most fights, this is the team to use.

Today Epic Games posted a tease that will pique the interest of many veteran fans of the popular battle royale shooter Fortnite.

I've stuck a GTX 1080 in our test bench and I just cannot get anywhere close to passable performance.

Capcom have unveiled the next generation of their in-house RE Engine, which came in alongside Resident Evil 7 in 2017 and has been used by a bunch of projects over the years, from the excellent Devil May Cry 5 to the forthcoming possibly-excellent Dragon's Dogma 2. RE Engine's successor, the REX engine, is a response to three things - 1) RE Engine productions getting bigger in terms of assets, and more diverse in terms of genre, 2) RE Engine games being increasingly made by overseas developers w...

Is Ark: Survival Ascended Steam Deck compatible? Playing Ark: Survival Ascended on the Steam Deck shouldn't make your Steam Deck feel extinct, but the demanding graphics of this brand-new remaster will put a strain on your favorite PC gaming handheld. However, tinkering with the settings, and switching to offline mode can still provide a roar-some dinosaur experience on the go. The Ark: Survival Ascended system requirements ask for 70GB worth of install space before you can get to your carnivoro...

Last week, we asked you toss a filter on your favorite photo mode shots using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: secondcapture shares a low-poly portrait of Ratchet wearing a mask in Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart ForgottenJasmin shares a red-saturated filter boosting a colorful flower field in Ghost of Tsushima laya_photo shares black...

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