Polygon The puzzles of Blue Prince feel less like the gridlike blueprints you draft in the game and more like an intricate web. Even seasoned puzzle lovers might feel tested by its mysteries. In Blue Prince, you explore and construct a sprawling mansion...
Polygon The day action fans have been waiting over four years for has finally arrived: The Raid franchise mastermind Gareth Evans’ new action movie, Havoc, has finally dropped. The Netflix original — made under Evans’ deal with the streamer, which also...
Polygon Spring is here, and for some that means it’s time to get outside and start enjoying the fresh air. If that doesn’t sound like you, then Netflix has quite a few great horror movies to fill your time with instead. This month, we handpicked a few of...
Ars Technica Just the dialogue—no sound effects or music cues.
Kotaku Minecraft has milk in it but it’s not green. Instead, the “Creeper milk” going viral on Tiktok arises purely from the marketing geniuses behind chocolate milk maker TruMoo.Drafting off of the Minecraft Movie’s box office success, the dairy company...
9to5 Mac Even as CarPlay 2 work keeps chugging along, Apple has been slowly adding new features to the existing CarPlay too. Last fall CarPlay got some Apple Intelligence enhancements, and recently Ford EV owners gained NACS routing. Now, with iOS 18.4,...
Ars Technica FBI accepts tips by TOR in likely attempt to woo China-based informants.
Lifehacker Hackers are contacting victims via WhatsApp and Signal.
Daring Fireball Andrew Leonard, writing for Salon back in 2013: The first thing wrong with the stupidest article to be posted to the Internet in the year 2013 — and possibly the entire century — is the title: “I Was Quite Surprised By Some Things On...
Propublica by Richard A. Webster, Verite News This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Verite News. Sign up for...
The Intercept In the absence of opposition party challenges and disempowered labor, courts are one of the few sites of meaningful pushback on Trump’s agenda. The post Judges Are Slowing Down Trump’s Fascist Deportation Regime. Now He’s Arresting Them For It....
Lifehacker Instead of trying to have all the answers, the Oura Advisor knows how to ask the right questions.
Daring Fireball Henry Blodget, who sold Business Insider to German publishing giant Axel Springer for $340 million a decade ago, has supposedly launched a new site, Regenerator, built on Substack. I was going to tack on an “alas” re: building on Substack, but...
AV Club Prime Video is quadrupling down on Vivienne Medrano's Hazbin Hotel universe, acquiring and ordering two new seasons of sister series Helluva Boss.
Kotaku A live-action movie adaptation of Split Fiction, EA and Hazelight’s recently released hit co-op game, is moving forward according to new report claiming that the director of Wicked is set to helm the film. It’s also reported that Sydney Sweeney...
BBC - Europe Visitors have noticed a unique atmosphere at the Vatican in the days before Pope Francis's funeral and the conclave.
Lifehacker The GPS + Cellular version of the first generation smartwatch is 76% off.
The Intercept Current and former Defense officials describe Pentagon unrest over accusations of leaks while their boss shares classified information. The post Pentagon Insiders on Hegseth Leak Hypocrisy: “Full On Shit Show” appeared first on The Intercept.
Lifehacker Set your future self up for success.
Polygon Pokémon Go is having a Vanillite Community Day event on April 27 from 2-5 p.m. in your local time. As expected with a Community Day event, Vanillite will spawn in huge numbers with a high chance for it to appear shiny. There are also several other...
MacRumors For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with Lululook to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a 13-inch iPad Air and a Lululook Foldable Magnetic Charging Mount to go along with it. Lululook makes all kinds of stands and accessories for...
Kotaku Lockpicking is one of the very first skills you’ll need to learn and master early on in Oblivion Remastered. You’ll first encounter locked chests in the underground caverns beneath the prison, and then in nearly every dungeon thereafter. It’s a...
Apple Insider Apple is rumored to be shaking up its 2025 iPhone lineup, with a new ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air. Here's what the rumor mill thinks is coming.Apple is expected to debut an ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air or iPhone 17 Slim in 2025.The long-rumored iPhone 17...
Kotaku In the world of Oblivion Remastered, every enemy you face levels alongside you. The stronger you get, the more potent every threat becomes. To keep up and ensure you have the upper hand, no matter how slight, learning to level up efficiently and...
Lifehacker All of the 2025 M4 MacBook Air models just hit record low prices.
404 Media This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss cheating in job interviews, "scary good" surveillance tech, and prudes in payment processing.
Lifehacker No more having to read about "trees rustling in the background."
Apple Insider Apple's Mac mini is on sale this weekend, with current and closeout deals dropping models down to as low as $359.99.Mac mini prices have fallen to as low as $359.99.Kicking off the sale is a blowout special on the last-gen M2 Mac mini, which in...
Apple Insider Tom Hanks is steering Apple TV+ back into WWII waters with a high-stakes sequel to "Greyhound," with production scheduled for early 2026."Greyhound" returns with a sequelApple Original Films is once again partnering with Hanks' Playtone banner and...
Lifehacker Two years after its launch, the monetization begins.
MacRumors On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss the rumored look of the iPhone 17 "Air" and iPadOS 19's major productivity update. Subscribe to The MacRumors Show YouTube channel for more videos We take a closer look at the rumored...
The Intercept On Tucker Carlson’s show, a MAGA loyalist ripped the Defense Policy Board. In short order, Pete Hegseth purged all its members. The post Hegseth Purges Defense Advisory Board After MAGA Came For It appeared first on The Intercept.
MacRumors Multiple Apple products hit all-time low prices this week, including the M4 MacBook Air, 11th generation iPad, and M3 iPad Air. We're also still tracking a sale on Apple Watch Solo Loop and Braided Solo Loop bands at Woot, which can net you up to...
Apple Insider As Thunderbolt 5 devices become more widely available, the CalDigit Element 5 Hub offers a compact, no-frills expansion option with only the essential ports.CalDigit Element 5 Hub review: The CalDigit Element 5 Hub adds more Thunderbolt 5 ports to...
BBC - Europe In 2016, Pope Francis visited Lesbos and flew 12 migrants back to Italy on his plane - Wafaa Eid was one of them.
Apple Insider While we'll never stop looking ahead to what's coming, and never stop looking at what's going on right now, it's also time to look back at how much Apple Silicon and the Apple Watch have meant to us all.Craig Federighi revealing how Apple Silicon...
MacRumors Sometimes when you share a webpage link with someone, you just want to bring their attention to a specific passage or sentence to make your point, rather than have them read through the entire article. In 2020, Google added a function to its...
Technology Review This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Sweeping tariffs could threaten the US manufacturing rebound Despite the geopolitical chaos and market...
Apple Insider Imagine turning everyday experiences — a photo, a song, a quiet moment — into something worth remembering. With Apple's Journal app, you can do just that, but only on your iPhone.How to get the most out of JournalJournal isn't just about capturing...
Den of Geek Movies and heists are the perfect pairing. Both require a perfect crew, a ton of charisma, and clockwork precision in an environment where everything is ready to go wrong. Though we’ve been trained to understand that the perfect crime is as rare as...
Apple Insider Apple will reportedly dramatically accelerate manufacturing efforts in India, and may try to import nearly every iPhone 18 sold in the US from the country by the end of 2026. There are reasons to be skeptical that this will happen.Foxconn's iPhone...
Propublica by Rob Davis, photography by Sarahbeth Maney This article was produced by ProPublica in partnership with The Oregonian/OregonLive. Sign up for...
The Intercept Reporters Matt Sledge and Jessica Washington discuss Trump’s growing crypto empire as he deregulates the industry. The post Trump’s Very Stable Genius Coin appeared first on The Intercept.
BBC - Europe The Vatican has released the order of service ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday.
MacRumors Arlo has begun rolling out Apple Home integration for its Essential Second-Generation camera lineup, reports The-Ambient. The integration allows devices like the Arlo Essential 2K Video Doorbell, 2K Indoor Camera, and 2K Outdoor XL Camera (all...
Geek Feed Word has been going around that a legacy character is being replaced in Andor because of scheduling conflicts, and a lot of rumors are saying that it’s going to be Leia’s adoptive father Bail Organa who was played by Jimmy Smits in the Prequels and...
Propublica by McKenzie Funk ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power....
Technology Review Despite the geopolitical chaos and market collapses triggered by President Trump’s announcement of broad tariffs on international goods, some supporters still hope the strategy will produce a “golden age” of American industry. Trump himself...
The Intercept Fearing retribution from Trump, major donors to progressive organizations are holding back at a time when they need it most. The post Trump Doesn’t Need an Executive Order to Kill Progressive Nonprofits appeared first on The Intercept.
MacRumors Apple is accelerating its manufacturing shift away from China, with plans to assemble all U.S.-bound iPhones in India by the end of 2026, according to a new Financial Times report. The ambitious timeline would require Apple to double its...
Den of Geek Stabbings. Bludgeonings. Splitting men from groin to throat. Slipping on entrails. Killing a warhorse with a single punch. And corpses so mangled after battle that they’re only identifiable by their shoe size. Such are the rumoured feats of the...
Geek Feed Star Wars Celebration last weekend saw director Shawn Levy and Ryan Gosling officially revealing Star Wars: Starfighter, and we don’t know much about the story except that it stars Gosling and it’s going to take place years after the events of...
MacRumors As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Apple Watch today, we thought we'd take a look at what Apple has in store for the next-generation version of the device that's coming this fall. The Apple Watch Series 11 doesn't sound like it's going to...
Den of Geek My mother was never fond of me playing violent games, so I had to sneak sessions of Mortal Kombat and Wolfenstein 3D away from her discerning eye. One game that was so notorious that I had to take extra precautions in playing it, either on our...
In These Times The massive new Bitcoin mine is part of a plan to fill in Texas’s energy infrastructure—but it comes at the cost of locals’ health.
Apple Insider Apple's iconic App Store was recently updated to feature AI-generated summaries of user reviews, and now we know how it all works.Apple has explained how its AI generates summaries of App Store Reviews.In October 2024, an unlisted App Store article...
Apple Insider A new report suggests that Apple CEO Tim Cook has lost faith in his AI/ML chief John Giannandrea and is shifting the robotics team to hardware headed by John Ternus.Apple's robotics team now works for John TernusApple has been rearranging some of...
The Intercept A fired aide to Pete Hegseth had laid into the Defense Policy Board, a political football dominated by hawkish establishment figures. The post After Tucker Carlson Guest Attacked a Defense Advisory Board, the Pentagon Nuked Its Website appeared...
Den of Geek The sun is shining, temperatures are rising, and that can only mean one thing: the Summer of Superman is here! And it’s not just a publishing initiative. It’s a celebration of all things Superman, and tonight, Den of Geek and eBay Live have got...
Den of Geek This article contains full spoilers for Havoc. For all the blood and guts and general nastiness it contains, Havoc is toughest to watch in its first three minutes. That’s when we watch as Detective Walker sits pensively and thinks about what he’s...
The Next Web As our favourite Dutch holiday approaches, TNW is celebrating the tech titans shaping the future in the Netherlands. Our beloved home country is the proud parent of a prodigious brood of digital talent. It’s given birth to cultivated meat, raised...
Den of Geek Wondering when your favorite shows are coming back and what new series you can look forward to? We’ve got you covered with the Den of Geek 2025 TV Premiere Dates Calendar, where we keep track of TV series premiere dates, return dates, and more for...
The Verge - TV Shows Netflix’s Love, Death, and Robots anthology series has always featured pretty stacked casts, and it doesn’t sound like the show’s next season is going to be any exception. Along with a new trailer for the upcoming season, Netflix released a full...
Den of Geek This article contains spoilers for You season 5. For five seasons, Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) in You has literally gotten away with murder, and his list of victims has only continued to grow. In the show’s final season, however, the past finally...
BBC - Innovation Customers have reported problems with click and collect orders as well as card and contactless payments.
404 Media Civitai is also demonetizing content featuring the likeness of real people and making it harder to find.
Propublica by Jeff Ernsthausen, Mica Rosenberg and Avi Asher-Schapiro ProPublica is a nonprofit...
BBC - Innovation Tech firms are being urged to do more to stop young people accessing unsuitable material.
404 Media Alex Haydock found a dusty old Wii console at a hardware swap and modded it to run his website.
Technology Review Organizations are deepening their cloud investments at an unprecedented pace, recognizing its fundamental role in driving business agility and innovation. Synergy Research Group reports that companies spent $84 billion worldwide on cloud...
The Next Web Researchers at Toshiba Europe have used quantum key distribution (QKD) cryptography to send messages a record 254km using a traditional fibre optic cable network. It’s the first time scientists have achieved a coherent quantum communication using...
404 Media PrepperDisk is a mini internet box that comes preloaded with offline backups of some of the content that is being deleted by the administration.
404 Media A new government illuminates the environmental impact of generative AI.
Technology Review This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside the controversial tree farms powering Apple’s carbon neutral goal “We were losing the light, and still...
BBC - Innovation Websites will have to instate age checks and tighten up algorithm recommendations for young users.
Den of Geek In half of his scenes in The Accountant 2, Jon Bernthal‘s character Braxton eats something sweet. Sometimes he’s finishing a quart of ice cream. Sometimes he’s sucking on a lolly. But he’s always eating. And yet, during an extended comic scene in...
The Next Web Poland is set to power up its first full-stack quantum computer this year, following a deal with Helsinki-based startup IQM. IQM, Europe’s best-funded quantum hardware company, will install the machine at the Wrocław University of Science and...
Propublica by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of...
Technology Review The past few years have been an almost nonstop parade of good news for climate tech in the US. Headlines about billion-dollar grants from the government, massive private funding rounds, and labs churning out advance after advance have been routine....
Propublica by Jeremy Kohler and Andy Kroll ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates...
Technology Review We were losing the light, and still about 20 kilometers from the main road, when the car shuddered and died at the edge of a strange forest. The grove grew as if indifferent to certain unspoken rules of botany. There was no understory, no...
The Intercept A bomb threat at Barnard College targeted the “terrorists/communists that are protesting.” But you wouldn’t know that from the school’s statements. The post A Bomb Threat Targeted Student Protesters. So Why Did They Get Blamed for It? appeared...
The Next Web Last year, NN Group and Rubio Impact Ventures launched the NN Social Innovation Startup Award providing grants and mentoring to startups to tackle mental, physical, and financial well-being challenges with tech-backed solutions. Over 360 startups...
The Next Web Europe’s climate tech startups raised $2.3bn (€2bn) in the first quarter of this year — the lowest total since Q3 2020, according to Dealroom data. Behind the headline figure lies a complex mix of growing pains, shifting investor focuses, and...
BBC - Innovation The meme coin's website says its 220 top investors will be invited to a gala event with the president.
Daring Fireball Reuters: “This novel form of economic extortion will not be tolerated by the United States,” a White House spokesperson said. “Extraterritorial regulations that specifically target and undermine American companies, stifle innovation, and...
Daring Fireball From the European Commission’s announcement today, “Commission closes investigation into Apple’s user choice obligations and issues preliminary findings on rules for alternative apps under the Digital Markets Act”: Under the DMA, Apple is...
The Next Web German biotech startup Ovo Labs has developed new technologies to “rejuvenate” human eggs, potentially boosting the chances of conception. The therapeutics are designed to enhance in vitro fertilisation (IVF), one of the most transformative...
Daring Fireball Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin, reporting for The New York Times: CBS News entered a new period of turmoil on Tuesday after the executive producer of “60 Minutes,” Bill Owens, said he would resign from the long-running Sunday news...
Unicorn Riot President Trump’s cabinet is riddled with Klan-like nationalists, conspiracy theorists and xenophobes. The post Chuds on Parade: Meet Trump’s Cabinet appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
TidBits After decades of only being able to link to the top of Web pages or specially prepared named anchors, modern browsers now support text fragment links that can scroll to and highlight any text on any page. This long-awaited feature brings us closer...
Technology Review Recorded on April 23, 2025 Brain-Computer Interfaces: From Promise to Product Speakers: David Rotman, editor at large, and Antonio Regalado, senior editor for biomedicine. Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have been crowned the 11th Breakthrough...
Daring Fireball The European Commission: Today, the European Commission found that Apple breached its anti-steering obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and that Meta breached the DMA obligation to give consumers the choice of a service that uses...
Ars Technica - Infinite Loop EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M in first Digital Markets Act penalties.
BBC - Innovation Instagram promised more "built-in protections" for young people but researchers say users are still exposed to sexualised images and negative stereotypes.
BBC - Innovation The tech giants have reacted with fury, accusing the EU of unfairly pursuing US companies.
The Intercept The school later told staff it had provided the Trump administration with personal contact information for faculty members. The post Trump Administration Texted College Professors’ Personal Phones to Ask If They’re Jewish appeared first on The...
The Intercept Why did a shadowy nonprofit make a six-figure gift to Trump’s inauguration committee? “It was mostly to meet people,” said a company official. The post AI Firm Behind Mysterious Trump Donation Is Run by Alleged Election Overthrow Plotter appeared...
404 Media Roy Lee used AI to beat challenging technical interviews, now he wants people to do the same thing with every human interaction. We tested the tool and it kinda sucks.
BBC - Innovation While Meta says the AI chatbot is a "good thing", some users have shared their frustrations.