These Are the 5 Tools I Use to Have a Successful Cram Session

While most students don’t particularly like to admit this, cramming is an essential part of a student’s life. There are fives apps that help me survive those caffeine-fueled cramming nights and still manage to get it done with my desired grade. I’ve always been someone who plans every minute of my weekdays in advance. As a full-time student juggling work alongside my college commitments, fitting everything into twenty-four hours is a struggle....

July 1, 2025 · 9 min · 1816 words · Mario Forbes

Twister vs. Twisters: Which Tornado Movie Is Better

WARNING: Major spoilers for Twisters ahead!After 28 years, theTwisterfranchise is finally continued the 2024 disaster blockbusterTwisters, naturally inviting comparisons between the two movies.Twistersis a sequel to the 1996 original, but makes very little mention of the original movie outside the storm-tracking technology used and its naming conventions.Twisteris considered a benchmark movie in special effects, and it earned Academy Award nominations for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound. That ground-breaking moviemaking helped makeTwisterone of the highest-grossing movies of the 1990s....

July 1, 2025 · 8 min · 1597 words · David Mendoza

Upcoming Stephen King Adaptation Will Have One Major Change Revealed By Mike Flanagan (& It's For The Best)

Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS ahead for The Life of Chuck by Stephen King! Summary Mike Flanagan reveals one major change coming to his adaptation of Stephen King’s storyThe Life of Chuck, explaining why he chose to alter one particular part of the story. The novella, part of King’s 2020 collectionIf It Bleeds, follows the story of its titular character told backwards, from the moment of his death to when he was a child in a seemingly haunted house....

July 1, 2025 · 4 min · 715 words · Samantha Arnold

What Is an M3U8 File? How to Open It

Quick Links If you stream music or videos regularly, you’ve probably encountered M3U8 files. Although you probably didn’t notice these files hard at work, they are crucial for seamless streaming experiences. Here’s everything you need to know about M3U8 files. What Are M3U8 Files Anyway? M3U8 files are the Unicode version of M3U (MP3 URL) files. The “8” in M3U8 stands forUTF-8 encoding, the most common encoding standardfor electronic communications....

July 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1161 words · Nina Wright

WhatsApp is getting smarter about sticker suggestions

Today, the Unicode Consortium’s emoji library has swelled to a point where there’s an emoji for almost anything you want to express. As one of theforerunners in the instant messaging space, WhatsAppstays abreastwith the Consortium’s updates. The app also supports stickers and GIFs, but most users still seem to prefer emoji in a pinch. Leveraging the link between emoji and stickers, WhatsApp is testing a way to serve sticker recommendations you might find useful....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 329 words · Molly Gray

Your Smart TV Is Tracking You, but These Tweaks Can Stop It

If your smart TV could talk, it would spill all your viewing secrets. Good thing you can silence it before it tells everyone what you binge at 2 AM. Turn Off Automatic Content Recognition Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) is thesilent watcher on your smart TV. It scans everything playing on your screen, whether it’s live TV, a streaming app, or even your gaming console. This information is then sent back to the manufacturer or advertising partners to build a detailed profile of your viewing habits....

July 1, 2025 · 4 min · 788 words · Patrick Gordon III

10 Best X-Men Movie Villain Quotes

Summary TheX-Menmovie franchise has brought to life a diverse array of memorable villains, proffering a compelling selection of iconic quotations.Marvel’sX-Menboasts some of the most grandiose villains, many of whom are known for delivering self-aggrandizing speeches and retorts.TheX-Menmoviesreflected this perfectly, producing a litany of incredible pieces of dialogue delivered by adversaries across the whole franchise. TheX-Menfranchise is one of the largest in comic book cinema, producing seven central movies, theWolverinetrilogy, and theDeadpoolmovies - culminating in theMCU’sDeadpool & Wolverine....

June 30, 2025 · 11 min · 2196 words · Alicia Turner MD

20 Best Scarlett Johansson Movies, Ranked

Scarlett Johanssonis a household name and has become widely loved among audiences of many genres. Johansson’s movies include everything from understated dramas likeMarriage Storyto action-packed sweeping epics likeAvengers: Endgame. Her filmography features an impressive range of genre-defining and record-breaking movies. Johansson has grown in popularity significantly over the years. Recognized as an indie star fromLost in Translationin the early 2000s, she has since become one of her generation’s most reliable box office draws....

June 30, 2025 · 12 min · 2350 words · Brittany Garrett

5 Apps and Websites to Learn Faster and Retain Information Better

5 Apps and Websites to Learn Faster and Retain Information Better Back in your school days, like most school children, you were likely fed heaps of information without being told how to actually process the information. The good news is, there are many learning and memory techniques that have been used for centuries by leading memory experts that anyone can apply. Here’s a list of some of the best resources to learn faster and improve your memory online and on your mobile....

June 30, 2025 · 5 min · 1059 words · Mr. Rodney Roberts

AI Checkers Are Useless, and These 5 Examples Prove Why

Quick Links Whether you’re a professional writer or a student who frequently writes essays, you’re probably tired of running your work through AI detectors just for it to be flagged as 100% AI-generated. Fortunately, AI checkers aren’t always reliable, and these five examples illustrate why. 1A Paragraph I Just Asked AI to Write If AI checkers were 100% accurate, content produced by ChatGPT should be flagged as 100% AI-generated, right?...

June 30, 2025 · 4 min · 641 words · Aaron Love

Android 13 QPR1 Beta 1 contains an updated Pixel Recorder app with visual tweaks

Android 13 QPR1 Beta 1 contains an updated Pixel Recorder app with visual tweaks The stable version of Android 13 QPR1 isn’t expected to reach Pixel devices until December. Thankfully, the recently releasedQPR1 Beta 1has shed light on somenew additionsto the software, including aFace Unlock option, while also revealingcamera detailsof the upcoming Pixel foldable which is rumored to break cover in 2023. We’re now coming across another change with Android 13 QPR1 Beta 1 pertaining to the Pixel Recorder app....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 361 words · Jesse Hampton

Android 13's privacy dashboard prepares to show you the big picture

Android 13’s privacy dashboard prepares to show you the big picture Android 13 DP1 is here, giving us our first glimpse at the next upgrade for your smartphone. While some of the more extensive changes are undoubtedly being held back for upcoming beta versions later this year, this first iteration gives us a good idea of Google’s plans to refine all of those new features added in 2021.Android 12 puts a big focus on privacy, and with Android 13, it’s about to give users a bigger picture of how their data is being used....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 297 words · Kayla Porter

Android 14 wants to keep you in the loop on what apps are doing with your private location data

A lot of people want to know where you are right now and where you’ve been — they’re not stalkers per se, but rather,advertisers looking to promote businesses that are relevant to you. You’ll find these ads all over the internet including on Android apps. While you’ve always had ways of tracking which apps are using your data for what purposes,Android 14is on track to introduce yet another way to keep you informed of any changes in apps' data-sharing policies....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 417 words · Roger Pope