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when you’re trying to stay focused on something, there’s no shortage of distractions on your phone, through your web browser, or out the window. And with attention spans crumbling in the TikTok era, we now have an entire category of apps dedicated to helping you stick to what you’re supposed to be doing.These apps all work more or less in the same way, giving you a straightforward method of tracking how long you’re spending on a task, and offering some sort of incentive to keep going for the allotted amount of time. Sometimes you get a few extra features as…

Welcome to our latest roundup of what’s going on in the indie game space. If you’re looking for something new to play this weekend, we’ve got a bunch of options for you. We’ve also got some interesting upcoming games to tell you about as well.In a press release announcing that Playdate Season 3 is coming later this year, Panic included a line that I’ve been thinking about a lot this week. “Panic is currently relieved and happy that people can make amazing games for Playdate with just 16 megabytes of RAM,” it said, a nod toward the ongoing RAM crisis.The…

We celebrated Earth Day this week, and the science news was filled with troubling implications for the pale blue dot we call home.Topping the list was a new study that suggests the collapse of a vital Atlantic Ocean current is much closer than we thought. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation recycles vast quantities of carbon and keeps Western Europe and the U.S. East Coast warm. Yet many studies suggest the current’s collapse is imminent, and the new research used fresh data and a novel analysis to find that we could be underestimating just how close the threat is. One team…

A Galaxy S26 Ultra owner has run into a camera issue just days after buying the phone, and what followed sounds more confusing than it should be. The problem showed up in a post on Samsung’s community forum. According to the user, the camera system doesn’t seem to work properly. Opening the camera app triggers a warning about some features not working, and when trying to switch lenses, it simply says the “lens cannot be used”. For a phone at this price, that’s obviously not a great start. Naturally, the user took it to a service center. Twice. Both times,…

As researchers and practitioners debate the impact that new AI models will have on cybersecurity, Mozilla said on Tuesday it used early access to Anthropic’s Mythos Preview to find and fix 271 vulnerabilities in its new Firefox 150 browser release. Meanwhile, researchers identified a group of moderately successful North Korean hackers using AI for everything from vibe coding malware to creating fake company websites—stealing up to $12 million in three months.Researchers have finally cracked disruptive malware known as Fast16 that predates Stuxnet and may have been used to target Iran’s nuclear program. It was created in 2005 and was likely…

Although Final Fantasy XIV’s time on the PlayStation 4 might soon be coming to an end, the critically acclaimed MMO RPG will soon show up on a new console: the Nintendo Switch 2. But while the prospect of grinding through raids and dungeons from the comfort of your own bed is certainly enticing, it turns out that this port comes with a strange caveat.Shortly after Square Enix CEO Takashi Kiryu announced Final Fantasy XIV would be coming to Switch 2 during the game’s North American Fan Festival, Kiryu launched into an explanation of how subscriptions will work on the console.…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The sun is an incomprehensibly gigantic, constantly roiling nuclear furnace—but some days are even busier than others. Based on data collected by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, our solar system’s central star recently fired off not one, but two impressive X-class flares within hours of each other. The sun emitted an initial X2.4 solar flare at 9:07 p.m. EDT on April 23, followed by an X2.5 sibling of extremely hot, charged energy at 4:13 a.m. EDT the next morning. But while the X-class designation signifies…

OPPO has scheduled a major launch event for April 21, where it will introduce the Find X9 Ultra and Find X9s Pro in China. At the same time, the company is preparing global markets for the Find X9 Ultra and the Find X9s, with the Ultra model confirmed to debut internationally as well. The Find X9s is expected to launch globally on the same day as the Ultra. While OPPO has not officially confirmed the exact date for the global rollout, the event microsite and earlier announcements point to April 21. The company had already confirmed the India launch of…

Is truth determined by the size of the audience it reaches?If so, Michael—a new film about the pop singer Michael Jackson that is on track to have the biggest-ever opening for a music biopic, with projected earnings of $70 million at the US box office, despite critics saying it sanitizes the reality of who Jackson actually was—intends to supplant the King of Pop as the apotheosis of artistic virtue.The film’s release has sparked a familiar but newly intensified civil war online, between those eager to reclaim the music and myth of Jackson, and those who see any celebration of him…

Splatoon Raiders (Physical Edition) $60 | Releases July 23 Preorder at Amazon Preorder at Best Buy Preorder at GameStop Splatoon Raiders (Digital Code) $50 | Releases July 23 Preorder at Amazon Preorder at Best Buy Preorder at GameStop It’s been nearly four years since Nintendo launched Splatoon 3, but fans of the series finally have a new game to look forward to–Splatoon Raiders is confirmed for a July 23 release. The Switch 2 exclusive is quite different from its predecessors, as it’s a single-player focused experience that sees you battling hordes of Salmonids as you search the mysterious Spirhalite Islands…