The Astropad Bookcase turns your iPhone into an e-reader

Do you have aniPhoneorAndroid phone? Of course you do. Do you have ane-reader? Maybe. Have you ever wanted to turn yoursmartphoneinto an e-reader? Probably. If so, there’s a wacky little accessory from Astropad: the Bookcase. It basically makes your smartphone feel like an e-reader, like aKindle, but without the actual benefits of an e-ink display. It’s certainly one of the more, well,interestingaccessories that I’ve come across in my years of covering mobile phones....

June 15, 2025 · 4 min · 789 words · Allen Herring

The best puzzle games of all time

At their core, all games are puzzles. FromTetristo the Uncharted series, the medium has constantly challenged players to find solutions to problems, whether that problem is fitting the right blocks into a hole or navigating ancient booby traps. In this guide, we’re going to break down the best puzzle games of all time. Still, even if a game has puzzles, we won’t necessarily call it a puzzle game. No matter how many Riddler puzzles you solve as the world’s greatest detective,Batman: Arkham Knightis still an action game first and foremost....

June 15, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Tammy Lopez MD

The best tax software for self-employed

Being self-employed is rewarding, but there are some caveats, one of which becomes more obvious at the end of each year — while you’re preparing to file your taxes. As an entrepreneur, and self-employed individual there’s a lot you must consider come tax time and the process is a lot differentthan doing a simple file. You have to keep track of your personal and business expenses and get your records in order, as well as review all of the tax deductions and credits, choosing what matches your experiences....

June 15, 2025 · 7 min · 1353 words · John Martin

The Boys fans leak mysterious new supe in Season 4

The Boys fans leak mysterious new supe in Season 4 With The Boys Season 4 just around the corner, a new leak has teased a mysterious new supe who causes a whole lot of drama for two of the lead characters. The most brutalsuperhero seriesis nearly ready for its return, and things are about to get even messier. Politics are set to play a bigger role inThe Boys Season 4, as Butcher and the gang try to stop Victoria Neuman and Homelander from getting even more power....

June 15, 2025 · 3 min · 606 words · Janet Wyatt

The Dell XPS 13 Plus has the M2 MacBook Air beat in this one important way

TheDell XPS 13 Plusis one of our favorite laptops of 2022 for good reason. The design is fresh, it has an amazing screen and an improved webcam. Naturally, thatmakes it an M2 MacBook Air competitor, on almost all levels, but there’s the need to look back at one area in particular when considering these two laptops as workstations. It’s all about the way they end up powering external displays. This is where the XPS 13 Plus truly has the MacBook Air beat....

June 15, 2025 · 4 min · 852 words · Jerry Torres

The latest broadcast tech brought 17 million Digital Trends viewers to CES 2020

For the tech journalist, CES is a grueling 5-day marathon. Enduring crowded press conferences, trudging through booth tours, and racing around acres of show floor filled with endless supplies of new and exciting gadgets is as overwhelming as it is exhausting. It’s totally worth it. But how does a tech publication like Digital Trends take it all in, pick out the best, and deliver what its audience wants to see? It takes a team of writers, photographers, and video producers all working in concert....

June 15, 2025 · 3 min · 443 words · Jacqueline Joyce

The Mac just became a true ‘AI PC’

Apple has unveiled a significant overhaul of its macOS operating system at itsWorldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The move — long anexpected topic for WWDC— infuses the Mac with artificial intelligence (AI) across multiple apps, tools, and systems, revamping almost the entire Mac experience in the process. Put together, it has the potential to transform the Mac into an AI PC of the highest order. Dubbed Apple Intelligence, the new system works across a host of apps — including third-party ones — to take them up a level....

June 15, 2025 · 3 min · 639 words · Michaela Collins

The Many Saints of Newark: Everything we know about the Sopranos prequel movie

More than 10 years afterThe Sopranosended its six-season run, the drama remainsone of HBO’s most popular seriesof all time — so much so, in fact, that a prequel movie is now in the works. The film,The Many Saints of Newark,will show what life was like for crime boss Tony Soprano when he was still a teenager. Its still-growing cast list is honoring a few tried-and-trueSopranostraditions. Now scheduled to hit theaters July 25, 2025, the film has assembled an impressive cast of fresh faces and familiar actors to tell the story of Tony Soprano’s rise to power....

June 15, 2025 · 5 min · 898 words · Victoria Mcpherson

The nine lives of Catwoman

Who is Catwoman? Is she comic book’s ultimate femme fatale, a Barbara Stanwyck-type clad in tight latex and always on the run? Is she a misunderstood antihero, a criminal by circumstance more than by choice? Is she the unobtainable romantic interest, sneaking through alleyways and rooftops, destined to always run faster, jump higher, away from men’s reach? The answer is as elusive as the character herself; how could it not be, after 82 years of history in a genre characterized by its ever-changing sensibilities?...

June 15, 2025 · 11 min · 2131 words · Eric Cline

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra is $400 off today — don’t miss this deal!

If you want a large screen nexttablet dealspurchase, you may want to check out this offer from Best Buy: a $400 discount on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra, which brings its price down to $800 from its original price of $1,200. We’re not sure how much time is remaining before the device goes back to its original price, so if you want to take advantage of this bargain, you’re going to have to complete your transaction for it right away....

June 15, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Barbara Paul

There's One Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Character I Find Intensely Relatable

Summary I’ve always been enamored byElden Ring’s NPCs. There’s just something magical about the way the game approaches its characters: from Melina’s quiet rage, to Ranni’s smirking mystique, to Alexander’s triumphant courage, each of them portrays an admirable trait that begs countless questions, and always leaves me looking forward to the next encounter.Shadow of the Erdtreeis no exception, and I was immediately endeared toLeda’s devotion,Thiollier’s pathos, and Moore’s obsession. NPCs are a major part ofthe FromSoft Soulsborne formula....

June 15, 2025 · 7 min · 1338 words · Richard Sims

There's Only 1 Way A Gravity Falls Revival Can Happen Without Undoing Its Perfect Ending

Summary If aGravity Fallsrevival is to happen in the near future, there’s only one way it can work without messing with the show’s perfect ending. Back in 2012, Disney brought the animated mystery comedy TV showGravity Falls, created by Alex Hirsch. Despite receiving critical acclaim, winning different awards, and building a solid and passionate fanbase,Gravity Fallsonly ran for two seasons(of 20 episodes each), officially coming to an end in 2016 – however,Gravity Fallswasn’t canceled, with Hirsch explaining it was his choice to end it with season 2 as the show was finished....

June 15, 2025 · 4 min · 829 words · Adriana Acevedo

This handset was just named the least durable smartphone of 2024

Zack Nelson of the popular YouTube channel JerryRigEverything has just announced his least — and most — durable phones of 2024. Now, as anyone who’s watched his videos will know, Nelson knows a thing or two about phone durability. Over many years, in the name of research, he’s scratched, scraped, burned, and bent a slew of new smartphones to see how they fare. And, usually, the result is not pretty....

June 15, 2025 · 2 min · 318 words · Janice Martinez