Month: April 2021
Apex Legends now has more than 100 million players
Battle royale shooter Apex Legends now has more than 100 million unique players globally, EA and Respawn announced on Wednesday. The free-to-play game surpassed the big milestone just over two years after its February 2019 launch. Apex Legends’ success is just the latest indication that free-to-play battle royale shooters remain…
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Valorant players with an Nvidia graphics card are about to get a performance boost Valorant
Nvidia has announced that Reflex Boost, technology that delivers latency improvements in GPU-intensive games, to both Fortnite and Valorant. Both games have supported Nvidia Reflex for a while now, but the company has announced that they’ll be getting a further performance upgrade with an update that introduces Reflex Boost, which…
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Fast 9 trailer teases explosive showdown between Vin Diesel and John Cena Fast 9
Fast 9, the 10th entry in Universal Pictures’ action movie series, has received a new trailer – and it’s as explosive and visually outrageous as any fan might expect. The trailer, which clocks in at three minutes and 20 seconds, shows off plenty of high-octane action as Vin Diesel’s Dominic…
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Gay dating site Manhunt hacked, thousands of accounts stolen
Manhunt, a gay dating app that claims to have 6 million male members, has confirmed it was hit by a data breach in February after a hacker gained access to the company’s accounts database. In a notice filed with the Washington attorney general’s office, Manhunt said the hacker “gained access…
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Google Assistant can now help order takeout from restaurants online
The pandemic has made ordering restaurant takeout a little less of a guilty pleasure, both because it’s safer and it helps support local businesses. Google is now trying to make the process faster, too, by having Google Assistant fill in contact information and payment details automatically on Android phones after…
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Ford’s hands-free BlueCruise driving feature coming soon to the F-150 and Mustang Mach-E
Ford has a name for its “hands-free” advanced driver assist system (ADAS): BlueCruise. The company said it would begin pushing the feature via an over-the-air software update to select 2021 Ford F-150 and 2021 Mustang Mach-E owners later this year. According to Ford, BlueCruise will allow hands-free driving on “prequalified…
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