Sid Meier’s Civilization VIis now available on iPhone, Aspyr Media announced in a press release. The renowned turned-based strategy game becomes one of the most high-profile AAA games to land on smartphones. iOS users have been able to play a stellar version ofCivilization VIon iPadsince December, but iPhone compatibility greatly expands the potential player base. to runCiv VIon iPhone, you need an iPhone 7/7 Plus, 8/8 Plus, or X. Curiously, the press release does not note the newiPhone XSbut we imagineCiv VIwill soon be able to run on the XS, if it doesn’t already....

The United States now has morecases of COVID-19than anywhere else in the world. As each day brings ambulance sirens and unexpected obituaries, many strategists are studying what places like Taiwan did to keep their COVID-19 infection rates remarkably low using a combination of travel shutdowns, widespread testing, and clever technological solutions. America’s health tech rollout has been more haphazard and less impactful than what was implemented in several parts of Asia....

Tesla and Warner Bros. scored a partial legal victory as a federal judge dismissed several claims in a lawsuit filed by Alcon Entertainment, a production company behind the 2017 sci-fi movieBlade Runner 2049, Reuters reports. The lawsuit accused the two companies of using imagery from the film to promote Tesla’s autonomous Cybercab vehicle atan eventhosted by Tesla CEO Elon Musk at Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Studios in Hollywood in October of last year....

War is a genre as old as the movies themselves. Some offer visceral thrills, trying to immerse you in what it means to be in battle. Others take a different tack, and are more contemplative about their subject matter. Whatever road they take, though,great war moviesare always at least a little bit about how pointless war is. That self-reflexive gaze, which blends the valor of war with its violence and horror, is what makes these movies worthy of this list, whether they’re thrilling, funny, horrific, or a little bit of all three....

For Apple laptops, the 16-inch MacBook Pro is its Cadillac, the big gun, the main course — it is the biggest, baddest, most powerful MacBook the company makes, and it’s currently available for its lowest price ever. Amazon isselling the 16-inch MacBook Pro for $2,000, with an added $100 discount after checkout, that’s $400 off its regular price of $2,400. Whether you’re a designer or editor whose work depends on an efficient machine, or a regular user who wants to make the best looking work presentations and have uninterrupted, beautiful gameplay, or calls, the MacBook Pro could be perfect....

The Boys Season 4’s most explicit scene has received its first ban It was only a matter of time — the most explicit scene from The Boys Season 4 has received its first ban, and it hasn’t gone down well with viewers. Thesuperhero seriesdoesn’t hold back when it comes to gory violence and graphic sexual scenes, andSeason 4is no different. So far, we’ve had an up-close photo of a butthole (whichisn’t actually Butcher’s, FYI), aJesus ice skaterslicing a fake Starlight’s fingers off, and agrotesque homage to the Human Centipede....

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyofficially announced its rejectionto renew an Obama-era mandate requiring automakers to push for higher fuel economy standards on light vehicles. This is the latest development from previous rumors that the U.S. government would repeal former President Barack Obama’s fuel economy standards from last week. In 2012, the Obama administration signed in new fuel economy standardsforCorporate Average Fuel Economy(CAFE) requirements. In essence, it takes a single automaker and considers the average fuel economy rating of each model vehicle it produces, then combines those averages into one single average score for the company as a whole....

Despite the proliferation of masks worldwide in response to the current pandemic, Apple is probably not bringing back Touch ID to the iPhone anytime soon. Instead, the company is testing an upgrade to Face ID that will make it work better with masks and fogged-up glasses, asreportedby generally reliable leaker Jon Prosser. The company is testing new Face ID hardware internally that matches the Face ID array oniPhone 13prototypes for the express purpose of training it to work with masks and glasses....

For a gaming laptop that will be able to reliably run today’s video games without any issues, you’re able to’t go wrong with the Acer Predator Helios 16. If you’re interested, this configuration with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card, which usually costs $2,300, is down to $1,800 from Best Buy following a $500 discount. We don’t think the offer will last long though, so it’s highly recommended that you add the gaming laptop to your cart and proceed with the checkout process immediately if you want to take advantage of this bargain....

Summary TheWesterngenre was all but dead throughout the 1980s, but some key members of the Brat Pack helped revive it. For decades, Westerns were one of the most popular movie genres and made the careers of icons like John Wayne, Gary Cooper and Henry Fonda. Around the beginning of the 1960s, however, younger viewers grew bored of them, though the emergence ofClint Eastwood’sDollarstrilogyand the Spaghetti Western subgenre gave Westerns a much-needed boost....

I had the chance to try outTidal’s new Max audio quality setting— which integrateshi-res audioFLAC files into the streaming service’s HiFi Plus subscription tier — while it was still in beta. It seemed ham-fisted and poorly executed at best, but betas often can be tweaked before seeing their final release. That’s the point of beta testing. So I held out hope thatTidalwould fix the problems before rolling Max out to the world....

Tommy François, Ubisoft’s vice president of editorial and creative services, was fired from the company and did not leave of his own volition. “Françoiswas fired following the results of a misconduct investigation,” a source at Ubisoft told Digital Trends. He was initially suspended without pay. He received no financial settlement and he forfeited any shares in the company that were “not already granted.” Ubisoftrecently hiredoutside global consulting firm Accenture to conduct an investigation of its employees....

Ultimate Ears (UE) has added anotherBluetooth speakerto its portable family of Boom products: the $350 Epicboom, which hits ultimateears.com on September 6, and then additional retailers on September 22. Available in two color choices, The new speaker fills the size and power gap between theMegaboom 3and the giantHyperboom, while boasting impressive ruggedness. Like the rest of the Boom family, the Epicboom is designed to offer 360-degree sound and the company says the speaker’s oval shape helps by offering a larger internal acoustic volume than the cylindrical design of theBuy at Amazon....