"Attack on Titan" season 2 still has no specific release date. However, it seems that the speculations are now coming in on what can be expected from the storyline. Movie News Guide  reports that an impending death may be occurring soon that involves none other than Captain Levi Ackerman. The reason for his death, though, may be more of heroic than tragic. After the last chapter, many feel that it's simply a prequel to the imminent storm. Theories state that Levi's death will be triggered by his intense desire to protect the Shiganshina Trio, which comprises Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman, and Armin Arlert. Caring so much for the trio might also lead Levi to make an ultimate choice between them and his fellow Survey Corps Erwin Smith. Another assumption is that Erwin would be the one meeting his demise after the death flag was raised over his head since execution. However, it is said that Erwin will take on the responsibility of injecting the serum in h...

  Microsoft is planning to launch its Office 2016 suite next month. After releasing a Mac equivalent in July , Microsoft's Office 2016 for Windows won't provide many major changes over the existing version.  WinFuture reports that Office 2016 for Windows will arrive on September 22nd, for home and professional users initially. The new desktop release includes a  new "colorful" theme that's identical to the latest Mac, iOS, and Android apps. It's also similar to the Windows 10 touch-optimized versions of Office, with a colored look that matches the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint applications. The new colorful option arrives alongside a dark theme for those who dislike the traditional look of Microsoft's Office apps. Microsoft is improving Outlook 2016 search, attachments, storage footprint, and email delivery performance, alongside some improvements to image insertion in Word 2016 and Excel 2016. Perhaps the biggest change in Word allows f...

Hideo Kojima has released his final trailer for the Metal Gear franchise he created back in the 1980s. "Evolution and Harmony" is the launch trailer for Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, which will be released on PS4, Xbox One, PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on 1 September. Kojima is expected to part ways with publisher Konami following the game's anticipated launch, leaving the future of the series in their hands. The cause for the apparent rift, like Kojima's own future, is unknown. You can watch the emotionally-charged trailer below... The trailer charts the journey of the Solid series to date, from 1998's original to PSP title Peace Walker in 2010. It then shifts tones to show the latest game, and its new metal gear, an enormous machine called Metal Gear Sahelanthropus. "As the launch is approaching I'm editing new trailer w/less spoiler. 'The evolution & harmony of Metal Gear,'" said Kojima on Twitter back in August. Later he a...

  YouTube's big push to gaming, which it first announced in June, is set to release on Wednesday as a standalone website and will also be available via apps on Android and iOS. YouTube Gaming will compete against Amazon-owned Twitch , which currently leads the game live-streaming business with milestones such as around 2 million concurrent viewers. The launch of YouTube Gaming came months after Google reportedly failed to acquire Twitch due to potential antitrust concerns. The YouTube Gaming service will offer gamers more than 25,000 game-specific pages to let them quickly find game-related videos and other content. The service will also curate live-streams from thousands of gaming-related channels. With YouTube Gaming service, the company also wants to make it easier for people to live-stream games on YouTube . The company has launched a new page called Stream , currently in beta, which gives users the option to start streaming at a personal URL. "YouTube gaming brin...

  Until Dawn launch trailer shows off the chilling new title Supermassive Games and Sony have released the launch trailer for their player choice guided horror game,  Until Dawn . You can watch the Until Dawn launch trailer below! Eight friends trapped together on a remote mountain retreat, and they aren’t alone. Gripped by dread, with tensions running high, they must fight through their fear if they all hope to make through the night in one piece. Play as each of the eight characters and experience fear like you never have before. Every decision you make in your terrifying search for answers could mean the difference between life and death, but for whom? Your actions alone will decide who survives  Until Dawn . Make the impossible choices, where every decision in your terrifying search for answers could mean the difference between life and death, but for who? Harnessing the power of an evolved  Killzone Shadow Fall  engine,  Until Dawn  ...

Dell has introduced Datacenter Scalable Solutions (DSS), a new line of business within Dell’s Enterprise Solutions organization designed to meet the specific needs of web tech, telecommunications service providers, hosting companies, oil and gas, and research organizations. These businesses often have high-volume technology needs and supply chain requirements in order to deliver business innovation. Image: Reuters Dell addresses this segment of web tech, hosting companies, telecommunications service providers, oil and gas, and research organizations differently from others in the IT industry. With a new operating model that leverages the high quality and stability of Dell’s enterprise and Data Center Solutions (DCS) portfolio, along with its global support and supply chain capabilities, Dell DSS is able to design optimized solutions to meet customers’ precise needs. Web tech, hosting companies, telecommunications service providers, oil and gas, and research organizations ...

If you own a Windows Phone-powered handset and it has less than 8GB of internal storage, don't expect it to receive the forthcoming Windows 10 Mobile software update. Microsoft has quietly mentioned in one of Windows 10 information pages that Windows 10 Mobile won't be compatible with handsets that have 4GB of internal storage (or officially 'at least 8GB'), irrespective of the presence of a microSD slot. While most "modern" Windows Phone handsets won't be affected with this hardware requirement, there are still a handful of smartphones that won't be able to receive the update. The affected handsets include the Lumia 530 , Kazam Thunder 450W, Kazam Thunder 450WL, Karbonn Titanium Wind W4 , Celkon Win 400 , iBall Andi4L Pulse , BLU Win JR LTE , and Yezz Billy 4. Microsoft detailed in March that Windows 10 Mobile will be compatible with devices that have at least 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of internal storage (provided the device h...

The physicist proposes information isn’t stored on the interior of the black hole, but that it escapes in radiation   Physicist Stephen Hawking has offered up a new theory about how information might escape the powerful clutches of a black hole, an idea he hopes will help resolve one of the most vexing enigmas of physics. Photo: Gautam Naik/The Wall Street Journal By Gautam Naik Updated Aug. 25, 2015 2:37 p.m. ET 160 COMMENTS STOCKHOLM—Physicist Stephen Hawking offered up a new theory about how information might escape the powerful clutches of a black hole, an idea he hopes will help resolve one of the most vexing enigmas of physics. Prof. Hawking of the Uni...

BlueData, a company that helps customers generate virtualized big data clusters, announced a $20 million Series C round and a partnership with Intel today. Intel Capital led the round. Also participating were  Amplify Partners, Atlantic Bridge, Ignition Partners, as well as a strategic investor who chose to remain anonymous. As part of the deal, Doug Fisher, senior vice president of Intel and general manager of its Software and Services Group, will join BlueData’s board of directors.  BlueData’s founders have their roots in VMware. The goal with BlueData has been to make it as easy to spin up a Hadoop cluster as it is a virtual machine, company founder and CEO Kumar Sreekanti told TechCrunch. “Enterprises require efficient and agile implementations for their on-premises big data solutions. Speed and innovation are essential in big data analytics, and the infrastructure can’t slow this down.” Sreekanti wrote in a blog post . The product...

Intel rolled out a new motherboard at its developer conference that offers more power than a NUC, but less than the mini-ITX. A lot of exciting technology was on display at Intel's IDF conference last week, but traditional PC hardware seemingly took a backseat to smart devices and the Internet of things. So much so, in fact, that one exciting PC-related tidbit that could’ve made more noise than button-sized chips and Wake on Voice  was lost in the shuffle: The introduction of new compact motherboard that sits between the mini-ITX and Intel NUC in terms of size. The addition now offers a wide range of possibilities for compact PCs, from the Intel Compute Stick  all the way up to the aforementioned mini-ITX form factor. Dubbed the 5x5, the new motherboard doesn't quite live up to its name, measuring 5.5 inches by 5.8. Nevertheless, it’s still smaller than the 6.69-by-6.69 mini-ITX and a bit larger than the 4-by-4 NUC board. Unlike the NUC, which ships with chips so...

September 1st sees the much-anticipated release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain on both consoles and PC. It's set to be Hideo Kojima's final Metal Gear outing and if you're planning on playing on PC then you're in for the best version of all. The PC edition of the game boasts a slew of enticing features including larger resolutions, Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR), the possibility of frame uncaps and even the ability to play the game on an NVIDIA SHIELD device via its support for NVIDIA GameStream . Just to prove the point, Konami has released a trailer for The Phantom Pain, showing the game running on PC at 4K resolution and detailing just how great it looks on a well-specced hunk of PC hardware. Naturally you'll need a newer GPU if you want to see it running in 4K on your machine, but NVIDIA – which is working with Konami to ensure the game looks top notch – is riding to the rescue with a sweet offer: it's bundling...

NVIDIA has announced the availability of a new GeForce hotfix package, namely version 355.80, which fixes the excessive virtual memory consumption spotted on SLI configurations running Windows 10 platforms. In terms of compatibility, the producer has provided 4 downloadable packages suitable for desktop and notebook configurations running either 32- or 64-bit variants of Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system. As for installation, simply save and run the appropriate package designed for your computer, wait for all files required for the installation to be extracted, and follow all instructions displayed on screen for a complete and successful upgrade. In addition to that, it would also be a good idea to perform a system restart in order to allow all changes to take effect properly. If this task isn’t requested automatically by the wizard, make sure to carry it out manually so that no problems will be encountered. Moreover, bear in mind that trying to install NVIDIA’s 355....

At the end of July Nvidia issued a recall affecting many SHIELD tablet owners. If you bought such a tablet between July 2014 and July 2015 and found, via the system status control panel, that your device had a battery type 'Y01' you were advised to take part in the recall process to get a new one. Put simply, Y01 battery equipped SHIELD tablets are a fire hazard, though we never saw any reports of this hazardous nature in the media. According to a recent report on Fudzilla, those who participated in the recall program have now started to receive new Nvidia SHIELD tablets. It says that "Nvidia doesn’t want the old tablet back; it will remotely kill the device, how nice is that". Furthermore the report states that Nvidia suggests you rid yourself of the old tablet following your country's guidelines for electronics waste disposal. If you do have received a replacement for your old hazardous tablet Fudzilla advises you to backup the old one properly befor...

  One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 brings back the hectic battles of the previous two games, along with another extensive roster. Of course, it wouldn’t be a proper  Pirate Warriors  game if the characters didn’t have different costumes to change into. After all, everyone knows that it’s the clothes that make the fighter. To unlock costumes for characters, you have to make sure to complete certain missions. For the ones that state you must complete a  One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 mission with a specific character, you will have to first unlock that character. When you unlock a costume in  One Piece Pirate: Warriors 3 , you will be rewarded in one of three ways. It will either be unlocked immediately, given to you in the form of a coin, or unlocked in the shop where you can purchase it using Beli. Also, keep in mind that all costumes are obtained within  One Piece: Pirate Warrior 3 ‘s Legend Log unless specifically stated otherwise. Fleet Admiral Akai...

  After saying back in July that the next installment in the "Naruto" video game franchise will not have a playable demo before its release, Bandai Namco and game developer CyberConnect2 studio changed their minds and revealed that they are now working on it.  In the game's official Twitter account, the game developer announced that a playable preview is already in development after receiving a lot of questions regarding the demo. However, they offered no information regarding its possible release date.  But while the rest of the fans will have to wait until Bandai Namco releases the demo, Shacknews  was given the opportunity to try out the game before its public release next year. According to the report, the gameplay for the soon-to-be released game can suit first-time players in the franchise. It also employs the same gameplay features that were earlier included in the previous games in the long-running series, wherein players co...

The "Naruto: True Legend of Itachi" novel will tell the complete backstory of Itachi Uchiha, the mysterious ninja and older brother to Sasuke Uchiha. The first part will be released on Sept. 4 but according to a report from Shueisha  via AnimeNewsNetwork , the second volume won't be coming out until October with no specific date attached to it yet.  The novel is meant to be a single piece but was split in half in order to give fans something to read until the latter portion is complete. Part one is titled "Glory Volume" while the second one is officially titled the "Dark Knight Volume."  In the "Naruto" manga and anime series, Itachi was presented as a major antagonist who killed his whole family except for his little brother Sasuke. However, it was later revealed that he did all of these in order to help preserve his clan and to see the dream of an Uchiha become one of the Hokage.  While the first volume w...

When " Naruto " first came out, fans were coming out of the "Dragon Ball Z" trance of intense explosions and overzealous aliens screaming about their every action. After tuning in to 'Naruto', it was refreshing to see a new kind of anime that involved a great storyline and a different kind of fighting. After all, who would've thought that ninjas would have taken over the anime scene that Super Saiyans so long mantled? The storyline and precision of the original 'Naruto' series is what got fans so hooked. No longer was anime action about who had the highest power levels. The original 'Naruto' series was about strategy, precision and storyline development. Even supporting characters had their shine. Remember when Neji Hyuga squared off with the sound ninja Kimmimaro? What about Rock Lee's epic battle with Gaara? The show concluded as it should have - in a super climactic way, leaving fans drooling for what was next. Then ...

     Google is reportedly testing a new feature which will detect when photos are clicked at certain restaurants, and offer to attach them to the establishment’s location. The new feature will be rolling out to local guides ‘level 3 and above’ first, meaning to people who have contributed more than 50 reviews as part of Google’s Local Guides program. Image: Android Police Earlier this year, Google had tried a new experimental service called Tablescape but shut it down and stated that this food photography service’s influence might be seen in future apps. However, this feature is not a separate app and a report by TheVerge  pointed out that Google’s email to qualifying Local Guides calls for users to post photos of their ‘epic meals’, suggesting that it will be a new home for pictures of your plate. Look’s like Google has found a wonderful way to make use of those infinite photos taken of food! In the past, it was reported that Goo...

In May , we announced that Cortana , the first personal digital-assistant who works across your PC & your phone, will be coming to Android and iOS devices. Today, we’re pleased to make the beta of the Cortana app available to all Android phone users. If you are currently a Windows 10 user, you already know the benefits of Cortana. The Cortana app on Android is the companion to your Windows 10 PC, extending Cortana’s functionality across any device you carry, everywhere you go. The Cortana app can do most of the things Cortana does on your PC or on a Windows phone. With the app, you can manage your hectic lifestyle by setting and getting reminders, searching the web on-the-go, tracking important information such as flight details as well as starting and completing tasks across all of your devices. Since we launched the closed beta, we’ve also made several improvements to the experience including the ability to set Cortana as the destination for the home button press. No...

The Xbox One begins this fall in a less than enviable spot. One the one hand, it’s doing just fine as a product: it’s selling well, it’s selling better than the Xbox 360 was, and it’s becoming an increasingly important part of Microsoft MSFT +2.38% broader plans for Windows 10 across platforms. On the other hand, all success comes in comparison to Sony PS4, which has dominated current-gen console sales since day one and is poised to do so for the foreseeable future. But that underdog position has made Microsoft hungry, and the tech giant has used its considerable resources to invest in exclusive games from both first and third party developers in an attempt to recover from a disastrous reveal. Last week, gamesindustry.biz had an interesting interview with Xbox executive Kudo Tsunoda, who hammered home the point that Xbox One, despite overwhelming similarities to the PS4, is continuing to evolve and add functionality. “It’s a really unique value that only we can offer...

A brand new scan for Bandai Namco Entertainment and CyberConnect2′s Naruto Storm 4 is here thanks to kotoam67 ! It shows off the ultimate jutsu, in screenshots, of two characters from the next generation! On the left is daughter of Sasuke and Sakura, Sarada Uchiha, showing off her Herculean chakra-enhanced strength. On the right is the son of Naruto and Hinata, Boruto Uzumaki, showing off his Vanishing Rasengan! The scan also mentions Sarada and Boruto will have a combination ultimate jutsu. We’ve seen video previews for all three in the fifth trailer (below) for the game.

This is a late one but Crunchyroll is excited to announce that it will indeed  simulcast the 2 hour TV special One Piece - Episode of Sabo: Bond of Three Brothers - A Miraculous Reunion and an Inherited Will   this Saturday, August 22nd with the stream time to be announced soon. The special will be available to all members in the  USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Latin America. More specific details related to the special will also be announced soon. Keep checking Crunchyroll News for the latest details! Explore the childhood bond between Luffy, Ace and Sabo as they aspired to become pirates. The TV special will introduce an original story (not shown in the anime or manga) told through Sabo's perspective of his visit to the grave of Whitebeard and Ace, infiltration of Dressrosa and reunion with Luffy.

"The Voice" USA Season 9 (2015) is all set to return in a few weeks with some new faces who are expected to join the hit talent show. Spoilers have it that the organisers of the show have made a few changes, including bringing in Selena Gomez, ex-girlfriend of Justin Bieber. "The Voice" Twitter account has confirmed that Selena Gomez will team up with coach Gwen Stefani on Season 9 of NBC's popular show. She will join John Fogerty, team advisor for Adam Levine, and Brad Paisley for Blake Shelton. Interestingly, news of Selena Gomez's participation in the show came a few weeks after several reports suggested that her ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber will join the show. It was announced earlier that Rihanna will be the key advisor for the season. However, advisor for Team Pharrell is yet to be announced. NBC had already announced that Brad Paisley will join "The Voice" as Team Blake's advisor. "He's really been good to me, and so the...

  Demi Lovato has started following her former bestie Selena Gomez on Instagram again - and fans have gone into meltdown at the possibility of Delena making a return. The pair fell out for reasons none of us can really remember - but could they be back on track at last? One fan couldn't help but express her happiness when she wrote "DELENA is back everyone! I miss them :)" under a screenshot of Demi following Justin Bieber's ex. Another supporter of the starlets wrote: "Demi Lovato just followed Selena Gomez on IG and that just makes me really content". Demi Lovato followed Selena Gomez on her Instagram. DELENA is back everyone! I miss them :) #GomezUpdate pic.twitter.com/37Q5TksXyx — Selena Gomez (@GomezIsland) August 17, 2015 And the love for the pair didn't stop there with a fan claiming that Demi clicking the follow button was the best moment of her year. She wrote: "Demi followed Selena on Instagram. This is the biggest moment of 2015 ...

Censorship is one of the greatest threats to open communication on the Internet. Information may be censored by a user's country of residence or the information's desired destination. But recent studies show that censorship by countries through which the data travels along its route is also a danger.  Now, computer scientists at the University of Maryland have developed a method for providing concrete proof to Internet users that their information did not cross through certain geographic areas. The new system offers advantages over existing systems: it is immediately deployable and does not require knowledge of—or modifications to—the Internet's routing hardware or policies. "With recent events, such as censorship of Internet traffic, suspicious 'boomerang routing' where data leaves a region only to come back again, and monitoring of users' data, we became increasingly interested in this notion of empowering users to have more control over what...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office is reexamining one of the key patents in the battle between Apple and Samsung. Specifically, it is claiming that design patent D618677 — essentially the front of the iPhone 3G — was not sufficiently described by Apple. The decision could affect the size of the damages that Samsung is supposed to pay Apple, but a final number won't be determined for a while as the case is still with the courts awaiting a third trial. Apple originally submitted this patent in November of 2008, but in the filing the company leaned heavily on two of its previous patents in order to give D618677 a "priority" protection date of January 5th, 2007. By doing this, the company essentially gave the patent two extra years of life that it could use to challenge competitors with similar designs. The new decision from the USPTO is that Apple did not sufficiently describe the D618677 patent enough to enjoy that protection, and so now the protecti...

  Google has unveiled a new WiFi router that is aimed at increasing the ease and speed at which people's increasingly indispensable smartphones and tablets connect with its services at home. The Internet giant has billed OnHub, manufactured in partnership with networking product major TP-LINK, as a "different kind of router for a new way to WiFi." OnHub is supposed to be easy to set up and manage, have high performance, and be able to tie together smart home accessories. "Instead of headaches and spotty connections, OnHub gives you Wi-Fi that's fast, secure, and easy to use," Google said in a blog post . OnHub's key selling point seems to be that it's easy to set up and painless to troubleshoot. It connects to iOS and Android phones through what appears to be a clean and stylish app that tells owners how many devices are connected to OnHub and what speeds they're getting. According to Google, the router's circular design should allow...

  Micromax has launched two new budget smartphones in India in a bid to take advantage of the growing consumer demand. Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 and Canvas Selfie 3 bring affordable means of smartphone experience with impressive specifications. The names of the new smartphones clearly indicate that the Canvas Selfie 2 and Canvas Selfie 3 are primarily focused to highlight the camera sensors for selfie lovers. "Taking the selfie craze to the next level, we are proud to announce the two new smartphones, which are ideal for the users delivering fantastic images and equipping them with great beauty editing tools to look their best always," Vineet Taneja, chief executive officer, Micromax said in a statement, The Mobile Indian reports. Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 and Canvas Selfie 3 succeed the original Canvas Selfie, which has received a great response from shoppers. Since the original selfie-focused Canvas smartphone is priced higher, Micromax is bringing affordable alte...