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NASA and its European counterpart, ESA, are preparing for a spacewalk that will take place on Wednesday, June 16. Here's how you can watch it live online.

Could your family get up to $3,600 total for each child between 2021 and 2022? We'll explain how and when you'll receive child tax credit payments.

At E3 this year, Studio Fizbin has announced a release date for 'Minute of Islands'. It's available on PC, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch right now.

Today's PC gaming show had a ton of games to sort through, so here are some of the choice picks from its long list of titles.

We're halfway through E3 and have plenty of trailers to show for it.

The Gang or a subset did a Clubhouse, longer than a regular show by a good third. The audio only structure lacked the visual cues that distinguish between irony and bad manners, but otherwise it felt familiar if not comfortable. I can’t remember what we talked about, only that I seemed a little more emphatic […]

Are companies really going to repatriate their cloud workloads? Probably not. But it's clear enterprises are rethinking what workloads they keep on-premises. Edge computing, multicloud and hybrid cloud all complicate things.

Here's when and how to watch the impressive new Marvel series.

Black Panther is coming to Avengers during  summer 2021 as what sounds like the largest free update yet for the online RPG from Crystal Dynamics. There's also a new Life is Strange game incoming where you wield the psychic power of empathy and several exciting Final Fantasy reveals, including the news that the first six games in the series are getting remastered re-releases.

All of that is in addition to Square Enix's marquee reveal, our first-ever look at a standalone Guardians of the Galaxy game that, in a surprise twist, will be coming before the end of 2021. There's a generous amount of footage here kicking off the almost hour-long E3 presentation. Read more...

Here's how to make the most of Instagram's short video feature and build your presence on the platform.

A new Life Is Strange: True Colors trailer shows off the ways players can manipulate characters' emotions.

Apple was quietly subpoenaed for information on Trump's White House counsel, Don McGahn, and wasn't allowed to talk about it.

Surprise! Babylon's Fall is an online RPG.

Square Enix leaned on some of its most high profile series -- like Hitman and its Marvel titles.

Here's every announcement from Square Enix's E3 2021 showcase, including Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.

If you're 3D printing for the first time, simple mistakes can result in poor prints. Here's how to avoid those mistakes.

Square Enix unveiled marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy at E3 and it borrows several ideas from Mass Effect.

his time around, you play as 21-year-old Alex Chen, who’s moved to Haven Springs in Colorado to reunite with her brother Gabe. According to the new E3 trailer, Alex seems to be amazed by the life Gabe has made for himself, and the warm characters that live in this small mountain town. But this is LIS, and tragedy is usually only a few narrative beats away. Gabe mysteriously passes away, and True Colors focuses on Alex’s efforts to figure out what happened and what was responsible for Gabe’s death. Oh and she has some high-level empath talents that will help her on the way.

The Apple Watch has many strengths, but battery life isn't one of them. While Apple's smartwatches are rated for up to 18 hours of power (depending on usage), it's not the same as the days-long battery life offered by competitors.  

If you use the Apple Watch to track sleep and other daily metrics, receive notifications, and more, then you should also keep a close eye on battery life.

Here's how to check how much juice is left on your Apple Watch. 

Swipe up to the Control Center

To check battery life from the Apple Watch itself, swipe up on the display to access the Control Center. From there, you'll be able to see the battery percentage.  Read more...

The latest big release this week is In the Heights, out now.

It's a narrative, third-person, action-adventure title from the Deus Ex folks.

Automaker stopped accepting the cryptocurrency earlier this year.

Microsoft and Bethesda held a 90-minute joint showcase that revealed tons of Xbox games.

The tech giant showed off its highly anticipated upcoming games, including the next Halo title, a Disney partnership for Sea of Thieves and more. Also, there's a mini-fridge.

Season 2 of Flack, starring Anna Paquin, is out now.

Could your 2021 tax refund be held up or missing? You can use the online Where's My Refund tool to find out.

Psychonauts 2 got a new trailer and a release date at Microsoft's E3 show.

Redfall will pit players against swarms of vampires, arming them with special vampire-slaying weaponry and magical powers.

On June 10, I went back to the movies.

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jon M. Chu's In The Heights hit theaters and HBO Max on Friday, but finally seeing it confirmed what I suspected since the very first trailers debuted online:  For In The Heights, Hollywood went Bollywood.

I have waxed about Indian movie musicals at length on this website and others, but in recent years — especially since Aladdin — my frustration grew with Hollywood's failure to realize the same potential in its own live-action musicals. I've run into this in my own experience as a part-time dancer, creating videos with various other performers and companies. Performance is different for an audience than a camera, right down to singing live versus lip-sync. Video choreography is often more intense since dancers can rest in between takes and only perform small sections at a time. Read more...

Arkane and Bethesda have unveiled 'Redfall,' an open-world vampire shooter for Xbox Series X and PC due in 2022.

Avalanche Studios, the team behind the Just Cause series, is working on Contraband, a new co-op open-world game.

Microsoft will release Forza Horizon 5, the next-entry its long-running open world racing series, on November 9th.

Xbox Game Pass is getting a ton of new games, including Yakuza: Like a Dragon, which is available today.

Worth it to watch the trailer alone.

On Saturday, we got our first look at Contraband, the next game from Just Cause series developer Avalanche Studios.

Today's trailer for Starfield revealed very few details, save for a release date and the fact that players will fill the boots of a spacefaring explorer.