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Spring is usually a busy season for home improvements and upgrades. This year, with so many stuck at home, the urge to spruce up your house or beef up your electronics is greater than ever. To meet the need for DIY home upgrade projects, Best Buy has kicked off asmart home and networking salewith attractive deals on devices from Arlo, Google, Nest, Netgear, and more. The standout? A Linksys Velop Tri-band Mesh Wi-Fi System for $330, down from the usual $400....

Summary Warning: Spoilers for Action Comics #1066DC has finally given an answer to the age-old fan question of whetherSupermancan breathe in space. It’s an iconic image: the Man of Steel floating outside the atmosphere, looking over the globe protectively. The idea emphasizes both his belonging to Earth and his origins outside it. While it’s well established that Superman can safely go into space without a helmet, the “villain” Livewire finally reveals the truth:Superman holds his breath....

“Why you can 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.“ The Cooler Master Tempest GP27Q challenges for a spot on the list of thebest gaming monitors, which has mostly stayed static for the past few years. It delivers on high-end HDR performance well below $1,00 — and not by thin margins....

Cops confront Kick streamer roaming Japan with replica gun pretending to be in FPS game A Kick streamer walking the streets of Osaka pretending to be in an IRL FPS game with his gas-powered gun was taken to a police station. Streamers causing controversy in Japan has become a common occurrence, with many creators comingunder fire for their anticsin the Land of the Rising Sun. Even Japanese streamers aren’t immune to drama, as Kick’s220ninimarufound out as he roamed Osaka with his AKX Gas Blowback Rifle....

When Nvidia introduced its Lite Hash Rate (LHR) GPU cores, it seemed like an answer to cryptocurrency miners. Like the limiter featured on earlyRTX 3060models, though, miners have found another way to bypass the LHR cores — and this time, they can take full advantage of the GPU’s power. To combat the demand from miners, Nvidia addedLite Hash Limiter technologyto its new graphics cards. That included all cards except the RTX 3090....

Deadpool 3: How is Vanessa alive? Deadpool 3 – aka Deadpool & Wolverine – will see the return of Wade Wilson and his fiancée Vanessa… but how is she still alive? “Pegging isn’t new for me, friendo, but it is for Disney.” Suddenly, theMCUhas already been revitalized with the lewd, fourth-wall-breaking antics of Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with a Mouth. The threequel isn’t just the biggest Marvel Cinematic Universe release of 2024 – it’s perhaps one of its most important films ever, especially after last year’s lackluster critical and commercial returns (Loki and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, aside)....

Diablo 4 getting annual expansions is actually a good thing Diablo 4 getting annual expansions was news we broke earlier this week. While many in the community are upset, it could ultimately be a good thing. News broke this week thatDiablo 4would likely be gettingannual expansionsgoing forward. This came from comments by the franchise’s General Manager, Rod Fergusson in an interview where he talked about the future of Diablo 4 and how far that will stretch....

HP is calling an “industry first”by launching a print security bug bounty program providing rewards up to $10,000. It’s backed by Bugcrowd,a crowdsourced security platformthat manages bug bounties, vulnerability disclosures, and more. The program will focus on bugs related to printers, which can be an entry point for hackers. “As we navigate an increasingly complex world of cyber threats, it’s paramount that industry leaders leverage every resource possible to deliver trusted, resilient security from the firmware up,” Shivaun Albright, HP’s Chief Technologist of Print Security, said in a statement....

Summary In an unexpected turn, the persistent co-op issues ofElden Ringand all of FromSoftware’s Soulsborne games prior to it have been addressed by studio president and director Hidetaka Miyazaki. Since the release ofDemon’s Souls, FromSoftware’s RPGs (theDark Soulsseries,Bloodborne, andElden Ring) have incorporated cooperative play in a way that many players see as unnecessarily limited and cumbersome, making full co-op playthroughs of anySoulsgame difficult to manage. While these obtuse multiplayer systems have come to be seen as part of the series' identity, future games by FromSoftware might incorporate changes from an unexpected source....

“Why you may 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.“ Sometimes, a no-brainer idea can turn into a deceptively tricky puzzle. That’s the case withEscape Academy, a new indie title that brings the idea of anescape room to your living room. It’s a grand-slam idea, one that the game achieves in many respects, but not without struggling to nail down a few solutions....

With the holiday weekend upon us, so are a wealth ofLabor Day salesto tie into the occasion. As with all holiday weekend sales, gaming is also subject to an array of massive discounts, enticing gamers around the world to pick up new software and hardware for some fantastic prices. There has already been a ton ofNintendo Switch dealsthat have offered some substantial savings for the console itself, coming bundled with such games asAnimal Crossing: New HorizonsandMario Kart 8: Deluxe....

If you happen to accidentally drop your phone in water, hopefully it’ll be a puddle rather than a reservoir. A government official in India recently experienced the latter, dropping his Samsung handset in the Kherkatta Dam in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh while he was trying to take a selfie at a scenic spot,the BBC reported. Upset to see his phone disappear from view, Rajesh Vishwas called in local divers to look for it, but they were unable to locate it in the reservoir’s murky depths....

Despite Facebook’s many efforts, bad actors somehow always manage to seep through its safeguards and policies. The social network is now experimenting with a new way to buttress its anti-spam walls and preempt bad behaviors that could potentially breach its safeguards: An army of bots. Facebooksays it’s developing a new system of bots that can simulate bad behaviors and stress-test its platform to unearth any flaws and loopholes. These automated bots are trained and taught how to act like a real person utilizing the treasure trove of behavior models Facebook has acquired from its over two billion users....