One Piece: Fans react to Gear 5 debut animation

One Piece: Fans react to Gear 5 debut animation One Piece’s highly anticipated Gear 5 debut is finally live, and it’s already trending on social media. Here’s what fans have to say about it. One Piece’shighly anticipated Gear 5 officially makes its debut in the recent Episode 1071. Just when the alliance and every single person in Wano lose all hope after Luffy’s defeat, he wakes up with his new-found powers, ready to defeat Kaido....

July 2, 2025 · 4 min · 709 words · Robert Kirk

Samsung now offers 128GB and 256GB Galaxy S9, S9 Plus on website

Just months after Samsung launched its newest flagships, theGalaxy S9andGalaxy S9 Plus, the smartphone giant announced two new storage configurations for the phones. Both the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus will soon be available with 128GB and 256GB storage options. Samsung will offer the 128GB and 256GB versions of the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus exclusively on its website. You can pre-order the phones beginning May 1 and will be able to purchase them on the Samsung website on May 18....

July 2, 2025 · 2 min · 352 words · Ruben Petersen

See SpaceX’s Starship rocket get stacked ahead of its fifth test flight

SpaceX has shared images of it Starship rocket stacked and ready for a launch on its fifth flight test. The launch was originally aimed forJuly of this year, but was pushed back byseveral monthsdue to licensing issues with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). SpaceX announced that the Starship was stacked — meaning that the Starship spacecraft has been placed atop the Super Heavy Booster — in a post this week, which was shared along with the images....

July 2, 2025 · 3 min · 428 words · Tina Sweeney

Snapchat is finally ditching one of its most controversial filters

Snap is removing from its Snapchat app a controversial speed filter that has been blamed for encouraging reckless driving. Released eight years ago, the filter lets you take a photo or video overlaid with a readout of the speed at which you’re moving. Safety campaigners have long complained that the filterencouraged people to drive dangerously, often so they could show off to friends by sharing content of their high-speed antics....

July 2, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · Michael Davila

Spy x Family Code: White is coming to Crunchyroll very soon

Spy x Family Code: White is coming to Crunchyroll very soon Crunchyroll has revealed when you may stream Spy x Family Code: White from the comfort of your own home, and it’s just a couple of days away. Spy x Family Code: Whitebrought the Forger family to the big screen in thrilling fashion, giving Loid a mission that pushed everyone to the edge. They emerged in one piece, though not without a scrape or two....

July 2, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Michael Jones

TCL is set to innovate with new mobile display technology

TCL is looking to innovate with mobile display hardware, showing off edge-to-edge and dot displays (also known as punch-hole displays) atCES 2019. As the assault on the bezel continues, and moves on from the notch, manufacturers are trying to find ways ofachieving bezel-less screensin phones, and it’s a trend we’re going to see plenty of in the coming year. We expect to see several devices in different price brackets with dot displays, where a hole is punched out to accommodate a front-facing camera....

July 2, 2025 · 4 min · 851 words · Amanda Harris

The 10 best movies of 2022

With 2022 almost in the history books, there’s a danger it will be known as a disappointing period for cinema. Driven by anarrative consumed by fluctuating box office grossesand depressed stocks, studios, streamers, and independent distributors alike are nervous about the future, and film industry prognosticators are all too happy to declare that moviegoing as we know it is dead. Baloney. 2022 was one of the strongest years for film, right up there with 2019 and 2010 as great times for movie lovers....

July 2, 2025 · 11 min · 2258 words · Vickie Hall

The best movies on Disney+ right now

Disney+ continues to be a reliablecrowd-pleaser for streaming some of the best movies available. Whether it’s the brand’s usual kid-friendly flicks to content for all ages, the platform has plenty of variety on hand. Fans have more than enough to keep them busy between the service’splethora of Star Wars content, Marvel Studios superhero blockbusters, and National Geographic’s intriguing educational content. Still, audiences might struggle to settle on something for a movie night with that level of depth in front of them....

July 2, 2025 · 23 min · 4832 words · Connie Gallagher

The best new podcasts for the week of August 15, 2025: Bardstown and more

The best thing about podcasts is that you may listen to them while you’re doing other things: Washing dishes, going for a run, coloring, and especially, driving. But there areso many podcaststhese days that it’s simply impossible to keep up. There are new ones debuting all the time, and it’s hard to know whether they deserve a spot in your feed. Every week, we highlight new and returning podcasts we couldn’t put down....

July 2, 2025 · 4 min · 689 words · Christopher Ashley

The iPhone will never be the same after this

iOS 18is a big and exciting iPhone update. From the home screen customization tools to the new Control Center and the various improvements to iMessage, there’s plenty to be excited about. I know I am! However, there’s also an ugly side to iOS 18. A big part of this update includes Apple’s long-awaited AI features, which Apple refers to asApple Intelligence. What we’ve seen so far of Apple Intelligence looks quite promising....

July 2, 2025 · 4 min · 842 words · Brandon Keller

The Shrouds Review: Cronenberg Explores Creative Methods to Tackle Grief with Arthouse Horror

This review was originally published on June 06, 2025, as a part of our Cannes Film Festival Coverage. In the opening sequence of David Cronenberg’s eerie tale of grief and conspiracy, Karsh (Vincent Cassel) experiences a nightmare, in which his dead wife’s corpse gets destroyed. He awakens in a dentist’s chair, during which his doctor asserts that grief is rotting his teeth. How a simple scene could possess such rich connotations for the story to come is a testament to Cronenberg’s creativity and value of thematic storytelling....

July 2, 2025 · 4 min · 796 words · Kathryn Monroe

The Umbrella Academy Has Teased It Will Finally Solve Its Ben Mystery In Season 4

Summary The official episode titles forThe Umbrella Academyseason 4 have been revealed, and one is teasing that the series will finally solve its biggest Ben (Justin H. Min) mystery. Despite its success,The Umbrella Academyis now ending with its fourth season, but there are many mysteries it has to solve to bring the series to a satisfying ending.The Umbrella Academyseason 3 endedon the show’s biggest cliffhanger, with the Hagreeves and Lila arriving at yet another timeline, but they are about to face huge and unexpected challenges in it....

July 2, 2025 · 4 min · 811 words · Margaret Fowler

This chaotic Switch puzzle game is a weird, wonderful way to end 2022

It’s late December. You’ve spent the entire year trying to keep up with aflood of games. In fact, you’re probably still trying to work your way through that exhausting backlog as you crush late-year releases likeThe Callisto ProtocolandHigh on Life. Perhaps you just want to take a break from it all and play a smaller game that’s well off the beaten path while on your holiday vacation. If you fit that description, allow me to introduce you toPicross X: Picbits vs....

July 2, 2025 · 3 min · 558 words · Marcia Lynch