Fortnite servers down: Playground Mode coming in update 4.5 following maintenance

The development team have confirmed that Fortnite servers are going down this morning to make way for a big patch. Fortnite update 4.5 is being released today, which will include the hotly anticipated Playground Mode LTM. Epic Games has confirmed that downtime is scheduled to begin at around 9am, BST. This will mean that the […]

Fortnite patch notes update V4.4 REVEALED: New assault rifle but STILL no Playground mode

Fortnite patch notes for update V4.4 are out now, with the Battle Royale players getting a brand new weapon. The Fortnite patch notes revealed update V4.4 has brought with it the new Thermal Scope Assault Rifle for Battle Royale. However, one thing that is not coming with Fortnite update V4.4 is the highly anticipated – […]

Gmail’s native Offline mode is making its way to users’ accounts

You might have access to Google’s native Offline mode very, very soon if it hasn’t landed on your account yet. The feature, which debuted as part of Gmail’s redesign at Google I/O, has started rolling out to users. If you’re using a work or school account, your Google admin will have to enable it in […]

Smart Compose and offline mode have arrived in Gmail

Enlarge (credit: Google) As promised, Google has rolled out new key features for Gmail. Native offline mail support is now available after it was promised as a follow-up to the major redesign that launched late last month. You have to be using Chrome as your Web browser to access this feature, though. Additionally, Google has […]

‘God of War’ photo mode lets you apply filters and tweak faces

More video games are getting photo modes these days, but none have likely deserved it more than the recently-released God of War. The fourth game in the franchise is gorgeous, and wherever you land on its story or mechanics, the AAA polish resulted in a beautiful, high-resolution world. With the game’s new photo mode, you […]

Thanos in Fortnite NERFED: Epic Games make these Infinity Gauntlet mode changes

The development team recently launched a new limited time mode that helps celebrate one of the biggest cinema releases ever. However, Thanos in Fortnite appears to have been a little too Titan-like and has seen a few nerfs deployed to make the Titan a bit more manageable. Epic Games have now confirmed some of the […]

Apple quietly adds USB Restricted Mode to iOS 11.4, limiting forensic unlocks

In the wake of revelations that companies including Grayshift and Cellebrite have developed tricks to extract data from encrypted iPhones, Apple has quietly added an additional protection to the beta version of iOS 11.4: USB Restricted Mode. Discovered by security researchers Elcomsoft, the new feature is said to be “aimed squarely at law enf…Read More

Here’s why Apple’s ‘Portrait Mode’ feature only works on some iPhones and not others (AAPL)

Hollis Johnson/Business Insider When Apple introduced the iPhone 7 Plus in 2016, it contained a new camera feature that quickly became one of the most talked about — and copied — in Apple’s lineup: Portrait mode.  Portrait mode uses the phone’s dual cameras and Apple’s software to mimic the quality you would get from a […]