Video of Minnie Mouse smoking surfaces after Disney mascot photo goes viral

Video of Minnie Mouse smoking surfaces after Disney mascot photo goes viral Footage of a man in a Minnie Mouse costume smoking has surfaced, providing a new look at an iconic, viral photo. The internet is home to all sorts of weird actors and bizarre photos, and one that spread like wildfire last year featured an older-looking man having a smoke break while still in hisMinnie Mousecostume. While the meme has since been identified as being shot inLas Vegasand not Disneyland or Disney World, we now have a video showing the incident in action....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 296 words · Julie Vasquez

Why House Of The Dragon Cut One Part Of Jacaerys & Cregan's Book Story

WARNING! This article contains SPOILERS for House of the Dragon season 2, episode 1 and George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood book, on which the show is based. Summary A scandalous part of Cregan Stark and Jacaerys Velaryon’s story from George R.R. Martin’sFire & Bloodbook is cut fromHouse of the Dragonseason 2, episode 1, though the omission makes sense. UnlikeA Song of Ice and Fire, the book series on whichGame of Thronesis based,House of the Dragonis based on a fictional history book about House Targaryen titledFire & Blood, with the information coming from a variety of sources and unreliable narrators....

July 7, 2025 · 4 min · 827 words · Louis Kennedy

With Personal Food Computers, nerd farmers are finding the best way to grow

Caleb Harper, principal investigator and director of the Open Agriculture initiative at the MIT Media Lab.Kent Larson courtesy of MIT Media Lab In his bookTomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit, Barry Estabrook details how grocery store tomatoes are both less nutritious and delicious than those grown decades ago. Industrial farming now grows crops for yield, sacrificing taste and vitamins for an easy-to-harvest, shippable product. It’s why apples at your local supermarket are probably abouta year old....

July 7, 2025 · 8 min · 1505 words · Edward Petty

Woman sparks backlash for wearing wedding dress to sister’s nuptials

Woman sparks backlash for wearing wedding dress to sister’s nuptials A woman has sparked criticism on TikTok, after wearing an altered ivory wedding dress on her twin sister’s big day. Content creator Anastasia Domanico (ana__stasiaaaa) showcased her outfit for her sister Francesca’s wedding in aviral TikTok, which has now amassed over 2.3 million views. In the video, she revealed that it was actually her own wedding dress that had been altered after she wore it for her nuptials in Venice in 2022....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 335 words · Diana Vega

You’ll have to imagine how fun the new OnePlus Nord 2 x Pac-Man phone looks

OnePlus is up to its old promotional tricks again. It hasannounced a collaborationbetween it and the ever-popular Pac-Man video game franchise, resulting in the OnePlus Nord 2 x Pac-Man Edition smartphone. OnePlus’ marketing department is building anticipation in a frustrating way by telling us how we can win one of the new phones and promising early access codes to the online store if we’re unsuccessful, but not actually showing us the phone at all yet....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 371 words · Erica Sanders

Zipit Z2

The benefits of instant messaging capabilities on a cell phone are undeniable: wherever you go, all of your IM buddies are just a keystroke away. Can’t hold an extended conversation because you’re working? IM. Have a quick question that’s not worth a phone call? IM. Too loud in the bar to hear anything? IM. But for all the convenience it offers, the technology also carries a hefty price tag. Adding instant messaging to an existing service plan will add anywhere from $10 to $20 to a monthly bill with popular carriers such as Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 515 words · Jeffrey Sanchez

‘Grim outlook’ as criminals commandeer AI chatbots, Europol says

Europol this week issued a stark warning highlighting the risks posed by criminals as they get to grips with the new wave of advanced AI chatbots. Ina postshared online this week, Europe’s law enforcement agency described how tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and GPT-4, andGoogle’s Bard, will be increasingly used by criminals looking for new ways to con members of the public. It identified three specific areas that concern it most....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 548 words · Robert Guerrero

“Fraudsters” steal KLM customer data, here’s what they took and what to do about it

In a sky-high security slip-up,KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has admittedto a data breach where fraudsters sneaked into a third-party system, exposing customer details like names, contacts, and Flying Blue loyalty info. While passports and credit cards stayed safe, the incident echoes past airline hacks, leaving passengers on phishing alert. What’s happened? This is important because… Why I should care? Ok, what’s next? The email sent to customers: “Dear XXXX, We are reaching out to you because of a recent data breach involving your personal data....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Alexandra Mitchell

10 Reasons The Last of Us Season 3 Needs To Happen With Abby As The Lead

Summary Warning: This article contains spoilers forThe Last of Us Part II. HBO’s multi-season approach to the next chapter ofThe Last of Ussaga suggests that Ellie and Abby’s Seattle storylines will each get their own separate season – and that’s the right way to go. Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann’s announcement thatThe Last of Us Part IIwill be adapted into two or possibly even three seasons has been met with some skepticism....

July 6, 2025 · 9 min · 1877 words · Sandra Anderson

10 Yellowstone Characters That Need To Return In 2024

Summary Yellowstoneseason 5 is set to wrap up with its final few episodes in the fall of 2024, and some of its chief characters should cross over into theplanned sequel series,2024. The new series will follow the pattern of theYellowstoneprequels1883and1923and focus on the Dutton family as it existed in that year. That should place the events of2024directly after the overarching narrative ofYellowstonefinishes. While Kevin Costner will not be involved, A-listers like Matthew McConaughey, Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell have all been connected to the series at different points....

July 6, 2025 · 8 min · 1687 words · Richard Walker DDS

20 best Fallout 76 camp locations with resources, ranked

20 best Fallout 76 camp locations with resources, ranked Fallout 76 has a wealth of really good spots to choose from when setting up a base in the wasteland. Here, we’re going to look at the best camp locations with resources in Fo76 so you can pick somewhere perfect to lay some foundations. Whatever your need, whether a safe haven from radioactive creatures or a stronghold from which you can scavenge resources inFallout 76, the ideal site can make a world of difference....

July 6, 2025 · 12 min · 2500 words · Ashley Mills

25 years ago, this wild sci-fi action movie made headlines for all the wrong reasons

You know how some movies are misunderstood at the time of their release and receive a much-needed re-evaluation decades later, with film enthusiasts reclaiming them as masterpieces of their genre? Well,Supernovaisn’t that. In fact, it wouldn’t be an overstatement to call it among the worst sci-fi movies of the noughties, and considering the decade produced such trainwrecks asThe Adventures of Pluto NashandBattlefield Earth, it’s not an easy contest. Yes,Supernovamight not be as infamous as those other two movies, but maybe it should be....

July 6, 2025 · 5 min · 1033 words · Angela Holland

5 action movies like The Expendables franchise

This weekend, The Expendables franchise returns to theaters with its fourth film,Expend4bles. The Expendables are an elite team of mercenaries led by Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) and his right-hand man, Lee Christmas (Jason Statham). In the fourth film, the Expendables are hired to stop a group of mercenaries from stealing nuclear weapons in Libya that will be used to start World War III. The Expendables movies are action thrillers featuring some of the most legendary actors in the genre, including Stallone, Statham, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jet Li, Bruce Willis, Dolph Lundgren,Jean-Claude Van Damme, andUFC’s Randy Couture....

July 6, 2025 · 4 min · 771 words · Amy Bailey