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Naughty Dog’s latest masterpiece,The Last of Us Part II,is an incredibly violent game. Without getting into spoilers, it’s a revenge story in which the main character, Ellie, can brutally take out enemies who stand in her way. Not all of them are human, though. Some are infected creatures that are mutated with a strain of the Cordyceps fungus. While you probably won’t feel bad for killing those enemies, you might want to avoid eliminating the various dogs you come across....

A gorgeous nebula turns out to hold a surprise at its center: a pair of stars that don’t match as they should. Researchers looking at the beautiful NGC 6164/6165nebulawere surprised to learn that one of the pair of stars it hosts appears to be much older than the other, giving clues to the dramatic situation in which the nebula was born. Pairs of stars aren’t unusual in nebulae, but they are typically very similar....

Umamusume player claims to get “boosted luck” by playing the game on a fridge An Umamusume fan has managed to use his smart fridge to play the game to train Minoho Bourbon, claiming that it boosts his luck. WhileUmamusume: Pretty Derbyhas been around in Japan for some time, the popularity of the game truly went through the roof following the release of its global version. The premise of the game itself is quite simple....

Some Vision Pros have cracks in the middle, at the bottom of the front glass.Wohinbistdu and dornbirn / Reddit The front glass of Apple’s Vision Pro is cracking down the middle for a small, but growing number of people. The cause is a mystery because the owners say they didn’t drop, mishandle, or abuse the headset in any way. After an outlier 18 days ago, several more owners have reported the same problem occurring in the past 48 hours....

Following 12 recent deaths and hundreds of illnesses that are being blamed on vaping, Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee is seeking to impose an emergency ban on flavored e-cigarette products. The state would join Michigan and New York inbanning flavored products, while Massachusetts has halted allsales of e-cigarettesfor four months. The Washington ban includes products that contain THC. “If I had a loved one, I would just tell them you’re playing dice with your lungs,” Inslee said,according to the Seattle Times....

Watch this incredible Netflix documentary about video games after Sonic the Hedgehog If you’re looking to get your fix of more video game excitement, whether you’ve just watched the original Sonic the Hedgehog again or are getting ready for Sonic 3, then Netflix’s High Score documentary is for you. Originally released in 2020, High Score is a six-episode gaming-centric docuseries made forNetflixby France Costel, the current creative director ofApple. The series, narrated by long-timeMario voice actor and Nintendo ambassador Charles Martinet, focuses on the origins of video games....

For the fourth year in a row, CNN is slated to broadcast its annualFourth of Julyspecial,The Fourth in America. It’s one of CNN’s biggest events of the year, and as such, the network is pulling out all of the stops to attract viewers who are looking to celebrate America’s 247th birthday from the comfort of their own homes. In addition to a powerhouse lineup of musical guests, CNN is hostingThe Fourth in Americafrom both the East and West Coasts of the U....

You can finallybuild a PC now, and thank goodness for that. It’s been just shy of two years since the pandemic sent the computing industry into a tailspin and theGPU shortagemade building a new desktop computer prohibitively expensive. We can all share a collective sigh of relief, but just because youcanbuild a PC right now doesn’t mean youshould. A cornucopia of next-gen improvements is aligned for the end of the year, and building a computer now could lock you into a machine that’s expensive to upgrade, trailing in performance, and incompatible with standards likeDDR5that we only see once (maybe twice) in a decade....

TheMacBook Airhas officially caught up. Now with the M3 on board, the MacBook Air has gained the benefits of the new chip, which was previously available just on the MacBook Pro and iMac. Choosing between theM3 15-inch MacBook Air and the 14-inch MacBook Prois tough, and requires an in-depth look at differences in ports, displays, speakers, and more. It’s a legitimately hard decision to make. But there’s more general advice at play here that should guide themajority of buying decisions, and it comes down to really just one principle: be honest....

Summary Throughout theDC Universe’shistory of film adaptations, there have been several instances of excellent casting choices that were perhaps the only good decisions in otherwise poor films. Given the cultural impact and visually spectacular nature of the genre, it is no surprise that DC’s various properties lend themselves well to film, with theatrical movies and film serials bringing the comic source material to the realm of live-action for decades. While many ofDC’s filmshave had a winning combination of compelling storytellingandactors, others may only be remembered for the latter....

Summary Cyberpunk 2077has a lot of ways to build a character, some of which can get pretty weird. While there are certainly optimal ways to playCyberpunk 2077in 2024, itcan sometimes be more fun when players experiment with a wide range of customization options to create unique builds. These builds can still get players through the game but may create an additional challenge or add some interesting flavor to the player’s version of V....

FTL: Faster Than Lightis a notoriously difficult game, building up the confidence of intergalactic explorers in the early stages of the game before crushing their hopes and dreams shortly after. To make matters worse, theAdvanced Editionupdate, which brought the game to the iPad for the first time, adds new systems, weapons, and more, and it even includes a hard mode. To help you survive, we’ve put together thisFTL: Faster Than Light–Advanced Editionguide....

Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge packs everything that’s great about the flagship Galaxy S6 into an even more desirable body. But the curved display isn’t just about an eye-catching aesthetic, it can also be used in a variety of clever ways. We’ve got a range of Galaxy S6 Edge tips that will help you get to grips with the basics, and uncover a few interesting features that you may not yet have mastered....