Google kills Chromecast, replaces it with Apple TV and Roku Ultra competitor

Google kills Chromecast, replaces it with Apple TV and Roku Ultra competitor

This is Google’s new streaming box, the Google TV Streamer. It’s meant to sit on your media console instead of hanging from your TV’s USB port like the Chromecast. The remote comes with a lot of the standard features you’d expect from this kind of device now: a button to trigger voice control, a remote…

Students scramble after security breach wipes 13,000 devices

Students scramble after security breach wipes 13,000 devices

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Students in Singapore are scrambling after a security breach wiped notes and all other data from school-issued iPads and Chromebooks running the mobile device management app Mobile Guardian. According to news reports, the mass wiping came as a shock to multiple students in Singapore, where the Mobile Guardian app has been…

Helldivers 2 players gain Anti-Tank Mines but incur in-universe consequences for the schoolchildren

Helldivers 2 players gain Anti-Tank Mines but incur in-universe consequences for the schoolchildren

A recent Helldivers 2 Major Order seemed to be aimed specifically at forcing players to unlock the Anti-Tank Mines Stratagem. Something fans had been dodging every time it came up. However, this time, when they finally gave up on the meme, they didn’t expect it to cost Super Schoolchildren their air. The Major Order in…

Helldivers 2 players gain Anti-Tank Mines but incur in-universe consequences for the schoolchildren – Destructoid

Helldivers 2 players gain Anti-Tank Mines but incur in-universe consequences for the schoolchildren – Destructoid

A recent Helldivers 2 Major Order seemed to be aimed specifically at forcing players to unlock the Anti-Tank Mines Stratagem. Something fans had been dodging every time it came up. However, this time, when they finally gave up on the meme, they didn’t expect it to cost Super Schoolchildren their air. The Major Order in…

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates: Keeping up with the latest fixes

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates: Keeping up with the latest fixes

Long before Taco Tuesday became part of the pop-culture vernacular, Tuesdays were synonymous with security — and for anyone in the tech world, they still are.  Patch Tuesday, as you most likely know, refers to the day each month when Microsoft releases security updates and patches for its software products — everything from Windows to…

Against the Storm’s upcoming 1.4 patch brings delicious fish and glue

Against the Storm’s upcoming 1.4 patch brings delicious fish and glue

Hooded Horse and Eremite Games have provided a preview of Against the Storm’s upcoming 1.4 patch. This major update will bring major content additions to the base game. However, its release date has not yet been announced. The major focus of the 1.4 patch is to bring in additional resources and production. The marquee feature…

Dead by Daylight welcomes Castlevania’s Dracula and Trevor Belmont on August 27

Dead by Daylight welcomes Castlevania’s Dracula and Trevor Belmont on August 27

Back in May we got a look at the Dead by Daylight Year 9 roadmap, which pointed toward Castlevania content for August 2024. Now that date has been narrowed down, and players can await the formal arrival of Dracula and Trevor Belmont on August 27.  The first tease for the Castlevania update came during the…

“Do not hallucinate”: Testers find prompts meant to keep Apple Intelligence on the rails

“Do not hallucinate”: Testers find prompts meant to keep Apple Intelligence on the rails

Enlarge / Apple Intelligence was unveiled at WWDC 2024. Apple As the parent of a young child, I can tell you that getting a kid to respond the way you want can require careful expectation-setting. Especially when we’re trying something new for the first time, I find that the more detail I can provide, the…

“So tired”: Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ prices increase by up to 25 percent in October

“So tired”: Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ prices increase by up to 25 percent in October

Enlarge / A scene from the new season of Doctor Who, which is streaming on Disney+. Disney+ Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ will get more expensive as of October 17, whether users have a subscription with or without ads. After most recently jacking up streaming prices in October 2023, The Walt Disney Company is raising subscription…