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Jeremy Renner’s time as Hawkeye sounds like it’s coming to an end. The founding member of the Avengers will pass his bow and arrows off to a younger hero in a new television show being developed forDisney Plus, Disney’s upcoming streaming service. Renner will star in the series. The Disney Plus series will tell an “adventure” story focused on Renner’s Marvel Cinematic Universe character, Clint Barton, as he trains a young woman named Kate Bishop to become the new Hawkeye,Varietyreports....

Technology giant Microsoft has announced it is closing all of its brick and mortar Microsoft Stores and will be focusing on selling its products online in the future. In aLinkedIn post, the company said it is making “a strategic change in our retail operations, including closing Microsoft Store physical locations.” It made reference to the ongoing global pandemic and also stated that its “hardware and software sales have continued to shift online,” particularly in terms of digital products likeMicrosoft 365and games from the Xbox Store....

There’s plenty of planetary action to be enjoyed in August, according to NASA’s latest rundown of what to look out for in the sky this month. Highlights include a morning meetup between Jupiter and Venus, a chance to see the Perseid meteor shower, and a glimpse into the destiny of our own sun. Mars is also viewable this month, in fact, it’s the only planet that’s visible in the early evening sky in August....

Back in the day, it was enough for one person in your family or group of friends to have a single Netflix account that got shared around. However, all of that changed in May 2023 whenNetflix cracked downon password sharing, making it much more difficult to share an account outside of your home. Netflix is one of the mostpopular streaming servicesout there, and with good reason. It delivers a massive library full of old favorites and new movies and shows likeStranger Things, Bridgerton,andWill & Harper....

Nvidia might be fresh of the release of both the GTX 1660 Ti and the GTX 1660 midrange graphics cards, but rumors continue to indicate that the company might soon launch theGTX 1650to cap out its lineup. In the latest development, a leaked benchmark fromFinal Fantasy XVsuggests that the GTX 1650 could just be a slight upgrade from the GTX 1050 Ti. Originally spotted by awell-known graphics card leakeron Twitter, the GTX 1650 appears listed with a score of 3,553 in theFinal Fantasy XVbenchmarks board....

Pokemon Go Moltres Raid guide: Weaknesses & best counters Moltres, from the Kanto region, is returning toPokemon GoRaid battles, so if you want to defeat and catch this Legendary bird, you must learn its weaknesses and the best counters to use against it. The original Legendary trio –Articuno,Zapdos, and Moltres – are some of the most beloved Pokemon of all time, especially as they invoke so much nostalgia among longtime fans of the franchise....

Pokemon World Championships 2024: All winners & results The 2024Pokemon World Championshipswere held in Honolulu, Hawai’i, from August 16-18, and played host to some of the most incredible competitors across the franchise. Featuring competitors across Pokemon UNITE, Go, VGC, and the TCG, Worlds 2024 was a shining example of top-tier gameplay and surprising meta changes. Huge prizes were up for grabs across the board, including top rewards of up to $100,000....

Skyscanner already has a place among Digital Trends’ collection ofawesome travel appsthanks to its ability to surface the most affordable flights, hotels, and rental cars, as well as its ease of use. Anyone using the app in the U.K. can now tap it for train travel, too. The latest feature, currently for iPhone and iPad but coming soon for Android devices, lets you search for and book rail tickets for trips across the U....

Summary Star Wars: The Clone Warshas sometimes introduced the darkest and most tragic storylines in all ofStar Wars. Over the course ofThe Clone Wars’ seven seasons, there were multiple brutal, multiple-episode arcs that sometimes made viewers question whether the show was really designed for children or not.Star Warshas always been political, andThe Clone Warsat times really leaned into politics, morality, and ethics surrounding different scenarios. WhileThe Clone Warsdid showcase some amazing character development, and helped expand on the content seen in theStar Warsprequel trilogy, it also allowed for George Lucas to dig deeper than he had previously....

The Gulf Coast looks set to get battered by two hurricanes at the start of the week in a rare double-whammy weather incident. Marco strengthened from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane on Sunday and is forecast to reach the coast of Louisiana coast late Monday. Following close behind is Laura, currently a tropical storm, though it could gain hurricane status by the time it reaches Louisiana late Wednesday, August 26....

Gallons of ink, thick as monster blood, have already been spilled onAlien: Romulus. To some, Fede Álvarez’s legacy sequel looked like the bestAlienin ages — a winningly wet creature feature that took the franchise back to squishy basics. Others saw only a derivative Greatest Hits, content to echo past entries instead of putting its own mark on the series. Opinion, in other words, remains sharply divided on last summer’s return voyage to a space where no one can hear you scream....

Camera Control was the standout hardware innovation on theiPhone 16 Pro. Adding a two-stage shutter button that lets users control everything from exposure and depth to switching lenses and photographic styles was a fantastic convenience. “I consider it a clever extra feature on the iPhone 16 that I’ll enjoy using when the time is right,” Digital Trends veteran Andy Boxall wrote in a fantasticexplainer for the Camera Control. It does a lot more than just mimic the two-stage shutter on a DSLR, eclipsing them with a clever amalgamation of smartphone software....

Twitter has given a launch date for a feature that lets you hide replies to your tweets. News that the company has been working on such a featuresurfaced last month, and on Tuesday, the company confirmed it will roll it out in June. It will, however, be launched as an experiment, meaning it could be modified or even ditched, depending on how the Twitter community responds. The hope is that the option to hide replies will help the original poster filter out offensive or irrelevant content from conversation threads and pave the way for more respectful and meaningful exchanges on the platform, which is often accused of giving trolls too much freedom....