How does Deathloop’s time loop work?

Stuck in a single-day loop, Colt must kill all eight Visionaries on Blackreef to break the loop and escape his mental prison.Deathloop, Bethesda’s take on a Souls-like/roguelike, brought the time loop trope to a whole new level. Colt and players alike can use their memories of past loops to aid them in the next one. They’ll remember where enemies are and how they move. Colt will learn each Visionary’s weakness with every passing loop....

June 13, 2025 · 4 min · 735 words · Michael Morgan

How Pioneer’s Z-series system gave my aging SUV a 21st century makeover

Contrary to popular belief, you can in fact teach an old dog new tricks. As the proud owner of a once destroyed, later abandoned, and now reborn 1999 Honda CR-V, I should know. Following a timing belt catastrophe that definitely could’ve happened to anyone (and definitely had nothing to do with me procrastinating for 45,000 miles), I had two choices: I could let my companion of 10 years die an unceremonious death in a scrapyard, or I could sink an embarrassing amount into giving it a new lease on life....

June 13, 2025 · 7 min · 1335 words · Kelly Villanueva

How to shut down a computer with keyboard shortcuts

There’s more than one way to shut down a Windows PC. You don’t always have to use a mouse. You can use your keyboard instead. Plus, keyboard shortcuts are faster, easy to learn, and can even help you bypass certain problems if your mouse isn’t working. Difficulty What You Need Working PC Here’s how to shut down your computer with shortcuts in bothWindows 11. These steps also work for Windows 10....

June 13, 2025 · 4 min · 795 words · Jenna Fox

How to type an em dash on a Mac

The em dash (—) punctuation is a useful stylization in writing and editing that can replace a comma, colon, or parenthesis. Accessing this symbol on a computer can be challenging, depending on the operating system. You have several options to type orinsert the em dash in Windows– for example, using a word processor or text box. However,macOSis well known for having a system integrated methods of accessing the em dash — some you may know and some that might not be as obvious....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 373 words · John Villanueva

How to use dark mode in Gmail on PC

Ifdark modeis your preferred way of viewing apps and websites on your PC, you might also want to learn how to set it up for your Gmail inbox. Turning on dark mode in Gmail on a PC only takes a few steps, and we can show you how to do it. Follow our guide below and you’ll be viewing a darkened Gmail inbox in no time. Difficulty What You Need A Gmail account A web browser...

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · Terry Martinez

Is there a new Look Who’s Talking movie? “Sequel” explained

Is there a new Look Who’s Talking movie? “Sequel” explained Look Who’s Talking? More like look who’s watching – but will there be another film in the franchise? Here’s what we know. An incredibly unexpected sequel sometimes ends up being thebest movie of the year– just look at the likes ofTop Gun: Maverick. However, 1986’s Look Who’s Talking never had the same level of success. The film’s synopsis reads “A single woman faces hard times after the birth of her child....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 404 words · Michelle Hamilton

James Gunn reveals Eagly has “whole action sequence to himself” in Peacemaker Season 2

James Gunn reveals Eagly has “whole action sequence to himself” in Peacemaker Season 2 James Gunn has been discussing Eagly’s future in the DC Universe, doubting that he’d ever team up with Superman’s Krypto, but revealing the bird will get its own action sequence in Season 2 of Peacemaker. With hisSupermanabout to hit screens worldwide, writer-director James Gunn has been doing publicity rounds for the big-budget reboot. He just appeared in a London record store to answer fan questions about theDCU, during which Gunn revealed howStar Wars and Game of Thrones influenced his approach....

June 13, 2025 · 3 min · 473 words · David Mercado

Kepler telescope shuts down, but endows all its data to the public

After a nine-year mission into deep space to hunt for planets, the Kepler space telescope has finally beendecommissioned. Having discovered more than 2,600 planets outside of our solar system, the telescope hasfinally run out of fueland will cease operations. The telescope was launched by NASA back in 2009 and was originally intended to be on mission for just three and a half years. It continued operating past that, but at the four year mark there was a mechanical failure of the craft that temporarily halted operations....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 373 words · Kayla Lewis

Lenovo’s Creator Zone brings Stable Diffusion to its PCs

Lenovo’s new lineups of Yoga and IdeaPad devices will come with Creator Zone, an on-device AI “designed to significantly enhance the creative process,”the company announcedduringIFA 2024in Berlin on Thursday. The application is geared toward graphic designers, content creators, and marketers. It is powered by a fine-tuned version of Stable Diffusion 3.0 that is exclusive to Lenovo. Using natural language processing, Creator Zone can generate and modify images based on the user’s text prompts, sketches, and reference images....

June 13, 2025 · 3 min · 446 words · Kimberly Howell

Microsoft explains why Xbox’s best feature still hasn’t come to PC

When Microsoft announcedWindows 11, it framed the release as the best operating system for gaming, and it had some features to back up that claim. Since launch, Microsoft has been working onbringing features like Auto HDRand DirectStorage that debuted on Xbox consoles into the Windows ecosystem. But one critical feature is still missing: Quick Resume. Quick Resume is a feature on Xbox that lets you simultaneously suspend three games (or more in some cases) and swap between them in a matter of seconds....

June 13, 2025 · 6 min · 1204 words · Stephanie Montoya

Mom sparks debate for giving son’s bedroom away to foster child

Mom sparks debate for giving son’s bedroom away to foster child A foster mom has sparked a debate online after revealing that she is giving her 19-year-old son’s bedroom to their foster daughter, despite his wishes not to do so. There’s a special place in this world for those who open their homes and hearts to kids who need a home and guardians to watch over them. Sure, thefood billmay increase, there could be less time for everyone in the house to use the bathroom, and of course, the inevitable bickering — especially with kids of all ages....

June 13, 2025 · 4 min · 664 words · Todd Greene

No Time to Die: Everything we know about James Bond 25

James Bond returns October 8 inNo Time to Die, but it will be Daniel Craig’s last adventure as the iconic secret agent. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, the film pits James Bond against a new villain played by Academy Award winner Rami Malek and introduces a new Agent 007 to the franchise. In the lead-up to theNo Time To Diepremiere, we have plenty of footage from the much-anticipated film, as well as the Billie Eilish music video for the movie’s theme song....

June 13, 2025 · 11 min · 2207 words · Douglas Young

People are stealing Ring doorbells (and it’s no knock-knock joke)

A rash of ironicRing Video Doorbellthefts in a Denver neighborhood raises questions about how much security the smart home devices actually provide. Fortunately, the homeowner and the Denver police have a video of the theft in progress recorded and streamed by the stolen device,The Denver Channel reports. According to Andrienne Bursey, the victim of the recorded theft, her Ring doorbell was stolen about 4 a.m. After taking Bursey’s Ring doorbell, the thief proceeded to steal Ring devices from other homes in her Congress Park neighborhood....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 388 words · George Armstrong