Chapter 19: Harbor of Souls in Doom: The Dark Agestakes a sharp turn with Prince Ahzrak now armed with the Heart of Argent that he gained control over in the previous chapter. We now move away from the Lovecraftian themes, and go into a darker section of hell. You can read in our review of the game how impressed it left us.

Elden Ring will soon be more than just a hit video game. On Thursday, Bandai Namco and A24 announced a live-action Elden Ring film directed by Alex Garland.Japanese developer FromSoftware released Elden Ring across Xbox, PlayStation, and PC in 2022, while a version for the Nintendo Switch 2 is set to be released this year. The action RPG became an instant hit, and puts you in the role of a Tarnished tasked with restoring the Elden Ring by defeating various challenging bosses throughout the Lands Between. The Elden Ring spinoff Nightreign is coming out on May 30th, 2025.Garland is a writer, director, and producer best known for films like Ex Machina, 28 Days Later, and Dredd.FromSoftware first hinted at the potential to expand Elden Ring “beyond the realm of games” in 2022. Last year, George R.R. Martin — the Game of Thrones creator who helped write the game — also said, “There is some talk about making a movie out of Elden Ring.” A publication called Nexus Point News first reported on the adaptation with A24 earlier this month, but pulled its original article and didn’t explain why.

Marvel Studios has pushed back the release dates of Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Doomsday is being delayed from May 1st, 2026, to December 18th, 2026. Secret Wars’s release has been pushed from May 7th, 2027 to December 17th, 2027.The Russo brothers are returning to direct the two films. Robert Downey Jr. will also be back, though this time as Doctor Doom instead of Iron Man, and Marvel reportedly spent big to get him.Marvel has also already revealed that Doomsday will have a gigantic cast that includes actors from other Avengers movies, more recent Marvel films, a bunch of X-Men, and even stars from this year’s Fantastic Four: First Steps. Chris Evans is reportedly returning for Doomsday, too, but it’s unclear in what role.Disney will replace Doomsday’s May 1st, 2026 release slot with The Devil Wears Prada 2, THR says. Earlier this month, Disney released Thunderbolts*, and First Steps will follow on July 25th. 

An image of Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski’s AI-generated avatar.Tech company CEOs aren’t just making their companies AI-first: this week, they’re using AI avatars to replace themselves in earnings calls.Buy-now-pay-later company Klarna featured the AI version of CEO and co-founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski in an 83-second video about its Q1 2025 results, as reported by TechCrunch. The video’s description says that his “AI avatar” is presenting the results, and the AI avatar kicks off the video by saying that “it’s me, or rather, my AI avatar.” Klarna has already been vocal about how it uses AI in its business, with Siemiatkowski telling CNBC this month that the company shrunk its workforce in part as a result of its AI investments. This also isn’t even the first time the company has used an AI version of Siemiatkowski to share earnings.Zoom CEO Eric Yuan also deployed an AI version of himself for the company’s Q1 2026 earnings call on Wednesday. “Today, I’m using our custom avatars for Zoom Clips with AI Companion to share my part of the earnings report,” Yuan’s avatar said in a video. “I’m proud to be among the first-ever CEOs to use an avatar in an earnings call.” In the top right corner of the video, you can see a message that says “created with Zoom AI Companion.”The human Yuan showed up for the live Q&A portion of the call, though. “I truly love my AI-generated avatar,” he said while responding to the first question. “I think we are going to continue using that. I can tell you — I like that experience a lot.” Perhaps not surprising from the guy who wants “digital twins” to attend meetings on your behalf.

For years, I've relied on Google Drive for most of my personal backups, including documents, images, videos, and some creative work. It felt convenient at first: My files synced between my devices, and I could access them anywhere. However, as I accumulated files over time, I wanted to avoid paying more.

Looking to build out your home lab with a powerful network-attached storage (NAS) solution? It may be time to consider upping your game with an Intel Xeon processor. Prebuilt turnkey enclosures such as the Synology DiskStation 925+ are great for beginners and those who simply wish to plug the device in and get started, but a Xeon-powered server can provide so much more than mere storage. You'll have access to considerably more power, the ability to configure your own server infrastructure, and run some truly capable software.

One of the coolest aspects of Raspberry Pi projects is that you can make things that are convenient to you during work and play. For instance, if you work remotely, there's a good chance you've been called upon while your webcam is disabled, your microphone is muted, and you're halfway across the house. The rush back and the frantic cursor flailing to hit the unmute button feels like a rite of passage for anyone who works from home.

We've been seeing some great deals on M.2 SSDs these past few weeks, making it a great time to upgrade your storage. Of course, if you've been holding out, your time might have finally come thanks to this 2TB M.2 SSD from SK hynix, which might be able to finally sway you, coming in at just $125 for a limited time.

The Windows 11 Snipping Tool has gone from strength to strength in recent months. Once a humble screenshotting tool, it has since evolved to do pretty much anything, including screen recordings. In fact, we had a lot of nice things to say about it earlier today, after the preview build introduced a smart cropping feature into the mix.

What's better than a Raspberry Pi project that is utterly overkill for the tiny SBC? One that makes it look good in the process. We've seen people go to extreme lengths to keep their Raspberry Pis cool, including strapping a liquid nitrogen cooler to the SBC. Now, we've caught wind of a waterblock that you can build yourself. Plus, it uses cool green pipes, so you know I had to cover it.

As YouTube prepares to air an exclusive NFL opening week game for free on September 5th, it’s hiring former Disney exec Justin Connolly. The move has caused Disney to respond by suing both YouTube and Connolly, saying he was in the middle of leading the team negotiating Disney’s license renewal with YouTube.He’d most recently been running the streaming services and linear media networks at Disney, and will take over as YouTube’s new global head of media and sports, as first reported by Bloomberg. After spending more than 20 years at Disney and ESPN, he’ll be managing YouTube’s relationship with the media companies that distribute content on YouTube TV, as well as leading its live sports coverage. Bloomberg also first reported the lawsuit filed yesterday in California Superior Court, as Disney alleges that YouTube induced Connolly to breach a three-year employment contract that started in January and would’ve kept him there as an executive until an early termination option for March 1st, 2027. Connolly left Disney last week, just months before the launch of its standalone ESPN streaming service this fall.In its complaint (which you can read below), Disney’s lawyers write:Critically, Connolly leads the Disney team negotiating a license renewal with YouTube. Connolly has intimate knowledge of Disney’s other distribution deals, the financial details concerning Disney’s content being licensed to YouTube, and Disney’s negotiation strategies, both in general and in particular with respect to YouTube. It would be extremely prejudicial to Disney for Connolly to breach the contract which he negotiated just a few months ago and switch teams when Disney is working on a new licensing deal with the company that is trying to poach him.YouTube did not comment on the lawsuit.YouTube has become a growing force in live sports, with its live TV streaming service amassing more than 8 million subscribers and adding the NFL Sunday Ticket package in 2023. The platform will also. Earlier this year, YouTube revealed that it has become more popular on TVs than phones.Other streaming companies have also increased their focus on sports recently, with Amazon preparing to broadcast NBA games and Inside the NBA next season, Apple’s close relationship with MLB and MLS, as well as Netflix’s broadcasts with the NFL and other events.Update, May 22nd: Added details of Disney’s lawsuit.

It's no secret that Valve wants to bring SteamOS to as many handheld consoles as humanly possible. Long before the company even added third-party support to SteamOS, Valve kept bringing up the idea of adding official support for handhelds outside of the Steam Deck. Given how some people didn't like Windows on their consoles, there was definitely a market for it.