SPOILERS for Fire & Blood, the book House of the Dragon is based on. Summary HBO’sHouse of the Dragonreturns for its second season with new additions to the already expansive cast. The fantasy drama is a prequel toGame of Thrones, a series known for its enormous ensemble cast, with characters spread across the continent of Westeros, representing different noble houses and organizations. While theHouse of the Dragoncastis slightly smaller due to the more intimate, centralized family drama set in King’s Landing, there’s still a significant number of characters to keep track of, with new additions only adding to the potential confusion....

“Gods, kings, fire, and blood. Dreams didn’t make us kings. Dragons did.” HBO Max caught everyone by surprise this morning by dropping the first look atGame of Thrones‘ highly anticipated prequel series,House of the Dragon. Forget everything you think you know about Westeros andA Song of Ice and Fire. This new show takes place 200 years before the events of the original series, during the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of Dragons, so it’s unlikely we’ll see any familiar faces....

As millions of people hunkered down at home on Friday during the U.K.’s worst storm in 32 years, aviation enthusiast Jerry Dyer jumped in his van and drove to London’s Heathrow Airport to livestream passenger jets coming in to land in the challenging conditions. Within a few hours of Dyer launching hisBig Jet TVlivestream from the top of his vehicle at the end of Heathrow’s runway 27L, social media started to take notice, with shares and retweets pushing his audience to as high as 200,000 people during the eight-hour livestream....

You use it for work. You use it for gaming. You use it to access Netflix, YouTube, and Hulu. It’s your computer monitor, and opting for a model that fits you and your needs is crucial. Whether your old display has died or you’ve decided that you need to upgrade to take advantage of the latest software, picking thebest monitorto match your needs is a big decision. Not everyone is looking for the same thing, however....

Apple’s approach to building new features has always been rooted in safety and seamless convenience. Take, for example,AirPlay, a wireless standard created by the companythat allows users tostream audio and video from one device to another. AirPlay works not just across Apple devices, but also on TVs and speakers cleared by the company to offer the wireless streaming facility. That also makes it a ripe target for attacks, and it seems there are, in fact, vulnerabilities in the wireless lanes that could allow bad actors to seed malware and infect more connected devices....

Amazon Alexa is a powerfulvoice assistant. Along with dishing out commands to your smart home devices or updating you on the latest news, Alexa can function as a pretty robust alarm clock. From setting reminders for later in the day to waking you up with music, there’s a lot of functionality packed into the assistant. Before you’re able to start using all these Alexa alarm clock features, you’ll need to know how to activate them....

Over the course of the past few months, I’ve tried a handful of Windows on Arm machines. The biggest takeaway is that if you buy a slim and light Windows laptop in 2025, you don’t need to hunt for a seat near a wall outlet. The battery life figures I’ve got from Qualcomm Snapdragon X-powered laptops have been pretty amazing. For the first time, I feel Windows laptops have reached a point where they can reach the high benchmark set by the MacBook Air....

More than almost any other streaming service, the past lives on atTubi. Some of that is by necessity, since the bigger streamers sweep up most of the contemporary box office hits, and almost every major studio in Hollywood has its own streaming service. While there are some modern films and TV shows on Tubi, it also has a robust lineup of movies and series that pretend like cinematic and television history began in the ’80s....

Everybody likes to get something for free, right? And when that something is an entire house, tricked out for maximum smart home effect? Well, it’s definitely a dream come true. HGTV recently held a contest where one lucky winner gets the keys to a beautiful home in Wilmington, North Carolina, and the clincher to winning the home is that it’s supposedly tricked out with some of the smartest tech available. They even shared theTop 10 Clever Gadgetsthey brought into the space....

This strange image may look like a cell dividing, or perhaps even a brain, but it’s neither of those things — it’s actually a space nebula, located 1,500 light-years away. Known affectionately as the Crystal Ball Nebula or more technically as NGC 1514, the striking structure of this object was created by the drama of a dying star. The James Webb Space Telescope captured this image, showing the nebula in more detail than ever before....

KPop Demon Hunters could be ‘Netflix’s Frozen’ as report reveals sequel & remake plans KPop Demon Hunters has been an extraordinary success forNetflix, and if all goes to plan, it could be the streamer’s ‘Golden’ goose. It’s a big year for Netflix: Adolescence earned unanimous critical acclaim and broke records, Squid Game dropped its final season,Wednesday(its biggest English-language show ever) is about to come back, andStranger Things Season 5will close the curtain on its flagship series....

After giving us a sneak peek at its new2022 soundbar lineup at CES, LG has finally released these home theater speakers. The prices start at $400 for the entry level LG S65Q 3.1-channel model, and then head sharply upward, topping out at $1,800 for its LG S95QR flagshipsoundbar— a 9.1.5-channel,Dolby Atmos-capable multi-speaker beast. All six new models, (S95QR, S90QY, S80QR, S80QY, S75Q, and S65Q) are available now onLG.com, as well as from select retailers likeAmazon....

Ride-hailing company Lyft’s lofty commitment toswitch its entire fleet to electric vehiclesby 2030 may be ambitious but could be a shot in the arm for the EV industry as it struggles against pandemic-related setbacks. San Francisco-based Lyft, which operates in more than 650 cities across North America,announced it would transition to all-electricby 2030, saying the year would “go down in history as an inflection point for humankind.” Lyft — the second-largest ride-sharing firm in the United States — also acknowledged in its corporate pledge that government policy changes are crucial to transitioning all its cars to EVs by 2030....