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Overwatch 2 is losing another hero, this time for about two weeks. Blizzard Entertainment tweeted Monday that it’s taking Overwatch 2 hero Mei offline due to a bug with her Ice Wall ability. If all goes well, Mei will return to the game in a patch on Nov. 15. As a Mei main, I am devastated. An out of order sign? Not the sort of weapon charm I was hoping for. “We are temporarily disabling Mei to address a bug with her Ice Wall ability that allows heroes to reach unintended locations,” Blizzard tweeted from its customer service account. “We are working to address these issues as quickly as possible and aim to bring Mei back in our next upcoming patch which is set for November 15.” The bug let Mei propel herself outside map boundaries. You can see the bug in action on Overwatch 2 ’s Busan map, via a clip posted to Reddit . In it, a Kiriko player uses the Swift Step ability to teleport to Mei. Later, the players use the exploit to transport Symmetra out of the map, too — effectively

Enlarge this image A police vehicle parked outside the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in San Francisco, on Saturday. The accused assailant, David Wayne DePape, faces felony charges — assault and attempted kidnapping of an immediate family member of a U.S. official — which could land him in prison for a maximum of 50 years. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP A police vehicle parked outside the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in San Francisco, on Saturday. The accused assailant, David Wayne DePape, faces felony charges — assault and attempted kidnapping of an immediate family member of a U.S. official — which could land him in prison for a maximum of 50 years. Jeff Chiu/AP The Justice Department has filed federal felony charges against the man who broke into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home and attacked her husband with a hammer. The accused could face a maximum of 50 years in prison in last Friday's attack. David Wayne

Enlarge this image Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks after winning the presidential runoff election in São Paulo on Sunday. Nelson Almeida/AFP / Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nelson Almeida/AFP / Getty Images Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks after winning the presidential runoff election in São Paulo on Sunday. Nelson Almeida/AFP / Getty Images He won by a razor-thin margin over an opponent who refuses to concede. He'll take over a deeply polarized country with a troubled economy. And while some Brazilians are hopeful he can put the country back on track, others view him as a crook. Despite engineering a stunning political comeback by winning the presidency in Sunday's runoff election over far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva could face a short honeymoon — and a long four years in office. "He's going to have a very hard job rebuilding the country," said Cecilia Tornaghi, a Brazil expert and managing editor of t

“The dragon and I are nerfed.”- Genji (probably) Image: Blizzard Over Halloween weekend, Blizzard announced nerfs coming to five overpowered Overwatch 2 heroes ahead of its previously scheduled season 2 update in December. Watch CC Off English In an official post on its Overwatch 2 forum , Overwatch community manager Andy Belford announced that five heroes are going to receive fewer treats for their heroic tricks come November 15. The shortlist of nerfed heroes are player-of-the-game poster boy Genji, the Russian powerhouse Zarya, the off-brand Dorito-eating gremlin D.Va, the hacker girl Sombra, and the furry-kin healer, Kiriko. Prior to these nerfs, the Overwatch 2 team stated, in an October 13 blog post , that it would not be making changes to characters until the second competitive season. In the post, Blizzard noted that although some heroes were performing better than others,“no hero’s overall power level is far out of line with our goals.” The only

There are new Xbox games aplenty next week, with 20 titles launching across Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC, including The Chant, WRC Generations, Ghost Song, and The Legend of Tianding. We have another busy week ahead of us, folks, with 20 new games releasing on Xbox next week. In terms of notable titles, kicking things off, we have Game Pass newcomer The Legend of Tianding on November 1st. Then, on November 3rd, we have The Chant, WRC Generations, and another new Xbox Game Pass title, Ghost Song. From this page, you can view a game's achievement list if it's been released, subscribe to a game for news updates, add them to your wishlist, and even click through to the Microsoft Store to preorder or purchase. Here's a breakdown of everything coming to the world of Xbox next week. Let us know which of these you're planning on picking up in the comments! October 31st Broken Pieces — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One November 1st Lonesome Village — Xbox Series X|S The puzzl

Enlarge Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 73 with 66 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Apple released iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1 to the public last week, with a long list of new features, fixes, and high-priority zero-day security updates . The updates also included the latest version of SKAdNetwork, Apple's ad services framework for the App Store, and putting advertisements outside of the "Search" tab, where they had been relegated previously. Other changes included new App Store rules that give Apple a cut of NFT sales and of purchases made to boost posts within social media apps. Whatever the intended effects of these new ad-related updates were supposed to be, indications from Apple's third-party app developers, bloggers, and users indicated the end result was a flood of irrelevant and obnoxious ads , quite often for crypto-related scams and gambling . This included quite a few

AMD Radeon 7900 pictured The pictures were posted by @9550pro who claims to have them from a closed QQ chat group.  The card is clearly a prototype, with red board design and voltage contact points in some places. What is clear though is that this design matches what AMD has been teasing in late August with three red stripes on the heatsink. AMD Radeon 7900 GPU, Source:@9550pro The card is longer than the Radeon 6900 design, but features the same power connector configuration as the RDNA2 GPU, which is a dual 8-pin connector design. The cooler does not appear to have any room for additional power connectors, so this might be either the Radeon 7900 XT or the flagship 7900 XTX, which are probably to share the same triple-fan design. AMD Radeon 7900 GPU, Source:@9550pro This prototype is not a final product, what is clearly missing is the backplate which is present on all high-end RDNA2 reference models. Furthermore, do not worry about the red PCB, it will be changed to black for

Enlarge this image Visitors pose for photos outside the Disney Resort theme park, Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Shanghai. Shanghai is moving to allow in-person dining and reopening its Disney Resort theme park as domestically transmitted cases of COVID-19 in China's largest city remain at zero following a more than two-month lockdown. Chen Si/AP hide caption toggle caption Chen Si/AP Visitors pose for photos outside the Disney Resort theme park, Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Shanghai. Shanghai is moving to allow in-person dining and reopening its Disney Resort theme park as domestically transmitted cases of COVID-19 in China's largest city remain at zero following a more than two-month lockdown. Chen Si/AP Shanghai Disney Resort, which includes Shanghai Disneyland, shopping and dining facilities, will be closed indefinitely starting on Halloween due to the coronavirus pandemic. "We will notify guests as soon as we have a confirmed date to resume operations,&q

Your phone doesn’t come with a user manual. Sure, you can find online guides from Apple or Android, but don’t bet on Big Tech telling you the secrets to best protect yourself. Default settings are often much better for the companies behind them than for you.  Tap or click for 10 default iPhone settings that need your attention.   Some features get more attention than others, like the new way to take back a text.  Tap or click to see what really happens when you unsend a text.  Spoiler: It’s not quite as sneaky as you think. Now, grab your iPhone and I’ll show you a few changes to make to keep yourself safe. 1. Clear out the junk texts Spam calls are blocked relatively effectively at the carrier level, but texts are different. If your phone is inundated with fake shipping notifications and other junk, take a few steps to stop them. The most basic and straightforward method to stop spam texts is to block the number. Here’s how to block a number in Messages: Tap the  name  or  nu