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Summer Game Fest 2022 happened today (June 9) and had the usual array of trailers for previously announced titles and world-premiere exclusive reveals. Since E3 was unceremoniously canceled this year, Geoff Keighley's event could be seen as the unofficial kickoff to what otherwise would have been "E3 week." To that end, Summer Games Fest 2022 served its purpose of getting game fans hyped for upcoming titles. Some of the biggest reveals included seeing Guile debut as a "brand-new" character in Street Fighter 6, the leaked The Last of Us Remake trailer, another look at the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and more footage of Gotham Knights.

The Mac Studio comes as Apple’s Mac business soars thanks to Apple’s powerful M1 chips. Mac sales were up 23% in 2021, to $35 billion, for example, and 36% from 2019, the year before Apple started its transition away from Intel. I tested the Mac Studio with Apple’s new 27-inch $1,599 Studio Display, which also goes on sale Friday. It’s the first consumer-oriented screen from Apple since the Thunderbolt Display, which was introduced in 2011 and discontinued in 2016. And, combined, you can think of the Studio Display and the Mac Studio as a replacement for the iMac Pro, which Apple stopped selling last year.

But the festivities aren't done yet! Upcoming summer events include Devolver Digital's "Marketing Countdown to Marketing" show, Netflix's Geeked Week gaming presentation, the Tribeca Games Spotlight, the Xbox + Bethesda Showcase, the PC Gaming Show, the Capcom Showcase and the MultiVersus Pro Player Showcase. A busy summer awaits. Did you just make the upgrade to a computer with Windows 10? If you're used to Windows XP, 7, or 8, you might find the new menus and gestures take some getting used to. Here are a few tutorials available to familiarize you with the new layout and get you connected to USD's network:

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You also don’t get Face ID like you do on the iPad Pro. Instead, you unlock the iPad with a fingerprint reader hidden in the power button. It works fine, but I like that the iPad Pro just unlocks right when I start using it.Many Apple services, including the App Store, Apple Arcade, Music, iMessage and Maps experienced outages on Monday. Service was restored by about 3:45 p.m. ET. The outage impacted some apps and people differently. In some cases, an app like the App Store would load but would hang or wouldn’t let you download an app. In other cases, the app won’t load altogether. It’s not clear what caused the outage and an Apple spokesperson declined to comment. Bloomberg said the outage impacted Apple’s internal services for corporate and retail employees, too, and had “hindered product repairs, swaps and item pickups.”

The company announced several new features for the iPhone’s Wallet app at its developers conference Monday that directly compete with products from other fintech companies such as Affirm and PayPal. The big one: a buy now, pay later service called Apple Pay Later. That announcement sent Affirm shares down more than 5% Monday, and they were down an additional 4% as of Tuesday morning. Apple will also launch a new payments system later this month that lets you pay someone by tapping your iPhone against theirs. It’s a direct competitor to Block’s Square. And Wallet in iOS 16 will let you track online orders you buy through Apple Pay.