/Technology/ Last Updated: Thu, Apr 24th, 2025 @ 6:15pm EDT

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Sabina Graves

Andor‘s Tony Gilroy and Genevieve O’Reilly Break Down Mon Mothma’s Pivotal Dance



The Star Wars series streams new episodes weekly on Disney+.

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Big boards to mock drafts: Your 2025 NFL Draft online resource guide

The first round of the 2025 NFL Draft kicks off Thursday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, as teams look to land their next big star from a deep pool of collegiate talent.

If the draft feels overwhelming, you're not alone. With hundreds of college prospects, complex draft mechanics, and constant speculation about which teams are eyeing whom, it can be a lot to take in. Thankfully, draft coverage is practically its own industry. The NFL reigns supreme in American sports, and that means there’s no...

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Lauren Goode, Michael Calore, Katie Drummond

Protecting Your Phone—and Your Privacy—at the US Border

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, our hosts explain how to prepare for travel to and from the United States—and how to stay safe.

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Havoc review: Can Netflixs Tom Hardy vehicle sustain its visual chaos?

A generic cops-and-drug-dealers saga infused with occasional chaos, Gareth Evans' Havoc is a decent time, despite its plateauing excess. The long-delayed Tom Hardy vehicle — it completed production in 2021 — has just enough by way of visual panache to set it apart from the usual crop of forgettable, straight-to-streaming action.

With a story that's nothing to write home about, Evans relies on the action chops he brought to modern Indonesian martial arts classics The Raid and its sequel,...

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AI was used to write the California bar exam. The law community is outraged.

You've heard of AI models taking the bar exam, but this time, AI also helped write the questions.

The State Bar of California revealed on Monday that it used AI to develop a portion of its exam questions, according to the LA Times. The AI-generated exam questions were created by an independent psychometrician called ACS Ventures hired by the State Bar. The questions were "developed with the assistance of AI and subsequently reviewed by content validation panels and a subject matter expert in...

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Google Chrome wont phase out third-party cookies after all

Google is currently in the midst of a major antitrust trial (make that two antitrust trials, actually), which may result in the company being forced to sell off its popular web browser, Google Chrome. However, the search giant made a major, unrelated Chrome announcement earlier this week:

Google is abandoning its plans to drop third-party cookies from Chrome.

Back in January 2020, Google made a big announcement that was welcomed by privacy advocates. The company said it planned to completely...

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Cheryl Eddy

Re-Live Padmé Amidala’s Attack of the Clones Fashion Parade With These Detailed Paper Dolls



The original vintage artwork is part of a Star Wars memorabilia auction timed to May the Fourth.

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Anna Washenko

Razer has a vertical mouse now

Razer has unveiled two new iterations of its Pro Click mouse with an eye toward comfort. The Pro Click V2 is a standard mouse model, while the Pro Click V2 Vertical Edition is the first vertical mouse design from the company. More and more peripheral manufacturers are offering vertical designs, which can be a more ergonomic mouse option, particularly if you experience discomfort when spending long stretches at a computer.

The Pro Click V2 Vertical Edition has eight programmable buttons and...

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Karissa Bell

Threads is moving to threads.com and adding a bunch of new web features

Back when Meta first introduced its Twitter competitor Threads, many noted that the company had failed to secure the threads.com domain and instead launched the website at threads.net. At the time, the Threads dot com domain belonged to a messaging app startup that said it was reluctant to rebrand its business.

But that startup was later acquired by Shopify and Meta did eventually acquire the coveted threads.com domain for an undisclosed amount. Now, Meta is finally moving Threads’ website...

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Ian Carlos Campbell

Remedy's co-op shooter FBC: Firebreak comes out June 17

Remedy's first foray into co-op shooters, FBC: Firebreak, is officially launching on June 17. Following employees tasked with cleaning up The Oldest House, the mysterious headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Control, the game balances team-based action with the supernatural abilities and enemies that made Control so interesting. 

In our hands-on with the game, the biggest and most positive point of comparison for Firebreak''s chaotic action was Left 4 Dead, but the game's unique collection...

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Preorder this Hori Piranha Plant camera for your Switch 2 GameChats

PREORDER NOW: As of April 24, preorder the Hori Nintendo Switch 2 Piranha Plant Camera for $59.99 at Target.

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Revamp your yard with Home Depots Spring Deals that are all under $20

THE HOME DEPOT SPRING DEALS UNDER $20: Shop The Home Depot Spring Deals event to score backyard, patio, and home goods on sale for under $20. Deals on plants, garden soil, pavers, garden tools, and backyard lighting are all included in the sale.

Best deals under $20 during The Home Depot Spring Deals event Best plant deal ...

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Google AI overviews will explain any nonsense phrase you make up

Google's AI Overviews sometimes acts like a lost man who won't ask for directions: It would rather confidently make a mistake than admit it doesn't know something.

We know this because folks online have noticed you can ask Google about any faux idiom — any random, nonsense saying you make up — and Google AI Overviews will often prescribe its meaning. That's not exactly surprising, as AI has shown a penchant for either hallucinating or inventing stuff in an effort to provide answers with...

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A weather app that saves BBQs, outfits, and beach days

TL;DR: Until this weekend only, get a Weather Hi-Def Radar Storm Watch Plus lifetime subscription for A$43 with code TAKE30 at checkout (reg. A$313).

Imagine you're setting up an outdoor movie night, projector humming, and snacks perfectly arranged. Just as you're about to hit play, you notice a dark cloud looming. Instead of packing up prematurely, you open a weather radar app — its future radar image reveals the storm will just miss you, meaning movie night can proceed without a...

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James Whitbrook

Hasbro’s Star Wars Team on Tariffs and Turgle



On the show floor at Star Wars Celebration Japan, Hasbro's Jing Houle and Chris Reiff discussed the latest toy news from a galaxy far, far away.

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Lawrence Bonk

Bowers & Wilkins new Px7 S3 wireless headphones feature updated ANC tech

Bowers & Wilkins is back with another pair of high-end wireless headphones. The Px7 S3 looks like an improvement over the previous release in every major way. The company’s calling it the "most advanced wireless headphone" it has ever made.

To that end, this model features re-engineered drive units, dedicated headphones amplifiers and "greatly-upgraded" active noise cancellation technology. Bowers & Wilkins says that every aspect of these headphones have been redesigned, except for the...

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Will Shanklin

Netflix subtitles are now available in a dialogue-only format

Netflix is adding a new way to watch with subtitles. Starting with season five of the psychological thriller You, captions with only dialogue will be available alongside the standard Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH/CC).

If you aren't already familiar, SDH/CC subtitles include not only dialogue but audio cues like [alarm rings], [knock on door] or [Don't Stop Believing intensifies over the jukebox]. Netflix's new option cuts those non-dialogue audio descriptions.

You'll find...

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Karissa Bell

Meta finally acknowledges that Facebook has a major spam problem

Meta is finally acknowledging that Facebook’s feed is filled with too many spammy posts. In an update, the company says it plans to start “cracking down” on some of the worst offenders. “Facebook Feed doesn’t always serve up fresh, engaging posts that you consistently enjoy,” the company writes. “We’re working on it.”

Specifically, Meta says it will lower the reach of creators that share posts with "long, distracting captions” as well as posts with captions that are...

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Ian Carlos Campbell

Can I offer you a nice image of the Sun in these trying times?

The joint ESA and NASA Solar Orbiter mission has delivered a stunning new image of the Sun and its corona. The sun-observing satellite originally launched in 2020, and besides making the Sun look cool, the data it's captured has impacted things like our understanding of solar wind.

Today's photo shows off the spun-sugar-like particles caught in the magnetic field of the Sun's atmosphere, the dark "filaments" of cooler material weaving their way in between and bursting active areas that emit...

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