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SpaceX has just launched and landed one of its Falcon 9 boosters for a record 22nd time. The Falcon 9 launched from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 7:14 a.m. ET on Thursday, June 27. The rocket’s upper stage deployed 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. The video below shows the rocket climbing toward orbit on Thursday. Liftoff!pic.twitter.com/GH3FjaqbgG — SpaceX (@SpaceX)June 06, 2025...

Wendy’s drops goth ‘Meal of Misfortune’ & $10K mobile game for Wednesday Season 2 Wendy’s is embracing its dark side with a new goth-themed meal and mobile game, timed to drop with Wednesday Season 2 on Netflix. Starting August 4, the fast food chain is launching a limited-edition Meal of Misfortune designed “by”Wednesday Addamsherself, complete with fiery sauces, custom packaging, and a digital escape game with a $10,000 prize. The meal includes: Rest in 10-Piece Nuggets, Cursed & Crispy Fries, Raven’s Blood Frosty, Dips of Dread (mystery spicy sauces randomly chosen with each order), and the Spoon of Gloom....

WhatsApp could soon be a platform for sending money as well as messages. On Monday,WhatsApp began rolling outpayments in Brazil, the first country in what is expected to be a wider roll-out of the feature. WhatsApp payments work usingFacebook Pay, the company’s existing platform for sending money online. Facebook Pay allows users of the social media apps to save their credit or debit card information, encrypting the information to use for in-app transactions, such as sending money to a friend or donating to a non-profit....

Why is This is Us leaving Netflix? Removal explained It might have some of the saddest scenes in TV history, but fans of This is Us have something else to cry about – it’s being removed fromNetflixnext month. But what’s prompted the change? Mark your calendars for July, 8, 2025 – that’s the last day you’ll be able to watch This is Us on Netflix. Thebinge-worthy TV showfollows Kevin, Kate, and Randall, three siblings who go through unique personal struggles at different intervals of life....

Following the mainstream success ofHBO’sLast of UsTV series, Amazon is looking to land a hit video game adaptation of its own withFallout. Releasing next year on Amazon Prime Video, the original series will bring Bethesda’s postapocalyptic vision to life with a star-studded cast that includes Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, and Walton Goggins. The show isn’t a direct adaptation of any one game, but rather an original story set in the universe that’s looking to capture the series’ darkly satirical tone....

The road ahead looks exciting, headphones fans. Not only are Apple’snext AirPods Prorumored to appear in the coming months (as early as September or as late as early 2026, depending on which Apple analyst you ask), but the successors to thebest wireless earbudsyou can buy are almost certainly on the very near horizon. I am, of course, referring to Sony’s next-gen flagships, which will inevitably be called the ‘WF-1000XM6’, following in the naming footsteps of the currentWF-1000XM5model....

If you’re looking for the latest in sustainable energy, cast your eyes in the direction of Lancaster, California, where a new green hydrogen SGH2 facility is in the works — with the promise of transforming thousands of tons of landfill garbage into hydrogen each year on a scale thatno similar plant has done before. Green hydrogen is now considered by all major countries, including the G20, as the leading energy carrier for replacing oil for the transport industry, natural gas for the heating and power industry, coal for heavy industries like cement and steel mills, and as a valuable ally to wind andsolar power....

Concept art from a now-cancelled Blizzard survival game.Blizzard Entertainment Microsoft is laying off around 8% of its Gaming Workforce, affecting game developers across Xbox, ZeniMax Media, and thenewly acquired Activision Blizzard. The Verge reportedon these layoffs Thursday morning, sharing an internal memo from CEO of Microsoft Gaming,Phil Spencer, that revealed Microsoft is laying off 1,900 of 22,000 employees this week. Spencer explains that Microsoft Gaming “set priorities, identified areas of overlap, and ensured that we’re all aligned on the best opportunities for growth,” following theacquisition of Activision Blizzardin October 2023, and decided to “reduce the size of our gaming workforce” as part of that process....

It’s been clear for years that thePlayStation 4is outpacing theXbox Onein sales. What wasn’t clear, however, was by how much. Due to an inadvertent admission by EA CEO Andrew Wilson on an earnings call, we now know that the Xbox One has sold less than half the number of consoles as the PS4 despite the two consoles releasing within a week of one another in 2013. Microsoft moved roughly 30 million Xbox Ones by the end of 2017, while Sony crossed the 73 million mark at the same time (viaVariety)....

Young Sheldon Season 8 could still happen on one condition It’s a great day for USYoung Sheldonfans, as Season 7 has finally landed onNetflix. But in an ideal world, there’d still be a way forYoung Sheldon Season 8to happen. Thebinge-worthy TV showwrapped up for good in May 2024, with spinoffGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriagepicking up the reins on CBS. The latter has already been greenlit for a second season, with fellow Big Bang Theory spin-off, Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, also in development....

YouTube is shutting down its Trending page after 10 years It’s been ten years since YouTube first introduced its trending page in 2015, and the platform is finally sunsetting the program in favor of a new system. YouTubeis one of the most popular destinations on the net for video-related content, first launched in 2005. Since then, it’s gained over2.70 billionmonthly active users who tune in to watch their favorite content creators playgames, vlog their daily lives and more....

Multiplayer inBattlefield Vcan feel completely overwhelming, particularly for those who are new to the series. Battles are massive affairs, often with multiple objectives and dozens of enemies racing toward your position, and without the proper preparation and a little bit of luck, you’ll almost certainly perish. We can’t help you get any luckier, but wecangive you the help you need to succeed atBattlefield Vmultiplayer and watch your kill-count rise ever higher....

That’s an alarming quote to start a headline with, but it was even more alarming to see that response from Bing Chat itself. After signing up for the lengthywaitlist to access Microsoft’s new ChatGPT-powered Bingchat, I finally received access as a public user — and my first interaction didn’t go exactly how I planned. Bing Chat is a remarkably helpful and useful service with a ton of potential, but if you wander off the paved path, things start to get existential quickly....