Apple announces iPadOS 18 with a built-in calculator and customizable homescreen

Image: Amazon Kiryu is getting a live-action makeover very soon. At Comic-Con today, Amazon revealed the first look at its upcoming adaptation of the Yakuza game series, with the show Like a Dragon: Yakuza (not to be confused with the game Yakuza: Like a Dragon). The streaming series will follow original Yakuza hero Kazuma Kiryu….

Connections is the latest New York Times word game that’s captured the public’s attention. The game is all about finding the “common threads between words.” And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we’ve served up some hints and tips to get you over the…

Oh hey there! If you’re here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we’re serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today’s answer. If you just want to be told today’s word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for July 25’s Wordle solution revealed. But if…

The 2024 Paris Olympics is making a historic bid among a long lineage of international games, from its Seine cleaning efforts and integration of AI, to the first time the competition has achieved gender parity among athletes. Its leaders are also making claims for international camaraderie amid global turmoil, including the continued barrage of Palestine…

A new government program is trying to encourage Internet service providers (ISPs) to offer lower rates for lower income customers by distributing federal funds through states. The only problem is the ISPs don’t want to offer the proposed rates. Ars Technica obtained a letter sent to US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo signed by more than 30…

The 2024 Olympics began with a star-studded, impressive opening ceremony in Paris. The event featured a totally new look, opting to feature the Seine River and stunning background of the city itself instead of the typical garish display inside a stadium. Being in Paris, we expected big-time artists and celebrities and it certainly delivered. Zinedine…

UPDATE: Jul. 26, 2024, 5:27 p.m. EDT Celine Dion, the iconic Canadian singer, finally made her highly anticipated appearance at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. Four hours of Olympic opening ceremony theatrics and viewers are wondering one thing: Where is Celine Dion?! SEE ALSO: Olympics opening ceremony shows 2024 really is the year of the…

Users on Elon Musk’s X came across an interesting new option tucked deep into the Settings tab on the social media platform this week. “Allow your posts as well as your interactions, inputs, and results with Grok to be used for training and fine-tuning,” reads the settings option on X, formerly known as Twitter. The…

Image: Adult Swim Adult Swim’s long-awaited adaptation of Uzumaki finally has a premiere date — and an appropriately creepy trailer. The series, based on the classic horror manga from Junji Ito, will start airing on September 28th. Episodes will hit Adult Swim first, and then stream on Max the following day. Uzumaki follows a cursed…

The Boys may be one season away from ending but it’s not done caking your screens with blood and torn muscle tissue. Cast member Jensen Ackles who plays Soldier Boy on The Boys revealed at the San Diego Comic-Con that Amazon will produce a prequel of the superhero show called Vought Rising. The new prequel…

Disney / BBC The Doctor Who franchise is about to get even bigger with a new spinoff series that, interestingly, doesn’t seem like it’s going to focus on everyone’s favorite Time Lord. During the Doctor Who panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Disney and the BBC announced that The War Between The Land And…

While the 2024 Paris Olympics kicked off with a parade of nations floating down the Seine, a torch bearer doing parkour through the Louvre, and the literal decapitation of Marie Antoinette, the internet was captivated by a much smaller part of the performance. SEE ALSO: Lady Gaga just performed at the Olympics opening ceremony “Did…

Have you ever looked at something in your home like a dining room table or an adjustable height desk and wondered what it would be like to go on a date with it? Also, were you sober at the time? A new dating sim game called Date Everything! will let you see just what it’s…

Somewhere between What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and Carol lies Mothers’ Instinct. Set vaguely in the early 1960s, this psychological thriller thrusts two of America’s most thrilling actresses at each other in a queer-coded battle of wills and mental illness.  Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain star as a pair of (mostly) happy homemakers who…

Image: Amazon The first season of Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power took its sweet time revealing the true identities of its two most mysterious characters. But when the show returns next month, it seems like it’s going to hit the ground running with big reveals about how Sauron and the…

We haven’t had an update on Netflix’s Bioshock movie in a couple of years, leading some to wonder if it was quietly canned. The good news? The movie’s still coming. The (potential) bad news? The budget has been slashed, according to reporting by Variety. This comes from producer Roy Lee, who was one of the…

The Paris Olympics kicked off on Friday with an opening ceremony unlike any other. It promised to be a star-studded event with expected appearances from Celine Dion and Lady Gaga, with rumors of other big names. The ceremony certainly delivered with performances and appearances from stars. SEE ALSO: ‘Spotlight on Paris’ is NBC’s latest bid…

The Comic-Con trailer for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Season 2 is chock-full of glorious Middle-earth action. Please follow and like us:

Warner Bros. Discovery followed through on its threat to “take appropriate action” against the NBA for rejecting its broadcasting rights offer. Variety reported on Friday that the media company sued the league in the New York State Supreme Court after the NBA turned down its bid to match Amazon’s streaming package that kicks in starting…

SpaceX is targeting Saturday, July 27th for its next Falcon 9 launch carrying 23 Starlink satellites into orbit. | Image: SpaceX SpaceX has completed its investigation into what caused an engine failure during a Falcon 9 launch on July 11th. The company has submitted a “mishap report” to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and is…

Amazon The Boys’ fourth season ended on a nightmarish note that made the show’s upcoming final chapter seem like it’s going to its most deranged. But during this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Amazon revealed that while The Boys may be coming to an end, the larger franchise is about to get even bigger with a…

The 2024 Paris Olympics is off to a pink-hued start. La vie en rose! Starting off the opening ceremony festivities in the Parisian sunlight was American superstar Lady Gaga, belting out her rendition of “Mon Truc En Plumes” originally performed by French dancer and actress Zizi Jeanmaire. SEE ALSO: Celine Dion triumphs at Olympics opening…

Image: SharkNinja This Ninja Luxe Cafe claims to be the only “no guesswork” semi-automatic espresso machine that also comes with the ability to make drip coffee and cold brew. Using “Barista Assist Technology,” it can suggest what grind size to set based on the drink you’re trying to make, ideally saving you a few minutes…

TL;DR: Live stream France in the Paris 2024 basketball for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. France are sure to be hometown favorites in lots of the Paris 2024 events, not least of all in the basketball — one of the most exciting, fastest-paced sports…

TL;DR: Live stream Canada in the Paris 2024 basketball for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. Paris 2024 is offering up so much sport that its liable to make your spin like a basketball bouncing around the hoop. And there’s plenty of b-ball amongst it…

TL;DR: Live stream Australia in the Paris 2024 basketball for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. For basketball fans, it doesn’t get much more exciting than watching the game at this elite level: fast-and-furious, back-and-forth action with one of the most coveted prizes in all…

A critically endangered California condor chick that will soon fly for the first time is seen at its nest site on a cliff above the drought-stricken Colorado River on August 31st, 2022, in Marble Canyon, Arizona. | Photo: Getty Images Conservationists will be able to release more California condors into the wild thanks to a…

If you pay for ChatGPT, your subscription is about to get some more value for your money. According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the alpha rollout for ChatGPT’s new Voice Mode update will be available to ChatGPT Plus members at some point next week. This update was initially promised for June, but got delayed by…