Beats rumored to be working on its own smartphone and iTunes competitor

It seems like building your own smartphone is the “in” thing to do these days.Amazon is said to beworking on its own handset, as areFacebookandMozilla. And now apparently Beats Electronics is too. If you’re not familiar with Beats, you should probably get out more. It’s been leading the high-end headphone market for a couple years. And now it’s reportedly looking to duplicate that success in cell phones… BGR, who has been fairly accurate with tech intel as of late,reports:...

June 25, 2025 · 2 min · 325 words · Brittany Watts

Best FUT Attacking squad formation in FIFA 23

In FIFA 23, players build a squad from scratch in the Ultimate Team game mode. Having the correct formation and tactics for your squad makes a massive difference in competitive matches, and winning individual battles on the pitch is far from easy. Every formation has some weakness, and choosing the proper formation for your squad will take trial and error. Similarly, playing certain players out of their regular positions is bound to affect your team’s performance....

June 25, 2025 · 3 min · 583 words · Andrew James

Best of CES 2024: Pocket-lint's awards for the tech show

After the pandemic years, CES 2023 made it feel like one of the world’s largest consumer electronics trade shows never missed a step – and 2024 was no different, with a wealth of announcements and gadgets to see on the showfloor. Below, you’ll find Pocket-lint’s list of the best devices to come out of this year’s event. 7 of the weirdest, wackiest things at CES 2024 CES is known for exciting tech announcements, but some odd ones creep in, too....

June 25, 2025 · 5 min · 1035 words · Anthony Hines

Chanel: "The potential of AI for beauty is amazing"

If you’ve ever opened the wonderful glossy pages of Vogue or scrolled throughInstagramand thought a lipstick was a fantastic colour, you’ll also know trying to find the shade in MAC or at makeup counter in a department store is no easy feat. First world problems, we know. But this is one problem that technology could fix. At least it is if you like Chanel lipstick. The Parisen fashion brand’s Lipscanner app uses a combination of patented AI and AR technology to enable you to match a lipstick colour and texture from any physical or digital image and try the Chanel equivalent on in real time....

June 25, 2025 · 5 min · 977 words · Mario Weiss

Complete Long Sword Guide in Monster Hunter Wilds

The Long Sword weapon boasts several advantages such as decent range, stylistic combos, and skillful parries in Monster Hunter Wilds. The weapon has a perfect blend of slow and fast combos, but at the same time puts a lot of focus on perfectly timed counters to deal damage. However, it takes a lot of practice to master all the combos and mechanics and get the timings correct. The first step to learning the Long Sword is figuring out the mechanics and best combos....

June 25, 2025 · 6 min · 1217 words · Carol Martinez

Daredevil Season 3 Begins Shooting in Late October

Netflix was quick to renewDaredevilfor a third season following the tremendous success of the second season, which introduced Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, to the current Marvel TV universe.Daredevil season 3 hasn’t started filming yet, but Charlie Cox did say that production would be getting underway at some point this year. Now it looks like we have a start time, and Matt Murdock is going back to Hell’s Kitchen for Halloween this year....

June 25, 2025 · 3 min · 455 words · Alexis Ruiz

Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires – All kingdoms & best starting faction

Unlike traditional Dynasty Warriors entries, Empires follows a non-linear structure, meaning the Romance of the Three Kingdoms tale is swapped out for a story of your own making. Furthermore, the usualfour kingdoms,Wei,Wu,Shu, andJin, don’t technically follow the same events as told in the main timeline. Instead, you can select any character from one of the four factions, as well as form relationships with would-be rivals. Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires offers a total ofeightcampaigns within its Conquest Mode, seven of which loosely correspond to events from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms saga....

June 25, 2025 · 2 min · 264 words · Dr. Mario Richard

Every Tool Included On DeWalt's New MT20 Multitool (And Where You Can Buy It)

Every Tool Included On DeWalt’s New MT20 Multitool (And Where You Can Buy It) We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. DeWalt is constantly releasing new tools as well as upgrades to existing ones, and this year is no different, with severalnew DeWalt tools worth adding to your collectionalready on store shelves, such as the20V Max Right Angle Drill. One new DeWalt tool you may have missed is the MT20, an upgrade of the brand’s popular MT16 multi-tool....

June 25, 2025 · 4 min · 795 words · Johnathan Thomas

FFXIV has some cash shop favorites on sale to celebrate the game’s 10th anniversary

We’re deep into the 10th-anniversary celebrations for the release of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn! And, as part of the festivities, Square Enix is once again slashing prices in its cash shop, Mog Station. But more than that, some previously unavailable items are being added to the store, as per a post made on the game’s X account on August 17. What to expect form Final Fantasy XIV’s 10th-anniversary sale?...

June 25, 2025 · 2 min · 311 words · Nicholas Williams

Five reasons you could use Elgato's Eve Button instead of a smart speaker

The smart home takes many forms. You can control your lights, music, heating, doors and so on from your mobile phone. But what about situations when your phone isn’t there? When you’re out, say, but somebody else needs to turn the smart lights on? Or maybe your kids want to interact with the smart home but don’t have access to your phone or tablet? Here are five ways theElgato Eve Buttonis a real delight....

June 25, 2025 · 4 min · 686 words · Jesse Elliott

Forget laxatives — this electronic pill will literally shake the crap out of you

Suffering from constipation? Well, put down the spoon containing your fiber-rich breakfast cereal. What youreallyneed is avibrating smart pill that will shake the crap out of you. And we mean that literally. Created by a startup in Israel,the so-called Vibrant capsulepromises a “chemical-free and safe treatment” for patients suffering from, err, blockages. They work by vibrating inside the GI tract, thereby inducing peristalsis, the muscular contractions that take place as your waste is moved through the digestive tract toward the rectum....

June 25, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Nicholas Hudson MD

Genesis Could've Screwed Up The 2026 GV70 So Badly

Genesis Could’ve Screwed Up The 2026 GV70 So Badly Refinement can be a tricky thing to get right. When overhauling a bad car, automakers can typically start with a pretty clean slate. Taking something like the Genesis GV70 — still well-esteemed from its 2020 debut — and giving it a facelift, in contrast, requires a deft touch. Play it too safe, and you risk momentum; make changes for their own sake, and you run the risk of losing the lingering magic....

June 25, 2025 · 7 min · 1371 words · Daniel Nelson

GOG Starts Preservation Program with 100 Classic Games Improved for Modern PCs

The team from the digital PC game storeGOGhas started a new initiative to preserve old classics. The Good Old Game Preservation Program aims at keeping those PC games compatible with modern and future computer setups, adding custom improvements to make sure these titles run with quality. On launch, the program already has over 100 games with 501 adjustments made by the team’s tech support. Preserving classics GOG is a DRM-free PC games store that curates the titles it sells, unlike the much more popular PC storefront Steam....

June 25, 2025 · 3 min · 565 words · Bryan Frank