What if professional networking was as easy as swiping left or right on your phone? That’s the premise ofthe new Ripple app(not to be confusedwith the cryptocurrency app of the same name), which borrows many features from the company that developed it:Tinder, the dating app. But instead of matchmaking for dates, Ripple’s aim isto help you build a professional social networkby quickly pairing you with others who share similar interests and attend similar events....

GameStop has moved to digital-only ordering after receiving intense scrutiny over its initial reaction to concerns over COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus. GameStop initially told employees to refuse to close down stores despite statewide orders throughout the U.S. forcing nonessential businesses to do so. GameStop announced this weekend that all of its U.S. storefronts will close, and it’s moving orders online. The company is offering curbside pickup in addition to its regular online delivery, but gamers must make purchases through the retailer’s website or mobile app....

An 11-count federal indictment filed against 12 Russian military intelligence officers alleges that the group used cryptocurrency to remain anonymous in a scheme against the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2016. They are accused of using these digital coins to pay for the website used to release and publicize stolen election-related documents, keeping their true identities hidden. A month before releasing the stolen documents, the group registered thedcleaks....

I’m not much for PC hardware ecosystems. You usually have to make too many hardware compromises, robbing you of the choice that’s inherent in building your own PCs. Hyte, the brand best known forcases like the Y40and Y60, has a compelling option it has cooked up forCES 2024, though. It’s called Nexus Link, named after the Nexus software used for cases like theHyte Y70. The idea is simple — take all of the cables you’d use for power, lighting, sensors, and cooling and run it through a single connection....

There’s no avoiding it. No matter how well you take care of yourDSLRormirrorlesscamera, at some point or another, there will come a time when dust and dirt accumulate on your sensor. While a single piece here or there won’t necessarily harm your camera or even affect your images, it’s still good practice to clean off your sensor every once in a while. It might seem risky and downright challenging, but in all reality, so long as you go about the process responsibly, cleaning your sensor should be relatively easy, and quite safe....

Let’s face it: Most of us don’t call our own phones very often. If you’re like most people, this means you probably don’t know your own phone number off-hand, especially if you rarely give it out to people or haven’t had it for long, such as after setting up a new account or changing your number after moving to a new town. To make things even more complicated, many modern smartphones let youset up more than one lineusing aneSIM, which gives you more than one number to remember....

Fighting games all handle the end of a match differently. Some have the winner give some quote or taunt to rub a little dirt in their opponent’s face, while others have a more respectful ending like showing the loser applauding the winner.MultiVersusmixes a few of these together, but also includes its own system for showing your appreciation to your fellow competitors in the form of Toast. Difficulty What You Need Toasting inMultiVersusis used with literal toast....

Summary WhileMike Flanagan’s addition toThe Exorcistfranchise sounds exciting, I don’t think any movie could realistically live up to the original movie’s impact, so his remake has me a bit worried. Director David Gordon Green’s 2018Halloweenreboot was a critical and commercial success, spawning a new trilogy that continued with 2021’sHalloween Killsand 2022’sHalloween Ends. These follow-ups failed to earn the same acclaim as 2018’s reboot in what turned out to be a concerning sign of the director’s horror output....

Lift cast: All actors & characters in Netflix movie Lift, a new heist movie directed by F. Gary Gray for Netflix, is just around the corner – so here’s your spoiler-free guide to the cast and characters you need to know. January 2024 was anything but quiet forNetflix— kicking off with its latestHarlan CobenadaptationFool Me Once, which had everyone hooked when it dropped the full season on New Year’s Day....

Microsoft’sHoloLens 2may have a new challenger next year. Smartphone maker Oppo has announced a pair ofaugmented reality glasses, and stated they will be released during the first three months of 2020. Oppo’s AR Glass headset is part of an effort to expand beyond only making smartphones, and was revealed alongside plans fora smartwatch and an Oppo-produced mobile processor. Oppo’s AR Glass is similar in design to HoloLens. A visor stretches across the front of the headset, attached to a band which holds it on your head, plus there is a forehead rest to keep it in position....

Panasonic, once the undisputed leader in TV quality thanks to itsexcellent plasma displays, has been all but absent from the American market in recent years. With only LED TV technology left in its display arsenal, after itgave up on plasma, it wasn’t able to compete with the likes of LG and Samsung. But Panasonic is using CES to remind us that it hasn’t been twiddling its thumbs, and is actually making significant strides with OLED....

Jessica Biel inThe Texas Chainsaw MassacreNew Line / New Line Horror buffs are not a monolith. Broach the topic of Rob Zombie orA24with a group of them and you’ll see how widely opinions can vary. But in the early 2000s, there was something on which every card-carrying fright fan seemed to agree — a new trend that united the whole genre against a common enemy, like the monster ofThe Architects of Fear....

Every seven to 10 years, groups of men head out to with axes hand to harvest cork from oak trees. And although the trees are stripped clean, none of them are harmed in the process. In fact, in Portugal, where roughly 50 percent of the world’s cork comes from, it’s illegal to cut down a cork oak prematurely. Due to its ability to regenerate, cork has proved to be a very sustainable material....