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An ad-free web browsing experience may only be available to those willing to pay for it. It’s an understandable decision for a company built on ad money. But, is it the right one? Blocking the blockers Chrome users and the developers ofChrome-friendly, ad-blocker extensionsare unhappy about Google’s proposed changes to the Chrome Extensions platform. Their reasons for outrage are compelling. The controversy began when Google announced Manifest V3, which was essentially a set of proposed changes to Google Chrome’s Extensions platform....

After years of rumors and hype, Tesla has finally unveiled its plans for the future of autonomous driving in the form of thenew Tesla Cybercab. The Cybercab is the company’s end goal for self-driving tech, essentially serving as a vehicle that’s completely autonomous to the point that it doesn’t even have a steering wheel. The car was finally shown off at Tesla’s “We, Robot” event on October 10 and gives a look at what Tesla thinks is the future of transportation....

Fantastic Four will take influence from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia The MCU’s Fantastic Four director has recently revealed that his past work on sitcom It’s Always Sunny will influence his superhero work. With aFantastic Fourmovie on the way in theMCU‘s sixth phase, there have been plenty of developments, withWandaVision‘s Matt Shakman set to direct while Disaster Wedding’s Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer have written the script. So far we’ve heard the news ofproduction starting, andcast rumors, but as for the actual plot itself,informationis very limited....

A host of upcoming Ubisoft titles received new release windows, per a recentearnings report. According to the report, games likeFar Cry 6, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Quarantine,Tom Clancy’s The Division: Heartland, Roller Champions, andRiders Republicare all planned to launch before July 17, 2025, whileSkull & Bonesis now scheduled for a release between July 27, 2025, and June 12, 2025. Far Cry 6, Rainbow Six Quarantine (Working title), Riders Republic, The Division Heartland, Roller Champions and other smaller titles are planned to release before August 18, 2025....

Flight Risk will be available on this streaming platform first Y’all need a pilot? Flight Risk, Mel Gibson’s new thriller, has just landed in cinemas this weekend – and if you want to watch it on streaming, it’ll come to one platform first. If youonlyfocus on his movies, Gibson has a decorated career: he won Best Picture for Braveheart,The Passion of the Christis still one of thehighest-grossing R-rated moviesof all time, and he made Apocalypto....

When a redesignedFord F-150pickup truck arrived in late 2014 with aluminum bodywork, it prompted attacks from rivals and concerns from truck buyers. One of the biggest questions was whether aluminum, which had previously been used mostly in low-volume luxury and sports cars, would make the F-150 more expensive to repair than competitor trucks. According toAutomotive News, the opposite is true: The aluminum F-150 bed is proving cheaper to repair than traditional steel beds....

A number ofGalaxy S20 Ultrabuyers have reported that the glass of their phones’ huge camera bump has cracked abruptly. While most owners have been left with hairline fractures in the rear covering, in a few cases, the glass has shattered leaving a severe bullet-like hole and exposing the fragile camera modules. The reports emerged from a growing thread onSamsung’s public forum(viaSamMobile) that suggests, for now, the issue affects only the highest-end model of the phone maker’s latest flagship series, the Galaxy S20 Ultra....

Google has finally lifted the covers from itsPixel 10series phones, arming them with a faster silicon, better camera, and loads ofmeaningful AI features. But the star of the show is the next-gen charging wireless system, which is going to finally address the yearnings of an Apple MagSafe-like facility for all Android fans out there. What is changing? Back in 2023, a new wireless charging standard called Qi2 was announced, promising faster top-up speeds and a system of built-in magnets (within the phone and the charging device) so that both the devices are locked tightly in place and offer stable contact for wireless power transfer....

How-to videos are part of nearly every social media platform, from Facebook to YouTube, but a new Google experiment gives short DIY videos a network all to themselves.Tangi, a project from Google’s lab, Area 120, is a network dedicated to short DIY videos, hacks, and tutorials. In a home screen that looks eerily similar to the DIY-champ Pinterest, Tangi houses one-minute-or-less video tutorials. The videos, all in the smartphone-friendly vertical orientation, aim to turn what would normally be a long how-to article into easy-to-follow video tutorials....

OnePlus’ first event for 2020 is only a matter of hours away, which means we’re oh-so close to knowing what the Flagship Killer has in store for us this year. The event is due tokick off at 8 a.m. PT on Tuesday, April 14— and we’re expecting to see the company take the wraps offthree new OnePlus phones. That’s right, OnePlus is set to release more phones at once than ever before, with the OnePlus 8 Pro, OnePlus 8, andOnePlus 8 Literumored to be seeing the light of day during the announcement....

Summary The first trailer forVenom: The Last Dancesuggests the same villain mistake will be repeated, and I can’t believe Sony would repeat this trend for a third time. I was excited about seeingVenom: The Last Dance’sfirst trailer when it was released on June 04, 2025, especially since the movie, set outside theMCU, appears to be a breath of fresh air for Sony’s Spider-Man Universe afterMorbiusandMadame Web’sdisappointing releases. Although I think Tom Hardy’s third adventure as Eddie Brock’s Venom will be an action-packed and emotional story, the movie’s villains have me worried....

Indie devs go viral after calling out player who claims their game is a failure The indie game devs behind Hypercharge, a Toy Soldiers-inspired game where you play as action figures shooting each other with toy weapons, roasted someone who claimed their game is dead because it doesn’t have many players online. Making a multiplayer-only game in 2025 is a tall order. There are so many live service games that are vying for people’s attention that it’s incredibly hard to convince people to drop the games they’re already playing and have been playing for years....

Gregory Bryant of Intel displays a “Lakefield” reference board during Intel’s news event at CES 2019.Walden Kirsch/Intel Corporation Thanks to information gleaned from Intel’s new Linux drivers, we’re starting to learn more about the company’s next-generation desktop processors. Details about Intel’s forthcoming Comet Lake-S desktop and laptop processors are beginning to emerge, suggesting that Intel’s new processor will come with a maximum of 10 cores. Comet Lake-S, which is believed to based on the Skylake micro-architecture, will utilize a 14nm manufacturing process to succeed the currentCore i9-9900Kchipset....