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Microsoft has released an Insider preview that lets you “seamlessly” share files from your iPhone to a Windows 10 or 11 PC. So long as you’re part of the Windows Insider Program and your iPhone runs iOS 16 or later, you can pair with Windows’ Phone Link app and enable file sharing. To share files from your iPhone with your PC, you send them to the Link to Windows app using iOS’ built-in sharing tools.

The official launch of Marvel Rivals is here and while it has been an extremely slick experience for most, there is one particular issue that has been popping up. This is the ‘stuck on 99%’ bug, preventing many from actually being able to get some matches going. Here, we’ll take a look at the problem and provide what fixes we can so you can get to web slinging, hammer throwing, and claw swiping. Possible fixes for Marvel Rivals stuck on 99 percent loading If you’re also getting the Marvel Rivals 99% loading screen bug, there are some fixes you can utilize that will hopefully get you back into the action. The first of these is to verify the Marvel Rivals game files.

Google has released the first version of Gemini 2.0, its next-generation large language model, and the focus is on AI agents that do work on your behalf. Gemini 2.0 Flash has upgrades that make it more useful for agentic AI, including multimodal output. It can now produce natively-created images alongside text, or make “steerable” text-to-speech audio in multiple languages.

External console coolers have a long history of being pointless additions. While it is important to keep your console from overheating, coolers tend to create more problems than solutions. The latest Artic fans by SCRY seek to rise above this as the first AI-powered cooling system. But is this a product that will actually have lasting benefits, or is it just a load of hot air? We review the SCRY Artic S PS5 Slim coolers, and Nitro Flash SSD heatsink, to help you decide if it is a must-have gadget. Gaming Just Got Cooler There are three models: Artic, Artic S, and Artic Pro The Kickstarter project is a sign that there is a demand for an effective cooling solution.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Andrew Ferguson as the next chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the new leader hopes to fight alleged attempts to censor conservative views online. Trump claims Ferguson, a Republican commissioner President Biden appointed in April, has a history of resisting “Big Tech censorship” and supporting free speech. Ferguson himself maintains that he’ll end a Big Tech “vendetta” against competition and free speech, and that the US is both an industry leader and a haven for innovators. Thank you President Trump.

New Fortnite content is coming thick and fast with Chapter 6 entering the fray, a new first-person mode called Ballistic, and even the LEGO portion of the game getting a revamp. Of course, with all this new content comes brand new skins that you can pick up via the Item Shop. But what about if you’re a little low on V-Bucks?