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NCSoft, the developer behind the MMORPG City of Heroes, has granted a license to its fans to host a resurrected version of the game on a private server, called Homecoming."We’d like to thank you all for your patience over the past few years, and we’re incredibly thrilled to announce that it’s paid off: NCSOFT has officially granted Homecoming a license to host City of Heroes," said the Homecoming team in a statement.The Homecoming team has also assured that players' accounts and characters are safe, and…

Diablo 4 developer Blizzard is holding a special in-game event for the next week. The perfect excuse to jump back into Sanctuary, fans can grab additional XP and Gold during this week's Mother's Blessing event. The news was announced by Blizzard in a recent blog post, complete with exact timings and full rewards, including confirmation that effects will stack with in-game items."From November 20–November 27, all players will earn experience and Gold at a 35% (multiplicative) increased rate."Lilith blesses all her…

Oprah Winfrey said The Color Purple helped her cope with the trauma of being raped as a young girl, as she introduced a new film based on Alice Walker's acclaimed novel Thursday. The movie -- a musical -- is the second big-screen adaptation, after Steven Spielberg's 1985 drama, and again portrays the hardships and sexual abuse faced by Black women in the US South during the early 20th century. Also read: Priyanka Chopra, Jennifer Lopez, Cindy Crawford, Kim Kardashian celebrate Oprah Winfrey's birthday. Watch…

Diablo IV's Urn of Bargaining season blessing is intended to make it so players find more gold in their pockets, but while that is technically true, it also makes some of the most common ways players spend their gold even more expensive.As part of Diablo IV Season 1, players who work their way through the game's battle pass periodically unlock Smoldering Ash. This currency can be used to upgrade various seasonal blessings that grant extra benefits over the course of the season, such as more experience…

via 20th Century Fox As dismayed as Marvel Cinematic Universe and Ryan Reynolds fans were to discover that the writers’ strike had effectively banned the actor from improvising on the set of Deadpool 3, it may have turned out to be a blessing in disguise. After all, not only was the franchise’s first R-rated installment the only one of the upcoming slate to not be hit with a sizeable delay, it ended up getting moved forward to the summer. Not only that, but a report from Deadline covering the ins and outs of…

Schematic diagram of a metagrid that converts normally incident light into unidirectional SPPs. The unit cell of the metagrating consists of two different nanostructures and induces tailored optical losses. Credit: POSTECHScientists from Korea’s POSTECH and the US’ Northeastern University have successfully manipulated light using non-Hermitian meta-gratings, turning optical loss into a beneficial tool. They’ve developed a new method for controlling light direction using specially designed meta-grating couplers. This…

How has Ethereum managed to maintain its popularity in the face of high limitations? Ethereum, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, has been facing some serious technical limitations lately. From exorbitant transaction fees to slow processing times, it’s been a bumpy ride. But despite all this, Ethereum remains wildly popular, leaving many wondering how it manages to keep its place in the market. Perhaps the answer lies in the fact that Ethereum’s flaws have created opportunities for innovative startups like…

WASHINGTON —  In the brief but spectacular collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, we may just have witnessed the best banking crisis ever.It might even have been useful.Nobody got seriously hurt, except bank executives who made bad decisions and shareholders who weren’t paying attention. Those Silicon Valley libertarians who spent years demanding that government get out of the way earned their comeuppance when they begged the Federal Reserve to save them. “Where is Powell? Where is Yellen? Stop this crisis NOW,” tweeted…

SAKATA, Japan—Miki Iwai, 29, says she has never asked for a raise and isn’t about to start this year, even with inflation at a four-decade high.The sake brewery worker says she started tracking household expenses recently to cover the higher price of gasoline. “If I manage it carefully, I can still add to my savings,” she said. Her boss says he’s raising wages, but probably not enough to keep pace with inflation. Here at Tatenokawa Inc.—a brewery in business since 1832—and at hundreds of thousands of other…

Photo: Cole Burston (Getty Images)Pope Francis caused a bit of ruckus on the internet Thursday after he seemed to support the use of the middle finger in a Twitter post. The post, which has since been removed, highlighted the middle finger, saying it was a symbol of honesty. “The middle finger, which is higher than the others, reminds us of something essential: honesty. To be honest means not getting entangled in the snares of corruption,” Pope Francis’ official accountwrote in the now-deleted post, shared by New York…