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The first official look at Sam Mendes' ambitious four-film Beatles project has landed, and the internet appears to be in rare agreement when it comes to Paul Mescal stepping into the role of Paul McCartney.

And honestly? I get the hype. It's giving less "actor playing Paul" and more "the spirit of McCartney himself briefly possessed this man," sparking the kind of collective approval that almost never happens online.

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The stills offer the public its first real glimpse at Mendes' unprecedented "cinematic event," set to hit theaters in April 2028, which will tell the story of The Beatles across four interconnected films, each centered on a different member of the band — Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr.

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While anticipation has been high since the project was announced, Mescal's McCartney has quickly emerged as the early standout, fueling excitement that Mendes' high-risk, high-concept take on the most famous band in history may be striking the right chord from the very start.

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The reveal didn't just happen online. It first arrived like a scavenger hunt for fans. Ahead of the official release, the images of the Fab Four were quietly unveiled via postcards distributed on Jan. 29 at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, the school co-founded by McCartney himself. Then more postcards began popping up at other Beatles landmarks across the globe, from John Lennon's childhood home to Hamburg's storied club scene, New York record shops, and key spots in Tokyo.

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Sony Pictures officially released the stills to the wider public on Friday, Jan. 30, but by then fans were already dissecting blurry images of the character postcards posted online.

Now the only question left — after the hair, the posture, and the uncanny resemblance — is whether Mescal and co. have nailed the Scouse accent because Beatles fans will forgive almost anything, but they will hear it if they haven't.

BOGO DEAL: Solawave is running a site-wide "Buy One, Get One Free" deal. But you'd better hurry; this stuff is selling out fast!

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Red light therapy is usually a pretty big investment, but Solawave's latest sale makes it a lot easier to justify. Right now, the brand is running a Buy One, Get One Free event on its best-selling tools.

As of Jan. 30, when you add one product to your cart, you’ll get to select a second item of equal or lesser value for free. This is honestly the perfect setup for Galentine's Day: You can grab the viral 4-in-1 Radiant Renewal Wand ($169) for yourself and gift a second one (or any other device of equal or lesser value) to your bestie. You get the skincare upgrade, they get a premium present, and you didn't spend an extra dime.

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And yes, these tools actually work. When we reviewed the cult-fave advanced skincare wand, we gave it a 4.9/5 and a Mashable Choice Award. (A prestigious badge reserved for the "absolute best" items we've tested.) Our tester noticed reduced puffiness after just one use and saw significant fading in hormonal acne scars after two weeks.

The sale also includes the new Neck & Chest Pro Mask ($349), which targets the neck and décolletage in quick three-minute sessions. If you pick that up, you could select a free face mask or wand to go with it. Plus, Solawave is HSA/FSA eligible and offers a 60-day money-back guarantee, so it’s a pretty safe bet if you’re on the fence.

The fastest SSDs seem overpriced when faced with their cheaper counterparts. Or, at the very least, they used to seem that way. But do they still?

SAVE $50.01: As of Jan. 30, get the TCL Q65H 5.1 Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer for $299.98 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $349.99. That's a discount of 14%.

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If you're tired of watching shows and movies at home with flat, tinny sound, it's time for an upgrade. You just can't always rely on the built-in TV speakers you get out of the box to give you good audio. But it's easy to fix that issue with a soundbar. And if you're looking for one that won't break the bank, a quick trip to Amazon is in order, where you save on a great TCL model.

As of Jan. 30, get the TCL Q65H 5.1 Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer for $299.98 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $349.99. That's $50.01 off and a discount of 14%.

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This soundbar and subwoofer combo is everything you need to get started with more immersive, booming audio for all the media you enjoy at home. This is a 5.1-channel Q-class soundbar that has room-filling audio that connects with a single HDMI cable. It supports both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X for spatial sound that puts you in the center of the action as well as Bluetooth connectivity that you can use to stream music and other audio straight to the device.

With its acoustic reflector tech, the sound stage (i.e. your room) is widened for a larger surface that gives you an even better acoustic experience. And thanks to the subwoofer, you'll get an added kick of bass that'll knock your socks off when the action really starts happening. Most importantly, this is an affordable two-piece set that means you don't have to buy anything separately. That saves you both equally precious time and money.

If you're ready for an upgrade, check this deal out before it's gone. Then see how it feels to be right in the middle of a scene.

All it takes is a $30 reservation to get on UGREEN's latest NAS series, which features local AI to make using your NAS easier than ever.

Don't panic—your Excel isn't broken. If your column letters suddenly turn into numbers, you've stumbled into R1C1 mode. While it looks like a glitch, it's actually a high-level tool that lets you audit your formulas and read and write your macros like a spreadsheet pro.

Halfway through The Pitt's latest episode, the show reveals that student doctor Javadi has a TikTok account. That a 20-year-old would be on the app isn't exactly a huge twist. What is surprising is that, as "Dr. J," she's built a real audience — one that tunes in for advice, between-shift storytimes, and a version of medicine that feels less scary and more familiar.

SEE ALSO: 'The Pitt' Season 2 review: Big changes ahead for Noah Wyle's stellar medical drama

That tension snaps into focus through one of the episode's more offbeat cases: a woman named Willow who arrives at the ER after using Gorilla Glue as eyelash adhesive, sealing her eye shut. The scenario feels ripped straight from the internet’s recent past, echoing real viral cautionary tales where beauty hacks tipped into medical emergencies — like the case of Tessica Brown, who went viral on TikTok in 2021 after swapping her hairspray with Gorilla Glue.

Elysia Roorbach as Willow in 'The Pitt' Season 2, episode 4, "10:00 A.M." Credit: HBO Max

Willow recognizes Javadi immediately. She watches all her videos. "She’s one of the best doctors in Pittsburgh," she insists to Dr. Langdon. (As a "Dr. J" fan, I have to agree.) But clearly, this is a judgment formed not through bedside manner or actual outcomes, but through an algorithmically curated sense of familiarity. Javadi explains the fix with her newfound sense of calm authority: mineral oil on the eye for 20 minutes, and trimming the lashes halfway down to reduce the amount of glue.

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It’s been genuinely satisfying to watch Dr. Javadi, introduced in Season 1 as a brilliant but timid medical wunderkind, come into her own in Season 2. She’s more confident with patients, more secure in her reasoning, and more willing to trust herself. At the same time, her arc feels instantly recognizable: She's the TikTok doctor. You've probably seen one on your FYP.

The irony is that TikTok is both the ecosystem that enables dangerous misinformation and the one increasingly tasked with undoing it. From viral DIY beauty advice to unverified wellness claims, the platform accelerates trends far faster than traditional medical institutions can respond. At the same time, it's where board-certified physicians attempt damage control, stitching context back onto content after something has already gone wrong.

For doctors like Javadi, TikTok offers real advantages. The platform allows physicians to translate dense medical information into something accessible, funny, and human, whether they're debunking flu misinformation, poking holes in diet myths, or explaining why certain shortcuts are risky. According to a 2024 survey, more than half of Gen Z respondents said they use TikTok for health advice.

As younger audiences increasingly turn to social media for information, TikTok has become a kind of informal triage space, especially for users who may not yet have consistent access to traditional care.

That visibility also builds trust. Doctors who joke, embrace the latest TikTok trend, or admit their exhaustion after long shifts can feel more approachable than the distant authority figures patients encounter during rushed clinical visits. TikTok doesn't just disseminate information; it softens medicine's image, making it feel navigable rather than intimidating.

But The Pitt is careful not to present Javadi's online presence as an unqualified good. It's introduced as a brief side plot, mostly played for laughs, but it carries real-world implications. Short-form video rewards simplicity, not nuance. When credibility is measured in engagement metrics, expertise risks being flattened into vibes. Dr. Javadi's treatment plan is identical to Dr. Langdon's, yet she’s the one Willow trusts thanks to the familiarity built on TikTok.

How The Pitt explores the ER in the age of influence

That ambivalence mirrors how the show has approached another emerging tech force this season: artificial intelligence. Like TikTok, AI is framed neither as a miracle cure nor a looming villain, but as a tool whose usefulness depends entirely on how, and by whom, it's used. In both cases, The Pitt resists easy tech optimism, instead asking what gets lost when care is mediated by apps.

Where Willow's case shows how online familiarity can translate into trust, another storyline in the episode reveals how the instinct to document can override self-preservation.

A parkour content creator is brought into the ER after falling 10 feet through glass, and his partner is still thinking like an influencer even as her friend lies injured. The footage, she insists, is essential. "He's my creative partner," she says, filming in the ER because they have to get a video up that same day. "I have his written consent to film everything." (Dr. Robby promptly kicks her out of the room.) Even here, the habits of being online persist, bleeding into spaces where survival is supposed to be the priority.

Filming content in the ER is not prohibited. Credit: HBO Max

By pairing Javadi's TikTok reveal with cases born of viral logic, beauty hacks gone wrong, and bodies treated as content, alongside storylines about algorithmic time-saving measures, The Pitt does not just depict the rise of doctor influencers or medical automation. It interrogates the conditions that made them necessary. In a healthcare system that many experience as inaccessible, opaque, or dismissive, apps like TikTok have become unofficial intermediaries.

In The Pitt, medicine doesn't clock out when the shift ends. It keeps scrolling, following Dr. J from exam rooms to comment sections.

Even Apple is feeling the effects of the ongoing memory shortage in the tech world, and some analysts say the base model iPhone 18 could be a casualty.

According to a new report from Nikkei Asia, a prominent Asian business publication, Apple is changing up its iPhone release strategy for 2026. While we usually get three new iPhones (a base model, a Pro model, and a Pro Max model) in September of each year, it sounds like Apple is eschewing that and only releasing its premium models this year. That means we could get the two Pro models and the new, heavily rumored iPhone Fold in 2026, with the base model iPhone 18 waiting until early 2027.

If true, that would be a huge change to the usual iPhone release schedule.

SEE ALSO: Apple sells record number of iPhones on 'simply staggering' demand

Well-known Apple analyst and prognosticator Ming-Chi Kuo predicted the same thing a few weeks ago. The idea here, apparently, is to optimize whatever manufacturing resources Apple has available to it amidst the AI-driven RAM shortage affecting basically every tech hardware company right now. Apple would instead focus on its premium models that might drive higher demand than the base model iPhone 18.

With the more complex iPhone Fold added to the mix, analysts say it might just not be feasible for Apple to mass-produce all four new models for release this year, and the base model iPhone 18 is the odd one out.

Again, if this is true, it would mark a pretty big shift for Apple. The foldable iPhone will be the first truly new iPhone form factor in years (unless you want to count the ultra-thin iPhone Air), and evidently Apple cares about it so much that the regular iPhone 18 will have to sit on the bench for a few months.

The fact that we have 3D printers in our homes is already something that would blow my teenage sci-fi loving mind, but now you can buy systems that not only print in 3D, but can do laser cutting, engraving, and even milling. On paper, this sounds like the perfect solution for small home workshops, or anyone who wants to tinker.

A new lawsuit claims that Meta's WhatsApp — the popular messaging platform — has made misleading privacy claims about the app.

The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco alleges that Meta can "store, analyze, and access virtually all of WhatsApp users' purportedly 'private' communications," which the lawsuit claims defrauds WhatsApp's users, according to a Bloomberg report.

One of WhatsApp's key selling points is end-to-end encryption — a feature Meta says is turned on by default — that allows only the sender and recipient to access messages. Meta denied the allegations in the lawsuit.

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"Any claim that people's WhatsApp messages are not encrypted is categorically false and absurd," spokesperson Andy Stone told Bloomberg. "WhatsApp has been end-to-end encrypted using the Signal protocol for a decade. This lawsuit is a frivolous work of fiction."

The lawsuit was reportedly filed by international plaintiffs from Australia, Brazil, India, Mexico, and South Africa who claimed that whistleblowers have come forward with information showing that Meta workers can access users' communications.

WhatsApp is not the only encrypted messaging platform in the news recently. FBI Director Kash Patel said this week he opened an investigation into Signal chats that Minneapolis activists used to communicate about ICE's movements in the city. Signal is perhaps the most commonly used messaging platform for users concerned about privacy. So the news, naturally, led to jokes and memes about where chats would migrate — places like AIM or comments sections.

SAVE $130: As of Jan. 30, the Sonos Beam Gen 2 soundbar is on sale for $369 at Amazon. That's 26% off its list price of $499 and $20 away from its best-ever price.

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A booming soundbar is the ticket to an epic home theater setup. So if you've already upgraded your TV and need to enhance the sound to match, you won't want to miss this deal on one of our favorites from Sonos.

As of Jan. 30, the Sonos Beam Gen 2 soundbar is down to just $369 at Amazon. It's usually $499, so that's 26% or $130 in savings. While that's not quite the lowest price on record — that title goes to its $349 Black Friday deal — it's pretty darn close.

The second-generation Sonos soundbar takes all the things we loved about the first generation Beam to the next level. When Mashable tech reporter Raymond Wong tested the OG soundbar, he said it "hits the sweet spot on price, design, sound quality, and features." The newer version features a better processor, a new grill, and Dolby Atmos compatibility to its already immersive sound, impressive clarity, and voice assistant support. It works double duty as a Bluetooth speaker when you're not watching your favorite movies, shows, and sports. Even if they TV is turned off, it can stream music, podcasts, and audiobooks from all your favorite services.

Setup is simple and if you already have other Sonos smart home products, the Beam syncs with them like a dream. While it's not as impressive as the Sonos Arc Ultra — our absolute favorite — it's a worthy alternative that costs a whole lot less.

After Bitcoin's price plunge yesterday, many investors are wondering how the digital asset is faring on Friday

Bitcoin, as well as other alternative cryptocurrencies, experienced sharp price declines on Thursday and have yet to bounce back just one day later. Bitcoin fell to the lower $84,00 range yesterday and continued to slip into the early morning hours, hitting as low as $81,600.

As of the publication of this piece, Bitcoin is sitting within the $83,000 range, but overall it's down 1.5 percent for the day so far. The last time Bitcoin traded at these prices was in April of last year.

Analysts say that around $1.68 billion in crypto assets were liquidated in the sell-off yesterday, with roughly 93 percent of that being from long positions, or investors who had held on to the asset with the belief that the price would rise further. 

Investors are also monitoring President Donald Trump's pick to head up the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, as the replacement for Jerome Powell, with whom Trump often butts heads.

Some crypto analysts believe that Bitcoin is currently "undervalued" and that the downturn on the market is close to its end. However, accurately predicting future crypto prices is an extremely difficult task, as it's a highly volatile market. Crypto markets often mirror how other assets like gold and the stock market perform.

NASA's next moon mission is getting close enough that engineers are about to rehearse the final steps, but the space agency still can't circle a launch date on the calendar for Artemis II.

Teams will have to first run a crucial fueling test soon, loading the Space Launch System rocket with its super-cold propellants and practicing a launch-day countdown. Meanwhile, the Artemis II crew — Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, and Jeremy Hansen — have already entered quarantine in Houston ahead of the prospective launch. 

Artemis II is the first crewed spaceflight in NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to send astronauts back to the lunar surface and eventually push on toward Mars. But this 10-day mission won’t actually touch down on the moon. Instead, the crew will whiz past it, potentially flying farther from Earth than any humans before them, testing the Orion spaceship's life support, navigation, and communications systems in deep space. The results will shape how NASA flies later missions, including Artemis III, expected to be the first lunar landing of the program.

UPDATE: Jan. 30, 2026, 11:11 a.m. EST Due to weather conditions in Florida, NASA has pushed the pivotal wet dress rehearsal for the rocket back to 9 p.m. ET Feb. 2, which pushes the earliest possible launch opportunity to Feb. 8. This story has been updated.

With so much riding on the mission, NASA leaders stress they will "fly when we’re ready," not just when weather permits. Read on for Mashable's breakdown of what still has to happen on the ground, when the launch windows open, and how to watch Artemis II when it finally leaves Earth.

SEE ALSO: Artemis 2 crew could be the first to ever lay eyes on these lunar areas The Artemis II crew — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, along with their two astronaut alternates — look like ants, watching the enormous mobile launcher, Space Launch System rocket, and Orion spaceship rolling out to the 39B launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Jan. 17, 2026. Credit: NASA / Joel Kowsky When will Artemis 2 launch?

NASA hasn’t set an exact launch date for Artemis II. First, teams will run a full fueling test, called a wet dress rehearsal, at the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The team wants to conduct that test as early as 9 p.m. ET Feb. 2. After reviewing the data on how the rocket and ground systems performed, mission management will determine if any February launch opportunities are still realistic.

"With a wet dress that is without significant issues, if everything goes to plan, then certainly there are opportunities within February that could be achievable," said launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson. 

But if indeed more work is needed, Artemis II could postpone the flight. NASA has released the launch windows possible in February, March, and April. If the team needs even more time to prepare, short launch windows are available in most of the following months, despite those dates not being released.

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The Artemis II mission will take four astronauts on a 10-day voyage around the moon. Credit: NASA infographic When are the launch windows for Artemis 2?

A launch window is the span of time when a rocket can lift off and still reach its planned target in space. And it's not just at any random time of day. For missions like Artemis II, the rocket has to launch when the geometry and mission rules align. 

That means: 

• the Earth’s rotation lines up the launchpad with the planned path to orbit;

• the moon is in the right place so the spacecraft can reach it with its fuel reserves;

• the lighting conditions, communications coverage, and safety rules for the airspace and sea space around the launch site are met. 

For Artemis II, the launch windows NASA has made public are Feb. 6 through 8 and Feb. 10 through 11; March 6 through 9 and March 11; and April 1, April 3 through 6, and April 30. Due to the timing of the wet dress rehearsal because of weather conditions in Florida, NASA has already announced that Feb. 6 and 7 aren't possible.

Those dates each have different opening times, though all are two hours long, with the exception of March 11's window being one hour and 55 minutes long. 

• Feb. 8 begins at 11:20 p.m. ET

• Feb. 10 begins at 12:06 a.m. ET

• Feb. 11 begins at 1:05 a.m. ET

• March 6 begins at 8:29 p.m. ET

• March 7 begins at 8:57 p.m. ET  

• March 8 begins at 10:56 p.m. ET 

• March 9 begins at 11:52 p.m. ET  

• March 11 begins at 12:48 a.m. ET 

• April 1 begins at 6:24 p.m. ET

• April 3 begins at 8 p.m. ET

• April 4 begins at 8:53 p.m. ET

• April 5 begins at 9:40 p.m. ET

• April 6 begins at 10:36 p.m. ET 

• April 30 begins at 6:06 p.m. ET 

The Artemis II astronauts entered quarantine on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, in Houston ahead of their mission's upcoming launch. Credit: Joe Raedle / Getty Images How to watch Artemis 2 launch livestream

Even without knowing the launch details, viewers at home can rest assured that NASA will broadcast all major Artemis II events, including the fueling test and briefings. 

People will be able to watch those livestreams in a handful of places online: NASA's YouTube channel; NASA+, the space agency's own free on-demand streaming service; NASA's Facebook page; and NASA's profile on X.com. Other third-party streaming services, such as Apple TV, Netflix, and Hulu, may have ways to watch as well, and those details will become available when the launch date approaches.

Still anxious you'll miss it? No worries. NASA has had a livestream of the mega moon rocket at launchpad 39B since its Jan. 17 rollout from the hangar, the sky-scraping Vehicle Assembly Building. You can see it below. The 322-foot behemoth is still placidly sitting on Earth, awaiting its next historic steps to launch. 

SAVE $34.90: As of Jan. 30, get the Dewalt 20V MAX Power Tool Combo Kit for $314.10, down from its usual price of $349. That's a discount of 10%.

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If you're still looking for a reason to get up off the couch and get to work on your DIY projects, we've got one right here. New year, new you? How about new year, new "tackle your to-do list"? Dive into your home projects and more with this discounted Dewalt tool set, which you can use for your own means or give as a great gift to the handyperson in your life.

As of Jan. 30, get the Dewalt 20V MAX Power Tool Combo Kit for $314.10, down from its usual price of $349. That's $34.90 off and a discount of 10%.

SEE ALSO: Tackle all your home DIY projects with $80 off the Dewalt 20V MAX Cordless Drill Driver Set

This tool set comes with the DCD771 Drill/Driver, the DCD771 Cordless Drill/Driver, the DCS381 Cordless Reciprocating Saw, and the DCS393 Cordless Circular Saw. In addition, it comes with the DCL040 LED Work Light so you can actually see what you're doing in darker areas or tighter spaces. Beyond that, it comes with a battery, charger, and a bag to keep it all in so you know exactly where your tools are when you need them.

This is an all-in-one kit that's perfect for tackling a number of different DIY jobs around the house, the yard, or even your vehicle depending on what needs to be done. The reciprocating saw's blade-changng system is simple to use without the need for an Allen wrench, and the drill has multiple torque settings to keep you from stripping screws. Each tool has a lengthy battery life, is light and compact, and quiet when in operation. Plus, they all have built-in lights in addition to the work light.

Get this kit and save on both tools bought separately as well as the work you'll get done with it. It's time to flex those DIY skills.

The popular eBook reader and manager app Calibre just got a big update. Calibre 9.0 is now rolling out with a new bookshelf view, more editing options, and much more.

I self-host almost every service I use in my homelab. If I can self-host it, chances are, I do—except for passwords. I refuse to self-host my password manager, and find that a hosted password manager gives me the peace of mind I need for my digital life.

GET $5 OFF: Amazon is offering $5 off a Grubhub order of $15 or more when you link your Prime and Grubhub accounts.

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Amazon Prime comes with a ton of perks: Free same-day delivery, streaming deals (including access to Amazon Music Unlimited), fuel savings, prescription savings, and so much more. If you're not a member yet, you should definitely do a little math to see if the benefits could work for you.

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Did you know that Amazon Prime members also get free access to Grubhub+ for the duration of their account? So, if you have a Prime account, you also have a Grubhub+ account, which gets you $0 delivery fees, lower service fees, and exclusive savings. According to Amazon, this little perk can save you around $336 per year.

And if you haven't linked your accounts yet, now's the time to do it. Through June 30, Amazon is offering $5 off a Grubhub order of $15 or more when you link your Prime and Grubhub accounts. You just need to use the promo code FIRSTORDER at checkout.

It’s a solid excuse to order lunch, but the real value is the ongoing perk. Once linked, you keep that Grubhub+ membership for free as long as you have Prime — and don't worry, the fine print says it won't automatically convert into a paid plan later. That membership unlocks $0 delivery fees on eligible orders over $12, lower service fees, and 5% credit back on pickup orders (just keep in mind those credits expire after 90 days).

The developers behind several Linux distributions and software that target gamers as their primary users have announced the creation of a coordinated development mission they're calling the Open Gaming Collective. The collective's aim is to unify efforts to avoid duplicating each other's work and to generally strengthen the Linux gaming ecosystem.

Travelers who are concerned about their network connectivity often think that they need a dedicated travel router, but in reality, an old Android phone can do the same job—and sometimes even better. Before spending money on extra hardware, you should consider putting your old phone to work as a portable hotspot instead.