Author: James
No other car manufacturer is as committed to road safety as Volvo. Credit: Volvo Cars No other car manufacturer is as committed to road safety as Volvo. Credit: Volvo Cars structure Seat belts basically consist of a retractor mechanism, buckle assembly, webbing material, and pretensioner device. The pretensioner is responsible for tightening the seatbelt webbing in the event of a collision. This reduces the forward movement of the occupant before the airbag deploys at speeds of up to 200 mph (321 km/h). All of these parts remain the same in Volvo’s latest seat belt version. What’s different is the tiny…
When Apple ends support for older iPhones and iPads with the latest versions of iOS or iPadOS, that’s usually not the end of the world. Apple will continue to release new security-only patches for these devices over the next year or two, keeping the hardware usable while it’s still fully functional. Once these updates dry up, Apple rarely revisits older operating systems, but the company sometimes makes exceptions. That was the case yesterday, when the company released a series of updates to its long-deprecated iOS and iPadOS versions. These versions haven’t had new patches for months or years. These updates…
Critical Role Campaign 4 has arrived at a new table: the Seeker. Starring Matthew Mercer as Julian Davinos, Abria Iyengar as Tayshia Roy, Alexander Ward as Octis Taconis, Ashley Johnson as Varus, and Brennan Lee Mulligan as Dungeon Master, the party explores new areas of the world of Araman. Arriving in the city of Liesinggurtre with Aranessa Reuss, a Julian woman and one of the few survivors of the Reuss and Davinus massacre, it was only a matter of time before they found themselves seeking answers from the city’s lord, Otto Einfersen. But unlike the Soldier’s Table, which found solace…
Video game development is a race against time. Studios are racing against deadlines, rushing to hit milestones and complete features in order to stay on time (and on budget) for their next game’s release date. Sometimes staff lose the fight and delays become unavoidable. It’s not necessarily a sign of defeat. For Mio: Memories in Orbit developer Douze Dixièmes, it was practically divine intervention. “To be honest, we’re a little late,” Douze Dixièmes co-founder Sarah Hourcade told Polygon in a video interview ahead of Mio’s January 20 launch. “This is the second release date we have discussed with the publisher.…
Originally released in July 2021, Death’s Door is an isometric action-adventure game that proudly wears its Legend of Zelda influences. You play as a voiceless little man, actually a crow, on an adventure wielding a sword and bow to save the land from an evil threat. But Death’s Door combines the atmosphere of Soulsborne with challenging combat, dark humor, an appealing art style and complementary music to make it a complex and engaging experience. After four full years, Xbox Game Pass will be shutting down at the end of January. That means you only have a few days to play…
The Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 update added a number of new items, most notably the construction of cat cafes, which sparked an incredibly adorable design trend among players. At the center of everything is a stuffed cat, which comes in a variety of color swatches, including an orange tabby and a calico cat, giving players a variety of cats to play with (an anthropomorphic cat may even live in your town). A stuffed cat is one of the items included in the new dockside hotel. Once you complete the four hotel rooms, the stuffed cat will be available for…
Now that the Bravado has officially docked, we finally have answers. Nathan is the boss, Gale is the mother, and Joe… is still the “shit guy.” Photo: Bravo When we embarked on Bravado, the main question driving the season was whether Nathan could put together a game as the boss. And “Who’s Pregnant?” Other questions about the stability of the deck team piled up like Jenga blocks as the season began. Will Tess and Christian try hard enough to keep their jobs? (No.) Who will take their place when they leave? (V and Joe, with disastrous results.) Will Nathan be…
Sureshot joins Hasbro’s Transformers Age of the Primes as a deluxe figure, a modern update of the vintage 1987 release. He comes in colors that are true to the classic 1980s toy, compared to the slightly darker tones seen in the Transformers Generation One cartoon. Sureshot includes the Targetmaser Spoilsport, which transforms from a double barrel blaster to a robot in two stages. Thank you to Entertainment Earth for sending me the Hasbro Transformers: Age of the Prime Deluxe Class Targetmaster Sureshot figure for review. Entertainment Earth offers free shipping on orders over $79 including the one-time coupon code EARTH10.…
Tony Award-nominated animation legend Roger Allers, best known for co-directing Disney’s 1994 animated hit The Lion King and co-writing the hit Broadway musical, passed away last Saturday (January 17, 2026) at his home in Santa Monica, California. He was 76 years old. The exact cause of death has not yet been determined. He is survived by his husband, Genaro Pereira, and two children, actress and director Leah Allers and son Aidan Allers. Allers played a key role in defining the Disney animation renaissance of the ’80s and ’90s with his directorial, story and creative contributions to films such as The…
New York City has been inundated with emergency warnings in recent days as it prepares for the worst snowstorm in years. As a result, my newsfeed has been dominated by cold-weather tips, soup recipes, puffer coats, and shovel recommendations. Perhaps that’s why I and other viewers had almost no idea that this week’s episode would serve as an effective season finale for Potomac, and that next week’s episode would be entirely dedicated to Karen’s return. Did anyone here know this? I was certainly surprised when I saw a lame end-of-season recap shot scroll by while the women were commiserating outside…