Valve founder and CEO Gabe Newell revealed that the studio is working on a “larger reboot” of digital card gameArtifact, in an overhaul that is internally known asArtifact 2. Artifactalready disappointed fans when it was announced atThe International 2017, as they were hoping forHalf-Life 3. Before it was released in December 2018, the digital card game drewheavy criticismfor its monetization model, forcing Valve to make adjustments beforeArtifactentered public beta. Artifact, which mimics the mechanics ofDOTA 2and uses characters from the massively popular MOBA, was supposed to take on the likes of Blizzard’sHearthstone....

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There is water onMars, and it’seasily accessible. Pack your bags, friends, because we’re headed to a new planet. Not really, of course, but the discovery does suggest that future missions to theRed Planetwould be able to attain drinking water and make rocket fuel, both of which would be crucial to their success. The discovery was made usingNASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), and involves “eight sites where thick deposits of ice beneath Mars’ surface are exposed in faces of eroding slopes,” according to a NASA news release....

Based on the long-running video game series,Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croftis an animated action-adventure series that follows the franchise’s titular character at a new point in her complicated archeology career. A highly intelligent British archaeologist with a penchant for climbing and gun-toting, Lara Croft (played by Hayley Atwell inThe Legend of Lara of Croft’s cast) travels the world in search of lost artifacts — a path that often sees her entering dangerous ruins and coming face-to-face with unsavory characters....

Those cheers you just heard? That was the sound of millions of Spider-Man fans celebrating the news that Marvel Comics’ beloved web-slinger is likely to get at least one more movie set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Sony Pictures and Disney’s Marvel Studios are reportedlynear an agreementto team up for another film featuring Tom Holland as Spider-Man that will unfold in Marvel’s interconnected movie-verse. The news arrivesmere weeks after a highly publicized splitbetween the studios that would haveripped Spider-Man out of the MCU— his home since the franchise was rebooted and Holland took over the role — for the foreseeable future....

Will George be in the Young Sheldon Season 7 finale? There’s only a matter of days until it all ends, but will George make an appearance in the Young Sheldon Season 7 finale? Have your tissues ready — the most beloved prequel of the decade is finishing for good with theYoung Sheldon Season 7 finale. Emotions have already been running high thanks to George’s death at the end ofSeason 7 Episode 12, opening a whole new set of questions for what will happen in the final two episodes....

Apple’s approach to Mac computing is rather odd. The unwavering focus on simplicity, fluidity, and elegance sets it apart from Windows. But at the same time, it can feel a lot restrictive. Nothing exemplifies that better than app windows in macOS. UntilmacOS Sequoia, Apple didn’t even offer proper window tiling and snapping options.Windows has served them for a while now, and in a fashion that even power users would approve....

“We rolled it out for paid users about two months ago,” Kevin Weil, OpenAI’s chief product officer, said during Monday’s livestream. “I can’t imagine ChatGPT without Search now. I use it so often. I’m so excited to bring it to all of you for free starting today.” The feature is designed to search the internet, scrape information from relevant websites, and synthesize that data into a conversational answer without the need to click through a search results page yourself....

United Airlines could be flying passengers in electric planes just five years from now. To make it happen, the carrier’s investment arm has given backing to Sweden-based Heart Aerospace, which is developing the ES-19 aircraft, a 19-seat electric plane with a range of 250 miles. Backing is also coming from the Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Ventures as well as Arizona-based Mesa Airlines. The amount invested hasn’t been disclosed. United announcedthis week that it has agreed to purchase 100 ES-19 aircraft, subject to it meeting the carrier’s safety, business, and operating requirements....

Summary It can sometimes take a while for a TV show to hit its stride, and sadly, this became even more disappointing when, once it did, the show got prematurely canceled. This development was nothing new and has been sadly happening for decades as audiences continually voiced their concern that studios and streaming services don’t give TV shows enough time to develop before deciding to pull the plug entirely. It could be low ratings or a challenging style, but it always felt like a tragic turn of events when beloved shows got canceled right as they became great....

Dodge keeps finding new ways to keep itsCharger sedanandChallenger coupealive. The two cars can trace their DNA back to the 1997 Mercedes-Benz E-Class, but Dodge keeps adding more power and features to keep fans ofAmerican musclecoming back. Dodge launched a Widebody optionfor the Challengerfor the 2018 model year, and now the Charger is gets the same treatment for 2020. The 2020 Dodge Charger Widebody is exactly what it sounds like. New front and rear fascias with integrated fender flares add 3....

Labor Day salesare heating up and if you’re looking into getting the Apple device of your dreams on the cheap, now’s the best time. Amazon is offering theAirPods,AirPods Pro,Apple Watch Series 3,iPad Mini, andMacBook Airstarting from just $130. Better act fast though as we’re pretty sure these deals will soon be gone. Apple AirPods— $130, was $159 The AirPods 2 are the best true wireless earbuds that you can get if you’re an avid Apple user but don’t have the budget for the AirPods Pro....

One of the great things about science fiction as a genre is that it can be almost anything. Science fiction can be hopeful and utopian, and even more often,sci-fi can be dystopian, nihilistic, and full of darkness. Sometimes, though, great science fiction can also be terrifying. Many of the best science fiction movies ever made feature grisly kills the likes of which you rarely see outside of the horror genre. There are plenty of worthwhile kills that didn’t even make the cut, as these seven deaths represent some of the most gruesome, shocking deaths in the history of sci-fi movies....