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Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard has already yielded numerous major titles for the company's subscription service — now, in fact, another big name has just arrived there. In a surprise announcement, the North American giant announced that Overwatch 2 is now available on Xbox Game Pass with exclusive benefits for players.

Surely, you must be asking yourself: “but Overwatch 2 isn't it free?”. Yes, it is — but Game Pass players will have some additional perks. By linking your Battle.net account to the service, you’ll be able to unlock exclusive bonuses, including six new skins for Reinhardt, D.Va, Hanzo, Genji, Mercy, and Lifeweaver.

Exclusive Overwatch 2 skins that will be available to those who link their Battle.net account to Game Pass.Source: Blizzard

If you link your accounts by November 11, you’ll also receive a one-time bonus of 30 Mythic Prisms, which can be used to purchase cosmetics and upgrades from the Mythic Item Shop.

With the link, you will also have access to cosmetics from the last three seasons — which is a great opportunity to secure those skins that you missed out on, by the way. In addition, Game Pass subscribers will be able to take advantage of a 10% XP bonus to level up the Battle Pass, as well as ranked matches.

Skins from other seasons will be available to Overwatch 2 players who link their Battle.net account to Game Pass.Source: Blizzard

Remembering that Overwatch 2 will not be available to play via the cloud — mode available only to Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.

How do I link my Battle.net account to Game Pass?

Want to know? How to link Battle.net account to Xbox Game Pass? So check out the quick tutorial below!

1. Go to page Your Battle.net Account Connections;
2. Next to Xbox Network, make sure the Xbox account with your eligible Game Pass subscription is listed;
   • If the correct account is linked, you can proceed.
3. If no accounts are listed, click the +Connect button to start the linking process;
   • Make sure you're linking the correct account; account links have timeouts that limit how often they can be changed. Customer Support can't help bypass timeouts on linked accounts.
4. If the wrong Xbox account is listed and it's been more than a year since the accounts were linked:
   1. Click Disconnect;
   2. Click +Connect to begin the process of linking the correct Xbox account;
5. If the wrong Xbox account is listed and the link timeout has not yet expired, you will need to use a new or different Battle.net Account to link to your Xbox account.

Xbox account linked to Battle Net.Fonte:  Voxel

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Pager explosions in Lebanon would have been caused by detonators implanted by Israel in communication devicesaccording to information obtained by The New York Times. The death toll rose to 12, following case updates released on Wednesday (18).

Sources heard by the newspaper, including authorities with access to the investigations into the incident and a US official, said that the pagers were purchased by Hezbollah from Gold Apollobased in Taiwan. The company, in turn, claims that the equipment was produced by BAC Consulting KFT, from Hungary.

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In a supply chain attack, these devices were allegedly tampered with by agents of the Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, according to the report. The interception allowed the deployment of an explosive charge of approximately 50 g, in addition to a switch to facilitate remote detonation.

Hezbollah has ordered more than 3,000 pagers from Gold Apollo, which are being distributed among the group's members in Lebanon and allies based in Syria and Iran. The devices replaced smartphones to avoid tracking by Israelsince they do not have a geolocation system.

Coordinated explosions

The operation included a strategy to increase the lethality of the explosions. At around 3:30 p.m. (local time), the beepers, as these devices are called in Brazil, emitted a message received signal, allegedly sent by the leadership of the paramilitary organization.

This made more people approached the devices or handled them at the time of the explosionaccording to the report. Moments after the false message, the implanted charge was detonated, leaving around 2,800 injured in several regions of Lebanon, in addition to causing the deaths already mentioned.

In an interview with Reutersa Hezbollah representative, whose identity was not revealed, commented that the The pager explosion was the biggest security breach suffered by fighters since the start of the Gaza conflictin October last year. They have been acting in support of the Palestinian group Hamas.

So far, the Israeli authorities have not commented over allegations that the country was behind the attack.

One of Netflix's most beloved series, Heartstopper received a new trailer for its third season last Tuesday (17). It shows that, despite having found happiness with their partners, the characters in the story will still need to deal with several problems that come with the process of growing up.

According to the streaming service, the new episodes will show the maturation of the relationship between Charlie (Joe Locke) and Nick (Kit Connor), who will begin to feel more comfortable expressing their feelings in public. At the same time, self-image issues that plague Charlie could end up being an obstacle to the relationship.

When is Heartstopper Season 3 coming out and what to expect from it?

According to Netflix, all eight episodes of the new season will officially premiere on October 3rd of this year. The author of the original comics, Alice Oseman, explains that the new narratives will show the characters transformed and assuming their characteristics as teenagers, leaving aside the children they were in the not-so-distant past.

“The actors are much older, so I think that automatically adds to the ageism of the show,” she explained to Tudum. She also explains that the new episodes will deviate somewhat from the comics, including never-before-seen scenes like the moment where season two ended — revealing that Charlie has trouble saying the words “I love you.”

This will be a conflict that will continue to follow the character in the new chapters of Heartstopper, as he tries to hide the fact that he has an eating disorder. The situation will reveal the fact that, although we may want to care for a person, we don't always have control over all situations.

The new episodes continue to focus on relationshipsSource: Disclosure/Netflix

Another point in which the adaptation will differ from the original comics is in the way it gives attention to other characters, who bring their own conflicts. An example of this happens with Elle (Yasmin Finney) and Tao (William Gao), who have trouble deepening their relationships due to the dysphoria that the young woman feels about her body.

In addition, the characters will have to deal with issues such as social events, parties, studies and university choices, which can be quite exhausting for those who still have their whole future ahead of them. However, Oseman guarantees that relationships will continue to be the central point of the production.

Series will lose important character

Heartstopper will show Charlie dealing with conflicts with his own personal imageSource: Disclosure/Netflix

The author also confirmed that, contrary to what many fans might expect, Ben played by Sebastian Croft will not return in the third season. She explains that the boy completed his narrative cycle at the end of the second batch of episodes and, therefore, it wouldn't make much sense for him to still be part of the plot.

On the other hand, the new episodes of Heartstopper will feature Hayley Atwell as Diane, Nick's aunt, Eddie Marsan as therapist Geoff and Jonathan Bailey as Jack Maddox. The latter character will be a big Instagram celebrity, for whom Charlie will show that he has a small platonic crush.

To top it off, the new episodes will feature the presence of Michael Holden, played by Darragh Hand. He is a well-known character from another of Oseman's works, A Lonely Year, and has a strong relationship with Tori, Charlie's sister who will continue to be played by Jenny Walser in the adaptation.

Apparently, Saturn isn't the only planet in the Solar System to have rings made of dust, gas, small rocks, and other space debris — Earth may have had its own 'stripes,' too. According to a new study published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, The Earth has already formed a ring around itself millions of years ago.

A team of researchers from Monash University in Australia claims to have found evidence that Earth may have exhibited a ring system approximately 466 million years ago. To reach this conclusion, the scientists ran simulations of plate tectonics during the Ordovician period, when Earth was frequently bombarded by meteorites.

In the study, they analyzed 21 asteroid impact craters, all located within 30 degrees of the equator. After colliding with Earth, a large asteroid broke up and its debris formed a huge ring around the planet.

Additionally, researchers believe that this phenomenon may have blocked some sunlight during the Ordovician. This may have contributed to one of the coldest periods on Earth in the last 500 million years.

“Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the peak of meteorite impacts observed in the geological record. We also see that layers in sedimentary rocks from this period contain extraordinary amounts of meteorite debris,” said lead author Andy Tomkins, a professor in Monash University's School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment.

Earth with a ring system

If scientists are correct, the discovery of a ring system on Earth would completely change our understanding of one of the coldest periods the planet has ever seen, at the end of the Ordovician. The discovery also suggests that space events may have had more influence on Earth than we previously thought. — after all, if that happened, the planet's temperatures were profoundly affected.

The map shows the areas that were close to the Earth's equator during the Ordovician.Source: Earth and Planetary Science Letters

In any case, it is important to note that scientists still need to study the subject in depth to understand whether Earth really did have a ring system in the very distant past. If this did indeed occur, the team suggests that other similar events may have occurred in Earth's past and influenced the planet's climate.

“Given the longevity of the impact peak and the accumulation of sediment-hosted L-chondrite debris, we suggest that a debris ring formed after this rupture event, from which material deorbited to produce the observed crater distribution. We further speculate that the shading of the Earth by this ring may have triggered the cooling in the Hirnantian 'icehouse' period.”the study concludes.

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Just before the premiere of Star Wars JEDI: Survivor Last year, game director Stig Asmussen suggested that he had envisioned the series as a trilogy with Cal Kestis from the beginning. Well, if you think the young Padawan's story ended with the second game, you're very wrong: EA recently confirmed that there will indeed be a third game — and that it will be the “final chapter.”

During the most recent Investors Day 2024 presentation last Tuesday (17), EA's president of entertainment and technology, Laura Miele, spoke about the future of the series. The executive confirmed that developer Respawn Entertainment is working on the sequel to Star Wars JEDI: Survivorwhich she described as the “final chapter” of the saga.

Star Wars JEDI line will have a “final chapter” with Cal Kestis.Source: EA

“We delivered some of the games of Star Wars “The highest quality and best-selling franchise of all time, with over $5 billion in net reserves,” the executive said at the investor event. She also confirmed that Cal Kestis will return to the title, as expected.

“This impressive track record includes, of course, the games in the Star Wars JEDIwhere over 40 million fans of the franchise have connected with Cal Kestis and his journey to become a powerful Jedi. Now, Respawn is hard at work bringing the final chapter of this thrilling story to players,” Miele confirmed.

Director of the first and second Star Wars JEDI is no longer at EA

The next game in the series will not be directed by Stig Asmussen, who was responsible for both Fallen Order How much Survivor. The developer left Respawn Entertainment in September last year and has since formed a new independent AAA studio.

Before leaving, Asmussen said he hoped to make a third game Star Wars JEDI because he always envisioned it as a three-game arc. “I always wanted to see it as a trilogy,” he explained to IGN at the time of the release of Survivor.

Star Wars JEDI Fallen Order and Survivor director no longer at EA.Source: EA

“We had a pretty decent idea of ​​the time period we wanted it to be in. Survivor “What would happen, what the stakes would be, what the tone of the game would be, what Cal would face and how the team would approach it. And there are ideas of what we could do beyond that as well,” Asmussen said.

Shortly after the release of Star Wars JEDI: Survivor Last year, a job listing revealed that the sequel was already in the works at Respawn — and was later confirmed by actor Cameron Monaghan, who plays Cal Kestis. It is worth remembering that the sequel also arrived last Tuesday (17) on PS4 and Xbox One.

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The implant company Neuralink has received the green light to begin testing a new brain implant. The approval was granted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the United States entity responsible for approving medical procedures and medicines in the country.

The equipment that can now be tested is the project Blindsight. Unlike Neuralink's original implant, which allows control of interfaces with mind commands, this device promises to “make people who have lost vision in both eyes and the optic nerve see again“.

The FDA classification of the implant was “innovative device“, a category given only to certain projects that seek to improve the quality of life of patients. From now on, Neuralink has opened registration for volunteer patients who wish to participate in the experiments. Registration can be done on the company's website.

For now, Neuralink has not given any timelines for the start of testing or the date of the implant surgery.

High but controlled expectations

Neuralink founder Elon Musk shared the news and thanked the FDA for the approval in a post on social network X, formerly Twitter.

In the post, the billionaire also explained in general terms how the brain chip works. Instead of completely restoring a person's vision, the first models of the implant will be “low resolution, like Atari graphics“.

Geordi La Forge, character from Star Trek.Source: Paramount

The idea for the future, however, is that it has the potential to “be better than natural vision” e “allow you to see infrared, ultraviolet or even radar wavelengths“. Musk compared the technology's operation to the special glasses worn by the character Geordi La Forge, from Star Trek: The Next Generationplayed by LeVar Burton.

Neuralink recently confirmed that the second brain chip implant in humans was a success. The volunteer in question was even able to use 3D modeling software and play simple computer games. The first surgical procedure was also successful, but the chip later developed some defects.

Intel continues to take administrative measures to contain the negative financial results of recent quarters. Now, the news announced by the company this Monday (16) is separate the Intel Foudry division from the rest of the company and make it a separate arm.

The new subsidiary is responsible only by manufacturing chips for other companieswho want to use Intel's existing framework and tools. This is a service similar to what is already provided by other companies, such as Taiwan's TSMC and Samsung's foundry unit.

The statement to employees was signed by the company's CEO, Pat Gelsinger. According to the note, Intel Foundry's leadership will remain the same and respond to the executive managerwith the difference that the unit will now have its own board of directors.

Intel

In addition to “improve collaboration” with Intel products, the new division may receive separate investments — something that has already been confirmed by a new incentive from the United States government. The US is looking to strengthen its image as a chip manufacturing location, which could greatly help the new subsidiary.

Intel's plan to survive

The move to separate Intel Foundry from the rest of the company should also help the brand's finances. In its latest fiscal report, it reported that the sector was the one that suffered the most from operating losses — spending on investment in equipment and construction of structures is high in this area and profits may take time to appear.

Intel announced in August that it would lay off 15% of its employees and cut costs to save up to $10 billion on current bills. Part of the new strategy also involved sell part of the company's stake in Alterawhich may soon make its own public offering of shares.

Aside from the financial crisis, Intel has also recently had to deal with serious problems in the manufacturing of several 13th and 14th generation processors.

Several reports from Brazilian users began to emerge this Wednesday (18) indicating that social network X, the old Twittersupposedly back in working order in the country without needing a VPN. Many people were able to access the platform in the country through the mobile app.

The service seems quite unstable and the return is not guaranteed for all users — some say they were only able to access the site via Wi-Fi, while others were successful via mobile data, usually from different carriers. On the browser website, X appears to be completely unavailable for the vast majority of Brazilians.

The alleged return even became a trending topic on the social network.Source: Bluesky

The social network was suspended in Brazil on August 31 by the Supreme Federal Court (STF), following a measure by Minister Alexandre de Moraes. The owner of the platform, Elon Musk, refused to cooperate with court decisions which involved investigating personal data leaks and blocking profiles involved in criminal activities.

On other rival services, such as Bluesky, there is a mix of celebration and regret at the platform's return. In addition, there are several comments that the service never returned for some people.

Part of the repercussions of Twitter's return on Bluesky.Source: Bluesky

In the tests carried out by TecMundo This morning (18), the smartphone app and the website for browsers did indeed start updating the news feed again at times, but without stability. In addition, those who are logged out of the app may not be able to access their profile again when faced with a reload screen that does not update.

Is X/Twitter really back?

According to the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), “there was no change in the decision” which keeps X suspended in Brazil. The agency also reported that it is “checking the reported cases“.

O TecMundo contacted the STF press office, but had not received any responses by the time this article was published. For the newspaper Sao Paulo Newspaperthe information was that this is “just an instability in blocking some networks“. Until now, no operator has spoken out about the case.

Some users speculate what X may have taken internal measures to partially circumvent the operators' blocking from changes in the servers themselves. However, for now these are just hypotheses and there is no way to confirm this information with the social network, which does not respond to press requests.

Sage Networks Tech Manager Thiago Ayub, commented on his LinkedIn profile that in fact no measures have been issued that change X's situation in the country.”I suspect that this return of the app is circumstantial, the result of changes in IP addresses and servers. that X uses to communicate with installed applications,” he argues.

According to Ayub, it is not yet possible to determine whether the change “was accidental or intentional on the part of the X administrators“.

Elon Musk, owner of X, has not yet commented on the alleged return.Source: GettyImages

In recent days, Starlink accounts were unblocked in Brazil so that the X fine could be paid by the satellite internet company, also owned by Musk. However, This was not the only step to be taken for the return of the social network — the determination should only be lifted after the appointment of a representative in Brazil and compliance with the suspensions required by Moraes.

Users of the Instagram mobile app have come across a strange new feature in recent days. On the screen when posting a new photo to the feed, a mysterious button appeared among the configuration options of the publication.

This is an option called (Meta-only) Internal Post. The Digital Trends website and some users on Reddit recorded the presence of the button, which It's just above the feature for tagging people in a photo and below the text field. to add a post description.

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Apparently, the button appeared for iPhone users who updated the app to the Instagram version 349.0.0available from last Monday (16).

When activating the option and trying to post, no effect appears on the photo. In fact, the application displays an error message and the content simply does not publish in your profile.

“You are creating media that will be restricted to Instagram only or Meta only, but you are not considered an employee or test user that may set this flag. Please check your protection and try again,” says the notification received after the attempt.

What is Meta-only?

The appearance of the button appears to have been one-off, as users of Android devices and in some regions did not even have access to the feature.

But the explanation may be much simpler than it seems: apparently, the presence of the mysterious function was a simple internal error. The publishing button actually should be restricted to just a group of developers and Instagram employeesbut ended up being sent to the entire community via an update.

In practice, It may be used for publishing on some experimental feed from the company itself.perhaps to test functions that are in the development phase on Instagram. So far, Meta, which also owns WhatsApp and Facebook, has not yet commented on the case.