2025-01-01
The best gaming handhelds for 2025
Handheld gaming systems are having a moment. While people have been gaming on the go since the days of the Game Boy, recent years have brought an enormous array of devices that let you play all sorts of games anywhere you want. Because new machines seem to arrive every week, howe [...]
2025-01-01
The first PlayStation Plus games of 2025 include The Stanley Parable and Suicide Squad
Sony just revealed the first set of PlayStation Plus games in 2025 available for all subscribers, regardless of what service tier they're signed up for. Up this month are Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered and The Stanley Parable: U [...]
2025-01-01
Tech that can help you stick to your New Year’s resolutions
Regardless of how 2024 went for you, 2025 is another chance for all of us to make the new year better than the one that came before it. New Year’s resolutions are usually set with the best intentions, but it’s no secret many people fail after just a few weeks — old habits d [...]
2025-01-01
The best VPN service for 2025
Virtual private networks (VPNs) promise the potential to stream any content, from anywhere. They unlock content from abroad across nearly any streaming service you use regularly, which can come in handy if you’re into some obscure BBC exclusive not available in the United State [...]
2024-12-31
Squid Game's second season is officially Netflix's biggest TV debut
Squid Game has set a new high for Netflix's television programming. Variety reported that the second season of the Korean show drew in 68 million views over its first four days. That's the biggest debut for a TV show on the streaming platform, besting the 50.1 million s [...]
2024-12-31
The best SSDs in 2025
When it comes to boosting your system’s performance, upgrading to one of the fastest SSDs is a no-brainer. Whether you’re building a gaming PC, speeding up an older laptop or simply craving lightning-fast load times, an SSD is the way to go. Unlike traditional hard drives, SS [...]
2024-12-31
Bluesky and Threads showed us very different visions for a post-X future
There’s no longer any question that Threads and Bluesky have created the most viable alternatives to the platform once known as Twitter. But while the two services may share some of the same goals, they’ve shown very different visions for how text-based social networks should [...]
2024-12-31
Dang, 2024 was a great year for horror game fans
When it comes to new horror games, there are times of feast and famine, and this past year we gorged until our bellies bulged and our mouths dripped with gruesome grease. In 2024, we received a rich spread of dark experiences from solo creators, indie teams, AA developers and AAA [...]
2024-12-31
Russia is trying to make its own game consoles in a bid for technological independence
It’s no secret that Russia has been slowly working towards eschewing as much Western technology as it can and developing its own, and its latest effort seems to be related to video games. On December 25, Anton Gorelkin, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information [...]