Destiny 2 Season of Dawn Obelisks: How to unlock and use

If you’ve logged intoDestiny 2since the latest Season of Dawn update, you may have noticed mysterious obelisks on The Tangled Shore and Mars. These new additions to the game look a bit like planetary vendors at first glance, but they serve several purposes, which can make them confusing to interact with at first. Here’s everything you need to know about obelisks, including how to unlock them. Activating the Obelisks Obelisks currently appear on The Tangled Shore, Mars, Nessus, and the EDZ, but they all must be activated as part of separate quest lines....

August 19, 2025 · 6 min · 1082 words · Brian Wood

Disney Dreamlight Valley: How to raise friendship levels quickly

Disney Dreamlight Valley: How to raise friendship levels quickly Making friends and building relationships in Disney Dreamlight Valley is the key to progressing through the game, and there are tricks to level friendships up quickly. Disney Dreamlight Valleyputs a big emphasis on friendship. Unlike Stardew Valley, where players can choose to interact with town residents, orAnimal Crossing where the interactions are very surface level, the new Disney slice-of-life game requires deep connections for story progression....

August 19, 2025 · 4 min · 674 words · Robert Ward

Domhnall Gleeson's 2015 Sci-Fi Movie Was Weirdly Foreshadowed By Black Mirror 2 Years Earlier

Summary While Domhnall Gleeson’sBlack Mirrorepisode is one of the show’s strongest outings, it has an unexpected counterpart in a critically acclaimed sci-fi thriller he made two years later. SinceBlack Mirrorbegan in 2011, creator Charlie Brooker’s series has been touted as one of the best sci-fi anthology shows of the twenty-first century.Black Mirror’s best episodesare reminiscent of The Twilight Zone, utilizing outlandish sci-fi tropes to tell chilling stories about human nature. However, not all the show’s outings were equally successful in the eyes of critics and audiences, with later seasons receiving substantially more criticism....

August 19, 2025 · 3 min · 545 words · Alexandra Shepherd

Even a true rock god can’t smash this unbreakable 3D-printed metal guitar

Rock stars love to smash guitars apart. Geeky engineers (and we say that with the utmost respect) love to build things. What happens when both parties meet? Probably something like the 3D-printed guitar developed by global engineering firmSandvik. Not only does this all-metal shredding beast look like one of the coolest guitars we’ve seen in ages, but its creators claim that it is entirely unbreakable as well. The innovative guitar’s body was produced using 3D printing, courtesy of aDirect Metal Laser Sintering(DMLS) 3D printer....

August 19, 2025 · 2 min · 424 words · David Butler

Every Mask in Soulmask (& How to Find Them)

After creating your character in the indie sandbox survivalSoulmask,you are given the option of choosing one ofthree starting masks.Choosing the right mask is critical because each one grants your character a unique buff, allowing you to tailor them to your preferred playstyle. That said, on top of the three starting masks, there areseven morethat players can find hidden throughout the game’s world for atotal of ten. Because you’ll want to choose the right starting mask, it’s worthwhile to know what each mask does and how to find it....

August 19, 2025 · 2 min · 405 words · Noah Willis

Everything you need to know about Top Gun 3

In 1986, the originalTop GunsolidifiedTom Cruise‘s status as a box office superstar. But not even Cruise could have predicted thatTop Gun: Maverickwould become his highest-grossing film ever, with $1.496 billion worldwide in 2022. With those kind of numbers,Top Gun 3is inevitably going to take flight in theaters. But many questions remain about when it will happen and who will return for it. To keep on top of the latest developments, we’ve assembled everything you need to know aboutTop Gun 3....

August 19, 2025 · 3 min · 589 words · Robert Woods

Facebook builds virtual homes to train A.I. agents in realistic environments

Researchers at Facebook, which is no stranger toartificial intelligence, have createdHabitat, a platform that allows A.I. agents to rapidly learn about the physical world by living in realistic environments within virtual homes. Teaching A.I.-powered robots to accomplish tasks within the real world takes a significant amount of time. While it may be possible to have actual robots move about in physical spaces for their training, it can take hundreds of hours, an even years, for the A....

August 19, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Kevin Cantrell

Falcon Northwest Tiki-Z review

“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.“ For over two decades the engineers at Falcon Northwest have set the standard for personalized, customized PC gaming rigs built just to your specifications. As other companies flood the market with cheap competitors and budget builds, few have stayed true to their mission as staunchly as Falcon, and this dedication is nowhere more evident than in the new Tiki Z....

August 19, 2025 · 9 min · 1884 words · Emily Cross

Fortnite Avatar skins drop sooner than you think

Fortnite Avatar skins drop sooner than you think Fortnitekicked off 2025 withGodzillastomping through. However, after the chaos of giant Kaiju, the Battle Royale isn’t slowing down and now it’s taking us to Avatar’s Pandora. In case you were distracted by all the other recent collabs, it turns out Fortnite’s long-rumored crossover with James Cameron’s Avatar is finally a reality. Fortnite fans havespeculated for monthsabout the possibility of an Avatar crossover....

August 19, 2025 · 2 min · 361 words · Angela Jones

Fortnite season 9, week 7 challenge guide: Search a chest, use a vending machine, and a campfire

The futuristicFortniteseason ninecontinues to trudge on as we begin to near the end of it. As always, another Thursday means another set of challenges for players to complete inbattle royale. Likelast weekandthe week before it, this week has some fairly generic challenges to take on minus one particular challenge. This challenge tasks players with searching chests at Junk Junction or Neo Tilted, and using a vending machine and a campfire all in a single match....

August 19, 2025 · 6 min · 1091 words · Julia Stewart

Genius Fourth Wing Theory Reveals The Real Reason Violet's Father Died

Summary The real reason behind Violet’s father’s death is brought into a new light in one geniusFourth Wingtheory, adding both a fascinating and elaborate note to the narrative. Violet’s father is simultaneously one of the least elaborated on characters in the series and one of the most vital. The mystery around his research and death has not only fueled many fan theories forFourth WingandThe Empyrean Seriesas a whole, but also subtly drove the plot of the first two books....

August 19, 2025 · 4 min · 834 words · Shannon Howard

George RR Martin spoils House of the Dragon Season 3 in furious deleted post

George RR Martin spoils House of the Dragon Season 3 in furious deleted post In a lengthy, now-deleted blog post, George R.R. Martin highlighted his biggest problems with House of the Dragon Season 2 – and he dropped a huge spoiler for Season 3. House of the Dragon Season 2’s backlashcentered around its changes to Martin’s Fire and Blood; notably, a slightly more tolerable version ofBlood and Cheese, the omission ofDaeronand Maelor, and the show’s focus on Alicent and Rhaenyra’s relationship....

August 19, 2025 · 3 min · 556 words · Katherine White

Google expands its AI search function, incorporates ads into Overviews on mobile

Google announced on Thursday that it is “taking another big leap forward” with an expansive round of AI-empowered updates for Google Search and AI Overview. Earlier in the year, Google incorporated generative AI technology into its existing Lens app, which allows users to identify objects within a photograph and search the web for more information on them, so that the app will return anAI Overviewbased on what it sees rather than a list of potentially relevant websites....

August 19, 2025 · 3 min · 508 words · Bonnie Murphy