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Mac mini M6 power boost, but $899 price kills the deal

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Apple’s Mac mini M6 delivers big AI-ready gains, but a jump to $899 for the base model and unchanged specs dims its status as a budget-friendly desktop.

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Apple’s Mac Studio M5 Ultra turns a compact desktop into an AI and graphics monster, but its sky-high configs make the jump over M5 Max hard to justify.

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DC’s fantasy Elseworld Dark Knights of Steel II will introduce a new Catwoman in issue #6, extending the character’s 2020s reinvention spree across DC’s multiverse.

Trump’s plan for an “AI Force” and an AI czar doubles down on rapid AI growth, leaving big questions about what it means for regulation and tech.

Saturday Night Live Season 52 cast stabilized at the last minute after chaos caused by major exits

NBC locks in SNL season 52 with two new featured players, key promotions, and veteran anchors after a run of notable cast exits ahead of the Sept. 26 premiere.

Wait, what? Disney+ premium tiers now allow ads on all plans.

Disney+ quietly rewrote its subscriber terms to allow ads and promos on every tier, even Premium, reigniting fan fury and cable-era comparisons.

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Arkansas’s Fouke Monster, the Boggy Creek Beast, went from rural panic to cult horror icon. Here’s how one swamp legend still haunts pop culture.

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Apple’s CarPlay Ultra deeply integrates iPhone with your car’s dashboards and controls. Here’s how it differs from classic CarPlay and why rollout is slow.

Archivists say old cassette tapes can play for decades, but only if you treat them right. Here’s how storage, use, and digitizing impact their lifespan.

Most viewers remember the big scares in Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House: the Bent-Neck Lady, the Tall Man with his cane, Poppy Hill dancing in the halls. But Mike Flanagan built a second, quieter layer of horror into the show.

A kill switch sounds simple: a big red button that shuts an AI down before it can cause harm. But in the real world, the difficult question is not merely whether humans can turn an AI system off—it is whether that shutdown will still work once a highly capable AI has reasons and opportunities to…

Cult hit Lollipop Chainsaw is heading to live-action with an R-rated prequel film, tying into Dragami’s new game and expanding Juliet Starling’s undead saga.