NASA is back with its monthly roundup on what to look out for in the skies over the coming weeks. And there’s plenty to enjoy. The planets take center stage this month, with July offering a great chance to view Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Venus, and Jupiter. You’ll be able to see Mercury for a brief period following sunset during the first week of July. Cast your gaze very low in the west 30 to 45 minutes after sundown....
Nikon has a new top camera. Unveiled late on Tuesday, February 11,after teasing the camera in the fall, theNikon D6upstages the D5 with a new processor delivering a 14 frames-per-second burst rate and a new 105-point autofocus system. The D6 houses the same sensor as the D5, a full-frame, 20.8-megapixel option that’s also capable of 4K video at 30 fps. While the resolution may be identical to the predecessor, a new EXPEED 6 processor gives the flagship — commonly used for professional sports — a bit of a speed boost....
you’re able to count on death, taxes, and two boatloads ofBlack Fridayand Cyber Monday ads for the next 26 days. But did you know many of the largest retailers already know what most of their deals will be? Yeah, they will be adding specials and door-openers and other limited quantity inventory — and probably aren’t disclosing those items — but most of the products are already lined up. So why not get a head start and then relax until Thanksgiving afternoon?...
It’s hard to imagine wanting anything more thana new Ferrari, but some of the Italian automaker’s wealthiest customers simply aren’t satisfied with an off-the-rack supercar. Ferrari does take requests for customized, one-off builds, and the SP38 is the latest example of one. Built for what the automaker describes as one of its most dedicated customers, the Ferrari SP38 is based on a488 GTB, but features custom bodywork inspired by some ofFerrari’s classic models, as well as the automaker’s racing heritage....
Ookla’s third-quarter market reportandSpeedtest Intelligencetests have determined that T-Mobile is the fastest 5G provider among U.S. networks across both cellular and broadband providers.OpensignalandUmlauthave also confirmed T-Mobile to be the best 5G provider in many categories. T-Mobile managed todominate the competitionon Speedtest with little to no contest at 135.17 Mbps median5Gdownload speeds. In contrast, Verizon only barely scraped past AT&T with 78.94 Mbps and 72.46 Mbps, respectively. That’s not all Ookla tested; it also tracked mobile and broadband speeds, dependability, and latency among the providers....
OpTic Gaming’s Formal reveals plans to play Black Ops 6 professionally Matthew “Formal” Piper announced on stream that he plans to come out of retirement to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 professionally, thereby ending his revived Halo career. Since 2011, Formal has played CoD and Halo professionally and is a multi-FPS World Champion. He retired from CoD at the end of 2021, joined Halo’s Sentinels team as a stand-in, and then re-signed with OpTic Gaming in 2022, where he currently plays....
Palworld devs assure players the game is “not a scam” ahead of launch Palworld devs are gearing up for the game’s early access launch. As part of the build-up, they’ve gone out of their way to assuage any fears by stating the game is definitely not a scam. Just in case you were worried. Palworldis so close we can taste the Lamball kebabs. It heads into early access in a matter of days with this early version promisingover 100 Palsto collect and tame....
Pokemon Go players confused as Niantic deactivates compensation rewards after an hour Pokemon Go players are slamming Niantic for deactivating their compensation rewards after only an hour, meaning plenty missed out on its content. While major problems are rare,Pokemon Goisn’t perfect and will occasionally make a few mistakes, leaving players the chance to grab unreleased Pokemon, or even rendering highly anticipated events relatively obsolete thanks to bugs, poor rollouts, or otherwise....
Pokemon TCG Pocket’s Mew Ex trumps Mewtwo ex with one crucial detail Mythical Islands is officially out in Pokemon TCG Pocket, and players are racing to collect the Mew ex card that will allow them to copy opponent moves. Those who have already scored the powerful Psychic-type have found there is a bigger perk to its use than originally understood. Mew ex has been one of the most anticipated cards of theMythical Island expansionthanks to its three-Energy move Gnome Hacking, which allows it to copy the moves of an opponent’s active Pokemon....
Russell Brand mocked for promoting “magical amulet” to protect from “evil” WiFi signals Russell Brand began trending on social media on October 15, after filming an ad for a “magical amulet” that apparently protects the user from “evil energies” from wireless devices. The short clip sees Brand walking through a garden, carrying a suitcase, and wearing the amulet, proclaiming that it protects him from “all the various signals out there.”...
During the February 2023 PlayStation State of Play, Rocksteady Studios showed off an extended gameplay trailer ofSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. It highlighted the game’s co-op play, gear system, and live-service support, which are all reminiscent ofMarvel’s Avengers. The game takes place five years after the events ofBatman: Arkham Knight. Brainiac has brainwashed heroes such as The Flash, Superman, Green Lantern, and Batman to do his bidding. There’s a big focus on co-op multiplayer as Amanda Waller recruits four Suicide Squad members —Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, and King Shark— to kill the Justice League....
Parents go to extreme lengths to protect their children, and that makes random technical glitches that put those children at risk all the more terrifying. Yesterday, T-Mobile’s SyncUP Kids tracking service experienced an error that revealed the location of multiple children to individuals that were not their parents. Parents can buy a small GPS tracker and use it with their T-Mobile plan. It’s ideal for parents who aren’t ready to give their child a phone, but who want to be able to track their location when they’re away from home....
Nvidia has been busy with its next generation of GeForce hardware. In a quieter release, however, AMD launched the RX 590, a new graphics card that seems to play to the best of the company’s strengths. It’s a cost-effective alternative to Nvidia, priced at $280, right around the price of the GeForce GTX 1060. We loaded the RX 590 into our standard test system, which consists of a Threadripper 1920x processor and 32GB of RAM, to see how AMD’s latest holds up....
