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Track all your vacation luggage with a 4-pack of Apple AirTags on sale for $75

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Summer is just about here, and I have the perfect Bluetooth accessory that’s worth scooping up before you hit your next destination. Amid the possibility of a new generation of the Apple AirTag, we’re seeing big discounts on the Bluetooth tracker, making this the best time to buy the current generation. The Apple AirTag 4-Pack is on sale for 24% off right now, and the AirTag is one of those products I love so much that I must share it with everyone.

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I use AirTags to track wallets, keys, remote controls, and even my young kids. Over the past few years, AirTags have become this iPhone user’s go-to tracking device since they’re easy to use, small enough to slip in a bag or outerwear, and extremely reliable. And because there are so many aftermarket cases and holders made for AirTags, you can use them to track anything, including your bike, luggage, and car.

Also: How to find out if an AirTag is tracking you – and what to do about it

You can now buy an Apple AirTag 4-pack from Amazon for $75 — which is about $25 for peace of mind. AirTags are nearly $30 each at regular price, so this is a legitimately good deal. Plus, this is a few dollars off from the lowest price we’ve ever seen for the 4-pack. If you’d prefer to only purchase one AirTag, you can for $24, but this value pack is the only way to score an AirTag for $20 right now.

Thanks to my husband, who always forgets where he puts his wallet, keys, and even his shoes, I’ve gone through several different Bluetooth trackers. While I can easily solve his incessant forgetfulness to lock the doors and close the garage with smart devices, I struggled for years to find a reliable Bluetooth tracker for our smaller items — until I tried the AirTag.

The Apple AirTag is so reliable for iPhone users that you can find out where it is down to a fraction of a foot’s length with your phone. The iPhone’s Find My app tracks the AirTag through Bluetooth, the Find My network, and ultra-wideband (UWB), a connectivity protocol that shows high-accuracy directional data. This results in highly accurate tracking information to help you find your lost devices within minutes.

Also: I finally found Bluetooth trackers for Android users that function better than AirTags

Once I tried the AirTag, I couldn’t consider returning to another Bluetooth tracker. The Apple AirTag is reliable enough to trust blindly with my home’s most frequently lost items. Thanks to how many AirTag holders for different devices, I use AirTags for my husband’s wallet, our car keys, our remote control, and even wristbands for my kids.

I like to keep tabs on our younger kids, so I give them an Apple AirTag on a wristband when we go to crowded places. As much as I try to hold their hands when out and about, I have three kids and only two hands, so it’s easy to find my rowdy toddler trying to escape my grip in search of shiny things or fun places to hide. While I tend to be hypervigilant of said threenager, having my kids wear AirTags gives me an extra piece of mind during fairs and other crowded events.

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AirTags are a popular Bluetooth tracking tool for locating keys, wallets, luggage, and more. But they’re not always available at a discount, especially since they’re Apple products. I’ve been following the price of this AirTag 4-Pack for a year and a half during the busiest sales events, including Amazon Prime Day, Black Friday, and more. ZDNET’s rating system grants this 24% offer a 3/5 editor’s deal rating. This certainly isn’t the lowest price I’ve seen for AirTags (a $65 price offered some months ago), but this $75 price is one of the best prices I’ve seen in 2025.

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July 2, 2025
Weaving a tapestry of gravitational waves, with quasars as guides

What is the significance of being able to identify and catalog a gravitational wave network? How would it benefit society?

Chiara Mingarelli: Right now, we are combining traditional astronomy — which looks at the universe with radio waves, x-rays, optical waves, and more — with gravitational wave astronomy. It’s like we’ve discovered the fact that we have ears and can now hear the universe instead of just looking at it. Gravitational waves come straight from the source — merging supermassive black hole binaries — and aren’t affected by gas and dust on their way to the Earth. This makes them exceptionally clean probes of extreme physics, not accessible by any other means.

It’s exciting to think about how this work will eventually benefit society. Einstein’s General Relativity gave us GPS [global positioning satellites] about 100 years later, and lasers, MRI, and Wi-Fi all came from scientists asking “why” before anyone knew “what for.” Plus, imagine 100 years ago telling people about GPS — could they even imagine what we mean? I can’t wait to see what the eventual applications of this work will be.

How does your new study fit into NANOGrav’s overall work?

Mingarelli: We believe there is a gravitational wave background that is composed of millions of slowly merging pairs of supermassive black holes. In 2023 we found evidence of this, and the next big thing is the detection of individual black hole pairs.

In this paper, we predict that quasars are up to five times more likely than any other type of galaxy to host these pairs of black holes. We conclude that quasars should be the number one targets to search for pairs of merging supermassive black holes.

Furthermore, my team of Yale graduate and undergraduate students and I are currently using the results of this paper to identify target galaxies that host supermassive black hole binaries. A paper with those results will likely come out by the end of the summer.

What other aspects of the current study stand out?

Mingarelli: This is the first study to statistically constrain the supermassive black hole binary population by combining the gravitational wave background measurement with quasar variability. It represents a novel approach to characterizing the binary population.

If confirmed, even a small population of binary quasars could anchor our model of gravitational wave sources at low frequencies and pave the way for direct detections.

Your approach hinges on the use of pulsar timing arrays. What makes pulsars an advantageous tool for locating black hole mergers?

Mingarelli: Pulsar timing arrays monitor ultra-stable stars called pulsars, which emit signals that are, in effect, excellent clocks.

Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses arrive early. When space/time is stretched, the pulses arrive late. The overall stretch and squash is about 1 part in a million billion — or the size of a virus divided by the diameter of the Earth. Very small!

The fact that we can monitor these pulsars for years to decades, with amazing accuracy — within 100 nanoseconds — means that we can detect gravitational waves with intervals of years-to-decades. It makes pulsar arrays the perfect instruments to detect gravitational waves from supermassive black holes, since they create gravitational waves with such long periods.

But without a list of targets, we can’t localize a pair of merging supermassive black holes to anything smaller than an error box big enough to contain thousands of galaxies.

Beyond establishing the gravitational wave background network, what can we learn from the new study?

Mingarelli: Constraining the demographics of supermassive black hole binaries is central to our understanding of galaxy evolution, black hole growth, as well as the gravitational wave background. This work provides a data-driven framework for identifying the host galaxies of supermassive black hole pairs and lays the foundations for future searches.

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July 2, 2025
Spongey Material Desalinates Water Using Only the Sun’s Rays

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Most of Earth’s water is in the oceans and too salty to drink. Desalination plants can make seawater drinkable, but they require large amounts of energy. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Energy Letters have developed a sponge-like material with long, microscopic air pockets that uses sunlight and a simple plastic cover to turn saltwater into freshwater. A proof-of-concept test outdoors successfully produced potable water in natural sunlight in a step toward low-energy, sustainable desalination.

This isn’t the first time scientists have created spongy materials that use sunlight as a sustainable energy source for cleaning or desalinating water. For example, a loofah-inspired hydrogel with polymers inside its pores was tested on chromium-contaminated water and, when heated by the sun, the hydrogel quickly released a collectible, clean water vapor through evaporation. But while hydrogels are squishy and liquid-filled, aerogels are more rigid, containing solid pores that can transport liquid water or water vapor. Aerogels have been tested as a means of desalination, but they are limited by their evaporation performance, which declines as the size of the material increases. So, Xi Shen and colleagues wanted to design a porous desalination aerogel that maintained its efficiency at different sizes.

The researchers made a paste containing carbon nanotubes and cellulose nanofibers and then 3D-printed it onto a frozen surface, allowing each layer to solidify before the next was added. This process formed a sponge-like material with evenly distributed tiny vertical holes, each around 20 micrometers wide. They tested square pieces of the material, ranging in size from 0.4 inches wide (1 centimeter) to about 3 inches wide (8 centimeters), and found that the larger pieces released water through evaporation at rates as efficient as the smaller ones.

In an outdoor test, the researchers placed the material in a cup containing seawater, and it was covered by a curved, transparent plastic cover. Sunlight heated the top of the spongy material, evaporating just the water, not the salt, into water vapor. The vapor collected on the plastic cover as liquid, moving the now clean water to the edges, where it dripped into a funnel and container below the cup. After 6 hours in natural sunlight, the system generated about 3 tablespoons of potable water.

“Our aerogel allows full-capacity desalination at any size,” Shen says, “which provides a simple, scalable solution for energy-free desalination to produce clean water.”

Reference: Zhao X, Yang Y, Yin X, Luo Z, Chan KY, Shen X. Size-insensitive vapor diffusion enabled by additive freeze-printed aerogels for scalable desalination. ACS Energy Lett. 2025. doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.5c01233

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July 2, 2025
PTA offers 120-day tax-free mobile registration for overseas Pakistanis – Samaa TV
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July 2, 2025
Royals brave torrential downpours as Holyrood Week continues

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King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived in Kirkcaldy to mark the centenary of the town’s war memorial

King Charles and Queen Camilla have visited a Fife town as part of Holyrood week – the annual royal celebration of Scottish culture, community and achievements.

The King and Queen faced torrential downpours as they were greeted by members of the public during a visit to Kirkcaldy to mark the centenary of the town’s war memorial.

The monarch traditionally spends a week each July in Edinburgh.

On Tuesday, the King began the official visit with the traditional Ceremony of the Keys in the palace gardens, before holding an investiture ceremony for honours recipients and garden party.

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King Charles lays a wreath at Kirkcaldy War Memorial

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Queen Camilla greeted soldiers and members of the public during the visit to Kirkcaldy

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King Charles in the heavy rain during a minute silence after laying a wreath at Kirkcaldy War Memorial

King Charles sheltered under an umbrella as he unveiled a commemorative cairn, designed as a time capsule filled with mementos and photos from local Viewforth High School for future generations.

“It’s a bit damp,” said Queen Camilla. “We’ve been used to the heatwave.”

Hundreds of people watched the service through heavy showers.

Following the memorial, he viewed the centenary art exhibition at Kirkcaldy Art Gallery, where he met former prime minister Gordon Brown.

The visit and community reception celebrated the work of local charities and community organisations, which included Fife Multibank – an initiative founded by Mr Brown that provides essential goods to low-income families.

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King Charles met former prime minister Gordon Brown at the Kirkcaldy Art Gallery

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Queen Camilla met staff, volunteers and patrons at Maggie’s Fife to celebrate the work at the Victoria Hospital

The Queen visited a cancer centre run by charity Maggie’s, which she has been president of since 2008.

She met people living with cancer at the town’s Victoria Hospital, alongside Maggie’s chief executive Dame Laura Lee, Mr Brown’s wife Sarah and broadcaster Kirsty Wark.

Maggie’s was founded by the late writer, gardener and designer Maggie Keswick Jencks and her husband, the late landscape designer Charles Jencks.

The idea for the centres came after she was diagnosed with cancer and was then told in 1993 that it had returned while in windowless hospital corridor.

The experience motivated the couple to create a more comforting environment for cancer patients. The first Maggie’s Centre opened in Edinburgh in 1996.

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Queen Camilla has been president of charity Maggie’s since 2008

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King Charles met first minister John Swinney at the Palace of Holyroodhouse

King Charles went on to meet first minister John Swinney at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Queen Camilla will later host a reception for the Queen’s Nursing Institute of Scotland at the palace.

Founded in 1899 with a donation from Queen Victoria to organise the training of district nurses, the charity now provides professional development opportunities for Scotland’s community nurses and midwives.

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July 2, 2025
The Old Guard 2 review – Charlize Theron’s delayed Netflix sequel is an incomplete mess | Charlize Theron

Even with our thick-of-Covid desperation for anything that felt big at a time when life felt too small, there was more to The Old Guard than the average churned out Netflix mockbuster. Released in the hell of July 2020, it came with the requisite boxes ticked (big star, international locations, franchisable setup) but felt closer to the real thing than most, proving to be a hit for those eager for escapism, scoring one of the streamer’s biggest launches to date.

But like many Netflix films, its cultural impact was negligible, popular for a weekend or three but failing to live on in any notable way after, consumed with speed and forgotten at a similar pace. A sequel was inevitable yet unnecessary, and while one was given a green light at the start of 2021 and started production in 2022, it’s taken another three years to see the light of day. Not only does The Old Guard 2 bear the bruises of such a cursed post-production process but it’s also weakened by such a distance from the first, forcing us to remember something most of us had resigned to the ether (it’s telling that to promote the sequel, Netflix has recruited its stars to recap the first film).

It’s not as if we’re dealing with a straightforward action flick either, the mythology of The Old Guard, based on Greg Rucka’s comic book series, requires enough convoluted exposition for us to pull up the original’s Wikipedia plot description to understand just what the hell is going on in the follow-up. Should something intended to be a summer lark really feel like such hard work?

It’s made mostly tolerable by Charlize Theron, an actor and a movie star we just don’t see enough of and when we do, it’s quite often not what we want to see her in. Theron, who gave us one of the greatest character studies of the 2010s in Jason Reitman’s vastly underrated Young Adult, has decided to remain boringly unchallenged as of late, slumming it in flimsy franchise fodder (her last non-genre role was playing Megyn Kelly in 2019’s dubious #MeToo dud Bombshell, although that could be conceivably classed as horror). She returns to play Andy, a once immortal warrior who (and I had to remind myself of this) was made mortal in the first film, a danger that should technically add suspenseful stakes to her extravagant fight sequences (but alas). This time around, an old comrade returns from centuries of punishment (Ngô Thanh Vân) and partners with a humanity-hating immortal (Uma Thurman) causing Andy and her team to take action.

While it should, in an era of increasingly bloated runtimes, be a boon to have it all wrapped up in under 97 minutes (sans end credits, far shorter than the 125-minute original), The Old Guard 2 is a panicked rush to wrap things up, poorly developed and confusingly plotted, a swift and savage franchise-killer. Along with last week’s M3gan 2.0, which bombed at the box office after a 2.5 year gap, it serves as a reminder to studios why speed and simplicity are both essential for sequels in an attention economy where films just don’t have the same media footprint they once had. In the time it took to beat this one into shape, it seems like those involved have also forgotten what made the first one work, the replacement of director Gina Prince-Bythewood with Victoria Mahoney leading to a considerable drop in action sequence effectiveness while the original’s rather groundbreaking queerness has now been almost entirely excised. The first film had a surprising, swooning kiss from immortal lovers played by Marwan Kenzari and Luca Marinelli, but this time around, their foreheads briefly touch instead. There’s also a coy confusion over just what the relationship is between Andy and her one-time partner, who are gay in the comics, but are presented as, ahem, longtime companions here, the film acting as an amusingly abrupt end to Pride month.

Theron is an actor who’s tirelessly working even when the script isn’t asking her to, but this is a waste of not only her but also a returning Chiwetel Ejiofor, as well as Thurman who has moments of slithering fun as the villain but she’s used so sparingly, it’s akin to a cameo role. The last act sets her up to be a bigger part in the third film but, slight snag here, there hasn’t been any official confirmation of The Old Guard 3, something that might shock viewers given the baffling cliffhanger ending. It’s not as if some b-plot threads are left dangling but instead, the entire film is left shoddily unfinished, a truly heinous decision that threatens to turn the series into the new Divergent (a cancelled fourth film leaves that franchise forever incomplete). Perhaps that might be for the best.

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July 2, 2025
Bel-Eevee in Eevee for Pokémon GO July 2025 Community Day Classic
Eevee’s so awesome that July 2025 will mark its third appearance in Pokémon GO Community Day events. July’s Community Day Classic featuring Eevee takes place July 5 and 6, 2025, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. local time, proving once again that Eevee’s magic can’t be contained to a single day. During this time, Eevee will appear more frequently in the wild, and fortunate Trainers might even encounter Shiny Eevee.

As always, event bonuses are hotter than Flareon’s fiery breath, and the following bonuses will be in effect throughout the event.
- Evolve Eevee into Espeon after exploring 1 km with Eevee as your buddy (through July 12, 2025, at 10:00 p.m. local time)
- Evolve Eevee into Umbreon after exploring 1 km with Eevee as your buddy (through July 12, 2025, at 10:00 p.m. local time)
- Evolve Eevee into Sylveon after earning seven hearts with Eevee as your buddy (through July 12, 2025, at 10:00 p.m. local time)
- 1/4 Egg Hatch Distance
- Lure Modules activated during the event will last for three hours
- Incense (excluding Daily Adventure Incense) activated during the event will last for three hours
Trainers who evolve Eevee before July 12, 2025, at 10:00 p.m. local time will get an Evolution that knows a featured attack. Catch or evolve Eevee to get the following attacks.
- Eevee caught or hatched during this time will know the Charged Attack Last Resort
- Vaporeon will know the Charged Attack Scald
- Jolteon will know the Charged Attack Zap Cannon
- Flareon will know the Charged Attack Superpower
- Espeon will know the Charged Attack Shadow Ball
- Umbreon will know the Charged Attack Psychic
- Leafeon will know the Fast Attack Bullet Seed
- Glaceon will know the Charged Attack Water Pulse
- Sylveon will know the Charged Attack Psyshock
It would be a slight exaggeration to say there are as many research opportunities as there are Eevee Evolutions. But between the event’s Special Research, Special Background Timed Research, and Field Research, there are plenty of ways to keep busy and earn useful rewards. July Community Day Classic–themed Field Research tasks are mostly focused on catching Eevee to earn rewards such as Stardust, Great Balls, additional encounters with Eevee, and more.

Tickets for Community Day Classic Special Research are available in the in-game shop for US$1.99 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency). Evolve your research game by completing the tasks to earn rewards including one Premium Battle Pass, one Rare Candy XL, additional encounters with Eevee and its Evolutions, and three encounters with Eevee that have a Delightful Days–themed Special Background.

Last but certainly not least, keep the momentum going with Special Background Timed Research. Log in during the event to receive Timed Research leading to an encounter with an Eevee with a Delightful Days–themed Special Background. Trainers will also have an increased chance of encountering Shiny Eevee in these research task rewards. Tasks associated with Timed Research must be completed and rewards claimed by July 12, 2025, at 10:00 p.m. local time.

Have a nice, normal Community Day Classic, Trainers!
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July 2, 2025
Study Reveals Long-Term Consequences of Chemotherapy on Healthy Blood Cells

Many cytotoxic chemotherapy agents have long-term biological consequences, including premature aging of the cell population structure of healthy blood, the results of a study of the genetic effects of chemotherapy showed. These findings published in Nature Genetics may help to guide future treatments with less harmful adverse effects or strategies for mitigating such toxicities.

“For the first time, we have taken a systematic view of the genetic effects of chemotherapy on healthy tissues—in this case, blood. We find that some, but not all, chemotherapies cause genetic mutations and premature aging in normal blood,” said first author Emily Mitchell, FRCPath, a PhD student at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Clinician at Cambridge University Hospitals. “This study lays the groundwork for future research into the effects of chemotherapy on many other normal tissues, including multiple tissue sampling pre and post treatment, across a range of chemotherapies in a larger group of patients. This comprehensive view would reveal the full range of effects of different chemotherapies and help us to optimize patient health in the long term.”

Study Methods and Rationale

Although the effects of chemotherapeutics on cancer cells are known, their effects on normal tissues and blood are less well understood. As part of the Cancer Grand Challenges, researchers looked at the impact of chemotherapy on mutational burden and cell population structure of normal blood cells, as consistent mutation quantities across samples may provide a good baseline.

The study authors sequenced the blood cell genomes from 23 individuals (between the ages of 3 and 80) who were treated with a variety of chemotherapy regimens for various blood and solid cancers. Results were compared with genomic data from nine healthy participants who had never received chemotherapy.

Key Study Findings

The researchers found that substantial somatic mutation loads with characteristic mutational signatures were found in the patients who had been exposed to certain chemotherapies, but the effects depended on the drug and types of blood cells. For example, the 3-year-old patient with neuroblastoma had more mutations than found in the 80-year-old control participants.

They identified four new mutational signatures from chemotherapy-treated patients. Platinum agents were found to induce significantly more mutations than other types of chemotherapeutics, such as oxaliplatin.

Chemotherapy induced premature changes in the cell population structure of normal blood, which was compared with normal aging processes. For younger patients, this could increase their risk for secondary cancers later in life.

“The effects of chemotherapy we see here—increasing numbers of mutations and premature aging of healthy blood—reasonably contribute to the heightened risk of additional cancers and the patient’s ability to tolerate further treatments in the future,” said co-lead author Jyoti Nangalia, PhD, a Group Leader in the Cancer, Ageing and Somatic Programme at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and a consultant hematologist at Cambridge University Hospitals. “Given that for many cancers, chemotherapy drugs can be switched with other agents to achieve similar results, we hope such genomic data will guide the optimization of future treatment plans to deliver effective chemotherapies with much fewer damaging side effects for patients.”

“I believe that the results of this study hold implications for the way that chemotherapies are used to treat [patients with] cancer. We are constantly on the lookout for better ways of giving therapy and minimizing the side effects of toxic, systemic treatments. I’m hopeful that the genomic information from this and future studies will guide choices of chemotherapies and their adoption in clinical practice,” concluded coauthor and Cancer Grand Challenges team lead Sir Mike Stratton, FMedSci FRS, Senior Group Leader, Wellcome Sanger Institute.

Disclosure: For full disclosures of the study authors, visit nature.com.

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July 2, 2025
Kyurem ex, Samurott, and More from Scarlet & Violet—Black Bolt and White Flare

The Pokémon Trading Card Game: Scarlet & Violet—Black Bolt and Scarlet & Violet—White Flare expansions release July 18, 2025, bringing us back to the Unova region and highlighting all 156 Pokémon originally discovered there across both halves of this dual release. Reunite with your favorite Pokémon, uncover inspiring and undeniable power with the region’s Legendary and Mythical Pokémon, and be on the lookout for special illustrations! Scarlet & Violet—Black Bolt and White Flare have unique card sets, so as we begin to uncover the Pokémon and Trainers you’ll find in each, keep in mind which expansion has your favorites.

(Scarlet & Violet—Black Bolt)

N is known not only for his ability to speak with Pokémon but also for his unrivaled genius. Take advantage of his tactical know-how with N’s Plan, a Supporter card that can surprise your opponent by moving up to 2 Energy from your Benched Pokémon to your Active Pokémon.

(Scarlet & Violet—White Flare)

Pure excellence. Have you ever imagined watching a sweet sunset, surrounded by crashing waves and countless Wingull? Samurott certainly doesn’t have to.

(Scarlet & Violet—Black Bolt)

Carracosta could only be obtained after reviving a Cover Fossil in the Pokémon Black, Pokémon White, Pokémon Black 2, and Pokémon White 2 video games, making it a pretty rare Pokémon on your first journey through the region. In the Pokémon TCG, this Stage 2 Pokémon can really stonewall your opponent with its Mighty Shell Ability. You can effectively wall Pokémon with Special Energy attached, forcing your opponent to use cards like Prime Catcher and Boss’s Orders to move it out of the Active Spot.

(Scarlet & Violet—White Flare)

Fun fact: This is the second Zoroark card with the Mind Jack attack! The Zoroark from the XY—BREAKthrough expansion was iconic not only for its Stand In Ability that allowed it to switch into the Active Spot but also for its potential to do up to 160 damage (or 250 with Sky Field in play). This Zoroark has a similar flavor, doing up to 150 damage (or 240 with Area Zero Underdepths in play). Its other attack, Foul Play, is reminiscent of Mew ex’s Genome Hacking attack, copying one of your opponent’s Active Pokémon’s attacks for —which makes this Zoroark an especially tricky companion.

(Scarlet & Violet—Black Bolt)

Remember Kyurem from the Black & White—Noble Victories expansion? This is it now…but not quite. That Kyurem was known for its Glaciate attack, which did 30 damage to all of your opponent’s Pokémon. This Kyurem ex hits your opponent’s Active Pokémon hard, and it still does damage to all your opponent’s Benched Pokémon—this time, it’s 10 damage for each Prize card your opponent has taken, possibly up to 50 damage! And just look at that bone-chilling artwork; it’s on another level.

These cards are just the beginning of what will be available across both Scarlet & Violet—Black Bolt and Scarlet & Violet—White Flare. Seek and collect all your favorite Pokémon when both expansions become available July 18, 2025.

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July 2, 2025
Your Apple TV is getting a major upgrade for free – 5 features I can’t wait to try on TVOS 26

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Last month at WWDC, Apple announced a major upgrade for Apple TV: TVOS 26. This upgrade introduces a significant visual overhaul and several unprecedented entertainment features. The platform offers a new layout and interface, along with smart features that weren’t available in TVOS 18.

At the heart of the update is a new design language called Liquid Glass, which gives the interface a more vibrant and expressive look. Across iOS 26 devices, Liquid Glass offers floating, three-dimensional menus and windows, translucent UI elements like icons and menus allowing background visibility, and a rounded design with softer edges for a more organic interface look.

Also: The best Apple TV VPNs of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

For Apple TV, in particular, the redesign will now showcase cinematic poster art for a more immersive browsing experience. The update also streamlines profile switching and app logins, making it easier to access personalized content. Apple’s TVOS 26 is also expected to incorporate new Apple Intelligence features in the coming year.

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Additionally, Apple Music Sing will now let users sing along — karaoke style — with friends using their iPhones (as a microphone) with on-screen lyrics. Even better, multiple iPhones can be connected simultaneously, allowing friends and family to join in. They can queue up their favorite tracks and send emoji reactions that appear on the TV screen in real-time.

Other notable updates include a more personalized FaceTime experience with the addition of Contact Posters and an expansion of Live Captions to translate languages like Spanish, French, German, and more.

Also: The 5 biggest MacOS features announced at WWDC 2025

The beloved Aerial screen savers are also enhanced with captivating landscapes, and for the first time, users can choose which categories of screen savers to display. Finally, a key audio upgrade will now allow users to designate any AirPlay-enabled speaker as the permanent, default audio output for their Apple TV.

Lastly, at WWDC 2025, Apple TV+ announced new content options on its streaming app. A short list includes: “Foundation,” “Chief of War,” “Slow Horses,” “The Savant,” and several others.

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July 2, 2025