How to Tame a Parrot in Minecraft

One of the rarest creatures you can find in Minecraft is a Parrot. Those chatty birds have a specific spawning biome like most creatures, but the actual chances of meeting one of those are so low that it would be no surprise if you haven’t found them in any of the worlds you’ve created. But if you’re one of the lucky few to actually witness this elusive creature or are simply planning on finding one of those, here’s what you need to do to tame Parrots in Minecraft....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 405 words · Lindsay Thornton

How To Use Two (Or More) External Monitors With A MacBook Air

How To Use Two (Or More) External Monitors With A MacBook Air We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For many people, multi-monitor setups can be a godsend for productivity, especially for users who struggle with standard-sized laptop screens like the MacBook Air. With the extra screen real estate, you can view more things simultaneously, which can improve your workflow because it makes it possible to work on multiple things without the hassle of frequently switching between apps....

July 10, 2025 · 6 min · 1253 words · Marc Rowe

Instagram adds archiving: How to hide your old, heavily filtered photos

Remember when you first started using Instagram? You probably loved to play around with several filters, maybe add a border, then sprinkle in a vignette effect, and top the whole thing off with a dozen hashtags before pushing out your photo for all to see. Now, five years later, you think that creation is anything but pretty. Most of us prefer little to no filter.Sometimes we’ll use tools like Boomerang. But that’s it....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 484 words · Christopher Durham

iOS 13.2 brings 59 new emoji Apple previewed in July, but didn’t include in iOS 13.0 & iOS 13.1

The upcoming iOS 13.2 software update packs in the 59 new emoji characters thatApple previewed back in the summer, but didn’t include in iOS 13.0 and iOS 13.1. The new emoji set, based on the Unicode 12 emoji update, has now been spotted in the second beta of the forthcoming iOS 13.2,released for developer testing earlier this week. Some of the new emoji characters include animals like orangutan, sloth, otter and skunk....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · William Lamb

Kia EV9 SUV review

I don’t require a lot of space when I hit the road, but if you do, the Kia EV9 GT-Line S will more than fit the bill. It’s a three-row, seven-seat SUV that’s perfect for anyone with multiple family members and pets to drive around. Equally, it works if you just like having a lot of room to yourself and aren’t bothered about the snob appeal of rivals like theAudi Q8 e-tronandBMW iX....

July 10, 2025 · 8 min · 1548 words · Timothy Oconnor

Like Alien: Romulus? Then watch these three great sci-fi movies now

With the release ofAlien: Romulus, the Alien franchise is back in the spotlight. It also looks like we’ve got a lot more to look forward to as well, with the upcomingAlien: Rogue Incursionvideo game and theAlien: EarthTV series, which finished shooting in July. But fans (like myself) are ravenous for more sci-fi madness right now. Luckily, there are some great movies out there that Alien fans will love, from an alien invasion film to a grim and gritty outer space saga, and even a certain film from a franchise that’s so closely associated withAlienthat they (sometimes) inhabit a shared cinematic universe....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 602 words · Karen Anderson

Modern Atlas, Lemon, VUE and other apps to check out this weekend

Whew! What a long week. Apple held its annualWWDC keynoteon Monday, where it unveiled new versions of iOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS, and we spent the rest of the week following up on those announcements. But now it’s time for the weekend, and we plan on kicking back and relaxing with some of our favorite new apps and games, which we’ve listed for you below. Modern Atlas Travel Guide & City Maps Folks looking to go on vacation this summer will definitely want to check out the Modern Atlas app....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 506 words · Michael Davis

Monster Hunter Rise PC Performance Preview: New Demo, How Does it Compare?

In this article, we take an early look at thePC version of MHRise, touching on performance, controls, ultrawide support and more! The PC version of Monster Hunter Rise is coming on January 21st, 2022, and Capcom is releasing a demo to allow users to try out the Steam version of the game. The full version of Monster Hunter Rise on PC includes all major post-launch content that was released for the Nintendo Switch version through the end of November 2021....

July 10, 2025 · 4 min · 646 words · Mrs. Deborah Hebert

Ori and the Will of the Wisps review-lint

There’s a thin line to tread, when creating any piece of art, when taking inspiration. In games, when it comes to modes of gameplay, and genre tropes, almost any degree of imitation is generally forgiven, especially where a game’s quality earns that kindness. Ori and the Will of the Wisps feels like such a case: it has clearly taken huge lessons from 2017’s superlative Hollow Knight, and implements these learnings cannily....

July 10, 2025 · 8 min · 1564 words · Thomas Davis

Poppy turns your iPhone into Viewmaster style 3D camera

An interesting project is brewing up over at Kickstarter. An iPhone accessory called the Poppy wants to turn any iPhone into a kid’s 3D camera capable of capturing, viewing and sharing 3D stereoscopic stills and videos. It has two eyepieces to look through, a slot where you insert your device and mirrors which capture two stereographic images using your iPhone’s single camera. Perhaps most surprising fact is that Poppy needs no electronics to turn 2D images into 3D because its mirrors do all the heavy lifting, resulting in a light accessory that needs no batteries to operate…...

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 311 words · Scott Ortega

Predator Sequel, Badlands, Finds Its Female Lead in The Great Star

The next installment in thePredatorfranchise,Badlands, has reportedlyfound its lead, withThe GreatstarElle Fanningnow in talks to star. As per a report byDeadline, Fanning is now “in negotiations to star in the film,” withPreydirector Dan Trachtenberg set to return to the helmalongside writer Patrick Aison. Plot details forBadlandsremain largely under wraps at this time, but it has been revealed that it will be set in the future and, much like 2022’s critically acclaimedPreyit will be another standalone outing in thePredatorseries....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 504 words · Joshua Chambers

ReMarkable's Keyboard Turns Its E-Paper Tablet Into A Laptop Rival With Weeks-Long Battery Life

ReMarkable’s Keyboard Turns Its E-Paper Tablet Into A Laptop Rival With Weeks-Long Battery Life Norwegian technology company ReMarkable has been in the business of makinge-paper tabletsfor a long time now. Launched in 2017, the first product from the company was the eponymous “reMarkable,” which received favorable reviews from consumers. While most people who bought the reMarkable 1 loved it for being excellent at takinghandwritten notes, the product did come with its share of issues....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 484 words · Larry Phillips

Resident Evil 3 will be here sooner than we thought, and comes with a freebie

Capcom had a bit of a surprise in store for Resident Evil fans during Sony’s PlayStation State of Play presentation on December 10. Though we werealmost certainResident Evil 3was on the way, it was confirmed as part of a clever fake-out from the company, and it is arriving sooner than we anticipated. Announced, jokingly, as the campaign mode for theResident Evil: Resistancespinoff game,Resident Evil 3is a full remake of the originalResident Evil 3, with the same storyline and once again starring Jill Valentine....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Bryan Moran