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SAVE 26%: As of June 27, get the Starz and Hallmark+ Prime Video bundle for $13.95. Starz is normally $10.99 per month, and Hallmark+ is $7.99 per month. Signing up separately would cost you $18.98. That's $5.03 off.

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July is just about here, and you know what that means: Christmas programming! If you wait year-round for summer to arrive so you can check out some of your favorite Hallmark movies, you're not alone. It's a tradition that brings some holiday fun to the summer months, and one that's made even easier to take part in thanks to Prime Video's Hallmark+ add-on. Now, Amazon wants to make it even more of a deal to subscribe to the streaming channel via Prime Video with a new bundle deal that'll save you some serious dough.

As of June 27, get the Starz and Hallmark+ Prime Video bundle for $13.95. Starz is normally $10.99 per month, and Hallmark+ is $7.99 per month. Signing up separately would cost you $18.98. That's $5.03 off and a discount of 26%.

SEE ALSO: What's new to streaming this week? (June 27, 2025)

This bundle allows access to both channels via Prime Video, so you can sign up for them all at once and manage your subscription to both channels via one area on your dashboard.

Hallmark's Christmas in July programming is being added with a slew of new and old holiday movies under its Countdown to Christmas banner, with the new movie series All Wrapped Up heading to the platform in the coming days.

Starz also offers a wide range of movies to choose from, like the recent The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, if that's what you're looking for.

If you're looking to check out content from both channels, this is a great deal that you can subscribe to now. And when and if you're ready to cancel, you can do it straight from your Prime Video dashboard at any time.

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Honey, it's Pride. And what better way to celebrate than all your favourite queer icons in an absolute banger of a song "Gay HBO Max Song" created by drag superstar, pop culture icon, and DJ Trixie Mattel.

Get down to the dulcet tones of The White Lotus' Tanya McQuoid's (Jennifer Coolidge) iconic-yet-ominous line from Season 2: "Please... these gays...they're trying to murder me!"

Pour one out for poor old Lexi Featherston (Kristen Johnston) who experienced a fall from grace (sorry) in an aptly named "Splat!" episode of Sex and the City from 2004. "No one's fun anymore!" she yelled. "I'm so bored I could die!" she declared before falling out of an 18th-storey apartment window.

There's even a Hannah Horvath (Lena Dunham) from Girls cameo with her "fruity little voice" comment to Elijah (Andrew Rannells) in Season 1, episode 3, on repeat for maximum dramatic impact.

The pop culture fiends among us will spot iconic quotes from shows like Euphoria (when Sydney Sweeney's Cassie had "never ever been happier" in Season 2), Succession, The Comeback, and The White Lotus Season 3, to name a few.

"Look, as gay people we live and breathe pop culture," says Mattel in a press release. "So making this track using timeless clips from some of TV's most iconic moments felt like the perfect way to celebrate PRIDE. This is a gay person's brain on HBO Max. Now go put on a blonde wig, click play, and dance."

Ever wonder what happens when you donate clothes or old goods to charity? A TikTok creator decided to conduct an experiment to find out.

Creator @moe.haa decided to hide an AirTag in a pair of sneakers he donated to a Red Cross donation bin in Munich, Germany. He then tracked the journey through the Find My app.

Over the course of five days, the creator watched the sneakers cross borders and countries: going through Austria, Slovenia, and Croatia and eventually being placed in a second-hand store in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The journey spanned about 800km from its starting point.

The TikTokker then made a road trip to the resale store, where he found the shoes and bought them back. He asked the store clerk how the shoes ended up there. It turns out, her boss brought them to the store from Germany, where he resides.

SEE ALSO: A little girl's original tune has gone viral on TikTok. Some are calling it the Song of Summer.

According to the German Red Cross website, they have 18,000 donation bins across Germany. The items placed there are sorted into two different recycling models. The first is the "clothing depot model," when the items are sorted by the Red Cross and items are distributed to depots and thrift stores. The second is the "recycler model," in which entire contents of the container are sold to a company. From the second, the proceeds support Red Cross' overarching mission.

Thanks to the AirTag, the creator provided a little insight into how donations actually work. Your clothes may be traveling far, for a good cause.

This is the latest case of AirTags helping out in unusual ways. A London couple, for example, just tracked down their stolen Jaguar using a stashed AirTag inside the car.

Contains spoilers for The Bear Season 4, episode 1.

The Bear Season 4 reveals more about the relationship between Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and his late brother, Mikey (Jon Bernthal), with the season opening with a poignant flashback of the two of them discussing the pipe dream of opening a restaurant together.

That isn't the only insight episode 1 gives us, though. Shortly after the flashback there's another moment, equally poignant but far briefer, in which Carmy sends a text message to his late brother's phone while he's on the way to work — and we see from a close-up that it isn't the only message he's sent.

So what has Carmy texted Mikey since he died, and what does it tell us about their relationship?

SEE ALSO: 'The Bear' Season 4's biggest problem is time: Full season review What messages has Carmy sent to Mikey since he died?

We've transcribed all the undelivered messages that are visible on Carmy's phone screen in Season 4, episode 1, below:

Miss you bro

Sat., Jan. 21

Found the tomato cans

Wed., Apr. 18

You were right about Claire Bear

Fri., May 26

Thinking of you today

Today

The restaurant was called Kerrigan's

Those are pretty brief, but all can be linked back to things that have happened in the show. "Found the tomato cans" is a reference to the end of Season 1, when Carmy finds the $300,000 that Mikey hid in the tomato cans mentioned in the recipe he leaves his brother. "You were right about Claire Bear" throws back to Season 2's brilliant "Fishes" episode, in which Mikey refers to Claire (Molly Gordon) as "the love of your fucking life."

The "thinking of you today" message was sent on opening day of The Bear, the restaurant which we now know Mikey played a key role in naming and funding. And the final message, "The restaurant was called Kerrigan's," relates to the opening flashback we've just seen in episode 1. Kerrigan's is presumably the name of the Irish restaurant that Carmy and Mikey's dad loved.

What do the messages tell us?

Carmy is a character marked by how shut off he is, constantly avoiding difficult subject matters and his own emotions. We know how much he loves his brother though flashbacks, though, and from the rare occasions when he talks about him.

But what the undelivered messages also show is just how much Carmy is thinking about Mikey. During all the most important moments that have happened in Carmy's life over the course of the show – from finding the money to reconnecting with Claire and opening his dream restaurant – Mikey has been on his mind. Sending a text message to his brother's old phone is likely a way for Carmy to feel close to him.

The Bear Season 4 is streaming now on Hulu.

When you step into a new leadership role, how you engage your inherited team sets the tone for your entire tenure. You need to move thoughtfully, not impulsively. Here’s how to get started. Lead with curiosity, not conclusions. Biases often influence early assessments, so avoid quick judgments when assessing your new team. Instead, ask questions, […]

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There aren't a lot of portable speakers that are as iconic as Beats' Pill is. And if you want to grab one for cheap now, the current, most recently released model is just $100 at this moment.

If you're tempted to reuse an old modular power supply cable on a new power supply, save yourself a lot of trouble and buy a new one instead. You could wind up completely frying thousands of dollars in components otherwise.

While Microsoft Edge is nice, most Windows users still resort to third-party browsers. And it's a well-known fact that Windows doesn't like that. So it's a funny coincidence to see that Microsoft is accidentally blocking third-party browsers, even if this time it's an actual accident.

Apple TV+ is on fire in 2025 with its slew of new and returning content—all of which includes popular titles and long-awaited new seasons. While the first half of the year has focused more on new releases, the second half is taking a different route and debuting new installments of some of its most popular ongoing shows.

So, you’re ready to buy your first domain name? Picking the right domain registrar (a domain seller) out of the gate is important, but there are a lot of options out there. Here are my favorite registrars to use, and some things you need to keep in mind while picking them out.

While I’m constantly upgrading my tech—this year, I’ve already gotten a new CPU and GPU, and I’ll likely upgrade my TV and add a couple of PC handhelds to my collection—there are some devices I find so good, I have zero desire to ever replace them. I’ll use these gadgets until they disintegrate.

Delta Camera, an app that emulates the monochromatic photo style of Nintendo's old Game Boy Camera, is now available in closed beta. A full release is planned for later this year, though you can gain beta access by contributing to the developer's Patreon.

If you're still using an old Android smartphone or tablet, we have some potentially bad news. Select models running vastly outdated software will lose access to Google Chrome later this summer. Google recently announced that Chrome will only support Android 10.0 or higher starting this August.

Comcast Xfinity is rolling out a variety of new broadband internet and mobile service plans, along with longer price guarantees. A key feature of these plans is unlimited data, which is a huge issue for households with high internet usage.

Home Assistant, the open-source home automation platform, has officially added SwitchBot to its 'Works with Home Assistant' program. This is a big step forward for anyone with smart home appliances because it helps make the ecosystem more complete and easier to manage.

As YouTube fills up with more AI videos, the company is also building on its own AI tools, injecting more AI-powered recommendations into its platform for some users.

The new AI-powered search tool is available for Premium users on mobile devices. When searching for things related to shopping, places, or things to do in a specific location, users may be shown an AI-powered video carousel with results.

Not every query will result in a carousel, but the ones that do should include more relevant videos.

SEE ALSO: YouTube announces new AI tools for its creators: Veo, Communities, auto-dubbing, and more

So, for example, if you search "best beaches in Hawaii", YouTube will display an AI-generated carousel with clips from several videos and descriptions accompanying the showcased videos.

YouTube is also expanding its conversational AI tool to some non-Premium users across the United States. These users can try out the AI tool, asking it for more information, related recommendations, and summaries.

Back in April, Google announced that an AI-powered feature was coming to YouTube, "providing another way to discover content when searching on YouTube as well as discover topics and information related to your search query." YouTube is owned by Google, which has introduced new AI search tools into Google Search, including AI Overviews and AI Mode. Both those tools are powered by Google's Gemini AI models, and it's no surprise Google would leverage Gemini for YouTube as well.

So, after testing AI search on YouTube with some U.S. users, the official rollout is here.

Premium users can now try it for themselves.

Samsung is poised to show off its next foldable phones in a matter of weeks, but until then, we have some fresh foldable iPhone rumors to chew on.

This round of leaks comes courtesy of Digital Chat Station on Weibo (courtesy of MacRumors). According to the prolific leaker, the foldable iPhone is in the "testing stage of an unfinalized version," which means these numbers could be subject to change. Said numbers include a 7.58-inch unfolded inner display and a pair of 48MP rear camera lenses on the device. The leak also suggests the phone will have a hinge made of an "amorphous metal glass composite material" with a titanium alloy chassis.

SEE ALSO: Apple's AirTag 2 to probably launch alongside iPhone 17, report says

This comes only about a week after another notable Apple prognosticator, Ming-Chi Kuo, said the phone was nearly ready to enter production for a 2026 release. However, the new leak somewhat contradicts things Kuo has said in the past; the analyst has predicted a 7.8-inch display rather than the 7.58-inch figure in the new leak. Of course, that doesn't mean anyone was wrong here so much as it means the specs may have changed throughout the design process.

We'll find out next year, ideally.

While we await new flagships, we've seen plenty of budget smartphones and new Android smartphones released so far in 2025.

Google Earth got a Street View feature that effectively lets users travel through time.

The tech giant announced this week that it was bringing historical Street View imagery to Google Earth, which lets folks look back at past pictures of the world. It's a welcome, neat update for Google Earth's 20th anniversary, and it was previously available only on Google Maps. Google also added a tool that lets users look at historical satellite imagery.

"Today, we’re celebrating this milestone birthday by bringing historical Street View imagery to Google Earth," the company wrote in a blog post. "Now you can explore the wonders of the planet from even more viewpoints, whether it’s a bird’s eye view or at street level."

Historical Street View is one of the genuinely cool tools on the internet. We've covered the feature numerous times throughout the years here at Mashable. Late last year, for instance, TikTokkers used the feature to create a wonderful, sentimental trend of visiting long-lost people and places.

SEE ALSO: The strange nostalgia of Google Street View

In fact, years ago, I covered Street View and the strange nostalgia it can inspire. Parsing through past versions of the world and your life is a truly interesting experience. You can now access that experience via Google Earth.

How to use Google Earth's historical Street View tool Total Time

• 3 minutes

What You Need

• Google Earth

Step 1: Go to Google Earth

Go ahead and fire up Google Earth.

Step 2: Search a location

You can find the search bar at the top of the page.

Step 3: Click show Street View

It's the icon in the bottom-right that looks like a cartoon person.

Credit: Google Earth

Step 4: Click a highlighted street.

Any bright blue line will take you down to street level.

Credit: Google Earth

Step 5: Click see more dates.

Once you're down to street level, you can choose to see more dates. That will let you look through all the old imagery from past years and travel through time.

Credit: Google Earth

If you want to use the historical bird's-eye view tool, meanwhile, all you need to do is click the "historical imagery" button on Google Earth, which looks like a globe inside a refresh button.

The duo of Emma Stone and director Yorgos Lanthimos is the gift that keeps on giving.

The pair first worked together on 2018's darkly funny period piece The Favourite, for which Stone received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress and Lanthimos received a nomination for Best Director. They followed it up with 2023's masterful fantasy Poor Things, earning Stone her second Academy Award for Best Actress and Lanthimos his second Best Director nomination. Mere months later, Lanthimos and Stone delivered 2024's pitch-black anthology film Kinds of Kindness. (Lanthimos and Stone also collaborated on 2022's short film Bleat.)

SEE ALSO: The 10 best movies of 2025 (so far), and where to watch them

Kinds of Kindness also introduced a new player into Lanthimos' work: Jesse Plemons, whose varied performances across Kinds of Kindness' three fables won him the Best Actor Prize at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Now, Lanthimos, Stone, and Plemons reunite for a new comedy: Bugonia, directed by Lanthimos and written by Will Tracy (The Menu).

A remake of the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet!, Bugonia centers on conspiracy theorist and beekeeper Teddy Gatz (Plemons). Teddy believes that aliens are preparing to invade Earth, and that they're already among us, disguised as high-ranking humans.

One of the people Teddy believes to be an alien is Michelle Fuller, a CEO of a major pharmaceutical company. So he and a fellow conspiracy theorist (Aidan Delbis), kidnap her in the hopes of saving the world.

Get a taste of Bugonia in the full teaser trailer above, which promises more strangeness and dark comedy from Lanthimos, Stone, and Plemons. The film also stars Alicia Silverstone and Stavros Halkias.

Bugonia premieres in limited theaters Oct. 24, and has its wide release Oct. 31.

TL;DR: Upgrade your PC for just A$23 with this Microsoft Windows 11 Pro license, on sale through 29 June.

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Do you have an old computer that could use a refresh? Upgrade its operating system and give it new life with Windows 11 Pro, now just A$23 (reg. A$305) through 29 June.

If you’ve got an older device lying around, you don’t need to shell out hundreds of dollars for a brand-new laptop. Just give it a new lease on life with this Windows 11 Pro upgrade. This new operating system is filled with features that can help you tackle both work and play.

What’s new in Windows 11 Pro?

Microsoft Windows 11 Pro was created with modern professionals in mind, but you don’t have to be tackling work to appreciate the new features. It offers a seamless interface that’s easy to navigate, snap layouts, improved voice typing, and a more powerful search experience everyone can benefit from.

We should all be taking our cybersecurity more seriously, and Windows 11 Pro offers advanced security measures like a biometric login, encrypted authentication, and advanced antivirus defenses to beef up your protection.

Need to get work done? Windows 11 Pro includes Microsoft Teams, and also offers some unique professional features. Azure AD lets you manage logins and permissions for employees, while Hyper-V makes it possible to create and run virtual machines to test things. You’ll also get Windows Sandbox, a way to test files safely without risking your computer.

If you’d like to ditch the mouse and keyboard, Microsoft Windows 11 Pro gives you the option to go touchscreen. And it also puts Copilot, Microsoft’s AI-powered assistant, right on your desktop.

Once you tackle all your responsibilities, it’s time to start gaming. Windows 11 Pro includes DirectX 12 Ultimate, with graphics that make you feel like you’re right there in the game.

Note: You’ll need 4GB RAM and 40GB of hard drive space to run Windows 11 Pro, and if you’re running Windows 11 but can’t install upgrades via Windows Update, you won’t be able to install this version either.

Elevate your PC experience with this lifetime license to Microsoft Windows 11 Pro, now just A$23 (reg. A$305) through 29 June.

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