July 2025

I must admit, when it comes to fitness trackers, I’m a Garmin ride or die kind of girl. I like their metrics, the GPS, not so much the app, but we allow it. There’s something about the data-first approach that just works for me. But I also really enjoy a tracker that’s geared towards mental…

Amazon’s basic Kindle is one of my favorite recent purchases — I even raved about how much I love its portability for Mashable — but amongst the lineup of new releases Amazon dropped last year, the Kindle Colorsoft is something that has caught my eye. This is the Amazon’s first color Kindle, meaning you can…

On July 25, the UK’s age-verification law goes into effect. This means that sites with explicit content must install age-checks for all users, with the hope that minors don’t access the content. Age-verification has been in the works in the UK for years. Back in 2017, the Digital Economy Bill proposed an age-verification system, which…

Hulu’s Washington Black is based on Esi Edugyan’s 2018 novel of the same name, and, as is the case with every book-to-screen adaptation, it makes its fair share of changes from its source material. SEE ALSO: ‘Washington Black’ review: Take to the skies with Hulu’s thoughtful historical adventure Where Edugyan tells the novel in fairly…

Red supergiant star Betelgeuse has a new excuse for its bad behavior: an accomplice. The star, pronounced “Beetlejuice” (just like the Michael Keaton character), sits like a little devil on the shoulder of the Orion constellation about 700 light-years away in space. It has long-perplexed scientists, with some convinced it was on the brink of…

EA Sports’ sophomore return to the college gridiron is here, and after a week with College Football 26, the verdict is clear: it’s fine. Not great. Not terrible. Just… fine. A perfectly okay follow-up to last year’s triumphant yet turbulent reboot. When CFB 25 dropped, the fanfare was massive. After a decade-long hiatus and a…

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times‘ revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe. With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who…

Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the “common threads between words.” And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier…