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You probably don’t need us to tell you that drones are going to be huge. Whether it’s deliveries, mapping, surveillance, or myriad other applications, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have the opportunity to be transformative in our lives. But for that to happen they will need to be let off their leash by regulatory authorities — and prove that they can be trusted to be used in a way that doesn’t abuse the faith that we are putting in them....

The Volvo XC90 is the Swedish automaker’s most important model of the 21st century. The first-generation XC90 was Volvo’s first SUV, while the second-generation model first shown in 2014 set a template for design and tech that Volvo is still following. And while it’s not a redesign, the 2025 Volvo XC90 will continue to play an important role. Much like the families the 2025 XC90 will transport on countless road trips and school runs, Volvo hopes this updated SUV will prove to be a dependable way to navigate whatever the road ahead throws at it....

What actually happened to Emily in The Handmaid’s Tale is still a huge mystery The Handmaid’s Tale Season 6is coming toHuluvery soon, but one mystery still remains: what happened to Dr. Emily Malek (or Ofglen/Ofjoseph as she was known in Gilead). Emily (Alexis Bledel) is a key character in June’s (Elisabeth Moss) journey to joining the Mayday resistance movement. Her time under the Gilead regime was particularly brutal, having been sent to the colonies after suffering a forced surgery that left her permanently mutilated....

Windows 11 released last fall and promised to be anew and refreshing updatethat tries to rid itself of the past. Unfortunately, it seems that Windows 11 adoption has been slowing in lieu of Windows 10 updates. That’s not always a bad thing and doesn’t necessarily mean Windows 11 is a failure, though. AdDuplex, an ad network,released statistics on Windows 11 adoptionbased on their sampling of 60,000 computers running the software. The percentage of users who installed the Windows 10 21H2 update is at 21%....

It’s been quite a few years since I was a formidable player ofSoulcaliburgames. For a while there, back in the early days of the series, I was a nightmare with Nightmare and a killer with Kilik. After spottingSoulcalibur VIat the Xbox Showcase ahead ofE3 2018, the question was whether too many years had passed for me to even recognize Soulcalibur anymore. The series has come a long way. Yoda was a thing for a while there....

Summary The start of summer means that it’s time to return to some classic summer movies to help welcome the season. Summer at the movie theater usually means that there are plenty of big-budget blockbusters. While there are plenty ofexciting upcoming movieshitting theaters this summer, includingA Quiet Place: Day OneandDeadpool & Wolverine,the season has inspired filmmakers in a wide variety of genres. Romcoms are naturally suited to summer, as are coming-of-age dramas....

Summary WithStar Trek: Discoverycoming to an end, it will be a long wait before another live-actionStar Trekseries is available to stream, but there are several great science fiction shows available to watch in the meantime.As one of the longest-running science fiction franchises,Star Trekcurrently includes 11 television series and 13 movies,with multiple new projects in the works. Not only didStar Trek: The Original Seriesspawn a mega-franchise, but it also inspired countless other films and television shows that came after....

When the machines do finally gain sentience, turn against their masters, and either enslave us or destroy us, we hope they at least have the decency to send UkuRobot as an emissary to break the bad news. Acompact ukulele-plucking robot, UkuRobot is one of the zaniest, most brilliant bots we’ve seen in ages — and we can simply think of no better way to be deposed as the most dominant intelligence on Earth than by having it serenade/eulogize us with the theme fromThe Godfatheror, perhaps more appropriately, Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams....

Despite AMD’s earlier assertions that we’d see its next-generationNavi graphics cards unveiled by the middle of the year and released not long after, new rumors suggest that supply issues involving the 7nm hardware at the core of the GPUs may have delayed the range’s release. Where an end-of-summer release was the expected debut period for these new cards, gamers may now not get to try out AMD’s upcoming GPU upgrade until October....

Netflix is giving away a lifetime subscription to its service for playing a video game, but there’s a catch: The winner has to beat everyone else in the world. To promote its original movieTheOld Guard,starring Charlize Theron as an immortal mercenary, Netflix created a video game and a tournament. The contest started Friday and will run through Sunday, July 19, at 11 a.m ET at oldguardgame.com. “It’s a browser-based, top-down, beat-em-up where you play as the lead character of the film, and fight off hordes of enemies using only the film’s iconic one-handed Labrys (aka a giant, double-bladed ax),” Netflix said....

“Why you can trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services and apps to help you make a sound buying decision. Find out we test and score products.“ Over the last few years, the gravel community has solidified a cycling culture that refuses to be burdened with the unwritten rules of road cycling. This means hairy legs, fat tires, and an emphasis on enjoying the ride and not how quickly you can finish it....

Summary Those who enjoy the controversial traits that Naofumi espouses so well inThe Rising of the Shield Herowould undoubtedly appreciate Adonis fromThe Kingdoms of RuinonCrunchyroll, since he, too, is the quintessential “bad boy”. Most importantly,The Kingdoms of Ruindoesn’t pander to the understandablyupsetting relationship that Naofumi has with the character Raphtalia, so for those who want more of a villain as a protagonist but can’t get pastThe Rising of the Shield Hero’s baggageshould look no further thanThe Kingdoms of Ruin....

Destiny 2 Update 8.2.6 patch notes with Rite of the Nine & sandbox changes Destiny 2’s last big patch before the arrival of 2025’sEdge of Fateexpansion in the summer has gone live, bringing anew limited-time event,PvP mode, and substantial sandbox updates. Rite of the Nine, a Dungeon-themed affair that introduces several reprised weapons, headlines Update 8.2.6, but how they’ll perform across PvE and PvP remains to be seen. A rebalancing of weapon archetypes and Exotics across the board guarantees a big meta shake-up for the remainder of Heresy Act 3....