I Switched to These Privacy-Focused Apps—You Probably Should Too

Tech companies track, collect, and sell information. After realizing how much information I was giving away daily, I ditched some of the services I was using and replaced them with privacy-focused alternatives that genuinely respect my digital footprint. 4SimpleLogin Keeps My Email Address Private We leave email addresses everywhere online. After signing up for countless services over the years, I realized my primary email address was probably floating around in hundreds of databases....

July 14, 2025 · 5 min · 1044 words · Scott Johnson

I Wish I'd Known These 5 Tips Before I Started Using Plex

Quick Links Plex is great for getting a media server up and running and streaming to devices in your house, but as easy as it is, it’s always best to be prepared. Had I known these Plex tips beforehand, I wouldn’t have been as frustrated during my first setup attempt. 1Have Dedicated Storage and Backups Dedicated storage can come in many shapes and sizes. Using anold laptop to serve as a Plex serverand storage is totally fine; in fact, that’s a useful, cheap option, assuming you aren’t using said laptop for anything but running your server....

July 14, 2025 · 4 min · 694 words · Douglas Ramos

India's Hyperviolent Action Movie Lands Impressive Rotten Tomatoes Score For US Release

Summary The violent Indian action movieKillhas garnered an incredible Rotten Tomatoes score. The movie, which was written and directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat, is a Hindi-language outing that stars Lakshya as Amrit, an army commando whose attempt to prevent his girlfriend’s arranged marriage is derailed when the train he is riding is besieged by a violent gang, against whom he must fight back and help defend the rest of the passengers....

July 14, 2025 · 3 min · 515 words · Kelsey Rivera

It's Worth Importing These 5 Awesome Smartphones Not Sold in the US

Quick Links There are plenty of flagship smartphones available in the US. However, not all awesome smartphones make their way to the country, especially from Chinese brands like Xiaomi, Honor, and Huawei. But that doesn’t mean you can’t buy them and use them. Instead, you’ll have to import them into the US. None of the smartphones on this list are officially sold in the US, so you’ll have to check carrier support....

July 14, 2025 · 6 min · 1216 words · Amanda Williams

LA Times Mini Crossword August 01, 2025 Answers (8/14/25)

Our LA Times Mini Crossword August 19, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The LA Times Mini Crossword is a daily crossword puzzle published in the Los Angeles Times, one of the largest newspapers in the United States. It is highly regarded by crossword enthusiasts for its challenging clues and clever themes. It is a traditional-style crossword, with a grid of black and white squares, and clues in both the across and down directions....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Jamie Coleman

Love Lies Bleeding Cast & Character Guide

Summary Directed and co-written by Rose Glass,Love Lies Bleedingboasts a truly top-notch cast. InKristen Stewart’s action thriller with 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, the Oscar-nominated actor plays Lou, a reclusive gym manager living in New Mexico. Set in 1989,Love Lies Bleedingstraddles several genres. At its core,the film is a neo-noir crime thriller, but it’s also a romance with dark comedy elements. However,Love Lies Bleeding’s plot is straight-forward enough: a rising bodybuilder, Jackie (Katy O’Brian), drifts into town on her way to a potentially star-making competition in Las Vegas....

July 14, 2025 · 7 min · 1313 words · Cody Cole

MacBook Keeps Turning On Automatically? Try These 7 Fixes

MacBook Keeps Turning On Automatically? Try These 7 Fixes You’re fast asleep when an odd glowing light wakes you up. You open your eyes, scared, wondering what intruder has made their way into your space. But you realize that there’s no intruder; it’s just your MacBook which you turned off, that has come back on by itself. If this scenario is somewhat familiar to you, there are solutions to the problem....

July 14, 2025 · 6 min · 1102 words · Stephanie Jones

New Asus ROG Phone 6 renders show the phone without accessories in all its thick glory

New Asus ROG Phone 6 renders show the phone without accessories in all its thick glory What do gamers want? Why, big numbers, of course. Superlatives, if you can afford to sprinkle them in. Plenty has been promised with Tuesday’s launch of the Asus ROG Phone 6, including a 165Hz AMOLED display and a full-contact CPU cooling situation. The leaks have delivered, too, withrender after picture after renderspoiling the goods. Now, the curtain’s gone up and we’re left with pictures of the phone unadorned with accessories....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 371 words · Jesse Taylor

New M3GAN Movie Is Way More Exciting After Horror Movie Casting From Acclaimed 84% Hit

Summary The world ofM3GANis expanding with a sequel and a spinoff movie, and the latter has found its lead, which makes the project more exciting after the actor’s recent horror hit. The horror genre has seen some big hits in recent years, and one of the most unexpected and fun ones wasM3GAN. Directed by Gerard Johnstone and with a story by Akela Cooper and James Wan,M3GANwas a critical and commercial success, which led the studio to greenlight a sequel (appropriately titledM3GAN 2....

July 14, 2025 · 4 min · 643 words · Nicholas Ortiz

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra vs. Galaxy Tab S9+: Which tablet will reign supreme?

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra Unique $50 credit thru 8/11 at Samsung The Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra is mostly an iterative upgrade over the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra. It packs the same Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy chip as the S23 phones and comes with all the bells and whistles you expect in a high-end Android tablet. Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ Special $50 credit thru 8/11 at Samsung...

July 14, 2025 · 7 min · 1333 words · John Rodriguez

Samsung inches closer to the Galaxy Tab A9's US launch

Although Samsung makes some of thebest high-end tabletsyou can find today, it also has a flourishing midrange tablet lineup. So there was a fair bit of excitement when the company launched twoGalaxy Tab A9 tabletsthis October. However, despite being released in multiple countries, they were absent from US shores. Thankfully, that could be changing soon, with Samsung US putting up a couple of listings for the tablet on its online store, only to take them down later....

July 14, 2025 · 3 min · 511 words · Noah Barajas

Samsung's Galaxy S23 launch colors could skip this classic option

Samsung’s Galaxy S23 launch colors could skip this classic option TheGoogle Pixel 7 and 7 Proare out in the open, but now we’re looking forward to our next big Android flagship launch, and anticipation surrounding theSamsung Galaxy S23 seriesonly continues to grow. We recently heard rumors aboutbattery upgrades and camera hardware, and now the next details to surface concern which colors the phones might arrive in — and we’re not sure that we love what we hear....

July 14, 2025 · 3 min · 437 words · Clayton Jackson

Samsung's incredible Winter Sale Galaxy deals save up to $1,100 on its best phones

Over the past week, theDiscover Samsung Winter Salehas been offering incredible deals on its best tech, including some amazing offers that featureGalaxy Tab slates for as little as $105. Its tablets aren’t the only things getting major discounts during the savings event, though, and some ofSamsung’s best phonescan be grabbed for upwards of $1,100 off in some cases. Pretty much all of Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones are on sale this weekend, including the newly releasedGalaxy S23 FE, Some are receiving instant discounts and free upgrades that can save a couple of hundred bucks, but it’s the trade-in offers Samsung has that can bring in the real savings....

July 14, 2025 · 4 min · 728 words · Stephanie Singh