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The Locust horde from Gears 5 now has a new enemy to fear, as two of the Spartans from Halo: Reach will be playable as part of a character pack that’ll be available to those who purchased the Ultimate Edition of the game or those who subscribe to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Halo: Reach was a prequel to Halo: Combat Evolved that was released for the Xbox 360 in 2010. The game follows a squad of Spartan supersoldiers known as Noble Team whose final mission was instrumental in the defeat of the Covenant in later games in the series....

As someone who really likes technology (and Apple, of course), I was looking for some related decorations for my home — and then I met GRID 4S, which is literally a piece with a disassembled iPhone 4s that you can put anywhere you want. GRID is a company that has been selling framed electronic products for some time, and they all seem pretty cool. For Apple fans, they have pieces with the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, and the second-generation iPod touch....

Consumer groups SumOfUs and Change.org are waging a war over the working conditions at Apple’s (and the rest of the electronics industry’s) main outsourced manufacturer Foxconn. The groups said that over 35,000 people signed their “Stop Worker Abuse” online petition in just 24 hours. Today, the groups announced they would deliver a quarter million petition signatures to Apple. Furthermore, a protest will be staged tomorrow at 10 a.m. outside Apple’s new Grand Central Terminal retail store and representatives from both SumOfUs and Change....

In this tutorial, we will show you the steps to find alternate routes in Waze. This GPS navigation app beholds a plentitude of important features. For example, it provides real-time traffic updates, alerts as well as the ETA for each of your journeys. Along the same lines, you could even share your Waze Location to WhatsApp. Likewise, the app also allows the user to change or edit their location. Furthermore, the easy to use UI also score a few brownie points....

“When I first started teaching, everyone seemed to learn the most during the 15-minute labs that accompanied each lecture,” Howard said. “That’s the point when it all came together and students realized, ‘Oh, that’s how this works.’” Howard said he carried that same hands-on approach through to his three new Infosec Skills learning paths: Network Traffic Analysis Introduction to Applied Cryptography and Cryptanalysis Secure Coding Fundamentals “Those are three very different learning paths,” Howard said....

Mark Sloan and Lexie Grey’s relationship became one of the most beloved pairings in the Grey’s Anatomy universe. Despite the fact that many late-comers to the series like Jo Wilson, Nurse Bokhee, and the Mercy West transplants (April Kepner and Jackson Avery) have appeared on more episodes than both Mark and Lexie, their tragic ending has made the couple’s love story all the more compelling. The on-again, off-again pair were apart more often than they were together, but something about the chemistry between actors Chyler Leigh and Eric Dane made Lexie and Mark’s relationship an iconic pairing on par with Meredith Grey and Derek Shepard....

Laurie Strode’s reunion with Michael Myers may have been at the focus of 2018’s Halloween, but she may not survive to see the end of the carnage. By killing off Laurie, a new hero will emerge with Allyson, the youngest Strode. Jamie Lee Curtis reprised her role as Laurie for David Gordon Green’s film that served as a direct sequel to the original Halloween from 1978. The sequel notably retconned all other sequels in the franchise while paving the way for a new generational tale....

Sixteen seasons in and Grey’s Anatomy is still running strong. Over the years characters have come and gone. Derek Shepherd, also known as “McDreamy,” was the Head of Neurosurgery at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. After eleven seasons, Derek’s time on the show came to an end and his character passed away, leaving behind his wife Meredith Grey and their children. Derek was considered one of the best surgeons. Given his track record of lives saved and his way of smooth-talking and charming other people, he was considered to be a relatively decent guy....

Marvel has unveiled the official song list for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’s Awesome Mixtape. As excited fans are to see the actual movie when it finally comes out in a couple of weeks, the soundtrack was the subject of much anticipation as well. One of the many reasons why the original film resonated with audiences back in 2014 was the catchy collection of retro pop songs that gave both the trailers and the final product a unique flavor, making it stand out amongst the crowd....

Gunsmoke: One Man’s Justice brought down the curtain on an iconic western series. Gunsmoke started as a popular radio series before making the move to TV, where James Arness - who played the titular Thing in 1951’s The Thing From Another World - played main character Marshall Dillion. Gunsmoke season 1 debuted on CBS in 1955 and would run for an incredible 20 seasons and 635 episodes, coming to an end in 1975....

Lucasfilm’s second Star Wars spinoff film, a prequel centering around young Han Solo, is now in principal photography ahead of its scheduled May 2018 premiere. Obviously, the project required the studio to recast some classic franchise characters with younger actors, and the duo of Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover are locked in to play scoundrels Han and Lando Calrissian. But they aren’t the only newcomers injecting new life into familiar faces of a galaxy far, far away....

Updated prototype issues, below. See also our comparison of the 11-inch model with Apple’s Smart Keyboard Folio. I can never understand how Apple can make such fantastic tablets, and such terrible keyboards for them. Ok, perhaps ‘terrible’ is an exaggeration, but the latest Smart Keyboard Folio for the 12.9-inch iPad is – like the first – a distinctly average typing experience, and a pretty cheap-looking hunk of plastic … It’s particularly inexplicable to me when Brydge has long since shown how to do it right....

Incase is launching a new laptop backpack this week called ICON Lite ($99, pictured right) that packs MacBooks up to 15-inches, any iPad, and more for under $100. ICON Lite joins Incase’s existing lineup of ICON backpacks that also includes ICON ($199, pictured left) and ICON Slim ($149) to create three sizes at three price points. Check out our hands-on with Incase ICON and the new ICON Lite below: ICON Lite is the first ICON backpack to be priced below $100 since the collection was introduced almost 16 years ago and one of Incase’s first sub-$100 backpacks since the company was founded 20 years ago....

I get good battery life with my iPhone X as is, and my home office lifestyle means I’m never that far from a plug, so I’m admittedly not the target market for a battery case. Nevertheless, the announcement of Apple’s Smart Battery Case for iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR piqued my interest. I wanted to dip my toes in to see what using a Smart Battery Case is like. Read after the jump for some of my takeaways, and also be sure to check out our review from earlier in the week for a more thorough walkthrough of what’s new....

During its WWDC keynote this morning, Apple announced new “Slide Over” and side-by-side features that allow users to run two iPad apps in a single window. The features, which we originally reported on more than a year ago, are similar to a feature also available in the latest Mac operating system, OS X El Capitan. Support for running multiple apps on the iPad comes in a couple of different ways. Slide Over allows users to place an app along the side of the interface, while running the main app at full iPad size....

The Guardian reports that Apple has started looking for carrier partners in the UK. Apple is understood to have approached several UK mobile phone networks, including Orange, about selling its forthcoming tablet computer to British customers. As we reported earlier, this late move may mean that Apple waits a few months before it sends the tablet overseas. The Guardian says: British gadget fans will have to wait until much later in the spring, according to UK sources, but the price of the device could be reduced if Apple can persuade a mobile phone company to subsidise it....

Essential brought their first smartphone back in 2017 and since then, users have been waiting for their second-generation phone. Moreover, there have been rumors that Essential will unveil their second phone soon, but that seems unlikely. However, the Essential Phone update cycle is among the best and it has been receiving the Android updates alongside Google Pixel devices. But there are people who like to root and get their devices modded according to their needs....

Russian blog iGuides.ru points us to a new hack for Apple TV users that brings Russian subscription TV & movie service Unlimovie.tv to the device with no jailbreak required. The service, which is currently in beta, requires users to manually change the DNS on their device (easily accessible from within Settings) in order to access its digital TV service directly through Apple’s own Trailers app. It isn’t the first hack of its kind: Just a couple weeks back, one of our favorite media servers, Plex, arrived on Apple TV without a jailbreak through what appeared to be a similar hack of the stock Trailers app....

Google Stadia releases on November 19th, but it feels like the service would benefit from months of development time. Google Stadia releases in the United States on November 19, 2019, but the entire project could stand to be postponed until all of the features it supposedly will offer have been implemented. For the uninitiated, Google Stadia is less of a new video game console and more of a games service, requiring the use of apps and subscriptions in order to stream video games live to multiple devices with varying results of success....

From 9to5Toys.com: We’ve got a nice 9to5Toys Specials deal on this evening and the best part is that it is a name your own price with the bids starting at $1. The earlier you get in, the less you pay. Here’s the list of apps but frankly Typinator alone is worth it. Go big and 10% of your purchase price goes to a charity of your choice and you’ll be entered to win a Gold iPad 2 & iPhone 6...