If you suspect your Netflix is dragging, here’s how to test and find out

If you’ve ever suspected your Netflix streaming speed to perform at less-than-ideal levels, then you’re in good company. Our own investigations have shown itisn’t always possible to stream Netflix in all its HD glory, no matter how quick your Internet service provider (ISP) claims your service is. For its part, Netflix is constantly trying to bring customers the fastest streaming speeds possible, but the company doesn’t have complete control over the clamps imposed by third party content delivery networks, your own home network’s setup, and especially ISPs....

August 25, 2025 · 4 min · 693 words · Cynthia Ramos

Invincible Compendium gets Black Friday deal that’d make Omni-Man proud

Invincible Compendium gets Black Friday deal that’d make Omni-Man proud Want to look ahead of Season 2 of Invincible to see what Mark and Nolan are up to? The Invincible Compendium Volume 1-3 is on sale for Black Friday. Invincible Season 2 might have come to its unfortunatemid-season break, but the adventures don’t have to end on the screen. The Invincible Compendium Volume 1 collects issues 0-47, giving you about a 17-issue read ahead of Season 2....

August 25, 2025 · 2 min · 323 words · Mr. John Terry

Is Craig Steven Wright the real Satoshi Nakamoto, founder of bitcoin?

For most people, starring as the subject of aWired profileand being described as a genius would probably serve as the highlight of the year. But then again, most people didn’t invent a crypto-currency that has evolved from a little-known Internet oddity to the payment form of choice among drug dealers, and on to an alternative currency adopted by privacy-minded individuals across the globe. For Craig Steven Wright, about whom evidence has now been released pointing to him as the founder of Bitcoin, identification was something to be avoided....

August 25, 2025 · 3 min · 532 words · Charles Martin

Is NordVPN free? A detailed look at how much the service costs

NordVPN isn’t exactly free, but you can get free months of the service if you plan your purchase right. If you want to know all about the NordVPN price structure and learn a little bit about thebest VPNout there, we have all the details on the NordVPN price along with whether there’s a free trial out there. Read on while we guide you through it. Today’s best NordVPN deals How much does NordVPN cost?...

August 25, 2025 · 2 min · 330 words · Pamela Brown

Is The Trunch real? Matilda “Miss Trunchbull movie” explained

Is The Trunch real? Matilda “Miss Trunchbull movie” explained Miss Trunchbull, the stomping, hammer-throwing villain in Matilda, is supposedly getting her own origin story movie with The Trunch – but don’t get too excited. Roald Dahl’s fearsome principal was unforgettably brought to life by Pam Ferris in 1996’s Matilda, making her screen debut by tossing a young girl with pigtails over the school’s fence. Emma Thompsontook on the role inNetflix’sadaptation of the Broadway musical, chucking a new cast of fresh-faced children into the Chokey....

August 25, 2025 · 4 min · 674 words · Emily Barnes

Jeffrey Dean Morgan had the perfect reason to play Conquest in Invincible Season 3

Jeffrey Dean Morgan had the perfect reason to play Conquest in Invincible Season 3 Invincible Season 3introduced Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Conquest, one of the scariest villains in the show – and there’s a great reason he wanted to join the cast. The Walking Dead Season 7 opened with one of the most infamous episodes in modern TV history: ‘The Day Will Come When You Won’t Be.’ After Season 6’s cliffhanger ending, it properly introduced audiences to the barbed bat-swinging tyranny of Negan (Morgan), the show’s biggest and nastiest antagonist....

August 25, 2025 · 3 min · 484 words · Steven Schultz

Love Is Blind’s Lauren & Cameron advocate for future cast members to get therapy

Love Is Blind’s Lauren & Cameron advocate for future cast members to get therapy Lauren and Cameron Hamilton, the only successful couple from the first Season of Love Is Blind, have advocated for contestants of the show to have access to mental health treatment. Judging by the fact that there was only one successful couple to come from Season 5, which was Lydia & Milton, the Love Is Blind process is a hit or miss....

August 25, 2025 · 2 min · 411 words · Jeremy Chung

Lucas Pope’s Mars After Midnight changed my mind about the Playdate

When Panic first announced thePlaydate, I didn’t think it was going to succeed. It came across as a niche system, and I thought the limited art style and a gimmicky crank that helped it stick out from the crowd could hurt the handheld’s lasting appeal. I’ve avoided picking up a Playdate until now because of that, but there was always one game I had my eye on: a mysterious new title from Lucas Pope....

August 25, 2025 · 4 min · 772 words · Heather Wells

McDonald’s customers are losing it over this old-school restaurant with 80s menu

McDonald’s customers are losing it over this old-school restaurant with 80s menu McDonald’s are celebrating their 50th birthday this year in the UK, and people are feeling nostalgic after seeing what the chain looked like in the 1980s. In the past five decades, the chain has gone through dramatic changes since it first opened in Woolwich, South London, back in October 1974. In a clip released by theofficial McDonald’s UK accounton TikTok, a worker made a virtual old-school ‘Maccies,’ tour, so that people could see what it was like to order food from the iconic brand back in the 1980’s....

August 25, 2025 · 2 min · 404 words · James Pruitt

Microsoft patent points to a 2-screen device for 3-way video calls

Although Microsoft’s two-screen pocket-sizedAndromeda device appears to be dead in the water for now, the company apparently still has multi-screen devices on its radar.A patent application published earlier this monthdescribes a hinged multi-screen device that supports three-way video calling. Each screen will sport a camera, enabling two people to chat on the device with a third person on the other end of the call. According to the patent, each screen will render the video feed from their embedded cameras, the video feed from the opposite screen’s camera, or from the video feed sent by the remote caller....

August 25, 2025 · 3 min · 500 words · Marie Howard

More than 600,000 GM pickups and SUVs being recalled for a braking problem

General Motors has issued a recall for 638,068Chevroletand GMC pickup trucks from 2014-2018 and Chevrolet and GMC SUVs from 2015-2020. Also included are the 2015-17Cadillac Escalades. The recall concerns a faulty wheel speed sensor that could, if it fails, cause the brake to engage on the opposite side of the faulty sensor. This might cause the vehicle to veer to one side unexpectedly at speeds from 41 to 60 miles per hour....

August 25, 2025 · 2 min · 353 words · Amanda Miller

New Overwatch 2 feature could change competitive forever

New Overwatch 2 feature could change competitive forever Overwatch 2 Season 18 will introduce a new Hero Skill Rating system and here’s everything you need to know about it. It’ll still be a while before Overwatch 2’sSeason 18starts, but as we get closer to the end of the current season, devs have shared plenty of new details to build up the hype. From the looks of it, this upcoming season is set to bring a major shakeup for competitive play....

August 25, 2025 · 3 min · 506 words · Gregory Lamb

Nintendo sues Palworld developer: here’s what we know so far

On Thursday night, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company revealed that they were suingPalworlddeveloper Pocketpair for patent infringement.Palworldbecame a viral success following its early access launch in January because it was a creature-collecting survival game with asurprisingly violent edge. The similarities to Pokémon were pretty noticeable, so players were left wondering for months whether or not any legal action would be pursued. Now, we know that Nintendo is taking Pocketpair to court....

August 25, 2025 · 4 min · 696 words · Ethan Johnson