Starbucks opens a NYC store with Amazon Go cashierless tech

Seattle-based Starbucks is usingAmazon Go’s “just walk out” cashierless technology in a new “pickup cafe” that it opened in New York City. The store, located on 59th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues in midtown Manhattan, allows customers to buy coffee or a snack without having to interact with a barista or cashier. It’s one of three pickup locations the coffeemaker plans to open this year. If you visit them, you’ll find the Starbucks menu, as well as sandwiches and a “curated assortment” of food and beverages in the Amazon Go market section....

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 279 words · David Thomas

Subaru Outback Vs Forester: What's The Difference Between These Crossovers?

Subaru Outback Vs Forester: What’s The Difference Between These Crossovers? Subaru is known for making off-road lifestyle vehicles, and they offer two crossover SUVs at a similar price point — the Outback and the Forester. So, if you’re shopping for a new Subaru SUV, you might be a bit confused as to what are the differences between the Outback and the Forester and which should you get. Both cars have a sub-$30,000 base price, while their top trims land between $39,995 and $42,795....

July 24, 2025 · 6 min · 1251 words · Micheal Waters

Take a look inside Google’s first-ever retail store

Perhaps the most surprising thing about Google opening a retail store is that it’s taken this long to do it. For sure, it had few gadgets to sell in its early days, and maybe it’s been thinking hard about how to avoid the mistakes thatfelled Microsoft’s brick-and-mortar efforts, but now the company has finally decided to take the plunge. The first-ever Google Store will open its doors at 15th and 9th in the Chelsea district of Manhattan, at 10 a....

July 24, 2025 · 3 min · 537 words · Nicole Mills

The 2024 BMW M3 CS Is Both Painfully Fast And Frustratingly Rare

The 2024 BMW M3 CS Is Both Painfully Fast And Frustratingly Rare BMW has announced the latest in their CS series of performance-tuned track thoroughbreds. The 2024 M3 CS will begin construction at BMW’s Munich plant in March 2023. PerBMW, CS stands for “Competition Sport” (it used to stand for “Coupe Sport” until BMW’s M class drifted into non-coupe models) and the company is serious about cars sporting those letters earning that title....

July 24, 2025 · 3 min · 468 words · Carl Martin

The 4 best and worst places to put your Wi-Fi router

To an extent, I understand not putting much effort into positioning aWi-Firouter. Often, placement is dictated by where you may put your modem, which in turn is based on where the active co-ax ports are located. If you’ve only got a single internet-ready port in the corner of yourliving room, it may be simpler to leave your router on the floor than figure out a way of propping it up. Many people don’t like the idea of having a router out in the open, anyway – they see it as an eyesore taking up valuable real estate....

July 24, 2025 · 6 min · 1204 words · Janet Smith

The Best Pixel 7 Cases You Can Buy Right Now

The Best Pixel 7 Cases You Can Buy Right Now We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. ThePixel 7is a durable phone, but you may never trust those glass sandwiches when it comes to taking a tumble off your kitchen counter or your desk at work. So, let’s put your Pixel 7 into a case to keep it safe from everything from small scratches to catastrophes. I have cases from seven case makers for you today....

July 24, 2025 · 9 min · 1847 words · Jamie Stewart

These are the Most Addictive Games by Nintendo

SomeNintendo gamesdon’t just pull players in with charming visuals or clever mechanics. They sink their teeth in slowly, then never let go. And over the years, Nintendo has only gotten better at making addicting games like these. 8 Best RPGs on the Nintendo GameCube The GameCube didn’t have many RPGs, but the ones it had were unforgettable in style, substance and ambition. Whether it’s the never-ending pursuit of mastery, the compulsion to complete just one more turn, or the pure comfort of returning to a familiar digital world, these are the Nintendo titles that players found themselves picking up again and again, often for years....

July 24, 2025 · 6 min · 1211 words · Francisco Potter

This new service basically offers ‘the command line for the real world’

A brand new Y Combinator-backed startup, Prompt, has introduced a really cool service which it likens to “the command line for the real world.” Available via SMS, through Slack’s chat bot and on the web, Prompt lets you send simple text commands to access a myriad of online services, make purchases and control Internet of Things devices such as Nest’s intelligent thermostats and smoke detectors, WeMo switches, Hue bulbs, Rachio sprinklers and more....

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 420 words · Sonia Li

Tonga’s internet restored five weeks after massive eruption

If the thought of losing internet access for a couple of days causes you to break into a cold sweat, then spare a thought for the poor folks of Tonga. On top of dealing with the aftermath of a destructive volcanic eruption that killed six people and destroyed countless homes, they’ve also been living without any internet since the disaster occurred five weeks ago. Tonga was knocked offline on January 15 when the massive eruption tore apart the undersea internet cable that runs 500 miles to neighboring Fiji....

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 372 words · Diana Ward

Top Gun: Maverick Early Reactions Call It Tom Cruise’s Best Movie

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Tom Cruise ledTop Gun: Maverickby Paramount is winning the hearts of people. It’s first reactions suggest that the 1986Top Gunfilm sequel will be the film to break the box office charts’. The long-awaited sequel was planned to get premiered at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. Critics who able to connect with the film hailed it as one of the most exciting action movies in recent memory and shared their thoughts online with great zest....

July 24, 2025 · 4 min · 832 words · Kenneth Arnold MD

Wacky Wizards Meteor Update Summary

Look out—a massive meteor has just crashed intoWacky Wizards! As of Jun 21, 2025, the Meteor update is live inside of the experience, and with it came a new ingredient storage system, new friend features, and even an entirely new map! For a closer look at these changes, continue reading below. To many players' surprise, Wacky Wizards has just debuted a new, more separated map design. This remodeled design, featured in the screenshots below, has created designated areas for each prior update and leaves plenty of room for future ones as well....

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 362 words · Nancy Compton

Wahoo Elemnt Rival GPS watch wants to tempt triathletes away from Garmin

Wahoo has announced its first multi-sport GPS watch, the Wahoo Elemnt Rival. The new watch aims to offer tracking and training data to cyclists, runners and triathletes and it has a trick up its sleeve to make transitions smoother. One of the functions that the Elemnt Rival will offer is a seamless handover between watch and Elemnt bike computers. you may just jump on your bike and have the data readout on your bike so you don’t have to keep looking at your watch....

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 384 words · Jessica Lambert

Where to Find Large Contraband Packages in COD DMZ

Another season in the Call of Duty: DMZ means some fresh Faction Missions for Operators to take on in their free time. One of the latest Season 3 objectives tasks players with finding Large Contraband Packages, and as expected, the Cartel won’t make it so easy to find them. The good news is that the Cartel isn’t very good at hiding on the Al Mazrah DMZ map and their main operation is centered in one location....

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Dwayne Miller