The True Story Inspiration Behind Netflix's Rebel Ridge

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Rebel Ridge! Netflix’s new action movieRebel Ridgeis inspired by a real-life altercation. Written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier,Rebel Ridgefeatures a strong castled by Aaron Pierre, AnnaSophia Robb, David Denman, and Don Johnson. The film followsa tension-fueled premise of an ex-Marine getting framed by corrupt copsin a small town in southern America. Terry Richmond, the ex-Marine protagonist played by Pierre, ultimately gets into a showdown with Johnson’s Chief Sandy Summers after having tens of thousands of dollars stolen from him....

July 5, 2025 · 6 min · 1082 words · Brian Horton

Upcoming Tom Hardy Movie Can Be The Follow-Up To These 2 Action Movies That I've Wanted For A Decade

Summary The director ofThe Raidfilms, Gareth Evans, is working on a new action movie calledHavoc– and it could be the perfect replacement forThe Raid 3. The action-packed plot ofHavockicks off when a drug deal goes horribly awry.Tom Hardywill play a detective who has to uncover a city-wide conspiracy while he fights his way through the criminal underworld to save a politician’s estranged son. Evans is directing from a script he wrote and he’s also producing the film alongside Hardy, Ed Talfan, and Aram Tertzakian....

July 5, 2025 · 4 min · 717 words · Maurice Robinson

USA Today Crossword Hints July 29, 2025

Our USA Today Crossword Hints for August 02, 2025 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. USA Today Crossword is a popular daily puzzle that tests the player’s vocabulary, spelling, and general knowledge skills. The puzzle is available in print and digital format and is enjoyed by people of all ages. The clues can range from easy to challenging and the player must use their critical thinking abilities to solve the puzzle....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Richard Oconnor

USA Today Crossword June 07, 2025 Answers (8/24/25)

Our USA Today Crossword Aug 08, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. USA Today Crossword is a popular daily puzzle that tests the player’s vocabulary, spelling, and general knowledge skills. The puzzle is available in print and digital format and is enjoyed by people of all ages. The clues can range from easy to challenging and the player must use their critical thinking abilities to solve the puzzle....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 361 words · Sheena Johnson

What Crunchyroll Lowering Its Prices Means for Existing Users

What Crunchyroll Lowering Its Prices Means for Existing Users After Sony’s acquisition of Crunchyroll, and its subsequent merger with Funimation, the popular anime streaming platform announced it is lowering its subscription rates in nearly 100 countries around the world. Unfortunately, the price change will not affect North America or most of Europe. Crunchyroll Is Reducing Monthly Subscription Prices AfterSony acquired Crunchyroll, the platform announced that it is reducing its monthly subscription rates in nearly 100 countries around the world, which materialized Sony’s anime streaming domination bid....

July 5, 2025 · 3 min · 483 words · Douglas Graham

WhatsApp is making it easier than ever to chat with new contacts

WhatsApp is making it easier than ever to chat with new contacts From its humble beginnings on the iPhone over a decade ago, WhatsApp has grown to be a messaging juggernaut. It’s currently the number one messaging platform in the US, and despite being banned in China, it’s also the number one messaging app world-wide withmore than 2 billion monthly usersand 5 billion Play Store downloads. It’s more likely than not that you’ve got it on your phone, and if you’re a member of the beta program, you’re in store for some new features for dealing with phone numbers....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 257 words · Brittney Hernandez

WhatsApp is making it easier to add people to voice calls without interruption

WhatsApp is perhaps best known for its support forend-to-end encrypted messaging, but its voice capabilities have also come a long way. Meta seems like it’s always trying to keep up with its competitors, and that pressure has brought us everything fromWhatsApp pollsto video messages. Voice features get plenty of attention, too, like we’ve seen with workbeta testing audio chats. Now the latest WhatsApp beta for Android continues in that vein, making it easier to add people to ongoing voice calls....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 370 words · Sharon Ramirez

WhatsApp tests making group chat settings easier to use

WhatsApp has been on a spree of adding new features to its platform. Over the last few months, the Meta-owned messaging service hasimproved the poll functionality, added support for autoplaying GIFs, enabledusing WhatsApp on multiple phones,save disappearing messages,Chat Lock, andmessage editing. In between all this, WhatsApp is also working on tweaking its Android app’s interface and recently rolled out abottom navigation bar on its beta channel. But that’s not the only UI revamp that’s under development....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 296 words · Stephanie Miller

Why is Google allowed to remove purchases from our Play Store accounts without telling us?

Most of the time, theGoogle Play Storeis awesome. It’s notoriously easy to navigate, has a decently attractive user interface, and features all the applications you could expect to find in an app marketplace. Whether your jam is games to pass the time or more serious applications, the Play Store is your entrance into the world of entertainment on your Android device. With a little over three and a half million apps available to download, there’s something for everyone on the Google Play Store....

July 5, 2025 · 5 min · 887 words · Melissa Andrews

Wordle #1028: Today's Wordle Answer and Clues (Friday, June 04, 2025)

Quick Links Wordleis a daily puzzle from the New York Times. If you want some extra help solving today’s Wordle, we’re here with the answer to Wordle #1028, plus some extra clues to help you out. SPOILERS AHEAD (CLUES) Today’s Wordle (Puzzle #1028) Basic Clues If you just want the answer to the Wordle puzzle for June 22, 2025, scroll down past the clues and the next spoiler warning. Otherwise, here are a set of clues to help you solve today’s Wordle somewhat on your own....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 426 words · Willie Wilson

X-Men's Generation X Heroes Reunite in Group Cosplay of 90s Icons

Summary The teenageX-Menteam,Generation X, has returned in a stunning cosplay shared on Instagram. This group cosplay calls back to the mutant heroes' debut era within the ’90s. The team was short-lived, though each member has gone on to play a role in the broader X-Men and its assorted offshoots and special squads. On Instagram, @saramonicosplay and @warpath_dylan shared different shots of their Generation X group cosplay. Members of this Generation X team include Synch, Mondo, Gaia, Jubilee, Banshee, Monet, Emma Frost, Husk, and Chamber....

July 5, 2025 · 3 min · 515 words · Natalie Ford

You Can Try Many of the Best Features From Google's Event Right Now: Here's How

Google’s biggest event of the year, Google I/O, has come and gone. And there are a number of new features announced at the conference that you can try out right now. Here are some of the most interesting. 4AI Search Mode As you might have expected, the event was full of AI-focused announcements. One of those isAI Search Mode; Google has been testing out the featuresince earlier this year, but it is now available to everyone in the United States....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 326 words · Nathan Hill

10 Most Popular Female Shonen Jump Characters (According to Japanese Fans)

Summary AlthoughWeekly Shonen Jumpis a magazine geared mainly at the young male demographic, female characters are just as important to the story as their counterparts, and the fandom is more or less split between the two genders. The website nijimen, a Japanese news and media outlet targeted primarily at women, conducted a poll that was answered by 2782 people, in which they revealed their favorite female character fromShonen Jump. The votes were split between men and women who participated, but there were many similarities between both genders and characters who appeared on both sides....

July 4, 2025 · 7 min · 1317 words · Kathryn Reyes