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The 48 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now (June 2025)

Streaming services are known for having award-worthy series but also plenty of duds. Our guide to the best TV shows on Netflix is updated weekly to help you know which series you should move to the top of your queue. They aren’t all surefire winners—we love a good less-than-obvious gem—but they’re all worth your time, trust us. Feel like you’ve already watched everything on this list that you want to see? Try our guide to the best movies on Netflix for more options. And if you’ve already comple

Could ‘Hawkeye’ Return for Season 2 After All?

Jack Champion pushes back on those MCU Cyclops rumors. Toxie gets gory in a new red band trailer for The Toxic Avenger. Plus, a new look at New Vegas in set images from Fallout season 2. Spoilers, away! The MCU/X-Men Speaking with Comic Book Movie, actor Jack Champion stated its “news to him” that there are rumors he’s in talks to play Cyclops of the X-Men in the MCU. It’s, uh, definitely news to me. I mean, I don’t…I hope it comes true, you know. I would definitely love to play that characte

Alarming Conditions and Federal Chaos Could Spell a Disastrous California Fire Season

In January, destructive wildfires devastated Los Angeles, killing at least 30 people and displacing hundreds of thousands more. As the city rebuilds, it may face a particularly brutal summer fire season, experts warn. Thanks to a potentially deadly combination of alarming environmental conditions and sweeping cuts to emergency response agencies, the outlook on California’s 2025 fire season is grim. With critical resources—particularly fire response personnel—drastically depleted, it’s unclear h

FreeBSD Kernel Modules Pkg(8) Repositories

FreeBSD project started to officially add kernel modules pkg(8) repositories to default installation – starting with FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE version. To understand why they were brought to light of day its first needed to understand the problem they are here to solve. Problem This problem does not exists with x.0 FreeBSD releases – they have all their packages built against proper FreeBSD x.0 version. The problem arises when x.1 release is made, or x.2 … or any OTHER then x.0 to be precise … but

'The Bear': Here's How to Watch Season 4 of the Hit Food Drama

Whether you call it a comedy or a drama, The Bear is about to let it rip once again. The Emmy-winning series, which represents the food service industry with urgent authenticity, follows Chef Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) as he follows his mission to transform his brother's sandwich spot into a fine-dining, Michelin-starred restaurant. The last time we checked in with Carmy, a potentially scathing review of their newly reopened restaurant left The Bear's future in question. The s

Before iOS 26, Here's What Apple Could Bring to Your iPhone With iOS 18.6

Before Apple releases iOS 26 this fall, the company will release iOS 18.6, and the first public beta of iOS 18.6 just became available on June 18. While iOS 26 will bring a major redesign to iPhones, the latest beta is filled with bug and security fixes, so developers and beta testers shouldn't expect new features. Read more: iOS 26 Finally Lets Us Get Rid of the Abomination That Is the 9-Minute Snooze Apple/Screenshot by CNET Since this is a beta, I recommend downloading it on something othe

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Chinese company Netease is making an AAA action-adventure game called 'Blood Message'

NetEase, the Chinese video game company that published Marvel Rivals and Bungie's Destiny: Rising, has announced its first single-player AAA game. It's a story-driven third-person action-adventure game called Blood Message, and as Polygon notes, it's in the vein of Uncharted and Assassin's Creed. The story is set in the final years of the Tang Dynasty, which ruled imperial China from 618 to 907. In Blood Message, players take control of a nameless messenger and his son "to deliver a message that

When Will the iPhone 17 Be Released? We're Following All the Rumors and Leaks

Of all the questions about the rumored iPhone 17, there's one that could settle all others: When is the release date? All of the predictions and speculation about battery power, colors, price and more will be resolved when Apple releases the new iPhone, including the rumored iPhone Air. But even the release date is the subject of leaks and rumors. We've sifted through the whispers, analysis and conjecture so you can know when the new iPhone will be released and when you can expect to get your

Apple shares original casting tape for ‘Severance’ fan-favorite Ms. Casey

If you’re already eagerly waiting for Severance season 3, Apple just dropped a little treat to help with withdrawal. The company has published a rare video on its YouTube channel: the original casting tape of Dichen Lachman (Jurassic World: Dominion) auditioning for the role of Ms. Casey. Watch it below. Mild season 1 spoilers ahead The two-minute video shows Lachman reading through two scenes that fans of the show will instantly recognize: one is the early wellness session with Irving B., and

Google Drive for Android gets a video player upgrade and better upload tools

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Drive for Android now has a redesigned video player with easier-to-use playback controls. The mobile upload process has also been improved with file renaming, folder selection, and clearer progress tracking. Both features are now rolling out to all Google Workspace and personal Drive users. Google has been steadily modernizing its main storage app. The latest Google Drive for Android updates focus on making videos easier to watch and files eas

Apple shares original casting tape for “Severance” fan-favorite Ms. Casey

If you’re already eagerly waiting for Severance season 3, Apple just dropped a little treat to help with withdrawal. The company has published a rare video on its YouTube channel: the original casting tape of Dichen Lachman (Jurassic World: Dominion) auditioning for the role of Ms. Casey. Watch it below. Mild season 1 spoilers ahead The two-minute video shows Lachman reading through two scenes that fans of the show will instantly recognize: one is the early wellness session with Irving B., and

What to Stream on TV This Weekend: 'The Gilded Age,' 'A Minecraft Movie,' 'The Waterfront' and More

This week's newest releases on streaming include a couple of Gilded Age dramas (yes, two of those are premiering this week!), Netflix's latest scripted drama and the long-awaited premiere of A Minecraft Movie on Max. Here's what we're looking forward to. It's been nearly two years since the Season 2 finale of HBO's The Gilded Age, and the Julian Fellowes series about New York's upper crust, circa 1885, is finally back. The show premieres on Sunday night; if you've been longing for Christine Bar

Ask HN: How can we keep (part of) the web human?

Any ideas for how we can keep the web (or at least part of it) human? It feels like every time I do a web search, more and more of the results are AI generated nonsense. I'm worried that it's going to become much more difficult to find the human-generated content. How can we keep a part of the web human? Any ideas? (I'm not keen on Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning Orb being the "solution.")

5 Big Things to Remember About ‘Squid Game’ Season 2

Squid Game is about to reveal its endgame, with the third and final season of Netflix’s global smash arriving June 27. But before we see who ends up living, dying, walking away with the 45.6 billion won, or any of the other prospective fates we can imagine, it’s time to take a quick peek back at season two. Here’s the refresher you need before the new episodes arrive. The Fight Became a Rebellion… Season two’s final episode, “Friend or Foe,” saw a massive fight that sparked in the men’s bathro

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One UI 8 could give screenshots an HDR glow-up that was missing from betas

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is testing HDR screenshot support for One UI 8 with its latest closed beta (ZYF7) release. The feature likely relies on Android 16’s embedded gain maps to show true HDR imagery when viewed correctly. HDR screenshots aren’t yet available in the One UI 8 Beta 2 release, but may arrive with future open betas or the stable release. Samsung will be bringing Android 16 to its devices with the release of One UI 8. The beta program is live for the Galaxy

Google’s Gemini transparency cut leaves enterprise developers ‘debugging blind’

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Google‘s recent decision to hide the raw reasoning tokens of its flagship model, Gemini 2.5 Pro, has sparked a fierce backlash from developers who have been relying on that transparency to build and debug applications. The change, which echoes a similar move by OpenAI, replaces the model’s step-by-step reasoning with a simplified summary.

Maximum Football launches on PC and consoles as community-driven football sim

Maximum Football has debuted on the game consoles and the PC as a community-driven football sim from Maximum Entertainment. The game is officially out now on PlayStation5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. Following a successful period in Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview, today marks the game’s full 1.0 launch, bringing with it a wave of new content, polish, and performance upgrades. Since its initial early access release, Maximum Football has grown with direct input from its passiona

Will the iPhone 17 Be Released This Fall? We're Tracking the Rumors

Of all the questions about the rumored iPhone 17, there's one that could settle all others: When is the release date? All of the predictions and speculation about battery power, colors, price and more will be resolved when Apple releases the new iPhone, including the rumored iPhone Air. But even the release date is the subject of leaks and rumors. We've sifted through the whispers, analysis and conjecture so you can know when the new iPhone will be released and when you can expect to get your

Why Some AI Models Spew 50 Times More Greenhouse Gas to Answer the Same Question

Like it or not, large language models have quickly become embedded into our lives. And due to their intense energy and water needs, they might also be causing us to spiral even faster into climate chaos. Some LLMs, though, might be releasing more planet-warming pollution than others, a new study finds. Queries made to some models generate up to 50 times more carbon emissions than others, according to a new study published in Frontiers in Communication. Unfortunately, and perhaps unsurprisingly,

Citizen science illuminates the nature of city lights

The Nachtlichter app was developed within a project called Nachtlicht-BüHNE (Citizen-Helmholtz Network for research on night light phenomena)5, using a co-design process in which academic and citizen scientists met regularly over a several year period. Our co-design process, app methodology, site selection, systematic variability of the observations, data pre-processing and data structure have already been described in detail5. This section therefore briefly covers the data and validation and fo

What Apple Could Bring to Your iPhone With iOS 18.6 Before iOS 26

Apple released the first public beta of iOS 18.6 on June 18, just over a week after the company announced iOS 26 at its Worldwide Developers Conference. While the iOS 26 update will bring a major redesign to iPhones this fall, the latest beta mostly consists of bug and security fixes. Read more: An Expert's Guide to iOS 18 Apple/Screenshot by CNET Since this is a beta, I recommend downloading it only on something other than your primary device. Because this isn't the final version of iOS 18.6

After RFK Jr. overhauls CDC panel, measles and flu vaccines are up for debate

With ardent anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the country's top health position, use of a long-approved vaccine against measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella/chickenpox (MMRV) as well as flu shots that include the preservative thimerosal will now be reevaluated, putting their future availability and use in question. The development seemingly continues to vindicate health experts' worst fears that, as health secretary, Kennedy would attack and dismantle the federal government's scie

Attimet (YC F24) – Quant Trading Research Lab – Is Hiring Founding Engineer

You’ll be given the autonomy to do some of the best work of your life. We’re building a research lab that puts its ideas to the test in one of the most complex, information-rich environments in the world: the financial markets. Much of trading still depends on hand-crafted signals and intuition. We’re approaching it differently - from first principles. We design systems that learn, adapt, and improve with data. Our infrastructure is built to accelerate research: fast iteration loops, real-time

NFC is getting a range boost

The next version of the Near Field Communication (NFC) standard aims to make it easier to make payments, pair devices, and unlock doors using your phone or smartwatch. The most notable improvement is a boost to the distance of contactless connections from 0.5cm to 2cm, extending the range by x4. The NFC Release 15 standard update means NFC chips shouldn’t need to be as precisely aligned with terminals to register a connection, which is especially beneficial for users who have to fumble with sma

Dyson V8 Plus Cordless Vacuum Is Now One of the Best Early Prime Day Deals at Its Lowest Price Yet

If you can afford to make your chores a little bit easier, then you definitely deserve to do so. After all, none of us really enjoys having to deal with dishes, cat litter, dusting, or vacuuming. Well, maybe you do, and that’s good for you, but for most of us, it’s a constant slog of tasks that never really ends. That’s why it’s for the best that you have the right tools. See at Amazon Today, we’ve found an excellent deal on a really great vacuum that should make it easier than ever to get rid

51 of the Best TV Shows on Netflix That Will Keep You Entertained

When you open your Netflix app, it's easy to be overwhelmed by the number of shows to choose from. All that choice can make it hard to figure out what to stream -- we've all done the infinite scroll, spending an hour looking for something before just giving up and watching old episodes of Seinfeld. That's why we've handpicked some of the most entertaining shows on the platform, including beloved favorites like Sex and the City and Brooklyn Nine-Nine along with newer series such as Ginny & Georgi

9 Best Smart Shades, Blinds, and Curtains (2025), Tested and Reviewed

Tailor-Made vs. Off-the-Shelf: Few things look smarter than perfectly fitted shades in a window frame, and few things look worse than shades that don’t quite fit. If you’re lucky enough to have window sizes that match the exact proportions of off-the-shelf shades then go for it, but most folks will be better served by going the made-to-order route. The downside is that tailor-made options are always going to be more expensive. Measure Properly: Look at your chosen manufacturer’s website to find

Dunk City Dynasty launches Season 2 with Jayson Tatum and $10K community competition

NetEase Games is launching Season 2 of Dunk City Dynasty today, with the addition of NBA star Jayson Tatum and a community competition with a prize pool of $10,000. Titled “Championship Parade”, the second season of free-to-play NBA- and NBPA-licensed streetball game for Android and iOS introduces new basketball stars, gameplay, events, customizations and the first community competition, boasting a prize pool of $10,000. Season 2: Championship Parade introduces three new basketball stars to th