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How to Avoid Spoilers Online and in Chats

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You can minimize the risk of films and shows being spoiled for you by muting comments, conversations, and keywords on various platforms. With multiple streaming services to choose from and the entire history of cinema and television to dig into, you'd be forgiven for not being quite up-to-date with the latest films and shows. That's where spoilers can hit you. Whether it's a twisty Netflix thriller or the season finale of a show on Apple TV, there will be times when you haven't gotten around to watching something and yet you don't want the plot spoiled for you. When you're in that scenario, going online is fraught with risk.


Where NASA Posts Its Best Space Photos, and How to Find Them

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Explore decades of incredible images and videos of stars, planets, moons, and galaxies--most of which are free to use and share. The recent mission to the moon by Artemis II astronauts was memorable, inspiring, and scientifically important for so many reasons . It also brought us a treasure trove of new images and videos ready to be added to NASA's vast library of content. Consider this photo of Earth from more than 250,000 miles away, for example, taken from the other side of the moon. Or these widely shared pictures of our home planet from inside the Orion capsule, which were taken using iPhone 17 Pro Max phones.


All Your Favorite Gadgets Are Getting Way More Expensive … Again

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Thanks to the AI-driven chip shortage, prices for phones, computers, and consoles are sky-high--and still climbing. If you're in the market for anything with a memory chip in it, now might be the time to snag it. Another round of price increases for consumer electronics seems to be underway. In June, Apple announced increased prices for its MacBooks and iPads . Xbox consoles are also getting more expensive starting in August.


How Big Is 'Love Island USA'? More Than 10 Million People Are Already on Its App

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"We have more people voting on the app than we do in many political elections taking place across the country," says the show's executive producer. Walls of cameras so millions of Americans can watch your spicy summer flings happen in real time? The app, where levels of viewer engagement are so high that it crashed during the first vote. Fans of the real-time dating show relish controlling the action through their in-app votes, helping decide who couples up and who gets dumped. Fan votes happen around five times during each season.


Bublue BuVortex V5 Pool Skimmer Review: An Impractical Cleaner

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This robotic surface skimmer offers an entirely different concept in pool cleaning. But does that translate to effective debris removal? Lack of solar charging makes it impractical for most pools, where skimming needs to be nonstop. Pool skimmers, which flit along the surface of the water, constitute a small but stable subsection of the pool robot world. While their effectiveness varies, all of them work more or less the same way, cruising around the pool on a catamaran-like body, scooping up leaves into a basket that sits between the two propeller-powered hulls.


I Tried Rips, the Card-Pack App Where Users Spend Thousands Chasing Pricey Pokémon

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I ripped open $892 worth of Pokémon packs on my phone in under 15 minutes and walked away with 62 cents. My adrenaline rush felt like the future of gambling. After I tripled my money by pulling pricey Pokémon cards out of digital packs on the Rips app, I immediately knew what I had to do next: keep on ripping. It was time to lock in, boost my volatility settings, and start spending real money opening even more expensive packs. These digital card packs, primed for fast ripping and even faster rewards, are rising in popularity.


Meta Is Charging a Subscription for Smart Glasses Features. Welcome to the New Era of Consumer Tech

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Meta Is Charging a Subscription for Smart Glasses Features. Now you'll need to subscribe for "expanded access" to the most advanced features. So you paid a few hundred bucks for a neat little gadget and think you're good to go. But it turns out you'll need to subscribe to a monthly plan to unlock its advanced features. That where AI-powered consumer electronics are increasingly heading, and Meta is the latest to prove it with its smart glasses .


Lectric XPress2 Review (2026): A Heavy-Duty but Nimble Ebike

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This hefty but nimble and highly customizable ebike makes the journey as important as the destination. Get where you want, and have fun along the way. Bigger wheels combined with front suspension can take on anything the road throws at you. Quick-release thru axle is confusing to assemble. Quite heavy and hard to maneuver when not riding.


7 Lesser-Known Google Account Settings You Should Change

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Adjust your options for things like account recovery, ad personalization, and which parts of your Google profile are shared publicly. When you're jumping between the many different apps Google offers-- Gmail, Google Maps, Google Calendar, YouTube, and all the rest--you may not be giving much thought to the Google account that underpins them all or to the myriad settings you can access that help to define your experience across all these apps. If you've never opened up your Google account page on the web or on your phone, there are a host of options to browse through there. They cover everything from data security and browsing history to the backup email Google needs in case you ever get locked out of your account. Here we're going to focus on seven of the lesser-known settings: the ones that don't necessarily get a lot of attention but which are still an important part of how your account and your Google apps operate.


Daisy Sound's First Headphones Are Premium, High-Quality--and Just a Little Bit Cheaper

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Daisy's First Headphones Are Premium, High-Quality--and Just a Little Bit Cheaper The California-based startup enters a crowded headphone market with a $399 chiseled-aluminum gamble. Jack Mulroe thinks the premium headphone market is boring. Too focused on black, samey-looking devices; too caught up in the "spec wars" to figure out what the very best headset is . He just wants his California-inspired headphones to help people chill. "I just saw a pattern of there being kind of a dead space, honestly, in the headphone market, where the most recent culturally relevant brand was Beats," Mulroe says.