Qantas has just completed the longest-ever trip by a commercial airline with a 19-hour-16-minute direct flight from New York City to Sydney. Its Boeing 787 Dreamliner departed JFK Airport at 9.27 p.m. local time on Friday and landed at Sydney International Airport 10,200 miles (16,200 km) away at 7.43 a.m. local time on Sunday. But the trip didn’t mark the launch of a new scheduled service by Australia’s national carrier. Instead, the flight was used to research how passengers and crew handle the demands of ultra-long-haul travel....

One of the features I use non-stop on both my iPhone and iPad isDark Mode. It’s something I wanted Apple to incorporate into its platform for eons after enjoying a multitude of jailbreak tweaks that unofficially provided the capability for so many years. That wish was granted in iOS & iPadOS 13, and it continues to be a popular feature even in iOS & iPadOS 14. Now that we’ve enjoyed Dark Mode out of the box on the iOS and iPadOS platforms for a couple of years, it’s only natural that the jailbreak community has developed different ways of augmenting how we use and interact with it....

Square Enixwill make numerous changes to the company that affect everything from the types and quantity of games they produce to the platforms they are released on, as well as their marketing strategy, internal structure of development and publishing teams, the possibility of acquiring other companies, a focus on transmedia content, and the intention for their titles to be sold over longer periods. The Reset & Awakening Of Square Enix The company behindFinal Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and Kingdom Heartshas announced an operational business plan until the fiscal year ending on June 04, 2025, which they have named"The Reset and Awakening of Square Enix: 3 Years of Foundation for Long-Term Growth"....

As the years wear on, horror game developers have had to get more and more creative in order to give their players a proper scare. Scary monster designs and clever presentation still works, but nowadays, it’s in facing players with the unknown and uncanny that real fear is evoked. Such is exactly what The Exit 8, newly released for Switch, taps into. The Exit 8 is a self-described walking simulator that challenges players to find their way out of a vast network of underground passages....

Square Enix may have landed themselves in hot water with a winter cash-shop attire from 2022.The Far Northern Attire, which we wrote about last year, has prompted the ire of the Saami Council, or Sámiráđđian, an advocacy organization of the Sámi people, who have demanded the removal of the attire, and that SE engage in a dialog with the Sámi people. According to the council, the use of Sámi cultural elements constitute property that belong to Sámi....

I highly debated whether or not to post this, but after some going back and forth, I decided that it was for the best to shed some light on this subject in an attempt to cut down on confusion. Apparently there is a newjailbreaktool “available” (you’ll see why I used quotes in a second) that allows you to perform an untethered jailbreak on iOS 5.1.1 for A4 devices. The tool is calledVulnDisco Mobile 1....

This Kia Cabin Feature Is Genius All Automakers Should Steal Kia’s USB ports aren’t where you’d expect them to be, and that’s fine by me. The2023 Niro Hybridhas plenty to recommend it, not least the potential for up to 53 MPG from its mild-hybrid engine, but the smartphone-obsessed could find another reason to smile when their low battery warning flashes up: USB charging ports that are actually built into the seats, and so accessible whether you’re in the first or second row....

Tim Cook took time out of his busy schedule yesterday to talk about privacy with folks attending EPIC’s Champions of Freedom event in Washington. EPIC, a non-profit research center focused on emerging privacy issues, was honoring the CEO for his superior “corporate leadership.” Cook addressed attendees via a remote video feed, and spoke about a number of topics regarding privacy, security and what they mean to Apple versus other Silicon Valley tech giants....

Though Forza Motorsport isn’t a racing sim, it isn’t far from the concept. The game is what the community calls asimcade: something in between the arcade style ofForza Horizonand the complexity and precision of Assetto Corsa. The dedication to realism comes with its difficulty, and players coming into the sim-racing environment for the first time may be surprised by the steep learning curve of the game. To get you caught up to speed, I’ve prepared a list of tips and tricks that will help you win your next race....

One of the most popular skin bundles in Valorant,apart from Ionand Prime, is the Magepunk skin set. The popular bundle has been rebooted twice, featuring skins for fan-favorite weapons like the Ghost and the Operator. On that note, after tweets from famous Valorant leaker Mike suggesting the arrival of a third installment of the Magepunk bundle, today, Riot Games officially confirmed the launch of Magepunk 3.0 on August 02, 2025. The Magepunk 3....

It never ceases to amaze me when enthusiasts likeiDB reader Niles Mitchellmanage to get some outdated, ancient technology running with a modern day iPhone. In the latest installment to his “Will it Work?” series, Mitchell connects his iPhone to Iomega’s SCSI Jaz Drive. The Jaz drive was the big brother to Iomega’s way more popular Zip drive. But unlike Zip drive that used a floppy disk media, the Jaz Drive uses a more reliable, more capacious hard drive media....

As a tech journalist, I’m usually focused exclusively on the latest technology. Even when it comes togamingandhome theaterequipment, I’m unlikely to cover anything more than a few years old, let alone a decade or more. That’s an eternity when it comes to product and news cycles, and we don’t get much leeway for retrospectives in the current media landscape. Outside the journalistic sphere, though, there’s a surprising amount of interest in tech from the 1990s and 2000s, including VCRs, defunctgame consoles, and CRT-based TVs....

This year’s CES seems to have raised an interesting question, and it’s one that I’ve pondered myself on occasion. It’s an issue that often comes around whenever there is a trade show that Apple does not attend, so that’s basically all of them these days. Take the recent CES as an example. Apple has not attended, and that has led many Apple blogs and fans to take a dim view upon anything and everything that has taken place....