Month: April 2024

Last days on Netflix of the romantic movie that changed everything in cinema

Netflix is about to remove from its catalog one of the most important romantic films of the 21st century. April 30th is the last day it will be available on the streaming platform Brokeback Mountain, the 2005 film directed by Ang Lee in which Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal had a beautiful love story.

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In 2005, when the movie came out, LGTBIQ+ stories were very rarely seen in the industry, let alone in Hollywood. But thanks to the bravery of Ang Lee, who won the Oscar for Best Director with this film, a path was opened that has since continued with dozens of movies that make the movement visible.

A unique love story in its time

Brokeback Mountain tells the clandestine love story between two cowboys, Ennis and Jack, in the 1960s. Their passion blossoms while they tend sheep in Wyoming, but social expectations and their own fears keep them apart. Despite forming families, their bond persists, secretly meeting for years. The film addresses themes of identity, repressed sexuality, and forbidden love, offering a poignant look at the struggle to accept and express their love in an intolerant world.

Alien in VR? Now you can play it twice as much

The game will arrive on both PlayStation VR2 and Meta Quest 3.

I won’t be the one to put on a virtual reality headset to play Alien there – I’m a scaredy-cat – but there’s no doubt that the idea sounds great. Today, Survios in collaboration with 20th Century Games have announced the development of Alien: Rogue Incursion, a virtual reality video game based on the universe, of course, of Alien. According to the studio, we are promised a “gut-wrenching journey” where we will also discover our own story.

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Continuing with the provided information, Survios has commented that in the studio they are “big fans of Alien” and that “we have been working on Alien: Rogue Incursion for a long time and perfecting our ability to combine the most technically advanced, immersive, and engaging virtual reality experiences.”

Returning to the story, the team has commented that this story will be “completely original“, but this does not mean that the “favorite elements” of the saga will not be present during the game. In this sense, mention is made of the xenomorphs, a good proof that one of the main hallmarks will be present.

To finish, the game will be available in two versions, as we mentioned in the headline: on one hand, it will be released for PlayStation VR2, and on the other hand, it will also be available for Meta Quest 3 (in addition to Steam). When will it be released? Well, although we don’t have a specific date, we do know that we will see it by the end of 2024.

There are still a few months left to see the game among us. In fact, we haven’t seen any gameplay yet, so we also have to wait for some interesting footage to be shown to us. Considering how close we are to the main summer video game events, it is most likely that we will have the gameplay there.

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Your iPad will soon become a huge Nintendo DS thanks to this new emulator

And the next big update, the multiplayer.

If you are one of those who have an iPhone and you like video games, it is most likely that you are already aware of the Delta emulator. At the beginning of this month of April, the emulator arrived at the Apple Store in a completely legal way – as is obvious – for iPhone devices. In a matter of days, Delta positioned itself among the top positions of the Apple Store, a position it still holds today. This hegemony is already important, but everything points to it going even further: now it also arrives on iPad.

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Riley Testut, developer of this emulator, has commented that the version for Apple tablets is “close to completion”, and it will be released when update 1.6 is available in the store. In this regard, Testut points out that the application is already available for his Patreon followers.

Needless to say, obviously, Delta can be used on iPad right now, but not with a native version for the device. Therefore, with the release of this version, there would be a fully focused on iPad one, something that may seem trivial, but that would allow players to view the entire image on a big screen.

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Testut has commented that the next major update – after this one – will have multiplayer as a key feature. So far, multiplayer is introduced, but only executed from one device. The developer’s idea is to enable multiplayer between devices, meaning each player with an iPhone independently.

To wrap up, the creator of Delta has also mentioned that the SEGA Mega Drive emulator is very close, so close that it is currently in beta. We just have to wait for it to be released, but be patient: the iPad version will arrive first.

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Manor Lords bursts onto Steam with impressive sales

And that’s even available on Xbox Game Pass.

Hooded Horse and Slavic Magic must be thrilled with the reception that their latest major production, Manor Lords, has received. The studio confirmed just a few hours ago that the game’s sales have surpassed one million copies. Considering that this figure was achieved in just one weekend and that it is also available on Xbox Game Pass, the milestone is even more incredible.

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According to the information provided by the study, during this first weekend up to 170,000 players enjoyed Manor Lords simultaneously. This is the highest number ever recorded for a city builder, colony sim, 4x or GSG. To top it off, it should be added that the game has not had a final release, but rather it has been released in Early Access, meaning it is still far from being finished.

It has been the publisher Hooded Horse who has provided all these statistics, as well as an impressive figure of over three million wishlists on Steam. The number is extremely high and not many games can openly say that they have achieved this “wishlist”, which has now translated into over one million copies sold.

From Slavic Magic, a developer studio, they aim to continue working hard to polish the game as much as possible. It has been over seven years of development… with more than satisfactory results.

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When Tom Cruise is the protagonist of Elden Ring (and unintentionally)

The user hasn’t shared the specifications to create it.

If there is one thing that character editors in today’s video games stand out for, it is because of the enormous possibilities they offer, each one more diverse than the last. Thanks to all these tools, players can create a multitude of familiar faces, from other video game characters to famous actors or actresses, as has now happened with Tom Cruise in Elden Ring.

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The funny anecdote is as follows. The user Dirtyfactz uploaded his creation in Elden Ring to Reddit. So far, everything is normal, as it is usual for thousands of users of the famous forum. However, what is special is when one realizes that the protagonist looks exactly like Tom Cruise. The best part? According to the user himself, his avatar was created unintentionally, that is, completely accidentally.

Many Reddit users have asked what specifications Dirtyfactz has introduced in the character editor to achieve this visual appearance. So far, Dirtyfactz has not shared the values to achieve this creation.

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Playing with Mr. Mission: Impossible and Top Gun in the Intermediate Lands must be a blast. Let’s see if the setup works.

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Mastodon forms a non-profit organization in the United States and has the co-founder of Twitter on its board of directors.

Since 2021, Mastodon has had non-profit status in Germany, or at least it did until now. Apparently, the German tax office has revoked the company’s non-profit status and their response has been to appeal this decision, although they have not yet received a response. Well, it seems that Mastodon has not wanted to sit idly by and they have recently announced it.

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Mastodon’s CEO and founder, Eugen Rochko, has announced the formation of a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity in the United States “with the goal of facilitating our efforts, including the possibility of receiving tax-deductible donations and in-kind support from the United States,” stated Rochko. And pay attention, because the most striking thing about this announcement is the board of directors that has been presented for this new organization.

To be exact, the council is composed of Esra’a Al Shafei, Karien Bezuidenhout, Amir Ghavi, Mastodon’s CFO Felix Hlatsky, and Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. In the statement shared by Mastodon’s CEO, you can discover who the members of this new council are, but undoubtedly, the name that has caught our attention the most is that of the co-founder of Twitter.

Mastodon forms a new non-profit organization and announces its board of directors

The selection of the aforementioned board of directors seems to have been based on the values of these personalities, as stated in the declaration, “they coincide with those of Mastodon”. In addition, they add that “with the additional guidance of this board and the incredible support of our growing communities, Mastodon will continue steadfast in its mission to provide a decentralized, free and open-source social network”.

The creation of this non-profit organization makes a lot of sense for Mastodon, as it is sustained (to pay its employees, developers, and designers, among other expenses) with donations received from the community through Patreon, which are subject to taxes. Therefore, with this new organization, the company will be able to receive tax-deductible donations and other types of financial support.

Regarding the withdrawal of its non-profit status in Germany, the CEO of Mastodon wanted to clarify that “our daily operations are not significantly affected by this event, as Patreon does not have non-profit status and Patreon’s income is not considered as donations. In fact, we haven’t had to issue a single donation receipt since 2021. The importance of non-profit status lies in communicating our commitment to the cause of creating social networks that serve the interests of their users rather than those of their shareholders.”

“Now we have the 501(c)(3) in the United States to fill the void. However, it is also important for us that Mastodon remains one of the few, if not the only, social media platforms that operates outside the EU, and we would like it to remain that way,” adds Eugen Rochko in the statement.

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In conclusion, Rochko wanted to thank Jeff Atwood and Mozilla for their donations to support this non-profit organization, as they contributed $100,000 each. Additionally, it has also been highlighted that with these contributions, they have allowed the main development team, composed of two people, to continue their work and have facilitated the hiring of a third full-time developer.

This new functionality of the Google Play Store is very simple and incredibly useful at the same time.

Google is allowing users to download multiple apps at the same time from the Play Store, a big change from the previous behavior of the app store, which only allowed one download at a time. Now, the company is widely extending this useful functionality to Android users.

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According to 9to5Google, which was the first website to detect the release of this useful feature, the current limit is two simultaneous downloads at a time. When you add more than two apps to the download queue, the rest of the apps will appear as “Pending” and will start downloading once the previous ones have finished (as it used to happen when downloading more than one app).

However, this new functionality does not currently extend to app updates. As 9to5Google points out in their article, implementing this feature in app updates would be more convenient, although it is likely that Google will eventually do it.

Google has been working on allowing users to download more than one application at a time for several years, without the idea taking off completely. As it is obvious, to check if this functionality is already available on your Android device, you just have to go to the Play Store and download two or more applications at the same time.

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Now you can download two applications at the same time from Google Play Store

As you Android users know, until now the way to download apps on our phones from the Google Play Store was to go one by one or, alternatively, wait for one download and installation to complete before the other application we want starts installing on our device. Now, this has changed and the folks at Mountain View have implemented a new feature, which is one of the most anticipated by its users.

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As recently reported by 9to5Google, with the latest update of Google Play Store (version 40.6.31), the Android app platform now allows the simultaneous download of two apps. With this new addition, Android users undoubtedly benefit from this improvement in the download and installation process of a program we want on our Android smartphone, as it will now be faster when we want to install multiple apps.

One of the most anticipated features arrives at Google Play Store

Therefore, now, while two applications are being downloaded at the same time from the Google Play Store, and in case you want to install more, the rest will remain on hold until the first ones finish installing on the device. In addition, their progress can be tracked from the store itself as well as from the home screen. You also have to keep in mind that, although you can download two apps at the same time from the mentioned store, you cannot update two applications at once.

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On the other hand, it is worth mentioning that if you want to use this new feature, you have to make sure you have the latest version of Android and the Google Play Store itself. If you don’t have this feature yet, but you meet the mentioned requirements, it will probably be a matter of time before you can enjoy it on your device, as there are already many phones that can enjoy it. However, you can still choose to install only one app if you prefer.

Discord bans several accounts that stole messages from 620 million users

Discord, one of the most popular social applications among gamers, has banned a series of accounts linked to a website that was dedicated to collecting and selling millions of messages from platform users.

The incident occurs just over a week after 404 Media exposed Spy.Pet, a website that collected and sold millions of Discord users’ messages using bots, which extracted data from 14,000 servers, including gaming servers like Minecraft, accumulating information from nearly 620 million users, according to Kotaku.

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After an investigation conducted shortly after the 404 Media disclosure, Discord banned several accounts linked to the website. The platform claims that these accounts only had access to the information available to any user on the servers.

The administrators of Spy.Pet admitted that some of their bots were banned, but denied that the removal of the website was related to this, and expressed their intention to recover the website domain and continue managing it. At the same time, Discord has announced that it is considering taking “appropriate legal actions”.

This action takes place three months after Discord laid off over 170 employees, attributing the layoffs to the rapid growth during the pandemic. Discord CEO Jason Citron mentioned in an internal email that the company’s rapid growth during the pandemic led them to take on more projects and become less efficient in their operations.

These layoffs are the largest in Discord’s history to date, after the messaging app laid off 4% of its workforce in August of last year. To make matters worse, these layoffs add to the ongoing layoffs in the tech sector, such as those carried out by Google and Amazon earlier this year.

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Are you looking for an Nvidia RTX 4090? Be very careful with this scam

When it comes to fraud in the second-hand GPU markets, it’s quite common to encounter one, especially among resellers. This 4090…

The star graphics card from NVIDIA, the GeForce RTX 4090, is being used to scam dozens of people, so buyers are advised to proceed with caution.

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When it comes to scams in the second-hand GPU markets, it is quite common to come across one, especially in resellers like eBay, that are not properly regulated.

An incredible case: an empty 4090 inside

In view of this, Northwest Repair has highlighted an incident experienced by one of these customers, who had bought a second-hand GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card from an individual on Facebook Marketplace, only to realize that the unit had been stripped of its most vital components.

Well, this is certainly not new, as we see buyers becoming victims of this type of fraud quite often simply due to lack of knowledge or deception by the seller.

After realizing that the GPU was not working, the victim took the defective unit to a nearby technology store, where they were told that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 they had purchased was fried, and they were offered to buy it for 200 dollars.

The victim rejected the offer, hoping that their GPU would sell for an even higher price, but they didn’t realize what was coming their way and that offer was the best they could have received.

When the unit was sent to Northwest Repair, upon opening it, it was shocking to witness that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 had been completely removed from the GPU and memory, and was literally empty inside.

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This means that the buyer only received the original PCB of the card, and the components were probably sold separately for profit.

This is the dark side of second-hand markets, and we advise users not to resort to them for their purchases unless they come from verified sources.