Samsung's New Budget Rugged Phone Could Keep The Much-Loved Removable Battery

Samsung’s New Budget Rugged Phone Could Keep The Much-Loved Removable Battery The past few years have seen Samsung announce several enterprise-ready, rugged smartphones under its XCover lineup. Apart from being built to take some serious punishment, handsets like the GalaxyXCover 4, XCover 4s, and theXCover 5also happened to score high on affordability. Back in 2020, Samsung launched a better equipped, relatively feature-packed rugged smartphone called theGalaxy XCover Pro. Two years on, it looks like the company is finally readying a successor to this model....

June 1, 2025 · 3 min · 544 words · Maxwell Bailey

Samuel L. Jackson's Voice Is Coming to Amazon's Alexa

Amazon’s Alexa is soon going to be much more foul-mouthed, asSamuel L. Jacksonhas just signed a deal with the company to provide the first celebrity voice option for the digital assistant. According to Amazon, the actor is just one of many stars who will be available as an Alexa voice assistant in the future, as more guest voices will be added to the platform in 2020. The Jackson voice pack for Alexa will be made available later this year for just 99 cents, and better yet, it comes with the capability of using swear words, meaning there’s a good chance your Alexa will soon be calling you an MFer....

June 1, 2025 · 3 min · 528 words · Stephanie Richardson

Siri Isn’t as Awesome For Users Outside of the US

The stand-out iPhone 4S feature has to be Siri, Apple’s take on the virtual assistant. There’s something to be said for asking your iPhone questions or issuing commands, and having it go off and do the work. Unfortunately, it appears that not everyone can experience the full magic of Siri, with some aspects of the digital AI not available for those of us outside the United States… Numerous reports on Twitter and theinterwebshave pointed to users in both the UK and Canada finding gaping holes in the functionality that Apple showed off at their iPhone event last week, as well as their numerous promotional videos....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 298 words · Larry Reyes

Sprint LG Rumor Touch And Lotus Elite Announced

Sprint LG Rumor Touch And Lotus Elite Announced Sprint has pushed two new featurephones blinking into the light, both from LG’s stable. TheLG Rumor Touch(on the left) has a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen, 3G and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, while theLG Lotus Elite(on the right) is an unusually square clamshell with twin 2.4-inch LCD displays, one inside and a touchscreen outside. The Sprint LG Rumor Touch has 3G EVDO Rev.0, a 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth and a microSD slot good with up to 32GB cards....

June 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1249 words · Elizabeth Pham

Steelrising Beginner Guide: 10 Best Tips and Tricks I Wish I Knew

Steelrising Beginner Guide: 10 Best Tips and Tricks I Wish I Knew- In this Steelrising Beginner Guide, we are going to discuss the tips and tricks of the Soulslike Action RPG to understand how the gameplay mechanics work and to thrive in combat. Steelrising is developed by Spiders, the same creators of the story-rich RPG, GreedFall. It is set in an alternate and dystopian version of the French Revolution back in the 1700s when the automatons have taken control of Paris....

June 1, 2025 · 10 min · 1923 words · Nicholas Jones

Supposed Bitcoin co-inventor sued for more than $10 billion in cryptocurrency

A recent lawsuit filed in a Floridacourt seeks more than $10 billion worth ofBitcoinsfrom an individual who claims to be one of three Bitcoin inventors. The lawsuit doesn’t go into Scooby-Doo mode to unravel the mysteries of Bitcoin’s origin, but instead roots out what could be a scheme to hoard Bitcoins for personal gain. To understand what is going on, you need to break down the lawsuit’s timeline. The lawsuit centers around three individuals: Paralyzed coder Dave Kleinman who died in 2013 due to complications stemming from an illness, wealthy Australian Craig Wright, and Ira Kleinman, Dave’s brother and executor of his estate....

June 1, 2025 · 3 min · 474 words · Angela Rivera

The Hidden Google Feature That Star Trek Fans Need To Know

The Hidden Google Feature That Star Trek Fans Need To Know Google is pretty great atcreating Easter eggsfor its avid users, and they cater to a variety of interests. As it turns out, one such hidden gem is reserved for fans of “Star Trek,” one of the most important science fiction franchises in pop culture history. In the past, Google has honored the iconic TV show — which boasts a massive following that resulted in multiple films, spin-off TV series, video games, books, and comics — through a cuteGoogle Doodlecelebrating the anniversary ofthe show’s first broadcast....

June 1, 2025 · 3 min · 468 words · George Montes

This Ultra-Rare Harley-Davidson Bike Was Built Just For Daytona Beach

This Ultra-Rare Harley-Davidson Bike Was Built Just For Daytona Beach Like any other old automotive company, Harley-Davidson has had its fair share of unique vehicles and vehicle parts over the years. Some of these, likethe secretive V-4-powered Nova prototype, never truly saw a public release. In contrast, others, such as the FXR Super Glide and Iron 883, would end up being some ofthe greatest classic project bikes Harley-Davidson has ever put out....

June 1, 2025 · 3 min · 534 words · John Crawford

Tom Cruise’s Youngest Daughter Suri Cruise Reportedly Makes $16K a Month, Has $500K Fortune at Just 16

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed A lot of celebrity kids have been coming into the spotlight in recent years, and Suri Cruise, Tom Cruise’s daughter is no different. The 16-year-old has constantly been in the spotlight ever since her first appearance on the cover of Vanity Fair, in the October of 2006 following a few months of being sheltered from the public eyes after being born on April 18th of the same year....

June 1, 2025 · 4 min · 821 words · Paige Baird

Transformers 5 Lands Sir Anthony Hopkins

Last week, directorMichael Bayunveiled the first photo from the Cuba set ofTransformers: The Last Knight, which is set for release on July 15, 2025. We also learned earlier this week that the iconic villain Megatron will be coming back in this sequel. Today, a new cast member has come aboard. SirAnthony Hopkinshas signed on to join the cast, but no details were given about what role he will portray. The news comes straight from theTransformersmovieTwitter....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 330 words · John Ward

What are Cosmic cards in Disney Twisted-Wonderland?

The three basic elements in Disney Twisted-Wonderland are exactly as you might expect: Fire, Water, and Flora. Fire has an advantage against Flora, Flora has an advantage against Water, and Water has an advantage against Fire. That said, a fourth element works a little differently than the other three. That element is Cosmic. Let’s take a look at how Cosmic cards work in Disney Twisted-Wonderland. Identifying Cosmic Cards Cosmic cards will only ever know one Cosmic spell, not two....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 322 words · Susan Rodriguez

What is Garmin Training Status, how accurate is it and how does it work?

Since Garmin acquired Firstbeat Analytics in 2020, it has been on a software offensive, launching ever more health, fitness, and wellbeing insights provided by the company’s leading physiological analytics. Firstbeat’s ability to transform heartbeat data into useful and meaningful data to enhance athletic and everyday performance is second to none, and one of the fruits of its labours is Garmin’s Training Status. Available on a vast array of Garmin’s fitness smartwatches and devices, Training Status effectively delves into the user’s progress and fitness level based on a whole host of data harvested by the likes of the Garmin Forerunner, Fenix, Venu, Instinct, and Edge Series of cycling computers....

June 1, 2025 · 4 min · 802 words · Melissa Harmon

What is generative AI and what can it do?

Over the last year or so, conversations around AI have ramped up by a massive degree. Whether it’s an AI-generated image of the Pope wearing a ridiculous jacket or kids cheating on their homework with help from a large language model, AI has been in the news a lot lately. As you might expect, more and more brands are getting in on the action, too.Google’s annual developer conferencethis year was almost entirely centred around AI capabilities, and this is likely just the beginning....

June 1, 2025 · 7 min · 1362 words · Melissa Turner