Pixel 9a vs Pixel 8a: How the two mid-rangers stack up

Google’s mid-range Pixel 9a offers impressive high-end features like a 48-megapixel main shooter, a 13-megapixel ultrawide camera with macro, its Tensor G4 chip, and 8GB of RAM, all in a cost-effective $500 package. The Pixel 8a is a mid-ranger Google handset, with a 6.1-inch display, a 64-megapixel main camera, 8GB of RAM, and the Tensor G3 chip first found on the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro smartphones. After awhirlwind of leaks and rumors, Googlehas finally taken the wraps offits latest mid-range Android phone,the Pixel 9a....

August 13, 2025 · 7 min · 1307 words · Joshua Parrish

Pragmata Brings Sci-Fi Action in 2026

During Sony’s State of Play presentation on June 4, Capcom shared a new trailer forPragmata. The video revealed some of the gameplay and story elements and allowed the company to announce the game’s release is now planned for 2026. Beyond Earth in a Futuristic Setting Originally announced in 2020, Pragmata is a brand-new sci-fi action adventure IP thatCapcomoriginally planned to release back in 2022, but it has been delayed multiple times after the initial tease....

August 13, 2025 · 3 min · 584 words · Mark Jacobs

Priority, ShortLook, Ultrasound, and more jailbreak tweaks to try this weekend

The jailbreak community has been rather captivating as of late. Whilejailbreak tweakreleases have been somewhat slow, there’vebeen some exciting developmentsconcerningexploitation and jailbreak demos. That said, the future looks bright for jailbreaking. In this roundup, we’ll showcase all the jailbreak tweaks released inCydiafrom Monday, October 8thto Sunday, October 14th. As usual, we’ll kick things off by discussing our favorite releases in detail first and then outline the rest of them afterward....

August 13, 2025 · 4 min · 769 words · Cynthia Brooks

Quick Send relocates the Send button in Quick Reply for your app notifications

The native quick reply interface in iOS is useful because you can respond to several kinds ofnotificationsfrom many different apps from almost anywhere in iOS. On the other hand, the Send button is in an awkward place, and that’s what a new freejailbreak tweakcalledQuick Sendhopes to fix. So why is the Send button considered to be in a weird place in the stock quick reply interface? Well, your hands are already at the bottom of the screen to type on thekeyboardwhen you’re composing a reply, so it seems to make more sense for the Send button to be located on the keyboard rather than all the way at the top of the screen....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · John Tucker

Remnant 2: The Dark Horizon – Spark Quest Guide

There are several optional side quests inRemnant 2’sDark Horizon DLC, and one of them is the Spark questline. Spark is an inquisitive robot eager to explore new worlds. It asks you a series of questions and gives you a task to “get rid of the voice.” In this guide, we will walk you through how to find Spark and complete its entire questline step by step. All Spark Locations in Remnant 2 You can start the Spark questline after locating the robot, which appears in one of three possible locations....

August 13, 2025 · 5 min · 856 words · Jennifer Ball

Review: Persona 3 Portable

It’s surprising that it has taken Atlus this long to remaster one of the best Persona games ever made, and we’re of course talking about Persona 3. This was the first fully 3D title in the franchise and it pushed the franchise into the spotlight, showcasing the phenomenal soundtrack of Shoji Meguro and a surprisingly dark and dreary story that has players emotionally involved. This has been locked on the PlayStation brand for ages, with the first release hitting 2006, FES a year later and finally Portable two years after that....

August 13, 2025 · 6 min · 1163 words · Elizabeth Chambers

Review: POW, a charming universal charging cable that follows you everywhere

I can’t stand the sight of twisted charging cables sitting in my drawer. Having to carry them around as part of my mobile device toolkit every time I leave home is annoying, to say the least. As if the dongles weren’t enough, now we’re expected to carry more cables than ever before just because vendors cannot settle on a universally accepted charging standard. There’s gotta be something that can be done about it, right?...

August 13, 2025 · 5 min · 955 words · Mikayla King

Rumour: Diablo 4 Beta to be Announced at BlizzCon 2021

A possible Diablo 4 beta might be incoming, with BlizzConline 2021 happening this weekend. Rumour: Diablo IV Beta to be Announced at BlizzCon 2021 Speculation is rife as we draw closer to BlizzCon 2021 this weekend, and the rumours are many, especially around the “What’s Next” panel for Diablo. One particular possible hint that a beta might be incoming, as recent sightings of changes on the Alpha/Beta access help screens have been noticed....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Shane Ingram

RunStar Simulator Codes

In RunStar Simulator, you may become the ultimate track star. Train your speed as much as possible by running on the treadmills and then compete against other players in races. You’ll collect Wins as you compete and use them to purchase cute little pets and fresh running shoes that can boost your stats as well. Eventually, you can save up your wins to travel to new locations with more challenging races....

August 13, 2025 · 3 min · 552 words · Charles Anderson

Samsung to iPhone users: come test drive our newest phones for just a dollar

As first notedby Engadget, Samsung is so confident that iPhone users will find its newest smartphones compelling enough to switch, that it’s letting iPhone users test drive them for 30 days for just a buck. Coined “The Ultimate Test Drive”, Samsung, doing its very bestT-Mobile impression, is letting current iPhone owners take the Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy Note5, or Galaxy S6 edge+ for a 30-day spin. All you need to do is visit Samsung’s The Ultimate Test Drive website via the Safari browser running on your iPhone, select your current carrier, the Galaxy model you wish to test, register with Samsung, and provide delivery and credit card information....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 254 words · James Perry PhD

Sony Xperia 1 V vs Sony Xperia 1 iV: Should you upgrade?

Sony Xperia 1 V The Sony Xperia 1 V is the company’s latest flagship device, bringing a number of improvements over the Xperia 1 iV, including a new camera sensor and chip. Sony Xperia 1 IV The Sony Xperia 1 iV might not be the latest flagship smartphone anymore, but it’s come down quite a bit in price and has a very similar design to the newest model. Sony announced its next generation offlagship smartphoneduring an event on 11 May in the form of the Xperia 1 V....

August 13, 2025 · 9 min · 1733 words · Lisa Rosario

Talking About the Gaming Side of SoundSelf with Robin Arnott

Everything is stress and broken systems, or at least that’s how it can seem. Daily life even in the best of times can take up every second of the day and leave no room for a single moment of peace, and as anyone who exists on this planet right now might have noticed, it’s not the best of times. Peace is hard to come by but it’s possible, it just requires discipline and time management skills to attain....

August 13, 2025 · 11 min · 2300 words · Danielle Phillips

Tesla is building its next electric car and it could change everything

The Tesla Annual Shareholder meeting took place on 22 June 2025, giving Elon Musk the chance to talk across a wide-range of Tesla topics and answer many questions. Apart from confirming that Cybertruck deliveries would start in 2023, theTeslafounder teased the launch of two new products. The details on these products are light, and Musk didn’t dwell on them for long, but during this section of the presentation, a silhouette was shown on the display giving us an idea of the profile of the vehicle....

August 13, 2025 · 3 min · 529 words · Heather Brooks