Diamonds are essential to Minecraft’s Survival Mode, for if players want to amass a collection of the best tools and armor, they are going to need these shimmering blue jewels to craft them. However, finding Diamonds isn’t going to be the easiest thing to locate on the surface or simply through exploring the vast cave networks, but there is a way to bring home stacks of this bounty.

Bad news for everyone hoping to see skins from League of Legends television adaptation Arcane return to Fortnite: You’re going to be waiting a long time, if not forever. “We’ve had a lot of conversations with Epic about what might be possible,” League of Legends co-creator and Riot Games co-chairman Marc Merrill said on X (formerly Twitter) on April 17, responding to what’s apparently been frequent questions about the collaboration. “They’ve been great partners, but we haven’t been able to find the right fit to bring the Arcane skins back and it unfortunately won’t be happening in the foreseeable future.” As an update to all of the players that have been pinging us on the Arcane skin status, I wanted to circle back with you all.Rewinding back to 2021, when we first teamed up with Epic to bring Jinx and Vi to Fortnite, it was a new kind of crossover for us and we hope it helped…— Tryndamere (@MarcMerrill) April 17, 2025 Fortnite skins based on Jinx and Vi’s appearances in Arcane were first added to the game during Chapter 2: Season 8, coinciding with the show’s late 2021 debut on Netflix. As with all of Fortnite’s cosmetics, the Arcane items were rotated in and out of the in-game shop multiple times before disappearing for good in February 2022. Over the last few years, fans have often asked both Epic and Riot when they would return, supposedly prompting Merrill’s statement today. “When we first teamed up with Epic to bring Jinx and Vi to Fortnite, it was a new kind of crossover for us and we hope it helped make [the season one] launch feel truly special,“ Merrill said. ”We know there’s been a lot of love for these—and we really appreciate how much you all care and how much effort you’ve put into advocating for their return. If anything changes in the future, we’ll let you know ASAP!” Arcane’s second and final season aired in November 2024. Fortnite continues to consume every intellectual property under the sun.

Every home needs upkeep and maintenance. Sometimes it can feel like you get one problem fixed, only to face another one. That can lead to tunnel vision, focusing on the present because you feel like there’s no time to worry about the future.But the future is coming, and if you don’t want to inordinately trouble your future self, there are several small steps you can take to make Future You a little happier. Record your paintPainting is an easy way to upgrade your house. Choosing the right color and sheen can be a project in itself, but once you get there you’ll have a space you feel comfortable in.Right as you start your paint project, snap photos of the can’s mixing formula on the label, then drop those photos in a folder for your home projects. That label contains everything you’ll need to know in order to replicate the paint at a later date, saving your future self a lot of grief. Alternatively, you can peel the label off (or ask for a second one when you buy the paint), and stick it in a notebook.Hang onto spare materialsRe-tiling the shower? Re-siding the house? Laying down some vinyl plank flooring? Whenever you finish a project, always try to have some leftover materials—and hang onto them. If you need to tear up a portion of your work years later, having spares on hand for the patch work will make the job a lot easier. Tiles and flooring are discontinued all the time, and even if that particular style is still being manufactured in the future there are often color and grain inconsistencies between batches, so a box of tile bought five years after the initial project may not match perfectly. Ask contractorsWe hire skilled professionals to do home maintenance and renovation tasks we can’t handle ourselves. But that doesn’t mean you should nip off to the pub while the work gets done. Paying attention and asking a few questions will make your future a lot less stressful:Materials used. Get a breakdown of the specific materials used. Knowing exactly what kind of paint, tile, or flooring was used will make it easier to replace or repair it in the future—and as noted above, ask to keep the leftover material. After all, you paid for it.Installation. You aren’t a contractor and don’t aspire to do complex plumbing or electrical work—but knowing how things were installed will be incredibly helpful to your future self. Contractors are deep wells of information, and they can clue you in on hacks, tricks, and best practices that can help you keep systems and finishes looking good and working correctly.Record datesKeeping a house in shape can be a whirlwind of constant effort, and that makes it easy to forget when, exactly, things were done. But knowing how long ago something was installed, repaired, or replaced will serve your future self very well. Everything in your house has a lifespan and a recommended maintenance schedule, so knowing when your boiler or HVAC was installed, how old your roof is, or the last time your basement flooded will be valuable information.While you're at it, mark down the date when you change the batteries in your smoke alarms, thermostats, alarm systems, and anything else that your comfort and safety rely on. Then do the same when you change out the filters on your HVAC system, furnace, or water supply (and don’t forget to check your fire extinguisher). Label fastenersHomeowners have been dealing with growing supplies of loose screws, bolts, and Allen wrenches for most of the modern home-owning age. To keep from someday desperately sifting through incorrect screws and wrenches, label them today. Every time you put together furniture or install shelving, put any leftover fasteners into some kind of storage and label it clearly. When the time comes to disassemble or fix it, you’ll have everything you need.Save product manualsJust about everything you buy for your home will come with some sort of product manual (and these days you can download most of them pretty easily). You might be tempted to think you don’t need a product manual for simple appliances—you know how to operate a toaster, for example—but you should keep your product manuals, physically or digitally. These manuals will provide the basic information you’ll need to repair, replace, or troubleshoot your stuff, including a breakdown of the specific sizes of fasteners, wall anchors, and other parts you might need to replace someday. Plus, manuals contain a lot of other useful information, like weight limits or other tolerances. If you want to turn a bookshelf you assembled into storage for your dumbbells, for example, it will be great to be able to just look up the unit’s capacity.Keep visual recordsTake photos of things like air filters or unique light bulbs and leave them on your phone. Do this for any unique item that needs replacing from time to time. Now, the next time you need a fresh supply, you'll be able to look up exactly what’s needed.Map out circuitsYou won’t know frustration until you need to cut the power to an area of your house (like the air conditioning) and you can’t figure out which circuit it’s on. You wind up flipping breakers until you find the one, and then you have a solid 20 minutes of resetting clocks and preferences ahead of you.Instead, spend a half hour mapping your breaker panel, labeling each one neatly. Next time you have reason to cut the power to an appliance or a room, you’ll be able to do so with no drama or stress.Purchase extra keysAs a man who has been forced to break into his own house far too often, I can say that having some extra keys stashed in safe places around your neighborhood (or a few trusted folks with security codes if you have smart locks) will be deeply appreciated by your future self.Identify contractors in advanceThe worst time to look for a plumber, electrician, exterminator, or roofer is when you’re in the midst of an emergency. Start asking friends and neighbors for recommendations now, and start a master file of contact info and who recommended them (including the specific work they did, if you can). When you discover a newly formed lake in your basement one morning, you’ll be able to calmly make a call instead of trying to cram three months of research into three minutes.

The TV adaptation of the video game Twisted Metal is coming back for a second season on July 31. Just like the first season, this won’t be a weekly release. All of the episodes will be available on Peacock on that date. The first season was surprisingly decent, and occasionally hilarious. One thing we didn’t see in that batch of episodes, however, was the titular tournament. The show is rectifying that, as the second season looks to revolve entirely around the Twisted Metal demolition derby. Co-leads Anthony Mackie and Stephanie Beatriz are both returning. Will Arnett will also once again voice the killer clown Sweet Tooth. Anthony Carrigan, from the HBO show Barry, is on deck as the iconic derby host Calypso. The show’s creators include folks from Cobra Kai and the Deadpool film franchise. Like I said up top, the first season was surprisingly fun. It’s a fast-paced action-comedy set in a post-apocalyptic version of the US. It’s more goofy than grimdark, so think Fallout and not The Last of Us. Twisted Metal joins other modern TV adaptations of video games, like Knuckles, The Last of Us, Arcane and Castlevania: Nocturne. Video game adaptations have also been ruling the box office these past few years, with A Minecraft Movie and The Super Mario Bros. Movie both breaking records.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/tv-movies/twisted-metal-season-two-crashes-onto-peacock-on-july-31-182717907.html?src=rss

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If you’ve ever been to a Nashville honky-tonk, you’ve witnessed the chorus of cowboy boots, the thrumming acoustic guitars, the roadhouse neon, the Stetsons, the buoyant bourbon-and-barbecue-fueled energy. You probably wouldn’t describe this scene as simply “a bar.” And yet, if you’re blind or have low vision and happen to use a screen reader to read the alt text of a photo of a honky-tonk, that’s likely the description you would get: “This is an image of a bar.”  “The current [state of alt text] is pretty abysmal, just to be quite candid. It’s almost a bit ‘out of sight, out of mind,’ literally and figuratively,” says Josh Loebner, creative marketing agency VML’s global head of inclusive design, who also happens to be blind. “Images create another layer of depth to what narrative is on a website, regardless of what it is—but particularly for travel and tourism.” This led VML and the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development to launch Sound Sites—an initiative to replace the alt text on the state’s official tourism website with lyrical verse from one of Tennessee’s best natural resources: songwriters. Now, no longer is a photo of King’s Palace Cafe in Memphis “an image of a person playing guitar in a bar.” Rather, as songwriters David Tolliver and Billy Montana put it: There’s blues singing offthe strings of Lucille, Ringing down the black topand sidewalks of Beale, The soul of BB King ispresent and real, The songs seem to find youand know how you feel. Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn [Photo: courtesy Tennessee Department of Tourist Development] Tuning up Often, Loebner says, accessible design is regarded as a matter of “checking the box.” It’s treated as an afterthought that doesn’t involve any semblance of creativity. But alt text is competing with vivid sensorial power. When someone sees a photo, “in an instant, they not only distill the information, but in travel and tourism, it starts to put them in that place . . . them stepping into those mountains, walking a trail where they can have a beautiful scenic vista, or sitting in front of a stage hearing an artist play their favorite song,” he says.  It takes creativity to bring an image to life in the truncated space of descriptive text, which best practices place at around 125 characters. If there’s a group of people who excel at working in those tight borders, it’s songwriters. Loebner acknowledges that VML could have hired copywriters, but the state’s heritage of songwriters was too perfect an opportunity to pass up. “Our tagline for the state is “Sounds Perfect.” And if you think about it, if an image doesn’t have an alt text associated with it, it really doesn’t sound perfect to people who are blind or partially sighted,” Loebner says. “A songwriter, at their core, is about putting words together in very evocative, sublime ways that really nobody else can do.” [Photo: courtesy Tennessee Department of Tourist Development] Loebner says when VML brought the idea to Tennessee officials roughly six weeks ago, they loved it. So far they’ve worked with a dozen songwriters, including Kix Brooks of the musical duo Brooks & Dunn; the aforementioned David Tolliver (who has written for the likes of Tim McGraw, Wynonna Judd, and others) and Billy Montana (Garth Brooks, Sara Evans); and Hilary Williams (granddaughter of country music legend Hank Williams Sr.). VML paired them with people from the blind communities to collaborate, converse, and help get a sense of the challenges and barriers of generating image descriptions for alt text.  [Photo: courtesy Tennessee Department of Tourist Development] “Pun intended, it opened up the songwriters’ eyes to seeing how their verse could be used in quite a unique way that hadn’t been considered before,” Loebner says. Noodling around on their instruments, the songwriters have added lyrical alt text to several hundred images, with the hope of reaching a thousand as a benchmark. And while this all makes for a great PR/marketing story for VML and the state, it’s one that reaches far beyond the initial buzz. Loebner says the goal is to expand the scope of the project, continuing to recruit songwriters to create alt text for a variety of uses, from social campaigns to video ads and more.  Tennessee native Jana Jackson, a music artist and travel agent, appears in promotional materials for the Sound Sites initiative. [Photo: courtesy Tennessee Department of Tourist Development] AN ACCESSIBLE SOLUTION The project has been dubbed a first of its kind for the tourism industry. And that tracks: Loebner says accessible design is often regarded as an insurmountable mountain, where everything must be done in one fell swoop across the board. But he believes that any element of progress is progress. He adds that it’s also thought to be time-consuming and expensive, but as this project shows, it can be done quickly. “I can guarantee it will not break any bank of any travel or tourism department,” he says. Of course, weak image descriptions are an issue in most industries, and song lyrics obviously aren’t a universal panacea. Image descriptions at large just need to be more evocative about telling stories in a succinct way for the benefit of all—and Sound Sites serves as a powerful reminder that innovative solutions are needed for a potent problem. Loebner says 93% of all websites have at least one page that doesn’t include any descriptive text, and many others lack quality image descriptions, if they have them at all. Which can be utterly detrimental to not just planning a vacation—but major life decisions at large.  “Think about a young person who is considering college, and they’re blind and they want to know what college to go to. If that college doesn’t have accessible websites or immersive alt text, then that college may be passed over. Or think about different careers,” he says. “We all want to dream. And when there’s inaccessibility as a barrier, that could diminish dreams. We want to be able to open the aperture, to hopefully allow everybody, whether they’re blind or not, to be able to dream bigger.”

Whether you’re trekking through the woods or rushing between meetings, carrying a full toolbox rarely makes sense. Enter the compact 5-in-1 EDC multi-tool, a keychain-sized companion built to turn the ordinary keyring into a resourceful sidekick. It’s easy to overlook just how much adventure or utility can be packed into something that barely weighs down your pocket. The thrill of everyday preparedness finds its embodiment in this clever gadget. Designed for those who like their gear reliable and within reach, this pocket-sized tool brings peace of mind whether you’re hiking mountain trails or simply handling a stubborn package at home. It doesn’t just sit among your keys, it brings a spark of readiness to your daily routine. Designer: Gerber At the heart of this multi-tool is a magnetic driver that holds a double-sided bit. Switch between a ¼-inch flathead and a Phillips bit to tackle all sorts of screws, from wobbly cabinet doors to quick fixes out in the wild. No need to hunt for a screwdriver or rush home. The solution is right there on your keychain, ready to leap into action whenever you need it. For the tasks that demand a bit more muscle, the built-in prybar comes into play. Whether it’s lifting a stubborn lid, scraping old stickers, or even opening a paint can in a pinch, this feature saves the day with minimal fuss. The sturdy steel construction makes quick work of chores that would otherwise require bulkier tools. Daily life throws plenty of small challenges your way, like slicing through tough packaging tape or breaking into the mountain of mail that seems to arrive all at once. The dedicated package opener is sharp and precise, giving you access to your latest deliveries or mail without tearing up your hands or dulling your knives. It’s the tiny hero for stubborn boxes and envelopes. Of course, all that hard work deserves a reward, and this multi-tool doesn’t disappoint. The integrated bottle opener is always ready, a small but vital luxury for outdoor gatherings or fireside evenings with friends. With a flick of the wrist, you’re prepared to toast new adventures or celebrate simple victories, wherever the road takes you. Its travel-friendly design ensures this keychain multi-tool is welcome on your daily journeys. Lightweight and low-profile, it’s easy to forget you’re carrying it until the moment you need it most. For handymen, outdoor enthusiasts, and those who treasure everyday preparedness, this 5-in-1 tool is proof that big possibilities really do come in small packages. The post This 5-in-1 multi-tool is no larger than a keyfob first appeared on Yanko Design.

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