Weekend poll: Are you interested in 'budget flagship' Android phones?

As an Android-focused website, it’s only natural that our attention often moves towards thenewest, hottest, and most powerful deviceson the market. Sure, a low-end or mid-range phone might catch our interest from time to time — the Pixel 6a wasone of our favorite smartphones of last year, after all — but generally speaking, it’s products like theGalaxy S23 Ultraor the Pixel 7 Pro that we find ourselves lusting after year over year....

June 13, 2025 · 3 min · 514 words · Stephen Sutton

WhatsApp has started working on a new alternate profiles feature

WhatsApp israpidly ticking off feature additionsfrom its list focused on catching up topopular rivalslike Telegram and Discord. Now, Meta’s developers are finally thinking of original improvements for WhatsApp. A new feature spotted in development suggests Meta is working on alternate profiles for an account, so that you don’t need to show everyone your private side. WhatsApp has several profile elements which you can hide from others, including a cherry-picked list of your own contacts....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 420 words · Melissa Brooks

WhatsApp is developing avatars for video calls

WhatsApp is developing avatars for video calls WhatsAppis slowly yet steadily expanding the frontier of what its users can do with emoji. It has certainly had to make up ground against other messaging apps with emoji stickers andanimated emoji, but it’s all progress nonetheless. We’re now learning about another feature in the pipeline that’s playing catch-up to something Apple and Samsung were all over years ago. WABetaInfohas picked up on plans to let users switch to a custom avatar — perhaps in the style ofMemojior Bitmoji — during video calls....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 357 words · Bobby Ayers

Withings Body Smart debuts with 'eyes closed' mode that takes the pressure off of weight tracking

We might not necessarily like looking at them, but scales are an important thing for all of us to use to monitor our health. Fresh off the launch of its newest health tracker,Withings Sleep, Withings added a new smart scale to its product lineup this week withBody Smart, which is able to provide not only your precise weight, but also measure things like your heart rate, visceral fat, metabolic age, and basal metabolic rate — and there’s even a feature for those of us that would rather not hear what the scale has to say....

June 13, 2025 · 3 min · 470 words · Kelly Garcia

Xiaomi's next 4K-enabled set-top box will run Google TV instead of Android TV

The streaming device market is slowly filling up with afew great options for 4K streaming media players, including theChromecast with Google TV4K and Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K. Walmart’s own challenger was certified on the Google Play Console a few days ago: anew 4K Onn Google TV streamerthat costs only $20, significantly undercutting the competition. It appears Walmart is not the only one introducing a new Google TV box, as Xiaomi teases its own 4K-capable set-top box with a handful of software and hardware upgrades....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Michael Ramirez

“It’s Not Just Fun”: Doctor Who Season 14's Most Obscure Cameo Unpacked By Showrunner

Summary Doctor Whoshowrunner Russell T Davies has unpacked an obscure cameo that happened in season 14, explaining the appearance of a rare version of the Doctor. InDoctor Whoseason 14, episode 6, the Doctor is treated to images showing the faces of all the previous lives he’s had, including some like the War Doctor and the Fugitive Doctor. However, one of these faces is also that of Richard E. Grant, an actor who voiced the Shalka Doctor in 2003’s animated webseries “Scream of the Shalka....

June 13, 2025 · 3 min · 608 words · Daniel King

"It's A Show That Is Beloved": Blue Bloods Spinoff Update Makes CBS' Cancellation Decision Totally Baffling

Summary CBS is well aware ofBlue Bloods’influence, making the network’s decision to wrap up the hit police procedural and forge ahead with an in-universe spinoff series even more frustrating for fans of the original show.Blue Bloodshas been a CBS mainstay since 2010, growing to become one of the network’s longer-running scripted primetime TV serieswith 14 seasons and almost 300 episodes to its name. In addition to longevity,Blue Bloodshas maintained its viewership status as TV’s no....

June 12, 2025 · 4 min · 661 words · Joseph Taylor

"There Are Conversations": The Acolyte Season 2 Teased By Showrunner

Summary The Acolyteshowrunner Leslye Headland teases a potential season 2. Premiering on Disney Plus last month, the latestStar Warsshow takes place roughly 100 years beforeThe Phantom Menace, chronicling the investigation into a series of Jedi murders by a powerful, dark force-user.The Acolyteepisode 7continued the story of Sol (Lee Jung-jae), Osha (Amandla Stenberg), and Mae this week, with only 1 episode now remaining in the season and no firm word yet on the show’s future....

June 12, 2025 · 3 min · 520 words · Joseph Adams

10 Canva Tips That Cut My Design Time in Half

Quick Links Canva is an amazing tool, but let’s be honest—sometimes, those projects can feel like they’re taking forever. Over time, I’ve discovered a few clever tips, features, and shortcuts that have helped me cut my design time and work more efficiently. 1Starring Favorite Elements Whenever I find a stock image, icon, or graphic that I know I’ll use frequently, I simply right-click it and selectStar. This saves the asset to Canva’sStarredsection....

June 12, 2025 · 5 min · 1004 words · Megan Roberts

10 Most Impressive Displays Of Power In Marvel Movies & TV Shows In 2024

Some of the most incredible feats of power were put on display in theMarvel Cinematic Universeand Sony’s Spider-Man Universe projects released in 2024. 2025 is gearing up to be an exciting chapter for the MCU, with projects such asCaptain America: Brave New World, The Fantastic Four: First StepsandThunderbolts*expected to put some of the franchise’s most popular characters' best powers on full display. 2024, despite featuring only a few released Marvel movies and TV shows, did just the same, delivering some of theMCU and SSU’s most powerful moments....

June 12, 2025 · 11 min · 2294 words · James Schultz

10 Movies Disney Should Remake Using The Muppets

It’s no secret that a large portion ofDisney’s revenue in recent years has come from rebooting earlier films. FromCinderellatoThe Lion Kingand beyond,Disney has been producing live-action remakes of tons of theirclassic animated films, with even more of these projects currently in the works. However, one must begin to wonder whether straightforward, live-action recreations are really the most effective way for Disney to bring these classic stories back to life. With many of the live-action remakes garnering less-than-stellar reviews, one must start to question whether Disney should consider exploring an alternate path....

June 12, 2025 · 13 min · 2617 words · Jacob Smith

5 Letter Words with A in the Middle and Ending in D – Wordle Clue

There are a lot of5-letter words with A in the middle and ending in Dthat might work in a word puzzle or game, so we are here to help you narrow down the possibilities so that you can find the correct answer to whatever game you’re playing, including Wordle, as you’ll find a solver right here in this post, too! Keep scrolling to browse our full list of possible answers....

June 12, 2025 · 3 min · 437 words · Ruth Valenzuela

90 Day Fiancé: Jasmine & Gino Will Never Find Love Again (Shocking Single Life Rumors Explained)

Summary 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?coupleJasmine PinedaandGino Palazzoloboth are reportedly filming90 Day: The Single Lifeseason 5, and there are chances they will be single even after the show ends. Gino and Jasmine didn’t tell viewers how they really met on90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Daysseason 5. There was areason why Jasmine demanded the expensive gifts and rent moneyfrom Gino, who had foundJasmine’s profile on a Sugar Daddy website. However, Gino decided he wasn’t going to fulfill all of Jasmine’s demands when she came to the U....

June 12, 2025 · 6 min · 1226 words · Erik Crawford