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For years, buying a mainstream SUV new felt like the sensible choice, while used luxury models carried a reputation for being risky or expensive. These days, depreciation has flipped that equation on its head.

When Harley Earl arrived at General Motors in 1927, he brought Hollywood with him. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Earl spent his early career building custom cars for movie stars before GM tapped him as its first design director. He went on to pioneer clay modeling as a tool for shaping vehicles, a practice the industry still relies on nearly a century later.

As one of my go-to platforms, HBO Max has a plethora of outstanding shows in its catalog that serve as major draws for anyone interested in looking for something to watch. Each year, that catalog grows and continues to strengthen the platform’s reputation as home to some of the most iconic TV shows ever made.

Electric SUVs have quickly moved from niche experiments to mainstream choices, but pricing and value still vary widely across the segment. Some models lean heavily into luxury pricing, while others compromise too much on range or performance to hit lower price points. For buyers trying to balance cost, technology, and everyday usability, it can still be difficult to find an EV that feels like a clear win rather than a trade-off.

May is double the fun for Full Moon and space fans because we’re getting two in one month. The first took place on May 1 and the second will be on May 31. This phenomenon is called a Blue Moon. And no, that doesn’t mean it’ll actually turn the color blue, it’s just a somewhat rare occurrence. You might say, “once in a blue moon”...

According to NASA, a Blue Moon is when a full moon shows up twice within the same calendar month. The lunar cycle (the process of the Moon orbiting the Earth) lasts about 29 and a half days, which is slightly shorter than most months. This means that every so often the timing lines up like it does in May, with a full moon right at the start of the month and another at the end. It’s not especially common, only happening roughly every couple of years. This is a monthly Blue Moon.

There are also seasonal Blue Moons. These occur when four full moons fall all within one season, instead of three which is what usually happens.

The Blue Moon in 2026 will occur on May 31. According to Time and Date, it will peak around 4:45 a.m. ET.

Blue Moons are fairly uncommon, as the saying goes. NASA says they occur roughly every two or three years.

Royal Museums Greenwich tells us that the next Blue Moon will be May 20, 2027. This will be a seasonal Blue Moon.

If you spend a lot of time working in the Terminal, you undoubtedly have your favorite CLI (command line interface) and TUI (terminal or text-based user interface) apps. One of mine is a TUI app called cmus.

Like sharks, the viewing public must always be moving forward to survive, with life-giving new movies and TV shows always sweeping past our gills. When Netflix released its list of everything coming for the month of June 2026, the equal and opposite reaction is that there's a pile of things that must inevitably leave the streaming service, too, as licensing deals expire. That also means that time is running out for you to tick them off your watch list before they ride off into the sunset.

When the original Range Rover debuted in 1970, it introduced something the automotive world had not quite seen before: a vehicle as capable on a muddy trail as it was parked outside a five-star hotel. That unique combination of rugged capability and refined luxury few, if any, SUVs can pull off today. Yet, Land Rover has been doing it for five decades.

I live with the strange dichotomy of liking Samsung Galaxy Watches but not Galaxy phones. So, for years, I’ve used a Galaxy Watch with a Pixel phone. Recently, I decided to give a Samsung phone a chance, and it immediately unlocked some extra watch features.

What's the status of your Wi-Fi password? I wager that if I surveyed most people I know, I'd find two groups split right down the middle: people who never bothered to change theirs, and people who changed theirs to something painfully easy or funny. Then, there's a handful of people who try to beat possible networking issues by staying on top of their Wi-Fi passwords.

With May almost in our rearview mirror (it was a great month that scorched with The Punisher: One Last Kill, Daredevil: Born Again and more!) it's not only time to get ready to enjoy the warmer climes of the summer but it's time to stack your watchlist with all the great new movies and shows coming to Disney+ and Hulu in June.

Breaking news: The 007 series is popular.

Sarcasm aside, it sounds like longtime Hitman series developer IO Interactive has a bonafide hit on its hands. The company announced in a press release that the newly released 007: First Light video game sold 1.5 million units in its first 24 hours of availability, beating the record for the fastest-selling game IO has ever made. That's not a small achievement, given the company's previous success over the past decade with the excellent Hitman reboot trilogy.

Perhaps making this sales success even more impressive is the fact that First Light is not, in any way, tied into the James Bond film series. The protagonist is a new, younger version of Bond played by TV star Patrick Gibson, rather than by Daniel Craig or any other previous Bond actor, and aside from some cameos by the likes of Lenny Kravitz and Gemma Chan, most of the game's central cast is made up of series newcomers who are primarily TV actors. That doesn't make them any less talented or qualified to be in the game, of course, but it does make the game stand out from previous movie-star-studded 007 video game efforts like Everything or Nothing.

It also doesn't hurt that the game, at least based on the first few hours that I've played, is really good. If you like James Bond, you should probably check it out. If these sales figures are to be believed, though, you probably already have.

Some cars get attention for being fast, luxurious, or packed with the latest technology. Others build their reputation the old-fashioned way: by showing up every day and refusing to quit.

DeWALT makes tools for everyone, from DIYers and homeowners to professionals. We're all familiar with the 20V Max and Atomic tool lineups, and most people have the basics like a drill and driver. But did you know DeWALT makes several lesser-known tools that can make jobs easier than ever?

If you are an avid television watcher, then you will likely subscribe to multiple streaming services. Frankly, we now live in a world where one streaming service is simply not enough for movies, TV shows, sports, and live news. You can try your best to create your perfect streaming lineup, but you must be smart about what services to keep and cut.

Can you reliably function without an internet connection? I suppose I could, in theory, but I'd be out of a job. If you're like me, an unreliable network is a real nightmare, and you never know when connection issues will rear their ugly heads, thrusting you right back into hours of annoying troubleshooting.

Affordable compact cars are supposed to be simple commuters, but rising prices across the segment have made many entry-level sedans feel harder to justify than they used to. Buyers shopping on a tighter budget are increasingly looking for cars that don’t just save money upfront, but also feel refined enough to live with every day. That has opened the door for a handful of compact sedans that focus less on flashy performance and more on comfort, technology, and overall value.

It's so easy to install Linux on a PC these days. Be glad you don't still have to compile the kernel yourself just to get an OS on your computer. All you have to do is download a disc image, create some bootable media, and you'll be on your desktop environment of choice within minutes.

Packing for a trip used to mean throwing a charger, headphones, power bank, and whatever else felt essential into a bag the night before departure. Over time, the tech I carry has become far more intentional, once I realized that a few carefully chosen gadgets can make travel dramatically smoother.

Are you having Wi-Fi issues right now? It's very possible that those problems aren't from Wi-Fi at all. Here are three things you should check before blaming your connectivity problems on Wi-Fi.