iOS 14 lets you perform actions by tapping the back of your iPhone

At theWWDC keynote, Apple couldn’t run through every feature it’s bringing to iPhones with theiOS 14 update. Buried underneath the pile of headlining announcements, one of the more intriguing additions it skipped is a new gesture that allows you to perform actions by simply tapping the back of your iPhone. iOS 14 offers an accessibility option (viaMacRumors) that lets you trigger actions such as pulling down the Control Center or summoning Siri when you tap the back of an iPhone twice or thrice....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 373 words · Mr. Daniel Gonzales DVM

iOS 16.2 is here, adding Apple Music Sing (plus a lot more) to your iPhone

Apple has just released iOS 16.2 foriPhones, as well as watchOS 9.2 for compatibleApple Watch devices. iOS 16.2 has been in the beta testing stages for a few months, and it is now finally available for everyone. This is a relatively big point update, bringing with it several new features. In iOS 16.2, we have the newly announcedAdvanced Data Protection. With Advanced Data Protection, end-to-end encryption has been expanded to many more iCloud data categories....

June 14, 2025 · 3 min · 517 words · Jennifer Wright

James Cameron’s sci-fi epic Avatar returns to theaters, but has its magic faded?

There were plenty of reasons to wonder, in the autumn of 2009, ifJames Cameronhad finally flown too close to the sun, burning a big budget on a boondoggle. Nearly a dozen years after emerging from a troubled production with the biggest movie of all time, the disaster-weepie phenomenonTitanic, the blockbuster maestro had once more secured enormous investment in pursuit of a bank-busting special-effects spectacle to rule them all. Except this time, the movie in question looked, from a distance, like the height of overreaching silliness: A sci-fi fantasy about a species of lithe, ocean-blue, vaguely feline aliens, prancing through a tropical paradise....

June 14, 2025 · 8 min · 1546 words · Ronnie Martin

Love Island fan-favorite couple Callum & Molly split after 3 years

Love Island fan-favorite couple Callum & Molly split after 3 years Love Island UK Season 6 alums, Molly Smith and Callum Jones, have reached the end of their relationship road. Breakups have become a constant theme in the Love Island franchise recently. FromSeason 10 of the UK seriesalone, there have already been a handful of splits from couples that didn’t work out after leaving the villa. And unfortunately, the streak hasn’t ended....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 346 words · Daniel Wood

Marvel Rivals Hulk guide: Abilities, ultimate, tips, more

Marvel Rivals Hulk guide: Abilities, ultimate, tips, more When it comes to tanks, aka Vanguards inMarvel Rivals, Hulk is one of the more complicatedcharacters, with three different forms to play as things can get quite tricky. There’s far more to Hulk than smashing things apart though. He’s got great mobility in two of his three forms and can be formidable on the battlefield once you master his playstyle. Hulk stats in Marvel Rivals As we’ve alluded to already, Hulk has three forms: As you go up the transformations, Hulk gets stronger and when you die as Monster Hulk, you’ll just return to Hero Hulk, and then again with Hero Hulk to Bruce Banner....

June 14, 2025 · 5 min · 870 words · Colleen Johnston

Meta’s Zuckerberg ‘not holding breath’ over Musk cage fight

Mark Zuckerberg training with UFC champions Israel Adesanya (left) and Alexander Volkanovski (right).Meta/Mark Zuckerberg Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Sunday that he’s not holding his breath over the proposed cage fight with Elon Musk, who runs SpaceX and Tesla, and also owns Twitter (now called X). The idea for a physical fight between the two high-profile tech billionaires came from Musk in June when he tweeted: “I’m up for a cage fight if he is lol....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 341 words · Tami Carpenter

New CBS schedule hints Young Sheldon character’s return

New CBS schedule hints Young Sheldon character’s return Details are largely under wraps ahead of the finale, but CBS might have let a Young Sheldon character’s return slip in its upcoming schedule. The Sheldon-verse might be coming to a head inYoung Sheldon Season 7, with the finale set to bring back a host of minor characters — including Paige and Billy Sparks — alongside unexpected cameos from Big Bang Theory stars such as Jim Parsons....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 305 words · Brandi Perez

Pokémon Gen 10 needs to be a reboot

2026 will mark the 30th anniversary of thePokémon franchise, which is a sentence that makes me woefully uncomfortable with my age. Personal insecurities aside, most of the Pokémon community believes this is the perfect year to announce the 10th generation mainline title for theSwitch 2. Gen 9,Scarlet and Violet,will have been out for four years by then, and it would give this year’sPokémon Legends: Z-Aa little time to breathe. I’ve never been a big fan of the annualization of Pokémon games, but that’s a topic for another day....

June 14, 2025 · 4 min · 833 words · Benjamin Mack

Power Rangers' New Yellow Ranger Will Blow the Mind of Every 90s Fan

Summary Warning: Spoilers for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Return #4!The newest member of thePower Rangersis the last person that originalYellow RangerTrini Kwan would have wanted to wear her suit. Trini’s legacy on the original show places her among the most beloved Rangers in the franchise’s history, and considering herpromotion to Red Ranger statusin the BOOM! Studios universe, she’s proven herself as one of the best. Unfortunately,the daughter of Rita Repulsalooks to sully Trini’s legacy by becoming the new Yellow RangerinMighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Return#4 by Amy Jo Johnson, Matt Hotson, Nico Leon, Dono Sanchez-Almara, and Ed Dukeshire....

June 14, 2025 · 3 min · 625 words · Matthew Odonnell

Roll over, SpotMini — here comes the ALMA robo-dog

Roll over,SpotMini— there’s a new robo-dog in the ‘hood and it’s snapping at your heels. Created by Swiss-based Robotic Systems Lab, ALMA, which stands for articulated locomotion and manipulation, is a quadrupedal robot just like Boston Dynamics’ SpotMini. And, offering another SpotMini parallel, ALMA comes with a mechanical arm capable of performing a range of “manipulation tasks,”Cnetreports. A recently posted video shows autonomous ALMA opening a door with relative ease, a vital maneuver if the bots are ever going to rise up and cause havoc for us humans....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · Robert Hernandez

Saber in Honkai Star Rail: Leaked abilities, Ascension Materials & everything we know

Saber in Honkai Star Rail: Leaked abilities, Ascension Materials & everything we know Honkai Star Railleaks have revealed Saber’s Saber’s abilities, Eidolons, and Ascension materials. So, here’s everything we currently know about the Heroic Spirit. The Honkai Star Rail x Fate collab is one of the most highly anticipated updates, as players have the chance to add Saber and Archer to their rosters. Just like her abilities in the Fate anime, the Heroic Spirit comes packed with incredibly deadly skills....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Jenna Anderson

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus vs. S10 Plus: Which one should you buy?

If you prize refined design and big screens, then Samsung has plenty to offer. Two of its best, similarly priced phones are the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus and the Galaxy S10 Plus, but how do you choose between them? That’s where we come in, with this spec comparison that will explain exactly what each phone offers and highlight the areas where they differ. If you’re ready to step up to 5G, then check out ourcomparison of Samsung’s 5G handsets....

June 14, 2025 · 6 min · 1125 words · Amanda Maxwell

Sorry, Blastoise: The next Pokémon Unite character is Blissey

Blissey has beenannouncedas the next battler inPokémon Unite. Classed as aSupporter, Blissey joins Eldegoss as a character whose primary function is to protect and buff its allies. Blissey will be available in-game this Wednesday, August 18, which is also the date of the upcomingPokémon Presentsvideo. While the announcement was leaked a few days ago, Blissey’s inclusion still comes as a surprise to those who expected the previously announced Blastoise to be the next release....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 293 words · Pamela Williams