The latest installment in the Star Wars video game franchise was announced a few days ago during the ongoing Star Wars celebration - Jedi: Fallen Order is officially being developed by EA and Respawn, and the timing couldn’t have been better. As EA nears the end of its exclusivity period with the media franchise, the Jedi: Fallen Order marketing is a weirdly distinct 18o-degree change from the likes of Star Wars Battlefront....

There has been some confusion among players regarding the maximum number of players in the Multiplayer Mode of Command and Conquer Remastered. Everyone who purchases the game will obtain the base game along with Red Alert and the map editor. For each of those games, there is a different limit for maximum players. Gamers were at a delight to see Electronic Arts’ classic real-time strategy shooter, Command and Conquer: Red Alert Remastered launched on Steam today....

I’ve focused a lot over the last few months on helping readers to speed up and optimize Apple’s Macs — everything from adding RAM to recovering hard drive space and upgrading old hard drives to faster SSDs. Today’s How-To is focused on something very specific but with a lot of optimization potential: trimming down your Mac’s photo library. Particularly after installing OS X 10.10.3 with Apple’s new Photos app, you might be surprised to learn that you’ve lost a lot of hard drive space, and that there are suddenly tons of duplicate photos on your Mac....

If you need to block websites in Chrome, the best method is to use a Chrome extension to block the websites for you. Here’s how to block websites in Chrome using this method. Using the BlockSite Chrome Extension For most users, the easiest way to block websites in Chrome is to use a Chrome extension called BlockSite. This site-blocking extension has been installed by over 1 million users and it’s still one of the best to use....

It was utterly positive of various platforms, including Facebook, to finally acknowledge diversity and enable the option to change the skin color of many emojis. It was absurd to have yellow-colored hands showing thumbs up or praying gestures. Now, you can select the skin tone of your emoji based on your preference. Depending on your preference, you can change the skin color of various emojis from lightest to darkest. Similarly, Facebook has made professional emojis more gender-inclusive, which was missing before....

Most of Apple’s modern notebooks can go through 1,000 charge cycles before needing a battery replacement. Follow along for how to check the battery cycle count on your MacBook. As noted in an Apple support document, here’s how your MacBook calculates its charge cycle count: How to check battery cycle count on your MacBook Click the  in top left corner of your Mac Select About This Mac, then System Report… On the left sidebar, click Power You’ll find your battery cycle count under Health Information: Here’s how the process looks:...

Apple is celebrating Veterans Day in a variety of ways including a homepage banner, Apple Watch activity challenge, and more. It’s also highlighting an augmented reality app for iPhone called Healium AR that is helping Veterans better deal with anxiety. Apple shared about the app that’s making a difference for veterans in a Newsroom post today. The story details how the app came to be and even though it’s not meant as a replacement for medical therapy or medication is very helpful for veterans dealing with panic attacks and more....

Naturally, during the month of August alone, Instagram unveiled enough new features to fill an entire volume of a 2020 history book. Some, you’re likely Reely familiar with (hint, hint) but others, you may have completely missed amidst all the fanfare. So, without further ado, here are all new Instagram updates that should be on your radar. Instagram launched QR Codes This one is hot off the press! Facebook has just announced another new feature that helps small businesses navigate this tricky time....

A few days ago, I argued that iTunes was now so clunky it should be nuked from orbit, and suggested standalone apps as a possible way forward. A little over 70% of you agreed with me, including UX designer Andrew Ambrosino, who created some concept images showing how a standalone OS X Music app might look. I like what I see. Check out the images below, and let us know your thoughts … As Ambrosino says, having the app have only one job immediately allows for a much cleaner look: music tabs at the top, player at the bottom, and content between the two....

Apple’s iOS devices, which collectively sold about 200 million units to date, are affecting consumer electronics at large and not just smartphones and tablets. Add digital still cameras to the list of losers as plugged-in sources warn that camera vendors may ship lower than expected units in the second quarter. The reason? Apple’s iPhone and iPad: Virtually not a day goes by that we don’t learn about high demand for iOS gadgets affecting shipments of a particular rival product....

HomePod is now in the hands of customers and Apple is publishing more details, tips, and guides for its first smart speaker. We previously discovered that AppleCare+ for HomePod would cost $39, and now Apple has shared that out-of-warranty repair and replacement will cost almost as much as a new HomePod. First spotted by MacRumors, Apple has shared on its HomePod support page that out-of-warranty repair and replacement will cost $279, or $70 less than a new unit....

New generation web browsers have a built-in password management feature that prompts you to save passwords for different websites you visit. By default, this feature is enabled to give password saving assistance to users, but in case you want to turn off the built-in password manager in your browser, you can do so via the settings tab. Password manager feature helps you ease your work, and using this, and you don’t have to fill in your credentials every time....

There haven’t been many sitcoms that captured the essence of friendship as well as How I Met Your Mother with the Maclaren’s Pub Gang constantly getting in and out of hilarious predicaments that served as subplots to the overall story of Ted explaining how he met his wife. The number of subplots and side-stories How I Met Your Mother went through were vast (as with any sitcom) but some of them were definitely wrapped up better than others....

It’s clear that How I Met Your Mother never backed down when an opportunity came along to build on a long-running joke, but when the series circled back to the Slapsgiving gag in season 9, a certain episode stirred up a lot of controversy due to the unnecessary use of yellowface. Throughout the show, one thing that kept cropping back up every once in a while was the slap bet, something that Barney feared from Marshall....

The MCU’s Phase 4 is inspired by Marvel Comics’ most controversial era - but, fortunately, Marvel Studios has learned from the comics’ mistakes. There’s a sense in which Avengers: Endgame marked the point at which the comics and the movies diverged. In the comics, iconic characters like Captain America and Iron Man are never truly gone. When heroes like Wolverine and Thor are killed off, it’s usually because their sales have dropped a little and Marvel wants to generate short-term interest or shelve them until the right moment....

IT Chapter Two is the next major release on the 2019 release calendar, but how much did it cost to make? In 2017, the new adaptation of Stephen King’s classic novel IT shattered box office records and became a phenomenon, ending its run as the highest-grossing R-rated horror film of all-time. Unquestioningly, Warner Bros. was quick to green light a sequel, which is set to be released this weekend. Already, it’s earning mostly positive reviews and is projected to be a massive box office hit....

Netflix’s The Witcher differs from the video games in many ways, chiefly because the series is based more heavily on the short stories and books rather than CD Projekt Red’s RPG trilogy. The Witcher season one establishes its main characters - Geralt of Rivia, Yennefer of Vengerberg, and Ciri - and dives into their back stories and general philosophies to help illustrate the ways they complement and clash with one another....

A Beginners Guide to Linux File Permissions First of all, these examples are all tested under Linux distribution Ubuntu. Nevertheless, they should all work the same no matter which flavor of Linux you’re running. Managing access to files and directories in Linux works with a set of permissions. If you look at those, by typing ls -l from the command line, it looks like this: The first digit will usually be either blank or, for directories, you’ll see a d....

And if you live in Outlook all day, here’s a look at how to manage time zones better. Add Extra Time Zone to Microsoft Outlook Calendar Note: If you are running an older version of Outlook, you can add an extra timezone to the calendar on those versions, too. The process is essentially the same. Launch Outlook and go to File > Options. Then in Outlook Options, select Calendar from the list on the left....

Snapchat is one of the most prominent and fast-growing mobile applications, especially for millennials. It primarily allows its users to take and share incredible photos or videos with different people. Recently, the application just introduced the “Creator account,” a new feature that will provide a spectacular Snapchat creator experience for its users. Still, the question is, how to get it? To be a successful Snapchat creator, you should know the process of becoming one and understand important things or factors that can be a great advantage of having a creator account....