The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special trailer brings the team to Earth

Star Warsfans may have heard of the infamousStar Wars Holiday Specialfrom 1978 that George Lucas disowned with a passion. Regardless, some fans enjoyed that mixture of cheesy holiday celebrations joined with a touch of sci-fi. Next month, Marvel’sGuardians of the Galaxy Holiday Specialis clearly taking a page from that long-abandoned piece ofStar Warslore. And you can bet that this time, the holiday special will remain in continuity. The story takes place sometime after the Guardians’ recent appearance inThor: Love and Thunder....

August 15, 2025 · 2 min · 300 words · Sabrina Foley

There are 4 When Calls the Heart Christmas specials you need to watch before Season 12

There are 4 When Calls the Heart Christmas specials you need to watch before Season 12 When Calls the Heart Season 12arrives on January 5, but Hallmark has a Christmas-themed treat in store for fans who aren’t all caught up. A prestige show can mean one of two things – new viewers might feel intimidated by its many seasons, but hardcore fans will love all the content they can get. Thankfully, years of When Calls the Heart are worth the payoff....

August 15, 2025 · 3 min · 445 words · Latoya Rivera

These 5 features turned my iPad into a shockingly good computer

The iPad — and iPadOS — are still far away from the computing dreams that Apple is selling, even though there is enough firepower inside these sleek tablets to race far ahead of Windows PCs. I’ve extensively used the10th Gen iPad, and theM1-powered iPad Probriefly, as my primary computer. My experience has been a mix of rewarding and annoying when it comes to getting serious work done. Most of the vexation has to do with the fundamental mobile architecture of the apps you run on the iPad, but there are areas where Android tablets like theGalaxy Tab S8offer more value....

August 15, 2025 · 9 min · 1736 words · Jessica Ferguson

This Dell 2-in-1 laptop Cyber Monday deal is still available today

This year’sCyber Monday laptop dealscame in all shapes and sizes, including 2-in-1 devices. If you missed the chance to take advantage of the shopping event’s offers, the good news is that some of thebest Cyber Monday dealsare still online. For example, the Dell Inspiron 14 2-in-1 is still available from Dell for only $650, down $239 from its original price of $889. Dell may take the deal down at any moment since Cyber Monday has come and gone, so you should hurry up and click that Buy Now button....

August 15, 2025 · 3 min · 466 words · Nancy Shelton

Thursday Night Football streaming issues ‘going to be less and less a thing’

For a good many people who watched the inaugural stream of Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime Video, everything went off without a hitch. The football game was played, and it was absolutely watchable in the Prime Video app. Others, however, saw issues. It was hit-and-miss, as these things tend to be. And asI predicted last week after the game, Amazon is on it. On the July 08, 2025, episode of theSports Media with Richard Deitsch podcast, Thursday Night Football executive producer Fred Gaudelli weighed in a great bit on what it took to start Amazon’s Thursday Night Football from scratch — Amazon is producing it from start to finish and not just streaming someone else’s production — as well a little of what it’s like to be at the mercy of the streaming tech, which we all know is great right up until it’s not....

August 15, 2025 · 3 min · 627 words · Philip Perry

UNC vs Alabama live stream: Can you watch for free?

As they inch closer to the first Final Four in school history, fourth-seeded Alabama will first have to get by a team that has 21 of them when they take on No. 1 North Carolina at Crypto.com Arena tonight. The game is scheduled to tip off shortly, at 9:39 p.m. ET, though the exact time will be about 30 minutes after the conclusion of Arizona vs Clemson. The game is being televised on CBS, but there are a ton of different ways you canwatch March Madnessonline for free....

August 15, 2025 · 2 min · 393 words · Mary George

Valorant secretly nerfed Viper and players are only just noticing

Valorant secretly nerfed Viper and players are only just noticing Riot Games accidentally nerfed Viper in Valorant patch 7.09 and players are only just now discovering it. Players noticed a small Viper nerf following a small unannounced update on March 28. Riot Games has responded to the surprise changes, revealing that while players noticed the change after the small update, the nerf has actually been in the game since late 2023....

August 15, 2025 · 2 min · 413 words · Melissa Miller

Warzone has a new meta SMG after brutal LC10 nerf

Warzone has a new meta SMG after brutal LC10 nerf TheWarzone Season 5 updateappears to have brought an end to the LC10’s reign as themeta SMGafter a massive nerf, with another rival stepping up to take its place. Every new CoD update brings a batch of fresh content, fromnew weaponsto try out to aBattle Passstuffed full of skins to unlock. They also come with plenty ofweapon balancing changes, designed to keep fights interesting....

August 15, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · Jonathan Anderson

What does “friend dictionary” mean? Viral TikTok trend explained

What does “friend dictionary” mean? Viral TikTok trend explained The new TikTok “friend dictionary” trend is blowing up online, but what does it even mean? Continue reading for our full breakdown of the trend. Almost every week, a new trend is formed onTikTok, these new types of videos, whether that be dances, sing-alongs, or jokes, all blowing up on the social media platform. And while social media as a whole does at times have its own vocabulary, TikTok has taken this one step further with its new “friend dictionary” trend....

August 15, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · April Rivera

X-Men: The Animated Series's Iconic Theme Took 13 Attempts To Get Right

Summary One of the most iconic elements ofX-Men: The Animated Seriesis its theme tune, which took 13 tried to perfect.X-Men: The Animated Seriesfirst aired in 1992 and ran for five seasons. Since then, the show has become iconic and has continued to inspireupcoming Marvel TV shows. The primary way in which the show’s legacy has endured is throughX-Men ‘97season 1, a modern continuation of the original story. After its debut, thehighly-rankedX-Menanimated showran for five seasons....

August 15, 2025 · 4 min · 707 words · Debra Sanford

XPRIZE founder says the future is coming faster than we realize. Here’s why

When you learn about a new or upcoming type of technology, you’ll often realize it’s not just a single, siloed invention. It will rely on breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, material science, and computing power. And when these technologies build upon each other, they start to accelerate the others, sayXPRIZEfounder Peter H. Diamandis and entrepreneur Steven Kotler in their new book,The Future Is Faster than you Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives....

August 15, 2025 · 5 min · 977 words · Elizabeth Rosario

Yellowstone's Next Spinoff Could Repeat A 31-Year-Old Western Battle (& Kevin Costner May Lose Again)

Summary One rumored route for theYellowstonefranchise as it moves beyond Kevin Costner threatens to repeat a pivotal clash in American Western cinema from more than 30 years ago, and Costner could find himself on the losing end of the battle once again. The franchise has grown outward from the original hit neo-Western drama series, and has yielded multiple successful prequel series already in1883and1923. However, what happens next with the present-day Duttons is less clear;three of Yellowstone’s biggest stars are reportedly returningin a sequel spinoff, but there are few details available....

August 15, 2025 · 5 min · 903 words · Leon Carter

Your iPhone can now guide you to your lost AirPods Pro

There’s good news for folks who routinely misplace their AirPods: Thanks to iOS 15 and a firmware update that started rolling out on October 6, your iPhone can guide you to within a foot or so of your missingtrue wireless buds. The new capability is baked into Apple’sFind My appand works with theAirPods ProandAirPods Max, but not Apple’s regular AirPods. In the past, if you wanted to locate your missing AirPods, your iPhone could certainly point you to their last known location, and even provide directions on a map....

August 15, 2025 · 3 min · 508 words · Cheryl Alexander