How to unlock Program X in Outlast Trials

The Outlast Trials is the third installment of the popular Outlast series. Unlike previous games in the franchise, the Outlast Trials is a unique game that revolves around completing individual trial levels by solving puzzles and dodging enemies with your friends or as a solo player. On that note, being in early access, the developers have only released three trial programs for users to play with a level called “Program X” at the end....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 249 words · Melissa Gray

How To Use ChatGPT's Custom Instructions On The iOS App

How To Use ChatGPT’s Custom Instructions On The iOS App For example, let’s say you frequently ask the bot to write poems, and you want all of them in the form of a haiku. Well, normally, you would have to tell the bot, “Make sure the response is in haiku,” every time you asked it a question. With custom instructions, you can log that information into ChatGPT. When activated, it will remember it for your next response, thus saving you time....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 299 words · Amy Smith

iDB holiday gift guide 2013: Jim’s picks

The second annualholiday gift guideis taking submissions from the iDB editing team. Looking back, there are quite a few items that made my list this year, most of which were released in 2013. Also, as thehardware review editor, many of the items were reviewed on the site. Last year I took a look at bargain priced items, but I threw pricing to the side this year. Why limit the excitement to items under $30?...

June 8, 2025 · 6 min · 1242 words · Jared Bailey

iPhone 5 does little to improve Apple’s standing in China

Even though Apple isn’t one to“blindly pursue market share”, China has risen to become its second biggest market in terms of revenue, right behind the United States. In fact, CEO Tim Cook is convinced that in the near future“China will become Apple’s largest market”. But despite recently introducing a newinterest-free payment optionandtwo million salesduring the opening weekend, that wasn’t enough to curb China’s explosive growth of Android cheapos. And as price-sensitive shoppers continue to favor attractively-priced Android handsets over the pricey Apple smartphone, the iPhone 5 has done little in terms of moving the needle…...

June 8, 2025 · 3 min · 565 words · Scott Rogers

Is Bryce Hall dating Lindsay Capuano? Spicy photo sparks relationship rumors

Is Bryce Hall dating Lindsay Capuano? Spicy photo sparks relationship rumors Popular TikToker Bryce Hall is sparking major dating rumors after posting some spicy photos with social media star Lindsay Capuano on SnapChat — but fans aren’t sure these two are a legit couple. Bryce Hall is one part TikTok star, one part YouTuber, and another part a self-described “party animal.” Boastingover 23 million followers on TikTok,Hall has become known for his wild antics and high-energy vlogs....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · Amy Munoz

Kindle Unlimited vs Prime Reading: The differences explained

One often-overlooked benefit of theAmazon Primeprogram isPrime Reading, which provides free access to a selection of books, magazines, and other literature. In contrast,Kindle Unlimitedis a monthly subscription service with over 3 million titles, starting at $9.99 per month. 7 smart TV operating systems, ranked worst to best For a ‘smart’ platform, most TV operating systems are surprisingly dumb. Keep reading to learn more about Prime Reading and Kindle Unlimited and discover which option best fits your reading habits....

June 8, 2025 · 5 min · 954 words · Marcus Miller

Kung Fu Panda 4 Surpasses Its Predecessor at Domestic Box Office

Kung Fu Panda 4has beat out its predecessor in the domestic box office. According toBoxOfficeMojo,Kung Fu Panda 4has now grossed $153 million (compared toKung Fu Panda 3’s $143.5 million in the United States and Canada). The 2024 sequel is nearing the $350 million mark globally, but that number falls short of the previous film, which brought in $521.2 million worldwide.Kung Fu Panda 4is currently the lowest-grossing film in the series on a global level....

June 8, 2025 · 3 min · 524 words · Jeremy Wong

Making Robots Out Of Dead Spiders Isn't As Weird As You Think

Making Robots Out Of Dead Spiders Isn’t As Weird As You Think In addition to keeping annoying pests like flies and moths from overwhelming our homes (sometimes along with larger pests like snails), it looks like spiders could still be helpful to humans even in death. Astudy on spider necrobiotics(using deceased biological material in place of robotic components) published on July 22, 2025, theorizes that spider corpses have useful, tool-like applications....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 419 words · Eric Vargas

Mercedes Prices Up Its 2023 EQS SUV And It's One Expensive Electric Car

Mercedes Prices Up Its 2023 EQS SUV And It’s One Expensive Electric Car Mercedes-Benz is a premium brand, and it’s not unusual for the three-pointed star to command higher prices than its German or Japanese peers. However, when Mercedes unveiled the base prices for its newest 2023 EQS SUV, it got us thinking: Does it have enough to compete for the “King of Electric SUVs” crown and unseat the existing industry standard set by the incredible, yet unhinged (literally)Tesla Model X?...

June 8, 2025 · 3 min · 600 words · Brian Lewis

Naja King By ThoughtOut Review

Naja King By ThoughtOut Review This isn’t the first ThoughtOut iPod/iPhone holder I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing, but the PED3, the last model I reviewed, definitely gave me far fewer problems. The idea behind this stand is great, but something about the “coil” causes the implementation to have some pretty serious problems, as a regular stand, but it more than makes up for it with its extreme usefulness in awkward positions....

June 8, 2025 · 3 min · 532 words · Rachel Miller

New YouTube Premium features announced

Get right to the good stuff Picture in picture now available for YouTube Shorts Watch shorts while you respond to texts, play a game or browse the web Smart downloads for YouTube Shorts Your favorite shorts on the go YouTube Premium users who are signed up to test new features can now enable YouTube Shorts smart downloads, which automatically downloads a selection of YouTube shorts to your phone, ready to watch offline....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 251 words · Casey Bailey

Nokia’s Lumia 925 ads take jabs at iPhone’s low-light performance

Apple’siPhone 5 is far superiorto the iPhone 4S/4 in terms of the camera performance in low-light conditions. The industry hasn’t stood still either and has been inching forward since last September’s iPhone 5 debut. Specifically, Nokia’s high-end Lumia smartphones have emerged as the mobile imaging devices to beat. Its culture rooted in mobile imaging, Nokia felt compelled to challenge Apple’s iPhone with a series of Lumia ads that criticize the Apple handset’s relatively poor low-light performance compared to the Lumia PureView range....

June 8, 2025 · 3 min · 480 words · Erik Jacobs

NYC woman arrested after allegedly assaulting subway performer with water bottle

NYC woman arrested after allegedly assaulting subway performer with water bottle A woman in NYC has been arrested after allegedly assaulting a subway performer with a metal water bottle while he was playing the cello. In mid-February 2024, Cellist Iain Forrest was playing his electric cello in a New York City when he was attacked by a random person with a metal water bottle he had sitting on the ground behind him....

June 8, 2025 · 2 min · 336 words · Jasmin Jackson