Category: AccessoriesApril 16, 2025 DOOM: The Dark Ages – Arm Yourself with the New Limited Edition Accessories Collection Daniel RuizSr. Marketing Manager, Xbox Devices The DOOM Slayer is back, and as we count down the days until you can explore the medieval world of DOOM: The Dark Ages, you’ll need the right tools to get the job done. Introducing the Xbox Wireless Controller – DOOM: The Dark Ages Limited Edition, Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 – DOOM: The Dark Ages Limited Edition, and the Xbox Series X Wrap – DOOM: The Dark Ages Limited Edition. This collection celebrates DOOM and the latest chapter in the franchise’s storied history. From the runes adorning each piece, to specific homages like the matte green armor and the Mark of the Slayer, every detail in this collection has been thoughtfully selected to capture the essence of the DOOM universe. If you’re going to be the Slayer, you better look the part – gear up with the Limited Edition Xbox Wireless Controller in battle-worn green and silver. Crowned with 3D silver helmet spikes at the top and silver-plated sheathing on the two sides, this controller was forged for a demon-slaying super weapon. With additional touches like a rubberized, leather-like grip, a red thumbstick to match the chest port, and blood splatter resulting from your Shield Saw, every detail is crafted with the DOOM fan in mind. The Xbox Wireless Controller – DOOM: The Dark Ages Limited Edition also includes the DOOM Slayer Executioner Skin DLC for DOOM: The Dark Ages (game sold separately) so you can jump right into the action adorned with the skin’s deep red and green metallic luster. For those looking to take their game to the next level, look no further than the DOOM: The Dark Ages Limited Edition Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2. Our most advanced controller lets you become a living super weapon. The bold Mark of the Slayer serves as the focal point at the center of the controller, while the transparent red top case—infused with ember-like flakes—evokes the feeling of gazing into the fiery depths of Hell. Fans who demand precision in battle can fine-tune their settings through the Xbox Accessories App, adjust features like shorter hair trigger locks, adjustable-tension thumbsticks, and swap in interchangeable components. With additional paddles, thumbsticks, and a carrying case included, you have endless ways to customize your Elite controller to fit your playstyle. Finally, Xbox Series X owners can customize their console even further with the DOOM: The Dark Ages Limited Edition console wrap. Transform your console into an omen of DOOM, featuring dark, towering rock shattered by the bright red Mark of the Slayer. On the inside, unspeakable inscriptions and symbols from the deepest levels of Hell are etched into the design, sealed away by the wrap’s easy-to-install Velcro strap – no tools or adhesives required. Whether you own the Xbox Series X with a disc drive or the All-Digital version, the wrap works seamlessly, thanks to a removable disc cover. Crafted with solid panels and a high-tech fabric exterior, this wrap delivers a precision fit and premium finish for your Xbox Series X. The Xbox Wireless Controller – DOOM: The Dark Ages Limited Edition is available now for $79.99 USD ERP exclusively at the Microsoft Store – for a limited time only. Grab yours early at the Microsoft Store or check later with other local retailers before they’re gone. The Xbox Elite Series 2 – DOOM: The Dark Ages Limited Edition is available for pre-order today for $199.99 USD ERP and will be released on April 25. The Xbox Series X Wrap – DOOM: The Dark Ages Limited Edition is available now for $54.99 USD ERP. Both the Elite Series 2 controller and the Series X wrap are available exclusively at the Microsoft Store while supplies last. Related Stories for “DOOM: The Dark Ages – Arm Yourself with the New Limited Edition Accessories Collection” Category: AnnouncementsXbox Adaptive Joystick Available Now Exclusively at Microsoft Store Category: AccessoriesCelebrating Women in Gaming: Pioneers & Innovators  Category: AnnouncementsXbox February Update: Send Invite Links, Cloud Gaming Updates, and More The post DOOM: The Dark Ages – Arm Yourself with the New Limited Edition Accessories Collection appeared first on Xbox Wire.

Anyone who’s ever used a MacBook knows how much value they can add to your personal and professional life. But for power users, the device you need can range anywhere from $1,600-$6,000. If you’re looking for a smarter way to buy, Upgraded makes it easy and affordable with one low monthly subscription. Apple has long offered their iPhone upgrade program. But there’s no equivalent for MacBooks. Until now. John, the founder of Upgraded, used to constantly buy MacBooks to keep up with demands from his work. He tried to resell old devices on Facebook Marketplace, but it was slow, tiring, and constantly messaging buyers distracted him from the rest of life. He thought, “Why isn’t there an easy way to get the latest MacBook?” … Built by Apple lovers, for Apple lovers With Upgraded, you can spread the cost of your MacBook over 36 months and from 0% interest, with the option to upgrade every 24 months if you’d like. If you choose to upgrade, they’ll send you a box for your old device, you transfer your data and ship it back, and they’ll do an FBI-grade wipe down, then refurbish it and give it a new life. AppleCare+ is included, giving you peace of mind that your device is protected should anything ever happen. Made with power users in mind: Upgraded offers custom builds not typically available at traditional retailers. So if you need a MacBook Pro with 128 GB of RAM and 8 TB of storage, you can get it and pay it off over time instead of all upfront. For example, a designer who wants a MacBook Pro 14” with 32 GB RAM and AppleCare+ would pay $2,278 on Apple.com. But that same device would be $63.28/mo with Upgraded ($2,278 total, spread out over 36 months). Instead of paying all at once, they could put that extra cash into accessories, marketing for their services, or software to make their job easier. “What I always recommend to customers is: Pay over time, and stick the rest of the money you would have spent in a high-yield savings account. You can earn about 4% on money that would otherwise be gone,” says co-founder John Erik. Trusted expert partners: Upgraded partners with industry experts to deliver the best experience possible. Financing is provided by Citizens Bank, the same bank Apple uses for their iPhone upgrade program. They also work with Apple Premier Partner GatorTec to supply devices. They’re backed by experts in the tech industry, like OpenAI’s Greg Brockman, and startup accelerator Y Combinator. A seamless experience every step of the way As a team of Apple lovers, designers, and developers, Upgraded set out to build the most seamless, customer-centric company possible. As one customer said, “Honestly, I couldn’t ask for a more Apple-like experience from a company that isn’t Apple”. They eliminate friction to make the purchasing, financing, and upgrading process as simple as possible. Upgraded’s subscription starts at $33.28 for a MacBook Air and $52.17 for a MacBook Pro, with higher-spec configurations available. You can also order a MacBook with custom specs, perfect for those who need extra storage or a more powerful CPU—options not always available from traditional retailers. With the new M4 chip now available for both MacBook Air and Pro, there’s never been a better time to upgrade. Choose your new MacBook and get started at getupgraded.com. Main photo by Kamil Switalski on Unsplash Add 9to5Mac to your Google News feed.  FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.You’re reading 9to5Mac — experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Don’t know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel

Hands off the NLRB.Labor LawlessnessIt's no shock that dedicated union buster Elon Musk sicced his minions on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) — but the way those churlish youths are handling the agency's data seems extremely suspicious.As NPR reports, staffers with the billionaire's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could have stolen corporate secrets, ongoing legal disputes, and private union information when they rifled through the labor watchdog's internal servers earlier this year.According to Daniel Berulis, the NLRB whistleblower who made these damning allegations to Congress and in subsequent interviews with NPR, DOGE engineers extracted troves of data from the agency's systems.In his Congressional disclosure, Berulis also claimed that attacks from a Russian IP address occurred within minutes of DOGE gaining access to the NLRB's servers.Internal documentation of the alleged breach attempt and the strange spike in data extraction — an alarming and unusual occurrence at the independent agency, per dozens of experts that NPR spoke to — corroborates the whistleblower's story. But the agency's press secretary, Tim Bearese, denies that any such breach occurred and claimed that DOGE neither asked for nor was granted access to NLRB systems in the first place."I can't attest to what their end goal was or what they're doing with the data," Berulis told NPR. "But I can tell you that the bits of the puzzle that I can quantify are scary."Hostile WorkplaceAlong with seeming to steal a bunch of data and the very suspicious timing of the breach attempt, the whistleblower was, he claimed in his initial Congressional disclosure, personally targeted as well.After Berulis brought the concerning data movement up internally, someone taped a "threatening note" to his office door that included personal information and birds-eye-view photos of him, seemingly shot with a drone, walking his dog.Though there's ample brazenly unethical and allegedly illegal behavior on display in this second Trump administration, these whistleblower claims are particularly troubling because Musk has had it out for the NLRB — which has also, notably, accused SpaceX of illegal anti-labor practices — since it forced him in 2021 to delete an old anti-union tweet.Last year, SpaceX sued the labor board and claimed it was unconstitutional; now, the unelected billionaire seems to have the unchecked power to do what he wants with it.More on Musk's meddling: Nobel-Winning Scientist Says His Researchers Are Fleeing the Country Because of Trump's CrueltyShare This Article

Apr 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a security flaw impacting SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 Series gateways to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-20035 (CVSS score: 7.2), relates to a case of operating system command injection that could result in code execution. "Improper neutralization of special elements in the SMA100 management interface allows a remote authenticated attacker to inject arbitrary commands as a 'nobody' user, which could potentially lead to code execution," SonicWall said in an advisory released in September 2021. The flaw impacts SMA 200, SMA 210, SMA 400, SMA 410, and SMA 500v (ESX, KVM, AWS, Azure) devices running the following versions - 10.2.1.0-17sv and earlier (Fixed in 10.2.1.1-19sv and higher) 10.2.0.7-34sv and earlier (Fixed in 10.2.0.8-37sv and higher) 9.0.0.10-28sv and earlier (Fixed in 9.0.0.11-31sv and higher) While the exact details surrounding the exploitation of CVE-2021-20035 are presently unknown, SonicWall has since revised the bulletin to acknowledge that "this vulnerability is potentially being exploited in the wild." Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies are required to apply the necessary mitigations by May 7, 2025, to secure their networks against active threats. Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter  and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post. SHARE    

I didn’t grow up in social housing. My childhood was spent in an architecturally unremarkable housing development in a picture-postcard Bedfordshire village. My understanding of council homes was, if I’m honest, limited and filtered through stereotypes. It wasn’t until I started working in the built environment that I began to grasp what social housing really meant: not just shelter but something that could fundamentally change lives. One early project with CityWest Homes underlined that. We converted a two-bed flat into a four-bedroom duplex in a prime London postcode. It was, at the time, the biggest and most complex job we’d taken on. When the work was done, I walked the site with the client, proud of the team’s achievement. A young girl living there thanked me. I nodded politely, but she stopped me. ‘No, you don’t understand,’ she said. ‘I finally have my own room. I used to share with my brothers. Now I can do my homework. I want to be a doctor, and now I have somewhere to study.’ That moment reframed everything. Small privileges we take for granted, like a space to think, are often the foundations for ambition. A good home can unlock someone’s potential. So, the recent news that families in parts of England face waits of over 100 years for suitably sized social homes shines a harsh light on what the housing crisis actually means.Advertisement Research from the National Housing Federation, Shelter, and Crisis found that in 32 council areas, the wait is longer than 18 years. In some London boroughs, it’s over a century. More than 1.3 million families are on waiting lists. A record 164,000 children live in temporary accommodation. These aren’t numbers; they’re lives paused. This isn’t just a crisis; it’s a moral collapse. And it’s not even surprising. In my ‘Ghost of Housing’ column, I warned that the unthinkable was becoming inevitable thanks to the consequences of decades of inertia. We need to abandon the fantasy that the market will fix this Even with the government’s pledge to build 1.5 million homes during this Parliament, the elephant in the room is social housing. It’s expensive, risky, and currently unviable. Developers are lining up to build luxury flats, but ask for decent homes for working families, and you’ll hear silence. Why? Because the numbers don’t stack up. We lack skilled labour. We lack incentives. And we’re operating under a planning system that actively works against what we need. The government may be saying the right things, but it needs to show the courage to act. That means radical legislative reform: easy-build zones, streamlined permissions, tax incentives, and rethinking ownership models. And we must upskill the entire industry to ensure we have the right people working in the right areas.Advertisement We also need to abandon the fantasy that the market will fix this. Help to Buy and shared ownership are sticking plasters. Social housing isn’t a safety net; it’s the foundation of a fair society. A century-long wait is a national disgrace. We can’t keep recycling the same discussions while the crisis deepens. Those of us in the industry must speak plainly and act collectively. I hear many views on what needs to change: housing density, green or grey belt use, rural or edge-of-city growth, land valuations, planning reform. And they’re all valid. We need all of these solutions. That’s what the 100-year waiting list reminded me about. We can’t wait for a single, unified masterplan to emerge, because time isn’t on our side. Instead, we need to back every serious idea that could meaningfully shift the dial. That means supporting colleagues who advocate for densification and infill as much as those calling for land release on the green or grey belt. It means listening to planners and architects, local authorities and housing associations. Each can add a piece of the puzzle. Above all, it means speaking clearly and with urgency. If you’re working in this space, your voice matters. If you have a solution, however local or specific, it’s worth hearing. The problem we face is too big for silence or for silos. So speak up, speak out, and support each other. We are running out of time. Kunle Barker is a property expert, journalist and broadcaster  2025-04-17 Kunle Barker comment and share

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The Switch 2 is also backwards compatible.Switch 2 is an evolution of the original device in all sorts of ways, but there's also a fair bit of overlap with current and existing systems in place.With this in consideration, Nintendo has today issued a reminder about how the current Switch Online game voucher service isn't eligible with Switch 2 exclusives. In other words, you can't redeem games like Mario Kart World or Donkey Kong Bananza which have now been confirmed as games exclusively available for Switch 2.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

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