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Disconcerting indie game HoverGrease 2 is set to launch this weekIt’s a top-down hero shooter with both a story campaign and multiplayer modesThe oddly realistic art direction and bizarre title has gamers confused on social mediaEverywhere I go, I see HoverGrease 2. At least, everywhere I go on Instagram, because for some reason, my algorithm has decided that I simply have to know all about it.It’s an onslaught, with endless posts about the upcoming game (mainly from the official HoverGrease account) appearing after every other reel that I watch. Although the account only has a few hundred followers, many of…

Epic Games/Disney/Lucasfilm The Mandalorian and Grogu hits theaters on Friday, and Fortnite is hosting a special Watch Party Island this Tuesday so players can get in on the hype a bit early. After completing a few activities, Fortnite players will get access to 10 minutes of the movie, and hear a message from director Jon Favreau. The Mandalorian and Grogu Watch Party Island opens at 10AM ET on May 19. Here’s how it’ll work, according to the Fortnite team: “Created with Fairview Portals and Beyond Creative, you’ll be recruited as…

Marshals, a new Yellowstone spinoff starring Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton, is airing on CBS right now. You can also tune in with Paramount Plus. The Yellowstone sequel series sees Grimes’ former Navy SEAL join an elite unit of US Marshals to bring range justice to Montana, according to a synopsis from CBS.The show includes Yellowstone actors Gil Birmingham as Thomas Rainwater, Mo Brings Plenty as Mo and Brecken Merrill as Tate. Spencer Hudnut is the showrunner of Marshals — formerly known as Y: Marshals — and Taylor Sheridan is an executive producer.When to watch new Marshals episodes on Paramount PlusEpisode 12 of Marshals…

Acasis FlowCore Series introduces an independent bandwidth design for each NVMe bay systemEach drive reportedly maintains full Thunderbolt 5 speed simultaneouslyFour-bay and ten-bay models target different storage capacity needsAcasis has announced the FlowCore Series, a new line of Thunderbolt storage systems.This device claims to solve the shared bandwidth problem of conventional multi-bay storage devices — where multiple drives operating simultaneously cause significant slowdowns — by offering an independent full-speed bandwidth architecture for each M.2 NVMe bayEach bay can access nearly the full 80 Gbps of Thunderbolt 5 bandwidth without the usual speed reductions.Latest Videos From You may like Per-bay bandwidth…

Need something new for your reading list? This week, we recommend Cecile Pin’s Celestial Lights and the new Image Comics series, If Destruction Be Our Lot. Celestial Lights Henry Holt and Co. Another melancholic narrative about love, loss and the consequences of human ambition, with space as the backdrop? Oops, I might have a type. Cecile Pin’s Celestial Lights is a short and contemplative novel about Oliver Ines, or Ollie, a man who has always been drawn to the stars and is one day chosen to lead a 10-year mission to…

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? It’s a pretty easy one, but read on for all the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page. Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York…

So far in 2026, almost half of all planned data centers in the US have been delayed or cancelled, with the barriers ranging from chip shortages to insufficient energy infrastructure.But local opposition is quickly becoming a new force that developers have to reckon with, especially after a single movement in Box Elder county, Utah, gained global attention.A single slogan, “People Over Profits”, has been seen on signs, banners, and placards throughout data center opposition groups across the country.Latest Videos From You may like Energy consumptionElectricity price comparison site Electric Choice estimates that in 2023, over 4,500 data centers consumed around…

Analogue is adding a bit of “modern convenience” to its contemporary remake of the Nintendo 64 with its latest update. In the 1.3.0 version of Analogue’s 3DOS, players get the ability to quicksave whenever they want thanks to the company’s “signature save-state system” called Memories. Now, instead of risking it trying to make it to the next save point with low HP, the Memories feature lets you capture game progress at any point and reload whenever you want. Analogue first introduced Memories with the Analogue Pocket in 2022 and would later advertise the feature as…

When to watch Chelsea vs. Man CitySaturday, May 16 at 10 a.m. ET (7 a.m. PT)Where to watch Chelsea vs. Man CityChelsea vs. Man City will air in the US on ESPN2, ESPN Select, ESPN Unlimited See at ESPN Watch the FA Cup final in the US ESPN Select See at BBC Watch the FA Cup final in the UK for free BBC Chelsea will take on Manchester City at Wembley Stadium in the 145th FA Cup final on Saturday, with Calum McFarlane’s Blues standing in the way of the Cityzens claiming a rare domestic cup double. After a hugely disappointing…

I’m a massive fan of digital notebooks (aka epaper or E Ink tablets) — I’ve used over a dozen in the last few years and, as a habitual list maker and note taker, I find them extremely useful. My favorite e-notebook — purely from a writing experience — is the Amazon Kindle Scribe (2024 edition) and, while I loved it when it first launched, the Kobo Elipsa 2E is now my least favorite as newer options just do it better.I’ve come to realize that a lot of that preference boils down to one surprising element: the stylus. Or rather, the…