US President Joe Biden. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images The Education Department said it is “examining” extending the student-loan payment pause. This comes after two federal courts blocked the department from implementing debt relief. The department said the courts are causing “significant confusion” and “financial harm” to borrowers. President Joe Biden’s Education Department confirmed an…
Back in the 80s and 90s, immersion blenders were often restricted to high-end restaurants and the kitchens of nerdy home cooks. But thanks to improvements in tech, these types of blenders (also known as hand or stick blenders) have become powerful and affordable general-purpose cooking gadgets – especially for people who might not have the…
As American cannabis has grown from cottage industry to $25 billion-a-year commercial enterprise that employs 428,059 folks nationwide, the product that weed has become now often bears little resemblance from the product that used to be sold raw. Flower, once delivered in sandwich bags, now arrives wrapped in child-safety-locked, plastic-lined mylar pouches; every gram of…
Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks now include freebies from an erstwhile rival. The company now offers Ultimate subscribers three-month free trials of Apple Music and Apple TV+ to newcomers for either media service. You can stream tunes in the background while you’re playing Halo Infinite, or catch up on Ted Lasso in between cloud…
Nvidia’s 40-series of graphics cards have launched and now the RTX 4080 is available to buy but you might be wondering where you can get your hands on one. When the 40-series first launched with the RTX 4090 that card sold out pretty quickly, hopefully, things will be a little different this time around. Nvidia’s…
The hugely popular card battle game for Android and iOS, WWE Supercard, gets its new season today, with three new tiers and a stack of new features. The yearly season update will be available will be available later after a planned maintenance break starting at 9am PST (US East Coast time). Previous years updates have…
Diesel, a brand no stranger to making big, bold designs a part of its identity, announced the Griffed Gen 6 smartwatch this week. Available starting this week for $349 (with wider availability beginning Dec. 1), this smartwatch is based on Fossil’s own Gen 6 platform, meaning you’ll find much of the same internals and software…
A new perk has arrived for Google Fi customers – free YouTube Premium! Google added the freebie for both new and existing customers, you just have to be on their best plan. Eligibility for a free year of YouTube Premium comes down to one thing and that’s if you are on the Google Fi Unlimited…
Microsoft’s corporate chat tool Teams is getting a range of casual games to aid team building, including Solitaire, Minesweeper, Wordament and IceBreakers. The four game additions are designed to be played in multiplayer groups within your Teams calls, in order to spark some light entertainment and office rivalry before diving into your latest Powerpoint deck….
With preloads for Call of Duty Warzone 2.0 and DMZ now available, we can finally get a clearer view of the new interface to facilitate access between the different game modes, and it’s horrendous. Here’s how it works. The Modern Warfare 2 launcher will serve as the all-encompassing interface to access Modern Warfare 2, DMZ…