July 2025

Over the decades, astronomers have faced the increasingly tough problem of satellites appearing in their view of the universe. The rapid growth of Starlink, SpaceX’s web-from-space system, isn’t just impacting countless pictures using visible light but also those in other parts of the spectrum. A recent study of 76 million images shows that the satellites…

I feel a little bad for Monster Hunter Wilds, a game I spent a very enjoyable 60-odd hours in, which is nonetheless currently tanking a severe “Overwhelmingly Negative” recent review rating on Steam. The problems are twofold: Firstly, the game hasn’t quite hit the same gameplay loop as past games, trading out (from what I’ve…

The thicket of flower petals, dandelion tufts, and grass seeds in Grounded 2 can be a pain to sift through, but fortunately, thistle needles aren’t too hard to spot once you know what to look for. They’re handy materials to hoard too, as I’d easily blow through stacks of thistle needles while crafting arrows and…

I accepted long ago that I have what can be generously described as ‘a face for radio.’ We can’t all be supermodels, so I focussed on building other skills. However, that doesn’t mean I think a career in modelling is a cake walk, or that models aren’t also hard-working creatives like me. As such, with…

While exploring Grounded 2‘s Brookhollow Park, you’ll find various locations, such as caves, that are blocked by cracked rocks. The treasure hunter in all of us naturally wants to know what’s hiding inside, but you can’t break cracked rocks without a very specific tool: explosives. I found one such cave on the western edge of…

Just a few days ago, GPD announced it would need to strip the battery out of its upcoming device to fit AMD’s beefy Strix Halo chip, and now Ayaneo says it can do so while keeping a “built-in high-capacity battery”. That’s a big claim, and one I’m quite excited for. As announced on the Ayaneo…