MANGA Plus Launches New Feature That Will Let Fans Support Creators Directly

Summary Shonen Jump’s popular manga appMANGA Plusis now giving fans a chance to support their favorite creators through a new limited-time event. Among Shueisha’s many platforms, Manga Plus is quickly climbing the ranks, and its latest feature now allows readers to directly support their favorite manga artists from anywhere in the world. In celebration of 30 million app downloads, MANGA Plus is launching a new limited-time feature that allows readers to watch ads to support the creators behind their favorite manga series by watching ads on the app....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 362 words · Veronica Hopkins

Marvel ignites Taylor Swift Deadpool 3 speculation after revealing Dazzler series

Marvel ignites Taylor Swift Deadpool 3 speculation after revealing Dazzler series Deadpool 3 is two months away, and thanks to a new Marvel announcement, Taylor Swift Dazzler rumors have riled back up. WithDeadpool and Wolverinedue on screens this July, Marvel has announced a new four-part comic series for Dazzler — a character thatTaylor Swift is rumored to playin the new movie. While the series is set to introduce an entirely new storyline and host of characters, some fans think the release of the comics is suspiciously timed....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 449 words · Veronica Williams

NASA reveals target date for first crewed Starliner flight

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.Boeing / Boeing NASA and Boeing are making the final preparations for the long-awaited and much-delayed maiden crewed flight of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. A messageposted on NASA’s websiteon Monday said the launch team is targeting “no earlier than Monday, May 6” for liftoff atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Flying on board the Starliner will be NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 297 words · Mallory Curry

Nest launches an investigation into its own smart doorbell glitches

While a glitch in a smart home product is by no means uncommon, Nest seems like it might have a pretty big problem in the form of a rash of delayed notifications to owners of its relatively new Nest Hello doorbell, a product that received no less than a 4.5-starred reviewhere at Digital Trends. Just on the Nest community forum alone, users havereporteddelayed notifications, outages, random disconnects, and false notifications, with one userreferredto a line in the product’s terms and conditions that reads, “We cannot and do not guarantee that you will receive notifications within any given time, or at all....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Erin Long

Overwatch 2 “infested” with blatant cheaters even in Top 500

Overwatch 2 “infested” with blatant cheaters even in Top 500 Over the past few weeks, a number of blatant cheaters have shown up in Overwatch 2’s top ranked matches, making many streamers and high-level players wonder how they got there without being hit with bans. And, while some of them end up being banned eventually, getting into the highest ranks in Overwatch takes a lot of time. To get to the point they can snipe streamers and ruin games, they’d have to be cheating for dozens and dozens of matches....

July 3, 2025 · 4 min · 744 words · Teresa Hardy

PAX West will require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test for entry

PAX West, the Seattle-based gaming convention run by Penny Arcade and ReedPop, has reversed its lax stance on COVID safety. Anyone attending the event will now need either proof that they’ve been vaccinated or a recent, negative COVID-19 PCR or antigen test. PAX West 2020 was canceled, like many other events, due to the coronavirus pandemic last year. The event and its organizers quickly drew criticism earlier this year for announcing that the event would take place in person without any vaccination requirements....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 299 words · Jonathan Kennedy

Pirate Software hits out at imposter hitting streamer with false DMCA claims

Pirate Software hits out at imposter hitting streamer with false DMCA claims The popularTwitchstreamer and YouTuber, Pirate Software, has spoken out against an impersonator who has been falsely issuing DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) claims under his name. The content creator, real name Jason Thor Hall, addressed the situation after allegations surfaced on social media, causing confusion and concern within the online community. On March 3, X user Awk20000 shared a series of screenshots, alleging that their account had been targeted with multiple DMCA notices, supposedly from Pirate Software....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 545 words · Kenneth Tran

Ready to upgrade? Intel announces the Core i9-9900K processor

At an event in New York City today, Intel officially announced the Intel Core i9-9900K processor. As long rumored, this is Intel’s first processor with a 5GHz Turbo Boost maximum, 8 cores, and 16 threads. Intel noted this newest processor was tested with 19 of the most popular games today, and across genres like shooters, and RPGs. In fact, the firm demoed in the keynote that the chip is able to run two games at once on a brand new PC....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 379 words · Patricia Herrera DVM

Regular paints and plastics will soon be able to ‘heal’ like skin

Imagine if paints, plastics, or even coatings like the ones which protect our cell phone screens were able to heal the way human skin does whenever they suffered damage. That’s what researchers at Clemson University have been working toward — and their solution is almost ready for mass-manufacturing prime time. Although the technology sounds futuristic,self-healing polymersaren’t actually all that new. Materials scientists have been making them for the past couple of decades, although this has always been in very small batches, since production on a commercial scale has been too expensive....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 384 words · Melanie Cummings

Remastered ‘Secret of Mana’ coming to PS4, Vita, and PC in February 2018

Square-Enix hasannounced some details and a release datefor the 3-D remasteredSecret of Mana, one of the most popular role-playing games ever made. The new version, with improved visuals, online multiplayer, upgraded gameplay, and an enhanced musical score, will be available soon for PlayStation 4, Vita, and Steam users. The originalSecret of Manais included as one of thegames in the Super NES Classic, but the new version will launch in February 2018, just in time for the game’s 25th anniversary....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 307 words · Stephanie Cunningham

Resident Evil 4 remake: egg Hunt guide

Among the new additions brought to theResident Evil 4remake are Merchant Requests. These are small sidequests you’re able to take on to earn some extra rewards to help you survive the dangers lurking in every shadowy corner. One very early request you can take on is called the Egg Hunt request, which is given to you early in Chapter 4. If you are getting Easter egg-hunting vibes from the title, you’d be on the right track since the goal here is to find a very rare Golden Egg to bring to the Merchant....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 454 words · Mary Chavez

Samsung adds new features to S Health to make exercise more fun

You can be honest with us if exercise is not your favorite activity. But as summer continues to extend shorts season, you may have decided to take, or retake, the plunge. Luckily, Samsung has launched anS Health app updatethat hopes to make exercise a bit more fun. Building upon its last update (which was timed with the concurrent release of the Gear Fit 2), thislatest update“expands the concept of ‘personal health’ and makes the entire self-fitness experience much more social, connecting people in a way that allows them to motivate one another and grow healthier together....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 449 words · Mrs. Melissa Arnold

Samsung Galaxy S10e review

“Why you can trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services and apps to help you make a sound buying decision. Find out we test and score products.“ Want a great price on a smartphone this holiday season? Check out ourbest Black Friday smartphone deals. You don’t need to spend $1,000 for a good smartphone. TheiPhone 11already proved that for iOS, and Android has long had strong phones like those fromOnePlusthat offered plenty of power with a reasonable price....

July 3, 2025 · 15 min · 3073 words · Mary Hatfield