[ad_1] According to research from the Education Data Initiative, the average college student spent between $628 and $1,471 on textbooks and supplies during the 2021-2022 academic year. While spending on course material has declined by nearly 50% over the last decade—mainly thanks to the proliferation of ebooks—it’s still a big chunk of money for most … Read more
[ad_1] Image: Ereflect Wordela Vocabulary Mastery is an app that can teach you a ton of new words in 10 minutes a day, and it’s on sale for $39.99 right now (reg. $324). The app covers rare words across a range of categories, from business vocabulary for adults, to K-12 lists for younger learners practicing for … Read more
[ad_1] Kaiju stories often live and die not just on the monster itself, but whoever’s fighting against (or with) it. Whether it’s the military, other monsters, or giant robots, part of the fun can be seeing what’s able to go blow-for-blow with a massive beast that shoots fire out of its eyes or some such. … Read more
[ad_1] Unless your home’s water supply has been cut off—and you have to resort to “flushing” toilets by pouring large buckets of water into the bowl—you may not think about all water you’re using every time you flush. How much water are we talking about? If your toilet was manufactured before 1980, you’re probably using … Read more
[ad_1] Ilya Shkipin drew/generated the giant on the far left. Image: Wizards of the Coast One of the artists working on Dungeons & Dragons’ newest book—Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants!, has stated that they used AI to help generate “certain details or polish and editing” in a recent post on X, on the site … Read more
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[ad_1] Image: Gen Con Gen Con 2023 is in full swing, but the day before the festivities started, a heist occurred on the show floor. Creating Dracula for The Last Voyage of the Demeter Per Indianapolis’ WRTV, the tabletop game convention had over $300,000 worth of cards stolen from the show floor. Dicebreaker reported that … Read more
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[ad_1] Often, third-party apps exist to fill in gaps left by developers. After all, Apple and Google make a lot of apps, and need to balance both the feature sets of those apps with their ability to be used by the general public. So you end up with good apps that are easy to pick … Read more