Daisy Ridley urges John Boyega to return for new Star Wars sequel

Daisy Ridley urges John Boyega to return for new Star Wars sequel Star Wars actor Daisy Ridley would “absolutely” be on board to have John Boyega once again reprise his role as Finn in the upcoming Star Wars film. Daisy Ridley is set to return to the world ofStar Warsin abrand new film. The actor reprises her role as Rey, the upcoming sequel set 15 years after the events of Rise of Skywalker....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 370 words · Andrea Ashley

Deadlock’s latest update revives the game with massive player count increase

Deadlock’s latest update revives the game with massive player count increase After the initial player count boom that came with Deadlock Alpha access, the player count has steadily fallen. And, sure, it’s not publicly available yet, but the player count going from close to 200k at “launch” to around 10k before the latest update isn’t exactly ideal. Deadlockhas maintained a small yet loyal following through its lengthy Alpha. If you consider 10-15k players small, anyways....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 491 words · Jared Robinson

Dell XPS 13 2-in-1: Our first take

“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.“ The Dell XPS 13 was released at CES 2015, and immediately won a pack of awards — includingDigital Trend’s Best Of Computingfor that year’s show. It was a truly innovative laptop, sleek and light, built with materials not found elsewhere....

July 4, 2025 · 5 min · 915 words · Sarah Fisher

Exclusive: New Firefly Prequel Story To Finally Reveal Secret Origin of Malcolm Reynolds' 'YEAR ONE'

Summary Captain Mal Reynolds is finally getting the definitive origin story thatFireflyfans have waited twenty-two years to see. To this day, there is a great deal of mystery surrounding Mal’s background, as neither the short-lived show nor the subsequent movie adaptation offered a proper, complete backstory for the character. Firefly: Malcolm Reynolds: Year One#1 – written by Sam Humphires, with art by Giovanni Fabiano, in his comic book debut – is set to give fans of the cult-favorite sci-fi western more than just a fresh story set in theFirefly Universe....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 736 words · Chris Johnson

Final Fantasy XIV NieR raid guide: How to complete The Tower at Paradigm’s Breach

This is it: The finalNieRraid of theFFXIV Shadowbringersexpansion. The unusual circumstances surrounding the arrival of androids 9S and 2B reveal themselves in a gripping conclusion that’s sure to have obstacles along the way. As with the previous two raids in the series, these bosses hit hard, fast, and in bewildering ways. If you’re smart enough to understand why reading up on your enemy is better than launching into battle unprepared, read on find out how to beat the Knaves of Hearts, Hansel and Gretel, the Red Girl, and the secret final boss....

July 4, 2025 · 8 min · 1620 words · Daisy Wilson

Focal adds a splash of color to its latest Kanta speaker offerings

French speaker manufacturer Focal has long beenat the forefront of gorgeous and incredible-sounding audio design, and is stepping even further in that mission today with the announcement of three new hi-fi speakers. The new speakers are part of the company’s Kanta line, and include a new bookshelf, tower, and center speakers. As with most of Focal’s high-end models, they are available in a series of absolutely stunning colors, including glossy blue, black, yellow, white, and walnut wood grain, among others....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 360 words · Rhonda Morales

Fortnite Chapter 4 has completely stolen Warzone 2.0’s thunder

AlthoughCall of Duty: Warzone 2.0reached awhopping 25 million playerswithin five days of its launch, the shooter launched in a troubled state. It’s full of bugs andcontroversial designchoices that have pushed its community away. Since the game’s release on November 16, playershave expressedtheir disappointment withWarzone 2.0, withsome community membersfeeling pessimistic about its future. Fast-forward to the beginning of December 2022, andWarzone 2.0’sissues seem amplified when placed next to the extraordinaryFortniteChapter 4....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 839 words · Tim Patrick

Fortnite season 4 week 6 challenge: Deal damage after using Black Panther’s power-up

It’s a new week, meaning a new set ofFortnitechallenges is ready to complete. For season 4, week 6, there’s a challenge for dealing damage after knocking an opponent back with Black Panther’s Kinetic Shockwave — a new ability that has just been added during season 4. You might be confused as to how to complete this challenge since the game doesn’t outright tell you how to use the new hero power-ups....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 726 words · Jennifer Wilson

Geordi's Most Embarrassing Star Trek: TNG Episode Is Great For Captain Picard

Summary OneStar Trek: The Next Generationepisode may have been embarrassing for Lt. Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), but it was a great showcase for Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). Following the adventures of the USS Enterprise-D and its crew,TNGhad its fair share of ups and downs, but ultimately delivered more great episodes than bad ones.Still, some episodes were a mixed bag, with two separate storylines that didn’t quite gel. For example, Geordi’s awkward attempts at romance brought down one episode that otherwise told a solid and intense story....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 724 words · Jesse Browning

Gladiator 2 review: Astonishing action Ridley always knew we needed

Gladiator 2 review: Astonishing action Ridley always knew we needed Nick Cave nearly sent Maximus on a time-travel through the afterlife, but 24 years later therealsequel looks completely different. In Ridley we trust –Gladiator 2is a titan in its own arena. I’m going to open this review with a scorching hot take – Gladiator 2 is actually better than the original movie. Sure, we don’t haveRussell Crowegiving heartfelt speeches about emancipating Rome and slitting Joaquin Phoenix’s throat, but we have something else Ridley Scott couldn’t properly deliver two decades ago....

July 4, 2025 · 5 min · 1060 words · Kelly Cook

Google Photos can now turn your pictures into Ultra HDR images

It won’t be available to everyone just yet but Google Photos has started rolling out a new feature that lets you turn your normal photos intoUltra HDR images. These “High Dynamic Range” photos capture a much wider range of brightness levels and produce images with more detail and color range. As reported byAndroid Authority, this feature has been hidden in the app for a while and just recently started appearing for select users....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 412 words · Joseph Thompson

Head back to school with the Lenovo Yoga 730 laptop, now $260 less on Amazon

School is less than two months away and one of the things that should definitely be in your backpack is one of thebest laptops. Homework, reports, presentations, research – there are so many tasks that you can perform with a portable computer. If you’re looking for something with a midrange price and good specs, you might want to check out the Lenovo Yoga 730. We gave ahands-on reviewof this laptop-tablet hybrid and aside from its battery life, we decided this was a top-notch laptop with great strengths....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 541 words · Kathy Rivera

Hide the cheese: scientists just created supermice that can see in infrared

We humans can only see a certain portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that we dub visible light, although other creatures can perceive more of the spectrum, likebirds which can see ultraviolet lightand snakes which candetect infrared radiation. We can see in infrared through the use oftools like night visiongoggles (or to give them their more accurate name,thermal imaging cameras) but now scientists have achieved something far more impressive and frankly terrifying: they have used nanotechnology to give mice infrared vision....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 425 words · Emily Wagner