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SpaceX just fired up its newest Starship spacecraft on Thursday (July 31), to help prep the vehicle for an upcoming test flight. The company conducted a “static fire” trial with the 171-foot-tall (52 meters) Starship upper stage at its Starbase site in South Texas on Thursday, briefly igniting one of the vehicle’s six Raptor engines. “Starship single-engine static fire demonstrating …

If you own an iPhone, the Apple Watch is the best smartwatch you can buy. And while the Apple Watch SE and Apple Watch Series 10 are excellent models, neither has the durability or battery life of the premium Apple Watch Ultra 2. It rarely goes on sale, but it’s at its lowest price ever right now at 19% off. …

Laptops can be really cheap, but you’ll often be getting brands you’ve not heard of and unreliable parts and overall specs. If you want a quality option, then you’ll want to go with a name you know, but that’s nearly always going to save you a lot of money. Thankfully, there are some good deals out there if you keep …

Image: Ready or Not (via Fuzion Xbox Testing) It’s getting harder and harder to track all the Xbox “Stream Your Own Game” titles that are being added on a near-weekly basis these days – partly because Microsoft never talks about them, and partly because they’re adding so many! In fact, this is the biggest batch we’ve come across so far …

Nintendo sold 5.82 million Switch 2s in less than four weeks and is on pace to hit its target of 15 million units by April 2026, the company said in its latest earnings report. If that pans out, the Switch 2 would easily outsell the original Switch, which took a full year to hit that same 15 million sales number …

The design director for Battlefield 6 says the game’s DLC skins will be “grounded” and will reflect the game’s setting, unlike Call of Duty. Speaking to DBLTAP at a Battlefield 6 event in London, design director Shashank Uchil was asked about the cosmetic skins planned for the game and how they would look. Uchil replied by stressing that they had …

NBA 2K’s ProPLAY tech, which drives the NBA 2K26’s PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2 versions, received a major upgrade in the form of the ProPLAY Motion Engine. Using real-world NBA footage as a model, the engine has completely overhauled how players move on the court. According to the developers, this will reduce the phenomenon of players “skating” …

Snooty Nantucket residents furious over the arrival of a chain store on their ritzy island are demanding its closure. Roller Rabbit, a pricey, high-end sleepwear brand with a dozen locations nationwide, opened its latest shop earlier this year, right in the heart of Nantucket’s upscale downtown, according to Nantucket Current. But its arrival has sparked a ferocious backlash, as it …

This year, the world celebrates the 100th anniversary of a camera that revolutionized photography: the Leica I. Often called the Leica Standard, this compact 35mm rangefinder was introduced at the 1925 Leipzig Spring Fair and marked the beginning of modern handheld photography. It didn’t just represent a technological leap — it sparked a cultural and artistic movement. Over the past …

An Xbox console exclusive — which is to say a game only available on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X — is being removed from sale permanently. The upcoming Microsoft Store delisting is specifically set to come on September 30 and is for a Bandai Namco game that was just released back in 2022. Given that the Bandai Namco …