ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED (UX3405) Review: Is This the MacBook of Windows?

Since the introduction of Apple Silicon MacBooks back in late 2020, it’s fair to say there haven’t been any equivalent Windows laptops that can compete on performance, battery life, portability, and efficiency. While many laptops outcompeted the MacBooks in one of those four areas, nothing seemed to match the total benefits of Apple’s M-series Macs. The M2 MacBook Air series is one of the best-selling laptops for good reason. Enter Asus’ Zenbook 14 OLED (UX3405), the company’s ultraportable productivity laptop with Intel’s new Core Ultra chipset....

June 26, 2025 · 8 min · 1595 words · Ashley Lewis MD

Best Google Pixel Tablet screen protectors in 2025

TheGoogle Pixel Tabletmay not garner the same attention as the Samsung Galaxy Tab lineup or even the iPad, but if you’re looking for agreat Android-powered alternativefor browsing the web, watching Netflix, taking Zoom calls, and other common touchscreen tasks, the Pixel Tablet has got you covered. With any new tablet purchase, you’ll want to outfit the display with some kind ofprotective coveringthat can take the brunt of any impact your Pixel accidentally succumbs to....

June 26, 2025 · 7 min · 1447 words · William Werner

Best open-world games

After a 10-year-long absence of new releases, GTA VI, the biggest open-world game, has finally been announced. We’re just as excited to revisit Vice City as the next guy. But what are we supposed to do until 2025, when the game is supposed to come out? Thankfully,contemporary Android tabletsare home to some impressive open-world games, including older titles in the GTA series, such as Vice City, and San Andreas. In addition, some of them have the best graphics you’ll find on a mobile device....

June 26, 2025 · 6 min · 1271 words · Stephanie Bates

Daily Themed Crossword June 30, 2025 Answers (4/27/25)

Our Daily Themed Crossword June 03, 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 26, 2025 · 2 min · 346 words · Julian Hopkins

Demon Slayer Hashira Training Redefines the Concept of Anime Filler With Scenes That Should Have Been in the Manga

Summary New episodes of theDemon Slayer’sHashira Trainingarc are being released every week and Uftoable once again doesn’t fail to provide quality with each episode. In contrast, Ufotable has gone above and beyond the basic requirements of providing top-quality animation with Demon Slayer’s newest season by adding new, anime original scenes. These anime original scenes,which make up almost ninety percent of the recent episodes, could also be considered filler content. Though fillers in anime are generally defined as bad due to their tendency to stray away from the original narrative by providing invaluable context,Demon Slayer Hashira Training’filler' episodes have redefined its notion....

June 26, 2025 · 3 min · 611 words · Logan Roberts

Disturbing Elden Ring DLC Item Helps Confirm A Heartwarming NPC Theory

The Prattling Pates are face-shaped sculptures inElden Ringthat players can use to communicate. When the items are used, players blow into them and create a sound that is akin to human speech. Thebase game includes eight Pates, each of which emits its own canned phrases, such asPrattling Pate “Hello"orPrattling Pate “Thank you”. Mechanically, the Pates serve the simple function of allowing players online to convey simple messages, but their lore in the game is less obvious....

June 26, 2025 · 3 min · 514 words · Debra Bowman

Even DC Is Calling Out 1 Terrible Detail from Schumacher's BATMAN & ROBIN

Contains minor spoilers forHarley Quinn #40! Summary Joel Schumacher’sBatman & Robinhas long been the subject of criticism, even by DC itself recently inHarley Quinn #40.The newly released issue sees the titular antiheroine engaged in a new professional with Mr. Freeze as an educator for his latest recruits. The iconic Gotham villain is ready for a change in the way he works with his henchmen, especially considering the type of help he hired in DC’s cinematic universes....

June 26, 2025 · 3 min · 623 words · Alicia Reed

Fallout 4's Survival Mode Fixes The Game's Most Useless Features

Summary When Bethesda introduced Survival Mode intoFallout 4after release, it raised questions about how the franchise should implement survival and crafting mechanics. The new version of the game makes headshots do greater damage and causes limbs cripple more easily. It also introduced hunger, thirst, and rest requirements. While the mode received praise for some of its changes, it also saw backlash for the tedious way it handles resource gathering. But one alteration that doesn’t get nearly enough attention because of how much it changes the game is the removal of the fast travel ability....

June 26, 2025 · 3 min · 632 words · Elizabeth Ellis

Game Ready or Studio: Which Nvidia Driver Is Right for You?

Quick Links If you’re installing drivers for your Nvidia graphics card, you may have noticed there are two different sets. Should you choose the Game Ready drivers or the Studio drivers, and what is the difference between them? Same GPU, Different Drivers For some time now, Nvidia has shipped two sets of drivers for its most popular video cards. The company assumes that, especially for its higher-end cards, most owners are looking for gaming performance, so it automatically recommends what it calls its “Game Ready” driver....

June 26, 2025 · 4 min · 683 words · Sarah Rios

Genshin Impact 5.0 Leaks Suggest New Natlan Update Will Change Characters Forever

Summary Characters fromGenshin Impactwill change forever with a rumored new Natlan update mentioned in Version 5.0 leaks. The action RPG by HoYoverse is about to enter Version 4.8, a patch that will see the debut of Emilie as a playable character. However, attention is shifting toward the following update, Version 5.0, which is expected to occur in late August and, with it, bringNatlan’s release inGenshin Impact, along with its new roster of characters, gameplay mechanics, and more....

June 26, 2025 · 3 min · 500 words · Meredith Taylor

Google just fixed the new Android photo picker's biggest flaw

Besides a barrage of new features and improvements, Google introduced a new media picker inAndroid 13. It allowed you to provide apps with access to only selected photos and videos on your phone instead of your entire library. Google’s implementation was inspired from the iPhone’s media picker and waseventually backported to Android 4.4+ devices. However, the company’s execution had a major limitation: you could not select media fromGoogle Photosor other cloud storage services....

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Susan Lozano

Google Pixel Tablet hands-on: What's up, dock?

This year,Google announced a trifecta of hardware at I/O. While we might not have gotten a tease for the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro — breaking what could’ve become a tradition following last year’s early Pixel 7 announcement — we did get ourfirst look at the long-awaited Pixel Fold, as well as thesurprise shadow drop of the Pixel 7a. The third device, thePixel Tablet, was technically announced at last fall’s Made By Google event, but I/O marked the first time we were actually able to get our hands on one....

June 26, 2025 · 6 min · 1161 words · Tracey Lee

Google rushes out Android 13 Beta 3.2 with some real bug fixes this time

Google rushes out Android 13 Beta 3.2 with some real bug fixes this time Android 13’sdevelopment cycle is starting to wind down — we’re long done with Developer Previews at this point, and have recently been checking out someincreasingly stable Betas. By now, Google should be fine-tuning things for the software’s ultimate release, but that doesn’t mean we don’t expect to get the occasional incremental update that tackles outstanding bugs — just like we did about a week ago whenBeta 3....

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 377 words · April Johnson