Amazon Labor Day Sale 2020: The 8 best tech deals

Labor Day salesstarted early this year and sellers like Amazon are offering huge discounts over the weekend. With sales on Apple devices, coffee machines, robot vacuums, and more, now’s the time to take advantage of these discounts. We’ve made your job easier by rounding up eight of the best deals you can’t afford to miss. Head over to Amazon and get shopping! SHOP THE SALE Amazon Echo Dot (3rd gen)— $30, was $50 This smart speaker is easy to set up, doesn’t take up too much space, and can help you voice-control anything in your house — even your front door....

July 21, 2025 · 6 min · 1110 words · Tina Daniel DDS

AMD’s next GPU already has two big problems

We’re about to enter a new era of GPUs, with Nvidia, AMD, and Intel duking it out for slots among thebest graphics cards. But this time around, things are different. Team Red, which has traditionally served as a downward force on prices against much more popular Nvidia GPUs, is caught in the middle of a graphics card market that’s headed in two vastly different directions. Although AMD has yet to formally unveil itsRDNA 4 graphics cards, the company has confirmed that it’s coming early next year....

July 21, 2025 · 7 min · 1338 words · Penny Gray

An entirely new line of Macs may launch in just a few weeks

Apple’siPhone 16 eventwas totally devoid of new Macs, and there were somegood reasons for that. One of them is that there are expected to be so many Apple computers launching later this year that there simply wouldn’t be enough time for them all at the iPhone show. And now, a new report claims that these new Macs are just around the corner. Gurman’s list includes a refresh for the entire MacBook Pro line....

July 21, 2025 · 3 min · 443 words · Ashley Johnson

Big EVs are almost here: 7 upcoming electric SUVs we’re excited for

SUVs are all the rage. So are EVs. It makes sense, therefore, that theTesla Model Yis theworld’s best selling car. But that begs the question — how much of the Tesla Model Y being so popular is just because of the fact that it’s one of the very few large-size electric cars out there? Well, we’re about to find out. A number of electric SUVs have been announced, and many will be released in the very near future....

July 21, 2025 · 4 min · 800 words · Sonya Everett

Black Ops 6 & Warzone Merry Mayhem event: Start date & how to earn free rewards

Black Ops 6 & Warzone Merry Mayhem event: Start date & how to earn free rewards Black Ops 6 and Warzone Season 1 Reloaded introduces two new weapons, one of which can be unlocked through the Merry Mayhem event. Usually, players unlock new weapons through the Battle Pass, but Treyarch threw a curveball at players in the mid-season update. Similar to how players unlocked the Sirin 9MM Secondary Weapon in theHit List event, players have to do the same to unlock the Malestrom shotgun....

July 21, 2025 · 3 min · 452 words · Terry Long

Carrie Fisher's Best Friend Reveals Her First Thoughts On Star Wars

Summary Carrie Fisher did not expectStar Warsto succeed when she first began production. Fisher, who became an integral part oftheStar Warsmovie universeas Princess Leia, was just 19 years old when she began playing Leia. She starred in the originalStar Warsalongside Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Peter Mayhew, and Alec Guinness. While she hardly expected the movie to be anything successful, it earned an initial $410 million on a budget of $11 million and has earned $775 million after its various re-releases....

July 21, 2025 · 4 min · 644 words · Thomas Stephenson

China’s National Space Administration just announced plans to land on Mars by 2020

In a rare news conference, Xu Dazhe, the head of the China National Space Administration, has reiterated the country’s plan to land on Mars by 2020,according to theAssociated Press. Originally announced in January of this year, Xu confirms that the project is proceeding with the government’s full support. The Chinese mission will follow in the footsteps of the U.S. Viking 1, which landed on the red planet more than forty years ago....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 301 words · Kenneth Frazier

Encryption-busting law passed in Australia may have global privacy implications

New legislation from Australia could have global consequences for security and privacy on the internet. Controversial laws have been passed which oblige tech companies to allow the police to access encrypted messages, undermining the privacy of encryption. End-to-end encryptionis used by apps like iMessage, WhatApp, Telegram, and Signal to keep messages between users private. It works by taking the message that you are sending and using a string of digits, called a public key, to turn this message into scrambled characters....

July 21, 2025 · 3 min · 463 words · Erica Everett

Garmin’s Quatix 6X uses transparent solar panel to hit 24 days of battery life

Garmin is stepping up its smartwatch game with the power of the sun. The company announced the newGarminQuatix 6X Solar, which expands on the original Quatix 6X by adding a solar charging display that helps extend the battery life. As a result, while the original Quatix 6X offers a 14-day battery life, the Quatix 6X Solar extends battery life to an impressive 24 days. The solar charging tech is a smart addition....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 373 words · Angela Edwards

Hellblade 2’s Alternate Narrators Are A Huge Wasted Story Opportunity

Summary Those who completedHellblade 2unlocked a new way to experience the game on a second playthrough, as a new narration track becomes available, but the feature is ultimately a wasted opportunity since it failed to effectively capitalize on the different perspectives of Senua’s companions. Like the originalSenua’s Sacrifice,Senua’s Sagadeals with mythological and supernatural elements through the lens of a hero who lives with a mental health condition. The first game gave players no clear answers to whether the supernatural existed outside of Senua’s subjective experience, butthe sequel muddied the waters on this by including companions....

July 21, 2025 · 5 min · 1012 words · Michael Klein

How to change mouse DPI on Windows and Mac

You can change your mouse DPI, or its sensitivity, pretty quickly in both Windows and macOS – and manytop gaming micecan do it with a simple press of a button. This can be a great way to boost accuracy in some games, to make you more productive at work, or just to give you greater control and accuracy of your mouse pointer. Whatever your reason, though, here’s how to change your mouse DPI....

July 21, 2025 · 4 min · 815 words · Mrs. Brenda Shaffer MD

How to watch Fortnite FNCS Global Championship 2024 & claim free drops

How to watch Fortnite FNCS Global Championship 2024 & claim free drops The big Fortnite event of the year is finally here and the best players in the world will go head-to-head against one another on the global stage of FNCS Global Championship 2024. If you’re watching from home, here’s where you can tune in on the broadcast and get some free drops. The 2024edition of FNCSwas full of tough competition between the pros as they played through several Fortnite seasons....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 404 words · Dean Hart

How to watch Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story for free

How to watch Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story for free Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story is a new movie that focuses on one of the most disturbing murder-suicide cases in US history, and there’s a way to watch it for free now. Although it’s quiet on thetrue crimefront this month, there are some notablenew documentariesfocusing on infamous cases. Peacock’s got a series on Charles Manson coming out, while at the end of November, a Netflix title will revisit the murder of JonBenét Ramsey....

July 21, 2025 · 4 min · 776 words · Crystal Trujillo