How To Use 'Circle To Search' On Your Pixel 8 Or Galaxy S24

How To Use ‘Circle To Search’ On Your Pixel 8 Or Galaxy S24 Google’sCircle to Searchfeature takes looking things up to the next level. Instead of annoyingly switching from app to app, you can now scribble over something that interests you and let Google (with AI assistance) help you out. This feature, only available to the lucky owners of aGoogle Pixel 8or aSamsung Galaxy S24, displays search results without exiting the app that you’re using....

June 7, 2025 · 7 min · 1342 words · Adrian Davis

How to watch three crew members launch to the ISS on Thursday

This Thursday will see the launch of one NASA astronaut and two other crew members to the International Space Station (ISS), traveling on a Russian Soyuz vehicle. The crew includes a Russian cosmonaut and the first Belarusian in space. The launch will be livestreamed by NASA, and we’ve got the details on how to watch below. What to expect from the launch Three crew members will launch on a Roscosmos Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and travel to the ISS for a stay....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 367 words · Kelly Brown

I tracked down the top Pixel 10 deals, and they include free Amazon gift cards worth up to $300

After months of anticipation (and plenty of leaks), thePixel 10 serieshas finally arrived, and Google has officially unveiled its brand-new devices, including thePixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and thePixel 10 Pro Fold. Whether you’re a Pixel fan who’s been waiting for the Pixel 10 series to come out to finally upgrade, or you’re looking to try out a Pixel phone for the first time, then you’ll be happy to hear that all of Google’s latest devices are available for pre-order now....

June 7, 2025 · 3 min · 557 words · David Johnson

I'd buy a mini-LED TV before an OLED TV for these 6 reasons

It seems that whenever one type of TV display is poised to dominate the market with the best picture quality possible, another innovation pops up and blurs the lines on what would make a clear winner. For years,OLED displays, with their emissive pixels and ability to achieve true blacks and stark contrasts, were pretty well ahead of their LED foes, even brightquantum-LED TVs, despite a high price. While QLED TVs kept getting brighter and brighter, manufacturers went down a different path to improve contrast and compete with the standard set by OLED....

June 7, 2025 · 7 min · 1456 words · Matthew Franco

iOS 10: app sharing made simple with handy new 3D Touch shortcut

In the run-up to the WWDC 2016 keynote, Apple announced a major shake up in the App Store with several new features, among them aneasier way to share third-party appswith friends and family using 3D Touch. Now that iOS 10 Preview has released to Apple’s registered developers and we’ve had a chance to spend hands-on time with this feature, we’re pleased to report that it works precisely as advertised. As evidenced by the screenshots top of post, you can share any third-party app that’s installed on your iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus by simply pressing its icon on the Home screen to select a newShareoption from the shortcuts menu....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 265 words · Richard Moore

iOS 9.1 enables quick-replying from notifications in WhatsApp for iPhone

At long last, iOS is allowing app makers to implement text replies in notifications, a feature Apple used to reserve exclusively for its Messages app. Twitter was the first App Store app to gainthis great time-saver of a feature. On iOS 9.1,WhatsApp for iPhonenow supports a handy text field for quickly replying to incoming messages without leaving the app you’re currently using. This feature requires an iPhone with iOS 9....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 339 words · Alexandra Daniel

Is the Nothing Phone 2 available in the U.S.?

Nothing has been growing in popularity ever since the launch of theNothing Phone 1last year, and now that the company is launching its second flagship smartphone — theNothing Phone 2— more people than ever before are itching to get their hands on a Nothing smartphone. While there was plenty to like about the Phone 1, the fact that it wasn’t available in the U.S. at launch made it difficult to get the widespread attention that it deserved....

June 7, 2025 · 3 min · 518 words · Richard Barton

Jonathan Majors Fired from Another Movie, Will No Longer Play Dennis Rodman in 48 Hours in Vegas

Jonathan Majors’s hopes of making a return to Hollywood have already taken a dive, as following report that his upcoming featureMagazine Dreamshas reportedly been shelved for good, the actor has been fired from another project. This time, it is Majors' appearance as basketball player Dennis Rodman in a film under the working title of48 Hours in Vegasthat has dropped the actor, and has also lost its studio, Lionsgate. This means that the producers, including Rodman, Phil Lord and Chis Miller, will have to shop around for another home for the project as well as a new star....

June 7, 2025 · 5 min · 877 words · Kevin Sanders

Justin Lin Steps Down as Fast X Director Over 'Creative Differences'

Filming onFast Xjust started, but directorJustin Linannounced Tuesday that he will be stepping down as director. Over the last week, the internethas been buzzing with casting newsand behind-the-scenes images from the set of the 10th movie in theFast and Furiousfranchise, so the news of Lin’s departure from the project has come as a shock to many fans of the high-octane movie series which was expected to be helmed by Lin for its final two movies....

June 7, 2025 · 3 min · 484 words · Jean Maxwell

Kylo Ren and Rey Face Their Fates in Star Wars 8 Motion Posters

What fate shall befall Kylo Ren and Rey inStar Wars: The Last Jedi? A couple of new motion posters for the highly-anticipated movie continue to tease us about that very question. Rey is clearly going to be struggling as she becomes accustomed to her Jedi powers and Kylo Ren is trying to leave the light behind as hetransitions fully to the Dark Side. But there’s clearly some conflict there. The first motion poster features Rey and, much like the rest of the marketing forStar Wars: The Last Jedi, is done mostly in white, red and black....

June 7, 2025 · 3 min · 477 words · Mr. Dan Wong DDS

Maz Kanata Was an Animatronic in The Rise of Skywalker

The Rise of Skywalkertried to use practical effects whenever possible. Maz Kanata ended up being an animatronic this time around as opposed to CGI. This was important for J.J. Abrams, along with the cast and crew, which posed an interesting challenge for Creature And Special Make-Up Effects Creative Supervisor Neal Scanlan. They had to go through and make sure it was a seamless change from the CGI. J.J. Abrams had a lot of challenges while makingThe Rise of Skywalker, but one of the biggest was bringing Carrie Fisher into the movie with unused footage fromThe Force Awakens....

June 7, 2025 · 3 min · 525 words · Rachel Gallagher

Minecraft Armadillo joins the Mob Vote with Wolf Armor

As we get closer to Minecraft Live 2023, more details are revealed, including my favorite event: the Mob Vote. We’ve already seenone of the three entrees and Mobsplayers must choose between, the Crab. But the second Mob has been revealed, and fans have received their first look at the adorable Armadillo. Minecraft Armadillo revealed for Minecraft 2023 Mob Vote The second mob for the Minecraft Live 2023 Mob Vote was revealed to be the Armadillo through theMinecraftYouTube channel....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 320 words · Lauren Pugh

Minimalistic puzzler Hundreds from Canabalt makers now available for download

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM0Vo7neVpw#at=17 If you’re a fan of iOS puzzlers with a twist, don’t miss out on Hundreds, an unusual puzzle game for the iPhone and iPad from the guys that brought youCanabalt, the popular side-scrolling platformer with retro graphics. Pitched as a game“about the space between you and the serene”, its premise involves growing floating bubbles by tapping them until they add to 100. The only problem: the bubbles turn red when touched and if they collide when red, it’s game over....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 288 words · David Elliott