Appellancy: unlock your device using facial recognition

Appellancy—the facial recognitionjailbreak tweakthat unlocks your device—is now available for download on Cydia’s BigBoss repo. The tweak, which is by far the best jailbreak tweak to feature facial recognition unlocking, worked very well in my testing of the final build that just hit Cydia. I was a bit skeptical due to some issues that I had with the beta versions of the tweak (mainly crashing), but most of those issues seem to have been fixed....

June 24, 2025 · 3 min · 617 words · Christy Moyer

Apple wants to take a peek inside Android source code

Apple’s proxy fight against Google and its Android platform has just taken an interesting turn as the iPhone maker asked the court to force Google into turning over Android’s source code. The request is part of Apple’s ongoing California patent fight against Samsung. Bloomberg reports today Apple is dissatisfied with Google’s handling of the request. According to Apple’s lawyers, the search giant in“improperly withholding information”related to Android’s source code documentation. Google’s mobile operating system, Apple argues,“provides much of the accused functionality”and argues the Google platform is used in all of Samsung’s allegedly infringing products…...

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · James Rose

Apple’s Entrepreneur Camp launches today

Announcedat the end of November 2018, Apple’s Entrepreneur Camp initiative for female coders and entrepreneurs has launched today. “Today, Apple opens its doors to 11 female-founded app development companies for the inaugural session of Entrepreneur Camp,” reads the company’spress releaseissued Monday. The inaugural session provide “unprecedented” access to Apple labs, engineers, business and marketing expertise, it continues. The program is designed to provide female app creators with the tools needed to thrive in today’s global app economy....

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 325 words · Colleen Peterson

Bandcamp Friday returns October 4

If you had plans tobuy musicor merch from some of your favorite artists on Bandcamp, this Friday is the day to do it.Bandcamp Fridayis back this week on October 4th, meaning that Bandcamp won’t take any revenue from purchases made – instead, all the money will go directly to the artists and labels you’re buying from. So, get your favoriteheadphonesready to start listening to some great new music. There are so many ways to support artists besides simplystreamingtheir music somewhere likeSpotify, but if you haven’t heard of Bandcamp yet, it may totally change the way you spin your tunes....

June 24, 2025 · 4 min · 673 words · Michael Mathews

Best Nature for Fezandipiti in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Teal Mask DLC

Of the Loyal Three, Fezandipiti was the Pokémon I was least excited about in the Teal Mask DLC for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. However, after catching the Poison and Fairy-type Pokémon, I was pleasantly surprised by its high stats. As such, I wanted to make sure it had a good nature, the same way I chose myMunkidori’s nature. Here are the best possible natures for Fezandipiti in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet....

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 285 words · Brad Johnson

Capcom Renews Dino Crisis Trademark in Japan

On March 4,Capcomtrademarked Dino Crisis once again in Japan. The renewal of the intellectual property ownership claim went public today through theChizai Watchportal, which records all updates in the Japan Patent Office in a faster format to access. A Timeless Classic Dino Crisisis an action game series that started back in 1999. With Shinji Mikami of Resident Evil fame assuming its direction helm, the first game mixed fighting dinosaurs, puzzle elements and horror elements, as players attempt to stay alive in a crisis akin to Jurassic Park....

June 24, 2025 · 3 min · 609 words · Susan Potts

Does Indiana Jones 5 Have Harrison Ford Fighting Nazis in Space?

After going through development hell,Indiana Jones 5is finally a go, and now several intriguing (and no doubt, for some, infuriating) details have seemingly surfaced suggesting that the franchise will be sent into outer space. While Indy himself may not blast into the cosmos, reports have now claimed thatIndiana Jones 5will reunite the adventurer with his old enemies the Nazis through their involvement in the 60s Space Race. Hannibalstar Mads Mikkelsen, who was recently revealed to havejoined the project as the villain, will reportedly play “a Nazi scientist enlisted into NASA by the United States government to work on the space agency’s moon landing initiative....

June 24, 2025 · 3 min · 541 words · Angela Hernandez

Dragon Quest Builders Coming to PC

Dragon Quest Builders was a title that once was exclusively available to console and mobile gamers, but those days are coming to an end. On February 13, Dragon Quest Builders will make its PC debut via Steam. The PC version will include upgraded crafting features and the Terra Incognite DLC at no additional cost. Dragon Quest Builders is an open world sandbox that combines the building elements of games such as Minecraft with a traditional Dragon Quest RPG story line....

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 265 words · Jamie Coleman

Everything You Need To Know About Makita's LS1219L Miter Saw Before You Buy

Everything You Need To Know About Makita’s LS1219L Miter Saw Before You Buy We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Whether you are a professional builder or a DIY enthusiast, if you work with wood on anything resembling a regular basis, you no doubt spend considerable time cutting lumber. If that’s the case, you’re probably well-versed inthe ways of both a circular saw and a miter saw, and if that’s true — you know that the latter saw is the less mobile of the two, often making it a better fit as a fixture in a woodworking shop....

June 24, 2025 · 6 min · 1102 words · Jeremy Hicks

FFXIV: Where to Get Ilmenite in 6.3

Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.3 has both Disciples of the Hand and Land quite busy, introducing a variety of new materials to gather and items to craft from said materials.Ilmenite, one such material that’s used to make high quality crafting ingots, is described as a “hunk of moon ore rich in titanium”. Not so fast, though, as Ilmenite ore isn’t just sitting around in plain sight for anyone to gather up....

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 374 words · Austin Becker

Final Star Trek Beyond Trailer Features New Rihanna Song Sledgehammer

Over the weekend, Paramount released thesoundtrackdetails for their highly-anticipated sequelStar Trek Beyond, which will included a new song entitled “Sledgehammer” fromRihanna. While we don’t know when the full song will be released, “Sledgehammer” is featured in the third and finale trailer forStar Trek Beyond, which hits theaters July 22. It isn’t known if the artist plans on releasing a music video for this single, or if it will include any of theStar Trek Beyondcast members....

June 24, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · Heather Martin

Google Assistant voice recordings reviewed by humans can potentially include private conversations

A new report aims to shed light on the fact thatGoogle Assistant, which is one of the most popular digital assistants in the wild, has human reviewers that can potentially listen to personal conversations. WIREDhas the report, based on a story put together by Belgium’s public broadcaster, VRT. The network was able to ascertain over 1,000 audio recordings from a Google contractor originally tasked with reviewing audio recorded by Google Assistant....

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · Sean Baker

Gossip Girl reboot 2021 release date, cast and how to watch

Hey there Upper East Siders, Gossip Girl here. If you’d thought I was leaving you to get on with your lives, you were wrong. It might be nine years since I stopped unravelling the scandalous lives of Serena Van der Woodson, Blair Waldorf and their friends, but I’m back, and this time I have the powers of social media to help me out. Yes, that’s right. A Gossip Girl reboot is here, continuing on from the original show, but a decade on, with a new set of elite, privileged New York teens to play with....

June 24, 2025 · 6 min · 1159 words · Joseph Huang