Following in Apple’s footsteps, the companies behind most ofour favorite Android phonesstopped shipping charging bricks and adapters with their phones. This opened up a massive market for third-party accessory makers like Satechi and Anker, which often feature in our recommendations for reliable chargers. However, choosing a new charger is always tricky, especially models with multiple outputs, because the advertised power output is usually split across the ports and limited by the connector and charging standards adopted....

Summary InStar Trek’s utopian society of the future,humanity has evolved beyond the use of money. This fact comes out most frequently when Starfleet officers come up against people from Earth’s past, such as Captain James T. Kirk’s (William Shatner) frank confession to Dr. Gillian Taylor (name) inStar Trek IV: The Voyage Homethat the future has no money, or 1990s financier Ralph Offenhouse (Peter Mark Richman) awakening in the 24th century to find that plans to provide for his financial future have been dashed inStar Trek: The Next Generationseason 1, episode 26, “The Neutral Zone”....

Joey Graziadeiand one of his exes fromThe Bachelorare about to team up on national TV. Joey met and fell in love with his now-fiancé, Kelsey Anderson, duringThe Bachelorseason 28.Their relationship has been one of the highlights ofBachelorNation in recent monthsafter various breakups, including fromThe Golden Bachelor’s Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist, andThe Bachelorette’s Jenn Tran and Devin Strader. Their critics have tried to break them up, to no avail, even as Kelsey cheers Joey on while he competes inDancing With The Starsseason 33....

Summary The Dark Knight 4never happened, but it would have delivered a unique take on Robin if it continued from the trilogy’s end. WhileThe Dark Knight Riseswas the concluding chapter of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, it left DC viewers on an epic cliffhanger. Not only was Bruce Wayne still alive, but Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s John Blake discovered the Batcave right after the reveal thatJohn’s real name was Robin. Batman was no more, but John Blake could continue the legacy started by Bruce Wayne so that Gotham would always have a defender....

Summary There are dozens of recognizable cartoon characters in the world, from Bugs Bunny to Mickey Mouse to Snoopy, and standing shoulder to shoulder with them is none other thanGarfield. Since his creation, Garfield has been an absolute juggernaut of pop culture and merchandise, but he’s changed so much over the years that it’s unlikely fans nowadays would even recognize him. WhileGarfieldcreator Jim Davis is a huge name now in the comic strip industry, back in 1973 no one really knew who he was....

The first teaser trailer forThe Fantastic Four: First Stepsfinally dropped, and it’s kicked up a firestorm of opinions - and while I share concerns that the voice for The Thing sounds kind of wrong in the trailer, it could precede something great in theMCU. The Thing is one of the foremost fan-favorites among The Fantastic Four thanks to how relatable the character is. It looks likeThe Fantastic Four: First Stepswill accurately adaptthe iconic Fantastic Four origins....

TheOnePlus 12and its cheaper sibling, theOnePlus 12R, were officially revealed for non-China markets in January, and eventually hit US shelves in February. Unsurprisingly, speculation about their successors is already underway, even though we’re several months out from seeing the OnePlus 13 flagships make their debut. A generally reliable source of leaks has now obtained an early sketch of the OnePlus 13 and the 13R, detailing a couple of key design changes to the camera island....

The Samsung Galaxy S23 series receives its first security patches The competence of an Android OEM is often measured by the timely release of its software updates. For many consumers, the speed and frequency of these releases are critical factors in deciding which phone to purchase. Samsung springs quickly to mind as one of the fastest companies to push updates, in addition to providing the market’s longest OS upgrades. The South Korean tech giant is now rolling out the first software update for theSamsung Galaxy S23series, just a few weeks after its debut....

If you’ve ever wondered how Google seems to read your mind, the answer lies in its massive and incredibly detailed data collection. You can actually take a look at what Google knows about you—and delete it if you want to clean the slate. Just How Much Does Google Know About You? It’s hard to overstate how deeply Google is woven into our lives—and how much it collects along the way. If you use services like Search, YouTube, Gmail, Chrome, Google Maps, or Android (which, let’s face it, covers most people), you’re sharing pieces of your digital life every day....

HP Chromebook 15a (15a-na0063dx) The HP Chromebook 15a is a great option for those looking for a budget-friendly, full-sized Chromebook. Not only is the screen big, at 15.6", but the touchpad is extra large, and the keyboard has a full 10-digit numpad. The only thing not big about this HP is its price tag. Shopping for agood budget Chromebook— or any laptop, for that matter — can be a tough task....

Summary Warning: contains spoilers forThundercats#6! Dynamite Entertainment continues their expansion ofThundercatslore, making a shocking revelation about the team’s adopted home world of Third Earth. The newly launchedThundercatstitle has breathed new life into the franchise by successfully balancing the need to stay fresh while also honoring what came before.Thundercats#6 continues this by peeling back the layers of Third Earth and showing its true nature. Thundercats#6 is written by Declan Shalvey and drawn by Drew Moss....

Google Assistantisn’t Google’s favorite project anymore. At least it seems like it, with the company removing features left and right from it this past year. In the case of the handy ‘Read aloud’ functionality that allows you to hear an article on the web rather than read it, a recent update made it severely less useful. It no longer works in the background, and skipping to specific parts of the text is a lot more cumbersome....

ATop Gun: Maverickstar has joined Sally Field in Netflix’s adaptation of a New York Times best-selling novel,Remarkably Bright Creatures. Written by Shelby Van Pelt, the 2022 novel follows a lonely elderly widow named Tova working as a janitor at an aquarium who forms a friendship with a Giant Pacific octopus. Netflix’s film adaptation ofRemarkably Bright Creatureswas first announced in August 2024, with the two-time Oscar-winnerSally Field starring in the lead roleas Tova and Olivia Newman (Where the Crawdads Sing) directing....