Toonami Picks Up Dragon Ball Super For English Language Premiere

<img alt="Dragon Ball Super" height="371" src="http://media.comicbook.com/2015/11/dbzsuper01-140046-158697.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Toonami has announced plans to air <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dragon Ball Super</em> in English in Asia and Southeast Asia.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dragon Ball Super</em> is the first all-new Dragon Ball television series in nearly 20 years, and will launch on Toonami in mid-2016. It will be an exclusive first-run premiere on Toonami in Southeast Asia and India, which will also be its English-language world premiere.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “This announcement is huge for fanboys and girls in Asia. Dragon Ball is undoubtedly the original and world’s biggest anime export, and is a cornerstone of our programming on Toonami,” said Mark Eyers, Chief Content Officer for Turner’s Kids Networks in Asia Pacific in a press release. “Since the channel launched in 2012, Toonami has been airing episodes of <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dragon Ball Z</em> and<em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dragon Ball Z Kai</em>, and to premiere <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dragon Ball Super</em> demonstrates the channel’s continued commitment to securing must-have and must-see content, first on Toonami.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dragon Ball Super</em> follows the aftermath of Goku’s fierce battle with Majin Buu, as he attempts to maintain earth’s fragile peace. The series is overseen by <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dragon Ball</em> creator Akira Toriyama and produced with Fuji Television.</div>

Toonami Picks Up Dragon Ball Super For English Language Premiere

Toonami has announced plans to air  Dragon Ball Super  in English in Asia and Southeast Asia. Dragon Ball Super  is the first all-new D...

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MIT announces an innovation hub for students in Hong Kong

<img alt="Hong-kong-victoria-harbor-skyline" height="359" src="http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA5LzA3L2hvbmdrb25ndmljLjNmNGFjLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTk1MHg1MzQjCmUJanBn/61b9349c/746/hong-kong-victoria-harbor-skyline.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <br /> <section class="article-content" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 24.7869319915772px; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 625px; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> For many startups, seeing their ideas come to fruition in the market can be a long, challenging process. <a href="http://mashable.com/category/mit/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">MIT</a> wants to help students expedite that process with an "Innovation Node" in Hong Kong.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> MIT announced the collaborative space on Monday, in an effort to give students and faculty resources to move ideas from lab to market more quickly. The MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node is slated to open next summer, according to an article from the <a href="http://news.mit.edu/2015/innovation-node-hong-kong-1109" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">MIT News Office</a>.</div> <div class="see-also" style="font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> SEE ALSO: <a data-crackerjax="#post-slider" href="http://mashable.com/2015/08/22/3d-glass-printing/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">MIT unveils 3D printing with glass breakthrough</a></div> <div class="inline-ad-seealso" style="margin: 0px 18.75px 0px auto; max-width: 625px;"> </div> </div> <iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" data-tweet-id="663749204016308224" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-2" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; display: block; height: 462.613616943359px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 220px; padding: 0px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 500px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> MIT's decision makes sense, since a crop of coworking spaces where startups can grow have been popping up in Hong Kong over the past few years. <a href="http://www.cyberport.hk/en" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Cyberport</a> is an information and communications technology (ICT) hub that serves startups and entrepreneurs. In May 2014, the company <a href="https://www.cyberport.hk/files/53635ff6e8cb5930202102/20140502_Cyberport%20MSFT%20Partnership_Eng.pdf" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">partnered with Microsoft Ventures</a> to help with funding support, technical training, business mentorship and joint marketing promotion. Past Cyberport internship programs have also linked students to Shanghai ICT companies such as IBM, Microsoft and Cisco.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Other Hong Kong coworking spaces include <a href="http://www.hkcocoon.org/en/index.aspx" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CoCoon</a>, which companies have to apply to in order to access its resources and incubation program, and <a href="http://www.hkstp.org/en-US/Homepage.aspx" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation</a>, which has laboratories and technical centers with professional support services.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> At the Node, students, faculty and researchers will have access to various opportunities and will be able to work with Hong Kong-based students and faculty, MIT alumni, entrepreneurs and businesses.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> The Node will facilitate internships for students at companies based in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and along the Pearl River Delta, through China's MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives program. There will also be educational programs, workshops and innovation-focused events. Students can also take part in "action-learning" activities through the MIT China Lab, which pairs MIT's business students with students from China's top business schools.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Future plans for the Node include creating a "makerspace," a facility with advanced tools and materials for invention and prototyping. MIT's Cambridge campus is currently in the process of building a new makerspace, which the university says will be linked to the Node's planned makerspace.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <em>Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.</em><span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 17.7272720336914px; text-transform: uppercase;"> </span></div> </section>

MIT announces an innovation hub for students in Hong Kong

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Audi launches a car-sharing service, but only in San Francisco and Miami for now

<img alt="News-2015-audi-on-demand-12" height="359" src="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzEwLzBiL25ld3MyMDE1YXVkLjdkZDVhLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTk1MHg1MzQjCmUJanBn/e344efb2/3e1/news-2015-audi-on-demand-12.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <br /> <section class="article-content" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 24.7869319915772px; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 625px; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Audi is launching a premium car-sharing program called Audi at Home, the company announced Monday, if you're fortunate to live in one of its two preliminary locations: the LUMINA luxury condominium complex under construction in San Francisco and the Four Seasons Residences in Miami.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> The program puts a fleet of Prestige-trimmed Audis — for a nominal fee, of course — at your fingertips, incuding the S7, S5 Cabriolet, SQ5, TT Roadster, Q7 and RS5 Cabriolet. The German carmaker will "frequently rotate" models so that the fleet stays fresh.</div> <div class="see-also" style="font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;"> <div class="inline-ad-seealso" style="margin: 0px 18.75px 0px auto; max-width: 625px;"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Residents can call down to the concierge to register for the program, then log on to Audi at Home's mobile website to reserve a car. When they're finished, they simply leave the car with the building valet. Drivers will be charged either an hourly or daily fee, which includes cleaning, fuel, insurance, local tolls and unlimited mileage.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Pricing details are still unclear, though <em>Mashable</em> has reached out to Audi for comment.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Audi aims to expand the program to other U.S. cities this year, so if you live outside one of these two elite condo communities, you may want to wait before signing a new car lease for 2016; there may be a fleet of Audis outside your front door soon.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <em>Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.</em></div> </section>

Audi launches a car-sharing service, but only in San Francisco and Miami for now

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Twitter is finally fixing the blue dot notification in Moments (sort of)

<img alt="Twitter-lightning" height="359" src="http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA3LzNjL3R3aXR0ZXJsaWdoLmZkNWRkLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTk1MHg1MzQjCmUJanBn/2529afc7/39b/twitter-lightning.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <br /> <section class="article-content" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 24.7869319915772px; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 625px; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Twitter users may still be adjusting to the site's new hearts, but the company is offering some relief to frustrated users who have been upset about another recent update.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> The social network said Friday it would finally start to limit how often the blue dot notification appeared in the Moments tab within the Twitter app. It's not clear how much less often users should expect to see the rage-inducing dot, but it will likely be welcome news to many users</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> A quick recap: Last month Twitter introduced Moments, a new section of its app that surfaces curated collections of tweets around specific news stories, events and other conversations happening on Twitter. The much-hyped feature was one of the company's biggest updates in years but all anyone could focus on was the blue dot that wouldn't go away.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> For once, Twitter, it seems, was listening. In a tweet Friday, the company said they would change the feature so the notification would appear "less frequently," though they didn't elaborate on how often it would appear.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> While many users are relieved, some took the opportunity to complain about the other feature everyone seems to hate: the new favorites, er likes.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> While it seems unlikely Twitter would reverse course on the <a data-crackerjax="#post-slider" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/03/twitter-like-button/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">despised</a> heart, this change, at least, proves that Twitter is (sometimes) listening. Maybe there's still hope for that star.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <em>Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.</em></div> </section><section class="branded-content" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.7272720336914px; padding-bottom: 2em;"></section><footer class="article-topics" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 24.7869319915772px; max-width: 625px; position: relative; text-transform: uppercase; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><br /></footer>

Twitter is finally fixing the blue dot notification in Moments (sort of)

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The HTC One A9 can once again be bought for $399

<img alt="Htc-one-a9" height="359" src="http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzEwLzMyL0hUQ09uZUE5LmE3NTM1LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTk1MHg1MzQjCmUJanBn/9bf5ab72/c38/HTC-One-A9.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <br /> <section class="article-content" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 24.7869319915772px; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 625px; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> This was perhaps inevitable. Shortly, after increasing the price of its HTC One A9 from the initial, promotional price of $399 to $499, HTC is once again offering the phone with a $100 discount.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> As part of a <a href="http://www.htc.com/us/go/htc-hot-deals/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">store-wide sale </a>at HTC.com, <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/10/9703584/htc-sale-one-a9-price-399" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">noticed</a> by <em>The Verge</em>, the company offers a 15% discount on $200 purchases, a 20% discount on $400 purchases, and a 30% discount if you spend more than $650. Since the HTC One A9 officially costs $499, you can actually get it for exactly one hundred dollars less.</div> <div class="see-also" style="font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;"> <div class="inline-ad-seealso" style="margin: 0px 18.75px 0px auto; max-width: 625px;"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> The savings scheme allows for some interesting combinations. For example, if you're also interested in a Nexus 9 tablet as well, you can grab both for $629.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> The deal is valid for U.S. customers only, and only today, Nov. 10 (it ends at 11:59pm PT) or while supplies last.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Though this is just another promotion — and a short one at that — we expect to see similar discounts on the device from HTC in the future. With its snazzy, Apple-like look, a 5-inch screen, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 CPU, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage and a 13-megapixel camera, it's an attractive device, but much more so at $400 than $500.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <em>Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.</em></div> </section>

The HTC One A9 can once again be bought for $399

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How to do a clean install of OS X El Capitan

<img alt="Thumb12" height="359" src="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzEwLzA1L2U2L1RodW1iMTIuZmU1NDAuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJOTUweDUzNCMKZQlqcGc/569d8bb1/e9c/Thumb12.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <br /> <section class="article-content" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 24.7869319915772px; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 625px; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Apple on Wednesday released OS X El Capitan as a free upgrade and as a result, lots of Mac users are busy upgrading their desktop and notebook computers.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> As with OS X Lion, OS X Mountain Lion, OS X Mavericks and OS X Yosemite, Apple makes it easy for users to install the upgrade by downloading El Capitan from the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-el-capitan/id1018109117?mt=12" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">App Store</a> and running the installer.</div> <div class="see-also" style="font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;"> <div class="inline-ad-seealso" style="margin: 0px 18.75px 0px auto; max-width: 625px;"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> For <em>most</em> users, this is the best way to upgrade because it means your existing programs and data remain where they are. Sometimes, however, you <em>don't</em> want to do a regular OS upgrade. Maybe you want to start fresh or maybe you need to install El Capitan on a machine that doesn't already have OS X installed. For those users, the best bet is to do a clean installation, erasing the hard disk and installing from scratch.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> If you want to do a clean install of OS X El Capitan on your Mac — or on a new hard drive — you can do it, it just takes a bit of work.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> If you've gone through the clean install processes in the last few years, these instructions will look familiar. (That's because they are almost the same as past years, albeit with changes made for the proper OS name). With a little time, it's relatively easy to create a bootable copy of OS X El Capitan that you can run from a USB stick or other drive.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <strong>Note:</strong> A clean install will erase all of the contents on your disk drive. Make sure to back up your important files, settings and apps before proceeding.</div> <section class="gallery list" style="border-color: rgb(246, 245, 242); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px; clear: left; padding: 10px 0px;"><div class="content"> <ul class="slides" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <li class="slide top" style="line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 30px; padding-bottom: 30px;"><h2 class="title" style="clear: left; color: black; line-height: 1.27; margin: 12px 0px 20px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">First Steps</span></h2> <figure style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="El-cap-clean-install-1" src="http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzEwLzAxLzY1L2VsY2FwY2xlYW5pLmRiMzY4LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTg1MHg4NTA-CmUJanBn/593d97cb/c9d/el-cap-clean-install-1.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 625px;" /></figure><div class="meta" style="margin-top: 20px;"> <div class="caption" style="color: #8a8c8e; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px;"> To do a clean install of OS X El Capitan, you'll need a blank USB flash drive that is at least 8GB in size. You'll be using this drive completely for OS X El Capitan, so don't waste a larger drive if you have an 8GB available.<br />You can also use an existing hard drive partition, but that process complicates the second option for this installer.<br />You'll also need to download OS X Capitan onto your existing Mac.</div> <div class="credit" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; text-transform: uppercase;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="slide top" style="line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 30px; padding-bottom: 30px;"><h2 class="title" style="clear: left; color: black; line-height: 1.27; margin: 12px 0px 20px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Download OS X El Capitan</span></h2> <figure style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="El-cap-clean-install-2" src="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzEwLzAxLzY1L2VsY2FwY2xlYW5pLjQ2MTE0LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTg1MHg4NTA-CmUJanBn/aaf5c344/b28/el-cap-clean-install-2.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 625px;" /></figure><div class="meta" style="margin-top: 20px;"> <div class="caption" style="color: #8a8c8e; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px;"> You can download OS X El Capitan from the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-el-capitan/id1018109117?mt=12" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mac App Store here</a>.<br />This will download a 6.09GB file called "Install OS X El Capitan" to your Applications folder.</div> <div class="credit" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; text-transform: uppercase;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="slide top" style="line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 30px; padding-bottom: 30px;"><h2 class="title" style="clear: left; color: black; line-height: 1.27; margin: 12px 0px 20px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Format USB Drive</span></h2> <figure style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="El-cap-clean-install-3" src="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzEwLzAxLzY1L2VsY2FwY2xlYW5pLjFjODJiLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTg1MHg4NTA-CmUJanBn/7b3da650/8af/el-cap-clean-install-3.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 625px;" /></figure><div class="meta" style="margin-top: 20px;"> <div class="caption" style="color: #8a8c8e; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px;"> Now, format the USB drive by opening up Disk Utility. It's in the Utilities folder in Applications.<br /> <ol style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="line-height: 1.5;">Select your USB drive and click on the "Erase" tab. Select Mac OS<br />Extended (Journaled) as the format type and keep the name as "untitled."</li> <li style="line-height: 1.5;">Click the Erase button. This will take a few minutes, but will erase your USB drive will be erased and format it with the proper file system.</li> </ol> </div> <div class="credit" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; text-transform: uppercase;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="slide top" style="line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 30px; padding-bottom: 30px;"><h2 class="title" style="clear: left; color: black; line-height: 1.27; margin: 12px 0px 20px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Easy Option: Use DiskMaker X 5</span></h2> <figure style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="El-cap-clean-install-4" src="http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzEwLzAxLzY1L2VsY2FwY2xlYW5pLmM0NDAwLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTg1MHg4NTA-CmUJanBn/61c0838a/4a3/el-cap-clean-install-4.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 625px;" /></figure><div class="meta" style="margin-top: 20px;"> <div class="caption" style="color: #8a8c8e; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px;"> A great app for automating the creation of an OS X bootable USB disk called <a href="http://diskmakerx.com/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">DiskMaker X</a>.<br /> DiskMaker X just released its latest version, version 5, which is compatible with El Capitan.<br /> This is far and away the easiest way to create a bootable copy of OS X El Capitan.</div> <div class="credit" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; text-transform: uppercase;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="slide top" style="line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 30px; padding-bottom: 30px;"><h2 class="title" style="clear: left; color: black; line-height: 1.27; margin: 12px 0px 20px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Option 2: Using Terminal</span></h2> <figure style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="El-cap-clean-install-5" src="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzEwLzAxLzY1L2VsY2FwY2xlYW5pLjRhYjA5LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTg1MHg4NTA-CmUJanBn/0589934e/d27/el-cap-clean-install-5.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 625px;" /></figure><div class="meta" style="margin-top: 20px;"> <div class="caption" style="color: #8a8c8e; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px;"> First, I'd like to thank <em><a href="http://www.macrumors.com/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">MacRumors</a></em> forum member <a href="http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=18081307&postcount=3" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">tywebb13</a> for his instructions on creating a manual bootable USB copy of OS X Mavericks back in 2013. His work made it easy to update the instructions to work in El Capitan.<br /> This method requires using the Terminal app. If you're not comfortable typing commands into Terminal, just use the DiskMaker X app (above).<br />To continue with using Terminal, follow the steps below.<br /> <ol style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="line-height: 1.5;">After downloading OS X El Capitan to your Applications folder and formatting your USB drive (make sure it's called "Untitled"), open up the Terminal app.</li> <li style="line-height: 1.5;">Paste the following command into the Terminal window and hit enter:</li> <div class="gist" id="gist26781421" style="color: #333333; direction: ltr;"> <div class="gist-file" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; margin-bottom: 1em;"> <div class="gist-data" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-radius: 2px 2px 0px 0px; overflow: auto; word-wrap: normal;"> <div class="js-gist-file-update-container js-task-list-container file-box"> <div class="file" id="file-el-capitan-install-usb"> <div class="blob-wrapper data type-text" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: hidden;"> <table class="highlight tab-size js-file-line-container" data-tab-size="8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tbody> <tr><td class="blob-num js-line-number" data-line-number="1" id="file-el-capitan-install-usb-L1" style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: transparent; border-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.298039); cursor: pointer; line-height: 18px; min-width: inherit; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 10px !important; padding-right: 10px !important; padding-top: 4px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap; width: 7.27272701263428px;"></td><td class="blob-code blob-code-inner js-file-line" id="file-el-capitan-install-usb-LC1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; overflow: visible; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 10px !important; padding-right: 10px !important; padding-top: 4px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre; word-wrap: normal;">sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app --nointeraction</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="gist-meta" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; border-radius: 0px 0px 2px 2px; color: #767676; font-family: Helvetica, arial, nimbussansl, liberationsans, freesans, clean, sans-serif, 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px;"> <a href="https://gist.github.com/filmgirl/72eeeab4063cce8612fd/raw/ff5ce804b5b31a4295e6e82ff264a0301ee26c78/el-capitan-install-usb" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; float: right; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">view raw</a><a href="https://gist.github.com/filmgirl/72eeeab4063cce8612fd#file-el-capitan-install-usb" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">el-capitan-install-usb</a> hosted with ❤ by <a href="https://github.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">GitHub</a></div> </div> </div> <li style="line-height: 1.5;">You will be prompted to enter in your user password. Then, you'll see a list of processes on the terminal screen that read:<br />Erasing Disk:<br />Copying Installer files to disk...<br />Done.</li> </ol> This process runs a special mode built into the OS X El Capitan installer that can create installable media. The disk you're copying the media onto becomes bootable, too.<br /> The process takes less time than DiskMaker X, but you'll need to follow the instructions exactly. Don't move the installer to another folder, and make sure you don't have more than one disk drive titled "Untitled" connected to your machine.</div> <div class="credit" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; text-transform: uppercase;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="slide top" style="line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 30px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><h2 class="title" style="clear: left; color: black; line-height: 1.27; margin: 12px 0px 20px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Booting up and Installing El Capitan</span></h2> <figure style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="El-cap-clean-install-6" src="http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzEwLzAxLzY1L2VsY2FwY2xlYW5pLjljNzY3LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTg1MHg4NTA-CmUJanBn/6f9b1db6/d80/el-cap-clean-install-6.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 625px;" /></figure><div class="meta" style="margin-top: 20px;"> <div class="caption" style="color: #8a8c8e; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px;"> Once your USB drive has been created, it's time to install El Capitan.<br /> <ol style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="line-height: 1.5;">Restart your Mac and hold down the Option key immediately. When your machine boots up, choose the USB drive that says "Install OS X El Capitan"</li> <li style="line-height: 1.5;">Select "Disk Utility" and then select your main hard drive. Press "Erase" on the volume. Remember, this will erase EVERYTHING on your machine.</li> <li style="line-height: 1.5;">Go back to the main menu and choose "Install OS X." Select your internal hard drive when prompted and continue with the installation.</li> </ol> </div> <div class="credit" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; text-transform: uppercase;"> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> Show As Gallery</section><h2 style="clear: left; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.27; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">After the Install</span></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> After installing OS X El Capitan, you can start restoring your programs and settings using either a Time Machine backup or Migration Assistant.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <em>Have something to add to this story? 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Your initial days as a founder may be spent coding and refining the technical architecture, but then comes a concerted effort on streamlining operations, drumming up sales, and executing a marketing strategy.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> In an ideal scenario, founders already have experience in what it takes to build a company. They might have worked different jobs in the past or have a fancy college degree which will, at the very least, point them in the right direction. But startups are tricky; be prepared to dig deep and get your hands dirty. Fortunately there's a wealth of advice out there from people who've achieved brilliant things and want to give their knowledge to others like them. In no particular order, here are four books every aspiring tech founder should read.</div> <h3 style="clear: left; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.27; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">1. <em>Zero to One</em> — Peter Thiel</span></h3> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Peter Thiel needs no introduction. As the co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook, the American entrepreneur has done and seen it all. In his book, which Forbes says "makes you feel superhuman", Peter outlines how great companies are born out of nothing. <em>Zero to One</em> urges founders to look at areas which are underserved and where they can carve out a niche — building a loyal base of customers which you can use as a foundation to scale.</div> <div class="see-also" style="font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;"> <div class="inline-ad-seealso" style="margin: 0px 18.75px 0px auto; max-width: 625px;"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Peter knows what he's talking about — after all his net worth is approximately US$2.2 billion. Other chapters in his book talk about the nature of competition, the essence of building products investors will be interested in, and how it's essential to have a great team.</div> <h3 style="clear: left; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.27; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">2. <em>The Hard Thing About Hard Things</em> — Ben Horowitz</span></h3> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Ben Horowitz is the co-founder of one of the most recognized names in venture capital —<a href="http://a16z.com/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Andreessen Horowitz</a>. Prior to his role as a VC, Ben worked at Netscape, eventually going on to build an enterprise software company — Opsware — which was sold to HP for US$1.6 billion in cash. He's been there and done that.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <em>The Hard Thing About Hard Things</em> outlines Ben's journey in refreshing honesty. It takes you through the highs and lows — an inevitable course for any founder trying to make it big. The book is written more in a personal narrative style but that's a good thing. It goes to show no founder can ever dream of making an impact without having to go through trials and tribulations. There's advice on almost everything you need to do to build a world-class company — acting and thinking like a leader, measuring performance, and focusing on product.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="m!6471" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div> <div class="microcontent-wrapper" style="clear: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;"> <div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="" data-fragment="m!6471" data-image="http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA2LzJhL2Jlbmhvcm93aXR6LjQwZTZmLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/14671b05/b21/ben-horowitz-tech-in-asia-tokyo-2015-05-720x480.jpg" data-url="http://mashable.com/2015/11/08/books-startup-founder/" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; background: rgb(246, 245, 241); height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"> <a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/08/books-startup-founder/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/08/books-startup-founder/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-google_plus google_plus" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/08/books-startup-founder/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #f02f16; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-pinterest pinterest" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/08/books-startup-founder/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #bf1e25; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div> <img alt="ben-horowitz-tech-in-asia-tokyo-2015-05" data-fragment="m!6471" data-image="http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA2LzJhL2Jlbmhvcm93aXR6LjQwZTZmLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/14671b05/b21/ben-horowitz-tech-in-asia-tokyo-2015-05-720x480.jpg" data-micro="1" data-url="http://mashable.com/2015/11/08/books-startup-founder/" data-width="720" src="http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA2LzJhL2Jlbmhvcm93aXR6LjQwZTZmLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/14671b05/b21/ben-horowitz-tech-in-asia-tokyo-2015-05-720x480.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <br /> <h3 style="clear: left; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.27; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">3. <em>The Lean Startup</em> — Eric Ries</span></h3> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Rated as a <em>New York Times</em> best-seller, <em>The Lean Startup</em> teaches founders how to hustle, stretch budgets, and scale operations without burning too much cash. Eric wants you to learn how to be successful without wasting too many resources. The book counts on five basic principles as the cornerstone for success, allowing you to make better, faster business decisions in a landscape where speed and execution is everything. It cites Dropbox as one of the companies which successfully incorporated advice to scale quickly.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <strong></strong></div> <div class="see-also" style="font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;"> <strong>SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.techinasia.com/ben-horowitz-tech-in-asia-tokyo-2015/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;" target="_blank">Ben Horowitz on tough decisions, Asia, and why he's not friends with Marc Andreessen</a></strong><div class="inline-ad-seealso" style="margin: 0px 18.75px 0px auto; max-width: 625px;"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> </div> <h3 style="clear: left; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.27; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">4. <em>Startup Playbook</em> — Sam Altman</span></h3> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Sam Altman is the president of <a href="https://www.ycombinator.com/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Y Combinator</a> — a Silicon Valley-based accelerator and one of the most prestigious names in the startup world today. The accelerator counts Dropbox, Airbnb, and Reddit as some of the companies that have graduated from its program. It is known for its unnerving focus on urging founders to "build something people want."</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> More than a hundred Y Combinator graduates are worth at least US$100 million or more, with a combined market capitalization of above US$65 billion. Clearly it's doing something right when it comes to mentorship and advice.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <em><a href="http://playbook.samaltman.com/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Startup Playbook</a></em> is an effort by Sam Altman to collate all the advice Y Combinator gives its resident companies. The book deals with how to start a company — one that users love and are eager to spread the word about. However, Sam clearly outlines that this is probably the first in a two-book series, talking exclusively about the initial stages of a startup. 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'Fallout 4' keeps reminding us that 'war never changes,' but it really should

<img alt="Fallout-4-review-header" height="359" src="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA5L2IwL0ZhbGxvdXQ0cmV2LjEwZTQ5LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTk1MHg1MzQjCmUJanBn/6cbb3236/232/Fallout-4-review-header.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <br /> <section class="article-content" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 24.7869319915772px; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 625px; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> War never changes, you say? Well why the hell not?</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Like its cryogenically preserved protagonist, <em>Fallout 4</em> feels like a game out of time. There are probably millions of 1s and 0s in the code that would argue this point, but playing the game now, five years after predecessor <em>Fallout: New Vegas</em>, you can't shake the feeling that so little has changed.</div> <div class="see-also" style="font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;"> <div class="inline-ad-seealso" style="margin: 0px 18.75px 0px auto; max-width: 625px;"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> That's not the most horrid sin a game can commit, but the familiarity is hard to swallow during a 12-month period that's seen games like <em>Dragon Age: Inquisition</em>, <em>Destiny</em> and <em>The Witcher 3</em>reinvent what an open world role-playing game can be. Mechanically <em>Fallout 4</em> feels like a heavily modded version of its older self. Not a good look in late 2015.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> It's not for lack of trying. The game spills over with new systems that let you customize your post-apocalyptic journey in a variety of ways. Companions join you for much of the adventure — if you want them around, that is — and every bit of gear you collect can be modified with parts that you build using scrap collected from around the ruins of Boston.</div> <figure class="image" style="margin: 0px 0px 50px; position: relative;"><div style="padding: 0px;"> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="m!3ccb" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div> <div class="microcontent-wrapper" style="clear: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;"> <div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="" data-fragment="m!3ccb" data-image="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA5L2IwL0ZhbGxvdXQ0cmV2LjAzNzFlLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/c0c45955/36b/Fallout-4-review-1-640x360.jpg" data-url="" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; background: rgb(246, 245, 241); height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"> <a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-google_plus google_plus" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #f02f16; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-pinterest pinterest" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #bf1e25; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div> <img alt="Fallout 4 review 1" data-caption="" data-credit-link="" data-credit-name="Bethesda Softworks" data-credit-provider="" data-fragment="m!3ccb" data-image="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA5L2IwL0ZhbGxvdXQ0cmV2LjAzNzFlLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/c0c45955/36b/Fallout-4-review-1-640x360.jpg" data-micro="1" data-width="640" src="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA5L2IwL0ZhbGxvdXQ0cmV2LjAzNzFlLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/c0c45955/36b/Fallout-4-review-1-640x360.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="Fallout 4 review 1" /></div> <br /> <div class="image-credit" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; color: #777777; float: right; font-style: italic; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 18.75px; margin-top: 12px; max-width: 625px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"> <div style="padding: 0px;"> IMAGE: BETHESDA SOFTWORKS</div> </div> </figure><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> The redemption of <em>Fallout</em>'s ceaseless scrap hunt goes even further with settlements that you can reclaim, populate with human survivors and build. Physically build. A new mechanic allows you to construct the basics of life — shelter, food/water, jukeboxes — in specific locations, after you've reclaimed the territory from the post-nuke wastes.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> In theory, these are great ideas that significantly expand the potential scope of <em>Fallout 4</em>.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="youre-more-than-just" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div> <span class="microcontent" data-description="You're more than just a survivor; you are an agent of change in this world." data-fragment="youre-more-than-just" data-micro="1">You're more than just a survivor; you are an agent of change in this world.</span> Tour through your settlements and you can see that change firsthand. Settlers arrive to work the land as infrastructure, the infrastructure <em>you</em> create, rises around them.<br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Unfortunately the practical execution here is lacking, mostly because of how dated the bones of this game are. Nowhere is this more evident than in the building tools. If you just want to drop a prefab wooden house into a vacant, flat space, great. You're good to go. But that's not the promise of <em>Fallout 4</em>, is it?</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> This is supposed to be your wasteland to customize, but when you dig deeper into the building tools, trying to piece together discrete wall/floor/ceiling tiles or — heaven forbid — build on a surface that's less than flat, the cracks show. Flat tiles hover unconvincingly above uneven surfaces after you place them. Wall corners can't be inverted. You're constantly wrestling with the "snap-to" feature that's supposed to auto-connect adjacent tiles.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Companion management is a similar headache. To give someone who's with you an order, you need to get close and talk to them. That's just not possible in most combat situations, and it turns companions into more of a diversion than anything else. There's also no easy way to locate companions that aren't traveling with you or see how your relationships stack up. Something as simple as an extra menu would have solved that.</div> <figure class="image" style="margin: 0px 0px 50px; position: relative;"><div style="padding: 0px;"> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="m!824c" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div> <div class="microcontent-wrapper" style="clear: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;"> <div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="" data-fragment="m!824c" data-image="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzA2LzAzL2Y2L0ZhbGxvdXQ0U2NvLjUxODFmLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/52187edb/9ed/Fallout-4-Scollay-Square-640x360.jpg" data-url="" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; background: rgb(246, 245, 241); height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"> <a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-google_plus google_plus" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #f02f16; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-pinterest pinterest" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #bf1e25; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div> <img alt="Fallout 4 - Scollay Square" data-caption="" data-credit-link="" data-credit-name="Bethesda Softworks" data-credit-provider="" data-fragment="m!824c" data-image="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzA2LzAzL2Y2L0ZhbGxvdXQ0U2NvLjUxODFmLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/52187edb/9ed/Fallout-4-Scollay-Square-640x360.jpg" data-micro="1" data-width="640" src="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzA2LzAzL2Y2L0ZhbGxvdXQ0U2NvLjUxODFmLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/52187edb/9ed/Fallout-4-Scollay-Square-640x360.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="Fallout 4 - Scollay Square" /></div> <br /> <div class="image-credit" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; color: #777777; float: right; font-style: italic; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 18.75px; margin-top: 12px; max-width: 625px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"> <div style="padding: 0px;"> IMAGE: BETHESDA SOFTWORKS</div> </div> </figure><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> As welcome as these new additions are to the <em>Fallout </em>universe, they also feel like fan mods in the way they rely on existing systems to solve problems. Companion management is a tool of the game's existing dialogue mechanics. Settlement building layers new elements into the world without taking terrain into account. This stuff is great, but it feels tacked on.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Making matters worse is the game's generally uneven performance (based on my Xbox One review playthrough). The frame rate hiccups along, running smooth one minute then stuttering and halting the next. Load times are excessively long, sometimes for no good reason; two minutes to load an interior that consists of two small rooms? Why?</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> These shortcomings are all the more frustrating when you step back from them and bask in the massive, beautifully detailed world that Bethesda Softworks built. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="this-is-afalloutgame-to" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div> <span class="microcontent" data-description="This is a Fallout game to the core. The thrill of exploration and discovery is at the heart of the experience." data-fragment="this-is-afalloutgame-to" data-micro="1">This is a <em>Fallout</em> game to the core. The thrill of exploration and discovery is at the heart of the experience.</span> It always feels like there's more to find, more to uncover.<br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> That's because there is. The game bombards you with information — random radio broadcasts, readable "holotapes," passers-by in need of help — and leaves the choice of who to help, who to hurt and who to ignore in your hands. That's old hat for these games, but this is still a whole new world with a whole new cast. The base joy of soaking it all in remains as powerful as it's ever been.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Being able to customize your gear even injects new purpose into your explorations. While crafting itself isn't explained very clearly, there's now real value in all your scavenging. Everything you collect, right down to battered clipboards and burnt textbooks, has a use as scrap for the parts heap. Exploration has always been important in <em>Fallout</em>, and now it helps propel your progress in a completely new way.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> The story has matured too. What starts out as one parent's journey for their kidnapped son — you can be the father <em>or</em> the mother, it's up to you — eventually snowballs into a far-ranging conflict that threatens every living being in the nuke-blasted remains of the Boston region.</div> <figure class="image" style="margin: 0px 0px 50px; position: relative;"><div style="padding: 0px;"> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="m!5122" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div> <div class="microcontent-wrapper" style="clear: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;"> <div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="" data-fragment="m!5122" data-image="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA5LzM5L0ZhbGxvdXQ0U3luLjYwMGY3LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/55f67183/031/Fallout-4-Synth-640x360.jpg" data-url="" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; background: rgb(246, 245, 241); height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"> <a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-google_plus google_plus" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #f02f16; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-pinterest pinterest" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #bf1e25; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div> <img alt="Fallout 4 - Synth" data-caption="" data-credit-link="" data-credit-name="Bethesda Softworks" data-credit-provider="" data-fragment="m!5122" data-image="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA5LzM5L0ZhbGxvdXQ0U3luLjYwMGY3LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/55f67183/031/Fallout-4-Synth-640x360.jpg" data-micro="1" data-width="640" src="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA5LzM5L0ZhbGxvdXQ0U3luLjYwMGY3LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/55f67183/031/Fallout-4-Synth-640x360.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="Fallout 4 - Synth" /></div> <br /> <div class="image-credit" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; color: #777777; float: right; font-style: italic; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 18.75px; margin-top: 12px; max-width: 625px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"> <div style="padding: 0px;"> IMAGE: BETHESDA SOFTWORKS</div> </div> </figure><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> It's a familiar scene: artificial intelligence, embodied in Synths built by a mysterious scientific organization known as The Institute, is society's newest minority. The ones that look like robots are easy enough to target, but newer-model bio-mechanical Synths mirror humans inside and out. Humanity is still on the ropes 200 years after the bombs fell, and the reason why is pretty obvious: We never forgot how to hate.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> The tech-hoarding Brotherhood of Steel stands in opposition to The Institute and its insular ways. The Railroad, meanwhile, simply wants to liberate Synths and give them the same freedoms that humans enjoy. And standing at the center of these tidal forces is you, freshly unfrozen after a 200-year nap. Your decisions influence which of these interests comes out on top.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="fallout-s-big-win" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div> <blockquote class="microcontent-wrapper pullquote" style="border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px !important; clear: left; color: #777777; float: left; height: auto; margin: 15px 15px 35px -125px; max-width: 45%; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; position: relative; width: 400px;"> <div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="Fallout 4's big win doesn't just come from making these choices matter; they also feel real." data-fragment="fallout-s-big-win" data-url="" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; background: rgb(246, 245, 241); height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"> <a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-google_plus google_plus" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #f02f16; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div> </blockquote> <span class="microcontent" data-description="Fallout 4's big win doesn't just come from making these choices matter; they also feel real." data-fragment="fallout-s-big-win" data-micro="1"><em>Fallout 4</em>'s big win doesn't just come from making these choices matter; they also feel real.</span> As an occasional ally to all three competing interests, you get an inside glimpse at their differing perspectives. No one is truly evil. Everyone's out to save the sum total of humanity, if not the individuals in one location or another.<br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> The moral journey you embark on in <em>Fallout 4</em> is rife with pitfalls. Close allies and friends are easy to find, but this isn't a game where you sway competing philosophies. Sometimes, people have to die. Even comrades. It's a slow burn, but the game frequently challenges you to think and decide what's right from your own perspective once the pieces fall into place.</div> <figure class="image" style="margin: 0px 0px 50px; position: relative;"><div style="padding: 0px;"> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="m!8c6b" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div> <div class="microcontent-wrapper" style="clear: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;"> <div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="" data-fragment="m!8c6b" data-image="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA5Lzk2L0ZhbGxvdXQ0X0UzLmZhNjk2LnBuZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/52a50049/933/Fallout4_E3_CityVista_1434323956-640x360.png" data-url="" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; background: rgb(246, 245, 241); height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"> <a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-google_plus google_plus" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #f02f16; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-pinterest pinterest" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/fallout-4-review/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #bf1e25; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div> <img alt="Fallout4_E3_CityVista_1434323956" data-caption="" data-credit-link="" data-credit-name="Bethesda Softworks" data-credit-provider="" data-fragment="m!8c6b" data-image="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA5Lzk2L0ZhbGxvdXQ0X0UzLmZhNjk2LnBuZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/52a50049/933/Fallout4_E3_CityVista_1434323956-640x360.png" data-micro="1" data-width="640" src="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA5Lzk2L0ZhbGxvdXQ0X0UzLmZhNjk2LnBuZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/52a50049/933/Fallout4_E3_CityVista_1434323956-640x360.png" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="Fallout4_E3_CityVista_1434323956" /></div> <br /> <div class="image-credit" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; color: #777777; float: right; font-style: italic; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 18.75px; margin-top: 12px; max-width: 625px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"> <div style="padding: 0px;"> IMAGE: BETHESDA SOFTWORKS</div> </div> </figure><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> I made some big decisions in the final 10 hours that led me to stick with friends. I liked working with them and I appreciated their larger goals, but I didn't agree with some of their methods. That should have been a warning sign. My game ended in a way I wasn't happy with because my friends turned out to be selfish (if altruistic) dicks. I could have gone another way and murdered those friends, but that would have just been another flavor of dissatisfaction.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> That's not a knock on <em>Fallout 4</em>. The story's big ending isn't supposed to leave you happy. The choices you make determine the winner, but this isn't a case of good vs. evil. Whoever wins in<em>Fallout 4</em>, someone loses. And it's always going to be someone close to you. You have no idea how powerful that is until you're making those final choices yourself.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> All of which makes it an even greater shame that <em>Fallout 4</em> is such a mess from a technical perspective. Story aside, this is just another <em>Fallout </em>game. That's great and everything; I'll put another 60 hours into a fresh playthrough at some point, no question. But you deserve more than just another game. You deserve a better one. And <em>Fallout 4</em> doesn't quite get there.</div> <div class="pro-con" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; max-width: 625px; padding: 34px;"> <h2 style="clear: left; color: inherit; font-family: MuseoSlabRegular; line-height: 1.27; margin: 0px 0px 3.8rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <em><span style="font-size: small;">Fallout 4</span></em></h2> <div class=""> </div> <div class="product-info"> <h3 style="clear: left; color: inherit; font-family: ProximaNovaBold; line-height: 1.27; margin: 2.5rem 0rem 0.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">The Good</span></h3> <div style="color: #888888; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> Huge, dynamic world to lose yourself in <span class="bullet">•</span> Impactful story <span class="bullet">•</span> Great writing across the board</div> <h3 style="clear: left; color: inherit; font-family: ProximaNovaBold; line-height: 1.27; margin: 2.5rem 0rem 0.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">The Bad</span></h3> <div style="color: #888888; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> New gameplay mechanics feel half-baked <span class="bullet">•</span> Technical issues abound</div> <h3 class="bottomline" style="clear: left; color: #00afec; font-family: ProximaNovaBold; line-height: 1.27; margin: 2.5rem 0rem 0.5rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">The Bottom Line</span></h3> <div style="color: #888888;"> <em>Fallout 4</em> is another <em>Fallout</em> game, but it's not the better one we were hoping for.</div> </div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <em>Have something to add to this story? 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Facebook is testing a way to search your camera roll to find photos of your friends

<img alt="Fb-photo-magic" height="359" src="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA5LzNmL2ZicGhvdG9tYWdpLmRjNzZlLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTk1MHg1MzQjCmUJanBn/c79ebdc6/ff1/fb-photo-magic.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <br /> <section class="article-content" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 24.7869319915772px; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 625px; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Facebook is using its latest experiment with Messenger to expand the way it uses facial recognition.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Facebook is testing a new feature in Messenger called "Photo Magic," which uses face recognition to make it easier for people to share photos with friends right after they shoot them. The test will begin to roll out to iOS and Android users in Australia this week.</div> <div class="see-also" style="font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;"> <div class="inline-ad-seealso" style="margin: 0px 18.75px 0px auto; max-width: 625px;"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> The concept is similar to Moments, the private photo-sharing app Facebook launched earlier this year. When enabled, Messenger will nudge you to share photos when it detects a new picture with a certain friend in your camera roll.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> The option to enable the feature will begin to show up in Messenger this week. If you don't opt-in, you won't see suggestions for the photos you take, though you will appear in the suggestions of your friends who have the feature enabled if you have <a href="https://www.facebook.com/help/122175507864081" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">tag suggestions</a>enabled.</div> <figure class="image" style="margin: 0px 0px 50px; position: relative;"><div style="padding: 0px;"> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="m!e86c" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div> <div class="microcontent-wrapper" style="clear: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;"> <div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="" data-fragment="m!e86c" data-image="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA5LzM3L3Bob3RvbWFnaWM2LjgxNjY2LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/f4c0e66c/ab1/photomagic-640x565.jpg" data-url="" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; background: rgb(246, 245, 241); height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"> <a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/facebook-messenger-photo-magic/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/facebook-messenger-photo-magic/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-google_plus google_plus" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/facebook-messenger-photo-magic/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #f02f16; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-pinterest pinterest" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/facebook-messenger-photo-magic/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #bf1e25; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div> <img alt="photomagic" class="" data-caption="" data-credit-label="" data-credit-link="" data-credit-name="Mashable" data-credit-provider="Custom type" data-fragment="m!e86c" data-image="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA5LzM3L3Bob3RvbWFnaWM2LjgxNjY2LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/f4c0e66c/ab1/photomagic-640x565.jpg" data-micro="1" data-width="640" src="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA5LzM3L3Bob3RvbWFnaWM2LjgxNjY2LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/f4c0e66c/ab1/photomagic-640x565.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="photomagic" /></div> <br /> <div class="image-credit" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; color: #777777; float: right; font-style: italic; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 18.75px; margin-top: 12px; max-width: 625px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"> <div style="padding: 0px;"> IMAGE: MASHABLE</div> </div> </figure><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Say you snap a photo of a group of friends at a party, Facebook will detect the faces of people you're friends with in the most recent image on your camera roll. Within a few seconds (if you're on Android) or a few minutes (if you're on iOS), you'll see a push notification suggesting you send the photo via Messenger to the friends who are in the photo.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Photo Magic uses the same facial recognition technology in tag suggestions on Facebook and in the moments app, Peter Martinazzi, a product manager for Messenger, said.</div> <figure class="image" style="margin: 0px 0px 50px; position: relative;"><div style="padding: 0px;"> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="m!38f6" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div> <div class="microcontent-wrapper" style="clear: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;"> <div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="" data-fragment="m!38f6" data-image="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA5LzMzL0ZibWVzc2VuZ2VyLjhmNDFlLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/ab9fca96/437/Fb-messenger-magic-640x572.jpg" data-url="" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; background: rgb(246, 245, 241); height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"> <a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/facebook-messenger-photo-magic/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/facebook-messenger-photo-magic/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-google_plus google_plus" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/facebook-messenger-photo-magic/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #f02f16; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-pinterest pinterest" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/09/facebook-messenger-photo-magic/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #bf1e25; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div> <img alt="Fb messenger magic" class="" data-caption="" data-credit-label="" data-credit-link="" data-credit-name="Facebook" data-credit-provider="Custom type" data-fragment="m!38f6" data-image="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA5LzMzL0ZibWVzc2VuZ2VyLjhmNDFlLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/ab9fca96/437/Fb-messenger-magic-640x572.jpg" data-micro="1" data-width="640" src="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA5LzMzL0ZibWVzc2VuZ2VyLjhmNDFlLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/ab9fca96/437/Fb-messenger-magic-640x572.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="Fb messenger magic" /></div> <br /> <div class="image-credit" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; color: #777777; float: right; font-style: italic; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 18.75px; margin-top: 12px; max-width: 625px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"> <div style="padding: 0px;"> IMAGE: FACEBOOK</div> </div> </figure><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> "It’s all using the same tech on the back end," Martinazzi tells <em>Mashable</em>. "If you get a new picture, whether you took that picture in your camera app or in a different app, and it goes to your camera roll, then we’ll face detect on that picture. Then we’ll send you the local notification for you to send that photo [to friends] if you want to."</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> As with most facial recognition tech, there's the possibility that users may be a little creeped out at the prospect of Facebook looking for faces in photos, but Martinazzi emphasized that anyone can opt out of either having their face detected in photos or seeing suggestions for their own images.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> The suggestions will follow the same settings you have enabled in the main Facebook app, so those who have <a href="https://www.facebook.com/help/122175507864081" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">tag suggestions</a> disabled won't be able to have their faces detected in friends' camera rolls. (Photo Magic will not detect the faces of people that aren't Facebook friends.)</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Though the experiment is Australia only for now, Martinazzi says the goal is to eventually bring it to more countries — provided people respond well to the initial tests.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <em>Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.</em></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <br /></div> </section>

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A new lab in London examines our relationship with technology

<img alt="Vinaya-lab" height="359" src="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA3L2NmL3ZpbmF5YWxhYi5hNmM4Zi5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgk5NTB4NTM0IwplCWpwZw/800c4037/3e8/vinaya-lab.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <br /> <section class="article-content" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 24.7869319915772px; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 625px; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Most of us will admit we need a digital detox, but our fast-moving lives don't always allow for that. We still need to answer calls and respond to our boss' emails, so being completely unplugged can be difficult. Because of this, a research and design house in London believes we should adapt to our digital lifestyle instead of cut off our devices completely.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <a href="http://www.vinaya.com/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Vinaya</a>, formerly known as Kovert, builds products and tools to help us manage that. On Nov. 1, the company opened a new lab in London to research the relationship between humans and technology. The company's three-story building houses a lab and studio, which will develop products based on the lab's research.</div> <div class="see-also" style="font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;"> <div class="inline-ad-seealso" style="margin: 0px 18.75px 0px auto; max-width: 625px;"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> The company sees itself as a "modern science hub that encourages cross-pollination of a range of expertise in order to better understand the human psyche." Eventually, it'll open its third-floor doors as a sort of forum for experts and intellectuals to spend time and hold activities like science lectures and experiments.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> "<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="we-wanted-to-create" style="color: #00aeef;"></a> <span class="microcontent" data-description="We wanted to create a modern-day version of the Lyceum in ancient Greece" data-fragment="we-wanted-to-create" data-micro="1">We wanted to create a modern-day version of the Lyceum in ancient Greece</span>, where Aristotle and Socrates used to hang out and learn from each other," founder and CEO Kate Unsworth told <em><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3052903/most-creative-people/this-new-lab-studies-how-tech-addiction-affects-your-body-and-brain?partner=rss&utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Fast Company</a></em>. "We want people who come here to really begin to dig into each other's area of study, because experts in different disciplines don't typically have many opportunities to interact."</div> <br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> The lab's research focuses on areas such as hyperconnectivity, stress, human connection, happiness, tranquility, depression and productivity. The team currently consists of six neuroscientists, an anthropologist, a philosopher, and a psychologist, according to <em>Fast Company</em>. They'll also have access to a "Brain Board," experts from local universities who study areas such as sleep, ADHD and artificial intelligence. The lab also contains monitoring systems to track brain activity, heart rate, cortisol levels and technology-addiction loops.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Vinaya has already been in research mode, doing small studies prior to bigger ones in the lab. One looked at how people and businesses interact with email as a medium in order to find a remedy for the "<a href="http://www.vinaya.com/lab/#/insights-email-epidemic/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">email epidemic</a>." Their report explores how digital communication affects our productivity, habits and happiness, and also encourages us to think differently about our email etiquette.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> The team also conducted a social experiment on eye contact in an effort to "shed light on a culture starved of presence." In the video shown below, "I See You," the team gathered 10 strangers to make eye contact and silently acknowledge each other for five minutes — though those five minutes might be nothing compared to a sitting with <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/mar/19/art-marina-abramovic-moma" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Marina Abramovic</a>.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> </div> <div class="popout" style="margin-left: -125px; max-width: 120%;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="422" id="managed-yt-1" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UitQu82bTG0?enablejsapi=1&" style="height: 422px; width: 750px;" width="750"></iframe></div> <br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> While the lab will provide its research to the design studio, the company has already introduced a a new tech product. <a href="http://www.vinaya.com/studio/#/altruis/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Altrius</a> is a Bluetooth-enabled piece of jewelry, like Ringly, that pairs with an app to notify you of calls, text messages and emails. It vibrates when a specific person contacts you or when a keyword is used in a message.</div> <figure class="image" style="margin: 0px 0px 50px; position: relative;"><div style="padding: 0px;"> <span class="lightbox-expand"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="m!462f" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></span></div> <div class="microcontent-wrapper" style="clear: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;"> <div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="" data-fragment="m!462f" data-image="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA2L2ZjL0FMVFJVSVNfaW5zLmVjMWM3LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/6adbb0ac/2a1/ALTRUIS_inspiration.jpg" data-url="" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; background: rgb(246, 245, 241); height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"> <a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/07/vinaya-research-lab-london/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/07/vinaya-research-lab-london/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-google_plus google_plus" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/07/vinaya-research-lab-london/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #f02f16; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-pinterest pinterest" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/07/vinaya-research-lab-london/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #bf1e25; display: inline-block; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div> <img alt="ALTRUIS" class="for-lightbox" data-caption="" data-credit-label="" data-credit-link="" data-credit-name="Vinaya" data-credit-provider="Custom type" data-fragment="m!462f" data-image="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA2L2ZjL0FMVFJVSVNfaW5zLmVjMWM3LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/6adbb0ac/2a1/ALTRUIS_inspiration.jpg" data-micro="1" data-width="1000" src="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA2L2ZjL0FMVFJVSVNfaW5zLmVjMWM3LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/6adbb0ac/2a1/ALTRUIS_inspiration.jpg" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 625px;" title="ALTRUIS" /></div> <br /> <div class="image-credit" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; color: #777777; float: right; font-style: italic; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 18.75px; margin-top: 12px; max-width: 625px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"> <div style="padding: 0px;"> IMAGE: VINAYA</div> </div> </figure><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Unsworth said the design team is in the midst of developing other products, though the next one won't be a wearable but another device that will promote a healthy relationship with technology.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <em>Have something to add to this story? 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<img alt="15709701215_7ac0f1bce5_k" height="359" src="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA2LzhlLzE1NzA5NzAxMjE1LjU3Y2QxLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTk1MHg1MzQjCmUJanBn/684b044c/9c8/15709701215_7ac0f1bce5_k.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Don't call it Touch ID-gate, but more than a handful of users report a similar problem.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> A handful of users in Apple's Support Communities <a href="https://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?type=discussion&showAnsweredFirst=true&q=touch+id+9.1" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">report</a> that Touch ID is buggy and unresponsive with iOS 9.1. Users say Touch ID works more slowly — and often not at all — when updating to iOS 9.1 from a previous iOS version.</div> <div class="see-also" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <div class="inline-ad-seealso" style="margin: 0px 18.75px 0px auto; max-width: 625px;"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> While many users on Apple's Support Communities and some on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/search?q=touch+id+ios+9.1&restrict_sr=on" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Reddit</a> are reporting similar issues, it doesn't seem to be widespread. A quick poll of the <em>Mashable</em> office revealed only three cases of this issue, including issues with my own device.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> I began noticing Touch ID performance issues on my personal iPhone 6S after installing iOS 9.1. When first using the phone with iOS 9, Touch ID unlocked the phone instantaneously. With iOS 9.1, Touch ID responded much more infrequently with manual passcode inputs often required. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="an-attempt-to-rectify" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div> <blockquote class="microcontent-wrapper pullquote" style="border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px !important; clear: left; color: #777777; float: left; height: auto; margin: 15px 15px 35px -125px; max-width: 45%; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; position: relative; width: 400px;"> <div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="An attempt to rectify the Touch ID issue with the iOS 9.2 Public Beta didn't produce any positive results." data-fragment="an-attempt-to-rectify" data-url="" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; background: rgb(246, 245, 241); height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"> <a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/06/touch-id-ios-9-1-bugs/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/06/touch-id-ios-9-1-bugs/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div> </blockquote> <span class="microcontent" data-description="An attempt to rectify the Touch ID issue with the iOS 9.2 Public Beta didn't produce any positive results." data-fragment="an-attempt-to-rectify" data-micro="1">An attempt to rectify the Touch ID issue with the iOS 9.2 Public Beta didn't produce any positive results.</span><br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> To rule out the possibility of my fingers being the issue, I set up Touch ID on an iPhone 6S review unit at the <em>Mashable</em>offices, also running iOS 9.1. Unlike my phone, the review unit worked flawlessly.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Some users, including two <em>Mashable</em> staffers, report that Touch ID is especially problematic with specific apps as well as the App and iTunes stores. On my phone, I've had issues across the board, including Apple Wallet.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> A representative for Apple has yet to respond to a <em>Mashable</em> request for comment.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Unfortunately for users experiencing these issues, there doesn't seem to be a currently available solution as this is very likely a software issue. Even though the iOS 9.2 Public Beta didn't fix the issue on my particular phone, it doesn't mean that the final build of iOS 9.2 won't fix the problem.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> This isn't worthy of a -gate suffix yet, but this issue is common enough to be noteworthy.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <em>Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.</em></div>

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Don't call it Touch ID-gate, but more than a handful of users report a similar problem. A handful of users in Apple's Support C...

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