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WWDC19 – Here Are The Hottest Announcements, So Far

Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference, WWDC19, has managed to surprise lots of fans as a large number of announcements were offered. Below you can find a selection of the most interesting ones.

Hottest WWDC19 Announcements

Apple TV

Those who opt for Apple TV Plus will have the option to watch a remarkable show called For All Mankind. The show offers an interesting take on alternate history as it attempts to explore what would have happened if the Soviets managed to be the first on the surface of the moon. The TVOS will offer multiuser support. Those who have an Xbox One or DualShock 4 controller will be supported natively by the device.

The new MacBook Pro and Apple Pro Display XDR

The Mac Pro has received a major update, and the new specs are quite impressive. For $5,999 users will enjoy an eight-core Intel Xeon W clocked at 3.5 GHz, 32GB of RAM, an AMD Radeon Pro 850X and an SSD with a capacity of 256GBs.

The Pro Display XDR offers an impressive 32-inch display with a resolution of 6,016×3,384, true 10-bit capabilities, and a polarizer which facilitates select viewing angles. If you opt for the monitor, priced at $5,000, you will have to pay an extra 1,000 for the stand.

MacOS Catalina

As expected, MacOS Catalina will drop iTunes in favor of several replacements apps. A new app called Sidecar will allow users to use an iPad as a secondary display. A great accessibility feature comes in the form of assistive voice control. The improved Project Catalyst will allow developers to port iPad apps to MacOS without difficulties.

iPadOS

Apple has decided to split the OS for portable devices, and iPads will receive a dedicated version in the form of iPads. The Files app has been revamped and offers a new feature. Other improvements were also announced.

iOS 13

The Dark Mode was confirmed, and many native apps will receive support for the new feature. Siri will gain the ability to read and answer text messages when you are using the AirPods. The popular vocal assistant will also receive a new voice which sounds more natural.

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Microsoft Surface Book 3 Might Come Out In Late 2019

Until now, all we know about Microsoft Surface Book 3 comes from rumors and leaks, even though the Surface Book 2 launched in 2017. While Microsoft did not release any official details on the Surface Book 3, speculations are rolling out over the Internet. In this article, we’ll present you some of the latest rumors and leaks on Microsoft Surface Book 3. Even more, according to a report about which we’ll talk below, Surface Book 3 might come out in late 2019 or early 2020.

Microsoft Surface Book 3 release date rumors

The speculation that Microsoft would launch later this year or in early 2020 comes from a report posted by Tech Radar, and it is based on the fact that Intel Ice Lake CPU series will roll out in December 2019. Since the new Intel Ice Lake processors are specially designed for laptops and 2-in-1 devices, Microsoft Surface Book 3 might prefer to be among the first 2-in-1 devices to use the new CPUs.

Accordingly, Microsoft Surface Book 3 might come out soon after the release of the Intel Ice Lake processors. That means we can see Surface Book 3 hitting the shelves by the end of 2019 or in early 2020.

What would be new in the upcoming Surface Book 3?

Besides implementing a revamped CPU, the Intel Ice Lake technology, Microsoft might also prefer to upgrade some of the other components of the 2-in-1 device. That would include a revamped battery since the one on Surface Book 2 has disappointed the users, to some extent. Also, the next installment in the Surface Book series might weight less than Surface Book 2, and that’s another fact that would please many of the users.

As for how much the future Surface Book 3 would cost, speculations indicated that its price range would be around the same values as its predecessor, Microsoft Surface Book 3. Until we have something official from Microsoft, all we have are these rumors and speculations that we discussed above. However, it would be indeed great to receive Microsoft Surface Book 3 in late 2019.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019 Trailer Raised Some Controversies

The worldwide-expected trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019 has been officially released by Activision, to the excitement of the game’s fans. The trailer gives us an insight into the ultra-realistic scenarios that will be featured in the game, that are highly in vogue at the moment throughout the gaming world.

Controversial Political Aspects

Due to political aspects sparkled in the trailer, its release is highly controversial. The users will surely identify some similarities with Modern Warfare 2. In that part, players had to shoot citizens roaming around Moscow airport, thus taking part in the well-known mission called “No Russian”. Understandably, some of the states have even completely taken out the campaign before the final release.

The developer of the franchise, Infinity Ward has taken this as an opportunity to present the situation from a twisted point of view, presenting the terrorist perspective, a move that was also highly controversial. Up to this date, whether this was a good decision or not is thoroughly debated by users.

Players already dubbed this new chapter as “No Russian: The game”.

The Reality of War

Jacob Minkoff, single-player design director, stated that if the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019 reboot will keep on showing a world where terrorists are always defeated, not mentioning the collateral victims or the other such aspect, the users will never get an objective perspective of how the war actually is, and how hard is this experience for a soldier, for say, from an ethical perspective.

Minkoff and its team undoubtedly done their thorough research, but is this kind of a research enough to assess the exact aspects of reality of war? Out there it is really hard to label who is the hero and who is the terrorist. There is no black or white, and there are moral principles being violated on both sides.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019 to come out in October

Since September of 2018, when investors basically hammered the stock of Activision, shares suffered a decrease by roughly 50%.
Users all admit that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series was iconic and way ahead of its time, but the later releases in the series never quite lived up to the hype of the first game.

The strategy adopted by Activision is certainly trying to access popularity and success by emphasizing the shock factor for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The release date of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019 reboot is expected to be October 25th.

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Lucky Patcher – Here Is Why You Should Give This App A Try

Smartphone users all around the world downloaded 178 billion apps in 2017 alone, including gaming and social media platforms. The number is expected to rise to 258 billion by 2022. However, some limitations don’t allow us to enjoy some apps fully. To generate income, developers include some features that can only be obtained through in-app purchases, which is sometimes frustrating. The good news is that there are apps like Lucky Patcher that can make things easier for you. Lucky Patcher gives you full control over your apps, free of cost. In this article, we’ll show you why you should give Lucky Patcher a try.

Lucky Patcher features that make this app a must-have

Here are just a few features that can be unlocked with the help of Lucky Patcher:

  • Remove Ads
  • Manage Permissions
  • Free purchases
  • Custom patches

Having been downloaded over 100 million times, Lucky Patcher is one of the most used tools of its kind today. May 2019 brought the latest update of the app, developed by ChelpuS, that can be downloaded for free.

How to download and install Lucky Patcher

If we sparked your interest, here is how you can install Lucky Patcher on your device:

  • Download the Lucky Patcher APK installer
  • Make sure you enable installations from unknown sources. You can enable this in the Settings of your device.
  • Launch the installer
  • A pop-up message will show up with the message: “Do you really want to install the Lucky Patcher v8.4.1? ”. Click Yes!
  • An installation button will appear. Click Next to finish the process.

Lucky Patcher sure is a fantastic tool that can enhance your experience with many apps and games, without having to pay subscriptions. If you are still not entirely convinced, we suggest you try it out and decide for yourself. We are sure you are going to like it.

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Google Sticks To Its Plan To Remove Chrome Ad-Blockers

Google had a tentative of dismissing the APIs that content blocking extensions and Chrome ad-blockers utilize, just a couple of months back. The planned reinstatement API would not have the same capacities, and would not be as powerful, so users and developers hugely complained about it. However, Google is not quite minding the complains and stand firm in their decision.

The actual platform utilized by Chrome extensions is known as Manifest V2, and it was rolled out back in 2012. The tech giant has been developing Manifest V3 for some time now, and it will come with new functionality and changes to the current browser characteristics.

The adjustment that has got the most negative complains was the company’s plan to replace the current WebRequest API, utilized by each content blocking extension, with a much more restricted declarativeNetRequest API. Rather than extensions managing the network filtering, they would offer a filter list that Chrome will then analyze. Numerous developers, most prominently the designer of uBlock Origin and uMatrix openly went against the planned changes.

Google Sticks To Its Plan To Remove Chrome Ad-Blockers

Google has allegedly rethought the plan in the last months, but in no small measure, the tech giant is sticking to the initial plan. A developer advocate at Google said in a forum post that Chrome is depreciating the blocking abilities of the webRequest API in Manifest V3, but not of the whole webRequest API, but still, blocking will still be on to operate distributions. Put differently, content blockers will eventually need to transfer to the new restricted API, or they will stop functioning for regular users.

Google has then revealed the outlines of the optimizations it has created to the new declarativeNetRequest API since the first time it was rolled out. Extensions will be accessible to delimit blocking rules in two paths, namely while installing and while operating. The limit is 30,000 during installation at the moment, and 50,000 while working.

Google stated in a forum post that they are planning to move up these numbers, but they won’t have updated values until they can run performance trials to discover a great upper bound that will function across all supported devices. To make it simpler to understand how the restriction might impact the ad blockers, imagine that EasyList has about 76,000 rules at the moment. These adjustments will most probably not satisfy users who are using ad blockers at the moment, but the Manifest V3 is still a long way until it will roll out, and Manifest V2 won’t be removed for one more year for two.

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