Why The Toyota Cresta Was A Totally Underrated JDM Model

Why The Toyota Cresta Was A Totally Underrated JDM Model Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Toyota introduced some of the most iconic bits of JDM car history to the world. Cars like the AE86, Cressida, Soarer, and of coursethe Supra, are still mainstays of car meets, race tracks, and drift events alike. However, one model stands out as a bit of an under-loved example, largely due to its limited availability. Hopefully showcasing this car’s history and features will help folks understand that it’s time to give the Cresta the love it deserves....

July 13, 2025 · 4 min · 648 words · Laura Smith

Why This Unassuming EV Platform Is A Huge Deal For Stellantis

Why This Unassuming EV Platform Is A Huge Deal For Stellantis Stellantisannouncedon July 10, 2025, that it would be introducing a new, modular EV platform for its vehicles. This isn’t the triumphant unveiling of a new, groundbreaking vehicle that demands headlines. Rather, the new platform quietly represents a sea change in the industry. Its new EV platform is known as STLA Medium, the first of four new EV-specific platformsStellantis has slated to bring out....

July 13, 2025 · 3 min · 452 words · Misty Sanders

Yahoo launches News Digest iOS app, new Food and Tech website hubs for normals

Today at its CES 2014 keynote in Las Vegas, the Internet giant Yahoo announced new Tech and Food hubs and introduced a new iOS application, News Digest. The free iPhone and iPad download utilizes a technology from Yahoo’sMarch 2013 acquisitionof mobile news startup Summly that distills information down to small gists. The company has sincerolled out Summlyto some of its existing iOS apps, but this is the first time Yahoo’s iPhone app tapped the summarization tech to the full extent to“get you in the know in no time”....

July 13, 2025 · 4 min · 756 words · Dean Vincent

10 TV Shows That Are Hard To Rewatch Because of Problematic Stars

It’s amazing how we develop an emotional attachment to a fictional TV series. During a show’s run, we become emotionally invested in its storylines and characters. We feel like we’re a part of their world, like we really do know these people on our screens. They’re not actors playing a role. Those people reallyarethose characters, dear friends that we catch up with whenever we tune into an episode. But sometimes, that emotional attachment can go the other way, too....

July 12, 2025 · 9 min · 1881 words · Derek Clarke

2021 Volkswagen Golf Review: Frugal Farewell

2021 Volkswagen Golf Review: Frugal Farewell It’s hard not to feel sorry for the Volkswagen Golf. Perennially overshadowed by its sportier, more eye-catching Golf GTI sibling, the “regular” car doesn’t have the punchy performance or indeed the badge cachet, but hangs its appeal on value instead. As the 2021 Golf TSI prepares to close the books on Mk7 production, it turns out that’s still an unexpectedly compelling argument. The new 2022 Golf Mk8 brings with it new styling,new GTI and Golf R modelswith up to 315 horsepower, and a sizable tech upgrade for the cabin....

July 12, 2025 · 5 min · 975 words · Ian Eaton

25 Best Free Virtual Escape Room Games

Escape rooms have taken the gaming world by storm over the past decade, with physical games popping up in all the major cities as well as them becoming a staple of team-building exercises and classroom activities. And the games industry has been quick to catch on, with a great choice of escape rooms now available for both PC and mobile. Below you’ll find the 25 best free virtual escape room games across styles and platforms....

July 12, 2025 · 9 min · 1814 words · Gail Daniel

26% Of People Said This Was The Coolest Feature Of The Steam Deck

26% Of People Said This Was The Coolest Feature Of The Steam Deck - SlashGear Survey Valve didn’t invent handheld gaming with the Steam Deck, but it certainly pushed the boundaries enough to make the global portable collective take notice. It’s not just thatyou can play Steam gameson a device that fits in your everyday carry — regardless of how cool that is — but it also unlocked a litany of other capabilities that many weren’t sure would be possible prelaunch....

July 12, 2025 · 3 min · 555 words · Mario Smith

71 best Christmas movies to stream this holiday season

If you’re anything like us, you’re trying to watch as many Christmas films as possible over the holiday season. There are tonnes to choose from after all, including cult classics and, of course, the occasional oddball holiday flick that you secretly enjoy. But instead of trudging through the snow to a video store (if those even exist anymore) to get physical copies, you should just step into the 21st century and stream them....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Jennifer Murphy

A Deep-Dive into Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s Venom is Coming at SDCC, Expect Something Different

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Marvel’s Spider-Man 2is coming thick and fast. It seems like two minutes ago the game was officially announced back in 2021, with the surprise yet welcome inclusion of Venom, voiced by none other than the veteran horror actor Tony Todd. Anyone that has watched a horror movie in the last thirty years will recognise the man and his voice....

July 12, 2025 · 5 min · 962 words · Allen Smith

Acer Chromebook Plus 515 review: Simply put, it adds up

Google’s newChromebook Plusscheme is a coordinated attempt to bring better performance and more things to do on the perceptibly lightweight ChromeOS. Last year’s musclier Chromebooks are being repackaged in new bodies, freshened up with sparkly new features, and sold for as low as $400. One such Chromebook is Acer’s Chromebook Plus 515. It runs on 12th and 13th-gen Intel Core processors with at least 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage....

July 12, 2025 · 8 min · 1665 words · Bonnie Duran

All Changes Coming to Trials of Osiris in Destiny 2’s Season of the Deep

Bungie has been tweaking Trials for quite some time, and with the Season of the Deep (Season 21), we’re finally seeing some major changes. But will it be enough to draw in a bigger player base? We shall see. Here’s all the changes coming to Trials of Osiris in Destiny 2’s Season of the Deep. All Changes Coming to Trials of Osiris in Destiny 2’s Season of the Deep I’ll be honest, I’m a Crucible enjoyer....

July 12, 2025 · 4 min · 698 words · Sheryl Brown

Amazon launches Cloud Player on iPad

If you keep your music in the Amazon cloud, you were able to stream it to your iPhone and iPod touch through Amazon’s free Cloud Player app. Today, the online retailer has pushed a major update which finally runs natively on iPads. It has an updated look on both the iPhone and iPad and new settings to manage caches and more. Cloud Player originally debuted on the iPhoneeight months agoand the new version arrives just as Spotify has revamped its iOS client and Apple rolled out iTunes in the Cloud support in adozen European markets…...

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 385 words · Christopher Torres

Apple continues USB-C transition with stand-alone $99 AirPods Pro case

As easy as wireless earbuds are to connect, use, and pocket, they’re also easy to lose. Whether it’s the individual buds or the charging case that’s been lost to the ether or destroyed by an errant footstep, both are delicate and easily prone to accident, and the worst part is when you’ve lost one piece of the puzzle, you have to cough up sometimes a few hundred to get your in-ear headset back together again....

July 12, 2025 · 4 min · 645 words · Julia Miller