Maximize 56K Dial-Up Internet YouTube
In an age where high-speed internet is as common as water, it’s easy to forget the days when connecting to the internet meant listening to your modem wail like a digital banshee. Dial-up internet, with its slow speeds, seems like a relic of the past. But a group of makers at The Serial Port decided to recreate this old nightmare to…watch a YouTube video via dial-up. Yes, YouTube, the bandwidth-hungry behemoth, is using a connection that can barely load a single webpage.

Red Bull Brazil Sandro Dias Skateboard World's Biggest Skate Ramp
Photo credit: Fabio Piva / Marcelo Maragni | Red Bull Content Pool
On September 25, Sandro Dias stood on top of a 22 story government building in Porto Alegre, Brazil, looking down a ramp that would make even the most fearless skater hesitate. At 50 years old, the Brazilian skateboarding legend was still attempting to make history. Dias turned an urban legend into reality with the Red Bull Building Drop, breaking two Guinness World Records: the highest drop into a quarter pipe and the fastest speed ever recorded.

Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War IV In-Game Trailer
In the far future, there is only war—and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV is coming to throw you back into the fray. The first in-engine trailer for this long awaited real-time strategy (RTS) sequel dropped this past weekend and has set the internet ablaze, promising to go back to the series’ roots while delivering the kind of bloody spectacle only Warhammer 40,000 can.

Sony PS5 Slim Update Europe CFI-210
Sony has a habit of quietly adding new hardware to its lineup and the new PS5 Slim, which is now in European stores, is no exception. This one, model number CFI-210, cuts the fat in ways that show a company fine tuning the recipe in the face of rising costs. When you open one of these up you’ll notice the difference straight away: the storage inside clocks in at 825GB, down from the full terabyte of the previous Slim models.