As I take the field in Vanderbilt's iconic gold, I know the pressure is on. Scouts are watching, and this is my shot to fly up their draft boards. I take my place at third base, locked in and ready. Theres a runner on first, one away, as the pitcher deals from the mound. The batter jumps on the first-pitch fastball; the loud ping of his metal bat pierces the air. The ball rockets up the third-base line, far too fast for me to get a glove on. As the left-fielder chases the ball in the corner, the runner from first is passing second. I take my position, lined up between the left-fielder and catcher. The runner rounds third as the outfielder launches the ball. I cut it off, turn, and take aim at the catcher's glove just past the runner and fire...Its these high drama moments that stood out when GameSpot was invited to visit Sonys San Diego studio to meet with the team behind MLB The Show 25. While there, we were treated to a deep dive and hands-on time with all the new additions coming to the latest iteration of the long-running baseball sim. With fresh gameplay wrinkles, new single- and multiplayer options for Diamond Dynasty, revamped free agency, and more, theres a lot happening on and off the field. Lets play ball.Gallery On the diamondThis years updates begin on the field. Ambush hitting brings yet another real-world strategic element to batting. As Chris Gill--Gameplay Director at Sony Diego and a former pro ball player in the Cincinnati Reds' system--describes, good hitters take advantage of scouting and observing tendencies, adjusting to sit on certain pitches. In game, that translates to optionally focusing on pitches inside or outside of the center of the plate. The side you focus on gets a bump to the size of both your good contact area and timing window, while the side you dont choose is shrunk. That means a pitcher with a go-to finisher (like my favorite, a fastball up and in) may want to try another strategy against a hitter who has experienced their MO. Conversely, if a pitcher has been pounding the inside of the plate, they might be able to surprise the batter with an unexpected pitch away. Its the sort of cat-and-mouse game that makes an at-bat feel like a contest of strategy as much as stick skill.Continue Reading at GameSpot

The latest update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 And Warzone adds a new perk for battle royale players and another Wildcard option for multiplayer. Here we explain how to unlock and use the new Low Profile perk and the Flyswatter Wildcard found in Call of Duty's new Clover Craze event.Clover Crave is live with a two-week event that adds new ways to customize your loadouts for both multiplayer and Warzone. Collecting clovers during your matches will allow you to unlock a total of seven rewards. This includes the Low Profile perk specifically for Warzone and the Flyswatter Wildcard for multiplayer loadouts. Clovers are found and can be collected across modes in the following ways:Continue Reading at GameSpot

During the Shadows of the Past main quest in Avowed, players must complete three trials before proceeding to the next step. Each one will test the Envoys abilities, whether its the body or the mind.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet pulled back the curtain on a new Seven-Star Tera Raid battle, as Quaquaval the Unrivaled is now available for trainers to face. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet trainers have approximately one week to battle and capture a level 100 Paldean starter that comes with a potent ability.

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Hit manga Gachiakuta reaches screens this summer, Crunchyroll announced Thursday. The adaptation of Kei Urana and Hideyoshi Andous series about supernaturally powered folks battling trash beasts in a tightly stratified and wasteful society will air exclusively on the streaming service starting in July.Fans can get a greater look at how the mangas graffiti-inspired design is being translated to animation by renowned studio Bones Film in a new trailer for the series above. Urana enlisted Andou, a graffiti artist, to help inspire the design of the original manga, as well as to provide all the graffiti that appears within its pages.Serialized in Weekly Shnen Magazine since 2022, Gachiakuta follows Rudo, a member of the underclass in a society that exiles its waste and its criminals to the same place: a massive dump known as the Pit. When Rudo is falsely accused of murder, he winds up down there as well, where, in the manner of a classic shonen protagonist, he takes up with a group of people who battle the trash beasts of the Pit each using their own vital instrument made from mundane objects imbued with meaning in order to further his goals of revenge on the society that wronged him.

For those with storage space problems, you can transfer your Pokmon Go Pokmon from the game to the Pokmon Home app, though its a one-way trip.In this Pokmon Go guide, we will explain how to transfer Pokmon from Pokmon Go to Pokmon Home, how much it costs to transfer Legendary Pokmon, and how to transfer Pokmon to Nintendo Switch Pokmon games, with some exceptions.How do Pokmon Home transfers work?Doing this lets you transfer eligible Pokmon to Pokmon Sword and Shield, Pokmon Scarlet and Violet, Pokmon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, and even Pokmon Legends Arceus (and presumably, future games), though youll need Pokmon Home installed on your Nintendo Switch to do so. From the Nintendo Switch app, you can simply move the transferred Pokmon into the PC boxes for your Switch games and the Home storage system.Keep in mind that transfers are permanent. Once you move your Pokmon from Go to Home, you cant move them back.Using the Pokmon Home transfer system also rewards you with a Mystery Box to obtain Meltan.How to set up Pokmon Home on your PhoneDownload Pokmon Home on your phone, launch it, and log in with your Nintendo account. Pokmon Home is available on iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch. Pokmon Home has a subscription system. It costs $2.99 a month, $4.99 for three months, and $15.99 for 12 months. The subscription allows you to store more Pokmon. Without it, youll only be able to hold 30 at a time. With a subscription, you can hold up to 6,000 Pokmon.You dont need the subscription to transfer Pokmon, but you will if you plan on holding more than 30 Pokmon in Pokmon Home.How to link your Pokmon Go account to Pokmon HomeTo link your accounts, open your settings in Pokmon Go by tapping the settings gear (visible at the top right when you tap the Pok Ball menu icon). Select Connected Devices and Services and then Pokmon Home. When prompted, sign in with your Nintendo account. Make sure the Nintendo account you use here is the same one you use on your Pokmon Home account.How to transfer to Pokmon Home from Pokmon GoOnce your accounts are linked, you can transfer Pokmon using the Go Transporter. To do this, go to your settings, select Connected Devices and Services again, Pokmon Home, and then hit Send Pokmon.From here, you can select any of the Pokmon you want to move. Keep in mind that you cannot transfer any of the following:Costumed Pokmon from events (such as Pikachu or Eevee in special hats)Shadow PokmonGigantamax PokmonCurrently Mega Evolved Pokmon (you can move them once the Mega Evolution ends)Any Pokmon caught in Go Safari ballsSpinda, Origin Forme Dialga, Origin Forme Palkia, Zygarde, or KubfuYour last remaining Dynamax PokmonYou can only transfer a limited number of Pokemon, as the Go Transporter only has a certain amount of energy. The energy recharges over time, but you can also opt to spend 1,000 Pokcoins to fill it back up instantly. It takes a little bit less than one week to refill the Go Transporter when its completely empty.Transferring a Shiny Pokmon or Mythical Pokmon costs about 1/4 of the bar, and transferring a Shiny Legendary Pokmon depletes the entire bar. Transferring a regular Legendary Pokmon costs less than 1/6 of the bar. Pokmon with higher CP also cost a bit more to transfer.You can only transfer Legendary Pokmon to Nintendo Switch games if youve already registered in the Pokdex for that game, so dont get your hopes up if youre just trying to quickly flesh out your dex.Some perks like Dynamax will be entirely removed from Pokmon upon transfer and stats are transferred, based on the Pokmons stats in Pokmon Go. Theres a bigger breakdown of all the stat transfers and numbers on Bulbapedia.

If you read enough tech news on the internet, you're probably used to seeing the same advice over and over again: Update your software to the latest version as soon as possible. This advice is repeated often, because, for the most part, it's soundupdates not only give you access to the latest features, but also the most up to date stability and security patches. If you want to protect your software, hardware, and the data contained therein, update!Web browsers are no exception. It's particularly important to keep the tool you use to access the internet fully updated if you want to keep yourself safe as you surf the web. While you should update all web browsers whenever possible, it's especially pertinent for Firefox users to update right now. If you don't, your browser might stop working.A Firefox root certificate is expiringMozilla, the company that makes Firefox, issued a warning last year imploring users to update their browsers as soon as possible. Unlike most articles I write about browser updates, this particular update doesn't include a security patch designed to protect against a vulnerability or active exploit. Instead, this version of Firefox updates a "root certificate," which is necessary for the browser to continue operating as expected. A root certificate is essentially the confirmation that Mozilla approved and certified an add-on. (That's what Firefox calls browser extensions.) Whenever you install something like, say, uBlock Origin, Mozilla first has to ensure that add-on is authentic, as not doing so invites instability and security risks.This root certificate is set to expire on Friday, March 14. Without this root certificate, Mozilla cannot confirm that your add-ons are actually legit, and, as such, will disable them. But it won't just be your add-ons. The lack of a root certificate could also stop DRM-protected content from playing. That includes streaming service like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+, since their content is, of course, digital locked up via DRM. In addition, Mozilla says systems that use content verification could stop working as well.Firefox itself won't completely cease to function after this root certificate expires. You can keep using the outdated version of the browser, if you insist. However, your add-ons and streaming services will likely stop working, among other functions. Perhaps even more critically, you're setting yourself up for security issues: Without this certificate, malicious add-ons and websites could bypass Mozilla's security features and wreak havoc on your machine, while Mozilla's feature that gives you a heads up when your passwords are breached may not work. There's really no reason not to update Firefox to update the root certificate. How to update Firefox Luckily, this isn't a case where you need to make any significant lifestyle changes to adapt. In fact, this really is as simple as updating your browser. As long as you're running Firefox version 128 or newer, you're set. (For context, the Firefox app on my Mac, which I rarely use, was running version 125, when the latest as of this piece is 136.) If you're on a desktop, like Mac, Windows, or Linux, click Menu > Help > About Firefox. Firefox will look for the latest version, and, if found, will invite you to restart your browser to install it. While this issue doesn't affect iOS, it does affect Android, so make sure to update your mobile browser as well. To do so, open the app's Play Store page and choose Update if one is available.

Google is announcing a slew of new Gemini features today, this time aimed squarely at its free users. Features that were previously only available with the $20 per month Advanced plan will now be accessible to the public.GemsGems are Gemini's little AI helpers that you can create for any task. You can start with pre-made ones like Google's Career guide. But you can create a Gem for any purpose. You can create one for repeated tasks, or to help you research a topic with very specific prompts. Previously, the Gems feature was exclusive to Gemini Advanced users, but now Google is making them to available to all users.You'll find Gems in the sidebar, where you can easily get started with premade Gems.Deep ResearchGoogle, too, has a Deep Research feature. But unlike with Perplexity, it was previously behind a paywall. Now, Google is making its Deep Research feature available for free to all users.Deep Research is an AI feature where the AI model takes some time to think through your question using a reasoning model, and then goes out in the open web, collating sources, figuring issues out in depth, and then presenting you with a detailed report instead of the simple bullet-point answers that regular AI chatbots provide.In addition to making Deep Research free, Google is also adding its Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental model to Deep Research. The new thinking model will help with the every step of research, including planning, reasoning, analyzing, and reporting. Deep Research will be available in more than 45 languages, and can be accessed using the drop-down menu in the Prompt box.In material shared with press, Google wasn't clear how many Deep Research queries free users get per day, though the company did promise expanded access for Gemini Advanced users.Updates to the Gemini 2.0 Flash modelThe Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (Experimental) model is also getting an upgrade. You can now upload files for it to use while answering prompts, and Google says it has improved the model's performance and introduced advanced reasoning capabilities.Gemini Advanced users will also now have access to a 1 million token context window, enabling users to solve more complex problems.Your Google Search history comes to GeminiGoogle is adding a new experimental feature called Gemini with personalization, powered by the Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking model. This allows Gemini to connect with your Google apps and services. The company is starting with Google Search, but will expand to Photos and YouTube in coming months.This means that Gemini will have more context about you, based on your Google Searches, but only if you choose to enable the Personalization (experimental) model from the model picker drop-down menu. Google also says that the new feature will only use your search history when Gemini's advanced models deem that it's needed.More powerful connections with Google appsWith the 2.0 Flash Thinking model, Gemini is now better able to tackle complex requests that involve multiple Google services, including Calendar, Notes, Tasks, and now Photos.According to Google, you can use a single prompt like "check my Calendar to find that gelato place Ezra and I went to back in May, save its address to my notes, and text it to Lauren and suggest we go there" instead of jumping between multiple apps, or asking three different questions to Gemini.