Fujifilm Instax Pal review: Cute, but inessential

The Instax Pal is Fujifilm’s smallestInstax camera. The company released this teeny tiny camera in 2023 with the intention of filling out its Instaxinstant film cameraline with a palm-sized model. One key difference between the cameras, besides the size, is that the Instax Pal doesn’t require any film. In fact, the camera acts more as a second phone camera than atraditional camera. Overall, the Instax Pal makes for a fun accessory, but I don’t think it’s anything you should rush to buy....

August 10, 2025 · 4 min · 675 words · Keith Taylor

Google Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro XL hands-on

Beyond a considerable push intoAI with the Pixel 9 Pro series, Google is introducing a larger 6.8-inch Pixel 9 Pro XL for the first time. If you’re a fan of largerphones, this is the year you’ve been waiting for. However, other than the bigger screen size and a floating oval island camera bump, Google’s high-end Pixel 9 Pro series offers little else new. Following a brief hands-on with the Pixel 9 Pro line at a recent preview event, I walked away with an overall positive impression of the phone, despite it not offering many notable upgrades over its predecessor....

August 10, 2025 · 6 min · 1120 words · Desiree Key MD

Graveyard: Daytona USA 2

Watch your step, for you’ve just entered theGraveyard. Inside, we’ll be digging up games that have long been without a pulse. You’ll see both good and bad souls unearthed every month as we search through the more… forgotten…parts of history. The original Daytona USA led to a sea change in arcade racing games and console racers in general. The debut entry for Sega’s Model 2 hardware had the most-detailed environments seen in any racing game on any platform at that time and was largely seen as both a next-generation version of Virtua Racing while also being one of the best showcases for arcade hardware of all time....

August 10, 2025 · 6 min · 1232 words · Justin Hughes

Here's How Long The Automatic Transmission In Your Car Will Probably Last

Here’s How Long The Automatic Transmission In Your Car Will Probably Last When you think of the parts of your car that have a finite lifespan, you probably think of the usual suspects like your tires or windshield wipers. In actuality, though, every single part of your car is only good for so long, it’s just that most of it is built tough. Barring extreme circumstances or just lengthy ownership, you’d ideally never experience a sudden hardware failure....

August 10, 2025 · 3 min · 497 words · Melissa Gilmore

Here's What Makes Japan's Futuristic City So Smart

Here’s What Makes Japan’s Futuristic City So Smart TheWorld Economic Forumexplains that every week 3 million people move to a city around the world. Natural disasters, pandemics, transportation, carbon emissions, inequality, jobs, waste, and contamination are just some of the challenges affecting cities that will feel the stress of 68% of the global population by 2050, the organizationexplains. Japan’s Woven City has been highlighted asa smart city that could inspire the future....

August 10, 2025 · 5 min · 868 words · Michael Cook

Here's Why The Subaru Exiga Would Have Never Survived In The US

Here’s Why The Subaru Exiga Would Have Never Survived In The US With the unveiling and potential release of any product, demographics are an important thing to consider. It’s a potentially very complex one, too. There are so many factors to consider, after all. Matters like the age of potential consumers are one element, but where in the world you plan to launch can also be a major one. Needless to say, the biggest automakers will export their newest models worldwide....

August 10, 2025 · 4 min · 788 words · Christopher Atkinson

Honkai Star Rail Silver Wolf kit, all Skills, Traces, & Eidolons

Silver Wolf is a genius hacker who belongs to the notorious group of Stellaron Hunters, with an impressive ability to edit reality itself. She’s afive-star Quantumcharacter that follows the Path of TheNihility, which makes her proficient in applying debuffs—particularly with decreasing the enemy’s Effect RES. I think that her kit is extremely useful across any game mode, and her skills' old-school RPG-inspired aesthetics make her worth pulling, even for just looks alone....

August 10, 2025 · 3 min · 530 words · William Morales

How Ford's 427 Big Block Took Racing By Storm

How Ford’s 427 Big Block Took Racing By Storm In 1958, Ford introduced its new FE series of V8 engines (short for Ford-Edsel) to replace the short-lived Y-block — itself a replacement for the truly antiquatedflathead V8s. The FE was a tremendous success by any measure, powering everything from farm equipment to pickup trucks to fire-breathing Shelby Mustangs until its discontinuation in 1976. Perhaps the most famous version of the FE engine is Ford’s 427 cubic inch (7....

August 10, 2025 · 4 min · 693 words · Gary Curtis

How The World's First Supersonic Jet Changed Warfare Forever

How The World’s First Supersonic Jet Changed Warfare Forever The first aircraft to break the sound barrier wasn’t powered by jet engines. Instead, it was more like a rocket with wings and a tail. In 1947, an experimental airplane called the Bell X-1 was taxied by a B-29 bomber to 43,000 feet in the air. The pilot, Captain Chuck Yeager, then kicked on the craft’s liquid-fueled rocket engine. The craft tore through the thin atmosphere and officially broke the sound barrier, reaching a top speed of Mach 1....

August 10, 2025 · 5 min · 874 words · Jamie Morales

How to beat Hydolanzer in Harvestella

At the end of the pathway in the Higan Canyon is where players can finally find the first boss of Harvestella. Hydrolanzer is shown to be responsible for the issues with the Autumn Seaslight. This boss definitely packs a punch, but fortunately, players get to grind upa very useful jobon their way to this fight. Tips and Strategies to use against Hydolanzer Players should do two things before attempting this boss fight, especially since there is a Motus Monolite players can use to warp back once these are done....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 330 words · Susan Hunter

How to farm the Liquid Cooling Legendary Pistol in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands

Liquid Coolingis an ice-basedLegendary Pistolthat specializes in dealing frost damage. Using frost ammo, it has the power to freeze opponents, leaving them open to melee attacks. Furthermore, when paired with theBrr-zerkerclass, its impact can dish out nearly three times its standard attack power, making it one of the deadliest weapons in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. Although the Legendary Pistol can be obtained from traversing the nooks and crannies of Wonderlands, its drop rate can be shockingly low....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 253 words · Tricia Lee

How to get Zandalari Trolls in WoW and unlock Heritage Armor

How to get Zandalari Trolls in WoW and unlock Heritage Armor Of allWorld of Warcraft‘s playable races, the Zandalari trolls are among some of WoW’s most beloved, but unlocking them is no easy feat. As soon as you start your Horde journey in World of Warcraft, you’ll end up on the spectacular shores of Zandalar. Inspired by native Mexican culture, the Aztec-style world is full of feisty NPCs and marvellous treasures....

August 10, 2025 · 3 min · 478 words · Michael Bauer

How to Solve the Desert Biome Moon Sword Obelisk Puzzle in Forager

Foragerhas over 15 basic puzzles for us to solve throughout the world. Most of these are relatively simple, but sometimes players just want to play the game, not solve riddles! How to Solve the Desert Biome Moon Sword Obelisk Puzzle in Forager The Moon Sword Obelisk Puzzle inForageris one of the easiest puzzles in the game and is usually one of the first ones you’ll complete. It is located on one of the Desert Biome map blocks, and true to its name, is simple an Obelisk with etchings shaped like a moon and sword....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 291 words · Lisa Brooks