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  • Champagne and Bullets belongs on the Mount Rushmore of bad movies
    by Terrence O’Brien on July 26, 2026 at 9:24 pm

    There’s something about a movie like The Room, Troll 2, or Fateful Findings that I find irresistible. These sorts of “so bad they’re good” films are marvelous curiosities where ambition far outstrips resources, ability, and self-awareness to become something much greater than the sum of their parts. Champagne and Bullets (also released as GetEven and

  • Apple is banking on privacy to set its smart glasses apart
    by Terrence O’Brien on July 26, 2026 at 7:36 pm

    According to Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to reveal its first smart glasses at WWDC next June, with an expectation that they’ll launch by the end of 2027. Part of the hold-up may be around the company’s efforts to get its privacy features and messaging in order. Smart glasses in general, and Meta’s in particular,

  • The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border
    by Terrence O’Brien on July 26, 2026 at 6:45 pm

    The government is prosecuting US citizen Sam Tunick for allegedly providing authorities with a “duress password” that wiped his phone when they tried to seize it at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport on January 24th, 2025. Federal agents detained Tunick at the airport, allegedly questioning him about child exploitation images. However, a motion filed by Tunick’s lawyers

  • Carrie is just trying to make a friend in the new trailer
    by Terrence O’Brien on July 26, 2026 at 3:33 pm

    Mike Flanagan’s latest Stephen King adaptation, Carrie (this will be his fourth), is slated to make its debut on Amazon Prime on October 7th. The new trailer dropped at Comic-Con 2026 and doesn’t contain many surprises. If you’re familiar with Carrie at all, it hits all the expected notes. Though it’s clearly been updated for

  • You can get three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for almost half off
    by Cameron Faulkner on July 26, 2026 at 3:00 pm

    Subscribing to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on a recurring basis has been tough to justify recently, even after Microsoft reduced the monthly cost from $29.99 to $22.99. But you can get a better deal on a three-month subscription (valued at $69) by grabbing a digital code at Eneba that costs $39.01 at the time of

  • Marvel announces Ryan Gosling as Ghost Rider, a new Black Panther, and more
    by Terrence O’Brien on July 26, 2026 at 2:51 pm

    While perhaps less dramatic than in years past, Marvel nonetheless had some big reveals lined up for Comic-Con. The highest profile was certainly the announcement that Ryan Gosling would be joining the MCU as Ghost Rider, with the Shawn Levy-directed (Deadpool & Wolverine) standalone feature set to drop sometime in 2028. The studio also brought

  • The vertical video takeover is here
    by David Pierce on July 26, 2026 at 12:00 pm

    This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on all things vertical video, follow David Pierce. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started For a while, every social and media platform

  • Google basically confirms the Pixel 11 is getting a price hike
    by Terrence O’Brien on July 25, 2026 at 6:13 pm

    Google’s Vice President of Devices and Services, Shakil Barkat, all but confirmed in an interview with 9to5 Google that its next Pixel phone would cost more than the Pixel 10. Considering the ongoing RAM supply issues due to the explosion of AI data centers, the rumored price hike is not a complete surprise. Companies from

  • Synth historian Oli Freke will spend big on a good bicycle
    by Terrence O’Brien on July 25, 2026 at 3:15 pm

    Oli Freke is a musician and journalist whose works have appeared in Sound on Sound, The Quietus, and Mixmag. This has included using math to explore the melodic potential of the Western 12-tone scale and deep dives on effects plug-ins. He’s even written a book tracing the evolution of the synthesizer from 1963 through 1995,

  • Teenage Engineering’s unique music machines are 30 percent off
    by Brad Bourque on July 25, 2026 at 3:00 pm

    With elements from synthesizers, loopers, and effects pedals, Teenage Engineering’s devices lie somewhere between musical instrument and modern art. These grooveboxes, as they’re often called, are capable of helping you produce songs in real time from a single unit, with an eye-catching design language. A wide swath of the brand’s offerings are 30 percent off