How to use BlackBerry’s Privacy Shade

Whether you think it’s important or not, there has been more attention drawn to online privacy recently than ever before. But what about keeping activity on your phone private? We’re talking about the prying eyes of the guy sitting next to you on the train, or another with a long-lens camera sneaking on your emails. The most secure password in the world can’t stop that. What you need is BlackBerry’s Privacy Shade, a feature that comes pre-installed on itsBlackBerry KeyOneandBlackBerry KeyTwoAndroid smartphones, and is also available as a stand-alone app for other Android phones....

August 4, 2025 · 4 min · 679 words · Shannon Wheeler

It’s time to board as the LEGO Ideas The Orient Express finally goes on sale

It’s time to board as the LEGO Ideas The Orient Express finally goes on sale The much-anticipated, beautifully detailed LEGO Ideas The Orient Express set is finally on sale and it is exclusively available. The wait is over.The LEGO IdeasThe Orient Express has finally arrived at the station and it’s time to board. But did you remember your ticket? This is a ride you don’t want to miss. The beautifully-designed locomotive has been reimagined in LEGO form and comprises of 2540 pieces....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 393 words · Shelley Kirby

Kai Cenat wants to settle IShowSpeed & Messi beef with big “surprise”

Kai Cenat wants to settle IShowSpeed & Messi beef with big “surprise” Kai Cenat wants to make IShowSpeed meet Lionel Messi after receiving a big invite, despite Speed’s love of Cristiano Ronaldo. Over the last few years, as IShowSpeed has risen up in the streaming scene, he has made it clear that he adores one football star above the rest – Cristiano Ronaldo. The American streamerhas a Ronaldo-themed car, his streaming setup is basically a shrine to the Portuguese star, and he has awhole host of rare CR7 merchandise to boot....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Craig Fleming

Lithium-ion is just the beginning. Here’s a peek at the future of batteries

By the time Colonel Brent Wilson became base commander at Oahu’s Camp Smith, he’d been deployed in the Gulf and Iraq wars and led numerous defense operations in Kosovo. But the foe he faced at the Hawaiian base was different from any he’d seen on the battlefield as a Marine Corps helicopter pilot. He had to contend with an aging energy infrastructure regularly trampled by tropical weather. “The whole power grid was going down routinely and put us out of business,” explains Wilson who, at the time, was also part of the team responsible for defense operations throughout the Pacific....

August 4, 2025 · 13 min · 2598 words · Robert Gonzalez

Milky Way’s supermassive black hole is wrapped in a vast mantle of cool gas

Artist’s impression of a ring of cool, interstellar gas surrounding the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. New ALMA observations reveal this structure for the first time.NRAO/AUI/NSF; S. Dagnello At the center of our galaxy, approximately 26,000 light-years away, is asupermassive black holecalled Sagittarius A* (pronounced A Star). This epic black hole is four million times the mass of our sun, and is the center point around which our galaxy spins....

August 4, 2025 · 3 min · 451 words · Elizabeth Cook

Monster Hunter Now players slam “terrible” Hunt-a-thon event changes

Monster Hunter Now players slam “terrible” Hunt-a-thon event changes TheMonster Hunter Nowcommunity has called out Niantic over their Hunt-a-thon changes, which many believe had made the game worse. Monster Hunter Now Hunt-a-thons have always been a divisive feature ever since they were added tothe game. While they offer a decent challenge for the community, their reliance on co-op hunting can make them impenetrable for solo players. There’s also the fact that certain monsters like Zinogre are locked behind them, which means farming materials can be incredibly slow....

August 4, 2025 · 3 min · 461 words · Jessica Allison

MSI Prestige 14 review: A fast but flawed laptop

“Why you can trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services and apps to help you make a sound buying decision. Find out we test and score products.“ There are so many14-inch laptopslately that it takes a lot for a new machine to stand out — especially if you throw the 14-inch MacBook Pro into the mix. You need excellent performance, a stellar display, great battery life, or some superior combination of features and functionality....

August 4, 2025 · 12 min · 2398 words · Sharon Macias

New Pokémon Snap: All boss tips

New Pokémon Snapdoesn’t have any traditional boss battles like you’d find in most games, or even most Pokémon games for that matter. This Pokémon safari is not about battling, or even catching, your favorite pocket monsters — unless you count capturing them on film, that is. Even so, there are still boss equivalents to find and photograph on each of the game’s six islands. Technically, there’s no way tolosewhen you encounter them, but getting the best picture is by no means easy....

August 4, 2025 · 5 min · 1044 words · Derrick Norton

New report: music labels, not Spotify, are to blame for poor artist payouts

Taylor Swift made a lot of commotion recently when shepulled her music from Spotify, calling the service a “grand experiment” that she feels doesn’t “fairly compensate the writers, producers, artists, and creators” of the music. But given the fact that most streaming services aren’t even profitable, how fair is that accusation? A new report from Ernst & Young with French record label trade group SNEP set out to find out just how much of your $10 monthly subscription fee actually goes to the artist....

August 4, 2025 · 3 min · 494 words · Lauren Horton

One Missing Starfield Mechanic Could Be Awesome & Terrifying (& Isn't Aliens)

Summary From space battles and ship-building to setting up massive outposts to mine a planet for resources,Starfieldhas plenty of mechanics to help players immerse themselves in the vast Settled Systems. Despite this, there are some features that could have been expanded upon to make certain gameplay elements even more immersive, and while many have been hoping for more humanoid aliens to arrive in the game - rather than the more animalistic creatures that can be encountered - there is one element of the game that could have been made even more elaborate: Space combat....

August 4, 2025 · 5 min · 916 words · Catherine Hopkins

Pokémon is coming to Switch this November, will play nice with Pokémon Go

We’ve heard rumors over the last few weeks about new Pokémon games for the Switch with the titlesLet’s Go, Pikachu!andLet’s Go, Eevee!, but we need not speculate any longer. The Pokémon Company hasconfirmed both games, arriving later this year. They take clear inspiration from the popular mobile game,Pokémon Go,and they appear built from the ground up to connect directly with that experience. The trailer calls this “Your first adventure in a new style,” and that slogan isn’t kiding....

August 4, 2025 · 3 min · 465 words · Kari Dudley

Pretty Little Liars: Summer School Ending's Bloody Rose Reveal Explained By Creators

The following article contains spoilers forPretty Little Liars: Summer School finale. Summary ThePretty Little Liars: Summer Schoolcreators explain the finale’s Bloody Rose twists. At theconclusion of Max’sPretty Little Liars: Summer School, developed byRiverdale’s Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Lindsay Calhoon Bring, it’s revealed that Mrs. Langsberry (Carey Van Driest) has been the one terrorizing the titular liars — Imogen (Bailee Madison), Mouse (Malia Pyles), Noa (Maia Reficco), Tabby (Chandler Kinney), and Faran (Zaria) — but she hasn’t been working alone....

August 4, 2025 · 5 min · 863 words · Matthew Andrews

RTX-washing old PC games makes for an impressive tech demo, but not much else

RTX-washing. It’s our term for old PC games that have received glossy ray tracing effects. It’s certainly makes for a neat tech demo, but if you’re like me, you might wondering if there are any other benefits. For Nvidia, it’s clear why the company has invested in these games. After all, owning the most powerful GPU in the world isn’t very exciting without some games that can take advantage of it — and without these RTX-washed games, theRTX 4090faces that situation....

August 4, 2025 · 7 min · 1314 words · Mark Steele