Quick Links Vignetting is a simple but effective way to make your smartphone photos look better, and you can use this effect on several kinds of images. I’ve experimented with vignettes on bright and overcast days, and in both urban areas and natural landscapes. Here’s how to make the most of this photo effect in different scenarios. 1Overcast Days By far the best time to use vignetting in your smartphone photos is on an overcast day....

This article discusses graphic content and sexual abuse. The article also contains spoilers forThe Boysseason 4, episode 6, “Dirty Business.” Summary The Boysseason 4, episode 6, “Dirty Business,” puts Jack Quaid’s Hughie Campbell through quite the ordeal, as he’s exposed to the many horrors of Tek Knight’s sex dungeon. Played by Derek Wilson,The Boys' twisted take on Batman finally shows his true colors, leading to several moments in the episode that are difficult to forget for a variety of reasons....

Summary Tarre Vizsla’sDarksaberhas become perhaps one ofStar Wars’most famed weapons as of late, but there may be more to this blade that hints at true tragedy for its creator. Though first appearing inStar Wars: The Clone Warsin the hands of Pre Vizsla, the history of the Darksaber was revealed in more depth inStar Wars RebelsandThe Mandalorian. A unique lightsaber crafted by the first-ever Mandalorian Jedi, the Darksaber has taken on various meanings over the course of its history, but perhaps the most interesting is its origin....

There are scores offile manager apps on Android, but more often than not, we snap photos of documents to digitize them for convenient sharing and storage. That’s perhaps why popular keyboard apps likeGboard integrated optical character recognition(OCR) capabilities recently. But that doesn’t help manage your gallery app filled with the shots of receipts you wanted to split, notes you borrowed from a friend, or recipes you spotted online. Google Photos deploys AI to assist with automatic categorization, but that’s not spot-on every time....

Excel has been the spreadsheet heavyweight for decades. It’s the go-to tool for data analysts, accountants, and anyone who wants to feel like they’re in control of rows and columns. Google Sheets has always felt like the lightweight cousin. But now, Sheets has one trick Excel doesn’t, and it doesn’t just level the playing field—it flips the table. A Whole New Kind of Formula Google’s latest addition is a function called AI()....

Quick Links One feature missing from Spotify’s extensive array of options is a randomizer. I’m not talking about randomizing a playlist; I want to hit a button and hear something completely new. But now, with this tiny Spotify app, you can listen to a completely random song at long last. How to Listen to Random Songs on Spotify To listen to completely random songs on Spotify, all you need to do is sign in to theSpotify Random Songpage....

Torchlight Infinite hands-on: Beating Diablo Immortal to the punch Last week XD Inc. announced that its upcoming action RPG Torchlight: Infinitewould be entering closed beta on January 18th(hey, that’s today). Of course, this is an ARPG similar to the Diablo series, and sinceDiablo Immortal still isn’t officially outdespite being announced four years ago, the developer behind Torchlight: Infinite has a chance to beat Blizzard at its own game, but that all comes down to how well this action RPG plays....

Twitter X Announced, Flying Taxis in São Paulo, Threads Fraying, and How to Install a Dashcam In this week’s tech podcast for technophobes: Threads, a Twitter rival, experiences a significant loss of users, airborne electric taxis are planned for São Paulo, and Apple threatens to limit access to iMessages and Facetime in the UK. Oh, and Elon Musk unveils Twitter X. Meanwhile, we explain how to install a dashcam–and what is Widevine DRM?...

Mobile News “Due to these issues, the release of new Season 7 content will be delayed by a few weeks.” A new season of Warcraft Rumble is here! Warcraft Rumble Season 7 features new units, events, and plenty of Cenarion shenanigans. However, due to a few issues, the content is delayed by a few weeks. Read on for the Warcraft Rumble Season 7 release date and details. We also go over all of the updated release dates for the key Warcraft Rumble Season 7 content....

Luke Evans is a DEA agent whose personal connection to a case becomes all the more complicated inWeekend in Taipei. Having first found success on the stage with a variety of West End productions, Evans quickly rose to stardom on screen with supporting roles in theClash of the Titansremake andRidley Scott’sRobin Hood, as well asImmortals,The Ravenand Peter Jackson’sHobbittrilogy. More recently, Evans has found further success starring in the live-actionBeauty and the Beastremake as Gaston, theFast and the Furiousfranchise as Owen Shaw andNine Perfect Strangers, among other titles....

If you’re a 3D designer or animator, at some point, you’ve probably looked at your computer and sighed at the duration of time it’ll take to render out a scene that you’re working on. Rendering animated or 3D sequences can be difficult and time-consuming, especially when working from a single machine. However, that doesn’t always have to be the case. Just like you can offload storage to the cloud, you can also offload your rendering tasks to a rendering farm, saving a ton of time....

Includes SPOILERS for House of the Dragon season 2, episode 7 and massive SPOILERS for Fire & Blood, the show’s source material. Summary House of the Dragonseason 2, episode 7, sees the character Ulf claim a dragon, though there’s little context as to who it is or how it happened. Theseason 2, episode 7’s ending, sees an event called the Sowing of the Seeds, where Rhaenyra summons those with supposed Valyrian blood to Dragonstone, allowing them to try and claim dragons....

This article contains spoilers for Yellowjackets season 3, episode 8, “A Normal, Boring Life.” Hilary Swank breaks down the reveal of her mysteryYellowjacketsseason 3 character, addressing how she compares to the survivors, and how her life will be upended following season 3’s ending. The Showtime and Paramount+ series follows the dual narratives of a high-school soccer team finding themselves stranded in the Canadian wilderness in 1996, and their adult versions reckoning with the long-lasting trauma in the present day....