Most of the Pokémon Game Freak designs are inspired by a number of real-world concepts, and Pokémon Sword and Shield’s starter Pokémon are no different. Each of the starters’ evolutions and their Gigantamax forms has a unique set of possible origins, ranging from real-life animals to characters like James Bond. Sobble, Grookey, and Scorbunny were the first Pokémon Game Freak revealed for Sword and Shield. As the games’ primary companions, starters are designed to appeal to all players....

Non-profit group Fair Tax has accused Apple of ‘poor tax conduct’ for using aggressive tax avoidance measures to reduce its overall tax rate to 17.1% over the past decade, less than half the official corporate tax rate of 35%… Corporate tax is levied only on profits, so after all operating expenses and investments have been deducted from total revenue. To be clear, Apple is not accused of any legal wrong-doing. Unlike tax evasion, tax avoidance is perfectly legal – but does mean there is less money to spend on public services and infrastructure, says Fair Tax....

Proof of Work (PoW) vs Proof of Stake (PoS) What is PoW? PoW or proof of work is a special protocol that aims to deter cyber-attacks such as DDoS (distributed denial-of-service attacks), which can use up the resources of a computer stem with the help of multiple fake requests. It uses a trustless and distributed consensus system. PoW implements a decentralized system and works without needing a central authority. The PoW consensus mechanism can verify transactions without needing a third party....

The new Powerbeats 4 feature a slightly sleeker design, which should be more comfortable on the ear, and boast up to 15 hours of battery life according to WinFuture’s source. See the pairing animations for the new headphones after the jump … As expected, the new Powerbeats will incorporate the Apple H1 chip with support for Hey Siri. The Beats logo doubles as button that can be used to play, pause and advance through tracks similar to the double tab gesture on older AirPods....

To follow along with the article please download the latest version of PowerSploit available here: https://github.com/PowerShellMafia/PowerSploit If you have GIT, then you can simply run the following command to get all files from the github repository: [plain] git clone https://github.com/mattifestation/PowerSploit.git [/plain] To run PowerSploit scripts, you should have Microsoft PowerShell installed. It comes installed on Windows 7 and above operating system versions. Here, the current scenario is: we have a remote desktop connection to the victim machine (Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit) which has PowerShell installed, and we run PowerSploit tools on it....

Apple SoNo Collection opened today in South Norwalk, Connecticut. The space is Apple’s first new store completed in 2020 and the finishing touch for The SoNo Collection mall, which opened last October. The new Apple Store replaces a previous location at the nearby Stamford Town Center. Customers lined up outside Apple’s iconic pivot doors to be the first to explore and take a Today at Apple session at Apple SoNo Collection....

You’ve probably seen a dozen celebrity endorsements of the Apple Watch by now ahead of its official ship date to customers in one week, but the latest photos shared by famed rugby player and captain turned cyclist Will Carling give us the first look at the power adapter expected to be included with the device in the United Kingdom. Taking on a design similar to travel-specific UK power adapters, the Apple Watch’s wall wart appears to feature a folding design for each prong making it more compact when toting it in your bag or suitcase – presumably lifting the main (earth) prong lifts the others....

Nested block concept will help the programmer to improve the readability by separating the complex things into each block and to handle the exception for each block inside the main outer block. In this tutorial, you will learn- Nested Block Structure Scopes in Nested Block: Variable Scope Nested Block Structure A block can be nested into another block. This can be nested either in the execution part or in the exception handling part....

How can we not love the Disney Parks? It’s literally where the magic happens on a regular basis. You can enter a realm of fantasy with royalty, sail on a pirate ship with Captain Jack, and visit the future to see a great-big-beautiful tomorrow. But our favorite park pastime has to be the character Meet and Greets. Whether you’re five or ninety-five, there are few better feelings in the world than meeting your favorite Disney character up close and in person....

The Power Rangers burst onto the entertainment scene with huge success, gaining popularity with both youth and adults alike. The Power Rangers are powerful but united, standing for justice and righteousness and unity ⁠— and doing it in a way that gets viewers excited and wanting more action. The different-colored Power Rangers have been represented by a variety actors and actresses since the characters made their debut. Here are 10 interesting facts about the main characters of the Power Rangers franchise which viewers might not know....

Vishing SMiShing Spy-Phishing Pharming Watering Hole Attacks SPAM Spam, aka those annoying, unsolicited emails that seem to always end up in your inbox, is the basic “food” of phishing. Why? Because it’s cheap and easy to send spam and needs a very low rate of clicks to reap rewards. A Brief History of Spam Spam is one of the oldest forms of online abuse; in fact, the first message considered “spam” was sent on May 3, 1978, when the internet was still called ARPAnet....

Right, so call us cheesy for that George Lucas-infused intro, but we cannot but dip into our repository of Star Wars when we look at the Rs 10,000-13,000 (USD 140-200) price segment in the Indian phone market. For, that is very much where the action has been over the past few weeks, with LeEco, Huawei and Xiaomi all releasing devices in this price range. And unlike in the past, where these devices played second fiddle to more high-end offerings, this time around, each of these three has been launched as a potential market conqueror, accompanied by high-profile campaigns online as well as offline....

Pictures and details of HTC’s first 64-bit handset, which will carry the Desire branding have leaked online, courtesy of @upleaks. The leaked pictures clearly indicate that we are still looking at a prototype unit. The handset, apparently codenamed A11, will sport a 4.7-inch FWVGA (854*480) screen, and will come with a 5MP camera in the rear. The highlight of the handset, however, is going to be its processor — the Qualcomm’s MSM8916 — which is among the company’s first 64-bit processors and consists of four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1....

It’s no secret that Google will be introducing a UI revamp with Android 4.4 KitKat. The leaks, until now, have suggested updated icons for status bar along with transparency for the navigation bar as well as the status bar. Now, the folks over at Android Police have got their hands on the v4.4 update for the Play Store. The new version contains a UI revamp and contains the new hamburger style slide-out drawer....

We’re about to see a new generation iPad Pro in the coming weeks, and although rumors suggest that this won’t be a huge update, there are some nice changes to come. Now we want to know: Which rumored 2021 iPad Pro feature are you most excited about? As reported by different sources, the 2021 iPad Pro is unlikely to have a new design. Instead, both the 11-inch and 12.9-inch models will retain the current design with flat sides and slim bezels....

Once people get wise to these tricks, scammers tweak them to become a little more deceitful. The latest scam making the rounds is exceptionally tricky. What to watch for in latest phishing attack What’s happening is, cybercriminals are sending phishing emails to unsuspecting victims that are not the typical phishing scam. Many phishing attacks lead to victims clicking a malicious link and giving the scammer their log-in credentials on a spoofed site....

The Rule of Thirds This rule is perhaps the most commonly used “rule” that photographers learn and use. Just because it is a “rule” doesn’t mean that if you don’t use it, you’re doomed to have boring, lifeless pictures. However, most rules are put in place for a good reason so you should know why a rule is important before you decide to break it. The basic idea of this composition style for the rule of thirds is to break your image into nine equal parts using imaginary lines to divide the shot into both three equal horizontal and vertical parts....

Though useful, this tech can be utilized without your permission, as seen in a recent $650 million class-action lawsuit against Facebook. The social network used facial recognition to suggest photo tags, which broke a privacy law. Tap or click here to see if you can expect a settlement check in the mail. Like it or not, your face is out there on the internet. If you’ve ever uploaded photos to social media or any other website, there’s a good chance your likeness is floating around....

Mobile games developer Gameloft is launching Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard for the iPhone tomorrow and to mark the occasion they’ve put together a pretty awesome interactive trailer that lets you play the embassy level by clicking on the hotspots to choose between several possible directions. It’s kinda cool, reminds me of those laserdisc games from the 80s, such as Dragon’s Lair, which has been ported to both the iPhone and iPad....

Pokémon Go is now officially available in the UK! Download it for free in the UK App Store here. The official rollout in the United Kingdom follows Pokémon Go’s expansion to Germany yesterday and brings even more people into the scope of the smash hit title, which is now the most successful mobile game of all time. Co-developed by the Pokémon Company and Niantic, the game involves players running around real world points of interest and landmarks in order to find and catch Pokémon....