Waze revamps incident reports, but it's not all good news

Waze has some awesome features, likealerting you about trafficand speed traps and helping you dodge jams, making it one of ourfavorite navigation apps. But let’s be real, its user interface wasn’t top-notch. Now, the Google-owned service is trying to fix that with a redesigned version. The new design is cleaner and less cluttered, aiming to make reporting traffic issues quicker. The app’s latest updates on Android and iOS introduced some significant changes to reporting, first spotted by9to5Google....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Rebekah Evans

What If Red Dead Redemption 3 Isn't A Western?

One question that anyone who knows more about the history of the Old West might have is what era willRed Dead Redemption 2’s sequel take place during.Red Dead Redemption 3has multiple directions it could go,as the first game takes place chronologically after the second game. However, there are complicating factors as to what time period the next game will take place in, given the history of America that is known at the time....

August 13, 2025 · 7 min · 1301 words · Christopher Ramos

What We Do In The Shadows Season 6 Will Have A Major Laszlo & Nadja First

Summary Speaking atComic-Con, theWhat We Do in the Shadowsteam reveals one major first will happen between Laszlo and Nadja in season 6. Laszlo Cravensworth and Nadja Demetriou are two key characters from the popular vampire comedy. Among the bloodthirsty Staten Island tenants, Nadja and Laszlo are the only couple, having been married for over a century.What We Do in the Shadowsseason 6returns to the air on October 21, revealing episodes in what will be the final season of the series....

August 13, 2025 · 4 min · 648 words · Lisa Davis

Why The Twister Ride At Universal Studios Closed Down & What Its Replacement Was

Summary TheTwisterride atUniversal Studios Orlandoclosed in 2015 after 17 years.TheTwisterremake is a welcome addition to its cinematic universe, butthe originalTwisterride did not keep up with the same amount of excitement. TheTwisterride, its full name being Twisters… Ride It Out, was a tornado simulator and included voices fromthe originalTwisteractors, including Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt. A newTwistermovie calledTwistershas been released to good reviews and solid initial box office returns. Still, there won’t be a rekindling of theTwisterride at Universal....

August 13, 2025 · 3 min · 557 words · Vickie Wilson

Why VPN Services Are Shutting Down Their Indian Servers

Why VPN Services Are Shutting Down Their Indian Servers In April 2022, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) introduced cybersecurity guidelines in an effort to counter cyberattacks and strengthen online security. The new rules would require VPN services and other cloud service providers to maintain all customer data and ICT transactions for five years.The VPN industry has denounced the new directives, saying that such stringent laws go against the basic purpose and policy of Virtual Private Networks....

August 13, 2025 · 5 min · 868 words · Teresa Guerra

With Free Video Editors Everywhere, Is Adobe's Video Software Worth Paying For?

Quick Links Paid video editing software is often still seen as the industry benchmark, but compared to 20 years ago, the number of free tools available now is substantial. If you don’t know whether you should pay for Adobe’s software, I’ll help you decide today. DaVinci Resolve DaVinci Resolve is by far my favorite video editing tool, and I find it absurd how many advanced features you get without upgrading to a paid subscription....

August 13, 2025 · 5 min · 1034 words · Deborah Smith

Withings ScanWatch 2 vs. ScanWatch: Which hybrid smartwatch is the better buy?

Withings ScanWatch 2 Analog meets digital again The ScanWatch 2 builds off the success of the original, adding new fitness tracking features, including the ability to track your body temperature. It’s only $50 more than the original, and still sports up to 30 days of battery life on a single charge. Withings ScanWatch Still a great fitness tracker The original ScanWatch still offers a fantastic blend of analog and digital features while sticking true to the no-distractions method of more traditional fitness trackers....

August 13, 2025 · 5 min · 1037 words · Charles Matthews

Xiaomi 13 Pro renders reveal a OnePlus-inspired camera bump

Xiaomi 13 Pro renders reveal a OnePlus-inspired camera bump TheXiaomi 12 Prois one ofthe best smartphonesthe company has made, and as the year draws to a close, rumors about the upcoming Xiaomi 13 series are surfacing. Last week, we reported on thepossible hardware specificationsof what could be the Xiaomi 13 Pro, but now, we have what could be our first look at Xiaomi’s hardware design for the Xiaomi 13 and 13 Pro models....

August 13, 2025 · 3 min · 435 words · Cheyenne Zuniga

You Should Stop Installing These 8 Kinds of Useless iPhone Apps

iPhones don’t need half of the “helpful” apps people keep installing. In fact, deleting these could actually help your phone perform better. 8Flashlight Apps Flashlight apps were useful back when the iPhone didn’t include its own. But that changed with the release of iOS 7, way back in 2013. Today, they’re completely redundant. Every iPhone already comes with a built-in flashlight tool. It’s accessible from the Control Center—just swipe down from the top-right corner (on Face ID models) or swipe up from the bottom (on older models), and tap the flashlight icon....

August 13, 2025 · 6 min · 1223 words · Marissa Nelson

Your Google Pixel 8's Best Take could soon get a lot better

Google’s in-house Tensor chip holds back its Pixel phones in the performance and battery life department compared to the competition. But the same SoC enables several amazing camera features on the Pixels you won’t find on any other Android phone.Best Takeis one such feature that Google launched with thePixel 8 series. It allows you to swap faces from multiple group photos to get the “best” picture. Google appears to be already working on improving Best Take by merging it with Top Shot....

August 13, 2025 · 3 min · 438 words · Victoria White

YouTube Music is putting covers and remixes front and center

Listening to an old classic remixed into a completely new style is undeniably satisfying, as it reinvents our favorite songs in ways we’ve never heard before. Song covers and remixes breathe new life into old favorites with a creative touch, but finding them on many of today’stop music streaming servicescan be cumbersome.YouTube Musicappears to be working on a new home screen tweak to make that job a lot easier. The music streaming platform is rolling out a new carousel in the home feed that displays covers and remixes of songs you’ve often listened to....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 339 words · Denise Wilson

“You Don’t Want To Hold On To It Too Tight”: Chase Stokes & Sydney Taylor Explain Adapting Marked Men To Film & Shares Outer Banks Season 5 Update

Chase Stokes and Sydney Taylor are two people whose years of knowing each other is exploding into something new inMarked Men: Rule + Shaw. The movie serves as an adaptation of Jay Crownover’sRule, part of the titular novel series, and chronicles the stories of Rule Archer and Shaw Landon, a rebellious tattoo artist and pre-med student from a wealthy family. Though having been a part of each other’s lives for a long time, Shaw has kept secret the feelings she has for Rule, but finally decides to push through and put everything on the table....

August 13, 2025 · 11 min · 2241 words · Travis Nolan

10 Most Shocking Moments From Netflix's Skywalkers Documentary

Summary The Netflix documentarySkywalkers: A Love Storywas filled with countless shocking moments that left viewers feeling woozy due to the death-defying endeavors depicted on screen.Skywalkerstold the story of the Russian couple Angela Nikolau and Ivan ‘Vanya’ Beerkus, who practice an intense daredevil feat known as rooftopping. Rooftopping involved participants illegally gaining access to dangerously high places and taking some of the most impressive photographs humans have ever captured. WhileSkywalkerswasan incredible documentaryabout a daredevil couple, it was also a powerful love story about two perfectly compatible people....

August 12, 2025 · 9 min · 1877 words · David Gomez