Apple is finally loosening its strict stance towards video game emulation, meaning iPhone users can now play retro video games right on their phones, even if those games don’t have official mobile apps yet. All it takes is a simple download from the App Store and some setup within the emulator, and your iPhone will be one step closer to being the best gaming phone around. And one of the first emulators to get the official Apple sanction, Delta, makes the whole process surprisingly easy. What is an emulator? First: What is a game emulator, and how could it possibly be legal to play Super Mario ..read more

Google Maps is rolling out a couple updates that should make sustainable transportation options a little more convenient to access. The first pertains to locating EV chargers, and the second may gently nudge drivers toward public transit. AI-summarized info on EV chargers One of the biggest problems electronic car owners face is locating convenient chargers along their route, especially when they're on a long journey. A new Google Maps feature will show EV owners AI-generated summaries of real people’s experiences with chargers to help them gauge how reliable and busy they are. Google says the ..read more

You can get a lifetime subscription to Matt’s Flights Premium Plan on sale for $79.97 right now (reg. $1,800) through April 21. Matt’s Flights sends you at least three discounted or mistake fare flights each week from your home airports as they become available. You also have the option to browse current deals on the platform, with exclusive access to five times as many offers as free users receive, and unlimited custom search requests—you just give Matt's Flights your departure and arrival cities and your travel dates, and the service will send you the lowest fares currently available. Matt's ..read more

Amazon’s TV adaptation of Fallout is among the best game-to-screen adaptations ever made; it's so good, even people who’ve never played a Fallout game, or any game, are hungry for more of the franchise's unique vibe. If that’s you, and you want to dive into the Fallout game universe but don’t know where to start, read on for a list of which games to play first, and what to know about Fallout before you begin. What to know about the Fallout games before you start playing There are a lot of games in the Fallout universe, between six and nine, depending on how you count them, but Amazon’s Fallout ..read more

A lot of people with perfectly good computers cannot upgrade to Windows 11. When Microsoft released the latest version of Windows, it put some stringent minimum system requirements in place, the toughest of which was TPM 2.0 support. Plenty of people have PCs with older versions of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) or good gaming machines that lack TPM entirely, which means that Windows 11 is out of their reach. However, there's an easy way to bypass TPM checks and install Windows 11 on your PC. The risks of installing Windows 11 on an unsupported PC Let me state the obvious right up front: it's n ..read more

Movies can reaffirm or further our faith. For decades, they've been used to spread the Almighty's message, whether through epic productions like The Ten Commandments or Ben-Hur or low-budget indie dramas targeted toward church-goers, like Fireproof or Left Behind.   There are other films that, while not overtly Christian, have a subtle, positive message that can be equally inspiring. Here are 12 (one for each apostle) for you to choose from. First Reformed (2018) One could argue that the writer of Taxi Driver has been making Christian-them ..read more

In this column I try not to cover topics that any normal person already knows are fake. I don’t bother writing about people who think Elvis is alive or that the Earth is flat, because anyone with two brain cells to rub together already knows those are bullshit, and believers are a tiny minority on the fringes of society. I had considered “chemtrails” in the “no one takes this seriously” column, but I was wrong. This week, legislators in Tennessee passed a state law that bans “the intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals … substances, or apparatus … with the exp ..read more

Chances are you have a lot of stuff in your house. Possibly also in a storage unit. And maybe at your parents’ house, your ex’s place, and liberally scattered throughout the globe. We all accumulate a ton of things as we go through life—it’s estimated that the average home has about 300,000 things in it, if you count all the small stuff like that bowl of paper clips on your desk. Every now and then you get the idea to clean it all out and maybe sell some of it, to free yourself of all that clutter while making a tidy profit on stuff you don’t even use any more. If that’s the mode you’re in rig ..read more

Right now, there are two main ways to charge our devices: plug it into power, or charge it wirelessly using a Qi-enabled device. A lesser-known wireless charging standard, WLC, actually enables devices to charge over NFC—the same tech used for mobile transactions like Apple Pay and Google Pay. As it happens, Google appears to be working on bringing NFC charging to smartphones with its upcoming Android 15 update, but it's not clear why. Android Authority's Mishaal Rahman discovered the feature in Android 15's first beta, which Google released last week. Rahman noticed Google added a new class t ..read more

Artificial intelligence is already so integrated into kids' lives, they may not even think of it as a distinct concept from “internet” or “computer.” It is their digital minion, their planning partner, an encyclopedia, a creative tool, and a homework assistant. Since we know kids of all ages are using AI, it falls upon parents to ensure they are aware of both the benefits and the risks. How younger kids can use AI in elementary school Little kids are typically introduced to AI through age-appropriate educational games, interactive apps, and learning platforms that use AI to personalize content ..read more