How to unlock Maelstrom Shotgun in Black Ops 6 and Warzone

How to unlock Maelstrom Shotgun in Black Ops 6 and Warzone Black Ops 6andWarzone Season 1 Reloadednot only brings the brand-newCitadelle des Mortes Zombies mapand Battle Royale Ranked Play, but three new weapons to unlock including the Maelstrom Shotgun. Arriving on December 5, the midseason update brings the holidays toCall of Duty. There are loads of Christmas-themed gifts to unlock but since it’s CoD, there are also new weapons. The Maelstrom Shotgun looks to be a close-range powerhouse so here’s everything you need to know about unlocking it in multiplayer and battle royale....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · John Wheeler

How to use Google SGE — try out the search generative experience for yourself

Google’sSearch Generative Experience, or SGE, is an in-development tool for finding information faster and more readily in Google search. It involves an AI summary of some of the results from your search at the top of the page, letting you get quicker access to the information you’re looking for – at least in theory. If you’re eager to try it out for yourself, here’s how to use Google SGE. Difficulty What You Need Desktop PC, laptop, tablet, or smartphone with web access...

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 301 words · Michael Burns

How to watch, results and highlights: Duke vs. Illinois

It’s rare to get a high-profile non-conference game this late in the college basketball season, so when it happens, enjoy it. Cooper Flagg and the No. 3 Duke Blue Devils (23-3) take on Kasparas Jakucionis and the Illinois Fighting Illini (17-10). The two squads last played each other in 2020, with Illinois pulling out an 83-68 victory. Since losing to Clemson on February 8,Dukehas won three consecutive games, including Monday’s 80-62 victory over Virginia....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 420 words · Matthew Waller

Hunter X Hunter returns with major reveal in Chapter 401

Hunter X Hunter returns with major reveal in Chapter 401 Hunter X Hunter manga is currently in the Succession Contest Arc, as Chapter 401 makes a shocking revelation about a certain character. TheHunter X Huntermanga returns after almost two years with Chapter 401 continuing the ongoing Succession Contest Arc. This arc introduced 14 princes of the Kakin Empire who are expected to kill each other off in a gruesome battle as the Black Whale sets sail for the Dark Continent....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 349 words · Jennifer Baker

If you owned the Samsung Galaxy S4, you’re entitled to some cold, hard cash

We never thought we’d be writing about theSamsung Galaxy S4again — but Samsung has just settled a lawsuit over false benchmarks on the now six-year-old device. The lawsuit was settled for $13.4 million. Accordingto The Register, the lawsuit was first filed in November 2014 by Daniel Norcia, after it was found that Samsung was artificially inflating benchmark scores by introducing code that detected when benchmarks were running and then overclocking the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor speed to 532MHz, instead of the 480MHz that the processor normally ran at....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 394 words · Steven Oliver

Indiana Jones & the Great Circle: Platforms, trailer, release date

Indiana Jones & the Great Circle: Platforms, trailer, release date After a period of immense quiet surrounding Indiana Jones & the Great Circle, things have finally come into view at Gamescom, as fans finally got confirmation about an official release date and which platforms the title will be on. A Machine Games-developed Indiana Jones game was announced all the way back at the start of 2021. Since the initial teaser trailer though, not much else was been revealed about what to expect from the game for a long time....

August 5, 2025 · 5 min · 900 words · James Brandt

Intel still plans to beat AMD and Nvidia, but not in the way you think

Intel’s upcoming flagship GPU, the Arc A770, made an appearance in a Linus Tech Tips video. The YouTuber, joined by Intel executives Ryan Shrout and Tom Petersen, talked about the GPU, showed off some of its performance, and discussed Intel’s strategy for Arc Alchemist. According to the video, Intel is going to focus on the price-versus-performance ratio when it goes to battle with its competitors, AMD and Nvidia. Does that mean that we have some decentbudget graphics cardscoming up, or does Intel still have a long way to go with Arc Alchemist?...

August 5, 2025 · 4 min · 735 words · Christopher Lopez

Kick staff explains why platform is “way beyond” Mixer despite Microsoft’s help

Kick staff explains why platform is “way beyond” Mixer despite Microsoft’s help Kick staff member Santamaria says the Stake-owned platform is “way beyond” Mixer as a Twitch competitor due to the attitude of its community. Although Kick may go down as the biggest competitor to Amazon-owned Twitch, it’s not the first company to attempt to compete. Microsoft released Beam in 2016, which was renamed to Mixer in 2017 and quickly rose to become a major competitor toTwitch....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 463 words · Paul Hicks

Lenovo’s Surface Pro alternative is over $1,000 off today

If you want a 2-in-1 laptop but theMicrosoft Surface Pro 11doesn’t appeal to you even with the discounts fromSurface Pro deals, this alternative from Lenovo could be what you’ve been looking for. The Lenovo ThinkPad X12 Gen 2 Detachable, which comes with an estimated value of $2,429 for this particular configuration, will be yours for only $1,336 if you’re able to take advantage of this offer. That’s 45% off, which is equivalent to savings of $1,093, but since we’re not sure how much time is remaining on this discount, you should think about proceeding with your purchase right away....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 374 words · Laurie Phelps

Lidar-equipped drones could help protect California from future wildfires

Last year saw the most devastatingwildfireseason on record in California. Over the course of the year, more than 9,000 separate fires burned through 1.3 million acres of land in the state, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Upward of 10,000 buildings were destroyed in the wildfires, which also claimed the lives of 47 people. In the aftermath, a large number of people are understandably looking for a proactive solution to help avert future blazes....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 415 words · Roy Dennis

Love Is Blind fans drag Season 5’s Stacy for joining Cameo: “Imagine paying for this”

Love Is Blind fans drag Season 5’s Stacy for joining Cameo: “Imagine paying for this” Stacy Snyder from Love Is Blind is on Cameo now and Season 5 viewers are not happy with her new business venture. There were several contestants from Love Is Blind Season 5 that were hit with a lot of criticism from viewers, including Izzy Zapata for his ageist comments and JP for his makeup remarks....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 330 words · William Murphy

Mac usage is growing rapidly, but iOS still outpaces it by about 10 times

Apple may have let slip the number of Mac users during itslegal battle with Epic. Craig Federighi, Apple senior vice president of software engineering, revealed on the stand that the Mac’s active user base is just one-tenth the size of the iOS install base, according toMark Gurman‘s Twitter coverage of the trial for Bloomberg. For comparison, when Applelaunched its Apple TV+video streaming service in late 2019, Oprah Winfrey revealed that iOS was installed on a billion devices, though the famed television personality did not give a specific breakdown....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 438 words · Bryan Larson

MIT invents a way to allow submerged submarines to speak to airplanes

In a world in which we don’t think twice about having Wi-Fi on a plane several miles in the air, it’s easy to forget that there are still parts of the planet it’s difficult to communicate with. One of those is thousands of feet underwater on submerged submarines, which have long had issues communicating with the surface. However, that could be about to change thanks to researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Eric Bird