Black Friday 2024is fast approaching, and there are a ton of excellent deals and discounts to be found across the consumer tech landscape. While it’s easy to get distracted byslashed smartphone, tablet, PC, and TV prices, it would be a mistake to forget thatsubscription servicesare also on sale. Here are some of the best streaming platform deals currently available ahead of the official Friday, November 29 event date. I found 39 Cyber Monday deals that are still available Black Friday weekend is over, but there are still big discounts around....

One of the notable announcements during the recent Nintendo Partner Direct was Octopath Traveler 0, a new title in the RPG series from Square Enix. It’s coming to multiple platforms at launch and won’t be an exclusive like the original. Octopath Traveler 0 launches across all announced platforms later this year, and here is everything you need to know about its system requirements on PC, pre-order bonus content, and its deluxe edition....

Developer Owlcat Games announces they have smashed through their original Kickstarter goal for Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous and surpassed $2 million. Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Kickstarter Surpasses $2 Million Owlcat Games started their Kickstarter for Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, a game adapted from the legendary tableltop RPG in early February this year, blowing through their original goal of $300,000 within the first 15 hours. The project has now ended surpassing a massive $2 million in backing....

TheiPhone 14 Proshipped with the world’s first Dynamic Island and it’s become a real feature for owners of that phone. Now, just a few months after the September 2022 launch of that iPhone, we have our first Android copycat. Enter, the Realme C55. Now, to say that the Realme 55 has a Dynamic Island is unfair, because it doesn’t call it that - probably for fear ofAppleturning its lawyers onto it....

Mortal Kombat has always been a special fighting game franchise compared to its contemporaries. While never the most technical fighter compared to Street Fighter or Tekken, Mortal Kombat always made up for it with its unique fighters and lore. It was and remains a franchise that focuses on building its mythology, fleshing out its story and propping up a cast of diverse and interesting fighters. That’s part of why the franchise has remained such a hit for longtime fans and newcomers alike, whether they started in the Midway era or the NetherRealm era....

Without much hyperbole, we’d argue Samsung isthename you think of when it comes to one half of the mobile sphere. But it’s had to continuously adapt its product lineups over the years to keep a whole ecosystem of manufacturing and networking partners pleased, keep its top-of-Android brand status top of your mind, and keep its business profitable. Once again, the company is stacking up another opportunity to do so yet again with what looks to be a slate of Fan Edition or FE products before the end of the year....

Palworld boasts a large world that offers a range of unique gameplay experiences. From solo, four-player multiplayer, to dedicated 32-player servers. Playing with one another will allow you to create and run Guilds. But should you? Is Joining a Guild Worth It in Palworld? Guilds are generally a collaborative space where players can work together effectively to make more progress than one would solo. So, it makes sense that players would want to create and join Guilds in Palworld....

Not long into The DioField Chronicle, a soldier asks you for help on upgrading some facilities around Elm Camp. However, at this stage in the game, you aren’t exceptionally high on funds, and the investment may be a bit too much. So should you upgrade the facility in The DioField Chronicle? Is it worth upgrading the facility straight away in The DioField Chronicle? After you have completed the second mission in The DioField Chronicle,Redditch Estate Recon....

Apple is planning to add OLED panels to a range of popular devices, including the MacBook Air, the 11-inch iPad Pro, and the12.9-inch iPad Pro. That’s according to display industry expertRoss Young, who has a strong record of accurate leaks when it comes to Apple. Few other details were shared in Young’s tweet, but he has commented on similar ideas in the past. In June 2022, for instance, Young claimed that Apple is working onstacked OLED displaysfor the MacBook Air and iPad Pro, which would increase brightness by 30% while lowering power consumption....

I don’t shy away from the fact that I loveWindows 11. Is it perfect? No, but it gets a lot of things right, and in my over two decades of Windows experience, it’s been my favorite OS to date (sorryWindows 7). That said, there are things about Windows 11 that sometimes drive me nuts. AndMicrosoft Edgeis one of them. Every time I do a fresh installation of Windows or set up anew Windows 11 laptop, I’m reminded that Microsoft doesn’t want me to install my preferred browser of choice....

Today’s Wordle Answer #423 - August 24, 2025 Solution And Hints Yesterdaywe said we weren’t sure whether this week’s Wordle answers will increase or decrease in difficulty. Well, things are starting out pretty mildly — the WordleBot says it took most players 4 tries to figure out today’s answer, plus it only took us three guesses. It’s a little ironic because today’s word means punishment, in one context, but it ended up being easy as pie....

Top 10 Tech Gadgets We’re Looking Forward To Most In 2024 Technology never stands still, and that means there are always new gadgets on the way. In fact, if there is one thing you’re able to be certain of it is that each year will bring some new and impressive tech. This year has already seen some great gadgets hit store shelves, including the highly-anticipated Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and the latest MacBooks featuringM2 Pro and M2 Max chips....

The cast of HBO’s hitWatchmenseries wants you to wash your hands. The world’s current state of affairs has put an emphasis on washing one’s hands, which really isn’t all that hard to do. While we’re probably not going to see a season 2 of the series, we do get to see the majority of the cast together, via social distancing. Each member of the cast shot their own part of the washing hands PSA at their respective homes, away from others....