How to sell video games

It’s a natural part of the video game lifecycle. You’ve purchased a new game, played it for hours on end, unlocked all the extra content, then — it sits on your shelf and gathers dust. Eventually, there comes a time to sell your once beloved video games. Maybe you just need to free up space in your house or are trying to earn a quick buck to buy the next hit title....

July 9, 2025 · 7 min · 1410 words · Lisa Lee

Hypervelocity star booted out of our galaxy by supermassive black hole

An artist’s impression of S5-HVS1’s ejection by Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Sagittarius A* and the captured binary partner to S5-HVS1 are seen far away in the left corner of the picture, while S5-HVS1 is in the foreground, speeding away from them.James Josephides, Swinburne Astronomy Productions Astronomers have detected a hypervelocity star called S5-HVS1 traveling through our galaxy at a tremendous speed of 2....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 406 words · Paul Patterson

Intel’s Arc Alchemist GPUs could be in better shape than we expected

Intel is gearing up to launch its first generation of high-performance graphics cards, and the leaks just keep coming. According to the latest rumors, Intel is set to launch three graphics cards in theArc Alchemist lineup, noted by “Arc axxx” branding. Rumors also suggest that the flagship card will reach higher than we previously thought, maybe even outperforming the RTX 3070. Most of the new information comes fromMoore’s Law is Dead, a YouTube channel dedicated to leaks and analysis of PC hardware....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 555 words · Connor Thompson

iPhone 17 Air might make a splash as the world’s thinnest phone

Apple is not really a brand that goes for big hardware claims. The company is often late to the game, but serves a refined formula that is usually the best in the smartphone segment. The upcoming ultra-thiniPhone 17 Airmight change that, and in quite a spectacular fashion. Leakster Universe has shared on X that the upcoming “slim” addition to the iPhone 17 series will offer a thickness of just 5.5mm across....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 490 words · Sydney Mora

Is Jade worth pulling in Honkai Star Rail version 2.3?

Is Jade worth pulling in Honkai Star Rail version 2.3? Jade is an upcoming 5-star unit in Honkai Star Rail version 2.3. Here is whether you should save your precious Stellar Jades for this unit or not. Jade is one of the most anticipated units inHonkai Star Railas players have been waiting for her release since she first appeared during the Penacony story quest in version 2.1. HoYoverse has confirmedJade’srelease for the second half of version 2....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 360 words · Virginia Ayers

Lady in the Lake trailer: Natalie Portman investigates a murder in Apple TV+ series

Natalie Portmanfights to solve a mysterious murder case in the official trailer for Apple TV+’sLady in the Lake, a limited series based on Laura Lippman’s 2019 novel. In 1966 Baltimore, after the disappearance of a young girl on Thanksgiving, the lives of two women change forever. In an attempt to shed her secret past, Jewish housewife Maddie Schwartz (Portman) embarks on a new career as an investigative journalist. Cleo Johnson (Moses Ingram) struggles to provide for her family while navigating the political underbelly of Black Baltimore....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 260 words · Stephanie Carroll

Lenovo’s futuristic Yoga 9i laptops are a gorgeous blend of glass and leather

Lenovo has never been shy about its experimental designs, from thekeyboard-free Yoga Bookto the foldableThinkPad X1 Fold. Today, Lenovo added some interesting new devices to the list: The Yoga 9i and IdeaPad Slim 9i, two laptops that exchange typical plastic and aluminum materials for more refined textures like glass and leather. These are some of the most daring laptops designs I’ve seen in years. Let’s start with the cover of the lid....

July 9, 2025 · 4 min · 847 words · John Martinez

Light up your external GPU with Razer’s new Core X Chroma enclosure

Razer has a new version of its external graphics card (EGPU) enclosure called the Razer Core X Chroma, which brings back some features which were lost during the transition to the leanerCore X design from the Core V2. However, this isn’t just a rebranded Core V2, but something bigger and better than both of its predecessors at the same $400 price. The idea behind an external graphics card is to add some versatility to thebest laptopsthat otherwise wouldn’t be for gaming....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 392 words · Billy Jones

Microsoft expands right to repair through new agreement with a nonprofit

As part of an agreementwithAs You Sow, a nonprofit organization geared toward the mindfulness of corporate pollution, Microsoft has announced the expansion of repair options for their devices by the end of 2022. As a shareholder in Microsoft, As You Sow used its leverage tocreate and push a resolutionthat encouraged the corporation to take responsibility for some their carbon footprint. This call to action was made with the intention of reducing technological waste and increasing the lifespan of already existing devices from the company by allowing the right to repair....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 273 words · Stephanie Sanchez

OG begins Dota 2 team rebuild after TI 2023 blow

OG begins Dota 2 team rebuild after TI 2023 blow Dota 2powerhouse OG has announced the departures of Tommy ‘Taiga’ Le and Dmitry ‘DM’ Dorokhin from its roster after failing to qualify for The International 2023. The only organization in history to win two TIs, OG, suffered a major blow earlier this year after failing to qualify forTI 2023.This marks the first time since the creation of OG in 2016 that the team has failed to make it to Dota 2’s biggest annual event....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 439 words · Kimberly Rios

Oppo’s latest Apple Watch clone has an important spec under the hood

Oppo has just announced its promised duo of smartwatches featuring Qualcomm’s latestSnapdragon W5 Gen 1 chip— the first wearables to adopt the new platform since Qualcomm announced it last month. The new Oppo Watch models build on last year’s Oppo Watch 2. However, neither is a direct successor to that earlier model. Instead, it looks like Oppo has split the difference, with the Oppo Watch 3 moving the specs down a notch to make room for a new Oppo Watch 3 Pro on the higher end....

July 9, 2025 · 4 min · 850 words · Kelly Hester

Paramount is planning to film Star Trek 4 later this year

There’s so muchStar Trektelevision onParamount+that it’s easy to forget that there hasn’t been a feature film in the franchise since 2016’sStar Trek Beyond. The good news for Trekkies is that the long hiatus between movies may be rapidly drawing to a close. According to a report onDeadline, J.J. Abrams has confirmed that Paramount has resumed talks with Chris Pine for him to reprise his role as James T. Kirk inStar Trek 4....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Melissa Young

Samsung may bend the rules with its Galaxy X folding phone

Future Samsung phones with folding screens may not simply fold in one place, resulting in a clamshell-like phone some will remember from the past, as has been speculated. There’s no rule that says a bendable phone must only bend once either. Samsung’s new foldable OLED screens, which are about to start a test production run, may fold in a way that leaves part of the screen visible, enabling you to see notifications and alerts, and even bend again to close fully....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 414 words · Julie Hays