New TikTok Scam, Twitter Cryptocoin Scams, and the Internet of Things Explained

New TikTok Scam, Twitter Cryptocoin Scams, and the Internet of Things Explained You’re at risk from a new TikTok scam and cryptocurrency scams on Twitter. What can you do? PLUS: what is the Internet of Things, and how do you get video footage off your dashcam? Find all the answers in our tech podcast for technophobes! you may subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast onApple Podcasts,Spotify,Google Podcasts,Amazon Music and Audible,Player FM, or copy theRSS feedinto your podcast player....

July 29, 2025 · 1 min · 198 words · Julie Ruiz

Nightwing's Origin Story Is About to Undergo a Radical Change (Theory Explained)

Summary One of the most important aspects ofNightwing’spast losing his parents to violent crime. While Mary and John Grayson were performing for the crowd of Haly’s circus, their rope was cut, and they fell to their deaths. While Tony Zucco has long been blamed for this, something more might have happened that night — including the involvement of a key Nightwing villain. Theplot synopsis forNightwing#117promises a shocking revelation that Dick will learn about his parent’s death....

July 29, 2025 · 4 min · 686 words · Louis Kirby

Parents now have full control over their child’s Google Assistant interactions

Parents now have full control over their child’s Google Assistant interactions Thebest Google Assistant smart speakersand smart displays are meant for all members of your family, including your kids. Unlike Google TV and Android, though, Google does not provide parental controls for Assistant interactions with kids. The company is looking to change that by rolling out new features that will make it safer for your kids to interact with Assistant....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 387 words · Daniel Mccormick

Run Multiple Linux Terminal Sessions Simultaneously With Terminator

Run Multiple Linux Terminal Sessions Simultaneously With Terminator Terminator is a terminal emulator that lets you work on multiple terminal sessions in a single window. It is a handy tool for system administrators and other users who deal with configurations and management of multiple systems. In Terminator, you can split, switch and arrange terminals in a grid, create tabs, rename terminal sessions, configure key bindings, and much more. The best part about Terminator is that it lets you send your input to multiple terminal sessions simultaneously....

July 29, 2025 · 6 min · 1113 words · Kelsey Shields

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE vs. Galaxy S23+: Midrange or mid-sized?

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE The Galaxy S23 FE is the successor to the disappointing S21 FE, which seems to redeem the series in many ways. At $600, it’s a compelling device, but how does it stack up to the S23+, one of the best phones from 2023? Samsung Galaxy S23+ The Galaxy S23+ is a superb smartphone, one of the best this year, but the $1,000 price is expensive. Now the S23 FE is here, offering comparable specs for just $600....

July 29, 2025 · 7 min · 1355 words · Anna Dominguez

Samsung Galaxy S24: 9 ways to improve your phone's battery life

Samsung introduced its latest flagship, the Samsung Galaxy S24 series, at the Galaxy Unpacked event this January. The new generation of flagship phones flaunt larger battery capacities than their predecessors. For instance, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra features massive cells, so you don’t have to worry much about them draining too soon. TheSamsung Galaxy S24 and S24+have a marginal battery improvement compared to the previous generation. Still, you might want to extract more juice from them....

July 29, 2025 · 5 min · 911 words · Benjamin Wheeler

Slack's revamped UI feels like a step in the wrong direction

Back in August, Slack announced it would introduce a new user interface to increase focus and productivity. Those changes started showing up earlier this month: buttons moved around, colors changed, and — perhaps most egregious of all — the workspaces consolidated into one icon. To say that some users are not happy about these changeswould bea bit ofan understatement. What are the new changes in Slack? The biggest change in the new Slack UI is to the left-most sidebar, which was once populated with icons representing your workspaces....

July 29, 2025 · 6 min · 1257 words · Tammy Mora

Star Wars Rewrites Palpatine's Entire Backstory With Just Two Words

Summary Darth Sidioushas been one ofStar Wars’ biggest and baddest villains from the beginning, but a new addition to aStar Warscharacter’s backstory has redefined what that might actually mean. Known in the original trilogy as the galaxy’s fearsome and shadowy Emperor, Palpatine’s past and quest for power are explored in greater detail in the prequels. The soon-to-be Emperor was then a humble senator from the planet of Naboo, climbing his way to Chancellor....

July 29, 2025 · 6 min · 1216 words · James Stuart

T-Mobile is set to acquire Mint Mobile after winning FCC approval

For years, phone owners in the US were limited to less than a handful of mobile service providers that dominated the industry. As of late, more independent carriers have popped up, offering budget-friendly plans with no strings attached. While the carrier giants that rule the market may argue they never felt threatened, it hasn’t stopped them from taking some protective measures. In the case ofT-Mobile, it appears that this is manifesting in the acquisition of what could have become another competitor....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 307 words · Brian Vargas

The Google Pixel Watch is finally here with a premium $350 price tag

The Google Pixel Watch is finally here with a premium $350 price tag Table of contents After ages of leaks, rumors, and official teasers straight from the source, the Pixel Watch is finally here. At its hardware event in Brooklyn today, Google took the remaining wraps off its new wearable. There weren’t a lot of surprises about the new watch — but we did learn that, like the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, it’s available for pre-order starting today....

July 29, 2025 · 4 min · 672 words · Nathaniel Perry

The Samsung Galaxy S23 FE gets a bizarre price hike on launch day

To many of us, the arrival of theSamsung Galaxy S23 FEwas rather hard to understand. It features what can be consideredmidrange hardwarewhile leveraging the branding of the early 2023 Samsung flagships. Nevertheless, the starting price of $600 meant that the company had learned from theGalaxy S21 FE, which cost $100 more when it broke cover in January 2022. However, Samsung doesn’t seem to be fully onboard the $600 starting price for its latest midranger, as the manufacturer has quietly upped the smartphone’s price by $30 as it went up on sale in the US this Thursday....

July 29, 2025 · 3 min · 523 words · Caitlin Watts DDS

The Spawn We Know and Love Almost Didn't Happen Because of... Star Wars?!

One of artist Todd McFarlane’s earliest influences for his notorious comic book anti-heroSpawnwas actually the originalStar Warsfilm – which almost led tothe Image Comics character’siconic black design instead being “cobalt blue,” with the idea being that he hailed from outer space, rather than originating in the depths of hell. As reported by Popverse, during his latest appearance at WonderCob, McFarlane shared some art from his formative years with the audience –including a prototype for his later Spawn character design....

July 29, 2025 · 3 min · 459 words · Alyssa Randall

This phone pushed my Genshin Impact experience to the next level

I laid my eyes on Genshin Impact in late 2020. Unfortunately, the Galaxy device I owned at the time, the Samsung Galaxy S10, was barely chugging along to play the game comfortably. It wasn’t until a few years ago that I discovered thepower of Android gaming phones— how dedicated gaming hardware could shift how a game or an app performs. For example, if you own aSamsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, you won’t worry so much about how it handles Genshin Impact, but these phones are over $1300....

July 29, 2025 · 7 min · 1467 words · Tracy Grant