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The first weekend in May marks the start of the summer movie season in Hollywood. Over the next few months, studios will be releasing a slew of movies that could be financial juggernauts. In other words, the blockbusters are hitting theaters—The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Toy Story 5, and more.

That HDMI port on the back of your NAS has probably been sitting unused since the day you set it up. Most NAS owners ignore it—not because it’s useless, but because it’s rarely explained. Here are three things you can do with your NAS’s HDMI port, ranging from simple convenience to genuinely useful.

I was recently invited to Hyundai’s inaugural Metaplant Experience media program in Savannah, Georgia. The cuisine was outstanding, the accommodations were luxurious, and the weather couldn’t have been better. Yet, all of that was eclipsed by Hyundai’s breathtaking, nearly 3,000-acre state-of-the-art U.S. smart factory, part of a $12.6 billion investment in Georgia.

A lot of people, at least in the pre-"vibe coding era," lament that they can't program because they're "not math people." I wasn't either. Here's how I got started building machine learning models in Python anyway.

For years, Samsung and Apple have borrowed features from each other, often with each new generation of devices or software. However, not every feature makes the jump. One feature Samsung was first to offer has yet to arrive on the iPhone. With phone screens getting larger, it’s surprising Apple hasn’t adopted it sooner.

SAVE $54.45: Sign up to get Grubhub+ for six months at 99 cents per month instead of the normal $9.99 per month. That works out to a 90% discount on the service.

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Summer is nearly here, and that means we're all busy. From taking advantage of the nice weather to wrapping up the school year and planning camping trips, there's not much time to make dinner. Instead of stressing, order in, thanks to this delivery deal.

As of May 4, Grubhub+ membership is on sale for 99 cents per month for six months, marked down from the normal price of $9.99 per month. Over those six months, the sale works out to be a savings of $54.45.

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It's no secret that ordering dinner for delivery or groceries to your doorstep is convenient. However, these services typically come with steep fees associated with the convince, such as delivery fees and service fees. Signing up for Grubhub+ means you'll be in for no delivery fees on eligible restaurant orders, free delivery on eligible grocery delivery orders over $35, and lower service fees.

If you feel like picking up a restaurant order on your way home, Grubhub+ members get a 5% Grubhub credit back after pickup. Keep in mind, Amazon Prime members are already eligible to get Grubhub+ for free with a Prime membership.

Grubhub contains a massive catalog of restaurants, grocery stores, and drug stores in its network. It's easy to browse the selection with Grubhub's tabs, or you can search by proximity and delivery times. Keep in mind the 99 cents per month deal is only valid for the first six months, and it'll auto-renew at the $9.99 per month price unless you cancel beforehand.

If you tend to order grocery and dinner delivery often, this a great deal to jump on. Doing so will give you access to free delivery on eligible restaurant and grocery delivery orders. Getting something for free right now feels like a major win.

When you're connected to the same Wi-Fi network, it's pretty simple to SSH into any device connected to the same network. But outside that same network, you cannot do that because your ISP doesn't assign a unique public IP to your home network. You might have heard that you need to set up "port forwarding" to get into your home servers when you're out. But it doesn't have to be so complicated. Here's an easy and safe way to SSH into your home network when you're away.

Samsung foldables just can't stop leaking before they're announced.

This time, it's the rumored follow-up to last year's Galaxy Z Flip 7. A report by Korean leaker Lanzuk included a few hints about what to expect from the device, which has so far been out of the spotlight a bit compared to the rumored Z Fold 8 and a new "Wide Fold" device.

According to this new leak, you can expect a Z Flip 8 that's a little bit wider than before, as well as one that has shed some weight, coming in at approximately 180 grams, compared to 188 grams a year ago.

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On top of that, the report hints at a new hinge mechanism, though it doesn't go into any detail about what it might be. Perhaps most excitingly is the indication that the Z Flip 8 will have a true crease-free display. Highly visible creases were a big problem for foldables as they became a relevant market category, but over the years, that's become less and less of an issue. If the Z Flip 8 can make further improvements on that, then that's great.

Samsung is widely expected to announce the Z Flip 8, the Z Fold 8, and the Wide Fold at an event this summer, most likely in July.

We think the Z Fold 8 will look pretty similar to last year's model overall, while the Wide Fold will be another book-style foldable that's, well, wider than the Fold 8. It's expected to have a similar size and shape to the also-unannounced iPhone Fold, expected to launch later this year.

A strong value in local AI computing just left the market. Apple has quietly discontinued the base Mac mini with an M4 chip, effectively raising the price of its entry-level desktop from $599 to $799.

SAVE $39.01: As of May 4, the Apple AirPods Max 2 are down to $509.99 at Amazon. That's a discount of 7% or $39.01 and their lowest price since launch.

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Grabbing a new pair of over-ear headphones in this economy isn't for the faint of heart. Even on sale, the Apple AirPods Max 2 are pretty dang expensive. But this is their biggest discount to date, so it's worth calling out for you Apple fanatics out there.

As of May 4, the Apple AirPods Max 2 are down to $509.99 instead of $549 at Amazon. That's a savings of $39.01 or about 7% and their cheapest price since launching in March.

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The AirPods Max 2 are the first proper upgrade to the fruit company's first (and only) set of over-the-ear headphones. It only took six years. The latest release is eerily similar to the original — they look the same, come with the same case, have the same color options, and have the same battery life and price. What's different, you ask? The internal hardware. The AirPods Max 2 now have Apple's H2 chip inside (the same as the AirPods Pro 3), which unlocks better active noise cancellation as well as several smart features. You'll now be able to toggle on/off adaptive audio, conversation awareness, live translation, voice isolation, personalized volume, loud sound reduction, and Siri interactions as you see fit.

If you already have the OG AirPods Max, you definitely should not spend $500+ on the new ones, as they're virtually identical aside from a few new smart features. But if you're an Apple fan shopping for over-the-ear headphones for the first time and you've been saving up, we highly recommend grabbing the new AirPod Max 2 while they're down to their best price ever. Minor upgrade or not, we still think they're pretty great.

Most of the documentation I deal with now is digital, which means it can be copied and searched at will. Unfortunately, plenty of important things do require paper documentation—a major inconvenience compared to digital.

AI can do a lot of impressive things, and connecting an LLM to your smart home can make it much smarter. It can also make it pretty dumb, too, if you decide that you're going to use it to give a smart bulb a personality.

If you’ve tried using Claude to learn to code and walked away feeling like you just witnessed a magic trick rather than actually learned something, you’re not alone. Without structure, AI coding tools default to doing the work for you—you end up with hundreds of lines of code without understanding the algorithm or the logic behind it.

For the longest time, I used to ssh into my home servers and then use top or htop to check their resource usage. To keep an eye on my Docker containers, I would run Docker stats, I would run docker stats or docker ps. I'd use basic shell commands to check disk and network usage too. Or systemctl to view systemd services. It gets pretty annoying when you have all your services spread across multiple little servers. One of my co-workers told me about Beszel, and it has saved me from all that monitoring headache.

Andy Serkis isn't done with Middle-earth just yet.

The upcoming prequel film The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum sees Serkis pulling double duty — more so than he already does in the dual part of Gollum/Sméagol. On top of reprising that iconic role, he's also stepping into the director's chair, making him the only person aside from Peter Jackson to helm a live-action Lord of the Rings movie.

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Before The Hunt for Gollum's production gets underway in New Zealand, Serkis spoke with Mashable Entertainment Reporter Belen Edwards about what viewers could expect from the film.

"The joy of [The Hunt for Gollum] is that it's entirely its own story, but it fits perfectly into the lore, the tone, the feel of the Middle-earth films that were created by Peter Jackson 25 years ago," Serkis said.

According to Serkis, the film "sits between The Hobbit trilogy and the Lord of the Rings." It will follow Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and Aragorn's (Jamie Dornan, replacing Viggo Mortensen) search for Gollum in the lead-up to the War of the Ring. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote about this hunt in The Fellowship of the Ring and the trilogy's Appendices, and Jackson's films briefly mention it.

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The Hunt for Gollum is the latest step in Warner Bros. Pictures' expansion of their Middle-earth titles. 2025 saw the release of anime film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. Then, on March 25, Warner Bros. announced The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past (working title), a Lord of the Rings sequel written by Philippa Boyens, Tolkien superfan Stephen Colbert, and his son Peter McGee.

The deluge of Lord of the Rings titles might raise alarm bells about the dilution of a beloved franchise. For Serkis' part, this isn't the case with The Hunt for Gollum.

"The story, and therefore how we see the story, is different and unique to this particular tale," Serkis said. "It's not just a nostalgia film. We're seeing plenty of those, and laying heavily into the nostalgia and the things that we loved about those movies of 25 and 30 years ago. [The Hunt for Gollum] adheres to that world, but it certainly has a freshness and a newness in terms of the actual story."

The newness also extends to the cast. The Hunt for Gollum features the return of several familiar faces: Serkis, McKellen, Elijah Wood, and Lee Pace reprise their roles from the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies. However, the film also invites several newcomers into Middle-earth. Kate Winslet and Leo Woodall play Marigol and Halvard, two characters who aren't named in Tolkien's original novels or films, while Jamie Dornan takes over the role of Aragorn from Viggo Mortensen.

"We're calling him Strider in our movie. He is at a different point in his journey, so he is slightly different to the Aragorn that we see later on," Serkis explained. "It's a version of himself that's been out in the wilderness as a Dúnedain Ranger. I'll leave it at that for the moment, but Jamie is perfect for this part of the journey of the character."

For more from Serkis, including his favorite Lord of the Rings meme and his reflections on Andor, check out the full Say More interview above.

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum hits theaters in 2027.

The first 1GB hard drive was released by IBM in 1980. The IBM 3380 Direct Access Storage Device (DASD) was enormous by today’s standards, weighing about 64lbs and costing ~$50,000. We then waited 27 years for the first 1TB hard drive, the Deskstar 7K1000 from Hitachi, which came out in 2007.

The likes of Audi and BMW still dominate the sports sedan conversation, offering polished performance and premium appeal. But as the segment has evolved, many of those cars have drifted toward refinement over raw driver engagement, leaving a gap for something more focused and a little less conventional.

There's a near-endless sea of free and paid photo editing tools at your disposal. While many of them offer powerful features that can completely transform an image, most of the time you only need the app to tweak a few small details. For that kind of quick-and-dirty editing, I've found myself using the built-in Windows Photos app almost exclusively. If you've been ignoring it, allow me to convince you that it might be worth another look.

It's no secret that Google is cracking down against "sideloading" Android apps—which is to say, installing apps from outside the Play Store. Google Play Protect has thrown up the "harmful app blocked" warning for a long time now, but it was simple enough to ignore the warning and install the app anyway. However, in the past few months, Play Protect has blocked app installations completely. This is what you can do to get past Play Protect blocks.

Are you on the fence between using your phone as a 3D scanner or buying a professional 3D scanner? I’ve always wanted a 3D scanner, but I also thought my phone would be just as good. I scanned the same object with both a professional 3D scanner and my iPhone 17 Pro and printed the results—and they were not what I expected.