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Apple’s new iPad Air comes in two sizes for the first time. In addition to updating its mid-range tablet lineup with a new processor and twice as much memory for entry-level configurations, Apple is now offering iPad Air models with a choice of …
Apple’s new iPad Air comes in two sizes for the first time. In addition to updating its mid-range tablet lineup with a new processor and twice as much memory for entry-level configurations, Apple is now offering iPad Air models with a choice of 11 inch or 13 inch displays Prices start at $599 and $799 […]
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Xbox maker wants to “prioritiz[e] high-impact titles” according to letter to staff.
Enlarge / Artist's conception of Microsoft telling Hi-Fi Rush maker Tango Gameworks they no longer exist as a studio. (credit: Tango Gameworks)
Microsoft is shutting down four studios within its Bethesda Softworks subsidiary, according to a staff email obtained by IGN. The closures include Redfall developer Arkane Austin and Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks. While some team members will be reassigned to other parts of the company, head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty said in a letter to staffers "that some of our colleagues will be leaving us."
Tango Gameworks confirmed in a short social media message that "Hi-Fi Rush, along with Tango's previous titles [like The Evil Within], will remain available and playable everywhere they are today." But the closure of Arkane Austin means that "development will not continue on Redfall," the company wrote in its own social media update. "Arkane Lyon will continue their focus on immersive experiences where they are hard at work on their upcoming project [Marvel's Blade]."
In his note to staff, Booty said that [Redfall] “will remain online for players to enjoy and we will provide make-good offers to players who purchased the Hero DLC.”
New Magic Keyboard promises a Macbook-like experience, while the Pencil gets new tricks.
The Apple Pencil Pro [credit: Apple ]
With new iPads come new keyboards and pencils, and the big news today is the "Apple Pencil Pro," a souped-up version of Apple's iPad stylus. The Pencil Pro is $129 and works with the new iPad Pro and iPad Air.
How much can you improve a stylus? How about rotation detection via a new gyroscope embedded in the pencil? Apple calls this a "barrel roll," which provides rotation input in your iPad apps. If you're drawing and are using a brush that isn't symmetrical, a barrel roll will change the rotation of the brush. If you have a 3D item out in Procreate, a pencil rotation will rotate the 3D item. Devs can cook up whatever app interactions they can think of with this new feature.
The Pencil is also squeezable now, which can bring up a context menu. It also has haptics embedded in it, so you'll get feedback whenever you squeeze or rotate an item. The Pencil magnetically clips on the side of the iPad for charging, but if you happen to lose it, it will also show up in the Find My app next to all your other Apple things.
No more home button.
Apple lowered the price of its 10th Generation iPad from $399 to $349, it announced at its Let Loose event today.
The 10th Generation iPad did away with the top and bottom bezels that previous iPads carried. The 10.9-inch tablet also doesn't have a home button, and shows Apple, under pressure from European Union regulations, moving from a Lightning port to USB-C.
However, Apple's also doing away with the $329, 9th Generation iPad, effectively increasing the price of entry for an iPad. The $329 iPad had an old school home button, as well as a Lightning port. The cheaper iPad also supported the 1st Generation Apple Pencil that had a round barrel shape, glossy finish, and also used a Lightning port. Meanwhile, Apple's Pencil lineup has moved toward magnetic charging and other new features.
Apple hat auf seinem Event Let Loose zwei neue iPad Pro vorgestellt, die mit dem M4-SoC ausgerüstet sind, um anspruchsvolle Aufgaben zu erledigen. (iPad Pro, Apple)
Last month Z-Library reported that users in China were experiencing difficulties accessing the site, with new domains being blocked very quickly. The site’s official WeChat and Bilibili social media accounts seemed unaffected until a surprise announcement was made on the former. It detailed a “recent crackdown by Chinese judicial authorities” on the site, its finances, and social media volunteers. Then just like that, both accounts disappeared.
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Any pirate site operating at scale risks negative attention from the authorities and once governments get involved, any movement in pressure is likely to be in an upwards direction.
Considering Z-Library’s well-publicized issues with the United States government, including a criminal indictment in New York, the seizure of hundreds of domains, and the site’s subsequent return online, things seem to be going remarkably well.
Indeed, the arrest of two of its alleged operators in Argentina back in 2022 doesn’t appear to have held the platform back in any noticeable way. When that matter will be resolved is a complete unknown because for a copyright infringement matter, things appear to be unusually complex, to say the very least.
From the couple allegedly having their phones tapped, and movements monitored as they traveled through Argentina, to an official inquiry into their alleged domestic air travel arrangements and the unexplained disappearance of news articles reporting on the case, controversy is rarely far behind.
And now there’s more to contend with, this time in China.
Last month on the official Z-Library blog, the team reported that users in China were experiencing difficulties accessing the platform.
A similar message was posted April 13 on Z-Library’s official Telegram channel for China, which mentioned a workaround where users could email a particular address and receive a new link to regain access to the site.
Whether that helped the situation is unclear but a little over two weeks later, Z-Library users in China started to believe that their access to the site might be permanently over.
To strengthen its presence in China, back in January Z-Library registered official accounts on WeChat and Bilibili, two Chinese social media platforms with massive reach.
We’re unaware of other issues since the launch of the accounts, but an announcement on WeChat last week strongly suggests that things weren’t going to plan. A translation of that announcement reads as follows:
In this era of rapid development of information technology, sounds from every corner can travel across mountains and seas and reach our ears. However, sometimes technical and regulatory limitations also become barriers to communication. Today, we must convey an important message to you: Due to the recent crackdown by Chinese judicial authorities on our website, donations and social media operation volunteers, we will have to make a difficult decision. Our mainland China social accounts will be logged out within seven days.
This is not just a simple farewell, but also a microcosm of an era. In the past few years, we have shared knowledge and spread ideas with thousands of Chinese readers. Every interaction and discussion is deeply engraved in our memories. We know that every click of every user is full of yearning for intellectual freedom and cultural diversity.
The announcement further notes that while Z-Library’s social media accounts will disappear, visitors from China will still be welcome on the site. No books will be removed from the library but donations via WeChat and Alipay will end indefinitely, leaving donation via cryptocurrency the only option.
Goodbye, China, but this is not the end, just another form of moving on. Let us hope that in the near future, technology and regulations can find a way to coexist, so that there will be no obstacles to the flow of knowledge and ideas.
At that time, we may not need to say ‘goodbye’, but only need to use warmer words: ‘Welcome back.’
As ‘goodbye’ notices go, the above is fairly convincing. However, an announcement on Z-Library’s official Telegram channel for China seems to draw back on some of the claims.
Most likely this is a reference to comments made in a separate post by the volunteers which states that no donations from mainland China will be accepted, and all access to Z-Library from mainland China will be blocked until “the books are removed from the shelves.”
We deeply apologize for the confusion and concern caused by a recent post on the WeChat group ‘Z-Library’. We would like to clarify that our Chinese social media platforms are entirely run by volunteers and we do not have full control over their activities.
We assure you that we will not restrict access to our website to Chinese users. All books remain open to Chinese users, and the Chinese addresses of Z-Points (now called Litera Points) are visible to everyone.
However, if hiding some files prevents some countries from blocking the site and allows a wider audience in those countries to use the site without restrictions, we are willing to do so. Please be assured that these books are still available to users in other countries. We again apologize for any inconvenience caused!
A public statement that appears to have been published by the Chinese volunteers notes that “they did not participate in any operation of the Z-Library website, did not receive any donations, and were completely unaware of the political books uploaded by users on the Z-Library website.”
That may suggest that Z-Library’s mission to spread knowledge to people, wherever they may be, ran counter to standards enforced locally.
A statement published by Z-Library in Chinese yesterday, which mentions that its Chinese media coordinator has moved on “for personal reasons”, further notes that his “previous participation in VPN service-related activities” was something that Z-Library did not endorse and actively discouraged.
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Since Apple transitioned its laptop and desktop computers from Intel to Apple Silicon a few years ago, the company has typically taken a PC-first approach toward launching new processors. But in a break from that tradition, the first device powered by…
Since Apple transitioned its laptop and desktop computers from Intel to Apple Silicon a few years ago, the company has typically taken a PC-first approach toward launching new processors. But in a break from that tradition, the first device powered by Apple’s new M4 processor is an iPad. The 2024 iPad Pro lineup includes 11 […]
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Since Apple transitioned its laptop and desktop computers from Intel to Apple Silicon a few years ago, the company has typically taken a PC-first approach toward launching new processors. But in a break from that tradition, the first device powered by…
Since Apple transitioned its laptop and desktop computers from Intel to Apple Silicon a few years ago, the company has typically taken a PC-first approach toward launching new processors. But in a break from that tradition, the first device powered by Apple’s new M4 processor is an iPad. The 2024 iPad Pro lineup includes 11 […]
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Jüngere Menschen werden den Dienst 11833 nicht mehr kennen, andere haben ihn vergessen. Die Telekom stellt ihre Auskunft ein, weil sie kaum noch genutzt wird. Auch der Weckdienst wird abgeschaltet. (Telekom, Wirtschaft)
Jüngere Menschen werden den Dienst 11833 nicht mehr kennen, andere haben ihn vergessen. Die Telekom stellt ihre Auskunft ein, weil sie kaum noch genutzt wird. Auch der Weckdienst wird abgeschaltet. (Telekom, Wirtschaft) More info promised sometime before the end of March 2025.
Enlarge / Nintendo will eventually gift us Switch 2 information, hopefully in time for Christmas. (credit: Aurich Lawson)
While the past few months have included plenty of informed speculation about the so-called Switch 2, Nintendo hasn't given even a bare hint that the system is in the works. That changed at least somewhat last night, as Nintendo President Shinto Furukawa shared on social media that "we will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year," which ends on March 31, 2025.
In his pre-announcement announcement, Furukawa warned that an upcoming Nintendo Direct presentation planned for June would include "no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor," suggesting more information may be coming closer to the end of the fiscal year than the beginning.
Furukawa notes that the eventual announcement will come over nine years after Nintendo first alluded to the Switch's existence with the March 2015 announcement of a console then called "Project NX." Nintendo didn't show that hardware publicly until 19 months later, with a three-minute preview trailer that dropped in October 2016. Hands-on press previews for the Switch came three months after that, and we then had to wait almost two more months for the console to finally hit store shelves in March of 2017.
Apple hat auf seinem Event Let Loose zwei neue iPad Pro vorgestellt, die mit dem M4-SoC ausgerüstet sind, um anspruchsvolle Aufgaben zu erledigen. (
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