Rust beginner’s guide: How to stay alive, for a while

If you’ve played other survival games in the past, you might think you will have an easy enough time transitioning over intoRust. The truth is,Rustmay share many mechanics with other survival games likeArk: Survival Evolvedand7 Days to Die, but the brutal difficulty of this game can turn off even the biggest survival-game fans. Not only do you have to worry about the world, animals, zombies, and environment killing you off, but the other players in the game might be the biggest threat of all....

July 31, 2025 · 11 min · 2210 words · Alicia Phillips

The best new podcasts for the week of July 18, 2025: Bundyville and more

The best thing about podcasts is that you can listen to them while you’re doing other things: Washing dishes, going for a run, coloring, and especially, driving. But there areso many podcaststhese days that it’s simply impossible to keep up. There are new ones debuting all the time, and it’s hard to know whether they deserve a spot in your feed. Every week, we highlight new and returning podcasts we couldn’t put down....

July 31, 2025 · 5 min · 878 words · Adam Ross MD

The Future of PCs and Home Computing

Back in 2005, noted British Telecommunication “Futurologist” Ian Pearson hypothesized that computing power would be so great, and our ability to tap into it so advanced, that by 2050 we could effectively utilize the technology to store and access human consciousness. “So when you die,” Pearson so eloquently understated, “it’s not a major career problem.” Supporting his now-celebrated speculation on future pseudo-immortality, Pearson also concluded that a “conscious computer with superhuman levels of intelligence” could be readied as early as 2020....

July 31, 2025 · 13 min · 2569 words · Benjamin Wise

The Galaxy Watch will make you a better person

Alanna CottonSamsung To hear Samsung’s Alanna Cotton tell it, the Galaxy Watch isn’t just a smartwatch: It’s going to transform your life. So forget about fitness tracking, which is just one piece in the puzzle. And forget about notifications (they’re a little annoying anyway, aren’t they?). The Galaxy Watch, she says, can make you a betteryou. “If you think about the whole idea of mindfulness and really living a more holistic life, we feel like technology and specifically wearables can be at the center and really help people get from where they are to where they want to be....

July 31, 2025 · 5 min · 972 words · Catherine Little MD

The iOS 18 public beta should be released any day now

Apple just released an updated build for its thirdiOS 18 beta to developers. This comes on the heels of widespread anticipation for the first public beta, which did not come to fruition today. But if this is any indication, we are gettingvery closeto the public beta in the coming days. Apple released the first developer build ofiOS 18right after itsWWDC 2024keynote on July 08, 2025. A week ago, Apple dropped the third developer beta for iOS 18, which had build number 22A5307f....

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 335 words · Catherine Perez

The supply of new DDR5 memory is already running dry, driving up prices

As if building a new PC wasn’t expensive enough, even the newest memory modules are now running into supply problems. DDR5is the latest generation of RAM, and it notably comes supported in the newIntel Alder Lake CPUsand Z690 motherboards. While Intel’s new chips have remained successful in terms of performance and in stock, the shortage of memory has left those dual in-line memory module (DIMM) slots vacant. The new Z690 chipset that launched in conjunction with Intel’s 12th-gen Alder Lake CPUs features support for both PCIe 5....

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 377 words · Julie Taylor

This colorful Hubble dreamscape is sculpted by newborn stars

The image from the Hubble Space Telescope shared this week is particularly dreamy and stunning, showing the bright colors and soft shapes of a Herbig-Haro object called HH 505. Thesenebula-like objectsare formed fromyoung, energetic stars, which give off jets of ionized gas which collide with clouds of dust and gas. “Herbig-Haro objects are luminous regions surrounding newborn stars that form when stellar winds or jets of gas spew from these infant stars creating shockwaves that collide with nearby gas and dust at high speeds,” Hubble scientistsexplain....

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Aaron Long

Train yourself to breathe better with Spire (15 percent off)

Handy smart devices that focus on well-being can help improve your state of mind. One such device, theBuy Now, which is currently 15 percent off on Amazon, is the only wearable that increases mindfulness and productivity by tracking breathing patterns that reflect your state of mind. Wegot our hands on Spirewhen it was first released, and found it to do exactly what it advertises — calm you down. We also touted its great battery life, aesthetically pleasing shape, and companion app, concluding that it “isn’t intended to interrupt you each time you’re stressed, but rather to bring mindfulness and awareness of tension to this chaos....

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 291 words · Danielle Taylor

Twitch “horrified” by rise in IRL harassment and promises investigation

Twitch “horrified” by rise in IRL harassment and promises investigation Twitch has responded to a “terrifying” IRL incident where popular streamers Valkyrae, Cinna and Emiru were attacked by an angry fan, and is promising to investigate. On March 2, popular Twitch stars Valkyrae, Cinna and Emiru wereapproached by a manduring a broadcast at Southern California’s Santa Monica Pier. The man demanded the trio give him their phone numbers and proceeded to follow them around, even going as far as getting down on one knee to ‘propose’ to the content creators....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 515 words · Ashley Perry

Unwanted YouTube feature makes videos look way worse

Unwanted YouTube feature makes videos look way worse YouTube has quietly added a new setting that lets you watch Shorts in landscape mode, and it’s just as bad as it sounds. Spotted byAndroid Authority, the feature is called Rotate Shorts and appears in the Accessibility section of the YouTube app’s settings on certain Android devices, like the Pixel 9 Pro XL. When enabled, rotating your phone triggers Shorts to play horizontally, with side-aligned controls and a scrub bar at the bottom....

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · William Townsend

Walmart surprises Switch 2 preorder customers with free snacks & a drink

Walmart surprises Switch 2 preorder customers with free snacks & a drink After reports of customers getting a free can of Pringles and a Coca-Cola with their Switch 2 pre-orders, Walmart has finally explained why it happened. TheNintendo Switch 2finally released on Thursday, June 5, and pre-orders were quickly delivered to customers who were able to get one. Walmart, in particular, set up an internal plan to get devices to customers before 9 am, but that wasn’t the only thing the massive supermarket had up its sleeve....

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 401 words · Melissa Adams

What Was Loren Brovarnik's Job Before 90 Day Fiancé?

Summary 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?star Loren Brovarnik wishes to be more than just a mom and a wife after her mommy makeover, but what was she doing for work before meeting Alexei Brovarnik?Loren is a 36-year-old reality TV starfrom Florida who first starred in90 Day Fiancéseason 3 when Alexei came to the U.S. on a K-1 visa, and they got married. Since then,Loren has welcomed three kidswith Alexei. Their current storyline focuses on Loren taking charge of her body and now, her incomeafter being a full-time mommy influencer....

July 31, 2025 · 6 min · 1196 words · Kevin Williams

Wybot summer sale with up to 40% discount on robotic pool cleaners

Robotic pool cleaners provide unparalleled convenience in keeping your swimming pool spotless, but these helpful devices can get pretty expensive. Fortunately, Wybot — one of the leading brands in this space — has launched a Summer Sale with major discounts on its popular robotic pool cleaners. you may buy a Wybot robotic pool cleaner at up to 40% off, but you shouldn’t waste time if you want to enjoy the savings....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 515 words · Jill Bell