I’ve used a lot ofjailbreak tweaksin my day, but some of my all-time favorites were those that brought the classicAndroid-style matrix/pattern Lock screen interface to the iOS platform. It’s been a while since we’ve seen one of these classic tweaks optimized for each of Apple’s latest handsets and mobile operating systems, but one that does is a release calledLockDroidby iOS developerJulio Verne. Upon trying LockDroid for myself, I was pleasantly surprised by its fluidity and the extensive list of configurable options that the developer provides from the dedicated preference pane in the Settings app:...

Ludacris, born Chris Bridges, is telling people to get out the way so he can see the beautiful highway sign in Virginia that references him and the popularFast and Furiousfranchise he’s a part of. The rapper and actor shared a photo on his Instagram of the large sign hanging over the Virginia freeway. The traffic message reads, “Driving Fast and Furious? That’sLudacris?” “Virginia I Love You Back! Can’t Believe this is real,” Bridges wrote on his Instagram Sunday....

Vanguards are the tanks of Marvel Rivals. They protect your team from the front lines, absorb enemy damage, and sometimes, dish it back to them. The Vanguards in Marvel Rivals are pretty fun to play, and I saw that as someone who hates being the tank in video games. Yes, you still have to lead the charge, but you have an impressive amount of offensive tools at your disposal, so you’re far more than a bullet sponge....

Custom controllers have gone from a niche concern to big business in the last few years, with more brands than ever offering third-party options to rival official pro controllers. Sony’sDualSense Edgeis a fantastic choice for those who want to play it safe, but having used Mega Modz’s modified DualSense for the last couple of weeks, it makes a pretty compelling case to rival it, offering some features you won’t find elsewhere....

Andromeda Project’sNecrocosmosis a new open world, Metroidvania inspired game that has just recently landed on early access and is picking up some steam as it features an interesting blend of gameplay that is a fresh take on the genre. It has an initial release target of late 2018 for PS4, Xbox One. and PC. Necrocosmos Kickstarter Launch The game is an action game with Metroidvania mechanics, but set in an open world galaxy and features 8-bit design....

OnePlus could trot out a dual-lens camera for its next phone in its quest to be the flagship killer. OnePlus’s next smartphone, thought to be called theOnePlus 4 or OnePlus 5, will follow the OnePlus 3T, an upgrade to the earlier OnePlus 3. There has been suggestion it will offer a 5.3-inch Quad HD display, glass-made body, Snapdragon 830 or 835 processor, 6GB or 8GB of RAM, up to 128GB of storage, and maybe even a dual rear camera....

Your iPhone comes equipped with aNotesapp right out of the box so you may write things down without forgetting them. On the other hand, people tend to jot down a large number of things, and this makes it hard to differentiate between regular and important notes. One of the features the stock Notes app lacks is the ability to pin the most important notes so you’re able to tell them apart, and that’s precisely that a new freejailbreak tweakdubbedThumbtackby iOS developerEvil Penguinaims to fix....

WithWWDCright around the corner, the last, pre-summer iPhonerumorsare coming in fast and strong. The latest one seems a little far fetched, but it does make some interesting claims about hardware announcements we’ll see from Apple this year. Instead of an iPhone release this fall,Macotakaraclaimsthat the ‘iPhone 4S‘ will be releasedthis summer, and that theiPhone 5will be released inspring of 2012. The iPhone 4S will supposedly be a minor upgrade from the iPhone 4 (like the 3G/3GS), while the iPhone 5 will be a complete revamp....

Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 delivers a comprehensive offering and remains one of the top choices of wearables for pairing with an Android phone. This deal sees a huge $80 off both the 40mm and 44mm models. TheSamsung Galaxy Watch 5may have been succeeded by theGalaxy Watch 6 series, but that’s not a bad thing because that means there are savings to be had on what remains asuperb smartwatch....

Samsung briefly mentioned its new Galaxy SmartTag alongside the new Galaxy S21 andGalaxy S21 Ultramodels at Galaxy Unpacked, but there’s a tiny detail that might have passed you by. The Samsung Galaxy SmartTag will only work with Galaxy devices, meaning it’s largely useless to the rest of the Android community or for those with Apple’s iPhone. That might come as something of a surprise, as Samsung has been pushingSmartThingsquite a lot of late....

A plethora ofAndroidsmartphones on the market today support ‘always-on-display’ functionality in which the background remains dark, but thetimeanddateappear in legible white font for your convenience. Until now, you couldn’t experience this effect on anApplehandset, but a newjailbreak tweakdubbedSemperonby iOS developerLaughingQuollmimics this functionality on any jailbroken iPhone or iPad runningiOS 11. Thescreenshotsabove depict what your locked device’s display will look like after installing Semperon. It will continuously look this way whether you’re interacting with the handset or not, hence the “always-on” aspect....

Last year, indie publisher Akupara Gameshad quite the stellar lineup of gamesthat impressed, includingAstrea: Six-Sided Oracles,which ended up being one of my favorite games of the year, and the criminally-overlookedUniverse For Sale.So naturally, I jumped at the chance to check out another batch of upcoming games from them, even if it was smaller than before. This includedEverafter Falls,a cozy farming sim from SquareHusky that had a unique meta setup, which was fun and had a charming cast of characters, but I sadly didn’t have enough time to get a deeper look at any of the more interesting game mechanics....

A period-piece movie not only reflects on the history of a certain country or society but also emphasizes the issues that way prevalent during that time. Now, some might consider period pieces to be not exactly connective to the present society we live in, but these movies use historical stories to bring out the social issues that still exist. That is why these movies might have a large impact on one....