Author: Henry R. Lares

Henry Lares is still early into his career as tech reporter but has already had his work published in many major publications including Tech Crunch and the Huffington Post.  In regards to academics, Henry earned an engineering degree from Apex Technical School. Henry has a passion for emerging technology and covers upcoming products and breakthroughs in science and tech.

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Reports of Forced Windows 10 April Updates Under Investigation

The newest Windows 10 update from 10th of April 2018 has been forcibly installed even on the computers that were configured to block it. Microsoft is aware of this issue and they are currently investigating it. A great number of Windows 10 users has reported various problems with their OS since the beginning of May, when this upgrade was introduced.

The new OS version 1803 has been offered to computers that were configured to block any updates until they are ready for the Semi-Annual Channel. This includes users of Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise SKUs, who specifically opted out of such updates.

More and more Windows 10 users keep reporting bugs, and the list of newly discovered issues keeps growing day after day. A Microsoft official stated that they are gathering the reports and investigating what caused all these errors. So far, Microsoft has failed to act fast in response to this general problem, which remains unfixed until now. The company is unable to provide any specific explanations, so it looks like we will still have to wait for any detailed information to be revealed.

What we know so far is that most likely these problems were caused by a bug, which allowed this update to be installed on some computers, even though they were not supposed to receive it. Usually it takes a few months for a new upgrade of Windows 10 to become available in the Semi-Annual Channel, but many systems were updated prior to that.

On June 12 the next Patch Tuesday will take place and a new set of Windows 10 updates is expected to be released, along with fixes to all existing system issues. We hope that this update will be a great success and no new problems will occur. Meanwhile, we are waiting for more details explaining the source of the problem.

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Samsung Galaxy S8 Comes with a Better Autonomy than Samsung Galaxy S9

The Samsung Galaxy S9 has lower battery power than the one offered by the Samsung Galaxy S8, the differences in tests made so far show that users can expect to have up to 30% less time to use. We are talking about a battery test a few weeks ago for the Samsung Galaxy S9 that showed us that the Samsung Galaxy S8 and the iPhone have better autonomy, but another one of Anandtech confirms the same thing.

The new Exynos 9810 chip

With about 3 hours worse than the Samsung Galaxy S8, it has a big difference in what people are buying the new smartphone. Samsung Galaxy S9 Battery Problem The Samsung Galaxy S9 comes with the new Exynos 9810 chip, integrated in the models in Romania, and now we have an explanation for this radical reduction in battery life.

The Samsung Galaxy S9 has a new Exynos 9810 chip that consumes more resources than the 8895 last year, the difference substantially reducing the battery’s autonomy, although in reality, things have to stay completely opposite.

The Samsung Galaxy S9 is one of the few premiums, very expensive mobile phones that brings substantial battery retention compared to the previous generation.

Samsung has endowed the Galaxy S9 + with a 3500 mAh battery, one big enough for all of the time standards. Is it enough?

The autonomy is lower because of the processor

It must provide enough power for the generous 6.2-inch, the 6 GB RAM and the octa-core processor on the new Exynos 9810. Although the new Exynos 9810 is more energy-efficient for some features, the Samsung Galaxy S9 has a lower autonomy because the processor consumes more power when it works.

Clearly, the autonomy of the Galaxy S9 + will be tailored to the specifics of each user. Power management can be enabled to reduce resolution, disable some background services, and reduce brightness in the hope that the battery will last longer. Sure, many will do that.

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iOS 11.4 Update – Jailbreak Tool is Coming Soon

Apple just released the new iOS 11.4 update and fans can download it right now. Moreover, the new update introduces software changes to AirPlay 2 and messages in iCloud. While this might be great news for iPhone and iPad owners, the jailbreaking community doesn’t have anything to be happy about because there isn’t any news about a complete iOS 11.4 jailbreak tool.

Hackers are Working on iOS 11.4 Jailbreak

Even though a functional iOS 11.4 jailbreak tool has yet to be released, Cydia fans should be glad to know that hackers are tirelessly working towards cracking the operating system. To make things even better, there are some hackers who actually managed to find some exploits and this leads us to believe that an iOS 11.4 jailbreak tool will arrive in the nearby future.

Abraham Masri Teases Semi-Jailbreak for iOS 11.4

In case you don’t know, Abraham Masri is a well-renowned developer who loves to crack Apple’s operating system. The reason why we are talking about Abraham Masri is that he teased that he managed to create a semi-jailbreak for iOS 11.4.

Abraham Masri posted a short video teaser in which he showed that the semi-jailbreak works on different platforms, but the developer didn’t announce when he is going to release the tool to the public.

iOS 11.3.1 Jailbreak

Another thing that gives jailbreak fans a hope for an iOS 11.4 jailbreak tool is the fact that Alibaba’s Min Zheng created an iOS 11.3.1 jailbreak with one of his associates who works for the Qihoo 360 Vulcan team. Nonetheless, Min Zheng also posted a video in which he showed that the iOS 11.3.1 jailbreak tool is able to load Cydia on an iOS-powered device.

From the looks of it, hackers and developers such as Abraham Masri are not going to need too much time before they will be able to release the highly anticipated iOS 11.4 jailbreak tool. Unfortunately, the only thing that we can do right now is to wait for them to be ready.

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Clash Royale June 2018 Major Update Download Available – New Cards, Troops, Emotes and Clan Wars Fixes

Supercell announced that Clash Royale is scheduled to receive a major update on June 5th, 2018. The game developer has made it a tradition to release massive updates during summer time and to make things even better, the new Clash Royale update will focus on adding more features, gameplay changes and to balance classes. With that being said, let’s check out what are the most important changes that the new update will bring.

Four New Cards

Even though Supercell doesn’t want to unveil any important details about the upcoming update, the Clash Royale community has strong reason to believe that four new cards are going to be introduced in June. In addition, dataminers managed to find some hints which point towards these new cards.

Clan War

Talking about balancing the game, Supercell is expected to add some important software tweaks to the Clan Wars game inside Clash Royale. The last time Clan Wars received an update was back in April and rumor has it that the game developer is looking to fix tie games and to give players more incentive to mix in different troops in order to create a diverse war deck.

Funny Emotes

If we take a look at what the Clash Royale community has to say about emotes, we will see that they are both hated and loved. Some people love them because they make it easier to express themselves while others hate emojis because trolls spam them in the chat and this can get annoying. Nonetheless, Supercell wants to expand the range of emojis Clash Royale offers and fans should be ready to see more funny emojis in the summer.

New Troops

Last but not least, a previously leaked picture showed that Supercell plans to introduce a new Elite Archer troop. The special thing about this troop is that it uses a crossbow, and this might make it more powerful than the normal Archer class that we all know and love.

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Clash of Clans Update Town Hall 12 – The Game’s First Weaponized Town Hall

Clash of Clans was originally launched in 2012 and the game has managed to keep its popularity along the years. The thing that keeps players coming back for more even after so many years is the fact that Supercell, the game’s developer, keeps releasing updates that include new content, features and software tweaks.

Clash of Clans Town Hall 12

The Clash of Clans community has been speculating that the next update Supercell is going to launch will introduce the highly anticipated Town Hall 12 and to everyone’s surprise, it seems like the community was right! Supercell recently published a short video teaser on YouTube where it announced that players should be ready to receive Town Hall 12.

Weaponized Town Hall

While the details about the new town hall are scarce, we do know that it’s going to be the first weaponized Town Hall in the game. In fact, the video teaser starts with the announcer saying that the town hall has always been a place of peace, but not anymore.

Electricity Defense System

Supercell has been doing a great job of keeping details about the new Town Hall a secret so that it can use the element of surprise when the official update is rolled out to everyone. However, this isn’t stopping the community from speculating about how the new town hall will be able to attack enemies.

The main theory is that Town Hall 12 will feature a special electricity defense system which will throw out splash damage. This is great news for Clash of Clans fans because it means that their new Town Hall will be able to destroy standard units such as Barbarians and Archers.

Changed Aesthetics

Lastly, the coolest thing about the new Town Hall is the fact that it changes aesthetics as players progress through the game. We know from a leak that there will be five levels of the Town Hall and that all of them will look amazing.

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