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'Dot and Bubble': All the Easter eggs in 'Doctor Who's brutal 'Black Mirror' parody

"Dot and Bubble" may count as one of the greatest fake-outs in Doctor Who history. Just when you think you know what it's about — a Black Mirror parody in which the rich-kid colonists of planet Finetime are so obsessed with their augmented reality social media spheres that they don't notice they're literally being eaten by giant slugs — "Dot and Bubble" throws a curveball.

Turns out Finetime's all-white inhabitants are so prejudiced toward the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa), they point-blank...

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Russell T Davies explains the 'Bridgerton'/'Doctor Who' conundrum

Are you ready for the worlds of Bridgerton and Doctor Who to collide? The trailer for episode 6, "Rogue," reveals that the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and his mysterious companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) will touch down for an adventure in Regency-era England, the same time as the popular Netflix romance series. But it's not just this temporal setting that the two English series have in common. 

"Oh my Bridgerton!" Ruby squeals in the Season 14 trailer. This exclamation determines...

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Alexa will soon lose a popular shopping list feature

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Starting in July, you won’t be able to add items to lists on third-party apps like Todoist and AnyList with Alexa voice control through their existing Skills. A post on Amazon’s developer site says it's shutting down access to Alexa Shopping and To-Do lists on July 1st.

List Skills and Alexa Shopping and To-Do Lists

Starting July 1, 2024, you will no longer be able to use List skills or the List Management REST API to access Alexa lists,...

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Richard Lawler

Live Nation took 11 days to confirm the massive Ticketmaster data breach

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Someone going by the name “ShinyHunters” has been advertising a 1.3TB cache of data allegedly containing personal data (names, email/home addresses, and phone numbers), credit card details, and other information about 560 million Ticketmaster customers for $500,000 in hacking forums all week.

Now, Ticketmaster parent Live Nation — the company that upset an army of Taylor Swift fans and is facing a federal antitrust lawsuit — publicly acknowledged a...

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Jack Milko

RBC Canadian Open: Round 3 tee times, as Robert MacIntyre, Ryan Fox co-lead

Robert MacIntyre high-fives some young fans after the second round of the 2024 RBC Canadian Open. | Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images

Robert MacIntyre and Ryan Fox sit atop the leaderboard thru 36 holes at the RBC Canadian Open. Here are tee times for the third round.

Robert MacIntyre and Ryan Fox have never held a 36-hole lead on the PGA Tour before, but they enter the third round at the RBC Canadian Open tied atop the leaderboard at 10-under par.

MacIntyre, who hails from...

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Jonah E. Bromwich

The Trump Case May Come to Define Alvin Bragg. He Has Other Work to Do.

A day after winning what may be the most consequential trial in the history of the Manhattan district attorney’s office, Mr. Bragg was in a far quieter courtroom.

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Richard Lawler

Netflix’s Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight is postponed

Mike Tyson, Nakisa Bidarian, and Jake Paul pose onstage during a press conference on May 16th, 2024 | Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images for Netflix

Netflix is increasingly getting into live events, with comedy specials, NFL games, and even the WWE, but live action means unpredictability, and today, the streamer announced that a planned July 20th boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson is being rescheduled. While Tyson recovers from an ulcer flare-up that required medical...

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Jack Milko

Nelly Korda redeems herself on 12, but fails to make U.S. Women’s Open cut

Nelly Korda during the second round of the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open. | Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images

Nelly Korda’s campaign at the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open all but ended three holes into the championship.

Nelly Korda’s shocking 10 on Thursday reverberated around the golf world, but also ended her bid for a second straight major championship.

Korda’s septuple bogey on the par-3 12th dropped her to 8-over par thru 3 holes, which proved too large of a deficit to overcome. Korda...

ESPN.com

Reports: GM Weaver out amid Pistons shakeup

Troy Weaver is out as general manager of the Pistons, according to reports, after the team posted the league's worst record over the past two seasons.

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Mike Coppinger

Zhang 68.2 lbs heavier than Wilder at weigh-in

Zhilei Zhang was 68.2 pounds heavier than former champion Deontay Wilder on Friday as the two combatants get set for Saturday's heavyweight showdown in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Andreas Hale

Tyson (ulcer) forced to postpone bout vs. Paul

The July 20 boxing match between former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul has been postponed due to a recent health issue for Tyson, Netflix announced Friday.

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MSI Prestige 14" FHD+ Laptop,...

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Shannon Cudd

Sorry, a ‘parade of planets’ in alignment will not be visible to the naked eye on Monday, June 3

NASA is pouring cold water on reports about a spectacular celestial event, but there are still a few good reasons to look up in June.

Human beings often procrastinate on difficult or uncomfortable tasks, waiting for ideal conditions. We often joke that we’ll get to these tasks when “the planets align.”

Fast Company

Swapna Krishna

Boeing Starliner tries again. How to watch the crewed NASA rocket launch and dock with the ISS

After a few turbulent weeks, rocket enthusiasts will finally get a chance to see the liftoff of NASA’s crewed spacecraft this weekend. Fingers crossed.

After many delays and much fanfare, Boeing Starliner did not launch on Monday, May 6.

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Annie Karni

Netanyahu Invited to Address Congress Amid Division Over Israel-Hamas War

The bipartisan invitation masked political divisions over the prime minister’s handling of the war against Hamas, including the recent attacks he has orchestrated in Rafah.

Wired Top Stories

Louryn Strampe

Sony Days of Play Sale: Consoles, Games, and More

From games to consoles to accessories, Sony PlayStation gear is heavily discounted through June 12.

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Emma Roth

Massive Ticketmaster, Santander data breaches linked to Snowflake cloud storage

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An alleged data breach potentially affecting as many as 560 million Ticketmaster accounts and a confirmed one for Santander Bank may have stemmed from attacks on the cloud storage accounts with a company called Snowflake. As spotted by Bleeping Computer, an investigation from cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock reports that a bad actor gained access to Ticketmaster and Santander by using the stolen credentials of a single Snowflake...

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