Motorola ThinkPhone Launches In US Today At A Surprisingly Reasonable Price

Motorola ThinkPhone Launches In US Today At A Surprisingly Reasonable Price Nearly five months after wefirst heard about it, Motorola has finally launched its new high-end smartphone that primarily targets the enterprise segment. Known as theMotorola ThinkPhone, this is the company’s first ThinkPad-branded smartphone. More interestingly, the device also doubles as a companion to Lenovo’s ThinkPad lineup of notebooks. Motorola seems to be keen on driving down this companion-device aspect of the ThinkPhone by highlighting some of the capabilities enabled by this feature....

August 25, 2025 · 3 min · 466 words · Traci Pratt

NoClose prevents you from accidentally force-quitting apps that are currently playing media

Sometimes when force-quitting apps from yourApp Switcher, you end up closing an app that’s playing media in the background by accident. This forces you to re-open the app and re-play the song you were just listening to from the beginning… all over again. If you do this quite often, then you probably have App Switcher OCD and are clearing your App Switcher more often than you need to, but that’s beside the point; a new freejailbreak tweakcalledNoClosebySkylerk99can help prevent you from accidentally force-quitting apps that are playing media in the background by prompting you beforehand....

August 25, 2025 · 2 min · 382 words · Laura Wu

Nothing Phone (2) will use a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, Qualcomm exec says

Nothing has already confirmed that it will be launching the Phone (2) in the United States and that it’ll be a flagship phone. Now we might also know what chip it’ll use, although it isn’t Nothing that told us. WhileNothingand co-founder Carl Pei had at least said that the Phone (2) would sportsome sort of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8-serieschip, it’s the chipmaker itself that appears to have gone a step further and actually confirmedwhichchip will be used....

August 25, 2025 · 2 min · 328 words · Daniel Moore

Rainbow Six Extraction will turn you into a better squad mate

My firstRainbow Six Extractionmission didn’t quite go as planned. During a demo event, I was paired up with two strangers who would become my close squadmates for nearly four hours. Having completed a solo tutorial with little trouble, I went into our inaugural mission thinking I’d carry my team to victory as a party of one. One swarm of slimy aliens later, I was out of action, cocooned in a sickly yellow shell....

August 25, 2025 · 7 min · 1346 words · Sarah Dillon

Review: Another Code: Recollection

Another Code: Recollection is two games that were initially released on the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii, repackaged as one. The game is a nostalgic return to the early 2000s for some, but for myself and others, an entirely fresh experience. The story centers around Ashley, a teenager who receives a message that kicks off her journey into investigating her parents' deaths in the first game. This launches her tale of intrigue, where she sleuths a long-obscured truth, solving puzzles and traveling far in the process....

August 25, 2025 · 7 min · 1466 words · Jodi Taylor

Review: Contra: Operation Galuga

Once upon a time,Contrawas synonymous with a popular series of shooters. In the late ’80s and early ’90s it offered several games that were well worth a player’s time, withContra III: The Alien Warsbeing arguably the best in the series. As gaming trends shifted into 3D,Contraas a franchise seemed to lose its way, where games that followed the trends were critically panned, and positive reviews seemed to be reserved only for the games that stuck to the franchise’s roots....

August 25, 2025 · 7 min · 1393 words · Suzanne Russell

Review: Dying Light 2 Stay Human

2015’s Dying Light ended up being a special game. Though rough at launch, the blending of platforming, first-person combat and RPG mechanics with a zombie survival game ended up being gold. Several updates, amajor expansionand continued support over the years have created a juggernaut that 25 million players have enjoyed so far. It’s that level of success that has made its successor, Dying Light 2 Stay Human, so anticipated. Techland has been working hard promoting the game since its reveal at E3 2018, promising more features, a deeper story, refined mechanics and a branching storyline....

August 25, 2025 · 7 min · 1471 words · Travis Adams

Review: PlugBug World by Twelve South, the versatile little charger Apple should have made

Aren’t you sick and tired of those unsightly, clunky wall chargers lying underneath your desk? I’m all for simplification so solutions that cut down the number of power adapters needed to juice up my devices are bound to win my attention. Twelve South’sPlugBug Worldis a cute hybrid charger which connects to any MacBook brick or Apple USB wall charger. By integrating an additional 2.1-Amp USB port, this compact accessory can quickly recharge any iOS device, or a lower-powered USB device, while feeding power to a MacBook at the same time....

August 25, 2025 · 6 min · 1076 words · James Stevenson

Shagaru Magala weaknesses, resistances, & drops – MHR Sunbreak

Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak is a massive expansion in which new and old hunters will be able to fight numerous amounts of more challenging foes. The primary enemy of Monster Hunter 4 is making its appearance Shagaru Magala. IfGore Magalagave you a hard time, Shagaru Magala is an entirely different beast. So here’s some helpful information on Shagaru Magala’s weaknesses, resistances, and drops in MHR Sunbreak. Shagaru Magala weakness in MHR Sunbreak The form taken by Gore Magala once they mature and molt....

August 25, 2025 · 3 min · 428 words · Stephanie Skinner

SMITE Surtr Build Guide: Best Items, Relics and Abilities

Surtr is a new God in SMITE, which had quite a tectonic entry, if we can call it that. He has stepped down from the role of Fire Giant and got promoted into a God. Surtr is a mighty Warrior who is not very difficult to play and has a very interesting kit. you’re able to build him differently, depending on the battlefield situation and the Gods participating in a match....

August 25, 2025 · 3 min · 535 words · Susan Smith

Star Wars: Bounty Hunter Best Graphics Settings for Steam Deck

Star Wars: Bounty Hunteris the latest remaster from Aspyr that brings back the action title from the PS2 to modern consoles and PC. This remaster also runs great on a variety of hardware, making it perfect for handheld play as well. Here are the best settings for Star Wars: Bounty Hunter if you’re playing on the Steam Deck. Best Star Wars: Bounty Hunter Graphics Settings for the Steam Deck The Steam Deck can easily max out Star Wars: Bounty Hunter’s graphics settings, and you can get a locked 60 FPS experience on the LED Steam Deck and 90 FPS on the OLED model....

August 25, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Lindsey Powers

T-Mobile confirms it will be offering iPhone-friendly 4G service at WWDC

So this is pretty interesting: earlier today wepassed along a reportthat [unlocked] iPhone users have recently started seeing 3G data on T-Mobile’s network around the Moscone Center in San Francisco. This is where Apple will hostWWDCnext week. This isn’t typical for T-Mobile iPhone users, as technology conflicts between the carrier and the handest usually force them to 2G data (which is why T-Mobile still isn’t an official iPhone partner). So we figured something must be up…...

August 25, 2025 · 2 min · 299 words · Jose Payne

Telegram’s new beta supports Announce Messages with Siri and AirPods

While Apple made it possible for developers to access “Announce Messages with Siri”, it’s still not readily available in third-party apps. But it looks like the tide might be changing, at least a little. Telegram, one of the most popular messaging apps out there, is currently beta testing an impending software update that will add support for Announce Messages with Siri. As noted today byThe 8-Bit, this marks one of the only third-party apps that will support Announce Messages with Siri....

August 25, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Pamela Miller