World’s smallest .56-micron pixel heralds the end of camera bumps

Measuring just .56 microns, Omnivision has developed the world’s smallest pixel for smartphone cameras. This is more than a mere scientific achievement, it’s a major breakthrough that will have meaningful consequences for smartphones in the near future by allowing manufacturers to increase camera resolution without increasing size. Yes, that means we might soon see the demise of the notorious camera bumps that exist on pretty much everyflagship smartphoneon the market....

July 13, 2025 · 3 min · 481 words · Dana Knapp

You’ll be surprised how easy it is to build a website with this tool

Squarespace has been a big name in the website building and hosting world for a long time, and for good reason. Its services have always been designed in a way that makes it easy for you to create your very own website without needing specialist skills to figure out what to do. Best of all, while other companies may have focused on providing you with templates — meaning a lot of websites look alike — Squarespace still allows you to add your own unique spin to your site, whether it’s for business purposes or a personal project....

July 13, 2025 · 7 min · 1401 words · David Barnes

1Password vs. NordPass: which password manager is best in 2025?

1Password and NordPass are among themost popular and best password managersavailable. Both offer significant improvements over the built-in solutions you get from Microsoft, Apple, and Google, making it hard to choose between them. I’ve reviewed the latest versions of 1Password and NordPass in 2025 and can share some insights into the differences and compare prices to help you discover which offers the best value for you. Tiers and pricing A $35 two-year Premium subscription has an average monthly cost of $1....

July 12, 2025 · 5 min · 930 words · Tony Moran

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple director made one request to writer Alex Garland

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple director made one request to writer Alex Garland 28 Years Later is one of 2025’s biggest horror hits, and in advance of Nia DaCosta’s sequel The Bone Temple hitting screens, the director has revealed what she wanted changed in the script. 28 Years Later was both a critical and commercial smash, grossing more than $150 million from a reported$60 million budget, and managing a Rotten Tomatoes score of 88% with critics....

July 12, 2025 · 3 min · 453 words · Sarah Lewis

6 things to remember when trading in or selling your old iPhone

The upcoming release of theiPhone 15andiPhone 15 Proseries has many iPhone owners excited to upgrade their devices. With the new features and advancements that come with the latest models, it’s no wonder that people are looking forward to getting their hands on the latest technology. However, before you decide to sell or trade in your current iPhone, it’s important to take measures to ensure the safety of your data and device....

July 12, 2025 · 6 min · 1086 words · Susan Drake DDS

All Fortnite Reload quests, rewards & how to complete them

All Fortnite Reload quests, rewards & how to complete them Fortnite’s new game mode Reload brings a bunch of quests for players to complete in the remixed OG island in exchange for free rewards. Here are all the quests and how to complete them to get some freebies. Fortnitehas finally introduced a brand-new game mode called Reload. It has brought back the OG map and weapons to the game, however with a smaller island size and gameplay format....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 327 words · Douglas Hensley

Amazon to pay $30M in FTC settlements over Alexa, Ring privacy violations

Amazon has agreed to pay $25 million to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to settle charges over privacy violations linked to its digital assistant, Alexa. In a separate case, Amazon-owned Ring will pay $5.8 million for violations of users’ privacy. First, let’s look at the Alexa case. It involves alleged violations of children’s privacy rights, with the tech giant accused of keeping recordings of voice interactions with Alexa for years after they were made, along with location history, in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)....

July 12, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · Heidi Reed

AMD’s driver update improves GPU performance in 4K

AMD released a driver update that significantly improves the 4K performance of itsRDNA 2 graphics cards. The update is a response to a previous driver release, the Adrenalin 21.8.1, which caused abnormalities in power consumption and affected 4K60 playback. The decrease in performance was first found and reported byComputerBase, a German hardware website. During a benchmark of theRadeon RX 6600 XT, the website found that there was something wrong with the card’s power-consumption levels....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 416 words · Cody Blair MD

Arc Search is one of the best iPhone apps I’ve ever used

It’s 2024, a year when generative AI chatbots are browsing the web for us and presenting answers that are essentially asummarized version of the informationhosted on different websites. The approach is convenient and saves us the hassle of visiting multiple ad-ridden, tracker-happy websites to find the required details. Yes, a wall of information isn’t the most pleasing way to find answers, especially when these AI-generated summaries could result from hallucinated misinformation or sourced from garbage content-farm websites....

July 12, 2025 · 6 min · 1244 words · Mr. Edward Harrison

Chrome’s dark mode may cast its shadow over Macs by early 2019

A MacRumors’ screenshot of Chrome’s Dark Mode as displayed in Canary, one of Chrome’s developer builds.Screenshot/MacRumors Mac users may have missed out on Chrome’sdark mode featurelast week, but it looks they won’t be without it for long. While last week’s Chrome 71 release seemed to leave out the anticipated feature for the latest version of MacOS, it looks like Google is working to implement dark mode in later versions of Chrome, most likelyto be released in early 2019....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Judy Higgins

Citing morality standard, Australia’s ratings board rejects ‘We Happy Few’

We Happy Few, the psychedelic survival game from Compulsion Games, has been denied a rating by the Australian Classification Board. Here’s theofficial descriptionas to why the committee views the game to be unsuitable,Kotaku reports: “Reason: Games 1(a)The computer game is classified RC [refused classifcation] in accordance with the National Classification Code, Computer Games Table, 1. (a) as computer games that ‘depict, express or otherwise deal with matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in such a way that they offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that they should not be classified....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Kendra Mccarthy

Cult classic Lollipop Chainsaw is getting a remake, minus its full soundtrack

Lollipop Chainsawis getting a remake and it’s set to release sometime in 2023. Producer Yoshimi Yasuda posted a lengthy statement on Twitter aboutLollipop Chainsaw‘s development and history, noting that a remake is in development. “We have already contacted Warner Bros. about development, and are being supported by them in this endeavor,” Yasuda explains. He also says that there are going to be changes to the remake from the original, including to the soundtrack....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 312 words · Linda Wood

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Doesn't Fix Nintendo's Current DK Problem

Summary One of the many announcements made during the newest Nintendo Direct was that ofDonkey Kong Country Returns HDfor the Nintendo Switch. While the game was a hit on its original platform of the Wii and helped restart the franchise in many respects, getting it on Switch doesn’t helpDonkey Kongreach new heights as a character or as a franchise. In short,Nintendo has a DK problem, and it’s seemingly not being addressed....

July 12, 2025 · 5 min · 981 words · Alexis Rodriguez