How to make the most of 3D Touch in Phone app

Our 3D Touch tutorial series has so far covered various user interface shortcuts and 3D Touch Peek and Pop gestures in several Apple stock apps likeMessages,Safari,Mail,iBooksandApple Maps. Today, we’re going to discuss how pressure-sensing screens enhance the Phone app, one of the most frequently used stock apps on iPhones. Here’s how to make the most of 3D touch and the Phone app. Make calls from Home screen Pressing the app’s Home screen icon lightly puts up a 3D Touch shortcut menu which includes your top four favorite people along with an option to view your most recent call, search for a contact, create a new contact from scratch, or view your most recent voicemail....

August 1, 2025 · 4 min · 754 words · Jeffrey Herrera

How to open chests with the eye in Hogwarts Legacy

Hogwarts Legacy is an open-world RPG filled with spells andancient magicsecrets. During your wizarding journey, you will encounter many puzzles to unlock and chests to open. Some of these chests will have an eye in the center, leaving the player unable to open them. Here is how to open chests with the eye in Hogwarts Legacy. How to open eye chests in Hogwarts Legacy When I encountered eye chests in Hogwarts Legacy, I was also very confused!...

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 336 words · Timothy Compton

How To Turn Off Call Forwarding On Your Android Phone

How To Turn Off Call Forwarding On Your Android Phone Call forwarding allows you to redirect incoming calls to another number, ensuring you don’t miss important calls. It’s particularly handy when you’re unavailable, traveling, or prefer calls to go to a secondary line. However, there are times when you may want to disable call forwarding — perhaps you’re back in town, actively using your primary phone, or simply no longer need calls routed elsewhere....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 381 words · Lindsay Anderson

How To Use Emojis On Your Chromebook

How To Use Emojis On Your Chromebook The language of emojis has become quite elaborate, as has the range of options for them. What began as manually-typed smileys in text messages (often hindered by predictive text) has become a cultural phenomenon. In 2017, “The Emoji Movie” released, which surely says something about the importance these little symbols had, and continue to have, on our society. As such, our devices continue to provide quick and convenient access to Emojis....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 546 words · Jonathan Patterson

How to watch The King's Man (2021): Can you stream it yet?

The Kingsman franchise has welcomed a third installment - but, this time, Taron Egerton and Colin Firth are not involved. The latest movie is called The King’s Man, and it follows Kingsman: The Secret Service from 2015, which starred both Egerton and Firth. Its sequel, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, premiered two years later. As for the third movie, it’s now out and serves as a prequel, so it has a whole new cast....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 590 words · Christopher Jones

Huawei MateBook 14 initial review: Spreading Huawei's Windows wings

In recent years we’ve seen a decline in the number oflaptopslaunched, with the market distilling, people moving to tablets, and opening the door for new players. Huaweihas been taking advantage of that over the past few years, applying its approach of quality build, powerful specs and good value for money to another sector outside of its smartphone core. Our quick take The Huawei MateBook 14 is a neat shake-up in design, pulling Huawei’s media-leaning notebook into a neater line and dropping the D moniker....

August 1, 2025 · 4 min · 743 words · Victor Perez

I didn't expect to like Apple's new Emoji Game, but now I'm hooked

Puzzle gamescan be a fun way to pass the time and put your critical thinking skills to the test. If you’re tired of playingWordle, Sudoku, or Crosswords every day and want to try something new, then the latestApple News+game might be what you’re looking for. Each game has three short phrases, and the challenge is to solve them using the emojis provided to you in as few moves as possible. The twist with the game is that the emojis can have different meanings....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 618 words · Karen Thomas

InstallProtect12 makes you authenticate yourself to install or uninstall jailbreak packages

InstallProtect12is a newly released and freejailbreak tweakcreated by iOS developerCastyte, and we’re particularly excited to show it to you. While most jailbreak tweaks are somewhat subjective depending on the user, this one seems like a no-brainer for most as it seriously augments the jailbroken handset experience on all fronts. More specifically, it necessitates biometric authentication to manage packages in three of the most popular package management apps, including Cydia, Sileo, and Zebra....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 257 words · Kenneth Rodriguez

iOS is one of the top gaming platforms of all time

When Apple added the App Store to iOS, the iPhone and iPod touch became about as disruptive to the handheld video game market as the iPhone was to the smartphone industry. All of a sudden, users had easy access to thousands of low-cost video games. But not only has Apple since sold more iOS devices than handheld systems from Nintendo and Sony put together, it’s actually sold more than all major console systems....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 295 words · Jennifer Pierce

Is Alone in the Dark a Remake or a Sequel? – Answered

Alone in the Dark is close at hand with its newest 2024 release, but is this new title another sequel for the lengthy series or simply another remake in the remake-heavy era we’re currently living in? Time to find out your answer. Is Alone in the Dark (2024) a Remake? Alone in the Dark (2024) is a modern era full-fleshed-out remake of the original game of the same name.First released in 1992, the original Alone in the Dark was praised for its terrifying plotline and for being one of the pioneers of the genre in video games, being one of the main inspirations for titles such as Resident Evil....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 504 words · Chris Robinson

Lost Your Roku Remote? Here's How To Control Your Device With The App Instead

Lost Your Roku Remote? Here’s How To Control Your Device With The App Instead With so many entertainment options available today, traditional cable television has long lost the luster it once held over the world. In addition to online streaming platforms like YouTube, products like Roku have largely replaced the need for a monthly cable subscription. That said, as with any new device that has parts, things can still go missing, and nothing is more frustrating than a misplaced remote....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 587 words · Heather Cantrell

MindsEye System Requirements, Pre-Order Bonus and Deluxe Edition Detailed

MindsEye is a narrative-driven action-adventure title from Build A Rocket Boy, the studio of ex-Rockstar producer Leslie Benzies. The game runs on Unreal Engine 5 and includes creation tools, so players can share and create missions and challenges using in-game assets and development tools. MindsEye is now available to pre-purchase across all platforms, and here are the system requirements and pre-bonuses. MindsEye System Requirements The requirements don’t mention target presets, but considering this is an Unreal Engine 5 title, you can expect it to be a bit on the demanding side....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 434 words · Natalie Young DDS

New Roku Express jumps to 4K, brings HDR10+ support

Roku has updated the Roku Express, boosting it with features to complete the package, including 4K and HDR10+ support. The Roku Express 4K will stick to the design of the previousRoku Express, a compact box you attach to your TV via HDMI to give it smart and connected services. It will run the new Roku OS 10 software, enabling a smoother setup, including the detection ofHDR10+televisions to ensure that you have the right settings....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Thomas Johnson