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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Steelbook (4K Blu-ray) $38-$51 Preorder at Amazon Preorder at Walmart Preorder at Gruv The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (4K Blu-ray) $28-$37.49 Preorder at Walmart Preorder at Amazon The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim on 1080p Blu-ray $23-$31 Preorder at Walmart Preorder at Amazon The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim's Blu-ray release is slated for February 18. Three physical editions are available to preorder at Amazon, Walmart, and Gruv. The marquee edition of The War of the Rohirrim includes a steelbook case, 4K and 1080p Blu-ray discs, and a voucher for the digital version of the anime. There's also a standard 4K Blu-ray edition for as low as $28 and a 1080p Blu-ray starting at just $23. Both of those editions include a digital copy of the film, too. If you want to watch the anime now, you can rent or buy the digital version on Prime Video for $20 or $25, respectively.The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Special FeaturesAll three physical editions include a trio of featurettes alongside the film.Continue Reading at GameSpot

Crafting in Jujutsu Infinite allows you to grab items that can be earned through missions or storyline quests. While exploring the map, players will come across a Crafting Station in the Zen Forest, which offers plenty of options to create higher-tier armor, weapons, and consumables. To use this option, all you need to do is collect the ingredients required for crafting each thing.

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Storm has swiftly taken the throne as the strongest character in Marvel Rivals season 1. A recent round of buffs catapulted her from one of the least powerful damage dealers to a menace at all skill levels in the hero shooters ranked mode.According to stats tracker site RivalsMeta, which gets its data from the games robust API, she has the highest win rate out of all 35 heroes, at around 57%. Last season, she was only at 51%, and generally considered one of the weakest duelists, compared to popular picks like Hela, Hawkeye, and Psylocke. But a slight buff to her damage output and survivability during her hurricane ultimate tipped the scale.It isnt just the fact that she can rule the skies without ever having to touch down, its the team-wide damage boost she provides that makes her extremely potent. Storm is a support character disguised as a damage-dealer, transforming any team shes on into a sharpened knife. And because actual support heroes with their own damage boosts, like Mantis, are tremendously popular already, teams with both of them are unstoppable.In the highest ranks, Storms presence has raised the win rates of heroes who benefit from her the most, like Magik and Wolverine. Both of them have to get close to enemies to do anything and the damage boost makes it much easier for them to get in and out unscathed much to every support players chagrin. Even heroes like Black Widow, who used to struggle securing kills on characters who could survive her sniper shots, are starting to climb up from the bottom of the tier lists.Thats how a handful of buffs can change the shape of a meta, even when they dont look like much. Nobody is calling for Storm to be nerfed just yet, but I suspect that demand will be on the way as more players figure out the impact of a hard-to-reach flying hero with team-wide benefits. Game director Guangyun Chen recently told Metro that the team wants to let players experiment rather than impose rules on them, like limiting the number of heroes in each role on a team. If that also means it wont do another balance pass this season, you might want to start practicing the psionic goddess immediately.

If you are one of the millions who joined Bluesky in recent months, it's likely you're turned off by establishment social media platforms. You probably don't care for sites with predatory data privacy policies, or those that placate to incoming presidential administrations with a disdain for the truth. Maybe you enjoy an online space where people can share thoughts, content, and jokes in a way that doesn't explicit seek to anger or hurt anyone for profit.Of course, Bluesky has you covered there, at least as a replacement for X. But if you enjoy sharing photos and videos with the wider internet, you're likely still tied to Instagramlike it or not. There are other options out there, like Pixelfed, a decentralized photo sharing platform that now has an official app. But if you're all-in on Bluesky, it'd be great if you could harness the same experience with the community you've started to build there.That's why Flashes is one of the more interesting social media concepts I've seen recently. The app, developed by Sebastian Vogelsang, is based off of his earlier app Skeets, a subscription-optional Bluesky client with a emphasis on accessibility, among other features (if you want to be able to edit your posts, for example, Skeets uses a nifty workaround to do it). But for Flashses, Vogelsang's focus was to make an Instagram-like experience for photos and videos shared on Bluesky. Credit: Sebastian Vogelsang That's the thing: Flashes isn't really an Instagram competitor. There is no Flashes platform, you won't sign up for a Flashes account, and you won't post photos or videos to a dedicated Flashes feed. Instead, the app is a "photo viewing client" for Bluesky. It essentially pulls all of the photos and videos from your Bluesky feed and displays them in a UI reminiscent of Instagram. You can post photos and videos via Flashes, but you're really just posting them on Bluesky. Any posts to Flashes, as well as any comments on those posts, will appear on your Bluesky account as well. If you're intrigued, unfortunately you'll have to wait a bit before you can try it: The official Flashes App Bluesky account only started posting today, and Vogelsang anticipates starting an open Testflight Beta next week for iOS users. But once the app officially launches, you'll be able to use it post four photos or videos at a time. (Videos can be up to one minute each.) According to TechCrunch, Vogelsand also plans to launch a video-only version of Flashes, called Blue Screen. Perhaps that will be a valid TikTok alternative for truly passionate Bluesky users. [image or embed] Flashes App (@flashesapp.bsky.social) January 15, 2025 at 2:51 AMThe news of Flashes comes at an uncertain time for legacy social media. Users have flown from X to alternatives like Bluesky; the United States government is on the verge of banning TikTok, prompting users to flee to other Chinese apps in protest; and Meta is repelling many of its users with its bizarre and frustrating decisions. We seem to be at an inflection point, and people are looking for new, alternative platforms. If you've already built-up your Bluesky follows, I don't see a better photo sharing solution than one that simply works with the app you're already so invested in.

The Super Bowl tends to be a cultural moment, even for people who don't know an extra point from a safety. This year, if you want to see the whole program, including the halftime show by Kendrick Lamar, there will be a free streaming option. The broadcast will be available in 4K on Tubi, the free ad-supported streaming TV platform owned by Fox.This year marks the first time Tubi will have the NFL's final matchup as part of its programming. Fox Sports announced its plans to mark the occasion of Super Bowl LIX with a "takeover" of Tubi, including not just the livestream of the game, but also a special red carpet pre-show. Tubi will also have a Countdown to the Super Bowl on the NFL channel starting January 28 that will highlight big moments from the championship's history.Super Bowl LIX will be available to watch on FOX, FOX Deportes, Tubi and Telemundo, as well as on NFL digital properties, without requiring any paid-TV authentication. The game takes place on February 9.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/tubi-will-livestream-the-2025-super-bowl-for-free-in-4k-232831563.html?src=rss

Qualcomm taps Intel Xeon veteran Sailesh Kottapalli to drive innovation and advancing its data center CPU push.

If TikTok does indeed go dark on Sunday for Americans, there may be a tool for them to continue accessing the popular social app: VPNs.

By Tarika Barrett and Meredith HarperSTEM jobs are a bright spot in the economyexpected to grow three times faster than non-STEM jobs by 2033but these careers are not within reach for everyone. Black women are underrepresented and underpaid in the STEM workforce, which is a missed opportunity for our country and for innovation at a time when we face more challenges than ever in the technology industry.Black workers represented just 9% of the STEM workforce in 2021, according to the National Science Foundation, and a Pew Research Center study found that Black women in STEM typically earn lower median incomes compared to their white and Asian peers. These challenges are particularly acute in the cybersecurity and IT fields, where we see both historical underrepresentation of women and people of color and a global talent shortage. A joint Girls Who Code and Accenture study also revealed that 50% of women end up leaving the tech workforce by the age of 35.The solution is not only to ensure more Black women and girls can compete and earn STEM roles, but also to create equitable working environments and enable personal growth and leadership development.Here are five ways business leaders can start to close the gap:Cultivate an inclusive cultureWe must foster work environments that encourage candor, belonging and openness where Black women feel confident showing up as their authentic selves. This starts by creating safe spaces for Black women to discuss the challenges they are facing in STEM fields and having honest conversations about the impact of stereotypes and bias on their careers.We encourage companies to look deeply at their own practices and what they might be doing to alienate women and people of color, or what they are doing to prevent them from being hired in the first place. Companies also need to provide more opportunities for Black women, especially those in their early careers, to engage directly with senior executives and ensure their voices are heard through regular meetings and listening sessions.Provide sponsorship and mentorshipSponsorship and mentorship are critical mechanisms for fostering personal and professional development. Having a senior-level sponsoran experienced industry veteran and advocate at the highest levels of an organizationis especially important for elevating more high-performing Black women into leadership positions across STEM fields. Weve seen how supportive champions and advocates have helped shape our own career paths.Our recent discussion at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundations Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. underscored how having a community of people who affirm and invest in your development is essential to empower Black women in STEM and grow the pipeline.Seeing physical representations of ourselves in our sponsors and mentors make the possibilities of what we can achieve much more tangible. Now, as leaders, we have the opportunity to sponsor and mentor other Black women and girls by sharing what weve learned and helping them build their own pathways to STEM leadership. We must all foster these relationships within our teams and organizations.Encourage continuous learning and skills trainingContinuous learning and training opportunities will help put more Black women and girls on the path to gain skills needed for STEM jobs of the future. This focus is central to the Girls Who Code movement, which has already taught computer science skills to more than 670,000 studentsand more than half come from historically underrepresented groups.In the workplace, expanding access to training can take many forms. Businesses can offer employees tuition reimbursement benefits for technology certification programs in areas like cybersecurity and cloud computing. Companies can also establish on-the-job tech apprenticeship programs to prepare people with non-traditional backgrounds, including military veterans, for fast-growing AI and cybersecurity roles.As leaders, we need to actively encourage Black women and other underrepresented talent in STEM fields to take advantage of available training opportunities and create new opportunities where there are gaps.Prioritize pay equityBlack women in the workforce continue to face persistent wage disparity. According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Black women earned about 69 cents for every dollar White men earned in 2022a gap that compounds over the course of a career and perpetuates economic disparities.All employers should be working toward 100% pay equity and can start by reviewing pay for employees globally, taking into consideration variables that affect salary like job level, geography, business function, and experience. Businesses can also bring in independent third parties to help analyze pay equity for all employees on an annual basis in support of this objective.Invest in the long-term talent pipelineOne of the greatest opportunities we have in the business community is looking to the future and finding ways to support the next generation of talenthelping more Black women and girls participate and thrive in the STEM workforce.As an example, Synchrony and Girls Who Code teamed up on a summer program that connected 400 high school students with STEM skills building opportunities in areas like cybersecurity, AI, and game design. Synchrony has also started building a talent pipeline through the Girls Who Code alumni program, helping connect participants with STEM jobs.Looking at the impact of AI on the workforce and the next wave of tech advancements in areas like quantum computing, companies need to plan for talent development over a longer time horizon and put inclusivity at the center of those efforts.We need foundational changes so more Black women and girls have equitable opportunities to compete and succeed in our nations STEM workforce. We call on business leaders to advance at least one of these five actions to help close the gap for Black women in STEM. We all have a role to play.Tarika Barrett, PhD is the CEO of Girls Who Code, and Meredith Harper is the chief information security officer at Synchrony.