Amazon Echo Pop review: The new basic

Amazon is driving the prices even lower on its Echo speaker lineup with the new Echo Pop. This new model trims a few of the sensors from the Echo Dot (Gen 4 or 5) and simplifies the design to bring its retail price to $40 while actually increasing the speaker driver size a touch. While the Echo Pop offers most of the same functionality as the Echo Dot, discounts on the Dot take a lot of the sense out of picking the Echo Pop....

June 20, 2025 · 9 min · 1716 words · Thomas Burns

Android 14 QPR2 finally adds single app screen recording

Google has been working on enhancing the built-in screen recording capabilities of the Pixels for a while now. Signs of the company developing aper-app recording feature emerged in Android 13 QPR1in December 2022. Several months later, the option was spotted in apartially working stateon anAndroid 14beta by Android guru Mishaal Rahman but was never implemented in the stable release of the OS. The feature is also missing from all the Android 14 QPR1 beta releases so far....

June 20, 2025 · 3 min · 446 words · Tina Ayala

Are Third-Party ChatGPT Apps and Browser Extensions Safe?

Are Third-Party ChatGPT Apps and Browser Extensions Safe? As ChatGPT’s popularity skyrockets, the sheer number of AI-powered chatbots rises with it. A lot of these chatbots label themselves “third-party ChatGPT apps,” and they are basically nothing more than clones. Both the Apple App Store and Google’s Play Store are flooded with them, and the same goes for the Chrome Web Store. So, are these third-party ChatGPT apps and extensions any good?...

June 20, 2025 · 6 min · 1183 words · Bethany Cohen

Baki Really Did It: The Hit Manga Just Dropped a Shocking Presidential Cameo with Elon Musk

While the President of the United States is often regarded as the most powerful person on Earth, that title is relative in the universe ofBaki the Grappler. In Baki’s world, where individuals possess superhuman abilities, “power” is defined by physical strength, fighting skills, and martial arts prowess. Anyone who lacks these attributes is considered weak — plain and simple. However, to Baki’s father, Yujiro Hanma, the notion that the President is the most powerful person on the planet is neither relative nor absolute — it’s simply incorrect....

June 20, 2025 · 4 min · 686 words · Lori Weber

Baldur’s Gate 3’s Patch 7 Did Not Fix Wild Shape Disrupting The Party Dynamic

Baldur’s Gate 3has so many different dialogue options for players to explore. From using theDetect Thoughtsspell to get the upper hand in a conversation to having class-specific dialogue options, like striking awe with a bard or tearing off a mindflayer pod using strength with a barbarian, there is no shortage of unique opportunities. For each type of character, the dialogue journey can be an exciting experience within itself, apart from a player who wishes to travel through the game as a druid inwild shape....

June 20, 2025 · 6 min · 1156 words · Molly Elliott

Best AT&T plans in 2025

Whether you’re a heavy user who needs totally unlimited data or a light user looking to save some cash, picking the best AT&T plan can be a challenge. AT&T offers five main plans with the ability to mix and match with multi-line discounts intact. This allows you to pick the best AT&T plan for each member of your family, rather than trying to find one that works for everyone. Luckily, most of these plans include some international usage, including roaming to Mexico and Canada, so you may mostly focus on what kind of data you need....

June 20, 2025 · 12 min · 2382 words · Joshua Brown

Certification site offers additional info on the elusive Samsung Galaxy S23 FE

WhileSamsung flagship phoneslike the Galaxy S23 Ultra take away most of the attention, the company has been trying for a few years to leverage the branding of its early-year high-end phone into a midrange package, accompanied by the Fan Edition or FE tag. The company ditched the launch of the Galaxy S22 FE last year, which made sense sincethe Galaxy S21 FEwas revealed earlier in the year. A report this March suggested that the seriesmay have breathed its last, although a contrasting rumor some weeks later seemed to have brought thedevice back to life....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 397 words · Sara Gray

Daily Themed Crossword June 10, 2025 Answers (6/11/25)

Our Daily Themed Crossword June 15, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. TheDaily Themed Crosswordis available as a mobile app on both iOS and Android devices. It has become a popular crossword app due to its regular crossword offerings and difficulty level (not too easy, not too difficult, generally). They release a new crossword each day, every day of the year, and each crossword has a theme and allows for hints in case an answer involves a more obscure word....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 346 words · Michael Mitchell

Daily Themed Mini Crossword Hints July 31, 2025

Our Daily Themed Crossword Hints for August 19, 2025 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The Daily Themed Mini Crossword is a fun and challenging puzzle that is published daily. It features a small grid with clues for each word, which must be filled in to complete the puzzle. The puzzles are based on a theme, which can range from pop culture to history, geography, and more....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 363 words · Robert Smith

DC's New ABSOLUTE Continuity Can Finally Justify a Decades-Long Lie Most Superhero Fans Believe

Summary DC Comicsrecently announced that Scott Snyder and Joshua Williamson will beushering in a new Absolute Universefor Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. Set to launch in October withDC All In Special#1 by Snyder, Williamson, Wes Craig, and Daniel Sampere, the universe presents an array of opportunities as well as all-star creative teams. DC Comics has a deep history of reboots, relaunches and reinventions of its most iconic heroes. From the divisive New 52 to the popular Rebirth era,the company has explored alternate versions of its heroes in dozens of ways, with even more creative teams leaving their mark on the heroes....

June 20, 2025 · 4 min · 718 words · Thomas Smith

DeepSeek Suffers Its First Big Data Breach, But Your Information Is Probably Safe

Quick Links Upstart AI chatbot DeepSeek’s meteoric rise has been a double-edged sword. New York-based security firm Wiz Research discovered one of the China-based company’s databases exposed on the internet, containing heaps of private and sensitive data—but your data is likely just fine. DeepSeek Leaves an Unsecured Database Online For Anyone to Find On Wednesday, 10 June 2025,Wiz Research revealedit had stumbled upon a publicly accessible database belonging to DeepSeek, theChinese-developed AI chatbot taking the world by storm....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Alexandra Wright DDS

Destroy Grandma Codes (August 2025)

In Roblox Destroy Grandma, players embark on a wacky adventure where Grandma is busy with her chores. You must gather items around the house and toss them at her to lower her health. With every hit, you earn coins and experience. Team up with friends and see if you’re able to outsmart Grandma or face her fury! Codes forDestroy Grandmaget you handy rewards such as Coins and EXP. I’ve gathered the latest working Destroy Grandma codes and details on how to redeem them....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 306 words · Erik Williams

DS9’s Deep-Cut Star Trek: TOS “Deadly Years” Easter Egg Explained

Summary Star Trek: Deep Space Ninecontained a deep-cutStar Trek: The Original SeriesEaster egg from the episode “The Deadly Years”, but it ended up having a deeper meaning. InTOSseason 2, episode 12, an Enterprise away team is exposed to fatal radiation that triggers rapid aging. With scenes of theStar Trek: TOScastin old man make-up, and the countdown clock tension, “The Deadly Years” became a belovedTOSepisode. AsStar Trek: DS9was packed full of major and minor references toTOScanon, a nod to a classic episode like “The Deadly Years” is hardly surprising....

June 20, 2025 · 4 min · 672 words · Larry Herman