Hopsy’s smaller countertop kegerator makes homebrewing even easier

Making beer at home is about to get a lot easier. Hopsy, a direct-to-consumer draft beer service,announcedthat it is making a new home draft beer machine. The best part: It fits right on your countertop like any other kitchen appliance. The Sub Compact, designed with German kitchen appliance manufacturer Krups, will be about as easy to use as a Keurig machine but will give you much more of a buzz....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 384 words · Thomas Elliott

How Google’s $90M settlement could actually help small developers

Google has finally reached a settlement for a 2021 class-action antitrust lawsuit, resulting in the company owing $90 million to U.S.-based app developers. The suit alleged that theGoogle Play Store’s 30% cut for all in-app purchases was too high, especially since there aren’t great third-party app store options that devs can use to avoid the fees. Although Google decided in 2021 to half its cut of in-app purchases to 15% for the first $1 million made by a developer, it’s also offering a potentially big payout for those that were affected....

July 17, 2025 · 3 min · 467 words · Aaron Cameron

How to spot fake art in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Jolly Redd is a lovable yet difficult character inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. On the one hand, Tom Nook warns us to never interact with him. On the other, Blathers loves the artwork you bring after visiting. Redd will happily trick your younger sibling or your grandparents into buying something they don’t need. Jolly Redd should find himself behind bars, but now he finds himself on a boat, heading to your island....

July 17, 2025 · 5 min · 872 words · Ms. Gloria Hopkins

How to undo reposts on TikTok (and why you should)

TikTok, like many other social media apps, includingThreads, allows its users to repost the content they enjoy to share it with their followers. However, unlike apps such asX, formerly Twitter, which provide clear instructions on how to undo a repost and indicate when it has been successfully undone, TikTok’s process is not as straightforward. Difficulty What You Need A smartphone with the TikTok app installed A TikTok account Luckily, undoing a repost on TikTok is easy if you know where to look....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Kyle Boyer

Influencer under fire for “disrespectful” dance at scene of fatal car crash

Influencer under fire for “disrespectful” dance at scene of fatal car crash A popular social media influencer and artist danced during a live broadcast of a deadly car crash, leading netizens to call him out for being “disrespectful.” On Saturday, September 21, a bus carrying 43 passengers and two drivers overturned while driving a dangerous part of the Via Dutra highway in the southern part of Brazil. The accident, which killed three athletes from the Coritiba Crocodiles, a Brazilian American football team, occurred in Pirai, Rio de Janeiro....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 403 words · James Thompson

Intel’s next CPU just leaked, and it could beat AMD’s best

TheIntel Raptor Lakerefresh is just around the corner, and there’s the potential for these chips to rival some of the currentbest processors. The chips are still a bit of an enigma, but a leaker has now shared some official benchmarks straight from Intel. The result? Intel’s Core i9-14900K is definitely a match forAMD’s Ryzen 9 7950X3D. HXL on Twitter released a slide with what looks to be official Intel benchmarks that pit the Core i9-14900K against AMD’s best processor in a total of 25 games....

July 17, 2025 · 3 min · 481 words · Monica Solomon

Lanterns: Casting DC Legend Hal Jordan For The DCU's Green Lantern Show

Summary Warner Bros. and HBO are officially moving forward with the DCU’sLanternsseries. However, it’s not yet known who will be playing Hal Jordan, one of the greatest human Green Lanterns in DC Universe. As such, the role is going to require a very particular type of actor, one who can project a high level of courage and confidence alongside a fair share of recklessness where others would express caution or fear....

July 17, 2025 · 9 min · 1792 words · Billy Dean

Major Redfall patch adds 60 fps performance mode, a stealth overhaul, and more

Xbox exclusiveRedfalljust got a major patch. The update adds a long-awaited 60 frames per second (fps) mode to the game, as well as a heap of quality of life upgrades and an overhaul to stealth gameplay. Among lots of other problems, the dame infamously only ran at 30 fps at launch on Xbox Series X and S. While Arkane Studios promised aperformance mode patchwas in the works prior to release, it didn’t arrive until today....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 334 words · Jason Maldonado

Marvel Brings Spider-Man's 60s TV Catchphrase Back into Official Continuity

Summary One forgotten catchphrase fromSpider-Man’s1960s era has been brought back with new meaning. The Wallcrawler always flourishes in animated form, especially the animated series whichhelped birth the Spider-Verse. However, one cartoon that can’t be forgotten is the original 1967 animatedSpider-Man. It may not have been as beloved as the 1990s cartoon, but it is just as historically important. Spider-Boy#7 – written by Dan Slott, with art by Paco Medina –brings back an iconic exclamation, popularized by the Webslinger in the ‘60sSpider-Mancartoon: “walloping web-snappers!...

July 17, 2025 · 3 min · 576 words · Zoe Mills

NASA releases cute Mars rover game to celebrate Curiosity anniversary

Mars enthusiasts will be beside themselves with dusty red delight when they hear what NASA’s just gone and done. Celebrating the fourth anniversary of theCuriosity rover’s arrivalon the faraway planet, the space agency has released a new social game with the deliciously obvious title ofMars Rover. The super-straightforward iOS, Android, and desktop game requires you to navigate a rover across rough Martian terrain, the main challenge apparently being to keep its wheels intact and prevent the vehicle from toppling over as you go....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 424 words · David Frost

NBA 2K24 Jan 11 ratings update: Jalen Brunson, Luka Doncic rise

NBA 2K24 Jan 11 ratings update: Jalen Brunson, Luka Doncic rise Trae Young, Luka Doncic, and Jalen Brunson were among the players who received a ratings increase in the NBA 2K24 January 11 update. January 12 will mark the launch ofSeason 4in NBA 2K24. But before then, 2K refreshed the ratings of NBA players in NBA 2K24 on January 11. The latest ratings update saw players from across the league get their numbers adjusted, including stars like Kawhi Leonard and Stephen Curry....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 293 words · Connie Murphy

Neptune as you’ve never seen it before, imaged by Webb telescope

The newly deployed James Webb Space Telescope has captured the clearest view of Neptune in decades. The most powerful space telescope ever built, which launched at the end of 2021, used its infrared imaging capabilities to show the distant planet in a fresh light. Features include Neptune’s prominent narrow rings and fainter dust bands, which NASA says have not been detected since 1989 when Voyager 2 passed close by. “It has been three decades since we last saw these faint, dusty rings, and this is the first time we’ve seen them in the infrared,” Heidi Hammel, a Neptune system expert and interdisciplinary scientist for Webb,saidon NASA’s website....

July 17, 2025 · 3 min · 441 words · Sonya Schmidt

New Nuimo Click gives one-touch control over smart home devices

Some technology is hindered by the need for power, but companies have taken strides to eliminate as many cables as possible. The Berlin-based software company Senic has released the Nuimo Click, a switch that provides one-click control over the smart home devices includingSonos speakers. The Nuimo Click uses energy harvesting technology, which means it draws power from other sources. In the case of the Nuimo Click, the power source is kinetic energy....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Kathleen Mcdowell