How many people play Destiny 2? Player count tracker (March 2025)

How many people play Destiny 2? Player count tracker (March 2025) Destiny 2 has witnessed its share of ups and downs in terms of player engagement, but how popular is it today, and what is its active player count in 2025? The first installment,Destiny, launched in 2014 for PlayStation and Xbox, paving the way for the much-anticipated sequel, Destiny 2, which followed in 2017. The release ofThe Final Shapesaw a significant boost in player numbers but experienced a sharp drop in concurrent users throughout its following content drop, Episode Echoes....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 456 words · Jeffrey Sanders

How to get Okidogi in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: Teal Mask DLC

How to get Okidogi in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: Teal Mask DLC Okidogi is a member of the Loyal Three trio and a brand-new Legendary Pokemon in Scarlet & Violet’s Teal Mask DLC, along with Munkidori & Fezandipiti. Here’s how trainers can catch this devious dog Pokemon for themselves. Pokemon Scarlet & Violet’sTeal Mask expansion is out now, and it takes trainers to the Japanese-inspired land of Kitakami. The people of Kitakami tell tales of the Loyal Three — a trio of Pokemon who protected the land from anotherLegendary Pokemon called Ogerpon....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 599 words · George Wilson

How to set up and use Hive Social as your next Twitter replacement

It’s only been a little while sinceElon Musk bought Twitter, but there has been more than enough drama and turmoil at the social media site to make people flock toalternatives. ThoughMastodonand Cohost seemed to be popular options for those looking for a Twitter replacement, a (somewhat) new possibility popped up out of nowhere —Hive Social. Difficulty What You Need iPhone or Android smartphone What is Hive Social? It’s like a mashup of Twitter andInstagram, with a dash of MySpace....

August 5, 2025 · 5 min · 992 words · Roger Walker

How to stream on a PS5

When you’re ready to share your gaming prowess with the world, you can stream your favorite games from yourPlayStation 5 (PS5)to services such asTwitchand YouTube. Whether you want to share some footage with friends, or you’re jump-starting a new online streaming business, the PlayStation 5 can broadcast your trophy triumphs to the world. In this guide, we’ll explore how to sign in to your streaming accounts and how to stream on a PS5....

August 5, 2025 · 4 min · 649 words · Garrett Ferguson

Hurry! This HP 17-inch laptop is discounted from $500 to $290

If you want to buy a laptop with a relatively large screen but you don’t want to break the bank with your purchase, then you should set your sights on the HP Laptop 17z. It already provides amazing value for money at its original price of $500, but HP is currently selling the laptop with a $210 discount so it’s down to a more affordable $290. We’re not sure how much time is remaining on this bargain, so if you want to take advantage of one of the most interestinglaptop dealsin the market right now, you’re going to have to proceed with the transaction as soon as you can....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 352 words · Jessica Baxter

Ingenious digital swear jar uses voice recognition to penalize you for bad words

Want to stop *@$%ing swearing so much? Then get yourself a swear jar. Want to stop *@$%ing swearing so much, while also getting a unique new gadget for the home? Then get yourself a god&%@ smart swear jar. That’s the premise behind a somewhat unusual new gadgetthat has popped up on Kickstarter. CalledJarGone, it’s basically an “always listening” speaker like theAmazon EchoorGoogle Home— only with the sole function of recognizing whenever you use a naughty word....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 442 words · Paul Dawson

Inside Final Fantasy VII dives into the making of Square Enix’s iconic game

With recent releases on Nintendo Switch and Xbox One, the PlayStation classicFinal Fantasy VIIwas introduced to audiences that may have never experienced this pivotal Japanese RPG and gives experienced fans another chance to take the journey through Gaia. On Thursday, April 11, in the third entry in the series of developer featurettes exploring this legendary franchise,Inside Final Fantasygives us a close look atFinal Fantasy VIIwith insight from the game’s writer and director Yoshinori Kitase, art director Yusuke Naora, and publicity producer Shinji Hashimoto....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 505 words · Kimberly Marquez

Is The Flash movie streaming?

It was only about a month ago whenThe FlashTV series wrapped its nine-season run on The CW. Now,The Flashmovie is in theaters after years of delays and a long run of veryunflattering brushes with the lawfor its star, Ezra Miller. Regardless, the wait is over and audiences will now have the chance to judgeThe Flashon its own merits. In the film, Barry Allen (Miller) discovers that he has the power to travel back in time....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 466 words · Douglas Brennan

ISS astronaut spots SpaceX’s Starbase facility from space

An astronaut gazing out from the International Space Station (ISS) managed to spot SpaceX’s Starbase spaceflight facility in Boca Chica, Texas, some 250 miles below. Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata photographed the sight from the ISS as the orbital outpost passed over the Lone Star State earlier this week. Posting the image on Twitter, Wakata asked his followers if they could spot SpaceX’s facility far below. Unless you live locally, or you’ve been tracking SpaceX’s work at the site extremely closely, it’s a safe bet you won’t be able to spot Starbase....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 308 words · Richard Quinn

It only took 41 years, but Notepad just got its most important update ever

After 41 years of being part of Windows, Notepad has finally been updated by Microsoft with two essential features: autocorrect and spellcheck. Given how prevalent spellcheck is across any app where you can enter text, you could be forgiven for thinking that Notepad already had the feature, but it was just added to the app available inWindows 11. Microsoft originally announced the addition in March, and it began rolling out spellcheck in Notepad to Windows Insiders the following month....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 412 words · Bailey Mcdaniel

It’s alive! Scientists create ‘artificial life’ on a quantum computer

Here is a sentence that sounds like it’s come fresh off the pages of a Michael Crichton techno-thriller: Scientists have created “artificial life” on aquantum computerfor the first time ever. And that could turn out to be kind of a big deal. The work was achieved by researchers from the University of the Basque Country in Spain. With the aid of anIBM QX4 quantum computer, they created tiny simulated life forms capable of carrying out many of the behaviors seen in real-world life forms — including reproduction, mutation, evolution, and death....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 397 words · Katherine Graham

James Wan’s Upcoming Horror Remake Can Finally Break A 20-Year-Old Sitcom Curse

Summary The upcomingThe Munstersreboot produced by James Wan could break a 20-year-old sitcom curse. Although Wan is a prolific producer, he is best known as the director that kicked off the major horror franchisesSaw,Insidious, andThe Conjuringin addition to helmingFurious 7,Aquaman, andAquaman 2. As a producer, he has largely overseen titles in the horror genre, including the viral killer doll movieM3GAN, the Netflix slasherThere’s Someone Inside Your House, and the Prime Video reboot seriesI Know What You Did Last Summer....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 605 words · Deanna Jones DDS

LG CES highlights: Everything announced for 2021

LG helped kick-off the first day of CES 2021 with a list of exciting product announcements highlighting TVs, phones, and various smart home technology. It’s newest lineups of OLED TVs will help usher in a new era of home entertainment optimization and smart home devices — and we’re still trying to wrap our heads around the short glimpse of its rollable smartphone/tablet. Below is everything LG has announced at CES 2021 so far....

August 5, 2025 · 7 min · 1414 words · Sarah Perez