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Destiny 2 Garden of Salvation loot table: Raid weapons, armor & Challenges Added in 2019’s Shadowkeep expansion, Destiny 2’s Garden of Salvation Raid holds seven weapons and three armor sets in its coffers, ready to be plundered by Fireteams that dare to venture inside and confront the Sanctified Mind. With the release ofEpisode Revenanton October 8, every GoS weapon can now be crafted at the Enclave on Mars, providing Guardians with a renewed incentive to run the Vex-themed endgame activity....

Dungeons & Dragons players reach verdict on if it’s okay for a DM to “cheat” In response to a DM’s question, the Dungeons & Dragons subreddit has largely agreed on what constitutes cheating and whether it’s okay. InDungeons & Dragonsand other TTRPGs like it, the role of the Dungeon Master is crucial. It’s up to the DM to prepare for and run the session, which includes planning encounters, roleplaying NPCs, adjusting to their players’ behavior, and more....

Summary A rare enemy that only appears inElden Ring’sShadow of the Erdtreeis key to completing the DLC with ease.New enemy types inElden Ring’s DLCmake up the bulk of the challenges players will face in the Land of Shadow. For the most part, these enemies work the same as those in the base game. But there are a couple of outliers, likeoptional bosses in theElden RingDLC that have unique mechanics. And it’s not just the bosses - a couple of regular enemies also behave in new and unusual ways....

Mere hours after the OpenAI announced the ambitiousStargate Project, which would see up to $500 billion in private AI infrastructure construction over the next four years, Tesla CEO and newly-minted presidential advisor Elon Musk alleged on social media that the project’s backers, “don’t actually have the money.” Announcing The Stargate Project The Stargate Project is a new company which intends to invest $500 billion over the next four years building new AI infrastructure for OpenAI in the United States....

Summary This article contains spoilers for the Netflix showEric. Netflix’s 2024 limited seriesEricplays mostly period-accurate songs, following the search for a missing child in 1980s New York. The soundtrack contains many songs from the 70s and 80s, with only a few outliers. Eric doesn’t focus much on its music compared to other period dramas, opting for the eeriness of quieter scenes and dialogue. Despite this,the songsEricdoes use manage to engage the audience and help establish the show’s era....

Just in time for the holidays, Google Assistant is introducing a bunch of new smart home features, including the ability to reply to broadcast messages, create and use cookbooks, and access enhanced storybook content for kids. Broadcast messages Most of these enhancements work withGoogle Home Hubsmart displays and/orGoogle Home Minismart speakers. Google demonstrated them in a chic San Francisco home Tuesday outfitted with all manner of smart home hardware. The most impressive demo involved the ability to turn aGoogle Assistant broadcastinto a chat....

During today’s Google I/O’s opening keynote, Senior Vice President Amit Singhal showed off how the new and improved Google Search can better answer, converse, and anticipate your questions so you can better tap into all the knowledge available on the Internet. you may already use yourvoice to search Googleon your mobile devices, but you have to tap on the red mic icon before you can put the search engine to work....

TheGoogle Pixel 8andGoogle Pixel 8 Prohave been getting a lot of positive words since its debut a few days ago. This time around, it’s not just the hardware that’s getting good feedback, but also the software tricks that throw AI and advanced camera processing chops into the mix. Of course, Google is offering a few benefits that further sweeten the deal for buyers, such as a free Pixel Watch 2 or Pixel Buds Pro, depending on the model you pick....

Summary The Boysseason 4 begins some time after season 3, and the landscape has evidently shifted since the climactic battle at Seven Tower.The Boysseason 3 endedwith Soldier Boy taking a long nap, Ryan picking Homelander over Butcher, Victoria Neuman joining Bobby Singer’s presidential campaign, and Butcher being diagnosed with a brain tumor following extensive Temp V usage. The opening moments ofThe Boysseason 4 make it clear that the world has moved forward since that bleak string of events....

Spotify’s library of on-demand streaming music is huge — about 40 million tracks — which means most people should be able to find their favorite songs and artists with ease. But what if your personal collection includes some rarities or Spotify simply doesn’t have the rights to a particular artist’s catalog? No problem. Spotify’s Local Files feature lets you access your personal collection right within the app and even create playlists that mix Spotify’s songs with your own songs....

The Hubble Space Telescope has demonstrated a new method which could be used to learn more about exoplanets, by observing a total lunar eclipse from space. Astronomers thought it might be possible to test out a new detection method by experimenting with Hubble. When the Earth passes exactly between the sun and the moon in a lunar eclipse, the moon is blocked out by its shadow. A similar thing happens when an exoplanet passes between the Earth and a distant star....

Warning! This article contains spoilers for House of the Dragon and the Fire and Blood book. Summary I was shocked to discover that Maelor Targaryen was missing fromHouse of the Dragonseason 2, but I think I know why. As a way to provide further context for George R. R. Martin’sA Song of Ice and Firebook series, the author wroteFire and Blood, a history of the Targaryen family. This book serves as the basis forHouse of the Dragon, but some significant changes from the book were made....

We’re long past the days when phones were distinguished solely based on their design. Despite more modern form factors such as foldables, the contemporary slab phone design reigns supreme — because why reinvent the wheel when the current one gives you perfect traction on all roads? That said, phone brands have never stopped imagining newer design tweaks to help phones stand out, and a phone’s color is a primary focus of attention....