Apple Music for Android apparently won’t support the Dolby Atmos audio format

Apple Music for Android reportedly won’t be updated with support for Dolby Atmos audio when Apple rolls out its new lossless and spatial audio features on Apple Music in June. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Apple Music for Android and Dolby Atmos Apple has announced thatApple Music will be getting some notable upgrades in the sound quality department in Junewith the new spatial audio with Dolby Atmos and lossless encoding features. But it would seem that the Apple official Music for Android app will not be updated at this time with support for Dolby Atmos....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 411 words · Jennifer Miller

Apple provides a cheaper way to fix AirPods batteries for your aging wireless headphones

Truly wireless headphones rely on batteries to function, which means that, over time and with plenty of usage, the battery life in those headphones will get worse. Which might make them seem disposable, but that will ultimately come down to the individual and how long their wireless headphones last before needing to be replaced by newer headphones. That’s certainly the case for theAirPods, Apple’s truly wireless headphones. However,The Washington Posthas discovered that there is a way to get your aging AirPods, which may be suffering battery life loss, fixed....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 360 words · Tiffany Bean

Apple’s rumored foldable iPad could take major step towards hiding the screen island

Rumors about afoldable all-screen Apple devicehave been circling for a while — some call it a MacBook and others call it an iPad. Today,9To5Macspotted a leak fromDigital chat stationon Weibo claiming there’s a prototype of the mysterious foldable with Face ID tech hiding beneath the screen. Translations of the leak, originally posted in Chinese, mention a “metal super-structured lens” with integrated “Face ID Rx and Tx” to do under-screen 3D face recognition....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 297 words · Carol Cole

Best Bluetooth sunglasses 2024

The best Bluetooth sunglasses should be able to take two things - your headphones and regular sunglasses - and combine them into one unstoppable force. Whether you want to use them to listen to music when running, take phone calls while commuting or something else entirely, they are an excellent alternative to in-ear buds. Since most sunglasses will use bone conduction to deliver sound, your ears are open to things like traffic as well as your tunes or podcast - all while blocking out the sun, too....

July 7, 2025 · 5 min · 956 words · Melissa Lyons

Bluetti has the perfect power station to take camping

Going camping can be one of life’s real joys, but there’s something a little scary about the idea of being completely without power for however long you’re going for. While going without a power station might make for the most rugged, authentic experience, being able to rely on a portable source of power can make all the difference, and really unlock camping’s relaxing potential.Bluetti’s EB70is a brilliant power station that could make your next camping trip really superb - find out more about it below!...

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 537 words · Frank Fuentes

Call of Duty Dominated the Past Decade, but How Long can that Continue?

Earlier this month, many of us here at Hardcore Gamer sat down to decide our own personal top ten lists for the best games of the past decade. With only one game receiving multiple number one spots, there was plenty of variety among theeditors’ lists, but many of the annualized series got left behind despite the sheer number that released over the past ten years. Not a single yearly sports title or any of the nine mainline Assassin’s Creed games made an appearance among the dozens of games selected, and even Call of Duty only managed to show up twice, with 2012’sCall of Duty: Black Ops IIbreaking into the bottom halves of two separate lists....

July 7, 2025 · 5 min · 1025 words · Gabriel Bennett

ChatGPT Free users can now generate DALL-E 3 images

Generating images using DALL-E 3 inChatGPTis no longer limited to users with a paid subscription. In a post on X, OpenAI revealed that it is rolling out an update that allows ChatGPT Free users to create up to two images per day fromtext promptsusing DALL-E 3, directly within theChatGPT app. Once the second image has been generated, you’ll need to wait until the next day before you can generate any more DALL-E 3 images....

July 7, 2025 · 5 min · 924 words · Lance Mcconnell

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree: Imbued Sword Key Location

As you might expect,Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtreetakes a lot from its base game. It’s not just the enemies and structured design, but also some of the items, such as theImbued Sword Key. Unlike the base game,Shadow of the Erdtreeonly houses a singleImbued Sword Key, taking the player to a faraway land in which there’s no escape outside teleporting away or dying to the solo enemy that lurks. Castle Ensis The portal that takes the player far away is located just south ofShadow Keepand directly north ofCastle Ensis....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 437 words · Jacob White

Every Fatal Frame Game – Listed

Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse is lurking just around the corner, set for a August 05, 2025 release on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. The remaster of the 2008 Nintendo Wii exclusive of the same name will serve as the eighth entry in the long-running survival horror franchise. Whether you call it Fatal Frame, Project Zero, or just Zero, let’s take a look at the history of this notable horror series of many names, united in their scary, ghost-photography gameplay....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · Julia Parker

Final Fantasy VII Remake Demo is a Good Sign For Square Enix Fans

Gamers and game developers both tend to think of remakes and remasters as something of a safe bet. Developing new IP is always an expensive, time-consuming process and there’s no guarantee that the gaming public will latch onto it. So rather than sink all that time and energy into something that might not pan-out, why not just update a game that’s already succeeded in the past? If it could be done once, there’s no reason why it can’t be done again....

July 7, 2025 · 4 min · 826 words · William Torres

Forspoken review: More bark than bite

Forspoken stands out as an interesting part of Square Enix’s lineup of games in the coming year or so, lacking the big brand ofFinal Fantasy 16but featuring a large open world that shares some visual cues with that game. From the sounds of it, it’s been a bit of an experiment for Luminous Productions under Square Enix, the studio’s first standalone title, and experimental is a good word for it. This is a lopsided game that doesn’t quite stick the landing....

July 7, 2025 · 6 min · 1088 words · Rachel Green

Game-changing GTA 6 car feature could make crashes way more realistic

Game-changing GTA 6 car feature could make crashes way more realistic GTA 6 fans have spotted a huge potential gameplay feature hiding in plain sight that would make the game even more realistic. Rockstar Games’ long-awaitedGTA 6is finally scheduled to release on August 11, 2025 and fans are still combing over every detail from the first two trailers and screenshots for more details. Although Rockstar hasn’t officially revealed any gameplay details yet,leaked footageandinside informationhave indicated that this will be by far the most realistic GTA game yet....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 435 words · Shannon Bailey

Hacking photosynthesis: Could artificial leaves fuel the future?

When viewed on a long enough timeline, most of our energy derives from the sun. There’ssolar power, the obvious example. Wind, too, is a product of the sun’s irregular heating of Earth’s air. Fossil fuels are little more than the disinterred remains of ancient photosynthetic organisms. And biofuels come from crops like corn, soybeans, and even seaweed — each of which relies on sunlight to grow. Our dependence on fossil fuels is, of course, ruining the planet, and the jury is still out on the scalability and sustainability of many biofuels....

July 7, 2025 · 6 min · 1070 words · Tiffany Roberts