Spitzer Space Telescope uses infrared light to image a stellar playground

A collection of gas and dust over 500 light-years across, the Perseus Molecular Cloud hosts an abundance of young stars. It was imaged here by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has captured this beautiful image of the Perseus Molecular Cloud by observing infrared radiation which makes the cloud glow. The cloud is over 500 light-years across and is located relatively nearby to Earth, at around 1000 light-years away....

June 15, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · Jennifer Horton

Steam crosses 40 million concurrent players for the first time

Since its launch, Steam has been one of the go-to platforms for PC gamers, but it just broke its all-time record with more than 40 million people using Steam at one time. That doesn’t mean 40 million people are gaming all at once — that number is a bit over 12 million — but it’s still a massive increase from when Steam first started. At the time of writing, Steam hit its all-time peak within the last two hours with a staggering 40,270,997 people....

June 15, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Deanna Fisher

Sweet Magnolias Season 4: Everything we know

Sweet Magnolias Season 4: Everything we know It’s the start of a new year, which means plenty of new Netflix content – but will there be a Season 4 of Sweet Magnolias? Here’s everything we know. Based on the bestselling novels by Sherryl Woods,Netflix‘sfemale-led seriesSweet Magnoliasheaded back to the platform for its third outing in July, continuing the story of Maddie, Dana Sue, Helen, and all of their families and friends as they live, love, and laugh their way through life....

June 15, 2025 · 4 min · 685 words · Janice Alvarado

Tesla drivers in N. America will soon be able to put lane changing on autopilot

Tesla owners have been waiting for the release of the “Navigate on Autopilot” feature since theversion 9.0 software was rolled out at the start of October. The previous software included navigation aids and app updates, but not the active guidance feature that many users were keen to try. But users needn’t wait any longer as the new navigation feature will go live in North America tonight, October 27, according to atweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk....

June 15, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · Laura Lopez

The Bear Season 3 Is Proving How Much The Restaurant Needs Sydney

Summary The Bearseason 3 will continue the show’s intensity and drama, and the latest trailer has proven just how much the restaurant needs Sydney. DespiteThe Bearseason 2’s climactic endingrevealing some of Carmy’s biggest flaws, the restaurant’s launch was a massive success, and Sydney played a massive part in this. Although the whole team helped make the opening night a triumph,Sydney stepped up as the lead chef after Carmy got locked in the refrigerator....

June 15, 2025 · 5 min · 883 words · James Smith

The best political podcasts to listen to in 2022

Let’s not beat around the bush: The subject of politics is pretty confusing at the moment. Everything seems highly charged, opinions and beliefs are colliding with each other from almost every direction, and it’s becoming increasingly hard to disentangle truth from spin, misrepresentation, and downright misinformation. Fortunately, there is a growing range of political podcasts to listen to, and some of them offer diverse perspectives to help you form your opinions....

June 15, 2025 · 6 min · 1092 words · Jeffrey Hall

The Fantastic Four's New Origin Is a Groundbreaking Rewrite of Marvel Lore

Summary Marvel is totally rewriting the history of theFantastic Fouras fans find out the dark origin that left Reed Richards as their only survivor. Known as Marvel’s First Family, theFantastic Four launched Marvel’s modern shared universeand redefined what superheroes could look like in popular media. However, in Marvel’s new Ultimate Universe continuity, they’re getting a dark reflection of that story. Marvel has announced thatthe upcomingUltimates #4will reveal the origin of the Fantastic Four in its new Ultimate Universe continuity....

June 15, 2025 · 4 min · 759 words · Thomas Munoz

The future of money: It’s not in your hands

It’s 4 pm on the droning exhibition floor of the Aria Convention Center; only my second day in Las Vegas, but already the sinuses are desiccated from recycled desert air. My head is pounding from last night’s martinis. I struggle to hold a recorder in the face of Patrick Carroll, a 54-year-old Irishman and founder of the next-generation fraud prevention firmValidSoft, who is talking to me about voice authentication. Just behind him is a group of polished-looking men in black suits with lanyards that say “Money2020” where their ties should be....

June 15, 2025 · 19 min · 3978 words · Clarence Lane

This app will help prevent Big Tech from tracking you

You have today more options than ever to limit how much data you concede on the seemingly free services by Facebook, Google, and others. These privacy options, however, are almost never enabled by default or explicitly recommended and are often buried deep inside menus — which means you may never discover them or be aware of how much of your sensitive information is being scooped up. An app calledJumbocould be that missing, accessible link to these privacy controls, and its latest update could prove an even bigger nightmare for companies that furtively track what you do on your phone....

June 15, 2025 · 4 min · 827 words · James Williamson

This HP laptop almost does it all for under $1,000

“Why you’re able to 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.“ Laptops under $1,000 commonly have some major problems. But more recently, there are a growing number of options, whether that’s theZenbook 14 OLEDor theMacBook Air M1. The new HP Pavilion Plus 14 is one such option....

June 15, 2025 · 7 min · 1358 words · Marvin Martin

Thor Introduces a New God Power to Marvel Lore That's Too Disturbing for the MCU

Summary Warning: contains spoilers forImmortal Thor#10! A new god-level power has been introduced viaThor, and it is far too disturbing for theMCU. As gods, Thor and his allies have access to powers far beyond the average Marvel character. Thor uses his god-like abilities in the service of good, but plenty of others do not. InImmortal Thor#10, a new ability is introduced, one with dire consequences for its victims, and too dark for the MCU....

June 15, 2025 · 3 min · 488 words · Kara Ramos

Threads off to a flying start as Zuckerberg posts first tweet in 11 years

The highly anticipated and potential Twitter killer Threads has landed and millions have already downloaded it, according to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Threads, built by Meta’s Instagram team, went live on Wednesday evening and in just the first four hours received an impressive five million sign-ups, Zuckerbergsaid in a poston the new text-based app. Clearly enjoying the occasion, Zuckerberg also teased Twitter owner Elon Musk by posting his first tweet in more than a decade containing the classic Spider-man pointing at Spider-man meme....

June 15, 2025 · 2 min · 327 words · Randall Moore

TikTok ‘pay off my debt’ trend goes viral in an attempt to erase student loans

TikTok ‘pay off my debt’ trend goes viral in an attempt to erase student loans TikTokers have banded together in an effort to erase student loans with a new viral ‘pay off my debt’ trend taking over the platform. According toEducationData.org, as of 2023, the average U.S. student has a loan debt of approximately $37,338, with private students able to expect an additional $20,000 on top. Not only is that a hefty debt for many, but the data goes on to show that even “20 years after entering school, half of the student borrowers still owe $20,000....

June 15, 2025 · 3 min · 458 words · Amanda Rivera