All Strife Ruins Nymph locations in Honkai Star Rail

All Strife Ruins Nymph locations in Honkai Star Rail Honkai Star Railkeeps you busy with combat, story cutscenes, and, of course, collectibles. The blue beetle nymphs you can collect in the Strife Ruins are just one of the latter. If you want to claim your rewards for collecting all the nymphs in the Strife Ruins, you’ll have to pay close attention to their blue antlers sticking out of unusual places while you explore....

July 26, 2025 · 4 min · 736 words · Angela Austin

Analyst’s Top Tech Products of 2009

As a tech industry analyst, I get a ton of gadgets, consumer electronics and other tech products in every year for evaluation and some of them are memorable enough that they stand out above the pack. I figured as we dropped into the last couple weeks of 2009 that it would be fun to look back at those items that were a pleasure to use and that I’d miss when they are gone....

July 26, 2025 · 7 min · 1422 words · Eric Zamora

Apple’s tabletop device might usher in a new OS with Apple Intelligence

Apple has reportedly been working on a new kind of display-focused smart home device for a while now, and it seems it willarrive as early as next year. Now, Bloomberg reports that Apple is eyeing not one but two such devices across different price points and that they will mark the era of a new AI-first software approach. Codenamed J595, this one is a high-end machine that features a large iPad-inspired screen and robotic limbs....

July 26, 2025 · 3 min · 525 words · Gary Carter

Are Facebook, Instagram taking a Labor Day break? Users report downtime globally

Facebook, the world’s number one social media platform, and subsidiary Instagram are apparently taking some holiday breaks on Labor Day. As of this writing, Facebook and Instagram were facing more than 30 minutes of downtime, with Twitter users taking to their feeds to share the news. Users internationally also reported simultaneous and massive WhatsApp outages. Those already in areas suffering from sweltering summer heat have been hot with a double whammy by not being able to escape to social media to avoid those awkward conversations at family barbeques?...

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 405 words · Denise Henderson

Best Buy slashes the price of Ecovacs Deebot Ozmo 930 by $200

Robot vacuumshave grown in popularity through the years as they enable us to enjoy an automated clean. While there are many models available,Ecovacsis a reliable brand that brought us theDeebot Ozmo 93oDeebot Ozmo 93o[/cc-link] which does more thanvacuumas it is also well equipped to mop. Best Buy simply puts the cherry on top with a $200 discount that plummets its price of $700 to a more feasible $500. The Deebot Ozmo 930 may just look like an oversized hockey puck but it sure packs a lot of tricks under the hood....

July 26, 2025 · 3 min · 543 words · Mrs. Dana Hudson

Blade's Daughter BLOODLINE Officially Joins the Avengers

Summary Warning: spoilers for Blood Hunt #2!Bloodline, the daughter of iconic vampire hunterBlade, has officially joined theAvengers! In 2022, Marvel introduced Brielle Brooks,the secret daughter of Bladeand his longtime human girlfriend, Safron Caulder. When Doctor Strange’s death removed a years-long protection spell that had hidden Brielle from her father’s enemies, he was forced to re-enter her life to train her for survival. Not even a full two years into her superhero career, Bloodline has earned the right to stand next to Earth’s Mightiest Heroes inBlood Hunt #2by Jed MacKay, Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia, and Cory Petit....

July 26, 2025 · 3 min · 514 words · Michael Austin

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II’s campaign comes early if you pre-order it

Early access for the entireCall of Duty: Modern Warfare IIsingle-player campaign will be available starting October 20 on all platforms with a digital pre-order. Breaking:#ModernWarfare2Campaign Early Access announced Pre-order#MWIIdigitally and start playing the entire campaign one week early on October 20 Available on all platforms for digital pre-orders.https://t.co/FcncgqW3OQ — CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL)July 29, 2025 Call of Duty titles have had a mixed history regarding their single-player campaigns in recent years.Black Ops 4ditched the mode altogether, andWarzonewas a purely multiplayer experience, though a single-player component was brought back in subsequent mainline releases to middling reception....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 334 words · Chloe Alexander

ChatGPT destroyed in chess match by 48-year-old Atari 2600 despite claiming it would win easily

ChatGPT destroyed in chess match by 48-year-old Atari 2600 despite claiming it would win easily ChatGPT lost a chess match to an emulated Atari 2600 after volunteering to take on the almost 50-year-old console. The face-off began as a “simple experiment,” according to Citrix engineer Robert Jr. Caruso, who said the large language model “volunteered” to play Video Chess to discern how “quickly” it could beat the game. The Atari 2600 was originally released in 1977....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · William Willis MD

Comcast’s Xfi Pods turn power sockets into a mesh Wi-Fi network

“Our gateway devices are incredibly powerful, but we know that some homes have a unique layout or are constructed of materials that can disrupt Wi-Fi coverage in some rooms,” Eric Schaefer, Senior Vice President, Comcast Cable, said in a statement. “Our Xfi Pods can blanket a home with great coverage and are simple to install and easy to use.” The Xfi Pods are AC1200-class devices, meaning they support speeds of up to 300Mbps on the 2....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 389 words · Joanna Whitney

Corel gets creative with the Surface Pen in its latest graphics software suite

Corel’s latest suite of graphics design tools,CorelDraw Graphics Suite 2017, arrived in April, packing new features such as a touch-friendly user interface, interactive sliders, the ability to import legacy workspaces, and support for the Microsoft Surface Dial. However, the suite also includes a new LiveSketch tool for free-form sketching using a stylus, including Microsoft’s latest Surface Pen peripheral. “We went all-in developing a natural, fluid experience with the new Surface Pen,” says Gérard Métrailler, Corel’s vice president of global products....

July 26, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · Joseph Smith

Diablo 4 roadmap reveals plans for future expansion, game crossovers & more

Diablo 4 roadmap reveals plans for future expansion, game crossovers & more Just when you thought Sanctuary might give you five minutes to breathe, Blizzard slaps down aDiablo 4roadmap hotter than the Burning Hells. Diablo 4 isn’t done chewing you up and spitting you out, and 2025 is looking extra spicy. We’ve got new powers, pets, quests, quality-of-life updates, and two mysterious IP collaborations that are probably going to break the internet....

July 26, 2025 · 3 min · 570 words · Samuel Mitchell

Diablo 4’s Goblin event borrowed the wrong features from Diablo 3

Diablo 4’s Goblin event borrowed the wrong features from Diablo 3 March of the Goblinsevent inDiablo 4has evolved into a fan-favorite feature, and the 2025 version is pretty stacked. It’s got moregoblin types, a reputation system for even more rewards, and cross-realm availability, which we love to see. They even made some goblins a permanent addition, so the fun doesn’t entirely disappear once the event wraps up. Good moves all around....

July 26, 2025 · 2 min · 397 words · Ashley Johnson

Email encryption flaw gives hackers full access to your secret messages

Researchers at the Munster University of Applied Sciences discovered vulnerabilities in the Pretty Good Protection (PGP) and S/MIME technologies used to encrypt email. The problem resides in howemail clientsuse these plug-ins to decrypt HTML-based emails. Individuals and companies are encouraged to disable PGP and/or S/MIME in their email clients for now and use a separate application for message encryption. Called EFAIL, the vulnerability abuses “active” content rendered within HTML-based emails, such as images, page styles, and other non-text content stored on a remote server....

July 26, 2025 · 3 min · 484 words · Ashley Green