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New Jersey, United States,-Mr Accuracy Reportspublished new research on GlobalCAD Libraries Softwarecovering micro level of analysis by competitors and key business segments (2022-2029). The Global CAD Libraries Software explores comprehensive study on various segments like opportunities, size, development, innovation, sales and overall growth of major players. The research is carried out on primary and secondary statistics sources and it consists both qualitative and quantitative detailing.

Some of the Major Key players profiled in the study are3D ContentCentral, PARTsolutions, Thomas, GrabCAD Library, CAD Blocks Free, HALFEN, CUI, 3D Warehouse, 3DModelSpace, IntrinSIM, TraceParts

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Various factors are responsible for the markets growth trajectory, which are studied at length in the report. In addition, the report lists down the restraints that are posing threat to the global CAD Libraries Software market. This report is a consolidation of primary and secondary research, which provides market size, share, dynamics, and forecast for various segments and sub-segments considering the macro and micro environmental factors. It also gauges the bargaining power of suppliers and buyers, threat from new entrants and product substitute, and the degree of competition prevailing in the market.

Global CAD Libraries Software Market Segmentation:

CAD Libraries Software Segmentation by Type:

Web-based, On-premise.

CAD Libraries Software Segmentation by Application:

Large Enterprises, SMEs

Key market aspects are illuminated in the report:

Executive Summary:It covers a summary of the most vital studies, the Global CAD Libraries Software market increasing rate, modest circumstances, market trends, drivers and problems as well as macroscopic pointers.

Study Analysis:Covers major companies, vital market segments, the scope of the products offered in the Global CAD Libraries Software market, the years measured and the study points.

Company Profile:Each Firm well-defined in this segment is screened based on a products, value, SWOT analysis, their ability and other significant features.

Manufacture by region:This Global CAD Libraries Software report offers data on imports and exports, sales, production and key companies in all studied regional markets

Market Segmentation: By Geographical Analysis

The Middle East and Africa(GCC Countries and Egypt)North America(the United States, Mexico, and Canada)South America(Brazil etc.)Europe(Turkey, Germany, Russia UK, Italy, France, etc.)Asia-Pacific(Vietnam, China, Malaysia, Japan, Philippines, Korea, Thailand, India, Indonesia, and Australia)

The cost analysis of the Global CAD Libraries Software Market has been performed while keeping in view manufacturing expenses, labor cost, and raw materials and their market concentration rate, suppliers, and price trend. Other factors such as Supply chain, downstream buyers, and sourcing strategy have been assessed to provide a complete and in-depth view of the market. Buyers of the report will also be exposed to a study on market positioning with factors such as target client, brand strategy, and price strategy taken into consideration.

Key questions answered in the report include:

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Table of Contents

Global CAD Libraries Software Market Research Report 2022 2029

Chapter 1 CAD Libraries Software Market Overview

Chapter 2 Global Economic Impact on Industry

Chapter 3 Global Market Competition by Manufacturers

Chapter 4 Global Production, Revenue (Value) by Region

Chapter 5 Global Supply (Production), Consumption, Export, Import by Regions

Chapter 6 Global Production, Revenue (Value), Price Trend by Type

Chapter 7 Global Market Analysis by Application

Chapter 8 Manufacturing Cost Analysis

Chapter 9 Industrial Chain, Sourcing Strategy and Downstream Buyers

Chapter 10 Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors/Traders

Chapter 11 Market Effect Factors Analysis

Chapter 12 Global CAD Libraries Software Market Forecast

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CAD Libraries Software Market is expected to reach a value of USD 1,721,231.5 Million By 2027- 3D ContentCentral, PARTsolutions, Thomas, GrabCAD...

At a glanceExperts RatingPros

ShadowMaker is fast, easy, reliable backup and the free version nicely takes care of the basics. A Pro version with more features is available via subscription and perpetual licenses.

$79

MiniTool ShadowMaker, a first-rate backup program with a competent free version has evolved quite a bit since our look at version 2.0. Its also now available as a subscription or a with a perpetual license. A rather pricey $79 three-seat, perpetual license is up $50 from the last time we looked. Theres a lot of competition at this price point. Just saying.

Note: This review is part of ourroundup of thebest Windows backup software.Go there for details about competing products and how we tested them.

ShadowMaker 3.6 occupies approximately 225MB of disk space, and is a particularly clean install, leaving only a single process running in the backgroundits scheduler. The interface is on the dark side and uses the squarish Zune design metaphor of Windows 8/10.

All major categories of functions are available from the main page, and the program is largely intuitive if youre even somewhat familiar with the backup process. I could argue some of the labels and language, but that would be nigglingthe program steps you through most operations in a logical, friendly manner.

As I hinted at, ShadowMaker is one of the more competent backup freebies out there. For basic imaging, file and folder copy, folder sync, and disk cloning it will get the job done quickly and easily. The major omission is disaster recovery, unless you count a cloned disk that you can swap in for a failed drive. Thats certainly a viable alternative. Otherwise, youll need to reinstall Windows then run ShadowMaker Free to get your data back.

To be honest, on those super-rare occasions Windows has gone belly-up on me, Ive always taken advantage of the opportunity to get rid of all the accumulated junk with a fresh install. Just a thought.

There are several additional features available in the $79 ($6 a month/$36 a year) Pro Ultimate version. First and foremost is the Windows PE-based disaster recovery media. PE allows the program to operate just like the installed version. Other additions include support for command-line backups, incremental and differential backups, automatic culling, network PXE booting, as well as SSL encryption.

But my favorite pay feature is backup of remote computers. Enter the IP address (see below) of the remote computer running ShadowMaker, the program reboots, and all the disks, partitions, and files from the remote computer are now available as backup choices. You can access and back them up using the same wizards you use to back up the local machine.

This means I can keep my lazy toukus at my main machine, and back up any other PC on the network. Sweet, and possibly the reason youll want to pay for the three-seat licenses. Now if only ShadowMaker were available for the Mac and Linux.

ShadowMaker 3.6 was exceptionally fast at all normal operations: creating images, syncing folders, mounting images, etc. It was unbelievably fast backing up the main partition (with 75GB of stuff) on my test rig. Indeed, I thought it was failing until I mounted the images and checked the result. The compression rate was quite high as well, with the backup weighing in at a mere 18GB.

On the other hand, the clone disk function lacks any resizing/restore to fit capability, and even when I provided an identically-sized SSD, it balked. The process with ShadowMaker requires a larger-capacity disk.

To be fair, not restoring or cloning to smaller-capacity drives is a common issue (Windows own backup wont do it). But this was the first time Ive seen a like-sized drive disqualified. If you want to adjust sizes of partitions during backup or restore, look to the Mac daddy of imaging: R-Drive Image.

Also, when youre backing up an entire disk, make sure youve manually selected all the partitions. ShadowMaker wont select all of them by default, even omitting the main data partition in one case.

The free version of ShadowMaker is a very competent free backup program with few peers at the price (there are ads). However, when it comes to paying for ShadowMaker.

I can understand (if not like) subscriptions for software that is continually evolving and acquiring new features. But its difficult to fathom the logic in monthly payments for backup software thats largely feature complete. If you only use it once a year, a month of rental could make sense, and the free version can access the images it created should you need to restore in the future. Or you could rent it again when you need to restore.

But largely Im left weighing the value of the $79 (three-seat license) ShadowMaker Pro Ultimate. Theres stiff competition from products such as Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office and the aforementioned R-Drive Image, which cost less. I love ShadowMakers remote backup trick and its a possible deal-maker, but the program is still a hard sell at the price.

Irrespective of monetary outlay, ShadowMaker has matured nicely since our previous looks. It was very reliable in testing and its very fast. Download the 30-day trial of Pro Ultimate and give it a whirl. It might just suit your needs.

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Temporal analysis of megadisturbance impacts in the AHNP

Before 2016, very little impact was detected by the GFCC product (Table 1). Hernndez Rodrguez and Cruz Flores15 likewise reported very small spectral variations between 2000 and 2010 over the National Park, suggesting little impacts on the vegetation cover. In the 20002015 time period, seven tropical storms were registered whose track passed through the earternmost region of Cuba (Fig.6,27), including Tropical Storm Isaac (2012) whose trajectory crossed the Park. Maximum wind speed registered for Tropical Storm Isaac (2012) was about 50 knots, significantly lower than the 112 knots of Hurricane Matthew.

Track of the tropical storms registered in the 20002017 time period, easternmost region of the Republic of Cuba27. The Alejandro de Humboldt National Park is highlighted in red colour. The map was created using ArcGIS 10.7 software (https://support.esri.com/en/products/desktop/arcgis-desktop/arcmap/10-7-1).

Two tropical storms in this region reached hurricane category in the 20002015 time period: Hurricane Ike (2008, 111 knots) passed about 60km North of the National Park area, and Hurricane Sandy (2012, 100 knots) passed about 90km West of the National Park area (Fig.6). Wind speeds of these meteors in the National Park area were typical of tropical storms. The megadisturbance impacted area estimated for 2008 and 2012 were only 21.6ha and 9.8ha, respectively. A thorough visual inspection of high resolution imagery in the GoogleEarth archive confirmed this low visible impact in 2008 and 2012.

By contrast, Hurricane Matthew passed about 30km East of the National Park area (Fig.7,28), with close to maximum hurricane force wind speeds affecting the Easternmost part of the National Park.

Hurricane Matthews track and distribution of wind fields during its passage over Eastern Cuba on 5th of October 201616,28. Most of the Park area is within Hurricane force windfield. The map was created using ArcGIS 10.7 software (https://support.esri.com/en/products/desktop/arcgis-desktop/arcmap/10-7-1).

The significative decrease in spectral indices in the AHNP in 20162017 with respect to 20002015 (Table 4) is in contrast with the general increase in NDVI found by Cruz Flores et al.29 accross the national protected areas between 20112015 and 20162018. The latter study was based on NDVI maps at 300m spatial resolution, and was not meant to capture local trends. In our approach, the GFCC and NDVI products at 30m spatial resolution provide the means of quantifying megadisturbance at the scale of National Protected Areas.

In 2016, the estimation of the area impacted using NDVI and GFCC is similar (12.6% and 11.8% of the AHNP total area, respectively). NDVI tends to capture temporary vegetation impacts whereas GFCC, based on the wetness, brightness and greenness indices, should be sensitive to longer lasting impacts11. This similarity suggests that megadisturbance occurred in 2016 was mainly associated with defoliation caused by the Hurricane Matthew impact16, remaining after three month (early OctoberDecember 2016). A depression in NDVI three month after Hurricane Mara was likewise reported in Puerto Rico by Hu and Smith8.

By contrast, in 2017, no major extreme event occurred, and yet, megadisturbance was detected in an additional 1276 hectares (1.8% of the National Park area). Perturbance, possibly related to prolonged drought, was registered in Cuban national protected areas, including AHPN, before 201613,30 and in 201631. The degradation detected in the "forest loss" product in 2017 could relate to a long lasting effect of the megadisturbance combining Hurricane Matthew and prolonged droughts in previous years. This interesting finding could corroborate de Beurs et al.'s hypothesis12 that studies based on the change detection of appropriate remote sensing spectral indices at medium resolution (1030m) may detect persistent defoliation and degradation following the combination of several extreme events (in this case a hurricane event and previous prolonged droughts).

Hurricane Matthew passed a few kilometers East of the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park in the Atlantic ocean (Fig.7,28). The large area impacted in the easternmost part of the AHNP (especially in the Toa watershed and along the coast) seems largely related to the high wind speeds and the strength of the vortices in the vicinity of the hurricane trajectory.

Additionally, according to the exposition map in Fig.8, forests on slopes with exposition near to the South-east were most vulnerable to impacts, presumably because the general direction of Hurricane Matthew was from South-east to North-west. For example, slopes with predominant exposition to the South in the Jaguani watershed were particularly impacted (Fig.8). By contrast, few forests with exposition to the North were impacted.

Predominant slope expositions in megadisturbance impacted forests (mapped in Fig.3) of the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park. The map was created using ArcGIS 10.7 software (https://support.esri.com/en/products/desktop/arcgis-desktop/arcmap/10-7-1).

Temporary impact on lowland rainforest areas is illustrated in Fig.9 using Sentinel-2 colour composites and NDVI images before and after the Hurricane Matthew event. The NDVI map indicates redensification of vegetation 15months later in these areas (Fig.9).

Sentinel-2 colour composites and NDVI images of the Jaguan watershed (a tributary of the Toa river), Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, before and after the Hurricane Matthew event in October 2016.

Prolonged impact on the coastal swamp forest is illustrated in Fig.10 using Sentinel-2 colour composites and NDVI images before the Hurricane Matthew event and in December 2018 (15 Months after the event). On the right hand side of the images, persistent defoliation was observed in December 2018 in patches that showed dense vegetation in September 2016, just before the event. The local increase in sea level and the scattering of saline water during the hurricane event may both have caused high mortality of trees in parts of the coastal swamp forest.

Sentinel-2 colour composites and NDVI images of a coastal area (between Taco Bay to the Southeast, and the Jaragu Point to the Northwest), Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, before and after the Hurricane Matthew event in October 2016.

NDVI distribution has been statistically documented at the national level in the Republic of Cuba12,32 or national park level15,29. Additionally, remotely sensed spectral indices have been assessed in Cuba for forest loss versus forest persistence in forest management areas33. Based on a similar use of spectral indices, our study provides the first methodology for degradation assessment in national protected areas in the Caribbean. Our methodology and cartographic dataset could enrich the impact assessment framework of local forest management companies in charge of national protected areas in Cuba (e.g. in Baracoa for AHNP34).

In our study, the area impacted by megadisturbance was estimated applying good practices of area change estimation22,23 to the GFCC product. Accordingly, the "forest loss" layer only slightly underestimated (by 9%) the megadisturbed area (11,110 hectares). This result contrasts with results of studies on the forest loss layer over areas of anthropic deforestation, degradation and selective logging sites where much more underestimation was registered35,36,37. Megadisturbance events (e.g. hurricanes, prolonged droughts) may affect forests on a much larger extent and more homogeneously than anthropic intervention, which makes the GFCC forest loss layer more accurate at estimating impacted areas in the case of megadisturbance.

Recent degradation studies in the neotropical forests do not make use of the GFCC product to estimate degradation because most disturbance is due to shifting cultivation38. By contrast, in the case of little anthropic disturbance, our study suggests that the GFCC product can be useful for the assessment of megadisturbance impacts. In a long-term Typhoon study in Taiwan, Lin et al.39 document thatit took two years for litterfall to return to pre-Typhoon levels after a major event in 1994, and annual peak leaf area index only returned to pre-event levels after ten years. This recovery timescale corroborates that the yearly forest loss GFCC product could successfully capture the spatial distribution of megadisturbance impacts in subtropical settings. According to de Beurs et al.12, recovery from megadisturbance appeared much slower using the disturbance index (DI), than using NDVI. The GFCC "forest loss" product is partly based on the greenness, wetness and brightness indices of the Landsat sensor bands, which are used to compute the DI index.

Limitations of our study include difficulties in the accuracy assessment process: Verification sites, visible on the high resolution imagery of the Google Earth archive, are not necessarily identifiable in the Landsat imagery used to generate the GFCC "forest loss" product. As a consequence, in mountainous settings, geometric errors due to cumulated uncertainties in the georeferenciation of the Landsat imagery and of the high resolution imagery could generate errors in the accuracy assessment process. This difficulty is hard to overcome with the visual assessment of sites in some homogenous forested environmentson the Landsat imagery because of the (too coarse) 30m spatial resolution. Annual forest loss maps at 10m resolution (near to crown scale) derived from Sentinel-2, for example, should be more adapted to the application of forest degradation estimation in the future.

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Peacock, NBCUniversal's streaming platform, has experienced a surge in growth since its arrival on the scene in July 2020. Though not as large as some of its rivals, the platform looks similar toNetflix,Hulu,Disney PlusandHBO Max, with a tiled interface lined with famous network shows.

But unlike those other services, Peacock has a version that's completely free to watch with ads. In that respect it's similar tofree streaming servicessuch as Pluto TV, Tubi and Roku Channels, but with a better selection. Peacock's free tier offers about 40,000 hours of ad-supported content. You'll find shows, movies, news,live sportsand skit-style clips, with standouts including The Office, Parks and Recreation, Modern Family, 30 Rock and Downton Abbey: A New Era.

The catch? Many marquee series only include the first two seasons with the free tier -- you'll need to upgrade to Peacock Premium at $5 a month to binge it all. Popular shows like Bel-Air and Yellowstone also only offer one episode on the free tier, with the rest behind the Premium paywall. And some shows, like Parks and Recreation and The Office, are only available as complete series on Premium.

Peacock's live sports offering is a strength, although most live events require a Premium subscription. It has NFL Sunday Night Football, theUS Open,MLBon Sunday mornings, WWE wrestling, Premier League and more.

If you upgrade to the Premium tier ($5 a month or $50 a year, with ads) or the PremiumPlus tier ($10 a month or $100 a year), you'll get access to the full catalog of 60,000 hours of content. You'll also get next-day access to new episodes of all current NBC shows and even early access to Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon the night they air.

The free version of Peacock is worth exploring, but whether you're willing to pay $5 to $10 a month when you already have the other major streaming services will depend on how much you want to watch favorites like The Office, Yellowstone and live sports.

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I tested out Peacock's ad-supported free tier and its ad-supported $5-a-month Premium tier. (You don't need a credit card to sign up for the free account, just an email address, which is nice.) Peacock promises that you'll see 5 minutes or less of ads per hour across both ad-supported tiers.

My experience varied depending on the show and device. While watching The Hitman's Bodyguard on a Roku TV, there were six ads sprinkled throughout the film, ranging from 20 to 60 seconds each. Peacock even marks midroll ad breaks so you know when to expect them. But when it played on the iPhone app, there was a notice that we would watch 135 seconds of ads at the beginning, and none for the rest. That option would be great to have on the Apple TV too to get the ads out of the way, but unfortunately it's not (yet).

After scrolling around and watching a bunch of ads, when I went back to start The Hitman's Bodyguard again, there were no ads at all, because I had already seen 5 minutes' worth in the previous hour. It does seem like if you pop in and out of a movie or show, the ad count may reset.

On episodes of Saturday Night Live, there were seven to nine ads sprinkled throughout the episode on both mobile and TV. This is about the same ad experience as watching onHulu's $7-a-month ad-supported plan, or on regular live TV -- except it's free.

It's also worth mentioning that some subscribers to the most-expensive ad-free paid version will still see ads on "a small amount of programming, Peacock channels, live events, and a few TV shows and movies," according to Peacock.

Peacock's homepage and Browse section is similar to other streaming services. There's a big carousel of "hero" tiles at the top and rows of thumbnails below, labeled Peacock Picks, Continue Watching, Riveting Stories, Peacock Originals, Featured Films, What's Your Sign? and so on.For Pride Month, there's also some carousels highlighting LGBTQ movies and TV shows including Modern Family and Queer as Folk. You can also seamlessly search for specific titles, but if you type in "originals," it won't spit out a list of Peacock Originals.

Peacock does have a Kids page with a couple of shows like Barney and Curious George on its free tier, but its most popular shows, including Dreamworks' Dragons: Riders of Berk and The Croods: Family Tree, are only available with a paid subscription. Parents do have the option of setting a PIN-enabled parental lock to limit the age range of content displayed, but there's unfortunately no option to filter out Premium content, which may leave kids frustrated at how many shows are unavailable to them.

Premium shows are mixed in with free offerings, denoted by a little purple feather in the top left corner. It reminds me a bit of Amazon Prime Video, which has shows included in your subscription mixed in with those you have to pay extra for. The app isn't forceful in trying to get you to upgrade, though: You'll only be asked if you want to change to premium if you click on a premium-only show, or if you go to your Account page.

You can stream on up to three devices simultaneously from one account. One negative: Unlike on Netflix, there's no "skip intro" button, so you'll have to hear theme songs over and over unless you manually fast-forward.

One of Peacock's biggest advantages is its access to NBC's strong catalog of content, and its sister networks and entertainment properties, including Bravo, USA Network, Syfy, Oxygen, E!, CNBC, MSNBC and Universal Pictures. There's also some content licensed from rivals, including A&E, ABC, Fox, History, Nickelodeon, DreamWorks Animation, Focus Features and Lionsgate.

Some of the best shows available on the free tier now are Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock, and Downton Abbey and you get all seasons of each (with the exception of 30 Rock, which is missing one season). Upgrade to premium to get the complete run of older shows including Cheers, Frasier, House and Two and a Half Men. For some shows, however, you get only a recent handful of seasons or episodes, even on premium. For example, you'll only find a few episodes of This Is Us.

The catalog is far from complete, however. Some shows you might associate with NBC, like Friends, Seinfeld and Scrubs aren't on Peacock, and don't seem to be coming any time soon. So far, the most successful Peacock originals have been the Fresh Prince prequel drama, Bel-Air, and Bravo reality showsincluding The Real Housewives of Miami and The Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip. None have garnered quite the same buzz as other streaming platforms' originals, such as Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney Plus or HBO Max exclusive The White Lotus.

In the Movies category, you'll find hundreds of titles, organized by genre, franchise, or what's new in theaters. There are helpful carousels dedicated to '80s and '90s nostalgia, with titles including E.T., Back to the Future, Pretty Woman, and Schindler's List. And there are Peacock Originals such as Psych 3: This Is Gus.

However, Peacock's big-name movies don't alwaysstick around for long. The Twilight saga and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy are set to leave Peacock at the end of June, for example. Others that have come and gone include Reservoir Dogs, Do the Right Thing and Phantom Thread. They may come back, though, a company representative said. And soon, you'll be able to see how long you have to watch a given movie before it expires across all platforms.

Peacock helpfully displays Rotten Tomatoes ratings, both showing the critics' score and the audience score. Movie thumbnails may include a red-tomato, "fresh" rating but don't display a score if the movie is rated "rotten." You can see the score for any movie with a Rotten Tomatoes rating, alongside the audience score, after selecting it. The platform has boasted some immediate streaming rights for theatrical releases, including Jennifer Lopez's Marry Me, Halloween Kills and 2022's Firestarter. In October 2022, Halloween Ends will have a same-day premiere on Peacock.

Michael Myers will close out the newest Halloween saga in theaters and on Peacock.

From Browse, you can navigate to the Channels section of the app, which is another hodgepodge of free content. Channels looks kind of like a cable box grid guide, but instead of various networks and cable channels, you get themed channels around Peacock's programming. These include NBC News Now, Best of WWE, Dateline 24/7, True Crime, and Today: All Day. In addition to more recent programming, some channels focus on older content, from Fallon Tonight, which shows old episodes of The Tonight Show, to SNL Vault, Classic TV, and the Bob Ross Channel. There is also Spanish-language content from Telemundo.

The biggest appeal to Channels for many will likely be its live sports and news programs, which offer a decent selection of live NBC programming without the need for a subscription. These include NBC News Now, Sky News, NBC channels for major cities like New York and Los Angeles, and NBC Sports. You'll also find NBC's new 24-hour version of the Today Show, calledToday All Day, though that includes repackaged Today segments and more lifestyle programming than straight news. However, unlike live TV streaming platforms such as YouTube TV or Hulu With Live TV, there's no option to record programming to a DVR.

Scroll through Peacock channels for 24/7 content.

While there's not too much to complain about in the free tier, the premium offerings still lack several features that competitors like Netflix and Hulu already have.

For one, mobile downloads are still limited to Premium Plus subscribers, the service's most expensive tier. Peacock also still lacks support for4K HDR videoorDolby Atmos, though the company says both of these are also on the future roadmap.

It's free, so why not try it out? If the ads bug you or you want to watch one of the original shows, you can try out its premium tiers free for seven days as well, orfind other dealsdepending on your platform and cable provider; somecable customers can get it for free.

Will Peacock make it onto your daily streaming routine, alongside Netflix and Hulu? Probably not, at least in the short-term. But is it a great free option for finding some older movies and shows you might have missed (or want to watch for the millionth time)? Definitely. If you don't mind watching a few ads, it's a fun place to explore older movies and a big mix of TV shows, and keep up with current NBC shows, news and some live sports in one spot -- especially if you're alreadya cord-cutterand looking to expand your options for free.

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From Software's Elden Ring only released in February, but already its next game - still a mystery for now - is in the "final stages" of development.

As spotted by Gematsu (thanks, PC Gamer), back in 2018, studio boss Hidetaka Miyazaki said that "3.5" of the games the team was currently working on were unannounced, and 4Gamer reached out to ask Miyazaki on their progress.

Since that time, we've had Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, PSVR game, Dracin, and Elden Ring, of course. That leaves just one mysterious game yet to be announced, which may or may not be that heavily-rumoured Armored Core instalment.

At the time, a player reported that they had received a consumer survey directly from the developer which offered plot details, eight screenshots, and even two videos about the unannounced sequel... which does indeed sound like a game in the "final stages" of development.

Whatever it is, though, Miyazaki says "development is currently in the final stages", and is already looking towards the "medium- to long-term" where he'd like to work "on a more abstract fantasy than anything we've done in the past", especially as not all the "ideas and images" from existing game development made it to the final versions.

Interestingly, some have been led by other directors, too.

"We're developing several titles by directors other than myself in addition to the titles that I'm directing, but we're not at the stage where I can share any details yet," he added, adding that when it comes to sequels, "there are merits to both taking over the numbering and creating a new work with a new title".

Miyazaki also confirmed - like other Japanese firms - From has pledged to address starting salaries, and will be increasing the (presumed, but not explicitly specified) monthly starting salary of new graduates to 260,000 - that's around 1500 - as well as make changes to its bonus structure.

As for what those that mysterious game may be about? Well, that's still a mystery for now. However, chances are it'll still feature challenging gameplay; Miyazaki has said that the challenge of From Software's game is "not something [the studio is] willing to abandon", even though he himself "dies a lot" in games.

"We are always looking to improve, but, in our games specifically, hardship is what gives meaning to the experience," Miyazaki said earlier this year. "So it's not something we're willing to abandon at the moment. It's our identity."

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