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Charles Pulliam-Moore

The gorgeous Mononoke movie is coming to Netflix later this month

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Toei’s Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain from director Kenji Nakamura is one of this year’s most visually stunning anime films, and it’s making its way to Netflix in just a few weeks.

Like the Mononoke series, Phantom in the Rain tells the tale of an unnamed merchant (Hiroshi Kamiya) who, in addition to selling medicines, specializes in exorcizing “mononoke” — malevolent spirits who terrorize the living. When the Medicine Seller arrives at the imperial...

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Tom Warren

Microsoft Outlook now has dynamic AI-powered themes

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Microsoft is adding AI-powered themes to Outlook today. Dubbed “Themes by Copilot,” this AI-powered feature will require a Copilot Pro or business license to add a more personalized look to Microsoft’s email client.

The themes will appear across Outlook for Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and on the web, and they’re designed to make “Outlook more beautiful and approachable,” according to Microsoft.

You’ll be able to create a theme based on the weather or...

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Emma Roth

Google could add AI replies to its handy call-screening feature

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Google could soon add “AI Replies” to the Phone app’s call-screening feature. A line of code spotted by 9to5Google suggests the app will generate “new AI-powered smart replies” based on how someone responds to the call screen.

Google widely rolled out its call-screening feature in Android 12. It allows you to filter calls and have Google Assistant respond with an audio message to ask who’s calling, rather than having to pick up the call...

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17 "Perfect" Movies To Watch When You're Realllllllly Sad Or Just Need A Distraction

I'll be watching all of these movies to try to distract myself from...everything.

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Fast Company

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Chipotle, McDonald’s, and other chains are still under inflation’s grip. Here’s why

Restaurants are among the harder hit sectors dealing with stubborn inflation.

While prices for most goods have been falling throughout the year, inflation for a wide range of services remains high. That has put a strain on consumers eating out, servicing their cars and paying for various kinds of insurance.

Prices for services rose 3.7% in September from a year ago, according to the personal consumption expenditures price index, the inflation gauge of choice for the Federal Reserve. Prices...

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Associated Press

Why some Florida parents are pushing back against school cellphone bans

Broward county school administrators say they are facing resistance from parents on the student cellphone ban.

It’s no surprise that students are pushing back on cellphone bans in classrooms. But school administrators in one South Florida county working to pull students’ eyes away from their screens are facing some resistance from another group as well—parents.

Since the beginning of the 2024 school year in August, students in Broward County Public Schools, the country’s sixth...

SBNation.com

Jack Milko

Tommy Fleetwood’s new putter helps him tie course record, grab Abu Dhabi lead

Tommy Fleetwood waves to the crowd on the 18th green at the Yas Links Golf Course in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. | Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images

With new putter in hand, Tommy Fleetwood sits atop the leaderboard at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

Well, that certainly helps.

One day after Tommy Fleetwood made a putter change, the Englishman carded a 10-under 62 at the Yas Links in Abu Dhabi to match the course record and grab the solo lead after round one. He needed only 26 putts,...

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Ricky O'Donnell

The Warriors rediscovered their championship formula with a new crew around Stephen Curry

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The Warriors have reinvented themselves as an NBA championship contender once again

The Golden State Warriors’ dynasty has been pronounced dead so many times over the years. It was dead when a 73-win team blew a 3-1 lead in the 2016 NBA Finals to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. It was dead when Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson each suffered devastating injuries in the 2019 NBA Finals before being upset by the Toronto Raptors. It was...

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Mark Schofield

Is Pope Francis the world’s biggest New Orleans Saints fan?

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Pope Francis keeps using the New Orleans Saints hashtag on accident, and it’s gold.

As the head of the worldwide Catholic Church, Pope Francis is tasked with leading the Church, spreading Christianity, and acting as a vessel between the faithful and God.

In the Digital Age, that means meeting the flock where they are, which means spending time on social media. Over the time of his papacy, Pope Francis has consistently spread his...

ESPN.com

Alexa Philippou

UConn, Louisville to meet in historic women's tilt

UConn and Louisville will tip off the 2025-26 season at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, appearing in the first-ever women's college basketball matchup of the Armed Forces Classic.

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David Newton

Panthers, leading rusher Hubbard reach extension

The Panthers have agreed to a four-year extension with running back Chuba Hubbard, the team announced Thursday.

Wired Top Stories

Molly Higgins

11 Best Cheap Mattresses, Tested and Reviewed

These Are Our Favorite WIRED-Tested Mattresses You Can Buy Online for $1,000 or Less.

The Verge

Emma Roth

Max is getting ready for its own password-sharing crackdown

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Max will kick off its password-sharing crackdown over the next few months with “very soft messaging” surrounding the change. During Warner Bros. Discovery’s Q3 earnings call on Thursday, chief financial officer Gunnar Wiedenfels said this initial rollout will be followed by more progress in 2025 and 2026.

Wiedenfels called password sharing “a form of price rises,” as the company is “asking members who have not signed up, or multi-household members...

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Umar Shakir

Apple’s new AirPlay options for macOS add a little more privacy

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The latest macOS beta changes the options you’ll see when you use AirPlay to mirror your screen. As reported by MacRumors, the new beta version of macOS Sequoia 15.2 lets you select a single window or app on your Mac to display on another screen, like your TV — or maybe something else, like a Vision Pro headset or Apple’s rumored smart display.

macOS 15.2 is expected to be released publicly in early December. It also brings new Apple...

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Andrew Liszewski

Nikon’s entry-level Z50II adds a dedicated button for color styles

The Nikon Z50II uses the same APS-C sensor as the original, but upgraded with a faster image processing engine. | Image: Nikon

Nikon has announced a new version of its entry-level Z50 mirrorless camera. The Z50II offers improved shooting capabilities thanks to a new image processing engine, and a selection of 31 “film-inspired looks” quickly accessible through a dedicated button. It will be available starting in late November for $909.95 for the camera body alone, but can also be...

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Ash Parrish

No Man’s Sky adds cross-saves and PS5 Pro support

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The developers at Hello Games are back with yet another update for No Man’s Sky. Starting today, a select number of users will have the ability to play around in their NMS universe across a collection of platforms with the new cross-save functionality. According to the announcement, adding cross-saving was a bit of an undertaking for the development team.

“It’s very common for players to rack up thousands of hours of saves,” the announcement reads. “Adding...

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Nilay Patel

What’s really behind Big Tech’s return-to-office mandates?

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Today, we’re talking about work. Specifically, where we work, how our expectations of working remotely were radically changed by the covid-19 pandemic, and how those expectations feel like they’re on the verge of changing yet again. For many people, the pendulum has swung wildly between working fully remote and now a push to return to the office from their bosses, and there are a lot of theories about what might be motivating big companies to try and...

Mashable

The 'iPhone 17 Air' isn't even out yet, and Samsung's already working on a competitor

The battle for the thinnest flagship phone has, apparently, begun.

Late last month, Korea's ET News published a report that Samsung is working on a slim smartphone that could launch "several months" after the launch of the Galaxy S25 series, which is likely to happen in the first quarter of 2025.

It appears that the report was accurate, as Smartprix (via MacRumors) has discovered a mysterious new Galaxy S25 model, listed in the GSMA IMEI database under the model number SM-S937U. The phone is...

Mashable

Walmart just leaked more of the best deals from its first Black Friday sale

As Walmart gears up for its initial Black Friday sale next week (yes, there will be multiple), the big-box store has shared a further look at some of its top holiday doorbusters.

The first Walmart Black Friday Deals event gets underway on Monday, Nov. 11, bringing "deep savings on toys, tech, home, fashion, and more" to the retailer's website and mobile app, per a press release. Paid members of the Walmart+ program can start adding deals to their carts at noon ET, or five hours before they...

Mashable

Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (M4, 2024) review: Windows PCs must feel sick right now

The 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro has officially entered the chat — and it’s here to remind Windows who's boss.

For those who haven't been closely following the PCs vs. MacBooks battle in recent months, Windows laptops began to gain the upper hand with the introduction of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor. Machines with this new chip delivered shockingly long battery life and jaw-dropping performance — so much so that they began to eclipse the M3 MacBooks.

But that was then. This is...

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