The best processor for video editing in 2024 across all budgets

Video editing is one of the most intensive tasks you can ask of your CPU —even one of the best ones. It’s also one of those tasks that a CPU can really dig into, utilizing as many cores as it has on hand, and as high a clock speed as it can handle. Video editing, even more than gaming, really shows what a processor can do. So, if you want to accelerate your video editing tasks and transcoding efforts, using one of the best CPUs for video editing can make a real difference....

August 16, 2025 · 5 min · 1005 words · Matthew Elliott

The best weapons in Lords of the Fallen

While you technically could get through a game likeLords of the Fallenbare-handed and wearing no armor, most people will have a far better experience using real weapons and armor. Weapons in particular are key to soulslikes since the weapon you want, or at least the type, is key to how you will want to build your character and distribute your stats. Just like a FromSoftware game, every weapon has different stat requirements and scaling grades that make some objectively better than others....

August 16, 2025 · 5 min · 939 words · Elizabeth Brown

The five best apps for syncing your Android phone’s notifications to Windows

Getting a text message on your Android while you’re doing serious Windows desktop work just plain sucks. Your phone’s vibrations and chimes do a decent enough job of getting your attention, but an awful one of communicating whatkindof message you’ve just received, much less its urgency. Fortunately, there’s hope for a better future. A young and sprightly category of apps promise to fling the notifications you receive on your phone to your computer screen, and better still, let you take action on them....

August 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1130 words · Heather Bennett

The Great White Shark’s genome has been decoded, and it could help us end cancer

It’s an apex predator, one of the mostfearsome fish in the sea, and now scientists know just what it’s made of. Researchers have decoded the genome of the great white shark. Containing roughly one-and-a-half times as much DNA as the human genome, the white shark’s genetic code revealed a wealth of insight — and a few surprises — about what makes these creatures so successful from an evolutionary standpoint. Sharks have been around a long time....

August 16, 2025 · 3 min · 533 words · Aaron Walker

The Loupedeck Plus custom keyboard will make you feel like a pro video editor

If you can’t afford a new Mac Pro, but you’re a serious or aspiring video editor, there is a tool you can buy to speed up workflow on your existing Mac. It’s called theLoupedeck Plus, a $250 custom control interface with buttons, dials, and knobs for performing specific actions faster and more accurately than a mouse and keyboard. While it’s not technically new (nor limited to MacOS), it recently gained support for Apple’s Final Cut Pro X video-editing software....

August 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1475 words · Kathleen King

The Rookie Season 7's Big Story Promise Makes Me More Excited For The Show's Return

Summary The Rookiewill return with season 7, and even thoughfans must wait until 2025 for the next batch of episodes,I think the elongated hiatus will be worth it, thanks to an update regarding the upcoming season’s story. The ABC police procedural series, created by Alexi Hawley, premiered in 2018, and since then has produced six seasons and 108 episodes, an impressive feat for any network show nowadays.The Rookie’s high ratings and dedicated fanbase have contributed to its success....

August 16, 2025 · 5 min · 880 words · Cynthia Hunter

Thelma The Unicorn Soundtrack Guide: Every Song & When They Play

Summary Thelma The Unicornfeatures several original songs by Brittany Howard and other artists alongside a range of recognizable pop hits. TheNetflix animated moviefollows Thelma, a pony who wishes to be a successful singer but doesn’t have the looks and glamor for it. When she gets a makeover by chance one day, she shoots up to fame, but then has to reckon with the cost of it.Thelma The Unicornhas an incredible soundtrack filled with inventive original songsthat depict the film’s key themes and advance the plot....

August 16, 2025 · 9 min · 1851 words · Hannah Taylor

These are the 10 best Mercedes-Benz cars of all time

The three-pointed star. Whether it appears as a hood ornament or a fisted-sized logo bulging out of an SUV’s grille, the Mercedes-Benz emblem is instantly recognizable — and rightfully so. Mercedes can trace its origins back to the first modern automobile, and it’s made just about every type of vehicle imaginable. From luxury sedans to humble taxis, and from trucks toFormula One race cars, Mercedes has done it all. Out of the myriad of models to wear the three-pointed star, here are the best Mercedes-Benz cars of all time....

August 16, 2025 · 4 min · 800 words · Logan Torres

U.S. customers will have to wait another year for Mercedes’ electric EQC

In the United States, the wait for Mercedes-Benz’s first mass-market electric car just got longer. Mercedes pushed back the U.S. launch of itsEQC crossoveruntil 2021, multiple media outlets have reported. That’s about a year after the first-quarter 2020 target Mercedes was originally aiming for. The delay is due to high demand for the EQC in Europe, where the model launched earlier in 2019. A Mercedes spokesperson toldAutomotive Newsthat the delay was “a strategic decision to first support the growing customer demand for the EQC in Europe....

August 16, 2025 · 3 min · 476 words · Victoria Frazier

Umamusume Haru Urara has a real-life diary fans can keep track of

Umamusume Haru Urara has a real-life diary fans can keep track of The real-life inspiration of Haru Urara from Umamusume: Pretty Derby has an official diary that keeps track of the racehorse’s activities. AfterUmamusume: Pretty Derbylaunched globally, thousands have started to become interested in learning more about the real-life inspirations behind the horse racing anime girls. One of the characters who immediately took the spotlight wasHaru Urara. Unlike the majority of the cast, Haru Urara is known for her losing streak due to having zero wins and 113 losses, spanning from 1998 to 2004 during her career....

August 16, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Sara Gonzales

Why AMD doesn’t need to beat the RTX 4090 to overtake Nvidia

NvidiaRTX 4090is official, and it’s launching in a few short weeks; if you can stomach the $1,600 price tag, that is. Prices are up for RTX 40-series GPUs across the board, from $100 at the low-end to $500 at the high end. That puts Nvidia in a precarious position consideringAMD’s RX 7000 GPUsare right around the corner. AMD has an opportunity to steal the crown for thebest graphics card, one it hasn’t had in the last several generations....

August 16, 2025 · 5 min · 898 words · Ruben Jacobs

‘Hitman 2’: A beginner’s guide to mastering the perfect execution

Hitman 2is a highly ambitious and complex game for both newcomers and veteran assassins of the series. It has massive replayability that extends past simply finishing a mission and into entirely new modes to conquer. We’ve gathered some tips that can help you get started, especially if you want to avoid feeling overwhelmed by the locales’ scale, get the highest scores, and remain unnoticed during your killing ventures. For more insight, check out our fullHitman 2 review....

August 16, 2025 · 8 min · 1517 words · Deanna Moore

5 best Netflix shows to watch after the 2024 Super Bowl

Well, it had to happen: the2024 Super Bowlis over. What else is there to do? Review the replays of the game and hear the sports commentary again and again? Watch all those annoying commercials one more time? Read a book? How about watching some great TV shows? As the world’s most popular streamer,Netflixoffers a plethora of shows that will satisfy almost any viewer. But out of all those shows, which ones should you watch?...

August 15, 2025 · 4 min · 721 words · Paul Reynolds