This character’s name is Jay. That’s my name! | Image: INTERIOR/NIGHT As my wife and I played through As Dusk Falls, a tense new interactive thriller that recently launched on Xbox Game Pass, we would regularly turn to each other on the couch and say, “Coin flip.” In As Dusk Falls, up to eight people…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Enlarge / The Framework Laptop is back with internal and external upgrades. It largely follows through on its promises of repairability and upgradeability. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) It’s one thing to say you’re making a fully user-serviceable, upgradeable laptop. It’s another thing to actually follow through with it. The original Framework Laptop we reviewed last year did…
Turn your space into a jungle. Brina Blum / Unsplash Decades of environmental psychology research tell us that everything that surrounds us is crucial to our mental health, and nature has a particularly powerful role in making us feel good. Clinical studies suggest that natural light can significantly improve health outcomes for patients with depression…
We’ve established that Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra‘s 100x Space Zoom is a photographic and technical marvel, but it has one trick up its sleeve that I didn’t notice until recently. I’ve been using Samsung’s big-screen Note-in-disguise Android 12 phone for five (mostly uneventful) months, but not consistently. The 6.8-inch device is, at 228 grams, a…
The Google Pixel Buds Pro aren’t supposed to start shipping until July 28, but one lucky buyer who pre-ordered the wireless earphones this week has already received their new gadget through the post – and that gives the rest of us an early glimpse at what’s on offer. Reddit user Linkakox posted a thread (via…
The author, Brynne Conroy. Brynne Conroy I got a $1,000 medical bill that was more than I expected, but I knew the ACA may be able to help. The ACA requires nonprofit hospitals to offer financial assistance programs to patients in need. I qualified for the plan (earning a middle-class income) and got my full…
Bill Gates at a Time gala on June 8 in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Bill Gates gave shares worth $6 billion this week to his charitable foundation. The philanthropist pledged last week to give away $20 billion to the foundation this month. Gates said he will move down the list of the world’s…
Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidates Karrin Taylor Robson and Kari Lake. Rebecca Noble/Reuters The Arizona GOP gubernatorial primary has turned into a proxy war between Donald Trump and Mike Pence. Karrin Taylor Robson says she has the electability, experience, and temperament that Kari Lake doesn’t. But ahead of the August 2 primary, the race has turned…
A Qantas Airbus A380. Ryan Fletcher/Shutterstock Qantas lost a woman’s luggage then charged A$380 in excess baggage, per Sydney’s Daily Telegraph. Corrinne Olsen told the newspaper she had to replace toiletries as her luggage was lost for a week. Qantas told the Daily Telegraph it had offered Olsen a refund given the circumstances. Qantas lost…
Receive enhanced control when gaming with the KontrolFreek CQC gaming thumbsticks for PS and Xbox series. They also provide increased accuracy, allowing you to zero in on your target. Moreover, these gaming thumbsticks—which are compatible with PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One—feature a concave design. This surface with a rubber compound…