This article contains spoilers for The Acolyte episode 5, “Night.” Summary The Acolytestar Dafne Keen opens up about and defends the shocking fifth episode. TheStar Warsshow’s latest episode, entitled “Night,” was essentially a thirty-minute-long duel between the Jedi and a dark sider who is now known as The Stranger. The episode unveils who’s behind The Stranger’s mask and asserts the villain as one who shouldn’t be messed with, as The Stranger kills off most of the Jedi, including Keen’s Jecki Lon, someone who seemed like an endgame character....

Summary Phoebe Dynevor’s exit fromBridgertonahead ofseason 3 was disappointing, but surprisingly, Daphne’s leave has also led to new opportunities for the season’s lead, Colin. Based onJulia Quinn’sBridgertonbook,Romancing Mister Bridgerton,Bridgertonseason 3 tells the story of friends-to-lovers, Colin and Penelope. Their season is unlike any otherBridgertoninstallment becausePen and Colin have a history that previousBridgertoncouples never had.Furthermore, Penelope’s Lady Whistledown secret adds a layer of tension that increases the drama tenfold. Luckily though, theseBridgertonchanges have only led to fresh moments that never would’ve happened before....

Sony held its second announcement-packedState of Playof the year. PlayStation has had a fun year thus far with games likeHorizon Forbidden West,Gran Turismo 7,andMLB The Show 22, but will now highlight what games are coming to PS5 in the back half of 2022, as well as what we can expect from the upcoming PlayStation VR2 headset. When announcing the June 2 State of Play onPlayStation Blog,Sony teased that this showcase would contain “some exciting reveals from our third-party partners, plus a sneak peek at several games in development for PlayStation VR2,” and it later confirmedHorizon Call of the Mountainwas going to be at the show....

FFXIV: Top 10 rarest mounts & how to get them Mounts in Final Fantasy XIV allow Warriors of Light to move from one place to another quickly. But it’s also for completionists and achievement hunters, so here’s every rare mount and how to get them. Final Fantasy XIVhas a wealth of mounts, minions, and other items to collect. With the huge MMORPG being over 10 years old, completionists and achievement hunters have their work cut out for them....

Chores have been the bane of both kids and adults for about four generations now and one of the biggest irritations, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, is taking out the trash. Cue the robots. Not like,Westworld-style, shoot-you-in-the-head robots, but just a cool new invention by smart home companyRezzithat’s atrash canthat takes itself out. Heck, it even just won an award from digital manufacturing leaderProtolabs, a company celebrating its 20th year in business this year that specializes in making 3D-printed sheet metal and injection-molded custom parts....

Fortniteseason 7, week 7 is live and, of course, it comes with more challenges for you to complete. As long as you’re familiar with the Whiplash sports car and how to use it, a lot of this week’s challenges will come easy to you. One that might give you trouble is for defeating Riot, an NPC dressed as a punk rocker. While Riot isn’t the toughest NPC in the game, defeating him can be tricky if you aren’t prepared....

Fortnite players can now one-shot enemies with One Punch Man weapon Fortnitejust dropped a weapon so wild it broke the game’s rules. It’s fun, terrifying, and absolutely ridiculous, all at the same time. TheFortnite x One Punch Man collabwent live on August 10, 2025. It brought Saitama, Genos, and Tatsumaki into the game as playable skins. Each hero arrived with bundles of cosmetics, themed emotes, and over-the-top accessories. The crossover officially launched August 27 at 4 AM ET and will run until September 4, just in time for you to switch gears and playSilksong....

TheSamsung Galaxy S23 Ultrahas the most versatile set of cameras on any phone, and it’s the phone I took with me to the Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Barcelona, Spain, last month. After my work at MWC 2023 was done, I had some free time to explore the beauty of Spain, and in doing so, the Galaxy S23 Ultra helped me capture some amazing shots that wouldn’t be possible on any other device....

Summary Vin is the heroine of Brandon Sanderson’s originalMistborntrilogy, but the first three books feature several different heroes — anddespite diving into leadership at a young age, Elend Venture is one of them. Although Elend doesn’t get a POV in theMistbornbooksuntilThe Well of Ascension,he plays a prominent role from the time he’s introduced. Unlike the other nobles Vin meets while attending Luthadel’s balls, Elend is an idealist with surprisingly honorable morals....

After several delays,FortniteChapter 2: Season 3 is finally here. This time around, the island has been flooded, creating a map that is largely underwater. Season 3 also introduced a new method of transportation — Loot Sharks. Here’s how to ride a shark and quickly get aroundFortnite‘s aquatic battlefield. Further reading Find a fishing rod Before you head out to find a Loot Shark, you’ll need to pick up a fishing rod....

A rare event is occurring on Monday: The planet Mercury is passing directly between the Earth and the Sun. This is called a transit, and it occurs only 13 times every 100 years. The last transit of Mercury wasin 2016, and the next one won’t be until 2023, so you should take the chance to view this special astronomical event while you can. The good news for sky scanners is that the transit will be visible across most of the planet, including from North and South America, Europe, Africa, western Asia, and New Zealand....

On November 6, I was rudely awoken by my alarm blaring from behind my pillow. It couldn’t have known that I’d barely slept the night before, anxious about what world I’d wake up to the next day. No hesitation. It was time to rip the Band-Aid off. I opened theCNN browser tabI’d been obsessively refreshing the night before. I looked at the election result I’d always known was coming and shut my screen off just as quickly....

In 2016, Google hosted the inauguralIndie Games Festivalin San Francisco, a developer competition that highlighted “high-quality […] innovative and fun” Android games released in the preceding year. Now, in preparation for the second annual festival on September 23, it announcedthe 20 finalistsafter openingsubmissionsfor developers based in the United States and Canada in July. The terms were the same as last year’s contest. Prospective applicants had to have 15 or fewer team members to qualify and games submitted must have been released at some point in the past year....