In the 30 second spot, Apple gives a quick rundown of the services that are included: Apple Music, Apple Fitness+, Apple TV+, Apple News+, Apple Arcade, and iCloud+. “What’s in Apple One? The best of Apple,” reads the tagline at the end of the video.
There are multiple tiers of the Apple One subscription service with prices that start at $14.95. The highest-tier Premier plan is the only one that includes all of the services in the video, and it is priced at $29.95 per month with access available for up to six family members.
For those curious about the Apple One subscription service, we have a dedicated guide that goes over all of the details.
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Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, he was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck Friday (Saturday morning AEST) by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.
An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man confront Rushdie on stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing him 10 to 15 times as he was being introduced. The 75-year-old author was pushed or fell to the floor and a state trooper at the scene took the suspect into custody, New York police said.
Rushdie was taken by helicopter to a hospital, police said. His condition was not immediately known. The moderator at the event was also attacked and suffered a minor head injury, police said.
Rushdie was taken by helicopter to a hospital, police said. His condition was not immediately known (Grant Pollard/Invision/AP)
Rabbi Charles Savenor was among the roughly 2,500 people in the audience. Amid Gasps, spectators were ushered out of the outdoor amphitheater.
The assailant ran onto the platform “and started pounding on Mr. Rushdie. At first you’re like, ‘What’s going on?’ And then it became abundantly clear in a few seconds that he was being beaten,” Savenor said. He said the attack lasted about 20 seconds.
Another spectator, Kathleen Jones, said the attacker was dressed in black, with a black mask.
“We thought perhaps it was part of a stunt to show that there’s still a lot of controversy around this author. But it became evident in a few seconds” that it wasn’t, she said.
A bloodied Rushdie was quickly surrounded by a small group of people who held up his legs, presumably to send more blood to his chest.
Rushdie has been a prominent spokesman for free expression and liberal causes. He is a former president of PEN America, who said it was “reeling from shock and horror” at the attack.
“We can think of no comparable incident of a public violent attack on a literary writer on American soil,” CEO Suzanne Nossel said in a statement.
“Salman Rushdie has been targeted for his words for decades but has never flinched nor faltered,” she added.
His 1988 book The Satanic Verses was viewed as blasphemous by many Muslims. Often-violent protests against Rushdie erupted around the world, including a riot that killed 12 people in Mumbai.
Rushdie and moderator Henry Reese were set to discuss “the United States as asylum for writers and other artists in exile and as a home for freedom of creative expression” (AP)
The novel was banned in Iran, where the late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie’s death. Khomeini died that same year.
Iran’s current Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has never issued a fatwa of his own withdrawing the edict, though Iran in recent years hasn’t focused on the writer.
Iran’s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday’s attack.
A bounty of more than $US3 million ($4.22 million) has also been offered for anyone who kills Rushdie.
The death threats and bounty led Rushdie to go into hiding under a British government protection program, including a round-the-clock armed guard. Rushdie emerged after nine years of seclusion and cautiously summarized more public appearances, maintaining his outspoken criticism of religious extremism overall.
He has said he is proud of his fight for freedom of expression, saying in a 2012 talk in New York that terrorism is really the art of fear.
Rushdie rose to prominence with his Booker Prize-winning 1981 novel Midnight’s Children, but his name became known around the world after The Satanic Verses (Getty)
“The only way you can defeat it is by deciding not to be afraid,” he said.
Iran’s government has long since distanced itself from Khomeini’s decree, but anti-Rushdie sentiment has lingered. The Index on Censorship, an organization promoting free expression, said money was raised to increase the reward for his killing of him as recently as 2016, underscoring that the fatwa for his death of him still stands.
In 2012, Rushdie published a memoir, JosephAnton, about the fatwa. The title came from the pseudonym Rushdie had used while in hiding.
Rushdie rose to prominence with his Booker Prize-winning 1981 novel Midnight’sChildrenbut his name became known around the world after The Satanic Verses.
The Chautauqua Institution, about 120 kilometers southwest of Buffalo in a rural corner of New York, has served for more than a century as a place for reflection and spiritual guidance.
Rushdie has authored 13 novels (Frank May/dpa via AP)
Visitors don’t pass through metal detectors or undergo bag checks. Most people leave the doors to their century-old cottages unlocked at night.
Police said a state trooper was assigned to Rushdie’s lecture.
The Chautauqua center is known for its summertime lecture series, where Rushdie has spoken before. Speakers address a different topic each week.
Rushdie and moderator Henry Reese were set to discuss “the United States as asylum for writers and other artists in exile and as a home for freedom of creative expression.”
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duels has proven to be one of the most popular mobile spin-offs of the trading card franchise, providing a highly-competitive online multiplayer experience (with the benefit of enhanced animations, of course). As such, the game has received new updates which add to in-game content and overall player experience.
Among the new updates to the game is the “Duellist Cup,” a new two-stage event that lets players earn several rewards, including currency gems, for example. Duellists who manage to complete the first half of the Duellist Cup will be entered into a ranked second half, with even more potential rewards. It should be said that the event is only up until August 21.
There’s also a newly added Solo Mode dubbed “The Invincible Beetroopers,” which is based on the Beetrooper Scout Buggy monsters, marking their in-game debut. The game will now have “Casual Duels” as well, letting players battle it out without affecting their rank. The update also brings in a new batch of accessories which include the “Destiny Hero” icon, a “Token Collector” protector, “Vivid Abyssal” duel field, and a “Trishula” mate.
Additionally, the game will receive new changes to certain animations, as well as the game’s user interface.
In an interview with Nikkei, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa says that, while semiconductor supply issues are looking to improve for the remainder of this fiscal year, next year looks more “uncertain.” This follows the publication of Nintendo’s financial report for Q1 2022-2023.
In last week’s financials, Nintendo reported a 22.9% drop in profits for April – June 2022, but the company also reassured people that it would not be increasing the price of the Switch and that the semiconductor shortages would improve over the summer and autumn period.
Furukawa says that Nintendo will “work out the best strategy” as it goes along and that it’s doing its best to “procure high-quality products at an appropriate price”, but that things are only clear for the remainder of the current fiscal year:
“With cooperation from various business partners, we’re on track for improvement from the latter half of this summer. But in terms of our sales forecast of 21 million units for the fiscal year through March 2023, we only have a clear production outlook for this year. Beyond that, things are uncertain.”
This cooperation means that Nintendo Switch supply should improve for the rest of the year, as Nintendo already laid out in its latest financial report, but it’s unknown what the demand and supply will be like next year. Furukawa also states “I can’t say specifically what is in short supply”, but that Nintendo will still be selling all three Switch models — Standard, Lite, and OLED.
While Furukawa once again reassures that Nintendo isn’t considering a price increase “at this point”, the President was asked about rising material and shipping costs.
“For the time being, our OLED model will continue to be less profitable than our other models. Costs have undoubtedly increased for shipping not only by air, but also by sea. We’re thinking about what we can do.
The weak yen may be seen as a benefit for Nintendo, since such a large share of our sales comes from abroad, but our overseas promotional and staff costs also go up. We’re making more inventory purchases in foreign currencies to counter that.”
While the yen is indeed weakening, costs across the world are also rising, causing Nintendo to consider more options, including — as Furukawa states above — buying more inventory in other currencies.
And even though a large percentage of sales come from abroad, Furukawa brings up the issue of shipping costs, and the company needs to think of a way to get around this.
The OLED costs more to produce, and, while it’s more expensive than the standard model (and frequently the best-selling Switch console week-on-week in Japan), it’s only marginally more so.
Still, despite any potential issues with supplies, semiconductors, and prices, Furukawa believes that “hit software” in the latter part of the year will help the console massively, specifically citing Splatoon 3 (9th September) and Pokémon Scarlet & Violet (18th November ).
Other major platform exclusives coming out for the remainder of 2022 are Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope and Bayonetta 3, while The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 has a chance of squeaking in before the end of the financial year (March 2023) as it’s tenuously dated for Spring 2023.
What are your thoughts on Shuntaro Furukawa’s words? Do you think the semiconductor shortage will improve more next year? Let us know in the comments.
Almost a year after the Melbourne Star stopped turning, the liquidator charged with selling one of the world’s largest observation wheels says it is making progress on the sale with “various stakeholders”.
But the Docklands Chamber of Commerce has called for faster action, saying the local business community needed certainty on the future of the former tourist attraction.
The Melbourne Star Observation Wheel in Docklands closed last year after pandemic restrictions reduced its profit.Credit:eddie jim
The Melbourne Star Observation Wheel, which has been a feature of Melbourne’s city skyline for more than a decade, was one of the city’s most high-profile victims of repeated COVID-19 lockdowns, closing last year with multimillion-dollar debt.
MB Star Properties announced the immediate closure of the wheel in September 2021, saying the pandemic-induced travel restrictions and lockdowns had made it “impossible to sustain the business”. The owners said those challenges had come on top of pre-existing difficulties, with “increased high-rise development and changes in the Docklands area”.
Weeks later, liquidator Grant Thornton filed a creditors report with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission showing the wheel had racked up more than $3.9 million in debt.
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At the time, a spokeswoman said the liquidators would consider all possibilities, including selling the wheel and surrounding land or dismantling it.
Docklands Chamber of Commerce executive officer Shane Wiley said he knew of at least two consortiums that had made credible offers to buy the liquidated assets associated with the wheel, including the wheel itself.
“We want to know if it is going to stay or go or be taken down and scrapped,” he said.
The biggest challenge facing the growing number of clamp-on gamepads that promise to turn your smartphone into a handheld console is their limited compatibility, especially when it comes to fitting your phone. The Gamevice Flex wants to change that with a modular design that can be reconfigured to support almost any phone, even when inside a case.
A couple of months ago, Razer revealed a new version of its smartphone gamepad, but what made the Kishi V2 worth the upgrade wasn’t the Backbone One-inspired rigid extending bridge on the back, but the simple inclusion of swappable rubber inserts that allowed the controller to be used with not just thicker smartphones, but those with a protective case on them. As neat as the idea of turning a smartphone into a powerful gaming system is, smartphones are expensive and worth protecting with a case, and having to pry a phone out of that case every time you want to play a game just isn’t worth it .
Unfortunately, at launch, the Razer Kishi V2 only supported Android devices, and its compatibility with devices in a case was limited. That’s a big downside that Gamevice, the company who originally partnered with Razer to make the Kishi, wants to remedy with a new clamp-on controller of its own called the Flex.
Not surprisingly, the Flex looks like the first generation of the Kishi, with an asymmetrical joystick layout and a flexible adjustable strap on the back connecting both sides that also securely holds the gamepad to the phone. Unlike the Kishi V2’s change to a rigid bridge connection, the flexible strap also allows both sides of the Gamevice Flex to be attached to each other, creating a smaller footprint when not attached to a smartphone.
What actually gives the Flex its name, however, isn’t that strap, but the inclusion of various spacers of different sizes and materials that help the controller securely fit a wide variety of smartphones and phone cases. The spacers also help ensure the Gamevice Flex’s USB-C or Apple Lightning connector is positioned at the proper height to connect to an inserted smartphone, even while the device is still in a protective case, which often adds quite a bit of thickness around the connection port.
Gamevice promises the Flex gamepad can be used alongside thousands of different smartphone cases, and specifically mentions brands like OtterBox, Urban Armor Gear, Casetify, as well as first-party case offerings from Apple and Samsung. That being said, if you’re using a folio-style case with a flap that covers the screen, you’ll still need to pop it off to use the Gamevice Flex. The controller also isn’t compatible with folding phones, like those from Samsung and Motorola.
The only thing not flexible about the Gamevice Flex is that you’ll need to choose between either the $100 USB-C version designed for Android devices, or the $US110 ($153) MFi-certified Apple version made for iPhones with Lightning ports. Being able to swap the connector type as needed would be a neat trick, but the better solution is for Apple to finally adopt USB-C for all of its mobile devices.
I got the chance to fly to Melbourne this week for a lil’ ol’ games event run by VicScreen showing an exquisite selection of upcoming titles, all originating from Victoria (and boy, are my arms tired!).
With a developer showcase at Thornbury Picture House and a demo showcase at Paper House Studio, VicScreen took the opportunity to celebrate the mighty fine work coming out of its state ahead of Melbourne’s International Games Week in October.
This very cool event meant that I got the opportunity to gush over the spectacular work of our indie developers here in Australia, but also got the chance to play some demos and get even more excited!
Folks, I SEES ITvideo games!
With the opportunity to play these games and talk to the developers, I thought it would only be fair to get you in on the hot goss, so here’s my experience from VicScreen’s event.
Cult of the Lamb
You know I’ve got my review out for this one. It’s already a favorite for me.
There’s truly not much else I can say about it that I don’t go over in the review, or haven’t talked about in my interview with Julian Wilton, the game’s creative director.
Cult of the Lamb is out on all platforms on August 12th (tomorrow!).
Future Folklore
Image: VicScreen / Kotaku Australia
Unfortunately, there wasn’t a demo for Future Folklore (developed by GUCK) as it’s still in the very early stages of development.
However, talking to GUCK’s cofounders, Hayley and Kati gave us a look into their plans for the game and how they’re working towards making the games industry a place where First Nations folks can thrive and tell their stories the way they want to.
Future Folklore will be a mobile-based immersive sim that focuses on Care of Country and healing through a distinctly Aboriginal lens, and is set in a futuristic Australian-inspired land filled with unique flora and fauna.
Hayley explained that Future Folklore initially didn’t start as an interactive project, but the more it developed, the more opportunity they saw for First Nations creatives to be able to create a game with a strong focus on culture and Indigenous storytelling.
They also noted that what was important for GUCK and Future Folklore was not to create a project purely for ‘optics’ representation, but instead allow for Aboriginal creators to make a game about their culture, for the culture.
I’m absolutely stoked to see what GUCK have in store with Future Folkloreso you can stay in the loop by following them on Twitter.
Kinder World
Image: VicScreen / Kotaku Australia
Kinder World is just lovely. It’s like a hug from a friend. Talking to Lauren and Jack from Lumi Interactive gave me a deeper look into how a lot of love and care went into a sweet little mobile game made to only be played for a little time each day.
Kinder World is a mobile game all about healing, being kind to yourself and others, and taking care of houseplants with the help of a large and adorable Samoyed doggy called Samy.
The game is currently in Early Access for iOS and Android, and has garnered quite the following online due to it just being plain nice. Fortunately, Lumi Interactive also got a freakin’ huge lump of funding recently, so it can only go up from here.
Described as a “crowdhealing” game, Lauren explained to me that the inspiration for Kinder World came from their team seeing just how these past few years have taken a negative toll on our collective mental health.
By approaching development with a focus on care, Lumi Interactive worked with mental health and wellbeing professionals in order to get the right idea about how a game like this could benefit others, and just from a few minutes of playing it, I could feel it immediately .
The game asked me what I looked forward to in the morning, and I genuinely had to think about it. After giving my answer and watering my new monstera plant, it grew a leaf. After that leaf, I got a message in a little leaf heart fortune-cookie thing which came from another player, wishing me a beautiful day. It was nice. It made me smile.
Wood & Weather
Image: VicScreen / Kotaku Australia
In playing the demo for Wood & Weather, I put all the wooden cars available into the lake. It’s legal to do this, and nobody will stop you. The same is true in real life.
Wood & Weather is a ‘demi-god simulator’, as described by one of its developers Terry. Based around the Melbourne landscape, you play an omnipotent hand that can control the weather, and does so to see what effect it has on the wonderful little wooden people that live in the land.
what makes Wood & Weather special is not only the playful nature of how it looks at the effects of climate change, but how the team at Paper House are tracking their environmental toll and ‘making an effort to reduce their impact’ during the development of this game.
The game was also originally about pizza. The whole plan was to make a game about a pizza place. However, Terry is a huge weather-head. He just loves the stuff. and so, Wood & Weather was born.
You might also know Paper House Studio from their previous title paperbark for iOS, which is a beautiful little game where you play as a wombat surviving in the harsh Australian summer. Very good stuff.
Paper House’s weather obsession is infectious, and the short demo of Wood & Weather was an absolute delight. I can’t wait to see this one out on PC and consoles.
Wayward Strand
Image: VicScreen / Kotaku Australia
Wayward Strand is a game built to be played over and over again to get the whole experience, and I’m not sure if my poor, sensitive little heart can take it. I’ll still play it, though.
The old folks you meet in the game are all so unique. In saying that, some of them are also incredibly rude. But also, some of them are very sweet.
As well as having fantastic voice acting from legends like Michael Caton, the old folks personalities and daily activities have such attention to detail.
It truly feels like you’re a teenager stuck on a flying hospital with old people who are either fascinated by you or think you’re fucking annoying.
Ghost Pattern, the team behind Wayward Strandseem to know all about care and compassion when it comes to gameplay, as well as real life.
As we know, the title was delayed to next month as the team had no interest in succumbing to crunch, and the developers explained that in a wild turn of events, the community that has grown around Wayward Strand was incredibly supportive with their decision. You love to see it.
Wayward Strand will release on PC and consoles on September 15th.
Way to the Woods
Image: VicScreen / Kotaku Australia
Remember Way to the Woodsthat beautiful little indie title about a deer and fawn which was showcased at E3 2019 as part of Xbox’s pre-E3 showcase?
Well, it’s still coming!
If you’re anything like me, this game has popped into your mind every now and then. ever since seeing Way to the Woods at E3, it’s stayed fresh in my mind as such a lovely little idea.
Fast forward to this week, and sole developer Anthony Tan is still working hard on Way to the Woods. He started working on the game in 2015, when he was only 16, and wouldn’t have been able to keep it going without the support of VicScreen.
The reason it’s taken a while to produce? For one thing, Anthony’s making it all on his own. For another, he’s grown up making this game, and he explains that the plans for what he wanted the game to be have changed over time.
However, after a bit of a wait, I was able to play a short build of the game, and I’m very, very excited for what’s in store. It’s a narrative adventure game akin to stray (with a little bit of magic) where you, the deer, and your little fawn must use the energy of your surroundings to find your way through an unfriendly environment.
We didn’t get too much info on it, but the current planned release window is within the first quarter of 2023.
Big shouts out to VicScreen for putting on such a sick event and to all the super talented devs for showing off their work, it’s a good time to be a fan of Aussie games!
Google’s Multitask Unified Model (MUM) algorithm is now capable of identifying when multiple high-quality sources agree on the same fact.
This update to MUM is part of a more significant effort to improve information literacy across the web.
A Google-supported survey conducted by the Poynter Institute finds that 62% of respondents encounter false or misleading information every week.
To help people separate fact from fiction, Google is applying several changes to search results.
Here are the complete details about the updates Google announced today.
Improvements To Google’s MUM Algorithm
With improvements to the MUM algorithm, Google can understand when multiple sources on the web come to a consensus.
What does this mean for search results?
Google will now fact-check its featured snippets to see if other reputable sources agree with the information.
Pandu Nayak, Google’s Vice President of Search, explains how advancements to the MUM algorithm make this possible:
“Our systems can check snippet callouts (the word or words called out above the featured snippet in a larger font) against other high-quality sources on the web, to see if there’s a general consensus for that callout, even if sources use different words or concepts to describe the same thing. We’ve found that this consensus-based technique has meaningfully improved the quality and helpfulness of featured snippet callouts.”
Further, MUM can help Google more accurately determine when queries are better served without featured snippets.
As a result of this update, Google is reducing the triggering of featured snippets in these cases by 40%.
Helping Searchers Identify Trustworthy Information
Along with the update to MUM, Google is introducing additional features to help searchers find information they can trust.
Expanding ‘About This Result’
Google is expanding the ‘about this result’ feature with more context, such as:
How widely a source is circulated
Online reviews about the source or company
Whether another entity owns the company
When Google’s systems can’t find adequate information about a source
Image Credit: Screenshot from blog.google/products/search/information-literacy/, August 2022.
About this result is now available in the Google app and in more languages, including Portuguese (PT), French (FR), Italian (IT), German (DE), Dutch (NL), Spanish (ES), Japanese (JP) , and Indonesian (ID).
Content Advisories About Information Gaps
A new advisory in search results will alert users when there’s not enough reliable information available for a particular query.
Google shares an example of a search related to a conspiracy theory triggering the new content advisory:
Image Credit: Screenshot from blog.google/products/search/information-literacy/, August 2022.
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Chris Hemsworth has been spotted carving up the Byron surf with his twin boys Tristan and Sasha while making the most of some unexpected time off after production on his upcoming film was paused.
the hunky Thor actor, 38, was reportedly seen flexing his superhero skills in the waves, stopping his sesh at one point to help a woman navigate away from a rip.
It comes as filming for Mad Max: Furiosastarring Hemsworth and Anya Taylor-Joy, has been suspended after director George Miller tested positive for Covid-19, the Daily Mail reported this week.
The publication reports that the multimillion-dollar production based in Kurnell, just south of Sydney will resume filming next week, once legendary director Miller, 77, has finished his isolation period and recovered.
In the meantime, Hemsworth has been soaking up the time with family, taking his 8-year-old twins Tristan and Sasha for a surf and a spot of takeaway after picking them up from school in Byron Bay this week.
Mad Max: Furiosa is a prequel to post-apocalyptic blockbuster furyroad, with Anya Taylor-Joy playing a younger Charlize Theron.
Details of Hemsworth’s character in the film are yet to be disclosed, but the actor was pictured on set in early July looking dramatically different in a long red wig, beard, and curly mustache.
