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The Latest Look at ‘Interview With the Vampire’ Season 3 Welcomes Lestat’s Rock Star Era

After teasing us last year with Lestat’s transformation from the Brat Prince to an even brattier music idol, AMC returned to San Diego Comic-Con to really bare the fangs for Interview With the Vampire‘s third season. Officially being dubbed The Vampire Lestat for the Anne Rice novel the season will draw on, Interview With the Vampire‘s third season will see Sam Reid’s vamping vamp react to his portrayal in Daniel Molloy’s Interview With the Vampire book (first, he’s busy guest starring in the t

Surfshark VPN review: A fast VPN for casual users

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Surfshark pushes the envelope with its Nexus and Everlink features, but its fundamentals are solid too. Surfshark is one of the youngest major VPNs, but it's grown rapidly over the last seven years. Since 2018, it's expanded its network to 100 countries, added a suite of apps to its S

CookUnity Prepared Meal Delivery Review (2025): Chef-Centric Meals

It shouldn't be surprising if a plate of chicken lababdar tastes delicious. The dish is among my favorite North Indian gravies, a slightly edgier cousin of butter chicken that's a bit spicier and tangier but just as creamy. What was surprising was that this particular chicken had arrived in the mail. Specifically, it came in a microwaveable tray from CookUnity meal delivery service that looked a little like a white-label TV dinner—packed up earlier that morning in Seattle, then driven down to m

'The Fantastic Four: First Steps': Are There Post-Credits Scenes?

Marvel's newest movie is here, and we have good and bad news. The good: You don't have to do any homework before seeing The Fantastic Four: First Steps, according to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige. The bad: It's the last Marvel flick we're getting until 2026. More good: It has a super Rotten Tomatoes score. More bad: You'll miss out if you don't stick around to watch the credits. The Fantastic Four: First Steps premiered in theaters on Friday and kicks off Phase Six of the Marvel Cinemati

Tesla plans 'friends and family' car service in California, regulator says

A vehicle Tesla is using for robotaxi testing purposes on Oltorf Street in Austin, Texas, US, on Sunday, June 22, 2025. In an earnings call this week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk teased an expansion of his company's fledgling robotaxi service to the San Francisco Bay Area and other U.S. markets. But California regulators are making clear that Tesla is not authorized to carry passengers on public roads in autonomous vehicles and would require a human driver in control at all times. "Tesla is not allow

Tesla wants to bring robotaxis to San Francisco. Here’s what’s standing in the way.

Tesla is launching an even-more-limited version of its early robotaxi service in San Francisco this weekend, according to Business Insider, after an initial rollout began last month in Austin, Texas. The company plans to send invites to Tesla owners to test the service, according to the report. Depending on how and if Tesla proceeds, its actions could violate state regulations — and even if there’s a human safety driver sitting behind the wheel while its vehicles operate autonomously. Two sta

India bans streaming apps you’ve never heard of — but millions watch

India has ordered the blocking of 25 streaming services — many with millions of viewers and even paying subscribers — for allegedly promoting “obscene” content, in one of the South Asian nation’s biggest digital crackdowns yet. The order affects lesser-known, but wildly popular services like Ullu and ALTT that cater to the country’s mass-market appetite for adult and edgy entertainment. This week, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued directives to block access to websites and app

Perplexity for Mac now supports MCP, and you should check it out

The Perplexity app for macOS lets you trigger a keyboard shortcut to instantly bring up the prompt field for a search. And now, it’s getting even more useful thanks to the addition of MCP support. Here’s what that means, and why you should look into it. What’s MCP again? MCP, or Model Context Protocol, was proposed by Anthropic and is quickly becoming the industry’s standard interface between AI systems and traditional platforms. In a nutshell, it wants to be the AI equivalent of what HTTP is

Tesla Readies a Taxi Service in San Francisco—but Not With Robotaxis

Tesla has publicly staked its future on its robotaxis. Now the company is planning to launch a public car service in the San Francisco Bay Area. Tesla is calling it a “robotaxi” service, but legally, this one will have to use cars with human drivers. The plan appears to put the electric carmaker in murky legal waters in a US state with the country's most tightly regulated autonomous vehicle industry—and where Tesla is already being sued for misleading language around its driver assistance tech.

Hasbro’s Wearable Wolverine Mask Comes With Its Own Sharp Points

Hasbro’s Marvel Legends Roleplay line has given us some wonderful replicas over the years, from legendary weapons to iconic masks and helmets. Now, we’re getting another ripped right out of Deadpool & Wolverine, and io9 has your exclusive look up close. To me, my X-Men! To celebrate Hasbro’s Marvel Legends panel at San Diego Comic-Con, io9 has your exclusive reveal on the Wolverine mask joining the lineup of Legends replicas. Inspired by the long-awaited live-action appearance of Logan’s legend

In-Flight Wi-Fi Is Getting a Boost on These Starlink-Enabled Airlines

Sluggish airline internet might become a thing of the past. For the last 20 years, airline internet has been notoriously unreliable, but Starlink is changing the game with significantly faster speeds. In fact, the latest reports show it's already twice as fast as its in-flight competitors. Starlink-equipped planes achieve superior internet speeds due to its fleet of almost 8,000 low-Earth orbit satellites, which operate much closer to Earth than the geostationary satellites used by competitors

Tesla Rolling Out Robotaxis With Human Drivers in the Driver's Seat, Defeating the Purpose of a Robotaxi

Tesla is planning to follow up on its extremely limited and technical-issues-plagued robotaxi service in Austin, Texas — with an even more limited rollout in San Francisco. According to an internal memo obtained by Business Insider, Elon Musk's EV maker is looking to accelerate its timeline by rolling out a robotaxi service across a large swathe of the Bay Area, as soon as this week. But there's a Gigafactory-sized caveat: a human safety operator will be sitting in the robotaxi's driver seat,

Tesla is reportedly bringing a limited version of its robotaxi service to San Francisco

Tesla is launching an even-more-limited version of its early robotaxi service in San Francisco this weekend, according to Business Insider, after an initial rollout began last month in Austin, Texas. The company plans to offer rides with a driver in the driver’s seat, which is necessary because Tesla does not have the proper permits for driverless testing or deployment, according to California DMV records. It is not clear whether the company has obtained a permit from California’s Public Utili

The future is not self-hosted

Hey friends 👋, A few months ago, Amazon announced that Kindle users would no longer be able to download and back up their book libraries to their computers. Thankfully, I still have access to my library because I saw this video by Jared Henderson warning of the change and downloaded all ~400 of my books immediately. But for those that didn't, the only way for them to view the books they own is through a Kindle or the Kindle app. Which raises the question: do they even own those books? If you

Apple's Secret to Keep Us Spending: New Subscription Perks in iOS 26

Apple's biggest product is the iPhone. But its second most important product isn't something you can hold in your hand or place on a desk -- it's subscriptions. These include Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, Apple News Plus, iCloud Plus, Apple Arcade and Fitness Plus -- the content we can stream, play or access instantly with a monthly fee. Last quarter, these services brought in more revenue for Apple than Macs, iPads, wearables and accessories combined. Analysts predict these subscriptions are go

Best VPNs for streaming 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

NordVPN has the performance you need to stream your favorite content across every popular platform, making it my favorite VPN for use with services like Netflix and Disney+. Why we like it: During my tests, I found that NordVPN consistently performed better than many competitors in terms of speed and stability. The VPN also has exceptionally fast connection times and works well on mobile. NordVPN's country availability within its server network currently stands at 111 locations. The number of

How Is T-Mobile's Starlink-Based Satellite Service Different From the Rest? I Tried It First-Hand

T-Mobile's new T-Satellite service commercially launched this week. It uses the Starlink satellite network to let you send and receive text messages from space. For $10 a month (or included in the cost of the company's Experience Beyond plan), the service can be a communications lifeline when you're out of cellular coverage. But that's the thing: To test it out, I had to find a cellular dead zone. T-Mobile estimates there are 500,000 square miles in the US with no cell coverage, so I left my ho

Musk’s Starlink hit with hours-long outage after rollout of T-Mobile satellite service

Elon Musk's satellite internet service Starlink said it had a "network outage" on Thursday. The company said it was working on a solution. There were more than 60,000 reports of an outage on Downdetector, a site that logs issues. Starlink is owned and operated by SpaceX, which is also run by Musk. At 4:30 p.m. ET, Musk apologized for the outage on X and said, "Service will be restored shortly." At 6:23 p.m. ET, SpaceX's vice president of Starlink engineering, Michael Nicolls, said in an X po

Starlink suffers global outage, as T-Mobile rolls out integration [U]

For the past hour, Starlink customers around the globe have had trouble using the service. Although unrelated, the outage comes just one day after T-Mobile launched its integration with the satellite network. On X, Starlink acknowledged that it is working through the solution of a global outage, which began a little more than an hour ago: Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution. We appreciate your patience, we'll share an update once this issue is

Starlink outage: Service returns after over two hours down

SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service experienced a global outage on Thursday that lasted for over two hours. Reports of connectivity issues started around 3:20PM ET, based on DownDetector. SpaceX didn't acknowledged the outage until 4:05PM ET, via a post on the Starlink X account. Service began to come back for some at around 5:30PM ET, and Michael Nicolls, Starlink's VP of engineering, said the provider had "mostly recovered" at 6:23PM ET. Users across the US, Europe, the UK and Asia r

Starlink’s satellite internet is back online after a massive outage

is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Starlink users reported they couldn’t connect to SpaceX’s satellite internet service for a few hours on Thursday afternoon before service was eventually restored. Widespread Starlink outages, like the ones we reported on in 2022 and 2023, have been rare, and this appears to be the first one in 2025. The outage began around 3:15PM ET or so

Starlink suffers global outage, as T-Mobile rolls out integration

For the past hour, Starlink customers around the globe have had trouble using the service. Although unrelated, the outage comes just one day after T-Mobile launched its integration with the satellite network. On X, Starlink acknowledged that it is working through the solution of a global outage, which began a little more than an hour ago: Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution. We appreciate your patience, we'll share an update once this issue is

Musk's Starlink hit with outage day after rollout of T-Mobile satellite service

Elon Musk's satellite internet service Starlink said it had a "network outage" on Thursday. The company said it was working on a solution. There were more than 60,000 reports of an outage on Downdetector, a site that logs issues. Starlink is owned and operated by SpaceX, which is also run by Musk. Musk apologized for the outage on his social media platform X and said, "Service will be restored shortly." Musk posted earlier Thursday that the company's direct-to-cell-phone service was "growing

Starlink satellite internet service is down everywhere

is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Since around 3:30PM ET on Thursday, Starlink users have reported they can’t connect to SpaceX’s satellite internet service. The Starlink website first confirmed the issue with a banner message saying “Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage. Our team is investigating.” On X, Starlink posted a more detailed message at 4:05PM ET

Gemini is making it much easier to listen to the podcasts you make with Audio Overviews

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini picked up support for Audio Overviews earlier this year. While Gemini could generate these virtual podcasts, it lacked a native way to play them. In its latest update, the Gemini app is now picking up its own Audio Overview player. The next time you cross paths with an AI nay-sayer who just doesn’t get what’s so useful about these tools, pull out your phone and introduce them to Audio Overviews. Google launched this output mode with NotebookLM

Microsoft fixes SharePoint zero-day exploits used in cyberattacks and ransomware - how to patch them

Kiryl Pro motion / Getty Images Microsoft has patched three critical zero-day SharePoint security flaws that hackers have already exploited to attack more vulnerable organizations. Responding to the exploits, the software giant initially issued fixes just for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition and SharePoint Server 2019, and then eventually rolled out a patch for SharePoint Server 2016 as well. Designated as CVE‑2025‑53771 and CVE‑2025‑53770, the two vulnerabilities apply only to on‑premis