Before Nosferatu, there was one horror adaptation Robert Eggers found “impossible” to do

Before Nosferatu, there was one horror adaptation Robert Eggers found “impossible” to do Robert Eggers has just proven himself a gothic horror master with Nosferatu, but before he decided to put a fresh spin on vampires, he was trying his hand at another famous legend. Arriving in peak holiday season, Eggers’ take on the 1922 classichorror moviehas earned stellar reactions from critics and audiences (just check out our5-star review!), and has since become the director’s highest-grossing movie....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 402 words · Katherine Boyer

Best VPN deals: Save on NordVPN, ExpressVPN, and Surfshark

There’s a lot of content onlin ehtat is difficult to access because of geobvlocking, and a good VPN can help you watch the stuff you’ve been craving for. Luckily, some of thebest VPN servicesare offering steep discounts, so you can snag something up for relatively cheap. Beyond just access to geo-blocked content, aVPNcan offer things like ad blocking, an anti-virus, and even double layers of obfuscation to help keep what you browse away from prying eyes....

July 30, 2025 · 9 min · 1752 words · Michael Decker

Boy goes viral after running back to eat food on table during earthquake

Boy goes viral after running back to eat food on table during earthquake A young man has gone viral on Chinese social media for returning to the dinner table to continue eating despite an earthquake going on. Whenever a scary situation approaches, your fight-or-flight responses kick into gear. you’re able to either run away and avoid what danger is ahead, or you can tackle it head-on. Ultimately, everyone reacts in different ways....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 372 words · Sharon Houston

Customers are not happy with Starbucks’ new cold cups – here’s why

Customers are not happy with Starbucks’ new cold cups – here’s why A TikTok posted on July 16 has sparked outrage from Starbucks fans across the US after it depicts the new paper cold cups. The TikToker@heybay, who goes by Bay, has posted several videos about the cups since she received one at her local Starbucks in California, and there has been an outcry from frequent iced coffee drinkers. The cup, which is made entirely of white opaque paper, features a dome lid andthe iconic Starbucks logo, but drinkers will no longer be able to see what is inside the cup or make use of a sippy cup lid....

July 30, 2025 · 3 min · 508 words · Ashley Romero

Does Fallout 76 run on Steam Deck?

Does Fallout 76 run on Steam Deck? Fallout 76 is one of the best ways to experience the Fallout series, but does it run on the Steam Deck? Here’s everything you need to know. With theFallout TV showfinally out in the wild, many fans new and old may want to dive into the Fallout franchise head-on. Luckily, just about the entire Fallout game catalog, including Fallout 76, is available on Steam and can be played on the ValveSteam Deck....

July 30, 2025 · 3 min · 492 words · Cody Lewis

Epson’s new projection screen stops ambient light from washing out your movies

Epson has a new short-throw 4K HDR laser TV — theLS500 Laser Projection TV— which comes in two varieties, the $4,999 100-inch model and a $5,999 version that projects a 120-inch image. It’s unusual for laser TV models to be sold with different specified image sizes — they tend to be capable of a variety of projected image sizes depending on how far you place them from the wall. But as odd as that might be, it’s the screen that the LS500 ships with that has our attention....

July 30, 2025 · 3 min · 606 words · David Thornton

Fall Guys: How to invite cross-platform friends to games

Fall Guyshas gone free-to-play on all systems, meaning the number of new players loading up into matches and experiencing this wild party game is bigger than ever. Taking control of a little bean character racing, competing, and fighting to the end to claim the coveted crown, this unpredictable game has proven to be a great game on every system. Plus, being completely dependent on other players to play, having it come to every major console just makes it that much easier to find games....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 372 words · Sierra Hoffman

Ford wants to avoid chaos by teaching all self-driving cars a common language

It’s time to talk. Ford is calling on other automakers and technology companies to jointly develop a common language that self-driving cars can use to communicate with the world around them. The company stresses communication will play a key role in the safe, timely, and orderly deployment of autonomous technology. “The idea that pedestrians, cyclists, and scooter users should change their behavior to accommodate self-driving cars couldn’t be further from our vision of how this technology should be integrated,” the company explained in aMedium post....

July 30, 2025 · 3 min · 463 words · Tammy Garcia DDS

Fortnite challenge guide: Destroy alien trees

The latest set ofFortnitechallenges is live and ready to go, this time for season 7, week 6. For this week’s list, you’ll be sent all around the map, with a slightly more complicated set of objectives than you might be used to. One specific challenge is for destroying alien trees, which you might not be familiar with, even if you’ve played through this season thus far. Luckily, we’ve got everything you need to know about completing this challenge as easily as possible....

July 30, 2025 · 3 min · 433 words · Ashley Frazier

From Aretha Franklin to Johnny Cash, here are the best cover songs of all time

You probably don’t realize it, but many of your favorite songs are all time weren’t actually written by the artists who brought them to popular acclaim. Covering songs that others have written is a millennia-old tradition in the music world, and there’s no reason to believe that it would have stopped with the recording revolution that occurred post-WWII. You don’t have to be a loser to play other people’s music. Iconic musicians and songwriters like The Beatles, Nirvana, Aretha Franklin, and Johhny Cash all played special versions of other people’s music, transforming those songs into new hits for the general public to latch onto....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 319 words · Nancy Moore

Google Calendar is back online. Here’s the latest on the outage

Google Calendarcame back online after being down for several hours Tuesday morning, leaving millions of users without their daily agenda. Instead of a day packed with back-to-back meetings and timely reminders, users were instead “treated” to an error message when they checked their schedule. Users began to complain about the outage just after 7 a.m. PT,according to Down Detector. Googletweeted that Google Calendar was experiencing a “service disruption”about 40 minutes later....

July 30, 2025 · 3 min · 466 words · Lindsay Rice

Google Pixel 4 vs. Pixel 3

TheGoogle Pixel 4is here and it has a lot to offer. The Pixel 4 sports a snazzy new design, a dual-lens main camera, and a front-facing camera capable of facial unlocking and air gestures. But last year’sPixel 3is also a great smartphone and it’s now available at a hefty discount. If you’re thinking about trying a Google phone, you may be wondering which one you should buy, or perhaps you’re thinking about upgrading to the new Pixel and want to know what the difference is....

July 30, 2025 · 6 min · 1098 words · Anthony Gaines

Great, hackers are now using ChatGPT to create malware

A new threat has surfaced in theChatGPTsaga, with cybercriminals having developed a way to hack the AI chatbot and inundate it with malware commands. Theresearch firm Checkpointhas discovered that hackers have designed bots that can infiltrate OpenAI’s GPT-3 API and alter its code so that it can generate malicious content, such as text that can be used for phishing emails and malware scripts. The bots work through the messaging app Telegram....

July 30, 2025 · 2 min · 416 words · Lori Hurst