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Pokémon has persisted for decades for many reasons – cute characters, a popular anime, lucrative trading cards – but chief among them is the game series’ consistently satisfying turn-based battles. Pokémon Champions captures this highly refined system, cuts out much of the grinding necessary to train a viable team, and puts a thrilling competitive battling system in the hands of players around the world. The features around those battles, however, are often confusing and uneven, and despite a solid core, Pokémon Champions fails to reach its full potential. As a longtime observer of the competitive Pokémon scene, I am glad…
Sony just joined the ultra-fast gaming monitor party, and though it was a bit late, it could potentially turn a lot of heads there. On April 14, the company announced the INZONE M10S II, a 27-inch QHD OLED gaming monitor featuring a tandem OLED panel sourced from LG. Like other ultra-fast gaming monitors, the Sony gaming monitor pulls double duty between two modes: 540Hz at QHD, and a staggering 720Hz at HD. Developed in collaboration with esports powerhouse Fnatic, the monitor is a successor of the M10S. Sony has priced the M10S II gaming monitor at $1,099.99. Availability, however, is…
Sony Pictures dropped some exciting news at CinemaCon 2026. The beloved gothic horror video game Bloodborne is getting an R-rated animated film adaptation. According to a Variety report, the film will stay “very true” to the gory, nightmarish spirit that made the game so iconic. And honestly, that is exactly what fans needed to hear. For the uninitiated, Bloodborne is a gothic action horror game developed by FromSoftware and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Players step into the role of a Hunter navigating the cursed city of Yharnam. The city is ravaged by a mysterious blood-borne illness that has turned…
With its black-and-white rubber hose animation, lively jazz soundtrack, and gripping detective noir setting, Mouse: P.I. For Hire serves up a refreshing 1930s-inspired experience in the seedy city of Mouseburg – a name that makes perfect sense given its population of anthropomorphic mice. Here, players control a gumshoe named Jack Pepper (voiced by Troy Baker), as he unravels an increasingly complex missing persons case sporting all the usual suspects from crooked cops and slippery politicians to charming socialites and tenacious reporters. This tale’s smart, humorous writing and enigmatic characters play into hardboiled fiction cliches in amusing ways that kept me…
I have been using a Mac for over a decade, and over time, I have found a handful of third-party utilities that I simply cannot work without. Some fix long-standing macOS quirks, some add features that should have been there from the start, and some just enhance your overall macOS experience. Here are my five best Mac utilities I use every day. Supercharge macOS is great, but it has its quirks, and Supercharge fixes a surprising number of them. The app packs over 70 tweaks that address small but frustrating pain points that Apple has ignored for years. Once you…
Announced during Cinemacon 2026, a trade show related to the motion picture industry primarily focused around building excitement for theatres, Sony announced its intentions for a R-rated Bloodborne animated movie.A press release for the annoucnement reads, “Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions are developing Bloodborne, the acclaimed PlayStation horror-action game, as an R-rated animated feature.” The film is being animated by Lyrical Productions. Lyrical has not yet released any animated films, but it is working on an adaptation of the 2022 yound adult novel, Hell Followed with Us, and it is also making the Death Stranding animated movie, subtitled Mosquito, though…
Amazon has confirmed it’s acquiring Globalstar and plans to integrate the satellite operator’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites and spectrum into the Amazon Leo network. With this acquisition, Amazon seeks to accelerate the deployment of direct-to-device (D2D) capabilities, allowing standard smartphones to support calling, texting, and data via satellite. Amazon has already secured big customers for its satellite broadband service, and this deal will allow it to bypass several infrastructure hurdles. The Apple partnership and 2028 roadmap A key component of the deal is a new agreement between Amazon and Apple. Amazon Leo will now power satellite services for the…
At some point, we all stopped memorizing phone numbers. It happened gradually, and now most of us can barely recall two or three phone numbers off the top of our heads. So when your iPhone contacts vanish, whether after a software update or an accidental delete, it can feel like a minor crisis. Thankfully, if you act fast, you can easily restore deleted contacts on your iPhone. So, before you start texting people asking for their numbers again, try these methods to get your contacts back. These methods will work on all latest iPhone models. Recover contacts using iCloud on…
Mercedes-Benz has given the EQS a serious second wind, and this is not the kind of refresh where they slap on a new color option and call it a year. The updated electric saloon arrives with a reworked architecture, genuinely impressive range numbers, and enough technology packed under its skin to make it feel like a different car from the one that launched back in 2021. Over 900 km on a single charge? Yes, really! The headline number here is hard to ignore. The new EQS 450+ is rated at 926 km WLTP range, a 13% improvement over the previous…
Chinese automaker Seres, the company behind the Aito vehicle brand, has been granted a patent for an in-vehicle toilet. Yes, you are reading it right. It’s a toilet for your car. The Patent number CN224104011U was filed in April 2025 and officially authorized on April 10, 2026. While the news might seem amusing to many, the design is actually pretty clever. A toilet body sits hidden beneath the car seat, mounted on a sliding rail system. When you need it, you use the rail system to pull it out. When you are done, you slide it back under the seat.…