Behind the scenes: How Apple designed its most exclusive product ever

Apple fans, hold onto your hats. The trillion-dollar company behind the iPhone has something brand new: a hunk of precisely engineered and polished aluminum, handcrafted by the company’s world-famous design team. It’s carefully packaged like a Christmas present, it’s special-delivered to some lucky people’s front doors … and you’re able to’t get one. In fact, you’ll never even see it in person. Limited to a run of exactly 15 (plus a spare or two to have around Apple Park), this is Apple’s most exclusive product of all time....

June 21, 2025 · 4 min · 801 words · Joshua Thornton

Best MacBook deals: Get an Air for $605 and save on M3 MacBook Pro

Apple has some of thebest laptopson the market, and if you’re in the Apple ecosystem, then it makes sense to grab yourself a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro. There are a few options you can go for in terms of what sort of chip you want to run, starting with the slightly older M1 chip which is harder to find, to the higher-end M3 chip. Of course, they tend to be quite expensive, especially if you go for a MacBook Pro, so you’ll want to snag one of theseApple dealson MacBooks from various retailers to help save yourself a little bit extra....

June 21, 2025 · 4 min · 663 words · Connor Bell

Best new shows and movies to stream: ‘Gerald’s Game,’ ‘Neo Yokio,’ and more

Online streaming is bigger than ever, and with so many streaming services adding new shows and movies every week, it can be nearly impossible to sort through the good and the bad. If you need something to watch and don’t want to wade through the digital muck that washes up on the internet’s shores, follow our picks below for the best new shows and movies to stream onNetflix,Hulu,HBO,Amazon, and other services....

June 21, 2025 · 4 min · 693 words · Ronnie Hughes

Common washing machine problems, and how to fix them

While tech advances have given us all some impressive washing machine features, the core of the machine remains simple: Water is pumped in a big drum with cloths, the big drum spins around, and water is pumped back out. However, despite the simplicity, there are still things that can go wrong with even thebest washersavailable. Fortunately, there are plenty of DIY solutions that can help fix your washing machine, or at least narrow down the problem so you know just what to do next....

June 21, 2025 · 8 min · 1579 words · Madison Powers

Crash Landing On You’s K-Drama Ending Was Almost So Much Sadder

Summary Crash Landing on You’s ambiguous ending may have left Ri Jeong-hyuk (Hyun Bin) and Yoon Se-ri’s (Son Ye-jin) future on a bittersweet note, but the conclusion of their love story was almost a lot sadder. Screenwriter Park Ji-eun has become well-known for her semi-tragic love stories, withQueen of TearsandCrash Landing on Youbeing some of thebest K-dramas of all time. However,one major change inQueen of TearssolvesCrash Landing on You’s ending issuesand leavesQueen of Tearson a much happier note that many wishedCrash Landing on Youhad gotten....

June 21, 2025 · 5 min · 996 words · Alexandria Rivas

Dazzling Ark: Survival Ascended Player-Made House Looks More Like GTA Than Ark

Summary AnArk: Survival Ascendedplayer has impressed the community with a creation that looks like it could have been pulled straight fromGrand Theft Autorather than a dinosaur-filled survival game. Building is a primary component ofArk: Survival Evolvedand its remake,Survival Ascended, as players gather resources out in the open world to build massive, customizable, multi-leveled structures with varying durability depending on what building tier players are on. RedditorKenny_mcalpintook to the r/ARK Subreddit to share a video of one of their creations, an extremely highly detailed, domesticated house that some commenters described as looking like it had come from games such asGTA 5or jokingly asking ifThe Sims 5was out yet....

June 21, 2025 · 3 min · 501 words · James Moody

ESPN and Walmart temporarily shun violent video games after mass shootings

Shortly after the recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, two companies have taken steps to avoid promoting violent video games — which some, including the president, have pointed to as a contributing factor in America’s high mass shooting rates. Both Walmart and ESPN have temporarily distanced themselves from violent video games, despite the apparentlack of a causal linkbetween games and mass shootings. This week, Walmart employees wereinstructed to remove signagefor violent video games and films, as well as change demonstration kiosks that would allow customers to try out such games....

June 21, 2025 · 3 min · 467 words · Ronnie Malone

Ethan Dolan engaged to longtime girlfriend Kristina Alice

Ethan Dolan engaged to longtime girlfriend Kristina Alice YouTube star Ethan Dolan is now engaged to longtime girlfriend Kristina Alice, and fans couldn’t be happier for the couple. Ethan Dolan is one half ofthe Dolan Twins,a prominentYouTubeduo who gained immense popularity in the 2010’s. However, following thedeath of their father in 2019,the Twins made abig change to their upload scheduleand eventually claimed they were“moving on” from YouTube contentin 2021....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Michael Cohen

Everything coming to Amazon Prime Video in August 2023

Summer may be winding down, but Amazon’s streaming service is still cranking out the streaming hits.Prime Video‘s August 2023 programming slate offers a diverse slate of genres:sci-fi movies, comedies, romance films, dramas, stand-up specials, and a 2023 movie about an animal all loaded up on drugs. The list of new arrivals throughout the month features quite a few noteworthy additions to the Prime Video library, including the return ofThursday Night Football, the debut of the rom-comRed, White & Royal Blue, the premiere of Harlan Coben’s new seriesShelter, and library titles likeDungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,Cocaine Bear, andBones and All....

June 21, 2025 · 3 min · 483 words · Katie Shepard

Experimental ‘blowhole’ renewable energy could be on its way to the U.S.

The use of wind and water assources of renewable energyis well-documented. But an innovative project, taking place off the coast of a remote Tasmanian island, aims to showcase a new approach that combines the best of both worlds. Created by an organization calledWave Swell Energy, it’s an experimental means of generating renewable power by harvesting wave energy pushed through an oscillating water column (OWC), or artificial “blowhole.” The movement of the air created during this process spins a turbine that produces electricity....

June 21, 2025 · 3 min · 465 words · Debra Austin

Facebook now lets you check the weather forecast on mobile and desktop

Facebook is targeting weather apps with its latest update for desktop, iOS, and Android. The social network is rolling out a weather tool that offers a five-day forecast, along with personalization options and notifications. You may have spotted limited weather data in other sections on Facebook, such as places and events pages, but this info is restricted to the temperature and a one-word forecast summary (i.e., sunny). However, Facebook’s new offering is a complete weather tool that is more akin to Yahoo Weather and Apple’s Weather app....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 328 words · Vanessa Pierce

FedEx mistakenly rejects shipment of a Huawei phone to the U.S.

The trade situation between the U.S. and China is escalating, with Chinese company Huaweirecently placedon the U.S. Department of Commerce’s “Entity List” which prevents it from using parts from U.S. companies without permission from the U.S. government. But there has been some confusion about what exactly that means for users of Huawei products who are based in the U.S. A recent incident involved a tech writer fromPCMagwho tried to ship a Huawei phone from the U....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 384 words · Mark Ellis

Four features the new Pixel Watch 4 needs to have

Last year’s Pixel Watch 3 was one of my favorite wearables and one of the best Google wearables ever, but a year later, rivals such as the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic and Apple Watch Series 10 have left the Pixel Watch 3 in need of an update. Thankfully, Google is on track to deliver, with the Pixel Watch 4 expected to launch on August 20 alongside the new Pixel 10 series....

June 21, 2025 · 4 min · 767 words · Haley Parrish