During Destiny’s upcoming Season of Dawn, players will need to stop a council of Cabal Psion Flayers from tinkering with time and reversing their victory against the Red Legion. During this season, players will be able to participate in a couple of different holiday events and unlock two new Exotic weapons.
If you have one of Destiny 2’s current season passes, you’ll be able to play Sundial, which is a new mode that lets you fight the Niruul boss. In January, the legendary difficulty of Sundial unlocks so players can acquire the Devil’s Run Exotic sidearm.
Then, on January 28, the Bastion Exotic quest starts, which will let players earn the second exotic weapon of the season. The full season will also see the Elimination PvP mode return as well as a a couple returning PvP maps, and other new quests and bosses. If you’re still playing Destiny 2, you should have plenty to do for the next few months.
Yesterday, we heard from the Geoff Keighley how there would be “around 10 new games” revealed at The Game Awards next week that no one has supposedly heard about yet.
Now, in related news, Digital Extremes – the creator of the free-to-play co-op action shooter Warframe – has announced it will have a special announcement to share at this year’s show. Here’s the message from the game’s official website:
If you love old school SNK fighters, there’s a sale happening right now on the North American and European Switch eShop that you might want to check out. You can get the Arcade Archives versions of Samurai Shodown, Samurai Shodown II and Samurai Shodown III for 50% off the regular prices.
Death Stranding has been a hit with most critics, but the game was rather predictably review bombed over on Metacritic by users. As is often the case with titles that end up dividing opinion for whatever reason, a tug of war very quickly ensued, with many users awarding the game a perfect 10 while others slapped it with a big fat 0. It wasn’t long before the overall user score dropped to around 5.1.
If you’re anything like us, PlayStation will have been a part of your life for almost as long as you can remember. We have some great memories of Sony’s original grey box, and we figured it’d be fun to share those with you as the brand celebrates its 25th Anniversary this week. But this isn’t just about us: we want to hear your best PSone stories in the comments section below.
Want to know when the next episode of The Mandalorian – episode 6 – releases on Disney Plus? New episodes of The Mandalorian are released every Friday on Disney Plus, though there are a few exceptions to that. Episode 1 released on a Tuesday, the same day the Disney Plus streaming service launched, and episode 7 will release on a different day to avoid clashing with Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker. We’ll explain below.
You’ll find the official release schedule of The Mandalorian season one on Disney Plus below, too. We can show you how to watch The Mandalorian, too. Here’s when you can next get your Baby Yoda fix.
When is the next episode of The Mandalorian on Disney Plus?
The next episode of The Mandalorian, episode 6, releases on Disney Plus on December 13, which is the next Friday. That’s when you can stream it in the US, Canada, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand, which are all the territories where you can currently get Disney Plus. Episodes arrive at around midnight PT, although the exact time seems to vary from week-to-week.
If you want to watch each episode at release in the US, then, be prepared to stay up late. Do it for Baby Yoda.
When do the other episodes of The Mandalorian season one release?
They all release each Friday over the rest of December, with the exception of the seventh episode, which releases on a Wednesday (most likely to avoid clashing with The Rise of Skywalker, which releases on 12/20). There are eight episodes in total. Here’s the official confirmed release schedule from Disney:
Episode one: Out now
Episode two: Out now
Episode three: Out now
Episode four: Out now
Episode five: Out now
Episode six: December 13
Episode seven: December 18
Episode eight: December 27
When is The Mandalorian season one finale?
As explained above, the season one finale of The Mandalorian arrives on Disney Plus on December 27. Between this show, Jedi: Fallen Order and The Rise of Skywalker, you can pretty much fill this holiday season with as much Star Wars as you can possibly enjoy.
Season 4 episode 4 of Rick and Morty airs Sunday on Adult Swim, if you were wondering when the next episode is. This season of Rick and Morty is 10 episodes long, and two more episodes are due to air in 2019, just before the holidays. Below we’ll show you the full release schedule for Rick and Morty season 4.
While five episodes are airing in 2019, the other five will release some time in 2020. The exact timing of the latter half is still up in the air, but we’re expecting the rest of season 4 to air in the early part of next year.
When is the next episode of Rick and Morty?
The next episode of Rick and Morty, season 4 episode 4, airs this Sunday December 8 at 11:30PM ET on Adult Swim. If you’re wondering what this episode is about, the official Rick and Morty account calls it the ‘Morty gets a dragon’ episode, which is comfortably self-explanatory. Check out a quick trailer below:
Rick and Morty episode release schedule
Rick and Morty season 4 is 10 episodes long. This is the release schedule for every episode of Rick and Morty. Note that we don’t know exactly when they’ll air the second half of season 4 in 2020 – but hopefully when this half of the season ends, that information will be disclosed.
Rick and Morty season 4 episode 1: Out now
Rick and Morty season 4 episode 2: Out now
Rick and Morty season 4 episode 3: Out now
Rick and Morty season 4 episode 4: December 8, 2019
Rick and Morty season 4 episode 5: December 15, 2019
Rick and Morty season 4 episode 6: 2020
Rick and Morty season 4 episode 7: 2020
Rick and Morty season 4 episode 8: 2020
Rick and Morty season 4 episode 9: 2020
Rick and Morty season 4 episode 10: 2020
When is the next episode of Rick and Morty in the UK?
Rick and Morty season 4 episode 4 airs on E4 at 10PM on Wednesday December 11. Episode 5, meanwhile, is expected to air on December 18. The show will be available on the All4 streaming platform afterwards, supported by ads.
Here’s a curious fact of modern computing. For those who have grown up with modern interfaces such as Windows 10 and Apple iOS 11, the idea of a “command line interface” is a bit peculiar. We’re so accustomed to seeing, clicking, and executing that any kind of textual interface (other than actually texting on a phone) is lost on large masses of people.
That’s not true when it comes to cloud computing services, such as Amazon Web Services and the Command Line Interface (or AWS CLI). In fact, for anyone who has worked in a data center, is comfortable with Linux, creates web applications, or remembers the early days of MS-DOS, a command line is not a crippled, old school system but rather a powerful way to control and execute commands.
Technically speaking, the CLI is a downloadable app you use to control AWS functions. That means for Windows users you will need to install and run the 32-bit or 64-bit version of the CLI. On a Mac or Linux distro, you will need to use Python 2.6.5 or higher and install using pip.
After that, the CLI is a terminal service in that it looks like the MS-DOS command line and has scripts you can execute, which saves time and effort. You can start with the basics by typing a help command in the CLI which walks you through what you can type and why.
One key to understanding how CLI works and why you can benefit from using it as an organization is to understand that AWS is a comprehensive cloud computing environment. There are many components, and it’s not always easy to understand how they all work (and how they work together). A CLI helps technical staff execute commands without having to review every feature and function or use a graphical interface.
This means if you have a team to deal only with cloud storage, and you spell out the commands available and what they do, those team members can execute those commands and use the scripting variables required, without having to worry about any other features within AWS.
Benefits of AWS CLI
The true power of the CLI is in its simplicity. As with any command line interface, you can issue commands that are powerful, reduce complexity (ironically because it is not all spelled out in a potentially confusing GUI), and save time with your cloud management and working with your cloud computing infrastructure. It is intended for IT employees, programmers, and other technical folks at your company to be able to perform cloud computing tasks without taking as many steps.
The technical team at most companies are almost always busy with multiple tasks that all seem urgent. They are managing client devices, installing security patches, reconfiguring networking, and dealing with printers and copiers that are not working for a specific department. In short, they are running around like the proverbial headless chickens. AWS CLI provides a way to execute scripts such as looking at Amazon S3 storage instances, triggering backups, performing recursive uploads and downloads, viewing buckets, and inspecting services. At the same time, CLI also lets the technical staff configure AWS itself.
Some of these tasks can be performed within the AW GUI, although not every command is available and some might not be as easy to find, execute or use repeatedly in an automated way. Your technical staff will learn quickly that the CLI is meant to make their jobs easier.
As with any CLI, there are scripts you can use to trigger certain activities. One of the best ways to understand how the CLI works and why it is so beneficial is to consider how it helps administer the AWS S3 cloud storage environment. (S3 stands for Simple Storage Service and is really the backbone of AWS for all file storage, archiving, and management.)
Without providing the actual command lines (which you can find easily enough in the usage guide), some of the basic functions include the ability to copy one instance of a file store that is local out to the cloud computing storage repository. The basic usage here is to use the sync command and to name the local file store and the target file store on AWS S3.
For AWS itself, you can view the contents of an AWS bucket (similar to a file folder) by using a command to view the contents of a bucket. Because this is a CLI, you can add the script variables such as which S3 instance you want to inspect. You can also start instances, describe instances, publish instances, and manage them. (An instance in AWS parlance is an object such as storage, memory, and networking which are all intended to help you run web applications for your company and manage the related resources.)
Getting hold of an email account is easy. Sign up with an ISP and you’ve got one account for starters. Creating an account with Google and other big names will get you more. Buy a decent web hosting package and you’ll probably get enough email addresses to power a large business, all for no extra charge.
Getting the right email account is more difficult, as there’s a lot to consider. What are the spam filters like? How easy is it to keep your inbox organized? Can you access the account from other email clients? And what about using the service with a custom domain and address of your own (yourname@yourdomain.com)?
Keep reading and we’ll highlight some of the best email providers around. All have decent free services, perhaps with ads and some limits, but we’ll also talk about their business-friendly commercial products which deliver the power, functionality and enterprise-level extras that demanding users need.
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Signing up with an email provider will often involve some privacy compromises. Yahoo Mail asks for your name and mobile number, for instance. Gmail and other services might scan your messages to carry out useful actions (such as adding events to calendars), and just about everyone serves you with ads.
ProtonMail is a Swiss-based email service which focuses on privacy above all else. You can sign up anonymously, there’s no logging of IP addresses, and all your emails are end-to-end encrypted, which means there’s no way ProtonMail (or anyone else) can read their contents. Also, address verification (which allows you to be sure you are securely communicating with the right person) and full support for PGP email encryption is available. In late April 2019, elliptic curve cryptography was introduced, which adds additional security and faster speeds.
There are some significant limits. The free product has a tiny 500MB storage space, only supports sending 150 messages a day, and is distinctly short in terms of organizational tools (no folders, labels or smart filters). As the end-to-end encryption is specific to ProtonMail, it also ensures that you can’t use the service with other email clients.
Still, it seems a little unfair to complain about a service which is no-strings-attached free, and doesn’t even show ads. In reality, ProtonMail is a specialist tool which is intended for use alongside services like Gmail – not to replace them – and overall it performs its core tasks very well.
If you do need more, ProtonMail’s $5 (you can choose to pay in USD, Euro and CHF) a month (or $48 yearly) Plus account gives you 5GB storage, a 1,000 message-per-day allowance, custom domains (you@yourdomain.com) and support for folders, labels, filters as well as some addition features like contact groups.
A further Professional plan brings more storage, email addresses and a second custom domain, as well as adding a catch-all email address and multi-user support. It’s priced from $8 per month per user (75$ yearly), which is reasonable if you need ProtonMail’s security, although it’s also notably more expensive than the business accounts of the big-name competition.
First released back in 2004, Google’s Gmail has become the market leader in free email services with more than a billion users across the globe.
Gmail’s stripped-back web interface is a highlight. Most of the screen is devoted to your inbox, with a minimum of toolbar and other clutter. Messages are neatly organized via conversations for easier viewing, and you can read and reply to emails with ease, even as a first-time user.
There’s plenty of power here. Dynamic mail makes Gmail more interactive, with the ability to take action directly from within the email, like filling out a questionnaire or responding to a Google Docs comment. Messages can be automatically filtered into tabbed categories like Primary, Social and Promotions, helping you to focus on the content you need. Leading-edge spam blocking keeps your inbox free of junk, you can manage other accounts from the same interface (Outlook, Yahoo, any other IMAP or POP email), and there’s 15GB storage for your inbox, Drive and photos.
You can also access Gmail offline, although you’ll need Google Chrome for that to work. Furthermore, there is a neat snooze feature that allows you to, well, snooze an email for a specified amount of time (it also automatically labels that email as important).
Other features are more questionable. Instead of organizing messages into folders, for instance – a simple metaphor which just about every user understands – you must filter them using a custom labelling system. This works, and has some advantages, but isn’t popular with all users. Still, Gmail is an excellent service overall, and a good first choice for your email provider.
Google makes a paid business-oriented version of Gmail available in the shape of its G Suite product.
This more professional product drops the ads and allows using a custom email address on your domain (yourname@yourcompany.tld). Business-oriented migration tools can import mail from Outlook, Exchange, Lotus and more. Storage space doubles to 30GB on the Basic plan, and you get unlimited group email addresses, 99.9% guaranteed uptime and 24/7 support.
G Suite is Google’s answer to Microsoft Office, so of course you also get apps for working with documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Shared calendars keep you better organized, there’s video and voice conferencing for online meetings, and again, there’s 24/7 support to keep your system running smoothly.
This more Office-like power makes for a more expensive product than the email-only competition, with prices starting at $6 a user for the simplest plan. You’re getting a lot for your money, though, and if you’ll use G Suite’s features then it could be a smart choice. A 14-day free trial provides an easy way to help you find out.
Outlook’s web interface follows the same familiar style as its desktop incarnation, and most other email clients: folders and organizational tools on the left, the contents of the current folder in the center, and a simple preview pane on the right (with adverts in the case of the free account).
A toolbar gives you speedy access to common features, and right-clicking folders or messages shows you just about everything else. If you’ve ever used another email client, you’ll figure out the key details in moments.
Despite the apparent simplicity, there’s a lot going on under the hood. The service automatically detects important emails and places them in a Focused Inbox, keeping any distractions out of sight. Events including flights and dinner reservations can automatically be added to your calendar. It’s easy to share that calendar with other Outlook.com or Office 365 users, or you can save your events to a Family calendar that everyone can access. In addition, there are some interesting features too, like the ability to add polls directly to your Outlook emails.
Excellent attachment support includes the ability to directly share OneDrive files as copies or links. You can also attach files directly from your Google Drive, Dropbox and Box accounts, and a chunky 15GB mailbox allows storing plenty of files from other people.
This all worked just fine for us, but if you’re unhappy with the service defaults, there’s a chance they can be tweaked via Outlook.com’s Settings dialog. This doesn’t have quite as many options as Gmail, but they’re well organized and give you plenty of control over layout, attachment rules, message handling and more.
If that’s still not enough, Microsoft offers a bunch of app-based integrations to take the service further. You get built-in Skype support via the beta, and apps give you easier access to Evernote, PayPal, GIPHY, Yelp, Uber and more.
Upgrading to Office 365 gets you an ad-free inbox, 50GB mail storage and a vast 1TB of OneDrive storage. Extras include offline working, professional message formatting tools, phone or chat-based support, file recovery from malicious attacks like ransomware and more. Oh, and the latest versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. All this can be yours for the equivalent of $7 a month on the single user Office 365 Personal plan or you can pay 70$ for a year.
Yahoo Mail doesn’t make the headlines so much, these days, but its latest version is a polished and professional service which stands up well against the top competition.
The well-designed interface resembles Gmail, at least initially, with a large view of your inbox, one-click filters for common messages and content (Photos, Documents, Travel), and easy browsing of all the emails in a conversation. But you can also organize mails into custom folders, and the layout can be tweaked to display a message preview in a couple of clicks. Mobile users have some additional features like the option to unsubscribe to newsletters and such, without ever leaving the Yahoo Mail inbox.
A powerful underlying engine can integrate with Facebook, supports sending SMS and text messages, is accessible via web, POP and (in some situations) IMAP, and can forward email to another address. Valuable extras include disposable email addresses to protect your privacy, and a mammoth 1TB of mailbox storage means you can keep just about everything you receive, for a very long time.
Demanding users might find issues, over time. Mail organization can’t quite match the flexibility of Gmail’s labelling scheme, for instance, and there aren’t nearly as many low-level tweaks, settings and options as you’ll often see elsewhere. But overall, Yahoo Mail is an appealing service which needs to be on your email shortlist.
As with other providers, Yahoo offers a Business Mail plan with more features. The highlight is an option to use the service with a custom domain (yourname@yourdomain.com), although there are other advantages, too. The service can import contacts from Facebook, Gmail, Outlook and more. You can view all your mailboxes on the same screen, and there are all the usual business-friendly productivity tools (multiple calendars, document handling, analytics and more).
Prices start from $3.19 per mailbox per month, billed annually, and they drop as you add mailboxes – $1.59 for 5, $1.19 for 10, and for 20+ you’ll need to contact them. Additionally, another pricing plan called Yahoo Mail Pro is available at $3.49 per month. This gives you ad-free inbox, priority customer support and additional features.
There’s even a free domain name included, and not just the initial registration: Yahoo will also renew it for as long as your subscription is active.
Zoho Workplace is a business-oriented email service which throws in an online office suite, document management, and a host of collaboration tools and other extras.
Zoho’s free plan supports up to 25 users, although there’s an extra 25 available if you can refer others to the service (update: Zoho is currently remodeling the referral program so this isn’t available at the moment), each with 5GB of mailbox storage, and can be used with one domain of your own. These are features you’ll normally only find in commercial products, and when you factor in the spreadsheet, word processor, presentation and other tools, it looks like a real bargain.
The email service is easy-to-use, and provides a decent set of features to help organize your emails: folders, tags, filters, smart searches, and more. You can also create custom hotkeys to expand and replace easy abbreviations of your choice with full words and phrases as you type. Zoho also has an offline mode, which allows you to read and respond to your emails even when your internet connection fails you.
The free plan is still a little basic. It gives you web access only, for instance, and there’s no support for email forwarding.
Fortunately, the Zoho Standard plan fixes that. A mere $3 per user (paid annually) gets you IMAP and POP access, email forwarding, active sync, multiple domain hosting, domain aliases, 30GB storage, a 30MB attachment limit (up from 25MB with the free plan) and some major improvements elsewhere (the ability to send cloud files to non-Zoho users, for instance). You also have Lite plan which is a cheaper Standard plan ($1 per user) with less features, and a Professional ($6 per user) plan which adds more features.
A number of these features are available elsewhere for free, of course, but businesses or anyone who will use the custom domain support or Office tools will find a lot to like here. Well worth a closer look.
Control is performing just fine for Finnish developer Remedy – despite the title failing to top the charts. According to the studio’s CEO Tero Virtala, the PlayStation 4 project was developed over the course of three years and utilised a budget of €30 million. This, incredibly, is fairly small for a AAA title these days, which is why the release hasn’t needed to set cash registers on fire to be considered a success.
“We don’t quite require the same huge lifetime numbers as many other games with bigger development budgets,” the suit told Games Industry. “Therefore, even though Control didn’t have chart-topping sales right from the get-go, we are in a good position with steady sales. We always take the long view here.”
