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Hands-on with iOS 14 beta 6 changes and features

August 27, 2020
This week, Apple released the sixth beta for iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, and like last week’s beta 5 release, beta 6 includes several new changes and features. Watch our hands-on video walkthrough for a look at what’s new. What’s new in iOS 14 beta 6? Create Shortcuts to switch accounts on Apple TV with iOS 14 and tvOS 14 Updated Shortcuts widget Siri now positioned correctly for landscape…
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Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War gameplay: Stealth inevitably erupts into weapons-hot action

August 27, 2020
Activision‘s Treyarch and Raven Software studios today showed off the gameplay for their long-awaited Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War, a sequel to 2010’s Call of Duty: Black Ops. In this game, you play as CIA operative Russell Adler hunting a Soviet spy who has eluded capture for decades. You’re authorized to go after the spy, whose codename is Perseus, in a deniable covert operation…
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Highlights of the unwanted Nintendo Direct Mini

August 27, 2020
Well, the rumors were right … kind of. We got a new Nintendo Direct this week. Sadly, while I was hoping for a giant show featuring first-party games like those 3D Mario remakes that the winds (and colleague Jeff Grubb) have been whispering about for months, we instead got…
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Fortnite on iOS and Mac losing cross-platform compatibility over Apple battle

August 27, 2020
After a judge ruled that Apple couldn’t terminate Epic Games’ developer accounts relating to its Unreal Engine but could eliminate its dev accounts tied to Fortnite, Epic confirmed that it won’t be budging before the August 28 deadline. And now that Fortnite versions will be forking, those playing on iOS and Mac will see cross-platform compatibility vanish. No matter whose side you’re on…
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Canon launches 1/1.8-inch sensor for video recording in extreme low light

August 27, 2020
Canon has announced a new CMOS image sensor that is designed to perform in extreme low light conditions. The LI7050’s is a sensor of the 1/1.8-inch variant which means it has the same size as many image sensors that can be found in smartphone cameras. However, this is not the new sensor’s intended use. Instead it’s meant to be used for industrial applications that require extreme…
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