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Matter is rolling out to Android phones and the Google Home ecosystem After years of teases and promises,Matterfinally launched in November 2022. The smart home standard that wants to interconnect all products in your home regardless of ecosystem and manufacturer is officially ready to be used, and many devices are getting updated to support it. Today, Google has announced that it is also jumping on the bandwagon, stating that most of itsgreat smart home devicesand virtually all Android phones are now equipped with Matter....

Summary Microsoft has spent the better half of two years battling the Federal Trade Commission over monopolistic, anti-consumer, and anti-competition allegations and while the company’s merger with Activision/Blizzard may have been approved,recent changes toXbox Game Passhave put the lawsuit back under the spotlight. Despite the ruling made on July 21, 2025, against the injunction, an appeal made by the FTC ensured that the matter would continue, resulting in further investigations. Following several controversial moves in 2024, the FTC is swinging back at Microsoft, alleging the company is actively participating in practices it warned against....

Summary Morgan Freeman’s mixed-reviewed psychological thriller,Kiss the Girls, finds new life on Netflix’s global chart 27 years later. Based on James Patterson’s best-selling novel of the same name, the 1997 psychological thriller follows the forensic psychologist Alex Cross who teams up with an escaped kidnap victim to catch the killer known as Casanova who has abducted his niece and many other women. Other thanFreeman in the lead role, the cast includes Ashley Judd and Cary Elwes....

Summary Captain Planet, the ultimate 1990s environmental crusader, will soon return in an all-new comic series fromDynamite Entertainment. Over the past year, Dynamite has hit pay dirt with titles featuring characters from the vast Warner Brothers/Discovery library,such asThe Thundercats. At this year’s San Diego Comic Con,the publisher announced a bevy of new titles, including the return of 90s icon Captain Planet. Dynamite Entertainment announced the new Captain Planet title at San Diego Comic-Con, alongside a slew of other Warner Brothers properties, such as Ben 10 and the Herculoids....

After decades of waiting, the voice of one of the most mysterious antagonists of theOne Piecefranchise,the enigmatic Imu, has been revealed. To prevent any kind of detail about this character’s identity from being revealed, including the gender, the audio was altered significantly with many filters. Yet, these changes to Imu’s voice may not have been implemented simply to hide who is behind that shadow. While it was a convenient way to keep IMu’s identity a secret, it’s also a solution that the anime will have to address at some point....

Warning! SPOILERS about Mayor of Kingstown season 3, episode 6 ahead. Summary Callahan only shared his plan inMayor of Kingstownseason 3, episode 6’s ending, but his true power was actually revealed by one detail in the words exchanged behind Anchor Bay’s closed doors. Ever since he returned to Kingstown inMayor of Kingstownseason 3’s premiere, Merle Callahan’s influence has been undeniable. From offering counsel to younger AB members to proving his importance by obtaining a transfer from Millhaven to Anchor Bay in hours, Callahan seemed different from any other AB leader who handled the organization’s dealings in Kingstown from the moment he was introduced....

Despite its limitations, OxygenOS 14 on theOnePlus Openoffers one of the best Android foldable experiences on the market. However, the OnePlus Open’s software is marred by a large number of preinstalled apps. While some are useful, others should be uninstalled instantly to avoid negatively affecting your experience. To help you use your OnePlus Open with minimal hassle, here’s a list of the apps you may safely uninstall on your OnePlus Open....

Qualcomm’s plans for persistent machine vision feel very Google — in the best way possible When Qualcomm took to the stage last December to announce theSnapdragon 8 Gen 1— itself a massive rebrand for the long-running flagship chipset series — one of the most surprising and intriguing features was that it could enable phones to have an “always-on camera.” In retrospect, that branding was never going to work: whether or not Qualcomm’s intentions were pure, any excitement that this sort of facial detection may have initially delivered on was immediately tuned out by talk of Big Brother....

Quick Links A calendar app doesn’t have to be special to be useful. But there’s are a few reasons I stick with the built-in Samsung Calendar that comes on Galaxy phones. The Beauty of a Beautiful Layout I’ve come to learn just how much good design matters. If parts of an app don’t flow well for me, I just don’t use it—even if I want to. When I open Samsung Calendar, I can’t help but be impressed by how Samsung presents the monthly, weekly, and daily view in a way that works regardless of what size screen I’m on....

Samsung’s June 2022 update is available for the unlocked Galaxy S10 series in the US As another month unfolds, Samsung inevitably begins to update its devices with its latest security patch. It madean early start in international markets, getting things going before the end of May. We’re now seeing the first signs of the June 2022 update becoming available in the US, starting with the VerizonGalaxy A21. There’s no changelog for the update regarding the A21, at least not like what we’ve heard aboutfor the Galaxy S22 series(well, at least international Exynos models)....

Quick Links When it comes to computer hardware, typically, more is better. That applies system-wide; more cores in your CPU can only be a good thing, right? So, how does that apply to the number of RAM sticks you use? Should you use two or four sticks of RAM for the best performance? Why Does Your Motherboard Have Four RAM Slots? Most consumer-grade motherboards come with four RAM slots; the main goal of these RAM slots is to connect the CPU to the RAM sticks using the motherboard....

Summary Though having made a name for herself in the early years of her career on Nickelodeon and in teen movies, Emma Roberts has shown a wide diversity of talent onscreen, whether it be as the entertainingly cruel Chanel Oberlin inScream Queensor the hauntingly compelling Joan inThe Blackcoat’s Daughter. It’s this prior range of performances that makesSpace Cadetsuch a disappointing installment for her filmography, with its painfully unfunny script and storyline....

WARNING: Contains SPOILERS for Star Trek: Prodigy season 2, episode 18, “Touch of Grey” Summary Star Trek: Prodigyfinally confirms thatStar Trek: Voyager’s Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) saw the Doctor (Robert Picardo) as a hero, but with a smart twist. InProdigyseason 2, the Doctor is a vital member of Admiral Janeway’s crew aboard the USS Voyager-A, tasked with mentoring Dal R’El (Brett Gray), Gwyndala (Ella Purnell) and the rest of the young Starfleet hopefuls....