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Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for! A bite-sized version of the New York Times’ well-known crossword puzzle, The Mini is a quick and easy way to test your crossword skills daily in a lot less time (the average puzzle takes most players just over a minute to solve). While The Mini is smaller and simpler than a normal crossword, it isn’t always easy. Tripping up on one clue can be the difference between a personal best completion time and an embarrassing…
Cynthia Erivo may still be experiencing a warm round of applause for her performance as Elphaba in 2024’s Wicked, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t already have her sights set on other, future roles. On the contrary, the actress revealed during a recent interview with the National Board of Review that she’d like to follow up her performance in Wicked by playing one of the most iconic female superheroes of all time. “I really want to play Storm,” Erivo revealed on the carpet for the National Board of Review Awards Gala in New York City. The actress went on to…
Table of Contents Table of Contents 1922’s Nosferatu: Shadow of the Vampire 1979’s Nosferatu: Misery, thirst, and horniness 2024’s Nosferatu: An appetite, and nothing more Which Nosferatu is the best of them all? Robert Eggers’ long-awaited Nosferatu is an unexpected hit. The film has currently grossed over $100 million worldwide, making it one of the most successful horror movies of 2024, not to mention Eggers’ biggest hit to date. This considerable success is especially impressive considering the outright legendary status of the original film, F.W. Murnau’s seminal and influential 1922 silent classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, itself an unauthorized remake…
Universal Pictures has adjusted the release dates for two of its most important franchises. The studio announced that DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek 5 will now hit theaters on December 23, 2026, after having previously been scheduled to hit theaters in July of next year. Minions 3, meanwhile, has moved up to July 1, 2026, after having previously been set for release in June of the following year. Shrek 5 will reunite Mike Meyers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz and will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first film’s release in 2001. To date, the Shrek franchise has grossed $2.9 billion, but prior to Shrek…
How many frames per second (FPS) your PC or laptop can hit can make or break even the best PC games. Too low, and the game will feel like a jittery mess. Some people have a keen eye for spotting a game’s FPS, but even then, it is hard to tell in the middle of a multiplayer game or cross-platform game. Thankfully, Steam has a built-in feature that can show you exactly how your rig is holding up while playing and help you decide if you need to change some settings, especially with some of the intensive upcoming PC games.…
For several years now, rumors have swirled that Nokia would be leaving the phone space. The iconic company, most known for the jokes around its supposedly indestructible phones, has struggled to maintain its presence in the smartphone market. In 2017, HMD purchased the rights to make Nokia-branded devices. And despite reassurances as recently as August, it seems that Nokia smartphones are no longer an option. They have all been listed as unavailable on the HMD website and moved to a separate section from HMD’s smartphones. The page displays links and images to over a dozen different Nokia smartphones and tablets,…
Table of Contents Table of Contents Alienware Area 51 HP Omen 16L Maingear Apex Force and Rush PCs Hyte Nexus-powered cases CES 2025 has been a whirlwind of exciting PC gaming announcements, including new graphics cards and upscaling technologies from Nvidia and AMD. But as much as CES is about showing off new individual components and tech, it’s also a great place to see the gaming PCs of tomorrow. Sometimes CES is full of wacky designs that are more proof of concept than anything, but that’s not been the case this year. We feasted our eyes on some truly gorgeous…
Table of Contents Table of Contents Razer Blade 16 Asus ROG Flow Z13 Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 Alienware Area-51 It’s been a while since even many of the best gaming laptops have gotten a true refresh. That has to do with graphics cards. Nvidia has made us wait a few long years before stepping up to the new RTX 50-series cards, and without a GPU upgrade, it’s hard to justify buying an expensive new laptop. But with the RTX 50-series officially announced, a load of new and updated gaming laptops were announced at CES this year,…
Good morning and buckle up, folks: We’re leaping onto the rumor mill today. As more and more news about the Nintendo Switch 2 emerges as its anticipated announcement approaches, a video game podcaster named NateTheHate has claimed that both Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 are coming to the Switch 2 and PlayStation 5. NateTheHate has been correct numerous times in the past regarding upcoming games, but we encourage you to take this news with the proper amount of skepticism. The idea of an Xbox title on the Switch 2 is somewhat far-fetched, especially since we still…
TikTok is currently fighting an existential battle in the U.S. Supreme Court, and so far, it appears that the company’s arguments might not be enough to avoid a ban in the country. The arguments have mostly focused on concerns around national security and free speech, but there is another aspect that could hurt the social media giant. According to fresh research from the University of California San Francisco, a majority of children are using TikTok against the platform’s age-related policies. It further adds that 11- and 12-year-olds also show signs of addiction, and some hide social profiles from their parents.…