Fortnite is one of the most popular games of the moment with millions of players. Epic Games is frequently bringing new updates and improvements to Fortnite: Battle Royale, but the new one includes a new event called High Stakes, coming with its outfits and masks, as well as a new Limited Time Mode, “Getaway,” about which Epic Games revealed more yesterday in a live stream on Twitch directly from PAX West.
Epic Games presented new modes, new skins, and the cool Grappler Gun in the new Getaway mode in Fortnite
As I’ve mentioned, Epic Games streamed the news about the next big update for Fortnite yesterday. Luckily, you can watch a replay of the segment, below.
In short, the new event in Fortnite involves multiple teams of four players each which fight to find the four safes scattered around the island in supply drops. When you get them and collect the precious items inside them, you and the rest of your team must reach extraction point without dying.
On the other hand, the new Grapple Gun does precisely what you think it does. You shoot it to a wall, and you’ll be pulled towards it fast. So, the new Getaway mode in Fortnite, with the new skins and the cool Grapple Gun, might indeed change the game significantly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfANch3qvOM
Next big update in Fortnite will also come out with a new event called High Stakes
Besides the new Getaway mode in Fortnite, Epic Games will also add a new event called High Stakes. This one will add a new outfit and four masks to Fortnite: Battle Royale.
You can see below how the new High Stakes event in Fortnite will look like.
In other news, a set of new “Flower Power” outfits have been added to the item store in Fortnite on September 1st.
Rumour has it hackers are going to be able to read your WhatsApp text messages, see your images and videos. This whole thing started when the company said that they have this plan of backing up the messages of the users to Google Drive, without having them pay for it.
WhatsApp does protect all the sent messages, videos and images, as well as documents, thanks to the end-to-end encryption. However, by backing up with Google Drive, you will stop this encryption and all of your text will as well be free for hackers.
Whatsapp allows people to back up their messages into Google Drive
Until now, these backups had a storage limit. But recently, they announced that there is going to be a partnership between them and this company – so no backup limit whatsoever. This also means that many people will make the most out of it, leaving even more people at risk.
It all started with a photo of a chain and a padlock in front of the WhatsApp logo. It’s good to keep in mind that, starting from the 12th of November, this thing will become a default option, and it’s not necessarily a bad thing since you can save all your data with no price at all.
But security experts say that there will be some problems. They advise all the users not to back up their messages to the cloud – ever – because that means they will send unencrypted copies or your files, videos, text messages or audios to your cloud provider.
Now, if you want your conversations to be safe, the person you’re talking to shouldn’t put the conversation in the cloud, either. Also, keep in mind that back-ups are not encrypted in the FAQ section.
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.
IoT (Internet of Things) represents a trend that continues to become more and more popular. Numerous industries have benefited from IoT, and they owe their success to it. That is the reason while it is important to pay attention to this technology and see whether new opportunities emerge. We made some predictions regarding the future Internet of Things trends in order to make things easier for you.
Marketing campaigns that target the user specifically
It is no secret that marketers have access to lot of our data. In the future it is very likely that we will see personalized marketing campaigns. The approaches used will be different from what we see now, and each user will represent a target for the business owners. The marketing campaign will be personalized for each customer, in order to create a personal relationship to the product. The ads will be influenced by the behaviour of the user, as well as his or her traits.
Obviously, this has and will continue to raise concerns about the invasion of our privacy. It should be up to customers to decide how much information a company should have. However, if implemented correctly, we might see personal advertisements in the close future.
Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
In the future, the use of IoT will increase and there will be more smart devices. This also means that there will be more data that needs to be processed. Big Data will be needed and there should be tools that can handle it.
Artificial Intelligence appears to be the perfect solution. With the help of AI we could receive accurate results, and the data offered by computers should be a lot more precise than the one calculated by humans.
Mobile phones will have an increased importance
Our smartphone is arguably the most important device we own, and users take them everywhere with them. Therefore, it is very likely that the role of smartphones in IoT will be more important in the future. This will make things more convenient for all of us, and it will be a lot easier to manage smart homes.
This could also mean that mobile phones will represent a target for cyber attackers in the future. Therefore, the security of these devices should be improved; otherwise the entire system could be compromised.
Security problems
While IoT technology does come with many advantages, it also makes users more vulnerable. Cyber-attacks happen frequently, and technology has its flaws. Therefore, before the Internet of Things technology is implemented, it is very important that its vulnerabilities are analyzed in order to protect all users.
Security concerns are very important, and we must always consider the risks that come with a heavy use of the IoT technology. In the future, cyber-attacks could target our entire house, and that is something we should protect ourselves against. Our lives could also be in danger, as insulin pumps or implanted pacemakers are vulnerable as well.
More interconnected devices
The number of devices connected together might grow this year. This will allow Internet of Things processes to evolve and they will become more accurate as well. You should also keep in mind that phones and computers aren’t the only smart devices we use. There are numerous new products, such as smart doors or smart clocks, and they can all be connected together.
By increasing the number of devices, personal use will become a possibility when it comes to IoT. “Smart cities” lead by this technology represents a possibility in the future, and there are already countries that have taken this into consideration.
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.
Java 10 is the latest release of Java and it is already available online. While many developers are still using Java 9 and Java 8, it is worth taking a good look at the latest release. If you are waiting for the next LTS release, you might want to get Java 11, which comes out in September. These major releases take place every three years.
However, there are also six-month releases, according to a new schedule. Java 10 was released according to this plan. There are plenty of new features we should talk about, so let’s get it started.
Root Certificates
Developers might be more interested in OpenJDK builds, because a default set of root Certification Authorities will be provided. This also means that Oracle JDK and OpenJDK builds will be more similar from now on.
You should remember the fact that JDK 10 was in fact created by collaboration with OpenJDK, which is one of the reasons why this features makes sense.
Thread-Local Handshakes
The VM performance will be enhanced thanks to this new feature. It could be possible for JVM to stop individual threads. That is because you won’t have to perform a global VM savepoint when making a callback on applications threads.
The Native-Header Generation Tool is removed
Java 10 aims to remove all the things that aren’t needed. For example, the javah tool will be removed from JDK. This tool was used to generate header files when compiling JNI code. There is no need for an individual tool, as programmers can do this through javac.
A single repository
Java 10 came with many changes that are meant to tidy up the place. For example, the JDK forest will be consolidated, as numerous repositories will be combined into a singled repository. This should make things simpler.
Alternative Memory Devices with Heap Allocation
With the help of this new feature, it will be possible to allocate the Java object heap on the alternative memory device chosen by the user. The HotSpot VM will be allowed to do this. Using this feature you could choose where to allocate the higher priority processes, as well as lower priority ones.
Time-Based Release Versioning
After the JDK 10 release, we all know that Java has a brand new release plan. We should expect a new release every six months. This decision has both pros and cons. For example, some people are excited about the new features and enhancements that come every six months, but others believe that it is not enough time to adopt a JDK. Big releases, LTS ones, take place every three years.
You should also know that the Feature element will be incremented one month before the Update element will be incremented as well. This new schedule was called Time-Based Release Versioning and it was announced by Java.
Java-based JIT Compiler
For those who use Graal, the Java-Based JIT compiler, you should know that a new feature allows it to be used on the Linux/x64 as an experimental JIT compiler. We received Graal back in Java 9. If you want to enable it you will need to use these JVM arguments: -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseJVMCICompiler.
Don’t forget that the JIT compiler remains experimental at the moment, which means that you should be careful when you use it.
You can discover the other features of Java 10 by installing it. It can be downloaded from the Oracle official website. You can also find the release notes from this update if you want to learn more about the new features and changes.
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.
We’ve all heard about the previous Clash Royale competitions, but what do we know about the fall season of the Clash Royale League? We know that it’s much more professional and that even the broadcast is different.
There won’t be any individual players who suddenly came into the tops, but there will be teams. The thing is that Supercell even changed how the teams are choosing players.
This has become a tradition in esports – an organization makes their exploration and they look for the best player. There’s nothing changed in the case of the Clash Royale League, maybe except of a process that’s more clear.
An official event happened
March 2018 was the beginning of the Clash Royale League Challenge and it has one pretty defined goal: to find the best players in the world. Few hundreds were invited to a Combine, where an official event happened, just like in the NFL. Here is where they got the best chance to see players in action. There were six days in which 25 million people entered the challenge. The goal was to get 20 wins before getting three loses. If you did this, you could advance. The catch was that, as you advanced, you had to deal with better players. There were 113 countries, and only 7000 players got to the next stage.
The whole idea of this event was for players to interact with the representatives from the esports teams to show them their unique skills. They wanted to give the teams the opportunity to choose their players from a live competition scene, not just the online one. Can you imagine the pressure from the live competition? It may be harsh, but it’s a good way to make sure they’ll get into the organization.
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.
