One Piece gets unexpected Sakamoto Days crossover thanks to card game

One Piece gets unexpected Sakamoto Days crossover thanks to card game Two beloved Shonen mangas, One Piece and Sakamoto Days, just featured an unexpected crossover thanks to a card game, so here’s what you need to know. One PieceCard Game was released in Japan in July 2022 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the manga. The game was also introduced worldwide later that year. It is a collectible card game based on Eiichiro Oda’s iconic manga and anime series....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 334 words · Matthew Gonzalez

Overwatch 2 pros keep banning this unexpected hero

Overwatch 2 pros keep banning this unexpected hero Hero bans from the recent Overwatch Champions Series (OWCS) NA and EMEA qualifiers provided some insight into the strongest heroes to play for this meta. TheOverwatch Champion Seriesheld a series of open qualifiers from January 16 to January 19. During the second phase, the top 16 teams of each region were given the opportunity toban one heroper map. Any banned heroes were not allowed to be picked by either team....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 420 words · Holly Soto

Palworld dev unfazed by talk of declining player counts

Palworld dev unfazed by talk of declining player counts Palworld devs aren’t concerned about the current dropoff in players at all. Their focus is on delivering new content. Palworld’s phenomenal launch has solidified the title as one of the most statistically popular games of all time. Pocketpair’s survival-oriented creature-collecter rocketed through the Steam charts hitting concurrent player counts ofover 2 million Pal Tamers. The most recently available sales figures reveal thatover 19 million people installed the game across Xbox and PC....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 411 words · Jennifer Nicholson

Perlick brings a bigger, bolder version of its high-tech fridge to KBIS 2019

We thoughtPerlick’smonster,24-inch column refrigeratorwas a big boy when it debuted at last year’s KBIS 2018, but now the food and beverage storage manufacturer is bringing an absolute monolith of a refrigerator to this year’s show. The company’s flagship product for this year is a 30-inch-wide column refrigerator and it’s the big daddy of Perlick’s family of full-size refrigerators, freezers, and wine fridges. If you’ve likedPerlick’s productsbefore but they just didn’t have enough space for your foodstuffs and beverage of choice, the30-inch Perlick Collection Column Refrigeratoris certain to have you covered....

June 19, 2025 · 3 min · 494 words · Tina Myers

Severance creator knows how the series ends, hopes to make season 3 soon

It’s been three years since Mark S. screamed, “She’s alive!” before the screen cut to black in theSeveranceseason 1 finale. After numerous setbacks and delays,Severanceseason 2returns to Apple TV+ this month. The Emmy-nominated sci-fi drama enters its sophomore season with several unanswered questions, many of which revolve around the mysterious Lumon Industries. With so many queries and nothing guaranteed past season 2, does theSeverancecreative team have a roadmap to the ending?...

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 363 words · Francisco Wilson

Sonos Spring Sale: Sonos One SL, Sonos One, and Sonos Beam

As part of its Spring sale, Sonos is discounting a variety of its audio products. We’ve spotted great discounts on the Sonos One SLwireless speaker, the Sonos Onesmart speaker, and the Sonos Beamsoundbar. We don’t know how long theseSonos dealswill last, though, so you better hurry and order what you want before it’s gone. Sonos One SL— $129, was $179 The Sonos One SL is a powerful microphone-free wireless speaker perfect for music and more....

June 19, 2025 · 5 min · 863 words · Keith Elliott

SpaceX eyeing weather for Thursday’s Falcon Heavy launch. Here’s how it looks

The Falcon Heavy rocket on the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.SpaceX UPDATE: SpaceX has finally launched the USSF-52 mission using its triple-booster Falcon Heavy rocket, and you canwatch the highlights. SpaceX has already stood down from four attempts to launch the USSF-52 mission using its Falcon Heavy rocket to deploy an experimental space plane for the U.S. Space Force (USSF). Poor weather conditions and an unspecified issue on the ground are among the various reasons given for the launch delays, the most recent of which occurred on December 13....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 425 words · Darren Abbott

Steam enters beta on Chromebooks, tripling number of supported devices

After a long incubation period, Valve’s Steam gaming platform is now available on the beta channel of version 108 of ChromeOS, bringing along improved user experience, broader availability, and greater compatibility with popular gaming titles. Gaming publisher Valve had, at the beginning of this year, been collaborating with the ChromeOS gaming team in releasing Steam in the alpha channel of ChromeOS. Graduating to the more stable and reliable beta channel means more users can try Steam out for themselves....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 305 words · Michael Potter

Surface Pro 8 vs. the new Surface Pro X: Which 2-in-1 is right for you?

With the launch ofWindows 11, there are a lot of new 2-in-1 tablets from Microsoft this fall. The list includes theSurface Pro 8,Surface Laptop Studio,Surface Go 3, andSurface Pro X. So, if you’reheading online to buy one, you might be wondering what are the differences among the devices. Well, between the Surface Pro 8 and the Surface Pro X, there are quite a few. The two might look similar on the outside with slim bezels and the same Type Covers, but on the inside, things are very different....

June 19, 2025 · 8 min · 1608 words · Peggy Baird

Surviving Sniper Elite 3: Some tips to help you win World War II

Rebellion Developments pulled off something special inSniper Elite 3. Once a game that hinged on a presentation gimmick — its gory x-ray kill cam — the studio reinvented the series in its third effort by offering up more of a sandbox experience (which it expanded even more inSniper Elite 4). Instead of blasting the heads off of Axis forces as you move from point A to point B, you’re presented with alarge, freely-navigable spaceand an open-ended set of objectives....

June 19, 2025 · 10 min · 2025 words · Joseph Brooks

The 27-inch iMac ‘Pro’ with M1 Max could already be in production

After the launch of its redesigned 24-inch iMac, Apple has begun production on a larger 27-inch variant, according toMacRumors. The report also says that the new iMac will feature a mini-LED display. The report is based on new shipments from Apple suppliers. Components are being sent off to manufacturers for final assembly, which means the 27-inch iMac is likely in production and could ship in the spring of 2022. The release pattern would follow the launch of theM1 24-inch iMacin April of 2021, which came around six months after the introduction of the M1 chip in the MacBook Air....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 394 words · Kenneth Williams

The 5 best smart notebooks for 2025

We’re well into 2025, and chances are reading more books than you ever have before is written somewhere in your list of New Year’s Resolutions. If that’s you, then you might have filled your shelves with new books recommended to you by people on BookTok (the book branch of TikTok). However, if there’s not enough space on your bookshelf for any of the books you want to read, whether it’s a new novel, a self-help book, or a textbook you’re using for class, you may want to opt for a smart notebook....

June 19, 2025 · 9 min · 1875 words · Debbie Whitney

The Abode starter kit is an Alexa-compatible DIY home security solution

Do you really need to depend upon asecuritycompany to take care of your home? You now have the option of depending on your favorite voice assistant and a new security solution fromAbode. Heralded as a “beautiful, easy-to-install, professional-grade security solution, theAbode starter kitincludes a Z-Wave and ZigBee hub, one gateway and two door/window sensors, one remote key fob, and one motion-sensing camera. Connect all of that to Alexa, and start taking care of business — or at least, your property....

June 19, 2025 · 3 min · 575 words · Jennifer Sanchez