Need for Speed Heat is finally allowing players to repair cosmetic damage to their vehicles and plug in their own steering wheel accessories. After creating a film and over twenty entries in the Need for Speed series, many would think the franchise would have everything their fans want figured out. Need for Speed: Heat released to mixed reviews, however, and there were several features players felt the game was missing, including the ability to repair paint damage and scratches....

Before I became an adult, I rarely worried much about the weather. Now, I somewhat obsess over what’s happening and what will happen. After tornados ran through my town in 2020 (yes, a tornado during a pandemic), I especially watch the weather much closer in the spring. Dark Sky has been my weather app of choice with occasional use of Carrot Weather. Both apps are fantastic, but I am taking my weather monitoring to new levels by adding the Netatmo Weather Station into my HomeKit environment....

As first noted by MacRumors, Apple TV customers will be pleased to know that the $99 “hockey puck” will soon fully support Netflix’s newly announced user profiles. While Netflix says that a complete rollout to all supported devices will be complete by the end of August, it appears that the feature is partially available today for certain Apple TV and Netflix users. Netflix’s user profiles allow subscribers to create personal viewing accounts that track individual ratings, recently viewed movies/showes, and recommendations....

Next week, on May 14, Nokia is also holding a pretty important event in London where the company is also expected to make some announcements. Stephen Elop did mention that the Asha 501 was only the beginning of its series, but the Lumia 928 is definitely the flagship; so what is there left for the event – the “middle class” phones? Until then, let’s see what exactly is so great about the Lumia 928....

Dubbed “NoReboot,” ZecOps’ proof-of-concept (PoC) attack is described as a persistence method that can circumvent the normal practice of restarting a device to clear malicious activity from memory. Making its debut with an analysis and a public GitHub repository this week, ZecOps said that the NoReboot Trojan simulates a true shutdown while providing a cover for the malware to operate – which could include the covert hijacking of microphone and camera capabilities to spy on a handset owner....

Update: Apple has confirmed that the pictured iPhone is in fact a silver iPhone 7. A combination of harsh lighting and Instagram filters make it look much whiter than it really is. Original story below for reference … A photo posted to the official Beats by Dre Instagram page has led some people to suggest that the rumors of a new ‘Jet White’ iPhone 7 are real. The photo is certainly convincing at first glance, depicting an iPhone with a stark white finish and black Apple logo (pictured left)....

Lenovo Tab 4 10 Plus (codename: X704F) was launched in the year February 2017. The smartphone came out of the box with Android 7.1 Nougat. Recently this device has received the official TWRP recovery support. So, on this page, we will guide you to install the TWRP Recovery on Lenovo Tab 4 10 Plus. This guide contains both the written instruction and video tutorial to help you install it quickly. Make sure to download the files required and then jump straight into instruction on how to install TWRP Recovery and Root your Lenovo Tab 4 10 Plus....

Following our reports about a possible state investigation of Apple’s Grand Central lease, the MTA have contacted us to clarify the deal and say “bring it on” to the investigation. While noting the lease quadruples rent from the previous tentant and outlining the benefits of Apple’s foot traffic, the MTA calls it the “best possible deal” and explains the intricacies below: The Facts: MTA’s Lease with Apple at Grand Central Terminal “I’m following up on your reporting about the lease agreement between Apple and the MTA....

Neill Blomkamp has a number of canceled and unmade movies, so why didn’t they happen? Blomkamp started off his directing career with District 9, which was a huge hit with critics and audiences alike, marking him out as the new bright young talent to watch, and generating a lot of buzz over what his next film would be. Unfortunately, things haven’t quite worked out as hoped for Blomkamp after District 9, with subsequent releases bringing increased budgets but otherwise diminishing returns: Elysium received average to positive reviews, and grossed $286 million against a budget of $115m, while Chappie received more mixed-to-negative reviews, grossing $102 million with a budget of $49m....

If you live in an area with poor internet infrastructure, downloading content for offline use is a crucial feature. Now, Netflix is enhancing its offline option with the ability for users to watch TV shows and movies before they’ve completely finished downloading. Starting today, Netflix users on Android can watch the content they’re actively downloading before that download has completely finished. The pitch behind this feature is that it allows users to start the content they planned to watch if a download didn’t finish because of a poor connection....

Netflix’s The Witcher season 2 casts Killing Eve’s Kim Bodnia as Vesemir in the upcoming episodes. The Witcher, launched in December 2019, is a fantasy drama show based on the series of novels and short stories by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, as well as the popular video game adaptations from CD Projekt Red. Man of Steel’s Henry Cavill stars as Geralt of Rivia, the titular “witcher,” a monster hunter for hire with supernatural powers....

One of the biggest things to come at Tuesday’s Apple event is the opening of Steve Jobs Theater, our first look at the brand new underground auditorium. Now, images obtained by The Apple Post offer a look at the Apple Park Visitor Center and the last-minute touches… The images show that Apple’s Visitor Center is nearly completed ahead of the event, suggesting that Apple is working to have it open for attendees of its iPhone X event....

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpx6r5FVXPo&start=47] In iFixit’s ritual dismantling of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus last week, the repair company noted that Apple had started including rubber gaskets around the power and volume buttons likely in an effort to make the iPhone more water and dust resistant. iFixit How did Apple do? Well iPhone warranty provider Squaretrade was able to dunk both the 6 and 6 Plus for 10 seconds without any real damage....

After almost two years, T-Mobile and Sprint’s $26 billion merger is now officially a done deal. The result is the “New T-Mobile” that has big aspirations for moving the US wireless market forward. Detailed in a press release today, as the deal has closed, T-Mobile CEO John Legere has stepped down and former COO Mike Sievert has taken the role of CEO of the New T-Mobile. That was an expected move but not quite this fast as the original plan was for the transition to happen in May....

While it is not the only streaming service available now, Netflix is still considered to be one of the best due to the number of consistently good shows under its belt. This even includes adaptations of popular media from Marvel comics like Daredevil to The Witcher books. So naturally, fans of other popular media want to imagine what it would be like if Netflix adapted things such as A Nightmare on Elm Street into a series by creating fake trailers....

Nike today is rolling out an update to its Nike+ Run Club app on iOS that brings a host of changes and new features. The update brings the app to version 5.3.0 and is especially notable now that the Apple Watch Nike+ is available. Today’s update brings bug fixes that improve the Nike+ Run Club’s app performance on Apple Watch when the device is not in range of an iPhone. Nike says that it has improved GPS and route syncing with runs started on Apple Watch....

Today we have the latest firmware flash file for the Nokia TA-1025 powered by a Qualcomm processor. To install the firmware flash file, we need a software called the QFil Flash tool which can be helpful to flash the stock ROM on your device. The method is simple and easy. We have also added video and step-by-step tutorials to make things easier to flash the official flash file. This process is helpful if you have bricked your device, lag, or shuttering performance, to fix Bluetooth and WiFi issues, to unroot or bypass the FRP lock....

Microsoft Teams is a collaborative working environment for office and organization works. The app users’ emails and contacts to share data, work assignments, and project files. However, what to do when you’re not able to find Microsoft Teams contact? In case you’re also facing an issue where you are not able to see contacts or import contacts list into the Microsoft Teams platform, then you’re not alone. Many users have the same issue where they are not able to use contacts and not able to find relevant contacts easily....

If you love emoji and want to have your say on which new ones get created, there’s now an app for that. You can even go further and make your own suggestions for a new emoji which may get created and added for others to support. Emoji> is an emoji keyboard app, but which now also supports a request feature. This shows you emojis being considered for possible inclusion – some 147 at the time of writing....

Apple has announced this morning that CEO Steve Jobs and other executives will take the stage on June 6th to talk next-generation software. Specifically, Apple will introduce their cloud-services – with an official header name of iCloud – in addition to iOS 5 and Mac OS 10.7 Lion. Apple is also, of course, promising over 100 technical sessions, but have to yet to actually announce those details. The full press release is after the break....