Technological winks | The Press

Overview of the news of the week in the world of techno.

24 hour PAUSE

We haven’t heard much about it, but on November 20, the 24-hour PAUSE day took place, which invited young people to take off the screens for a day to spend time with loved ones or practice outdoor activities. According to the report provided to The Press by the Capsana organization, responsible for the event since 2019 with the support of Quebec, 5,669 young people registered for the 2022 edition, vying for a grand prize of $1,000. It is still 40% more than the previous year, and almost five times more than during the first edition, it is emphasized. According to a Léger survey conducted in 2021, 89% of Quebecers would like to reduce the time they spend on the Internet.

iPhone Tip

A function that appeared with iOS 16 now allows you to see and copy the passwords of known Wi-Fi networks. Just go to the settings, then to the Wi-Fi menu which will display all the networks for which you have the password. By pressing the “i” surrounded by a blue circle associated with a network, we see all the information concerning it. The password, as before, is replaced by a series of black circles. This is where the great novelty appears: by pressing these circles, the phone first checks your identity with Face ID and displays the password in clear text, which you can then copy and send to whomever. good seems to us.

pokemons

Pokemon Purple and Pokemon Scarlet, two slightly different variants of the same game launched on November 18, have the ambition to use the usual codes of this franchise, but in an open world where your avatar finds himself on a school bench. Nothing groundbreaking on the menu: the usual good-natured Pokémon fun, pilot-driven adventures, and hundreds of battles with wacky weapons. The result is rather refreshing and dusts off the venerable franchise in its own way. But Game Freak’s developers haven’t been daring and we’re still on familiar ground. Nothing to displease fans, obviously.