10 Of The Most Captivating AWD Sport Cars Available In 2024

10 Of The Most Captivating AWD Sport Cars Available In 2024 All-wheel drive (AWD) sports cars promise the perfect blend of surefooted handling and pulse-pounding performance, making them ideal options for anyone craving an unforgettable driving experience. Once relegated to off-road pickup trucks and SUVs, AWD technology has become increasingly prevalent in the sports car scene. That’s due to the growing demand for all-year performance, especially in regions with unpredictable weather conditions....

August 11, 2025 · 13 min · 2611 words · Antonio Singleton

13 biggest Google I/O 2024 announcements

Google I/O 2024 is done and dusted, and it was packed with several – mostly AI – announcements.This year’s eventshowcased Google’s progress in all things artificial intelligence, from new features for its apps toAndroid updates. If you missed the live event, here’s a roundup of everything major announced. 1Google Lens Google Lens now lets you search by recording a video Google Lens now lets you search the web using video. You can record a video of something you’re curious about, ask questions while recording, and Google’s AI will provide relevant answers....

August 11, 2025 · 5 min · 942 words · Andrea Cantu

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz Looks Tougher, But There's An Unforgivable Omission

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz Looks Tougher, But There’s An Unforgivable Omission Hyundai’s ute, the Santa Cruz,just received a substantial aesthetic update for the 2025 model year. For starters, it looks a lot meaner with a redesigned grille, headlight, and fascia assembly. To capitalize on the off-road trend, there are a few upgrades to the XRT trim. Hyundai Santa Cruz XRTs enjoy a unique to-the-trim front grille, tow hooks, big ol' knobby off-road tires, unique 18-inch wheels, and a modified approach angle to better tackle any dunes you may come across....

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 375 words · Amy Espinoza

A Fighter Jet Of Necessity: France And Germany's Versatile Alpha Jet

A Fighter Jet Of Necessity: France And Germany’s Versatile Alpha Jet In the late 1960s and early 70s, France needed a new training aircraft to replace the aging fleet of Lockheed T-33 Shooting Stars, a plane that was originally developed in the 1940s, during the very first years of jet powered aircraft. France also relied on the Fouga Magister, a similar plane to the Shooting Star, to train its Air Force....

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 379 words · John Coffey

A new Netflix feature is about to blow up your group chat

Netflix is a global streaming service offering on-demand access to movies, TV shows, documentaries, and original content. Founded in 1997 as a DVD rental service, it transitioned to streaming in 2007 and now operates in over 190 countries. Netflix reportedly reducing movie output after shuttering game studio It looks like Netflix is the latest company to be tightening its belt ahead of 2024. According to a report from Bloomberg, the streaming platform will be lowering original output from its film division, aiming to cut the streamer’s annual output by around half, down to around 25 movies per year from the 50 the streamer currently releases....

August 11, 2025 · 4 min · 739 words · Theresa Perry

Alan Wake Will Receive an Update on September 10th

Alan Wakewill receive an update to the original game, removing a David Bowie song due to licensing costs and replacing it with an unreleased track by Petri Alanko (Remedy’s composer). Alan Wake Update Alan Wake amazed us in 2010 for being a different kind of survival horror, with a TV series-like style, which meant including licensed songs, like Space Oddity by David Bowie. However, Remedy Entertainment has decided that it’s not worth continuing to pay for the song’s license, so they are updating Alan Wake to remove the song, which played during the credits....

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 425 words · Charles Shelton

Apple delays rollout of its child safety features, including the CSAM detection system

Back in August, with about as little fanfare as possible,Apple announceda trio of new features coming toiOS 15,iPadOS 15,macOS 12 Monterey, andwatchOS 8. There are three in total, each of which fall under the company’s new, concerted efforts to help protect against child abuse and sexual exploitation. And while the features were seen as a positive move in general, when it came to the specifics of one of the new features, there was a lot of pushback....

August 11, 2025 · 3 min · 576 words · James Burton

Apple TV+ renews M. Night Shyamalan thriller series ‘Servant’ for its fourth and final season

Ahead of the third season’s debut, the creator of the hit thriller seriesServant, has taken to his official Twitter account to announce some big news. Fans of the show can not only expect to see one more season, but this means that the creator will be able to wrap up the story in the amount of episodes he originally wanted. For those who might not be keeping tabs on this sort of thing, Shyamalan has had a goal forServantsince day one: to tell the story in 40 episodes....

August 11, 2025 · 3 min · 455 words · Joshua Lamb

Apple’s iCloud Using Microsoft and Amazon Cloud Services?

After months of rumors and speculation, Applerevealed the long-awaited iCloudlast week. The free service replaces MobileMe for $99/year, and, considering of all the new features, it’s expected to be quite popular. iCloud is available to all Apple account holders, which Apple estimates to be in the 200 million range. So how can iCloud withstand all that traffic? Aside from their massive NC data center and12 petabyte digital locker, Apple appears to be using rival cloud services…...

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 292 words · Matthew Fields

Beats Music coming January 21, here’s nitty-gritty on their ‘trusted curator’ concept

Beats Music CEOLuke Wood told uslast October to soon expect a brand new subscription music service, one not only making a difference to how we consume songs but also changing our perception of what streaming music services should be all about. Yesterday, Beats Music announced it will be definitely opening for business on January 21. In an effort to drum up excitement ahead of the impending launch, the headphone manufacturer likened existing music service to “servers” that provide little more than access to a catalog....

August 11, 2025 · 4 min · 693 words · Maria Jones

Below Deck Sailing Yacht fans disgusted after Gary King hints at Season 5 return

Below Deck Sailing Yacht fans disgusted after Gary King hints at Season 5 return Despite the allegations against him, Gary King just teased his return for Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 5. The Below Deck fanbase already wasn’t a fan of First Mate Gary King after all of the chaos he caused in Season 4 of Sailing Yacht. But now, fans have completely cut ties with him afterthe reality TV star was accused of sexual misconductby a makeup artist who worked on the series....

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 361 words · Brandon Mcmillan

Best Movie Nerds, Ranked

A “nerd” can mean different things to different people, but when it comes to Hollywood movies, they are often portrayed as socially awkward, book-smart (as opposed to street-smart) eccentrics who are often cast aside by their contemporaries and struggle to fit in. Appearance-wise, there’s the stereotype of possessing thick-rimmed glasses, messy hair, and less-than-stylish attire. That’s not to say that these nerds aren’t some of the most entertaining andbeloved charactersin cinema history....

August 11, 2025 · 11 min · 2270 words · Kim Gilmore

Best Super Mario Powerups Across the Series

Mario’s had a large variety of power-ups over his nearly 40-year run of platformers, and the best ones have always been incredibly creative, unique, and most of all, fun. These come from all across the series, and it’s always fun to draft a list of the ones you’d love to see together in one game. Super Mario Party Jamboree Calls for a Celebration There’s no such thing as too much Mario partying....

August 11, 2025 · 7 min · 1310 words · Kathryn Burns