Ovewr the years, Sega has released a variety of series that span far throughout its history of consoles. One series of games that has been dormant for a long time is the Shinobi series. Originally started as an arcade game in 1987, Shinobi underwent many changes over the decades, starting as a 2D action-platformer and eventually becoming a 3D action game on the PlayStation 2. The series eventually made a return to its 2D roots on the Nintendo 3DS in 2011, before taking a long hiatus for the next decade. Fans were wondering if Sega would ever revisit the series in a big way after pledging to revitalize many of their classic franchises for modern consoles.

Until very recently it wasn’t clear what usage limits were placed on Gemini at the various tiers. Thankfully Google has finally updated its Help Center article detailing “Gemini Apps limits & upgrades for Google AI subscribers.”Gone are the useless descriptors like “limited access” or vague statements like “we may at times have to cap the number of prompts and conversations you can have, or how much you can use some features, within a specific timeframe.” Instead it clearly states that you get up to five prompts a day with Gemini 2.5 Pro on a free account, 100 with an AI Pro plan, or 500 with AI Ultra. Free accounts are also limited to five Deep Research reports and 100 generated images a day. If you need to make more than 100 AI generated images in a day, A: For what? B: Upgrading to a Pro or Ultra account will get you 1,000 images. You can check out the full breakdown here.

General Motors is going to be scaling back production of the Cadillac Lyriq and Vistiq, as well as the Chevy Bolt EV as it expects sales of electric vehicles to slow dramatically. The $7,500 consumer tax credit for purchasing a new EV is set to expire at the end of the month. That credit has been crucial to driving demand for EVs, which are still more expensive than their gas-powered counterparts.The company is pausing production on the Lyriq and Vistiq at its Spring Hill, Tennessee plant in December. It’s also planning to halt manufacturing for a week in November and October, as well as slow production during the first five months of 2026 by temporarily laying off one of its shifts of workers. Similarly, it’s indefinitely delaying the start of a second shift at a plant near Kansas City, which is supposed to begin producing the Chevy Bolt EV later this year. While EV sales have struggled to meet expectations, they have improved over time. GM even announced that August was its best month on record for EV sales. But in the same press release it was quick to note that it was unsure what the future would hold. “We will almost certainly see a smaller EV market for a while, and we won’t overproduce,” the company’s Senior Vice President and President, North America, Duncan Aldred, wrote.Back in May, transportation editor Andrew J. Hawkins said, “the US was already woefully behind China and other developed nations in terms of clean energy investments. And now it’s likely to fall even further behind, perhaps permanently so.” When the largest American automaker is aggressively slashing EV production, even as sales surge, it’s hard to see how the US can catch up.

I'm currently a student majoring in Computer Science, and as much as I love learning new stuff, one thing you'll never catch me agreeing to is that studying is easy or fun. Ninety-nine percent of the time, it’s chugging endless cups of coffee, scrolling through pages and pages of PDFs, lecture slides, and research papers, and pulling endless all-nighters.

Although I know my way around shooting photos on my Sony A7 II, the art of videos has always eluded me. Still, with the fall colors soon to grace Ontario, I thought I’d take up shooting videos for once. This means I’ll need a new set of editing tools besides Adobe Lightroom. While the clear default options are Adobe Premier and Davinci Resolve, I wanted to learn FFmpeg as a complementary post-production for its incredible versatility.

I don't know about you, but the words mini PC don't usually conjure up something with enough power to beat desktop workstations at AI or productivity tasks. Nor does it make me think of something that can fit almost any locally hosted LLM (Large Language Model) that you could care to run, in VRAM, no less.

Gears of War multiplayer has always been a fun part of going online with the Xbox 360 back in the day. As one of the marquee game releases for the console and an original franchise for Xbox, many people believed it was a big reason to get the console and be part of Xbox Live. Since the game came out in 2006, the series has grown exponentially, with more than five entries being released across multiple Xbox consoles. Now that Gears of War: Reloaded is finally out on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, even more people can dive into the gritty and harsh world of the Gears universe. But the multiplayer that began back then has changed very little since.

Switching to Linux has always been hyped up as a leap of faith in computing circles, as though using anything besides Windows and macOS would cost you dearly. Sure, it costs you time to set up Linux perfectly and figure out the right distro that offers the desired level of control, but you cannot truly shake the ghost of Windows past, even today. Several programs are optimized for the OS of the masses, and some run on that OS alone.

Fans of Metal Gear Solid are getting the chance to dive back into the world of Metal Gear Solid 3:Snake Eater with the release of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater on current-day consoles. The game keeps the same story as the original Hideo Kojima game, but presents it with a completely new coat of paint, rendering every character and environment in stunning detail. For many, this is the best way to experience the story of the first chronological entry of the series. Big Boss and his allies have never looked this good before.

Even when your PC is doing nothing, it’s still using more power than you might think. Idle draw contributes to higher temperatures, louder fans, and unnecessary strain on your components. In an effort to mitigate this, I made these 4 small tweaks to my system that decreased idle power draw, and reduced overall system temperatures.

Steam is a great service to download and play games on most computer builds. There are a ton of great games to dive into, and new ones to discover when browsing through the Steam store to see what has been newly added. Because of this, many people like to have access to their Steam library of games on multiple devices, such as another laptop or other device capable of running the Steam application. This is why one may think it's a smart idea to install Steam onto a MacBook laptop you may have just purchased, especially a new model with current hardware updates. But it may not be the smartest move, especially when you realize how Steam is on the Mac operating system.

Note-taking in Obsidian doesn’t always have to be serious. Some of the plugins are helpful for little tasks, while others are there mostly to make your notes more fun. They can be distracting at times, but that’s part of what makes them enjoyable.