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Rabat - Moroccan climber Facial Bourkiba has teamed up with French ice and mixed climber Jeff Mercier to ascend Tazarhart in the High Atlas mountains in Morocco. In a documentary titled “Land of the Cold Sun,” the two climbers highlighted their attempt to explore Tazarhart, or “little plateau” in Tamazight, which lies at over 3,900 meters above sea level. The plateau has seven 350-600 meter corridors. “Our objective is to go and find a gully, a ‘couloir’ on a north face,” Mercier said. Given that “mountaineering is totally non-existent in Morocco,” Bourkiba said in the documentary, exploring the alpine line was a tough task amid a lacking supply of mountaineering equipment in the country, except in some public markets located in mountainous villages. Bourkiba first learned his trekking skills eleven years ago before getting into mountaineering. The Moroccan athlete practices mountaineering in the high Atlas range particularly in the region of Tazarhart, near the Toubkal mountain. While there are a few Moroccans who have succeeded in ice climbing in challenging terrain such as Everest, mountaineering remains unpo[CENSORED]r in Morocco. Read Also: Atlas 9 Moroccan Team Preparing for First Climb of Mount Everest “More than that, Moroccan society will never accept what we do, because it is dangerous and it is not well-known at all,” says Bourkiba. In this context, “climbers have a hard time finding technical equipment and clothing” which “has held back the development of mountaineering and ice climbing in Morocco,” the climber argued. In addition to structural and cultural constraints, the prevalent stereotypical portrayal of Morocco as a desert country overrides people’s perception of the Atlas mountains as a potential regional hub for mountaineering. “The idea that there is ice in Morocco, which is a country in Africa, a country that has a desert, seems pretty crazy,” Bourkiba stated. Echoing his teammate’s statement, Mercier said in the opening of the “Land of the Cold Sun” documentary that Morocco “is a bit of an off-destination compared to the places I usually go to.” After completing the Tazarhat expedition, Bourkiba announced this week his new challenge along with Remy Veness and Sam Clarke in the Atlas mountains. Read Also: In Pictures: Hiking to the Summit of Morocco's Mt. Toubkal © Morocco World News. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, rewritten or redistributed without permission. link: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2022/11/352425/moroccan-french-climbers-explore-tazarhart-in-atlas-mountains

There is no evidence a missile that slammed into a Polish border town near Ukraine was an intentional attack on his country, Poland President Andrzej Duda said Wednesday. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and NATO leaders supported Duda's assertion. The missile, which killed two people in a rural area, appeared to be Russian-made, Duda said. Ukraine's weaponry includes Russian-made missiles. “Ukraine’s defense was launching their missiles in various directions and it is highly probable that one of these missiles unfortunately fell on Polish territory,” Duda said. “There is nothing, absolutely nothing, to suggest that it was an intentional attack on Poland.” Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters that, based on information from his top commanders, "it wasn’t our missile or our missile strike,” adding that his officials should have access to the site and participate in the investigation. He also said that if the evidence shows the missile came from Ukraine, "then we need to apologize.” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, at a meeting of the military alliance in Brussels, said a preliminary analysis suggests the incident was likely caused by an Ukrainian air defense missile fired against Russian cruise missile attacks. "But let me clear: This is not Ukraine's fault," he said. "Russia bears ultimate responsibility as it continues its illegal war against Ukraine." The Russian Defense Ministry said photos of the wreckage released by Poland indicated the missile was from a Ukrainian S-300 missile defense system. Russia itself carried out massive missile strikes against Ukrainian cities Tuesday, knocking out power to millions of people. "All the missiles launched hit their designated targets precisely," the Defense Ministry’s press service said in a statement. Ukraine said it actually shot down more than 70 of the 90-100 missiles fired, in addition to 11 drones. link: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/16/ukraine-russia-poland-missile-live-updates/10709829002/

Nvidia said Azure would be the first public cloud to use its Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking technology. The US chip designer and computing firm Nvidia on Wednesday said it is teaming up with Microsoft to build a “massive” computer to handle intense artificial intelligence computing work in the cloud. The AI computer will operate on Microsoft's Azure cloud, using tens of thousands of graphics processing units (GPUs), Nvidia's most powerful H100 and its A100 chips. Nvidia declined to say how much the deal is worth, but industry sources said each A100 chip is priced at about $10,000 (nearly Rs. 8,14,700) to $12,000 (nearly Rs. 9,77,600), and the H100 is far more expensive than that. “We're at that inflection point where AI is coming to the enterprise and getting those services out there that customers can use to deploy AI for business use cases is becoming real,” Ian Buck, Nvidia's general manager for Hyperscale and HPC told Reuters. “We're seeing a broad groundswell of AI adoption... and the need for applying AI for enterprise use cases.” In addition to selling Microsoft the chips, Nvidia said it will partner with the software and cloud giant to develop AI models. Buck said Nvidia would also be a customer of Microsoft's AI cloud computer and develop AI applications on it to offer services to customers. The rapid growth of AI models such as those used for natural language processing have sharply boosted demand for faster, more powerful computing infrastructure. Nvidia said Azure would be the first public cloud to use its Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking technology which has a speed of 400Gbps. That networking technology links servers at high speed. This is important as heavy AI computing work requires thousands of chips to work together across several servers. link" https://www.gadgets360.com/internet/news/nvidia-microsoft-azure-cloud-team-up-build-massive-ai-computer-3527176

You asked for it, and Apple is going to deliver - you will be able to turn off the wallpaper in always-on display mode in iPhone 14 Pro. iOS 16.2 Will Let You Turn off Wallpaper and Notifications in Always-on Display Mode in iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max Disagree with me all you want but the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max deliver the best-ever always-on display experience. Instead of going all monochrome and hiding everything in favor of a clock only, Apple just dims down the display whenever you lock your phone. It's superb eye candy, and we absolutely love it. However, that always-on display comes at the cost of battery life, and you can remedy it by simply turning off the always-on feature completely or applying a dark wallpaper. It kinda sucks that Apple doesn't let you turn off the wallpaper completely in always-on mode, especially if saving battery life is your priority. All of that is about to change with iOS 16.2, though. Once downloaded and installed, you can set your iPhone to not show the wallpaper at all when you lock your phone. You can even set it to not show notifications in always-on mode. If you've been waiting for this feature to arrive, then simply look forward to iOS 16.2. This isn't the only feature you should look forward to. iPadOS 16.2 adds external monitor support for Stage Manager with M1 and M2. Currently, it will simply mirror whatever there is on the iPad Pro display in the same aspect ratio as an external monitor. Stage Manager does not take advantage of an external display's aspect ratio at all if you have an M1 or M2 iPad Pro running iPadOS 16.1. That will change with iPadOS 16.2. link" https://wccftech.com/ios-16-2-will-let-you-turn-off-wallpaper-in-always-on-display/

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The Wydad midfielder hopes to put an end to his bench “curse” in the Qatar World Cup. Rabat - Former player of Morocco's national futsal team Yahya Jabrane is set to attend Qatar World Cup with the Atlas Lions. According to his club Wydad Athletic Club (WAC), the midfielder is the first player to attend the futsal and football World Cups. Jabrane represented Morocco in the 2012 shoppingmode FIFA Futsal World Cup in Thailand before becoming an international football player. Jabrane’s football journey was marked by good performances with Moroccan clubs, Raja Beni Mellal, Mouloudia d’Oujda, and Hassania d’Agadir. On July 1, 2018, Jabrane left the Moroccan league to join the UAE-based Dibba Al-Fujairah club where he spent roughly four months before returning to Casablanca, near his hometown Settat, to sign a four-year contract with Wydad AC. Since then, Jabrane has contributed to the club’s victory in CAF Champions League in May by scoring two goals in two games. He also assisted his team in securing three titles for the Moroccan championship for the 2018/19, 2020/21, and 2021/22 seasons. The midfielder, also captain of the Red Castle, received the player of the year award in Botola Pro Inwi in July after scoring one goal and assisting another in eight matches throughout the tournament. His recent success with Wydad AC and participation in a Moroco-Chile friendly game in Spain has helped increase the player’s market value to €1.9 million in November, up from €800,000 in April 2021 and €1.3 million in December 2021, according to data from Transfermarkt. Jabrane’s market value is expected to increase over the coming months with his participation in the World Cup, organized in Qatar from November 20 to December 18. Read Also: Striker Abderrazak Hamdallah, Morocco’s Hope for the World Cup? Jabrane first joined the national squad in the CAF African Nations Championship (CAN) in 2018, but has spent most of his career with the national team on the bench. In 2018, he only participated in one out of seven games in the competition but celebrated his team’s 4-0 victory against Nigeria in the final on April 2, 2018, from the bench. After being absent in the World Cup, CAN qualifiers, and international friendly in 2018 and 2019, Jabrane returned to the Atlas Lions squad for the CAN qualifiers in November 2019 but stayed on the bench for two matches against Mauritania and Burundi. However, 2021 was the peak of his career with the national team as he participated in all Moroccan games in the CAF African Nations Championship and scored in the country’s opener against Togo (1-0) in the first match of Group A. He later participated in the CAN qualifiers against Mauritania, the friendlies against Ghana and Burkina Faso as well as two group matches and quarter-finals in the shoppingmode FIFA Arab Cup. In 2022, Jabrane was absent from most Atlas Lions games in the World Cup qualifiers, CAN, and CAN qualifiers. On November 10, Morocco’s head coach Walid Regragui announced Jabrane among the seven Moroccan midfielders to feature in the 2022 shoppingmode FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The list included Sofyan Amrabat, Amine Harit, and Azzedine Ounahi. Olympique Marseille’s midfielder Harit is currently suffering from a serious knee injury that has disqualified him from the competition. Regragui is expected to find a replacement for Harit to complete the 26-member squad. However, Harit’s absence in the tournament might provide more match time for Jabrane who has previously worked under the management of Regragui in WAC. Read Also: Videos: Moroccans’ World Cup Celebrations Trend in Qatar © Morocco World News. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, rewritten or redistributed without permission. link : https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2022/11/352409/yahya-jabrane-first-moroccan-athlete-to-play-futsal-football-world-cups

The UK's international reputation has taken "a bit of a knock" this year, Rishi Sunak has admitted, as he vowed to restore economic stability. The prime minister said tax rises and spending cuts in Thursday's Autumn Statement were needed to reduce rising inflation and UK public debt. Critics of his approach fear it could worsen a predicted two-year recession. But Mr Sunak said decisions would be taken in a "fair" way, and everyone would benefit from reduced debt levels. Speaking to the BBC's political editor Chris Mason at the G20 summit in Indonesia, he added reducing inflation was his "number one challenge". He added it was important to "limit" mortgage repayments for homeowners, which have risen in the wake of September's mini-budget. "The best way to do that is to get a grip of our borrowing levels, and have our debt on a sustainable basis falling," he added. Everyone will have to pay more tax - chancellor Economists question 'black hole' in UK finances What do we know will be in the Autumn Statement? Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, who will unveil the Autumn Statement on Thursday, has warned that everyone will pay more tax under his plans to repair the public finances. The budget, the government's second financial package in under two months, comes after mostly now-abandoned tax cuts in the mini-budget, outlined by Liz Truss's chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, sparked financial turmoil. The Treasury has not confirmed details, but the BBC has been told Mr Hunt is set to announce spending cuts of about £35bn and plans to raise £20bn in tax. The plans are likely to include freezes to income tax bands, and increases to taxes paid on profits made from selling shares and second homes. Mr Sunak has hinted that pensions will rise to keep pace with inflation, telling reporters on the way to Bali that pensioners would be "at the forefront of my mind". Also under discussion is a plan to allow councils in England to raise council tax by more than 3% without holding a local vote - something they cannot do at the moment. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was earlier urged not to go down that route by Labour MP Chris Bryant - but he did not rule it out. He said everyone will be asked to contribute more in tax in Thursday's Autumn Statement, with the better-off taking the biggest hit. "And that will be reflected in our decisions on council tax and every other tax as well," Mr Hunt told MPs. link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63633657

Sea-monkeys is the marketing term used for a hybrid breed of brine shrimp sold in packets of dust in aquarium shops. Sea-Monkeys is the marketing term for a common type of sea creature: brine shrimp. As a product, Sea-Monkeys were first sold in 1950s. Sea-Monkeys are sold in packets of dust comprised of brine shrimp eggs in suspended animation. The process used to create these creatures is proprietary. Despite their name, they're not monkeys. Sea-Monkeys are a hybrid breed of brine shrimp called Artemia NYOS produced in 1957 by Harold von Braunhut, according to the journal American Entomologist(opens in new tab). Initially marketed as "Instant Life," Sea-Monkeys are sold in hatching kits as novelty aquarium pets. he inspiration behind Sea-Monkeys came from a trip to a pet store, according to the Sea-Monkeys website(opens in new tab). Von Braunhut saw brine shrimp being used as fish food and wondered whether they could be used to teach children about nature. He conducted experiments to find ways to preserve the brine shrimp and then bring them back to life. According to EMBO Reports(opens in new tab), the creatures, which have vaguely monkey-like tails that inspire the moniker, are derived from crustaceans that undergo "cryptobiosis." Cryptobiosis is a state of suspended animation that some creatures, such as tardigrades, can enter in times of adverse environmental conditions. Creatures can stay in this state indefinitely, then reanimate when conditions improve. When a person buys a packet of Sea-Monkeys, they appear to be lifeless dust. But when the dust is put into a tank of purified water, the Sea-Monkeys gradually emerge. They grow steadily over the next few weeks, feeding on a diet of yeast and spirulina, according to the Microscopy Society of America (MSA)(opens in new tab). Sea-Monkeys are born with one eye, and pop out two more upon reaching maturity, according to the journal Evolutionary Biology(opens in new tab). They're translucent, and breathe through their feathery feet. They can reproduce sexually or asexually, and they chase flashlight beams. link: https://www.livescience.com/33907-sea-monkeys.html

Gather 'round for the 10 Type R commandments. Are you a true believer? Do you understand what summer tires can do for you, why a sunroof hurts performance, and that speed limits are just a starting point for negotiations? Do you feel persecuted by law enforcement for your beliefs? Well, Honda just built a car for you in the new 2023 Civic Type R. Go forth, spread the gospel of compact performance, and live by the Type R’s code of conduct. I. Thou Shalt Not Understeer This commandment is impossible for a front-wheel-drive car to follow, or so we thought. And yet, this 11th-generation Civic follows the directive from on high despite its 315-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four hanging ahead of the front axle and 61.4 percent of its weight on its nose. On the street, front-end grip seems inexhaustible as the Type R ducks left and right, forcing you into the seat bolsters. Go ahead and dive into an apex, because the steering is a mere 2.1 turns lock to lock and the Type R slips in without any drama. Corner exits, which usually require the patience of Job in a front-wheel-drive car, are masterfully orchestrated by the Type R’s limited-slip differential. That unit, coupled with a very crafty anti-torque-steer front strut, puts the engine's power to the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires and allows you to empty the 2.0-liter's magazine without widening the cornering line. Next corner. Try again. No understeer, just more exit speed. As if some invisible string is holding the car, keeping it from leaving the road. It makes no sense that a front-driver can do this, so let's just add it to the list of things that don't make sense in 2022. II. Thou Shalt Not Hook Up Not in the carnal sense; go crazy there. Here, it's hooking up as in launching hard from a stop. Boost arrives after a beat or two, but the torque surge at about 3000 rpm—310 pound-feet, available from 2600 to 4000 rpm—will have you on the phone to Tire Rack. Turn the wheel slightly while hitting the gas in first and the front end eagerly hunts for the ditch or the oncoming lane as the differential tries to make the most of available grip. The solution is to keep the wheels pointed straight in first. link: https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a41952459/2023-honda-civic-type-r-by-the-numbers/

A walk amid cinematic landscapes to five south Wales waterfalls – and a cosy pub – proves the perfect substitute for a holiday abroad It had been a tough month for several reasons and I needed a break. I initially thought a holiday abroad would be the only antidote. But as it turned out, a wild-swimming weekend in the Brecon Beacons in south Wales was the only medicine I needed. My excitement at the coming trip quickly morphed into panic as we looked at the weather forecast: lots of grey cloud and big rain drops. After settling into our cosy room in Brecon, we put on our waterproof trousers and walking boots and braved the elements. A quick drive took us to the start of the Dragons Back route in the Black Mountains whose ups and downs recall the scales of a sleeping dragon. The constant spit of rain became cooling as we hiked up the steep grassy bank, at first trying to avoid the sheep poo, and then forgetting all about it. In fact, the weather made the landscape seem cinematic, the gaps between the low clouds revealing the next rolling hill like a curtain parting before the big screen. The air was so fresh, I felt it cleansed us of all the London grit and grime. The only building in sight was the Dinas Castle Inn, the highest pub in the Brecon Beacons national park, so we treated ourselves to a pint of Bale lager, ate garlic bread by the fire and wondered if the waterfall we’d be swimming in the day after would be as cold as our beers. link: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/nov/15/waterfall-hiking-weekend-break-wild-swimming-brecon-beacons-wales

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas – A middle school teacher in Texas no longer works there after a comment he made in class expressing his race was superior to another. The teacher, who worked in the northern Austin suburb of Pflugerville, has not been publicly identified by officials. The Bohls Middle School teacher, drew outrage from parents and community members over a statement, captured by students on video, that he was "ethnocentric," which meant he thought his "race is the superior one," after the videos were shared on social media Friday. The district announced in a statement Monday morning that the teacher was no longer employed by Pflugerville schools but did not say whether the educator had been fired or had resigned. The district is looking for a replacement. The conversation was inappropriate, Superintendent Douglas Killian said in the statement. "We want to reiterate that this conversation does not align with our core beliefs and is not a reflection of our district or our culture at Bohls Middle School," Killian said. "The advisory discussion was inappropriate, inaccurate and unacceptable." The district has notor provided more specifics about the context of the comments. Videos posted to various social media platforms show the teacher, who is white, discussing race in a classroom full of students, many of whom are Black. HBCU threats linked to juvenile:FBI: Dozens of HBCU threats linked to one juvenile; suspect prosecuted in state court as minor "Deep down in my heart, I'm ethnocentric, which means I think my race is the superior one," the teacher said in the video. "I think everybody thinks that. They're just not honest about it." link: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/15/texas-teacher-fired-racist-comments/10701967002/

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Toss a date to your Witcher The Witcher 3's next-gen upgrade has been a long time coming, but it's finally received its long-awaited release date. Best of all? You'll be able to play it soon. The next-gen update for The Witcher 3, tailor-made for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, was initially confirmed to arrive in Q4 2022 after the port was delayed indefinitely much earlier in the year. Thankfully, though, fans won't have to wait much longer at all to witness Geralt of Rivia in 4K console glory. The Witcher 3's next-gen update will be arriving on December 14, just in time for the Christmas period. A standalone version titled The Witcher 3 - Complete Edition will launch for all modern platforms (except Nintendo Switch). Better still, the update will be free of charge for anyone who owns the game on PS4, Xbox One and PC. The next-gen update will include visual enhancements like ray tracing and fast load times thanks to the consoles' speedy internal SSDs. New content inspired by The Witcher's Netflix adaptation is also here, as well as all previously released DLC including both expansions. Don't own a PS5 or Xbox Series X|S? Fear not, as last-gen owners aren't being left behind. CD Projekt RED has confirmed the base versions of the game, as well as the Nintendo Switch port, will be receiving "numerous additions and improvements." The Witcher 3 remains an excellent game seven years on from release, but until now, console players haven't had the most optimal experience. On PS4 and Xbox One, that 30fps framerate cap prevented the game from playing as smoothly as it could on PC. The game's massive open world also didn't play nice with last-gen systems. I remember doing my best to keep fast travel to an absolute minimum in the knowledge that doing so could result in some painfully slow load times. That's partly why I'm thankful for the improvements current-gen consoles have brought to the table. Hopefully, long load times and stodgy framerates should now be a thing of the past. But I'm especially keen to see The Witcher 3's approach to ray tracing. CD Projekt RED has experience with the tech, implementing it in Cyberpunk 2077. However, it's certainly not perfect there, relegated to local light shadows so as to keep framerates relatively stable. The Witcher 3 is an older game, meaning that hopefully, ray tracing won't place too much of a burden on its performance when it arrives on current-gen systems. lINK: https://www.techradar.com/news/the-witcher-3-free-next-gen-update-finally-has-its-release-date-locked-in

Coming 2022 In Desta, anxiety dreams take the form of a tactical dodgeball game--and it works. In Desta: The Memories Between, you play as Desta, who takes on the unenviable, but relatable task of overthinking future conversations that you don't want to have. This anxiety manifests itself as a tactical dodgeball game in your dreams where you think through the worst possible conversation scenarios with old friends and family while visiting home for the first time in years. To turn that familiar human experience into a grid-based dodgeball game sounds strange on paper, but in practice, it works and delivers alongside it a solid tactics game that uses the mobile platform well. Interpreting this rehearsal of future conversations as tactical dream dodgeball works well because it feels about as normal as the average anxiety dream. It only really makes sense while it's happening and only falls apart when you try and explain it later. In this way, Desta nails the feeling of a dream, which is difficult to do in any entertainment medium. As a video game, it also works well as a fun tactics game. Every person in your life that you're dreading a confrontation with appears to you in your dreams (alongside some nobodies to serve as cannon fodder) on a layout of squares with randomized barriers. Old friends introduce themselves by berating you for the thing you're anxious about, manifesting your worst-case scenario. You take turns moving positions, picking up dodgeballs, and tossing the ball at them to inflict damage and whittle down their health while making sure you're in a position to not receive the same punishment. The core idea is familiar to anyone who has played a comparable strategy game, but the dodgeball adds an element of action and finesse that works well on a touchscreen. Once in position, you pull back on your character to launch the dodgeball like a slingshot, making sure to release at the right moment for added speed. You can bounce the ball against enemies to hit other enemies, or bounce the ball into the hands of your teammates. You can even throw the ball against a wall to bounce it around a corner, or make sure it bounces back to you so the ball is in your hand for the next turn. Throwing the ball is a fun system that gives you lots of additional options in the arena, and when the bounces work in your favor it feels great. Unfortunately, it can also hurt you in a way that doesn't always feel fair. Sometimes the physics don't quite work and the shot I thought was lined up perfectly bounced in an unexpected, detrimental way. With the touchscreen, I also occasionally accidentally threw a ball when I was just trying to rotate the camera, which was frustrating. Most moves can be undone without any penalty, which is great, but for understandable reasons, once you throw the ball, that turn is over. Special abilities are unlocked as you play but are randomized each time you attempt a run. For example, one allows you to use all your action points to inflict more damage with a single throw, while another enables you to switch positions with an enemy to give yourself the advantage. This randomization is a good way to introduce you to abilities you may like but would not have otherwise tried, but it also locks you into some abilities that don't feel particularly useful. If you use an ability enough and level it up, you get to keep it across runs, which is great, but early in the game you're at the mercy of whatever you get and there were a few I just never found a great use for. Desta is a roguelike which means you do have to restart a run when you wake up from a dream after getting hit by a dodgeball too many times. You level up and gain more health and movement spaces per turn as you go, as do the teammates you add to your team through the course of the game. Leveling you and your friends up, even with runs that don't go well, is great, and it encouraged me to be experimental when things weren't going my way. The downside of tackling the game through a series of runs are the repeated conversations. The dialogue changes a little bit each time you encounter the character you've been dreading talking to again and again, but I can only hear my childhood friend yell at me for not reaching out to her so many times. I could even sense Desta getting annoyed as they had to go over the conversation with their high school teacher they never properly thanked for the support again for the fifth time. The dialogue is well-written, the characters are fully realized and well-performed, and I was excited to see Desta overcome her anxieties--that excitement just waned as she did it again and again with the same people. Desta: The Memories Between is an interesting follow-up to developer Ustwo's breakout hit, Monument Valley. It swaps the abstract, yet emotional storytelling for something more overt, but still dreamlike. The overall setup, visual aesthetic, and soundtrack is great and the tactical combat is fun, but repeated conversations make some of the runs feel like a chore, and sometimes the dodgeball feels more like a loose cannon. Desta's journey, however, is a relatable one and helping them complete it--even in a dream--was a cathartic experience that made me want to text that friend I had not spoken with in years. LINK+VIDEO IN LINK: https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/desta-the-memories-between-review-dodging-confrontation/1900-6417968/

Batman Rogue City is an upcoming full conversion mod for Doom 2, and it looks amazing. It even has a drivable batmobile. I'm slightly baffled by all these Batman projects that don't have Batman in them. There's a TV show about the early life of Batman's butler, Alfred. 2019's Joker film was Batman-free. October's disappointing Gotham Knights is full of heroes, but Batman himself only shows up for the first five minutes. I know wringing every last drop from expanded superhero universes is the trendy thing right now, but I can't bring myself to care about Batman stuff that doesn't have Batman in it. To quote Batman: "I'm Batman." If you're going to make a new Batman thing, there should be more Batman in it, not less. So I was excited to see a new Batman game on the horizon: Batman Rogue City. And amazingly, it's a full conversion mod for Doom 2(opens in new tab) starring the Dark Knight himself and loads of his familiar enemies. Hard to believe, but being a mod for a game that's nearly 30 years old doesn't stop Rogue City from looking like one hell of a Batman game. In the mod you can punch crooks, use a grappling hook and stun gun, battle bosses like Mr. Freeze, Mad Hatter, Harley Quinn, and the Joker, and even drive the Batmobile through Gotham City. All in the Doom engine. The trailer takes us through Arkham Asylum, where once again the inmates are running the prison. Mad Hatter makes an appearance on monitors inside Gotham's stock exchange where businessmen have been tied up by goons in rabbit masks. And then Batman appears, punching goons in a maze of cargo containers, pulling himself through the air with his quick-firing grapnel, and flinging his iconic batarang around. We get a glimpse of Nora Fries in cryostasis in Mr. Freeze's lair (followed by an angry Freeze himself) and the Batmobile speeding across a bridge firing machine guns and blowing up the Joker gang's purple and green cars. The Gotham skyline even shows Wayne Tower and the bat signal projected on the clouds, and the trailer ends with a confrontation with the Joker and Harley. What more could you want from a Batman game? Batman Rogue City isn't out yet, but the creator says a public beta will be released "soon." So keep an eye on its page at Moddb(opens in new tab) for the bat signal. In the meantime, consider checking out Batman Doom, a very good 1999 mod(opens in new tab) from the Chilean development group that eventually became ACE Team, the folks behind Zeno Clash and Clash: Artifacts of Chaos. LINK: https://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-new-batman-game-might-be-this-doom-mod/

Airtel had earlier announced the launch of its 5G services in Kolkata and Siliguri. Reliance Jio on Monday said that major parts of the city will be brought under the telecom major's 5G service by December of this year and the work will be completed by June 2023. The high speed data services will be launched in Siliguri soon and the north Bengal city will be second in the state after Kolkata where the company will offer its 5G services. The 5G launch in Siliguri will be part of the December 2023 dateline for complete coverage rollout by the company in the country, a senior official of Reliance Jio said. Airtel had earlier announced the launch of its 5G services in Kolkata and Siliguri. Jio has launched its services in select cities and is ramping up coverage gradually. "In the Bengal region, we will soon launch 5G in Siliguri. In Kolkata, the coverage is currently being ramped up on a daily basis. Major parts of the city will be covered within December and it will be completed by June '23," the official said. Jio on Monday showcased its products and services at its experience center in the city. "Several government officials from different departments visited the experience center, including state IT secretary Rajeev Kumar. They wanted to understand and experience the potential of the new 5G technology and how that can be deployed in different public services. "We have showcased solutions in agriculture, education, smart offices and enhanced possibilities in mobile broadband," he said. Officials said 5G technology can deliver high quality healthcare to rural and remote areas by turning it into smart healthcare solutions like tele radiology, connected ambulance, clinic in a bag. link: https://www.gadgets360.com/telecom/news/reliance-jio-airtel-provide-complete-5g-services-coverage-kolkata-june-2023-3519657