Android 14’s new share sheet is live in Chrome Beta

Android’s share sheet has long beena point of contention. The idea behind it is ingenious: it allows you to share media, links, files, and more data across apps on your phone with only a few taps. However, it has become increasingly harder to use over the years, with many apps offering their own internal share sheets with extra in-app actions. The fact that direct share targets often don’t show people you contact often doesn’t help the system share sheet’s case, either....

August 18, 2025 · 3 min · 561 words · Dawn Wolfe

Android Auto finally has an audio progress bar headed your way

Android Auto finally has an audio progress bar headed your way Android Auto users haveeagerly awaited a long-promised visual redesign, and it finally started rolling out this month after loads of beta testing. Codenamed Coolwalk, the visual refresh was a big talking point forGoogle at CES 2023. That’s not the only quality-of-life improvement coming to Android Auto, though. Asfirst spotted all the way back in summer 2022, Google’s infotainment system is finally making its new scrubbing bar more widely available....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Natalie Miller

Bokeem Woodbine Discusses Playing Soren In Halo Season 2 Physical Release Featurette Clip

Warning: SPOLIERS for Halo season 2. Summary Haloseason 2 is coming to DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K UHD Steelbook, andScreen Ranthas a clip celebrating the show’s physical release. The second season of the Paramount+ series adapted iconic elements from theHalovideo game series, bringing the fall of Reach and the Flood to live-action for the first time. It also saw Master Chief finally set foot on the Halo ring itself, setting up future stories that can realize the games’ best moments....

August 18, 2025 · 3 min · 524 words · Stephanie Villegas

Captain America 4 Needs To Skip A 16-Year-Old MCU Trend To Avoid The Ultimate Hulk Insult

Summary Hulk’s absence inCaptain America: Brave New Worldcan be compensated by breaking an already outdatedMCUtrend.Phase 5’s upcomingCaptain America: Brave New Worldfeatures numerous important plot points, including the world’s reaction to Tiamut’s appearance, Sam Wilson’s first official on-screen mission as Captain America following his acceptance of the Captain America mantle inThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s ending, Samuel Sterns' return, and President Ross' transformation into the monstrous Red Hulk, not to mention the appearance of minor antagonists like Giancarlo Esposito’s mystery mercenary....

August 18, 2025 · 4 min · 776 words · Mark Bond

Chances of a national TikTok ban grow with upcoming bill in Senate

TikTokmight just be a time sink full of outrageous looping videos to the average person, but to the United States and Canadian governments, it could be a national security threat. Orders have come downprohibiting workers under both regimesfrom having the app installed on work devices in the wake of the revelation thatthe company spied on journalists. But the possibility of a national ban has been around since the Trump administration took a tougher stance against China....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 308 words · Mrs. Misty Hayes MD

ChatGPT's Deep Research Tool Is Rolling Out to Plus Users, and You Can Use It Now

OpenAI Rolls Out Deep Research to ChatGPT Plus Subscribers The deep research rollout is starting from 26 July 2025, as posted on OpenAI’s X account. WhenOpenAIfirst launched deep research, it noted the process was “currently very compute intensive.” As the company scales up its deep research feature, the number of uses will also rise—though there is currently nothing on the cards for ChatGPT’s enormous number of free users. What Can ChatGPT’s Deep Research Tool Do?...

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 257 words · Megan Gordon

Daily Themed Crossword June 07, 2025 Answers (8/14/25)

Our Daily Themed Crossword June 14, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. TheDaily Themed Crosswordis available as a mobile app on both iOS and Android devices. It has become a popular crossword app due to its regular crossword offerings and difficulty level (not too easy, not too difficult, generally). They release a new crossword each day, every day of the year, and each crossword has a theme and allows for hints in case an answer involves a more obscure word....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 346 words · Kristina Mcdaniel

DC Just Revealed The Wildest In-Universe Reason People Don’t Think Clark Kent & Superman Are The Same Person

2025 just sawDCprovide a truly wild reason as to why people don’t think Clark Kent is Superman in one universe, setting the stage for more wonderful and weird reveals from the franchise as the year continues. While 2025 is only just kicking off, DC has already seemingly gotten into its stride with the year so far, with its comic releases continuing many fascinating stories, andthe trailer for the DCUSupermanas well as the release ofCreature Commandosseason 1 paving the way for a new on-screen universe....

August 18, 2025 · 5 min · 898 words · Veronica Thompson

Ex-Disney CEO's Animation Criticism Has Aged Very Badly After Inside Out 2's Success

Quick Links Summary One of the main aspects that Disney is known for is releasing outstanding animated films. Most, if not all, of these movies exhibit themes that are always relevant to the times they are released. Several of these movies even manage to stay relevant long after their release. Although this film is still in theaters,Inside Out 2containsmany themes about mental health that will be sure to uphold years down the road....

August 18, 2025 · 5 min · 1022 words · Kevin Sims

Google says support for Nest Hello doorbells and older cameras is still coming

If you were one of the first to buy a Nest Cam Indoor and you still use it, you may have already run into some frustration managing the device. Because of Google Home’s slow integration withNestand its apps, older-generation devices can be more complex. As of 2023, the company has said it is working on making these products seamlessly accessible withinGoogle Home. However, there have been few updates on the progress — until now....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 373 words · Donna Ward

How I Set Up Plex for My Family (Without Getting IT Support Calls Every Night)

Quick Links Plex is a great way to let a household share media across a multitude of devices. However, for the resident tech expert (me), this can quickly turn into a barrage of support requests, which I set up Plex to run smoothly without constant intervention. Setting Up Profiles and Libraries (Including Parental Controls and PINs) Applying some due diligence at this stage was a lesson I learned the hard way when I first set Plex Media Server up—and this was a basic installation....

August 18, 2025 · 3 min · 513 words · Melissa Price

How Keanu Reeves' Biggest Role Defined Fox's X-Men Movies For Over A Decade

Summary Keanu Reeves has yet to join aMarvelmovie, but his biggest Hollywood role still majorly influenced Fox’s iconicX-Menmovies nonetheless.The impact of Fox’s X-Men franchiseon the superhero genre is hard to overstate as it helped to trigger the modern era of superheromovies starting with 2000’sX-Men. This is where Hugh Jackman scored his big break as Wolverine, the character that would become central to most of the X-Men franchise as its de facto main character before 2011’sX-Men: First Classwould take the franchise in a slightly new direction....

August 18, 2025 · 5 min · 883 words · Kathryn Fischer

How Long Does It Take AI to Crack Your Password? You’d Be Surprised

How Long Does It Take AI to Crack Your Password? You’d Be Surprised AI has infiltrated an increasing number of industries, and with it, our daily lives. We’ve been hearing a lot more about it due to things like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Bard, and the like. If you haven’t done so on purpose, you may have interacted with AI unknowingly—it’s used in website chatbots and by companies like Google, Apple, and Uber to make decisions about map data....

August 18, 2025 · 5 min · 917 words · Emma Montoya