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Right to Repair fans, you’re in luck, because the Steam Deck is pretty easy to fix according toiFixit’s teardown. Valve releasedits own teardown videoa few months ago, but it was packed with warnings about why you shouldn’t do it yourself. Undeterred by the warning, iFixit went to work and quickly tore down its model provided by Valve. The results are pretty surprising. Nearly every relevant part of the machine can be taken out, with rumors that Steam will have replacement parts widely available down the line....

Tetris has gone through many permutations throughout its 37-year history. It’s been a Facebook game designed for social interaction between friends.Tetris Effectturned the puzzle format into a trippy, calming VR experience. Nintendo Switch owners even haveTetris 99, a battle royale variant that works surprisingly well. The tetromino format continues to keep us entertained no matter how developers T-spin it. The storied franchise has evolved once again with the release ofTetris Beat, a newApple Arcade exclusiveavailable today....

Action movies have been around since the dawn of cinema, but the action genre as we know it came to be during the ’70s and ’80s. The formula for action movies hasn’t changed much in the decades since then. While many standard action flicks go for a single lead, like Bruce Willis inDie Hard, Sylvester Stallone inRambo, and Arnold Schwarzenegger in theTerminator films, action comedies tend to work best when pairing up two stars as duos in buddy flicks....

Google Home is one of the best smart home platforms of 2023. Some of its benefits are obvious — such as being able to dish out voice commands or check in on all your gadgets in one location using the smartphone app — but others are a bit more obscure. In fact, some of the best Google Home features can’t be found without a bit of digging. To help you get the most out of Google Home, here’s a long list of tips, tricks, and even a few Easter eggs to maximize the system’s potential....

“Why you can trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services and apps to help you make a sound buying decision. Find out we test and score products.“ Oh my God, did you catch the season finale of The Crush House? I totally did not expect Milo and Emile to hook up, but I’m here for it! I need to check their Instagrams to figure out if they’re still dating now....

The Meta Quest 3 is an awesome VR headsetwith a fast processor and great mixed reality, but that doesn’t mean it’s free of trouble. Below, we’ve listed the most common problems and how to fix them so you may solve any issues and get back to gaming, browsing, orspatial computingwith your Quest 3. Reset the Quest 3 Boundary Meta keeps improving the spatial awareness of its Quest headsets.The Quest 3 includes a depth sensor that automatically scans your roomto create a boundary....

And with that, July has come to a close. What a month it’s been at the box office.Jurassic World Rebirth,Superman, andThe Fantastic Four: First Stepsare on track to be three of the highest-grossing movies of 2025. August begins withThe Naked Gun, the new reboot starring Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson. If you’re looking for more slapstick comedy, stream the firstNaked Gunfor free on a FAST service like Pluto TV. Check out these other free movies to stream this weekend....

After some rumors, and only a few weeks before the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event, Samsung has announced the new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G, a follow-up to its original clamshell-styleGalaxy Z Flipthat adds 5G support and even better performance. While Samsung usually adopts Qualcomm’s latest and greatest chipsets for its Galaxy S or Galaxy Note phones — such as the hotly anticipatedNote 20andNote 20 Plus— the Galaxy Z Flip 5G has beat both to the punch, offering the Snapdragon 865 Plus mobile platform....

Need a new Android smartphone that doesn’t break the bank? ThisPrime Day, Motorola discounted several of its Android mobile devices, with some products starting as low as $110. What’s more, all of these smartphones come unlocked so you have the freedom to choose your carrier and plan. Head over to Amazon now and shop these Prime Day Motorola deals before your chosen smartphone runs out of stock. Not the brand you want?...

Scientists from the University of Virginia School of Medicine havebuilt an algorithmthat may shed crucial light on genetic diseases, as well as help physicians and medical experts to rapidly diagnose them. And it could be a game-changer — once someone actually builds a computer powerful enough to run it, that is. The algorithm in question is one that is designed to analyze genomic data. It can be used to determine whether a test sample comes from a person with a disease or a healthy control and to do this significantly faster than current conventional computers....

Trying to measure the size of the universe is no easy task. We know thatthe universe is expanding, though the exact rate of this expansion is not yet fixed. So one method that astronomers use to tell how far away very distant objects are is called thecosmic distance ladder. The idea is that different objects can be used as rungs on a ladder for measuring different distances, from looking at the movements of stars to observing pulsating stars called cepheid variables to observing a type of supernova called a Type Ia....

Twitter rolled outan updated privacy policyon Tuesday, with less legalese and a simpler format to help clarify how the platform uses data. The change, prompted in part by theupcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) lawsin the European Union, is designed to make the company’s policies easier to understand. While the laws are only in the EU, Twitter says that the privacy settings and privacy policy update applies worldwide. “Twitter’s purpose is to keep the world informed by serving the public conversation,” Damien Kieran, Twitter’s data protection officer,wrote in a blog post....

Vanessa Kirby’s Night Always Comes is the Netflix movie you need to watch this weekend Vanessa Kirbymight be flying high as Sue Storm inThe Fantastic Four: First Steps, but if you want to see her in an altogether different role, be sure to add the new Netflix movie Night Always Comes to your weekend watchlist. All eyes are on thestreaming service’sTV content right now. In 2025 alone, we’ve hadSquid Game Season 3, Wednesday Season 2 is halfway through airing, andStranger Things Season 5is set to wrap up its flagship show at the end of the year....