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While you can find great discounts on video games in any price range, $20 seems to be the difference between a considered purchase and an impulse buy. So if you’ve been holding off on getting any of the games we’ve listed below, now is the time; they’re not going to get much cheaper than this for a while. What’s good in today’s crop of deals? Highlights include the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves collection for $19 at Best Buy (opens in new tab), Assassin’s Creed Valhalla for $14 at Target (opens in new tab) and SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated (opens in new tab) for $19 at Walmart....

We first saw the Diablo IV gameplay trailer as part of the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase yesterday (June 12), and it’s fair to say that this was one of the bigger games on display. In case you haven’t seen the trailer, we’ve embedded it below: Things kick off on a cinematic note, with a wandering Necromancer learning to ply her trade. From there, we get a glimpse of the character selection screen....

Before the best memory foam mattresses came along, the most popular bed choice was innerspring mattresses. Most of these need a box spring – a fabric-covered wooden frame containing springs, providing extra support, minimizing motion transfer and stopping the mattress from sagging. So do memory foam mattresses need a box spring? Not always. All-foam models are made differently to innersprings and as they are usually constructed in layers with a firm base, you might not need the extra features provided by a box spring....

“The vulnerability allows intruders to access call and system logs, text messages, contacts, and other private data, video record the device’s screen or use the external-facing camera to record video, or even take control of the device remotely, altering or wiping data,” said McLean, Virginia-based mobile-security firm Kryptowire, which discovered the flaw. The vulnerability exists on phones using the UNISOC SC9863A chipset, which includes many phones that cost about $100 or less such as the Nokia C20, C20 Plus and C30, the upcoming Nokia C21 and C21 Plus, the Motorola Moto E6i and E7i Power, the Lenovo A7 and K13, the ZTE Blade E-series, the Realme C11 and even the Samsung Galaxy A03 and A03 Core....

You can read the EU’s press release (opens in new tab) (via MacRumors (opens in new tab)) for the full breakdown, but the gist is that the EU wants to cut down on e-waste by instituting a common charging port, aka USB-C. This move should also address product sustainability, according to the EU’s governing body. All told, 602 members voted in favor of the law, with 13 objections and eight abstentions....

Raise your hand if you hate entering passwords. Okay, now keep your hand raised if you happen to use the same password for multiple accounts or services. Yes, lots of people do this, and it’s a leading cause for users getting hacked. Think about it. If someone can gain your password for a single service — either through a data breach, social engineering, or phishing attack — your identity and personal information could be compromised....

The latest app teardown from 9to5Google (opens in new tab) points to three new Fitbits on the way. While all we have to go on are codenames for the time being, suggested resolutions give us a pretty good idea of which models are getting refreshed, and there’s also a big clue that we won’t be getting the promised introduction of Wear OS this generation. All three wearables continue in Fitbit’s tradition of using space and sci-fi related codenames, with Hera, Rhea and Nyota all referenced in the app....

It was the inclusion of Bluetooth 5.3 in the new Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro. While codecs — the format in which data is encoded, transmitted and decoded — sound awfully boring, they play a vitally important role in how headphones sound and how long their battery life lasts. And Bluetooth 5.3? Well, it’s the best at both. Equipped with Bluetooth 5.3, the Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro checks all the boxes....

Samsung didn’t have to look far to find inspiration for the Galaxy S22 Ultra. In teasing next month’s Galaxy Unpacked event, a Samsung executive essentially confirmed that people have been clamoring for Galaxy Note-style features in the Galaxy S lineup, and that the S22 Ultra is going to take them up on that request. “For years, Samsung has converted the skeptics who thought our ideas were impossible,” wrote Samsung president TM Roh in a blog post (opens in new tab) that goes on to call out some Galaxy Note capabilities....

It’s a lot of monitor in every way, and unless you’re slavering for all those gaming capabilities — and have a computer powerful enough to take advantage of them — it might not be the best use of your savings or your desk space. But if you can make the room for it without going broke, it’s one of the best gaming monitors you can buy. Gigabyte Aorus FI32U review: Design The Aorus F132U is the kind of gaming monitor that screams “gaming monitor” even when it’s powered off, and pulls out a battery-operated bullhorn once you turn it on....

God of War Ragnarok is still on track to release on PS5 and PS4 at some point in 2022, a developer at Santa Monica Studio has confirmed. New information on God of War Ragnarok has been extremely scarce since the hotly anticipated sequel was featured during the PlayStation Showcase 2021 last September. This has led some concerns that the game could be facing a further delay that would see it slip into 2023, but it appears these concerns are unnecessary....

The move is part of the search giant’s continued efforts to move away from passwords and towards passwordless authentication instead. However, Google isn’t alone in this endeavor and both Microsoft and Apple have also added passkey support to their respective operating systems. (If you’re an Apple user, this is how to set up passkeys on iPhone, iPad and Mac.) Before you go replacing all of your passwords with passkeys though, it’s worth learning a bit more about this new technology along with its benefits and downsides....

Google Meet launched in 2017 and is a consumer- and workplace-focused app for video calling. Users have to share and join a unique link to enter a call or meeting. It is a well rounded and much more developed web platform. Google Duo on the other hand, was launched in 2016 (at the same time as the unsuccessful Allo app). It made calling a bit easier as calls could be placed directly to people including with their phone numbers....

Here’s what we don’t know about the Pixel 7 — everything else. You can’t blame Google for being stinting on details about the Pixel 7. We’re likely five months from its arrival, and there’s a completely different phone — the Pixel 6a — to bring to market in the mean time. Google likely just wanted to build anticipation for its flagship phone and get people used to the slightly altered look....

9to5Google (opens in new tab) took a look inside the code for the latest Google Camera app update and found mentions of 4K selfie video recording available for both the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. This was previously just a Pixel 6 Pro feature, but the code mentions both upcoming models specifically. The code reveals nothing in terms of hardware, but supporting 4K video could mean the 8MP selfie camera sensor on the Pixel 6 could be swapped out for the 11....

As you’ll see in our Pixel 7 Pro review, Google’s latest device is a formidable camera phone. It features a 50MP (f/1.85) main lens, 12MP (f/2.2) ultrawide and 48MP (f/3.5) 5x telephoto lens. Google made a number of improvements to its Night Sight photos, including new ML techniques to reduce noise and less blur because the exposures are now up to twice as fast. But our iPhone 14 Pro Max review shows that Apple is no slouch when it comes to its own Night mode....

But according to a new leak from Kuba Wojciechowski on Twitter (opens in new tab), Google might try out an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor on the Pixel 8 (Pro). Digging into the Pixel 7 Pro’s source code, Kuba discovered references to a Pixel G10, also possibly referred to as “gepard” (a German word for cheetah). One thing we should note is that Cheetah was the Pixel 7 Pro’s codename, so the G10 could actually be a Pixel 7 Pro testing platform, similar to how there was a Pixel 5 with Tensor that Google tried....

As reported by BleepingComputer (opens in new tab), the platform has been dubbed ‘Zombinder’ by security researchers at ThreatFabric (opens in new tab) who came across it when investigating a malicious campaign distributing multiple types of malware for Android and Windows. This campaign uses the guise of trying to help users access internet points by impersonating Wi-Fi authorization portals, but it’s actually used to push several different malware strains to unsuspecting users....

According to TV Line, HBO Max only commissioned a single season of the series. Apparently that is still the case, and there are no plans for Young Justice season 5. As the title suggests, Young Justice is a show about the younger heroes in the DC Universe as they work to prove themselves worthy of joining the Justice League proper. That includes Robin/Nightwing, Superboy, Kid Flash, Ms Martian, Speedy/Arsenal and more....

In an interview with GQ in 2020, Pattinson hit out against Hollywood’s demands on actors to transform their bodies for a lead, and joked that he wasn’t going to work out for the movie. Despite this, Pattinson did change up his workout routine and has since told Healthy for Men that the role helped him embrace fitness. Read on to find out how Robert Pattinson got in shape for The Batman....