Review: Fire Tonight

Fire Tonight features a unique premise, but one that endears the player to its characters and the world. Set in 1990, Devin and Maya are separated in their city by a strange fire. They have the will to see each other, but face many obstacles due to road closures and cops being out patrolling to keep people out of certain areas. Because of the setting, they can’t use cell phones or the internet to communicate and they don’t have pagers – so they’re left with using payphones to attempt to call one another, but the fire is messing up the signal....

June 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1276 words · Keith Martin

Review: HyperX Cloud Stinger Core Wireless

HyperX’s Cloud series of gaming headsets have been providing gamers with a wide variety of options to fit different budgets. The Cloud Stinger Core Wireless is one of their more affordable options and just recently has joined the ranks of headsets that are now available in white. We recently got our hands on one of the white models which is a nice contrast to the thirty or so black headsets in my collection....

June 17, 2025 · 4 min · 819 words · Robert Porter

Save $950 off the Alienware x16 gaming laptop with RTX 4080

You should be prepared to spend some serious cash if you want to buy a powerful gaming laptop like the Alienware x16, but fortunately, there are savings that you can enjoy with your purchase. Dell has slashed the machine’s price with a $950 discount, so it’s down from $3,450 to $2,500 — it’s still not a budget-friendly device, but it’s a reasonable price considering its capabilities. This bargain may not last long though, asgaming laptop dealsalmost always expire sooner than you think, so you have to proceed with the transaction as soon as possible if you’re interested....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 355 words · Lucas Caldwell

Sprint Laying Off 8,000 By End Of March

Sprint Laying Off 8,000 By End Of March Sprint have become the latest company toannounce job losses, with the news that the carrier is making 8,000 employees redundant in an attempt to reduce labor costs by around $1.2bn. No specific details regarding the job losses have been revealed, though Sprint say they will “impact all levels of the company” together with varying across geographic locations. In addition, pay increases and 401(k) contributions will also be affected....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 537 words · Wanda Anderson

Terminator: Dark Fate Will Be Rated-R Promises James Cameron

We still have a great many questions aboutTerminator: Dark Fate, but fans can possibly sleep a bit easier knowing that the latest movie in the long-running franchise is going to be R-rated. This welcome bit of information comes directly from James Cameron, who created the franchise and has returned this time around as a creative producer. Cameron not only assures that the new entry will be R-rated, but he makes it clear this will be, in more than one way, much more similar to the first two movies in the series....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 488 words · Stacy Mitchell

The email service I switched to when I got serious about privacy

If you have a role that lets youwork from homeor remotely, you’ve probably spent a day or two in a coffee shop. Sitting down with a nice caffeinated beverage and cranking through some emails is a productive way to spend some time between calls, meetings, and presentations. While theWi-Fi situationmight not be the greatest, you tell yourself it doesn’t matter as you’re not in a stuffy office or even your own home for a while....

June 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1148 words · Daniel Reyes

The M1299 Howitzer: Why This Extended-Range Cannon Is So Important

The M1299 Howitzer: Why This Extended-Range Cannon Is So Important As anyone keeping up with the war in Ukraine can tell you, artillery is still very much a force in modern warfare. They may be aided by GPS and drone observers, and the pieces may maneuver themselves around the battlefield instead of depending on trucks to haul them, but cannons that can obliterate a target from over the horizon without needing a battleship to carry them are still among the most devastating weapons the world’s militaries have produced....

June 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1236 words · Amanda Moody

This Tiny Self-Driving Robot Is Has No Batteries, Yet Can Run Indefinitely's How

This Tiny Self-Driving Robot Is Has No Batteries, Yet Can Run Indefinitely - Here’s How One of the biggest challenges when deploying robots at an industrial scale is their power requirement and ability to navigate spaces that would otherwise not be possible by conventional human-operated machines. In 2021, the experts atZhejiang Universitydeveloped a fish-inspired soft robot that was able to navigate the Mariana Trench, but subsequent exploration was held back by the limited-capacity lithium-based battery fitted inside the robot and the challenges of withstanding such extreme conditions of temperature and pressure at nearly 10,000 meters below the sea level....

June 17, 2025 · 4 min · 706 words · Cindy Stone

Twitter Buys Tweetdeck for $40-$50 Million

Twitter has acquired the popular Tweetdeck platform for a rumored buyout of $40-$50 million. This move is surprising considered thatTweetdeck very recently updated its iPhone appwith a whole new design and set of features. Tweetdeck has been a staple, cross-platform Twitter client for years. Twitter’s buyout seems to be a reaction toUberMedia’soriginal proposal to buy Tweetdeck. What does this mean for the Twitter/Tweetdeck apps? That’s the question on everyone’s mind....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 381 words · Stephen Gordon

Tyler James Williams Wins First Golden Globe for Abbott Elementary

Abbott ElementarystarTyler James Williamshas won his first Golden Globe. Williams plays beloved substitute-turned-full time teacher Gregory Eddie on the ABC sitcom, and his performance earned the actor a golden statuette for Best Supporting Actor in a TV series. The actor used his sweet acceptance speech to call attention to the untold stories of real-life public school teachers like Greg and his colleagues, who are perpetually overworked, underpaid, and underappreciated. “I truly, truly appreciate this, and I pray that this is a win for Gregory Eddie,“an emotional Williams began....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 363 words · Haley Duncan

Watch Netflix Bring Squid Game to Life in Los Angeles

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past month, you’ve undoubtedly at least heard of Netflix’s powerhouse show,Squid Game. Having taken the country by storm,Squid Gamehas become one of Netflix’s biggest series hits to date. And now, some fans of the show got to participate in some of the show’s activities, although in a far less, shall we say, deadly fashion. In an effort to celebrate themassive popularity of its hit show, as well as the Halloween season, Netflix set up aSquid Gamearea in Los Angeles....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 490 words · Adam Brooks

We have bad news about the RTX 5090

We’ve been expecting Nvidia to launch itsRTX 50-series GPUs, starting with the RTX 5090, in the back half of this year. However, a credible hardware leaker says the timeline is slipping. According to the leaker, Nvidia won’t launch the RTX 5090 until the beginning of 2025. The news comes from kopite7kimi on X (formerly Twitter), who says they think that the RTX 50-series won’t launch until CES 2025, which takes place in January....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 466 words · Daniel Coleman

What Exactly Is DEF & What Does The Acronym Stand For?

What Exactly Is DEF & What Does The Acronym Stand For? The modern world relies on vehicles of all kinds for everything from personal transportation to the facilitation of international trade. These vehicles — which range from passenger cars and SUVs to diesel semi trucks, airplanes, and cargo ships — are extremely impressive feats of engineering and have had an immense impact on contemporary life. However, they do have a downside: namely, the harmful emissions they frequently expel into our atmosphere....

June 17, 2025 · 4 min · 797 words · Kimberly Bolton