For the past couple of years, the foldable smartphone market has been slowly picking up steam, with Samsung driving flexible phones into mainstream attention. Outside of China it’s had everything pretty much its own way, with few competitors offering alternatives to its Z Fold andZ Flip lines.In 2022 that started to shift, with Motorola, Honor and Oppo gatecrashing the party with quite different takes on the flexible form factors. With the Find N2 Flip, Oppo has created arguably the most compelling alternative to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip, and has several advantages over the big-name option....

Barring any last-minute delays that are necessary,Dead Island 2will finally arrive this month, more than a decade since the original, or nearly a decade since any major Dead Island game. And yet when playing the much-anticipated sequel at PAX, it had almost felt like absolutely no time had passed, going by this one portion. Oh sure, it looked more impressive visually, but gameplay-wise, it felt exactly like playing a game from around 2013 or so....

Short Bytes :Researchers on the West Coast have created an ultra-fast private fiber-optic cable network that allows the data transfer at 100 gigabits per second. This ingenious project is dubbed as Pacific Research Platform and is funded by National Science Foundation. The fiber optic high-speed network will allow the data transfers of 100 gigabits per second across 10 University of California campuses and in 10 other state universities and research institutions....

It’s almost always a positive sign when the earliest glimpse of a game’s potential is in its ability to take something as universal as moving one’s player-character and turn it into something altogether more involved and engaging. It’s another thing altogether when that same new take on old staples reveals for itself a whole host of potential outcomes and ideas to bounce off. Easy it would be to take one look at the way movement is applied in a game likePepper Grinderand wave it away as unnecessary – adding one too many convoluted steps to an otherwise simple concept – that a developer like Ahr Ech can not only make this change work, but allow other ideas to be recontextualized with as equally-exciting potential....

The Operatoris the first release from French studio Bureau 81. Bureau 81 acted as both developer and publisher for the game, which is available on PC beginning July 22. The studio has confirmed that the game will be released for Steam and GOG soon, although no specific date has been provided. The game is an amalgamation of multiple genres, including mystery, detective, investigation and simulation. Bureau 81 is currently offering a 10% launch discount, so it’s the perfect time to be one of the first to nab the game....

Smart Bulb Vs. Smart Switch: Which Is More Cost Effective For Your Smart Home? We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The concept of smart home technology has gradually found its way into just about every conceivable facet of the average home. With the right devices, a smartphone or tablet, and a bit of know-how, you can bestow smart functionality onall kinds of appliances, fixtures, and incidentalsaround the house, whether for practical purposes or just for fun....

Not long ago,Snapchatreleased an app update for iOS that changed the way users interact with the Stories section of their app. Not all users were happy with the changes, and so, an iOS developer in the jailbreak community made a newtweakcalledSnapOldStorythat lets you revert back to the old Stories page style. Going back to the good old days For whatever reason, Snapchat decided that they were going to take something good from theirfree iOS appand change it up to something simpler in the latest app update (version number 9....

With less than 10 days until Artem Wing’s birthday, Tears of Themis rolled out a Birthday Preparations event to start the celebrations early. The event runs fromApril 16, 2022, to July 09, 2025, and is open to all players. The actual birthday event and limited banner will start onApril 18, 2022, with a one-day overlap with the preparations. Read on to find out how to participate in the preparations, as well as details on what to look forward to in the coming days....

Compared to iOS 6, Notification Center has been upgraded a little in iOS 7 but there’s still some room for improvement. Just like iOS 6, there is a lot of jailbreak tweaks on Cydia that will bring new features to iOS 7 Notification Center and allow you to customize it. These range from providing additional statistics about your device to placing your favorite apps right at your finger tips. This is why we have compiled a complete list of thebest jailbreak tweaks for Notification Centeron iOS 7 that will help you get the most out of it....

The Bonneville Salt Flats Is The Craziest Race You May Have Never Heard Of There’s a race where people are close to pushing 500 mph. While NASCAR’s 2024 finale reached 2.92 million views and the Formula 1 World Championship 2024 saw 30 million fans tune in, speed demons from all over the world are heading to Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats to push their vehicles to the limit with fewer fanfare and no prize money at all....

Ankeris recalling a total of five power bank models, citing a risk of internal battery pack malfunction. The company is urging owners of impacted units to dispose of them at dedicated depots or facilities that accept rechargeable batteries, and to not simply throw them away alongside other household trash. In particular, Anker is recalling the following external battery bank models: “While the likelihood of malfunction is considered minimal, out of an abundance of caution, we have decided to initiate a voluntary global recall of several Anker power bank models....

TikTok’s viral garlic bread recipe: How to make “best garlic bread ever” Jake Cohen, cook and author of best-selling ‘Jew-ish’, posted a garlic bread recipe on his TikTok account that’s gone viral. Cohen said he was “beyond shook” by the response. The original video has over 16 million views since it was posted on August 1 and the video on August 11 has over 11 million in less than 24 hours....

Although a sequel to 2018’s Tomb Raider was cancelled in the summer of last year, Amazon is reported to be developing a TV series for itsPrime Videoservice based on the adventures of Lara Croft instead. Emmy-award winner Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve, No Time to Die) is said to be writing a script as part of her long-standing content contract with the streaming service and studio. She is also slated to executive produce the show, but won’t star in it....