5 Easy DIY Tech Projects Any Beginner Can Tackle

5 Easy DIY Tech Projects Any Beginner Can Tackle With technology advancing at an ever-accelerating rate, the gadgets and innovations you come across daily can often feel like they’ve jumped straight out of a science fiction movie. For instance, you can nowtalk with ChatGPT in your Mercedez-Benzand get a flying security camera to keep an eye on your home. As a new DIY tech enthusiast, you likely won’t be creating such ambitious and cutting-edge devices right off the bat....

August 14, 2025 · 7 min · 1290 words · Christian Wilkerson

5 Instagram Settings You Might Want To Change

5 Instagram Settings You Might Want To Change Instagram is arguably one of the most popular media-sharing platforms to date. Perhaps this is partly because the app is teeming with features that give its users control over the content they share and enjoy from others. Whether you’re a casual Instagram viewer or a power user, it’s always a good idea to explore the many facets of any platform and find settings you can tweak and functions worth using to improve your experience on the app....

August 14, 2025 · 5 min · 1045 words · George Lopez

5 Monitors That Would Work Really Well With Your Mac Mini (According To Reviews)

5 Monitors That Would Work Really Well With Your Mac Mini (According To Reviews) The latestM4 line of Mac Minismight be compact, but these tiny machines hit well above their weight class when it comes to performance becausethey are powered by the M4 chip. The standard Apple M4 is a 10-core CPU that’s designed to have four cores dedicated to performance, while the other six are dedicated to maintaining efficiency. This chip also serves as a 10-core GPU that boasts a lot more graphics power than you would usually be able to get without a dedicated card....

August 14, 2025 · 9 min · 1869 words · Ivan Jones

5 Red Flags That The Worst Car Warranties Have In Common

5 Red Flags That The Worst Car Warranties Have In Common All new cars come with manufacturer warranties to provide assistance in the case of manufacturing defects. Manufacturer warranties don’t typically cover things like routine maintenance, and usually have hard stopping points based on time or mileage. A manufacturer warranty can be helpful, especially if it’s fromone of the better brands, but if you’re looking to get a little extra peace of mind with your car ownership, that would be a job for an extended warranty, also known as a Vehicle Service Contract (VSC)....

August 14, 2025 · 6 min · 1202 words · Shelly Cross

All changes to Storm Point in Apex Legends Season 19 revealed

After an exciting Virtual Press Event and a detailedblog post, we got a ton of new information revealed on all the changes coming to Storm Point in Apex Legends Season 19. Now that the storm has cleared, there’s a lot of infrastructural damage around the island, but Wattson is aiming to restore its power. Let’s dive right into these new features and changes. Apex Legends: Storm Point map changes in Season 19 The main focus for Respawn this Season was toadd a ton of new points of interest (POIs), and reduce the overall map sizeto make it feel a lot tighter....

August 14, 2025 · 4 min · 848 words · Thomas Perez

Apple iPhone 15 vs iPhone 14: Which one's right for you?

Apple iPhone 15 Apple’s iPhone 15 has a steady stream of upgrades, including a USB-C port, faster processor, improved camera and the Dynamic Island makes its debut on non-Pro models. Apple iPhone 14 The Apple iPhone 14 is the base model of the 2022 range, featuring the same hardware as the iPhone 13 but with a faster GPU, upgraded main camera and front camera improvements. It comes in five colour options and retains the notch....

August 14, 2025 · 6 min · 1100 words · James Potter

Apple reveals new iMac with M4 chip, Apple Intelligence and new colors

The first of Apple’slong-rumored M4 Mac upgradeshas arrived. The new base iMac with anM4 chipfeatures an 8-Core CPU and a 10-Core GPU, but it’s configurable to a 10-core CPU/10-Core GPU. The entry-level model costs $1,300, while the higher-end M4 iMac starts at $1,500. Regarding spec upgrades, the RAM has been doubled to 16GB over the 8GB the previous version offered (it’s configurable up to 32GB). 24-inch M4 iMac Apple’s 24-inch iMac is back and is nearly identical to its M3 counterpart....

August 14, 2025 · 2 min · 425 words · Kenneth Morrison MD

AT&T activates 4.7M iPhones in Q3, 77 percent of total smartphone sales

Carrier AT&T, which had a multi-year exclusivity on iPhone sales in the United States, this morning posted its third-quarter earnings, reporting it activated 4.7 million iPhones, representing more than three out of four smartphones activated on its network during the quarter. The number represents approximately a 178 percent increase over the year-ago quarter, when it activated 2.7 million iPhones. AT&T attributed poor postpaid performance to the impact of constrained inventory of the iPhone 5:...

August 14, 2025 · 2 min · 233 words · Kimberly Hughes

Best Gacha Games

Over the course of the last decade, gacha games have gone from a rare genre that only a few Japanese mobile game developers produced to a near mainstream style of gaming, as titles like the Hoyoverse catalog have become household names. However, it can be hard to decipher which gacha games are worth playing and which ones are just cheap cash grabs. Is Zenless Zone Zero Gacha Based? Zenless Zone Zero going gacha would be frustrating for some RPG fans....

August 14, 2025 · 8 min · 1664 words · Todd Giles

Best of 2020 – Day Six: Expansion, Handheld, Developer, Most Disappointing, Worst Game

Quick Links Over the next eight days, Hardcore Gamer will be revealing its Best of 2020 Awards leading up to our Game of the Year. Today we present you with the Best Expansion, Handheld Game, Best Developer, Most Disappointing Game and Worst Game. Please note that Cyberpunk 2077 did not meet our eligibility deadline for Best of 2020 Awards, but will qualify for consideration in our 2021 awards alongside any game released after December 9....

August 14, 2025 · 6 min · 1067 words · Drew Esparza

Black Mass Trailer #3 Has Johnny Depp Terrorizing Boston

Are you ready to be terrified like never before this fall?Black MasshasJohnny Deppslipping into the role of real-life gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, and it could be the moment that defines his career. Athird trailerhas arrived, which showcases the actor’s immense talent. And it’s clear that, as of this moment, he is the one to beat at this year’s Oscars. Black Mass arrives from Warner Bros. Pictures this September, just as the awards season starts to really heat up....

August 14, 2025 · 2 min · 343 words · Amy Campbell

BMW Operating System 8 will run with Android Automotive on some future BMW models

BMW has quietly announced that it’s going to be using Android Automotive on some future BMW models. The company’s cars use its own user interface, currentlyBMW Operating System 8which runs on a Linux-based platform, but the new announcement confirms that the company will be embracing Android Automotive in the future. The move is designed to allow for greater customer customisation and “expanded digital features and options”, according toBMW. Android Automotive is Google’s in-car platform....

August 14, 2025 · 2 min · 316 words · Angela Roberts

British Airways bought 15,000 iPhone XR models for flights

Applehas scored a major new customer: British Airways. The airline recently revealed it purchased 15,000 iPhone XR models. Unfortunately, they’re not for passengers, but instead for its cabin crew. The new phones are part of an effort to give flight attendants better ways of delivering a personalised customer experience, and it follows a trial in which senior cabin crew received new iPad models on every flight. British Airways said the iPhone XRs will come with pre-installed apps that will allow its crew to offer tailored assistance during flights....

August 14, 2025 · 2 min · 287 words · Mary Dixon