House Of The Dragon Season 2 Episode 2's Rhaenyra & Daemon Fight Explained By Showrunner

Next House Of The Dragon Season 2 Episode 3 Director Confirms Whether Those Dragon Eggs Are Daenerys' This article contains spoilers from House of the Dragon season 2, episode 2. Summary House of the Dragonshowrunner Ryan Condal explains the fight between Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) and Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) in season 2, episode 2, “Rhaenyra the Cruel.” Their argument occurs at Dragonstone in the aftermath of young Jaehaerys Targaryen’s death during the infamousBlood & Cheese incident, withRhaenyra realizing Daemon’s involvement in the child’s murder, and that despite his loyalty to her claim, Daemon still longs to sit on the Iron Throne himself....

June 10, 2025 · 4 min · 688 words · William Weeks

House of the Dragon’s Emmys flop ends staggering Game of Thrones record

House of the Dragon’s Emmys flop ends staggering Game of Thrones record House of the Dragon Season 2 failed to pick up even a single Emmy nomination this year. As a result, it just ended a massive Game of Thrones record. During its eight-season run spanning 2011-2019, HBO’sGame of Thronesmade history at the Emmys, the most prestigious television awards. Each and every season of the adaptation was nominated for Outstanding Drama Series, of which it took home the award four times....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Faith White

How Chevy developed its road and race Corvettes together to make both better

The2020 Chevrolet Corvette, aka C8, was finally revealed in July, but Chevy isn’t stopping there. The automaker is rolling out a racing version of the new Corvette, dubbed the C8.R. Digital Trends got an up-close look at the new Corvette racer, and learned how cross-pollination of technology made both the racing and road-going versions of the C8 better. As with the current C7.R, the C8.R will race in the GTLM class of theIMSAWeatherTech SportsCar Championship....

June 10, 2025 · 4 min · 641 words · Jacob Patel

How I learned to stop worrying and love Robert Pattinson as Batman

I didn’t expect to be okay withRobert Pattinson playing Batman. Up until recently, the combination of DC Comics’ Dark Knight and the sparkling vampires of the Twilight franchise seemed best represented by a Venn diagram with two distinct circles that never overlap. And yet, here we are, and I can’t help thinking Pattinson-as-Batman is actually some pretty clever casting. Don’t get me wrong: I’m approaching the news that Warner Bros. Pictures has chosen the formerTwilightstar to be thenew face of Bruce Waynewith more than a little caution....

June 10, 2025 · 4 min · 782 words · Theresa Williams

How to see your photos and albums on an Echo Show display

If you want to take advantage of the screen option of yourEcho Show, why not have it display your own photos. Technology brought us the video picture frame long before we had smart homes or voice assistants; the problem was always that you’d have to connect a thumb drive or connect the frame to your computer to change or update the pictures the frame displayed. These days, we can take things a step further and have a bit more say in what appears on these screens that now act as smart digital assistants and virtual concierges....

June 10, 2025 · 3 min · 618 words · Nathan Torres

How to turn a Live Photo into a video on your iPhone

Apple’sLive Photosfeature is a great way to add some extra charm to your normal, everydayiPhone pictures. Enabled by default, Live Photos automatically records and integrates the 1.5-second interval before and after you hit the shutter button on your iOS device. The end result is a lightly animated image, which can easily be shared via iMessage or a Shared Photo Album with any friend of family member with an iPhone, iPad, or Mac....

June 10, 2025 · 9 min · 1801 words · Catherine Morrison

LG adds cool spherical ice cubes to its latest smart home refrigerators

It’s natural to want some of those groovywhiskey glassesthat Harrison Ford’s character Rick Deckard keeps pushing on his replicant girlfriend Rachel inBlade Runner. Though they’re not cheap, and there are about a million knockoffs out there, we can’t thing of anything better to put LG’s new “ice sphere” ice cubes in — alongside a dash of something potent. LG’s InstaView Door-in-Doorrefrigeratorshave been out for a little while and now the company has pushed through an upgrade that enables them to make something called“Craft Ice....

June 10, 2025 · 3 min · 597 words · Robin Schroeder

New drone rules could be troublesome for some owners

New rules mean that from 2023 anyone with a drone weighing more than 0.55 pounds (that’s most consumer drones on the market today) will have to ensure their flying machine is fitted with Remote ID technology — a kind of “digital license plate” — so the authorities can see the location and details of both the pilot and their drone. The new measures, unveiled by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday, December 28, will also allow drones to be flown over people and at night, though extra training will be required beforehand....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 395 words · Logan Williams

NFL games today: schedule, channels, live streams for December 31

It’s Week 17 of the 2023NFLseason, meaning teams have only two games left before the playoffs. After Thursday night’s game, seven teams have clinched playoff berths. Those teams are the Baltimore Ravens, Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions, and Dallas Cowboys. It’s a packed New Year’s Eve schedule, as14 gameswill be played onDecember 31. The best game of the day features the Miami Dolphins taking on the Baltimore Ravens....

June 10, 2025 · 7 min · 1295 words · Valerie Freeman

Nike’s latest patent seeks to protect athletes with impact-sensing pads

We’ve seen a number of interesting patent filings from sports apparel manufacturer Nike in recent weeks. We had a set of glasses designed to providea head-up display for golfers, which was later followed byworkout gear that offered an active heating and cooling system, and most recently it wasclothing designed to soak up sweat. Now we have yet another patent, this time for a dynamic padding system designed to keep athletes better protected while taking part in high-impact sports....

June 10, 2025 · 3 min · 443 words · Shawn Deleon II

Nvidia expands RTX Studio lineup with new Ampere GPUs for laptops, desktops

At itsvirtual GPU Technology Conference 2021, Nvidia unveiled its next-generation GPUs for creators. Part of theRTX Studio lineup,the new graphics cards are for creators on laptops, workstations, and desktops. A total of eight new GPUs were announced that are based on the Ampere graphics architecture that’s found on the gamingGeForce RTX 3000 series. On the desktop, Nvidia expanded its creative portfolio by introducing the Nvidia RTX A5000 and RTX A4000 cards....

June 10, 2025 · 4 min · 696 words · Ralph Hodge

Nvidia’s A.I. Playground lets you edit photos, experience deep learning research

On Monday, March 18, Nvidia launchedA.I. Playground, a new online space where anyone can experience all the raw power of deep learning research. The new website currently features three demos for image editing, styling, as well as photorealistic image synthesis. As a part of this new online space, you can upload your own image and edit photos and experience Nvidia’s “Imagine InPainting” research project. The technology uses the power of artificial intelligence and can edit your images by removing certain content and filling in the resulting holes....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 384 words · Charles Robinson

Onak 2.0 is an origami-inspired folding canoe for waterborne adventures

A few years back,Oru Kayakbecamethe darling of the crowdfunding scenewhen it introduced a lightweight, collapsible boat that could be stored in a closet and easily transported to and from the water. The company’s innovative design was heavily influenced by the Japanese art of origami, which served as the guide for how it transformed from a flat piece of plastic to a fully functional kayak. Now, it seems Oru has a bit of competition in the origami-inspired watercraft market as the newOnak 2....

June 10, 2025 · 3 min · 454 words · Krista Henry