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One much-memed moment distilled all the infamous political drama perfectly.

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Every Tarnished should re-familiarize themselves with the weapons before plunging into Shadow of the Erdtree.

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Aesthetics, or clever engineering?

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How 'The Stand' Became TV's First Genre Epic

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I do think it woke people up to the fact that you can take genre material seriously and reach a really wide audience,” director Mick Garris says.

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Which mutant secretly owns everybody else?

Science

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Quiet eVTOLs may be flying passengers as early as 2025.

Apple

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You might want to make sure you understand these hidden changes before you pull the trigger on a new iPad.

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It definitely reduces glare, but it costs extra and most people should stick to standard glossy.

Game Guides

Elden Ring: How to Parry

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Shields up.

Gaming

Nintendo World Championships Continues the Best Switch Trend Before Its Successor Arrives

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What’s old is new again.

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Marvel’s latest series is pulling zero punches, even where fan favorites are concerned.

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Elden Ring: How To Beat Millicent's Quest

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A journey in its own right.

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Marvel Finally Admits That Less Can Be More

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We’re all so tired.

Opinion

EA Still Doesn’t Understand What Players Want From Battlefield

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Why does the publisher keep missing the armed speedboat on this?

Opinion

Generative AI Is No Friend to Developers, No Matter What EA’s CEO Says

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Who really wants AI?

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'Twisters' Looks Ridiculous, But Could Actually Live Up to the Iconic Original

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Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones take on twin twisters and each other.

Handhelds

This Game Boy Advance SP Clone Can Play PSP, DS, and Dreamcast Games

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All hail the best gaming handheld form factor.

Review

'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' Is An Old-School Epic Begging For A Sequel

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The latest in the venerable Apes franchise delivers the goods — even if it feels like a very long set-up.

Feature

'The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles' was a Testbed for the Prequels

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“It was the beginning of digital effects.”

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I’m bewitched.

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15 Years Ago, J.J. Abrams Broke — And Then Saved — the Star Trek Universe

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Star Trek is the rare sexy reboot that actually helped its flailing franchise.

Timey Wimey

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Someone’s marked for death.

EVs

This Wildly Affordable Electric Motorcycle Looks Like the Metacycle We Never Got

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Someone had to take on the mantle.

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A real treat.

Apple

Apple’s “Pro” Apps Make Me Want an iPad for the First Time

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Logic Pro is exactly what I've been waiting for.

Gaming

Remedy Is The Latest Studio To Cancel A Big Multiplayer Project

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The announcement comes just months after Naughty Dog canceled the troubled The Last Of Us multiplayer spin-off.

Space

What Actually Happened to the Boeing Rocket Last Night?

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A malfunctioning valve is not ideal.

TV

Everything You Need to Know About 'X-Men ‘97' Episode 9

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With just two episodes left, X-Men ‘97 is pulling out all the stops.

Gaming News

Nintendo Just Casually Dropped Some Huge Switch 2 Release Date Info, No Big Deal

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The company announced their new console in the most Nintendo way ever.

Gaming

Helldivers 2 Players Scramble to Undo Damage Caused Fighting A Controversial Change

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Playing with fire.

Opinion

Xbox Is Closing the Studio Behind Its Most Exciting Exclusive In Years

ByHayes Madsen

A seismic loss.

Apple

Apple’s Thinnest iPad Pros Are Also The Most Powerful iPad Pros Ever

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Hopefully they don’t bend or overheat.

MCU

Marvel Has Lost Sight of What Made Its Great Streaming Experiment a Success

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Why limit art to just sure things?

Apple

Apple Gives New iPad Air a 13-Inch Display and Doubles the Base Storage

ByJackson Chen

Another screen size in Apple’s really big iPad family.

Movies

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Ti West’s innovative series could soldier on without its star.

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Google’s New $499 Pixel 8a Has a Fingerprint-Resistant Design

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Don’t worry, it’ll do AI, too. Specifically, run Google’s Gemini Nano AI model.

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The 50 Best Sci-Fi Horror Movies, Ranked

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The best of the subgenre, here are 50 films, entirely beloved and casually ranked.

Unlimited Power

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It all began one foggy afternoon on Coruscant…

Space

A Simple Chemical Reaction May Have Wiped Out Venus's Once Watery Clouds

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A recent study suggests that weird chemistry in Venus's upper atmosphere may explain why the once-steamy planet has so little water today.

Gaming

Hades II Early Access Squashed My Worries About Its Story In Its First Hours

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This could be one awkward family reunion.

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1999's 'The Mummy' Remains the Platonic Ideal of the Remake

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The secret to rebooting the Universal Monsters lies in the 1999 swashbuckler.

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Why Apple TV+’s 'Dark Matter' Matters

ByRyan Britt

“It’s a serious adult drama wrapped in this crazy sci-fi package.”

Marvel

Giancarlo Esposito Has Joined the MCU — Let’s Hope He’s Not a Villain For Once

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The Breaking Bad star really wants to play a good guy. Could Marvel finally give him that chance?

AI

Putting ChatGPT In Your Wireless Earbuds Is Infuriating and Occasionally Magical

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Nothing’s new generation of wireless earbuds are the first to put ChatGPT just a simple hand gesture away.

Trailers

'Megalopolis’ First Teaser Gives Us a Glimpse at the Year’s Most Audacious Sci-Fi Movie

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“Time, stop!”

AI

7 Rabbit R1 Features That Will Be Fixed in the Next Software Updates

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This is how to respond to customer feedback.

It's a Bird. It's a Plane.

The New Superman Look Gets One Thing Right About The Man of Steel

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Here's what David Corenswet's Ka-El looks like and why it's great.

Opinion

Hades 2 Has the Perfect Villain

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Ending time.

Gaming

Wildermyth’s Omenroad DLC Boldly Rewrites the Cult RPG’s Best Feature

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On the road again.

Trailers

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Have you heard, it’s not a story the Jedi would tell you, etc.

Opinion

PlayStation Learns A Valuable Lesson In How To Not Piss Of PC Players

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Growing pains of going multiplatform.

Game Guides

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Heart of the cards.

MCU

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It’s the X-Men vs. the world... and maybe the Avengers too.

Opinion

Hades 2 Continues the Best Video Game Trend of 2023

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We’re here for the plot.

Gaming News

Hades II Releases In Early Access Today, So Cancel Your Plans

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Clear your schedule.

Tesla

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New Tesla DLC just dropped.

Trailers

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You either get canceled or air long enough to become a franchise.

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Doctor Who’s new era is for everyone and no one at all.

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Inverse pays tribute to the legendary Pablo-Jill.

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Retrospective

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A true story was given the dedication it deserves.

Science

Why Venus May Be Our Best Bet For Finding Life In the Solar System

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Venus and Earth once looked a lot alike. Could our planet’s forgotten early twin also contain life?

Health

LSD — Yes, LSD — Shows Promising Results For Treating Anxiety

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Detox

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As much as 40 percent of adults snore, but when does a common behavior signal a problem?

Unlimited Power

One Prequel Scene Proves Star Wars Should Embrace Campy Space Opera

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A story everyone but the Jedi knows.

Review

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Framework, makers of the modular Framework Laptops, makes it really easy to give a bunch of old computer parts a second life.

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Inverse spoke with Tadanobu Asano about his scene-stealing turn as Yabushige, the lovable scoundrel of Shogun.

Lost Legends

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The overlooked era of Star Wars lore is now more important than ever.

Gaming

15 Years Ago, the Perfect Tower Defense Game Changed Gaming Forever

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Strategy for everyone.

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A world of fire and blood.

Health

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Unlimited Power

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The arena scene in Attack of the Clones is Star Wars in its purest form.

Health

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Several recent TikToks have claimed that freezing bread actually makes it healthier.

Pet Science

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Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.

Unlimited Power

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Tartakovsky’s cartoon left an indelible impact on Star Wars.

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One incredible scene rewarded everyone who sat through Jar Jar Binks’ antics.

Retrospective

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Fourteen years ago this month, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar Games found its next open world mega franchise.

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Everyone is Still Misusing the Term “Gaslighting”

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80 years later, “gaslighting” has become a surprisingly common (and incorrectly used) phrase.

Science

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Health

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Optometry researchers estimate that about half of the global population will need corrective lenses to offset myopia by 2050 if current rates continue.

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Everything from a built-in robot vacuum to headlights that project messages.

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Game Guides

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Trust us, you'll need all the help you can get.

Marvel

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Sometimes, classic is best.

Opinion

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Not very democratic of you, PlayStation.

Gaming

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This strategy sequel just got more exciting.

Space

China Just Launched its Chang'e-6 Mission To Grab Samples From the Elusive Far Side of the Moon

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Liftoff for the Moon’s newest robotic visitor.

TVs

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Go from reality TV to Renaissance paintings.

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TV

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Let’s not let this get out of hand.

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Wake up and smell the mixed reality roses.

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Time for an encore.