GoPro unveils powerful new cameras and an app for viewing 360-degree and VR content

Monday, action camera maker GoPro announced at The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show a pair of powerful new camera rigs in theOmniandOdysseyseries alongside a new VR sharing platform and a brand new mobile application which lets you view 360-degree videos and virtual reality content hosted atvr.gopro.comon an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. The new six-camera synchronized Omni rig costs five grands and packs in pro-grade features that allow pixel-level synchronization, making stitching in post-production easier and more exact than using unsynchronized camera arrays....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 536 words · Robert Pugh

HLI becomes VCSEL laser supplier for AirPods

Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) parts are used in both the TrueDepth camera and AirPods, and now a new provider of VCSELs has entered Apple’s supply chain. According to Wednesday’s headline published before going to press by Taiwanese trade publication DigiTimes, HLI has now officially become a VCSEL laser supplier for AirPods. HLI will join Finisar, the current supplier of VCSEL parts for the iPhone X TrueDepth camera and AirPods. AirPods use VCSEL-based optical sensors for proximity sensing, which lets them automatically pause audio playback as soon as one of the earbuds is not in your ear....

July 6, 2025 · 2 min · 290 words · James Shannon

Honda B18 Vs. B20 Engines: What's The Difference?

Honda B18 Vs. B20 Engines: What’s The Difference? Honda’s history with engines is long and illustrious, and the company is known for making the engines for everything from lawnmowers to dirt bikes to race cars to jets. Most of Honda’s powerplant panache comes from its passenger car engines. The Honda B-series in particular has attracted a lot of fame over the years, especially among the tuner crowd. As with many engine lines, the B-series has a number of varieties and displacements....

July 6, 2025 · 2 min · 374 words · Stacey Diaz

How to block automatic updates and prompts on non-jailbroken Apple TV 4 and 4K

With therelease of Ian Beer’s new exploit, some hope for a future Apple TV 4/4K jailbreak has appeared. The exploit will theoretically work on firmwares up to and including tvOS 11.1, butnot 11.2 and higher. For this reason,I advised in my jailbreak guidethat Apple TV 4/4K users who want to have a chance of jailbreakingmanuallyrestore now to tvOS 11.1, before it goes unsigned. You canuse our guide on the topic to do so....

July 6, 2025 · 4 min · 748 words · Brian Williams

How to Build with Glass Walls in The Sims 4

Quick Links It’s rather common forThe Sims 4to receive a base game update before the release of a new expansion pack. These are usually added for the purpose of addressing some bugs, but also prepare the game for the content of the next expansion, and that can sometimes include adding new items that fit the theme of that expansion, which is nature in this case. How to Find the Mysterious Tree in The Sims 4 Visit the Mysterious Tree for the Nature’s Calling event in The Sims 4....

July 6, 2025 · 2 min · 420 words · Barbara Anderson

How to complete Retrieve Valuable Data mission in Helldivers 2

The hardest mission I’ve played so far in Helldivers 2 is called Retrieve Valuable Data. I’ve since completed this mission many times, which puts me in a great position to guide you through it. There arethree stepsto completing the upload data via local relay mission in Helldivers 2. First, you need tofind the SSSD hard drivewhich is the encrypted hard drive. Then, you need tocarry the SSSD to the correct terminaland upload the data....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 572 words · Andre Brown

How to find Arabella’s Parents in Baldur’s Gate 3

Arabella is one of the young Tieflings you’ll come across in the Evergreen Grove during the first act in Baldur’s Gate 3, and you’ll get a chance to save her by persuading the druids. Later on, you will come across her in theShadow-Cursed Lands, where she gets separated from her parents and asks you to find them. You need to know the exact location to complete Arabella’s quest, so here’s where to find Arabella’s parents in BG3....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 559 words · Jessica Serrano

How to get & use Sugar Crystals in Cookie Run Kingdom

Sugar Crystals are ingredients that can be used tocraft and upgrade Magic Candies, which are additional resources that can make your Cookies stronger. There are four kinds of Sugar Crystals in the game. Here are all the ways you can farm and use them. How to farm Sugar Crystals in Cookie Run: Kingdom There are plenty of ways you can obtain Sugar Crystals in the game, but you can only get a few at a time (and sometimes none) with each method....

July 6, 2025 · 2 min · 276 words · Erin Ballard

How to Get Pine Needle in Grounded 2

Quick Links Whether it’s grabbing the remains of a creature in the wild or harvesting something in nature,Grounded 2certainly throws a significant number of materials at the player, hoping they interact with every single one of them. That’s the case with the Pine Needle, a seemingly important crafting material that helps you in the early games, along with allowing you to craft some cosmetically appealing structures. Where to find them is a little trickier than most, but we have their location in this guide....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 465 words · Nicholas Patton

How to Get Platinumfish in Monster Hunter World (MHW)

Catch it for the research points or for the pretty chunk of gold, its scales will make you. Here’s how to find and capture Platinumfish in Monster Hunter World (MHW). How to Get Platinumfish in Monster Hunter World (MHW) If you’re tackling the Research Help: Platinumfish Capture critical bounty, you’ll find yourself in dire need of one of those elusive silver Platinumfish. Fortunately, the Platinumfish can be found in quite a few places....

July 6, 2025 · 3 min · 435 words · Jacqueline White

How to kill Deathsquitos in Valheim

Death from above waits for those who wander into the plains biomes, in the form of Desthsquitos; here is how to fight them, warrior. Best ways to kill Deathsquitos in Valheim To kill deathsquitos, you will need to use a long-range weapon such as a dragur fang bow, Huntsmen bow, and a fine wood bow. You will also want to avoid melee combat as much as possible, as even in good armor, deathsquitos can get your health down and kill you....

July 6, 2025 · 2 min · 292 words · Natasha White

How to run a terminal session via Notification Center

It’s neat to see the terminal get lots of love from the jailbreak community this week. We just got the newMobileTerm Backgroundertweak, and now we have another new tweak related to the terminal —NCTerminal. As you have probably figured out by now, NCTerminal allows you to run a terminal session directly in Notification Center. That being said, I will say that the tweak is a bit on the peculiar side, as you’ll see in my full video walkthrough....

July 6, 2025 · 2 min · 293 words · Christina Riddle

Microsoft Surface Plus explained: Upgrade and finance your device now

Microsoft has launched an upgrade program for Surface devices. Called Surface Plus, the program is now live for customers in the US. The idea is that, as a member of this program, you can spread the cost of a new Surface device over two years. It’s a lot like a smartphone contract in the US, with a 24-month payment plan at zero per cent APR for the first two years, followed by 19....

July 6, 2025 · 2 min · 345 words · Donna Glover