A guide to the Holminster Switch dungeon in Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

Holminster Switch is the first dungeon featured inFinal Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers.Unlocked at Level 71, it follows in the footsteps of Dusk Vigil and The Sirensong Sea from past expansions. It’s a fairly lengthy dungeon that ties up early plot points. If you decide to run it with the Trust System rather than real players, bring Alisae along for some extra little interactivity. In this Holminster Switch dungeon guide, we’ll be skipping over the laborious trash mob pulls and focusing purely on the challenging bosses found within....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 492 words · Troy Lynch

Additional driving range makes the Hyundai Ioniq Electric a more competitive EV

Hyundai has made the battery-powered variant of the Ioniq a much more serious contender inthe electric car segmentby increasing its driving range by 37%. The extra mileage comes at a cost, however, and the company is passing it onto buyers. For the 2020 model year, the Ioniq Electric receives a bigger, 38.3-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack with 36% more energy storage capacity. Hyundai pegs its maximum driving range at 170 miles, which is a considerable upgrade over the 2019 model’s 124-mile rating....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 509 words · Jason Davis

Adin Ross gets roasted by fans after Drake calls him a “good human being”

Adin Ross gets roasted by fans after Drake calls him a “good human being” Kick streamer Adin Ross hasn’t revealed his birthday celebrations, but that hasn’t stopped his celebrity friends from wishing him well on his special day. Born on July 28, 2025,Adin Rosshas officially turned 24 years old. To celebrate his birthday, ‘Child’s Play’ rapper,Drake,sent the streamer a heartfelt message. “BIG ADIN DAY TOO the most unlikely duo. More life....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Ricardo Jackson

All PlayStation consoles, ranked

The origins of PlayStation are a direct result of a deal gone bad with Nintendo. To make a long story short, Sony was planning on making a disc-basedNintendo console, but Nintendo backed out of the deal at the last minute and partnered with Phillips. After that betrayal, Sony launched thePS1, and the rest is history. We’re now enjoyingthe best PS5 games, with new and oldPlayStation franchiseskeeping the console popular. But which of Sony’s consoles had the greatest impact on the gaming industry?...

June 30, 2025 · 6 min · 1078 words · Melissa Lara

Amazon drops the price of this Bissell pet-friendly vacuum by $36

Whether you’re a pet parent stuck in a hairy situation or someone merely suffering from allergies, the quest for clean and breathable spaces is best achieved with acompetent vacuum. TheBissell 20431 Powerglide Lift-off Pet Plus vacuumcomes with specialized pet tools designed to pick up those loose ends while its 2-in-1 functionality enables you to clean high and low. Usually priced at $210, an all-around clean is possible for only $174 with Amazon’s $36 discount....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 487 words · Mary Smith

Amazon will start selling cars, but you don’t get to ditch dealers just yet

Buying a car is almost always a huge pain. But these days, there are more and more ways to buy a car online, and for many people, that’s a good thing. When buyinga Tesla, for example, the price is the price — there are no dealer markups, and you can finance the car straight from the Tesla website itself. But the majority of the time, you still have to go through your local dealer, paying sometimes tens of thousands more than the list price of the car — simply because of the fact that the car is in high demand....

June 30, 2025 · 4 min · 847 words · Dr. Christopher Taylor

American Horror Story’s Weirdest Season Connection Mocked A Major Series Fault

Summary As weird as it may sound, oneAmerican Horror Storyseason connection proved that a major fault with the series exists in-universe, too. Long before the divisive reception ofDahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, showrunner Ryan Murphy had been accused of exploiting real-life crimes for television drama. Almostevery season ofAmerican Horror Storyfeatures at least one real-life figure among its cast list. Sometimes, these figures are as historically distant as the inhabitants of the lost Roanoke colony....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 526 words · Stephanie Lang

Apple iPad Versus Laptops, Netbooks, Smart Phones and e-Readers

Apple Inc. says its tablet-style iPad computer represents a whole new category of consumer-electronic devices, ideal for watching videos, surfing the Web and reading electronic books. Here is how it stacks up with other Internet-connected portable devices that consumers are already using: — iPad vs. laptop The iPad is easier to stash and carry than most laptops. The device weighs just 1.5 pounds, compared with a few pounds for the typical laptop....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 427 words · Richard Cuevas

Apple Park’s office setup aims to keep workers on their toes

Considering Apple boss Tim Cook once described sitting as “the new cancer,” it’s little surprise that workers at the company’s new Apple Park campus have been given standing desks to work at. “We have given all of our employees, 100 percent [of them], standing desks,” the CEO revealed in a recent interview broadcast onBloomberg TV. “If you can stand for a while, then sit, and so on and so forth, it’s much better for your lifestyle,” Cook said....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Richard Davenport

Barking mad? The DogPhone lets a canine call its owner

The idea of a dog using a special ball to video call its owner may sound barking mad, but researchers at the University of Glasgow in Scotland recently went ahead and built such a device. The so-called “DogPhone” comprises a small ball fitted with a sensor. When the dog moves the ball, the sensor initiates a video call via a nearby laptop. The owner can also call the dog, but the pet has to move the ball to answer....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 460 words · David Lowe

Boy Kills World review: Bill Skarsgård stars in Hunger Games meets The Running Man

Boy Kills World review: Bill Skarsgård stars in Hunger Games meets The Running Man Boy Kills World is a wild ride that launches Bill Skarsgård as a legitimate action star, and combines elements of The Running Man and The Hunger Games in a tale of brutal, bone-breaking revenge. Bill Skarsgård burst onto cinema screens as Pennywise in the It movies, daring to step into Tim Curry’s clown shoes, then managing to put his own spin on one of literature’s most memorable villains....

June 30, 2025 · 5 min · 886 words · Kimberly Le

Cyberpunk 2077 fans debate if it would win GOTY over Baldur’s Gate 3 if released this year

Cyberpunk 2077 fans debate if it would win GOTY over Baldur’s Gate 3 if released this year Cyberpunk 2077’s reinvention has been nothing short of miraculous, with a strong finish in 2023. With how this year played out, one fan thinks it would’ve claimed Game of the Year over Baldur’s Gate 3, had it released in its current state. Since its launch in 2020,Cyberpunk 2077‘s uphill battle and how it’s conquered said battle has been a story like no other....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 478 words · Scott Maynard

Damien Chazelle’s ‘First Man’ trailer sends Ryan Gosling to the moon

After tackling music school inWhiplashand then a classic Hollywood musical inLa La Land, Oscar-winning filmmaker Damien Chazelle is headed into space for his upcoming filmFirst Man. The film chronicles the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong and the years leading up to the Apollo 11 mission that made him the first man to walk on the moon, and now the movie has a dramatic new trailer. Universal Pictures released the latest trailer forFirst Manjust as the first reviews of the film began filtering out of the Venice Film Festival, where it premiered in late August....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Michael Jones