Disney and Epic Games are launching a Fortnite rewards tie-in for Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run that starts Sunday, Aug. 16, letting park guests complete a special mission on the ride and use collected crates to unlock rewards on a new Star Wars island in Fortnite called Smugglers Gambit.
Aug 16, 2026 ·
CNET
Samsung Galaxy Watch 8’s Antioxidant Index converts a 5-second thumb scan into a 0–100 score that estimates skin carotenoid levels, with carotenoids used as a proxy for fruit and vegetable intake.
Aug 15, 2026 ·
Engadget
Matt Groening said at D23 that The Simpsons: Hit & Run “is coming back in some form,” while showrunner Matt Selman added “or not.”
Aug 15, 2026 ·
The Verge
NYT Connections for Aug. 16, #1162 grouped words as Musical performance (concert, gig, set, show), Participant (actor, agent, party, player), Family relationship modifiers (grand, great, half, step), and Descriptors for our human ancestors (Neander, handy, upright, wise).
Aug 15, 2026 ·CNET
Bluetooth codecs are the audio “coder/decoder” method that determines the quality of the sound sent over Bluetooth between your source and headphones or speakers, subject to Bluetooth’s data-cap limits (about 2 Mbps, and true lossless requires Wi‑Fi).
Aug 15, 2026 ·Engadget
Your AI Slop Bores Me lets you roleplay as a chatbot by submitting prompts on one side while a human on the other side has 150 seconds to produce a text or image response.
Aug 15, 2026 ·The Verge
Apple charges a flat $99 for Apple Watch battery replacement through Apple (or Best Buy authorized service), typically taking about a week.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Engadget
Lego Star Wars: The Mandalorian will arrive on Disney Plus on September 2 and is a one-hour special that recaps The Mandalorian story so far, covering events from The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett up to just before the start of the film.
Aug 15, 2026 ·CNET
X-Men: May 5, 2028 reveals the MCU’s assembled cast: Sadie Sink (Jean Grey), Kit Connor (Cyclops/Scott Summers), Samara Weaving (Emma Frost), Christopher Abbott (Professor Charles Xavier), Inde Navarrette (Rogue), Maya Boyd (Storm/Ororo Munroe), with Adam Driver teased as Magneto (Nathaniel Milbury/Mr. Sinister).
Aug 15, 2026 ·CNET
Disney’s D23 showcase announced a series of upcoming releases across films and Disney Plus, including Bluey (teaser for a feature releasing Aug. 2027), Zootopia 3 (with Ginnifer Goodwin and Ke Huy Quan returning, plus a Birds addition), Coco 2 (set for Nov. 2029), and Kingdom Hearts IV (late 2027) alongside a “soon” Disney Plus cartoon series.
Aug 15, 2026 ·CNET
Govee’s Back-to-School sale is live through Aug. 17 with discounts of up to 45% on a range of indoor and outdoor lighting solutions.
Aug 15, 2026 ·CNET
BT Group traces its lineage to the Electric Telegraph Company founded in 1846, which later merged with the International Telegraph Company in 1855 and was taken over by the General Post Office in 1870.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Engadget
Model:Cycles uses FM synthesis and Model:Samples plays samples (samples must be loaded over USB, and the unit can’t record samples)
Aug 15, 2026 ·The Verge
Smuggler’s Run’s May update required upgrading every one of its 224 graphics cards to new Nvidia Blackwell cards and updating the game to Unreal Engine 5, enabling new ride-mission/world choices.
Aug 15, 2026 ·CNET
Request Xbox digital game refunds through Xbox Support’s “Request a refund for digital games” page, and if approved you lose access to the refunded item once processing starts.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Engadget
ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity let users review suspicious sign-in activity in their account settings, and you can log out unknown devices or all sessions if you find an unrecognized session.
Aug 15, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
BFG Supply, a wholesale lawn-and-garden supplier, is preparing to file for Chapter 11 in the coming weeks with a possible liquidation as it faces mounting financial pressure and restructures with legal advisor Goodwin and lender Ares Management.
Aug 15, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Responding to an employer’s first message on Fiverr an hour after receiving it was tied to a 46% drop in the chance of landing the gig, while waiting a full day cut chances by about 90%.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Analog television transmits video and audio signals over Very High Frequency (VHF) and Ultra High Frequency (UHF) channels, with channels carried by analog signals that are received via antennas (over-the-air) or analog cables (like coax).
Aug 15, 2026 ·Engadget
“Switched on Pop” cohosts Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding said the podcast is moving to video on Netflix after 12 years and nearly 500 episodes, with guests including Aaron Dessner, Trevor Horn, and Cypress Hill.
Aug 15, 2026 ·The Verge
