Buying a GPU is still difficult and expensive, but sales continue to skyrocket

Amid the ongoingchip shortage, PC-based GPU sales only continue going up. According to Jon Peddie Research, 123 million graphics cards were shipped during the second quarter of 2021, and the growth is likely to continue. The year-to-year growth is even more impressive, showing an increase of 37%. Thereportcontains several interesting figures, including confirmation of what we all know to be reality — graphics cards are quick to sell out, and the demand for them only continues to rise....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 549 words · Glenda Morgan

Call of Duty: Vanguard multiplayer guide — 10 tips and tricks to get started

As with mostCall of Dutygames, the latest entry,Vanguard, has a robust multiplayer suite for you to enjoy, featuring various modes, a laundry list of customization options, and more. While the series has amassed its fair share of players over the years who know how multiplayer works, newcomers might need some help starting off on the right foot. Beyond that,Vanguardhas many changes from the previous Call of Duty games, so even veteran players have a lot to learn this time around....

July 4, 2025 · 8 min · 1649 words · Gabriella Stevens

Destiny 2 Guardian Games 2025: Start date, rewards, new mode, more

Destiny 2 Guardian Games 2025: Start date, rewards, new mode, more Players looking forward to Destiny 2 Guardian Games 2025 don’t have to wait much longer, as the Games arrive alongside Heresy Act 2, boasting a brand-new activity and rewards to earn. A yearly event open to all Destiny 2 players,Guardian Gamesdebuted in 2020 and pits all three classes against each other. Since then, Hunters, Titans, and Warlocks have joined the class-based competition each year to see which emerges victorious....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 735 words · Michael Nelson

Dog hair everywhere? These pet hair products actually work

If you have a cat or dog, you know the pain of having pet hair everywhere. It gets on the sofa, on hardwood floors and carpets, and it even shows up in random places, like the dryer or in your favorite pair of shoes. If you don’t stay on top of pet hair cleanup, your home can quickly become a fur-filled disaster. According to theAmerican Kennel Club, Labrador Retrievers, Newfoundlands, and Pekingese tend to shed more....

July 4, 2025 · 6 min · 1131 words · Theresa Clarke

Electric trucks aren’t ready for the big leagues — but I still loved the F-150 Lightning

Electric cars are getting pretty cool. While Tesla popularized the concept of a “fun” electric car, these days there are quite a few options out there, likethe Kia EV6, the Hyundai Ioniq 5, and even some luxury options from Mercedes and BMW. These cars offer awesome performance and often a sweet design, making them excellent choices for first-time EV buyers. But with electric trucks, it’s a slightly different story. To be clear, they’re just as powerful, — often more so — than electric cars....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 656 words · Kenneth Moody

EU Fines Microsoft $1.35 Billion

The European Commission has levied a fine of €899 billion—some $1.35 billion U.S.—against software giantMicrosoftfor failing to comply with terms of March 2004 antitrust decision that mandated Microsoft disclose interface and protocol information of its work group systems so third parties could create products that interoperate successfully with Windows. The Commission has found that, through July 31, 2025, Microsoft abused its dominant market position and charged unreasonable prices for access to that documentation…which independent reviewers had previously found to be incomplete and inaccurate....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 397 words · Shawn Benson

European BepiColombo spacecraft makes its third Mercury flyby today

The European Space Agency (ESA) launched the BepiColombo mission in 2018, and it is set to enter orbit around Mercury in 2025. In the meantime, it will be making several flybys of the planet, including a close approach today. That’s because the spacecraft’s route takes it on a series ofincreasingly close flybysthat use the planet’s gravity to adjust its course each time. In total, between its launch in 2020 and its arrival in Mercury orbit in 2025, the spacecraft will make one flyby of Earth, two of Venus, and six of Mercury....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 424 words · Troy Hampton

Fortnite: How to find Cursed Llamas and use the Techniques they drop

Continuing with the trend of anime crossovers, Jujutsu Kaisenhas come toFortnite, bringing with it a new reward track and a fresh collection of themed challenges. But perhaps the most fun addition is the two exciting curse powers that players can now find and use in matches as part of the Break the Curse! event. If you want to get your hands on these Hollow Purple or Straw Doll Techniques, you’ll first need to find some Cursed Llamas on the Chapter 4 Season 3 battle royale map....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 486 words · Alexandra Sullivan

From a bad battery to a crash, Virginia Tech’s automated car beat all challenges

This challenge is a three-year program involving teams of mechanical engineering students from eight different colleges across America. Each year, the students are tasked with developing technology to meet an increasingly sophisticated set of autonomous performance targets, using a2017 Chevrolet Bolt(provided by GM) as the development platform. The final goal of the competition is to successfully navigate an urban driving course inlevel fourautomated driving mode. The teams recently completed the first year of competition....

July 4, 2025 · 7 min · 1329 words · Christine Willis

Game companies are working developers hard. The pay isn’t worth it

Crunchhas been one of the biggest topics in video game industry news over the last year with reports ofmassive studio layoffsat established studios following closely behind. Another topic relating to these issues that hasn’t received as much attention, however, are the low and unfair wages developers are being paid in exchange for their increasingly demanding work. Just like issues with crunch and layoffs, it’s a problem developers are afraid to speak openly about because of the fear of retaliation from current and future job opportunities....

July 4, 2025 · 9 min · 1870 words · Zachary Smith

Gateway’s born-again Ford Bronco boasts classic style, 2018 muscle car power

The born-again Ford Bronco will be one of the stars of the 2019 Detroit Auto Show. Off-roaders who would rather hit the trail in the original model are in luck. An Illinois-based restorer named Gateway Bronco has received a license from Ford to offer a brand-new, first-generation Bronco built from the ground up. Putting one in your garage won’t come cheap, though. The typical Gateway build starts with afirst-generation Bronco(the model made between 1966 and 1977) in need of restoration....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 399 words · William Butler

Get a glimpse of the ocean floor with remarkable images of deep sea creatures

The deep sea is a strange and scary place, being one of the last great unexplored habitats on our planet. But technology is developing that lets usglimpse the bottom of the oceanand evenlisten to its sounds. Now a team from the Schmidt Ocean Institute in Palo Alto, California, have shared remarkable images from their expeditions to the depths. The research vessel Falkor was sent out off the coast of Costa Rica to collect information about deep sea ecosystems, looking in particular at natural gas seeps and other areas which host specialized biological communities....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 346 words · Travis Walsh

Grab this RTX 4070 gaming laptop deal with killer 25% discount while you still can

Grab this RTX 4070 gaming laptop deal with killer 25% discount while you still can If you’re on the hunt for a gaming laptop with a powerhouse GPU, the Acer Predator Triton 14 is now 25% off on Amazon. Finding the rightgaming laptopto suit all your needs can be an arduous task. This is especially the case if you want to find alaptopthat’s powerful enough to play your favorite AAA games at a moment’s notice while remaining slim enough to take around while on the go....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 439 words · Kellie Alexander