This peculiar app cured my doomscrolling (and repaired my dopamine receptors)

We did it, we cured boredom. Humanity now has an endless rushing river (don’t let anyone ever tell you it’s just a trickling stream) of cheap dopamine hits that have all but eliminated the blank spaces in a day. Your browser is taking more than half a second to load? I bet you’re already four swipes down theTikTokFor You Page. Coworker droning on during a meeting that definitely could’ve been an email?...

June 25, 2025 · 5 min · 924 words · Sherry Rodriguez

Toyota Starlet: The Little-Known Car Sold In America For Just Four Years

Toyota Starlet: The Little-Known Car Sold In America For Just Four Years Toyota sold nearly two million vehicles in the United States last year, many of them smaller models like the RAV4 and CR-V — which, together, accounted for more than 600,000 units sold. Toyota also enjoyed strong sales of similar models in the mid-1970s and early ’80s, as the oil crisis and newly imposed corporatefuel economy standardsforced Americans out of gas-guzzlingmuscle carsand into more fuel-efficient models....

June 25, 2025 · 3 min · 460 words · Debra Willis

Una Travel, Joenly, Memo and other apps to check out this weekend

It’s time again for another edition of our Apps of the Week roundup. This week we have some great picks for you including a super smart trip planner, a new social media platform and an app that uses memes to teach you new languages. And as always, we’ve selected a fun new game for you to check out. Una Travel: Smart Trip Planner Summer is here, meaning it’s officially vacation season, and Una Travel wants to help you plan your next trip....

June 25, 2025 · 2 min · 383 words · John Russell

What's The Difference Between Cloud Storage And Local Storage?

What’s The Difference Between Cloud Storage And Local Storage? In an era where computers are at the center of nearly everything we do, human beings are generating a truly unfathomable number of digital files. We snap pictures and videos that fill our smartphones, download movies and music, and create documents that clutter our laptops. To keep from running out of space, we need to save andback up our data on PCs, phones, and all our other digital devices....

June 25, 2025 · 7 min · 1462 words · Randall Hill

Where to find Burnt Book in Fallout 76 (Map)

One of the aspects that keeps players coming back for more in online RPG Fallout 76 is the constant flow of random daily and weekly challenges. If you have the Collect a Burnt Book daily challenge, read on for where to find them. How to complete the Collect a Burnt Book Daily Challenge in Fallout 76 If you log into Fallout 76 every day it won’t be long until the Collect a Burnt Book challenge pops up on your daily list....

June 25, 2025 · 2 min · 425 words · Pamela Espinoza

Why removing the headphone jack from phones was a bad idea

When Apple announced it was getting rid of the 3.5mm jack from phones,audiophilesdidn’t take it very well. The removal of this essential port makes it, so you either have to use a dongle from 3.5mm to Lightning for iPhones or USB-C for Android phones, or you have to switch to Bluetooth entirely. Dongles are a pain, cost extra money, and get lost easily, and switching to Bluetooth means lower music quality, more latency, and a shorter life span of your headphones....

June 25, 2025 · 7 min · 1460 words · Erica Vasquez

5 Galaxy Watch fitness apps I didn't know I needed

If you’re waking up feeling sluggish and have a tough time getting through the day without multiple cups of coffee, it could be a sign that you need to rethink your day-to-day decisions in multiple aspects of your life. What you’re eating, how much you’re sleeping, andwhat kind of exerciseyou’re doing can all contribute to that overall tired feeling. There’s so much that goes into your health journey and, whether you want to lose weight, build muscle, or just feel better each day, there’s a lot you can do to improve it....

June 24, 2025 · 7 min · 1420 words · Jeffrey Brock

5 Of The Best T-Mobile Alternatives If You're Switching Mobile Service Providers

5 Of The Best T-Mobile Alternatives If You’re Switching Mobile Service Providers As great as T-Mobile can be, it’s far from a perfect option. Sure, the major provider offers everything from entertainment perks to special home internet deals to national 5G coverage. But like every carrier, for all of T-Mobile’s fair share of pros, its cons might not make it the best fit for you. The brand’s plans have been set at increasingly high prices, with its Go5G plan tying with Verizon as one of the most expensive options....

June 24, 2025 · 7 min · 1399 words · Jennifer Hayes

6 Milwaukee Lighting Solutions Home Mechanics Will Love

6 Milwaukee Lighting Solutions Home Mechanics Will Love We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Working on cars poses a lot of challenges. Due to things like seized nuts and bolts, mysterious leaks, andstrange sounds, identifying malfunctions, repairing damage, and evenperforming routine maintenancecan be tricky. One of the most imposing obstacles that mechanics often face is a lack of visibility while working in tight, cramped spaces. When it comes to modern vehicles, some of the most vital parts are located in hard-to-reach areas without adequate lighting....

June 24, 2025 · 11 min · 2222 words · Brian Gonzalez

AirTag tips and tricks: 10 hidden features to try

Apple’sAirTagsare small, circular devices that rely on Apple’s Find My network, leveraging billions of Apple devices, to precisely locate a lost AirTag and the item it’s attached to. You can easily slip one inside luggage or a backpack, attach one to your keys, your pet’s collar, or usea range of accessories- the options are endless. Then, when you misplace any of those belongings, you can use the Apple Find My app to help you locate them....

June 24, 2025 · 8 min · 1494 words · Brenda Huber

All Fontaine Shrine of Depths Locations in Genshin Impact

A small bonus we can get after completing our regional exploration in Genshin Impact is uncovering its Shrines of Depth, the sealed temples housing bountiful treasures just waiting for someone to grab’em. And if you wanna be that someone, you’ll now discover where each of these temples is located in Fontaine. All Shrine of Depths Locations in Fontaine As of the 4.0 version, players can find and open up to 4 Shrines of Depths in Fontaine....

June 24, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Jennifer Choi

Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Gen) review: This changes everything

The Echo Dot was theoriginal baby of the Alexa-enabled family. For many it acts as the starting point of the Echo journey – cheap enough for an impulse buy to use as, say, a side-table voice-controlled speaker or perhaps a doorway into controlling your beefier soundsystem. The third-gen Echo Dot makes a quantum leap in a different direction though. There’s now the Echo Input, which acts as the baby of the family, while the Dot moves forward in sound quality to make it a much more accomplished standalone device....

June 24, 2025 · 7 min · 1369 words · John Reilly

An AC Shadows Parody Game Immediately Got 40K Wishlists

With Assassin’s Creed Shadows nearing its release, a parody game is slowly gaining some steam, pun intended, with 40,000 wishlists on Steam. The game, called “Yasuke Simulator,” pokes fun at one of the two main characters in Assassin’s Creed Shadows while bringing up the controversy surrounding Ubisoft’s historical context in the game. It was even looked at by the Japanese government. What is Yasuke Simulator All About? Yasuke Simulator pokes fun at Ubisoft’s issue with Yasuke’s depiction in feudal Japan....

June 24, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Daniel Perez