It has been over a decade since legendary RPG developer BioWare released Mass Effect to much fanfare. The original was hailed as one of the best sci-fi role-playing games of all time, and for good reason. With an engaging and highly-customizable combat system (that may or may not have aged particularly well), an intricate web of dialogue and choices, and a vast galaxy to explore, there was a lot to praise....

With the release of the Seekers of the Storm expansion, there are now a total of seventeen survivors or playable characters inRisk of Rain 2. Each survivor is fairly unique and you can beat the main game with each one, but their effectiveness, ease of use, and overall strength vary quite a bit. Here is our ranking of the current roster of Risk of Rain 2 survivors, and how they rank in our described tiers....

Reuters reportedlast week that the European Union would“very soon”formally charge Samsung for asserting standard essential patents against Apple. Smelling danger, just days prior to the development the Galaxy maker hadwithdrawn all its injunctionrequests in European courts. Friday morning, UK’s The Guardian newspaper reported that the European Commission could now slap the South Korean conglomerate – the world’stop cell phone makerby volume – with a substantial fine of up to ten percent of its global revenue, amounting to as much as fifteen billion dollars based on Samsung’s 2011 revenue of $148....

The world of high dynamic range, better known as HDR, is increasingly vast. Samsung’s version, HDR10+, which features on many of its top-end tellies (among some other brands) and adds an additional layer of dynamic metadata, is due to get an HDR10+ “Gaming extension” in 2022. That’s an important update for the Korean brand, which is looking to take on Dolby Vision Gaming, as Samsung TVs don’t support Dolby’s HDR format....

SpaceX Rival Astra Reveals The Two Flaws That Ruined Its First Payload Launch Astra, the private space launch company, hasdetailed what went wrongduring its February 10 launch, which failed to carry four satellites into orbit, resulting in their loss. The launch took place with Astra’s Launch Vehicle (LV) 0008 from Cape Canaveral in Florida — had it been successful, the mission would have marked the first time the company delivered operational CubeSats (for NASA, in this case) to their final destination....

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Stanley Kubrick is a director who doesn’t hold back. Perfecting art (in this case, his movies) no matter how many months it took to shoot a film, Kubrick was a perfectionist and expected a lot from his actors. Talking about his 1987 filmFull Metal Jacket,actor Matthew Modine revealed how lengthy the process of shooting the film turned out to be....

Strideis a brand newjailbreak tweakfrom excellent jailbreak developer and designer Adam Bell. It allows you to unlock your iPhone using an 8-bit styled drawing for security, in lieu of iOS’ boring passcode option. When you try out the tweak for yourself, it’s immediately obvious that there’s some highly calculated design behind this effort. Indeed, Stride allows you to unlock your iPhone with impeccable style… [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wd-btxHeII[/tube] Stride features a simple and straight to the point preference panel, which will have you up and running in no time....

The Devil Conspiracywas directed byNathan Frankowskiand starsAlice Orr-Ewing(The Theory of Everything) in the lead role of a woman who has been abducted by a Satanic cult and impregnated with a clone of something sinister and potentially harmful. The movie was produced by Samuel Goldwyn Films, and it contains a sci-fi horror theme about the development of a biotech company’s technology to clone historical figures. This type of innovation allows them to create and auction clones of Michelangelo, Galileo, Vivaldi, and other famous artists to the world’s wealthiest individuals....

The Story Behind Why Jeremy Clarkson Was Fired From Top Gear The BBC’s long-running automotive show, “Top Gear,” has seen a lot of changes over the decades. Still, perhaps none was as surprising as the firing of popular host Jeremy Clarkson in 2015 and the subsequent resignation of his co-hosts, Richard Hammond and James May. Throughout Clarkson’s tenure as host of a rebooted version of the show starting in 2002 (he also co-hosted the previous version in the ’80s and ’90s), the show attracted large numbers of new fans — namely, younger people and viewers from outside of the U....

The Stunning Transformation Of Cell Phones Cell phones are a ubiquitous part of modern living. It’s nearly impossible to imagine our lives today without them. What was once the domain of wealthy professionals is now so widespread that more than half of all children get their first phone before they turn 11 years old (viaNPR). The ability to contact friends and family wherever you are and get answers from the internet at a moment’s notice is taken for granted....

This Device Turned A Once-Promising Startup Into A Vaguely Remembered Tech Flop It’s hard out here for a startup. New tech companies have to clear every hurdle of bringing a fresh product to market, without any of the customer goodwill or establishment inertia of well-known brands. Many startups address marketplace challenges by delivering an exciting new product or service, counting on the appeal of innovation to overcome customer reluctance. Sometimes, that kind of innovation can lead tothrilling new tech....

Alongside releasing the feature-packediOS 10.2 software updatefor iPhone and iPad andwatchOS 3.1.1 for Apple Watch owners, Apple also this morning launched tvOS 10.1, the first major update to the operating system powering the fourth-generation Apple TV followingtvOS 10.0’s debut in September. tvOS 10.1 (build number 14U593) is not as feature-packed as iOS 10.2. It contains bug fixes, performance improvements, Apple’s new channel-guide app and support for the new Single Sign-On feature, among other items....

We’ve all been out and about on an adventure or living our daily lives when we realize we need a few more hours ofbattery lifeto get us through the day. You could stop and plug in your iPhone, but that could throw a wrench in the flow of what you’re doing and wait for it tocharge. If only you had aMagSafebattery pack with you. It’s a scenario I’ve lived through more times than I can count....