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Apple is finally giving iPhone users the ability to adjust their ringtone, alarm, and alert volumes independently — a feature Android has offered for years, according to Android Authority.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.For users with access to the iOS 27 developer beta, the controls live in Settings > Sounds & Haptics, where users can also toggle "Match Ringtone Volume" to unlock separate sliders for alarms and system alerts. Android Authority notes that the alarm slider won't affect the Wake-Up alarm, which is managed separately through Bedtime settings. Users who prefer a single unified slider can keep the toggle on.
SEE ALSO: Siri Mode coming to the iPhone Camera appThe addition is a small but meaningful quality-of-life improvement that iPhone users have wanted for years, and one that arrives quietly. Apple made no mention of it during Monday's WWDC 26 keynote, which was dominated by the unveiling of Siri AI, sweeping Apple Intelligence updates across core apps, and a revamped Photos AI editing suite.
iOS 27 is currently available to developers for testing, with a public beta expected next month. The full release is slated for this fall and will be compatible with devices as far back as the iPhone 11 and iPhone SE (2nd generation), though some AI features will be limited to newer phones.
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OpenAI has officially filed for an IPO, setting the stage for a blockbuster year of IPOs, as both SpaceX and Anthropic are also going public
On Monday, OpenAI published a statement on its website announcing that it had confidentially filed for an initial public offering, or IPO, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
"We recently submitted a confidential S-1," OpenAI said. "We expect it to leak so we’re just announcing it."
OpenAI did not share any specific details regarding the terms or size of the IPO. However, the company did explicitly address the timing of the IPO, in that there is no timeline for when OpenAI plans to go public.
"We have not decided on timing yet; it may be a while because there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company," reads OpenAI's statement. "But it’s a complicated set of tradeoffs and this gives us the option to go public sooner if that ends up being best."
While the company isn't sharing much, it's been previously reported by Reuters that OpenAI is eyeing an IPO as early as September at a valuation of $1 trillion.
While OpenAI may be seen as the AI industry leader, one of its biggest competitors, Anthropic, beat the company to the punch with its own IPO plans. Anthropic announced last week that it filed to go public with the SEC. Like OpenAI, Anthropic has not yet shared any details regarding share price or timing.
Anthropic's own IPO filing statement came just days after the company announced a fundraising round that valued the company at $965 billion, more than OpenAI's $852 billion. Anthropic also shared revenue numbers that surpassed OpenAI's reported revenue.
OpenAI and Anthropic are far and away the most valuable privately held AI companies in the world, along with xAI, which recently merged with SpaceX. However, once OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they will find themselves multiple trillions of dollars behind tech giants within the AI industry like Nvidia, Google, and Microsoft.
Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, in April 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.
Welcome to the season of summer fun. The scheudle is getting crowded with camping, trips to the lake, barbecues, the neighborhood block party, and the kids heading off to summer camp. If you recently went through your outdoor gear and noticed some items should head to the garbage, it's time for a refresh.
Like every year, Amazon Prime Day is an ideal opportunity to snag fresh outdoor gear. Plus, moving Prime Day to the end of June this year means we'll have even more time to enjoy the new gear before the weather turns cold.
SEE ALSO: Amazon's early Prime Day deals include some great options for Father's DayPrime Day doesn't kick off until June 23, but Amazon already has excellent options for outdoorsy folks. Snag some early deals and you can browse the sale with your feet kicked up on a new cooler in the backyard while playing tunes on your new outdoor speaker and admiring your new backyard solar lights.
Here are the best early Prime Day outdoor deals to shop today.
Best portable power station deal Opens in a new window Credit: Anker Solix Anker Solix C2000 Gen 2 $799.99 at AmazonAfter testing dozens of portable power stations, the Anker Solix C2000 Gen 2 is the model I take on every camping trip. I like to slightly overestimate my power needs while camping (what if I decide to stay an extra night?), so I prefer the 2,048Wh offered by the C2000 Gen 2.
Anker made this as lightweight as possible and despite landing in 2k Wh category, it only weighs about 42 pounds. That'll be a manageable weight for camping trips where the campsite is near the car. It's also perfect for powering up the outdoor projector in the backyard for movie nights this summer.
There are already plenty of reasons to start shopping at Amazon, thanks to a slew of early Prime Day deals rolling out ahead of the main event. Plenty of categories are seeing fantastic markdowns and some real steals, and we've been keeping a close watch on the biggest standouts. The official Prime Day kickoff is just a couple of weeks away, so consider this your head start to get shopping.
A surprising number of these early deals are clocking in at just under $100. Items like these Sony WH-CH720N headphones, for example, are an absolute must for under $100, as are many of the other gems we've uncovered thus far. You'll also find deals on kitchen appliances, home and cleaning goods, and more.
Keep scrolling to have a look through the best early Prime Day deals under $100 on Amazon right now.
Best tech deal under $100 Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Sony WH-CH720N Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones $179.99 at AmazonThese excellent over-ear headphones are one of our favorite pairs thanks to their near-flagship sound quality, impressive noise cancellation, and lengthy battery life. Not only do they sound fantastic when you're listening to your favorite album, but they're comfortable, lightweight (despite not being foldable) and perfect for taking all your calls and meetings as well. If you're looking to invest in great headphones that take you from morning check-ins at work to bopping to all your playlists at night, these are a steal for under $100.
Best kitchen deal under $100 Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Instant Pot Vortex Plus 6QT ClearCook Air Fryer $89.99 at AmazonThis air fryer will quickly become a staple in your kitchen, especially since it's efficient, preheats quickly, and has plenty of room in its 6-quart basket to cook a meal for the entire family. It can get dinner out on the table in record time, save you money and time, and provide a bit of a healthier way to cook some of your favorite dishes. And with its six unique cooking functions, you can do everything from air fry to roast, with a visible window that lets you check on the food without having to open the basket and let the heat out.
Best home deal under $100 Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Bissell Little Green Mini Portable Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner $86.65 at AmazonThis lightweight portable carpet and upholstery cleaner can go anywhere you do. It's perfect for handling tough stains on everything from your carpets to your couches and all those stubborn places in between, including your car. Its 4-inch Tough Stain Tool is perfect for handling even the most frustrating, ground-in messes, and if you have pets, it's essentially a godsend for making it look like, to the outside world, they don't exist. And with its small size, it's easily stored until you need it again.
More deals under $100Keurig K-Iced Coffee Maker — $85 $129.99 (save $44.99)
Hydro Flask water bottle — $35 $37 (save $2)
Ember Smart Mug — $84.47 $129.95 (save $45.48)
Anker Soundcore Select 4 Go — $23.99 $34.99 (save $11)
JBL Go 3 — $29.95 $39.95 (save $10)
Anker Soundcore 2 — $29.99 $44.99 (save $15)
JBL Go 4 — $39.95 $49.95 (save $10)
TempPro digital meat thermometer — $9.99 $19.99 (save $10)
Indoor Garden hydroponics growing system — $56.99 $59.99 (save $3)
Google TV Streamer — $79.99 $99.99 (save $20)
Hoto Laser Measuring Tool — $29.99 $49.99 (save $20)
SKIL Corded Multi-Function Detail Sander — $39.99 $44.99 (save $5)
Dreo 36-inch Tower Fan — $69.96 $79.99 (save $10.03)
Etekcity Smart Scale — $63.99 $79.99 (save $16)
Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 Pressure Cooker — $89.99 $109.99 (save $20)
KitchenAid Go Cordless Food Chopper — $79.99 $89.99 (save $10)
Steven Spielberg is likely the most iconic American filmmaker living today. He's gifted audiences with the Indiana Jones movies, E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jaws, and Jurassic Park. Now, with Disclosure Day, he may have made his most Spielberg movie yet — yes, even more Spielberg than his thinly veiled autobiography The Fabelmans.
With Disclosure Day, I experienced the distinctive thrill of watching a master filmmaker do what he does best. The film, which focuses on a band of people's struggle to release secret information about extraterrestrial contact on Earth, is a dizzying mix of action, humor, adventure, sci-fi, and wonder. Naturally, I laughed, cried, and gasped. But more than that, Disclosure Day made me feel like I better understand the whole of Spielberg's work, and him as a person.
SEE ALSO: 2026 Summer movie preview: Every film you need to know about now What's Disclosure Day about? Josh O'Connor plays mathematician Daniel Kellner. Credit: Niko Tavernise / Universal Pictures and Amblin EntertainmentThe answer might sound dry: a power struggle at a military-industrial corporation called Wardex risks exposing the truth about extraterrestrial life to the wide world, which is on the brink of nuclear war (again). However, in the hands of Spielberg and screenwriter David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Death Becomes Her, Presence) this is not a dry tale of corporate espionage and stiff whistleblowers. For one thing, it begins with us, their audience, getting stomped in the face.
Disclosure Day unexpectedly opens in the middle of a vicious grudge match between two bulky pro-wrestlers. And the POV-shot that kicks things off is under the foot of one as he trounces on the face of another. From the start, Disclosure Day is about conflict.
However, as the view of this arena pulls back — exiting the thrashed fighter's perspective — we see our hero in the stands. A meek figure sitting among roaring fans, American mathematician Daniel Kellner (Challengers' Josh O'Connor) is silent and stressed.
Colin Firth is Wardex head Noah Scanlon. Credit: Niko Tavernise/Universal Pictures and Amblin EntertainmentSwiftly, Disclosure Day reveals he's on the run from Noah Scanlon (Colin Firth) the head of Wardex, because Daniel's backpack contains 78 years of documentation of UFO sightings, alien crash landings, and testing on live survivors. He and a small group of defectors led by a dashing Colman Domingo, wish to reveal this news to the world, believing that the truth is our right. But Scanlon and his army of gun-toting minions believe the world can't handle the truth.
Into this struggle, others will be pulled in, by fate or chance. Daniel's Catholic girlfriend Jane (a wide-eyed Eve Hewson) is used as an emotional pawn by Scanlon, forcing the couple to go to unusual lengths to ensure their safety. Meanwhile, far off in Kansas City, Missouri, a weather presenter named Margaret Fairchild (a multi-faceted Emily Blunt) has begun speaking in other languages and psychically understanding those around her, all because a bird flew into her exposed-brick loft apartment. Her musician boyfriend Jackson (Thunderbolts*' Wyatt Russell) is understandably perplexed. Especially as she insists — in an urgent whisper — they must evade the men in suits who claim they're from the FBI.
In a rollicking road trip full of action set pieces, sci-fi spookiness, and deeply humane bits of comedy, Margaret and Daniel will come together and fight for not just the future of humanity, but also humanity's understanding of the universe.
Disclosure Day is about the battle between fear and empathy. Daniel (Josh O'Connor) and Margaret (Emily Blunt) are on the side of empathy. Credit: Niko Tavernise / Universal Pictures and Amblin EntertainmentSnarling and deeply British, Firth feels almost a vintage villain, dusted off from so many '80s action movies. Cheers to the actor best-known for romances like Pride and Prejudice, Bridget Jones's Diary, and Love Actually, he's pretty damn intimidating as a man who has little faith in mankind. In sneering speeches, Scanlon demands that Daniel understand that people are ruled by fear. Secrets are essential to maintaining societal peace.
Other arguments are offered across Disclosure Day about why humans might not be ready to understand we're not the center of the universe or even God's creation. But Koepp's dialogue — always rooted in a place of earnest understanding — pushes back with compassion. Daniel, Margaret, and their band of rebels believe in empathy over fear.
And through this lens, every character's motivations become clear. And frankly, a clear distinction across heroes and villains in Spielberg's filmography. Villains choose fear; heroes choose empathy. In Disclosure Day, Scanlon fears a world where he cannot be in control, in this case of the secrets of the universe. He argues that others will fear these aliens, who do not look like us or speak our language. But their first message to us? "Don't be afraid of what you don't know."
Emily Blunt plays weather reporter Margaret Fairchild. Credit: Niko Tavernise / Universal Pictures and Amblin EntertainmentThis becomes the plea of Disclosure Day. Not just as we consider what could (and likely does) exist beyond our planet, but in how we consider each other. Empathy is presented not just as a virtue but also as a crucial tool of evolution. If we can overcome our own fears and dare to empathize with those we don't see as like us, what might we achieve?
The final act explores this in a way that bristled with my suspension of disbelief. Bear with me.
Featured Video For You Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser talk 'Pressure' and competency porn Disclosure Day offers out-of-this-world spectacle and one of the most thrilling action sequences of 2026. Steven Spielberg embraces action here. Credit: Universal Pictures and Amblin EntertainmentDisclosure Day functions like a companion piece to Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Like Spielberg's 1977 film, the story of alien life's existence focuses on how two average white Americans, one male and one female, comprehend it. But more importantly, the production design and creature design of that classic film carry over here, suggesting a narrative continuum without any characters in common.
What sets Disclosure Day apart is that Spielberg embraces action here. While Daniel and Margaret aren't soldiers, they face off against plenty. That means car chase scenes, fleeing gunfire, stand-offs over alien tech, and one particular chase scene involving a train. The latter was so tense I held my breath, only letting it out to scream in excitement.
All of this to say, Spielberg had me deeply hooked. I believed in this world, and in these people. In particular because Disclosure Day — in its runtime of two hours and 25 minutes — remembers to take time to establish its heroes through simple, almost mundane actions. In Jaws, it's the scene where Chief Brody plays a simple game of mimicry with his young son over the dinner table. We understand him not as some invincible action star, but a dad who has to do something outrageously risky to protect his family and his home.
Steven Spielberg on the set of "Disclosure Day." Credit: Niko Tavernise / Universal Pictures and Amblin EntertainmentIn Disclosure Day, this scene is about smashing a cellphone for security. It's a trope in a bunch of espionage movies, typically executed with a casualness that befits a smooth secret agent. But when Margaret gets a call from a stranger who warns her to destroy her cell, she reacts to it with the expertise of a weather reporter. She tosses her phone out the window and directs her baffled boyfriend (Russell is hilarious in this role) to run it over. He tries and fails, leading to some couples bickering that is relatable, but also brilliantly funny because they are fumbling their escape in this awkwardness!
Which brings me back to the film's final act. Like with Jaws, I wanted to be so hooked by Spielberg's storytelling that I never questioned if a shark even can be blown up that way. But the final act of Disclosure Day isn't asking me to excuse movie science silliness. It's asking me to trust that in a time of crisis, humanity will choose empathy over fear. And while I relished watching Margaret and Daniel's collaboration toward their hard-fought disclosure day, I realized to my own ache that my suspension of disbelief rattled because I don't trust that things would play out as they did. I wish I did. I wish life were like a Spielberg movie.
On its surface, Disclosure Day is about aliens. But beneath that, it's about us — or more specifically, how Spielberg sees humanity itself. And while he has more faith in us than I do, I hope he's right.
Amazon Prime Day 2026 lands June 23 through 26, which means Walmart's competing sale is also on its way. Walmart announced its anti-Prime Day Deals Event will overlap Amazon's (shocker) and run a full week from 12:01 a.m. ET on Monday, June 22 through 11:59 p.m. ET on Sunday, June 28. You can peruse all the deals both in stores and online, whichever you prefer.
But because none of these retailers like to color inside the lines, deals started popping up weeks ahead of the actual sale. After some digging, I've rounded up the best early discounts on Apple gear, TVs, gaming peripherals, and more ahead of the Walmart Summer Deals Event.
Best Walmart Apple dealsApple AirPods Pro 3 — $199 $249 (save $50)
Apple Watch SE 3 (GPS, 40mm) — $219 $249 (save $30)
Apple Watch Series 11 (GPS, 46mm) — $329 $429 (save $100)
Apple AirPods Max (USB-C) — $429 $549 (save $120)
Hisense 65-inch R6 UHD 4K TV — $295 $378 (save $83)
TCL 65-inch S4 UHD 4K TV — $338 $378 (save $40)
Vizio 75-inch Quantum QLED 4K TV — $428 $548 (save $120)
TCL 55-inch QM7K Mini LED QLED 4K TV — $598 $950 (save $352)
TCL 98-inch QM7K Mini LED QLED 4K TV — $1,998 $2,799.99 (save $801.99)
Logitech G733 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Headset — $110.99 $159.99 (save $49)
Xbox Series X gaming console — $573 $649.99 (save $76.99)
Alienware 15.3-inch gaming laptop (AMD Ryzen 5 220, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 GDDR6, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $849 $1,299.99 (save $450.99)
Lenovo Legion 5a WQXGA laptop (AMD Ryzen 7 250, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,299 $2,099.99 (save $800.99)
JBL Tune 520BT — $39.95 $59.95 (save $20)
JLab JBuds Lux ANC — $49.95 $79.99 (save $30.04)
Sonos Ace — $299 $399 (save $100)
Mainstays 19.5-inch Smokeless Fire Pit — $147 $177 (save $30)
Blackstone 36-inch Original Outdoor Griddle — $297 $344 (save $47)
Blackstone 2-Burner 28-inch Outdoor Combo Griddle — $397 $497 (save $100)
Nintendo just concluded a very beefy Nintendo Direct livestream. Without wasting any more time, let's dig into all the biggest announcements from the show, including the long-rumored The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake.
Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark ArisenAn updated version of the excellent action RPG Dragon's Dogma 2 is coming to Switch 2 on Oct. 9.
OrbitalsThis cool-looking co-op adventure inspired by 80s anime is coming out on Sept. 3.
Big WalkThis unique co-op adventuring game based on proximity voice chat launches on Aug. 4.
One Piece Grand GourmetThis is a cute pixel-art cooking game based on the popular One Piece manga and anime series, out Oct. 23.
Pokémon Pokopia DLCPokémon Pokopia is getting some free and paid DLC starting this August, including a new underwater town.
Fire Emblem: Fortune's WeaveThe next game in the revered tactics RPG series is out on Sept. 17.
Lies of PThe popular Pinocchio-themed action game is out on Aug. 6.
Devil May Cry 5One of the best action games of the last few years is out on Switch 2 on June 23.
Muramasa: Revenant BladesA remastered version of an underrated Wii classic is out in early 2027.
Xenoblade Chronicles trilogy Switch 2 upgradesThe incredible Xenoblade Chronicles RPG trilogy is getting paid Switch 2 updates throughout the rest of this year.
Xenoblade GenesisAnd there's also a new Xenoblade game coming in 2027.
Final Fantasy ResonanceA new 2D turn-based Final Fantasy based on a previously existing mobile game is out on Oct. 22.
The DuskbloodsThe new game from the developers of Elden Ring is getting a closed network test this summer, but we still don't know a lot about it.
Splatoon RaidersA single-player take on Splatoon is launching on July 23, and there will be a dedicated Direct for it on June 30.
Deltarune Chapter 5The fifth chapter of the acclaimed Deltarune RPG is out on June 24.
Metaphor: ReFantazioOne of the best RPGs of the past few years is out on Switch 2 on Nov. 12.
Kingdom Hearts IVThe long-awaited Kingdom Hearts IV got a fresh new trailer, and a confirmation that it's coming to Switch 2.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TimeAnd finally, the Ocarina of Time remake is real, and it's coming this year, though the trailer doesn't show off much.
Nintendo saved the best for last. The company closed out its latest Nintendo Direct with the first look at a full remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — and it's coming in 2026, right in time for the holidays.
SEE ALSO: 4 things I really want from the rumored 'Zelda: Ocarina of Time' remake (and a couple I don't)The reveal caps off months of speculation. Prominent voices in the gaming rumor community had been pointing to an Ocarina remake since April, and Nintendo delivered exactly what fans were hoping for.
If you somehow haven't played the original, Ocarina of Time is widely considered one of the greatest video games ever made. Released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998, it was the first Zelda game to make the leap to 3D and set a template for action-adventure games that still holds up nearly 28 years later.
With the Switch 2 now out in the world and bringing a bold new visual direction with it, this is without a doubt the perfect time to revisit one of gaming's greatest stories. And it'll keep you more than warm until the previously announced Zelda movie adaptation eventually arrives.
Some dads are notoriously hard to shop for, which is exactly why we did the legwork for you. We combed through this year's Father's Day sales so you don't have to, pulling together the discounts that are actually worth checking out in 2026.
Whether he's the type to live in the garage, fuss over his coffee setup, or covet a better pair of headphones, there's something here that Dad will absolutely love. A bunch of our favorite Father's Day gift picks for 2026 happen to be marked down right now as well, and these were already the ones we'd recommend at full price.
We'll keep adding to this list right up to Father's Day itself, which falls on Sunday, June 21 in 2026. For more budget-friendly gift ideas, check out our guide to some of the most unique gifts you can get for under $50.
Deals on gifts in our Father's Day gift guideKeurig K-Iced Coffee Maker — $85 $129.99 (save $44.99)
Hydro Flask water bottle — $35 $37 (save $2)
Ember Smart Mug — $84.47 $129.95 (save $45.48)
Cubii Pro under-desk elliptical — $169.99 $279.99 (save $110)
TempPro digital meat thermometer — $9.99 $19.99 (save $10)
What I Love About Dad book — $7.57 $10 (save $2.43)
Indoor Garden hydroponics growing system — $56.99 $59.99 (save $3)
Beats Studio Pro — $169.95 $349.99 (save $180.04)
Sonos Roam 2 — $134 $179 (save $180.04)
Apple Watch Series 11 (GPS, 42mm) — $299 $399 (save $100)
Apple iPad, 11-inch (A16, 128GB, WiFi) — $299 $349 (save $50)
Google TV Streamer — $79.99 $99.99 (save $20)
HP Omen Transcend 14 — $1,299.99 $99.99 (save $20)
DeWalt 20V Max Cordless Drill/Impact 2 Tool Combo Kit — $159 $239 (save $80)
Hoto Laser Measuring Tool — $29.99 $49.99 (save $20)
SKIL Corded Multi-Function Detail Sander — $39.99 $44.99 (save $5)
iRobot Roomba 105 Robot Vacuum — $248.98 $449.99 (save $201)
Dreo 36-inch Tower Fan — $69.96 $79.99 (save $10.03)
Ecovacs Goat O1000 RTK Robot Lawn Mower — $699 $999.99 (save $300.99)
Garmin Vívoactive 5 — $198.98 $299.99 (save $201)
Etekcity Smart Scale — $63.99 $79.99 (save $16)
Fitbit Sense 2 — $197.90 $249.95 (save $52.05)
Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 Pressure Cooker — $89.99 $109.99 (save $20)
Ninja Hot & Iced XL Coffee Maker — $139.99 $159.99 (save $20)
Ninja Foodi 6-in-1 FlexBasket air fryer — $159.98 $199.99 (save $40.01)
KitchenAid Go Cordless Food Chopper — $79.99 $89.99 (save $10)
Nespresso Vertuo Next — $189 $229.95 (save $40.95)
TL;DR: The Walmart Summer Deals event spans June 22 to 28 this year. The seven-day event will offer savings of up to 50% on home goods, toys, and tech. Walmart+ members are in for special savings and early access to deals.
Now that Amazon moved Prime Day to the end of June, every major retailer is following suit. Walmart just announced the annual Walmart Summer Deals event will run from June 22 to 28, beginning an entire day ahead of Amazon's sale.
While Prime Day doesn't kick off until June 23, Walmart's Summer Deals gives shoppers access to discounts of up to 50% off beginning at 12am ET on June 22. Walmart+ members get special access to early deals online, so it might be worth signing up before the deals drop.
SEE ALSO: Best Buy just emailed us its summer sale plans to take on Amazon Prime DayA 30-day trial of Walmart+ costs just $1 or you can sign on for a yearly membership for $98.
Best sales to shop during Walmart Summer dealsWe don't yet have specific sale details from Walmart, but we do have some general information. Here's what to expect during the Walmart event:
Up to 50% off home items
Up to 40% off floor-care
Up to 40% off toys
Up to 50% off pet items
Up to 40% off TVs
Up to 40% off patio and garden
Up to 50% off sports and outdoors
Checking out the offerings from last year's Walmart Summer event, Apple sales were excellent, especially in the wearables and accessories categories. We saw AirPods sink to record low prices, as well as the USB-C Apple Pencil. Some of Walmart's Apple deals beat the sales offered from both Amazon and Best Buy.
We'll keep this page updated as we get more details about Walmart's Summer Deals event.
Nintendo has some big announcements to make, and you can watch comfortably from your own home.
The video game giant has a Nintendo Direct livestream on Tuesday morning, its first since last September. Nintendo says this Direct will be 50 minutes long, with an additional 95 minutes of live game demos from its Treehouse team. We're expecting plenty of new Switch and Switch 2 game announcements. That's pretty beefy for one of these Nintendo livestreams.
You can watch the Nintendo Direct live on June 9 at 10 a.m. ET on Nintendo's YouTube channel.
SEE ALSO: Nintendo just announced a new Switch 2 bundle that lets you choose your own gameWe don't know exactly what to expect from this one. The rumored The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake could show up here, but aside from that and other known quantities like Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave and The Duskbloods, there's a real air of mystery around this particular Direct.
And that's what makes it exciting. You probably won't want to miss it.
Back in the 1990s, comedian Conan O'Brien set the bar for deepfaking celebrities the old-fashioned way: by putting his lips on their face.
The popular gag got lots of laughs, but little did O'Brien know the skit would set him up to cash checks in 2026 as a spokesperson for U.S. cybersecurity company Adaptive Security.
SEE ALSO: What's new to streaming this week? (June 5, 2026)O'Brien made a series of 15 training videos on cybersecurity awareness for Adaptive Security's employees and clients, launched Tuesday, with previews available on the company's website.
"I creeped out an entire nation," says O'Brien in the series intro video. "Back then, making a deepfake took hours. But today, AI can clone a person's voice and face in seconds."
O'Brien covers the pitfalls of AI-powered attacks, including deepfakes, voice cloning, and AI impersonation. He also reviews the bread and butter of corporate security training: email and SMS phishing, QR code scams, passwords, and in-office and remote work risks.
Featured Video For You Moltbook's real risk isn't AI. It's your dataAdaptive Security wisely let O'Brien co-write the scripts and improvise on set, with the comedian using a fake mustache, dark lighting, and different camera angles to play "Joe," a nefarious scammer posing as an IT colleague.
Just hearing O'Brien say "Linux server" in a raspy voice is a reminder of how he's exactly the right man for the job.
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Suddenly, the Milky Way's central black hole is starting to look a little less like a weirdo.
Astronomers have discovered a large cone-shaped void in gas surrounding Sagittarius A*, the galaxy's supermassive black hole, that could solve a longstanding mystery.
All active black holes should blow winds or jets of material back into space while they're feeding, according to theory. That process is how supermassive black holes shape the galaxies around them. But no matter how hard astronomers have looked, they haven't seen our black hole, dubbed Sgr A* for short, pushing anything back out.
New images from a Northwestern University-led research team now suggest this cone tunneling through a fog of cold gas is evidence of that missing wind. It was almost literally an arrow pointing back at the black hole, said Mark Gorski, who co-led the study.
"This is the first time we've had a clean enough view to see the wind's imprint," Gorski said in a statement. "We looked at the data and said, 'There it is. There is the thing that everybody's been looking for for 50 years.'"
SEE ALSO: A NASA orbiter around Mars suffered an abrupt demiseIn reality, the discovery wasn't that straightforward of an a-ha moment. Only after the team had overlaid their picture with data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory did their observations begin to make sense. That gave them confidence the odd cone wasn't just an imaging artifact, they said.
"When you find something that no one has seen before, the first thought that runs through your mind is not 'Oh my God, we made a discovery,'" said coauthor Elena Murchikova, in a statement. "It's 'Oh my God, what's wrong with my analysis?'"
Astronomers combined radio and X-ray data from the ALMA and Chandra-X telescopes to study the cone-shaped void near the Milky Way's central black hole. Credit: NASA / CXC / Northwestern / M. Gorski / ESO / NAOJ / NRAO / ALMA / K. Arcand and P. EdmondsScientists believe virtually all large galaxies have a supermassive black hole at their core. These are regions millions to billions of times more massive than the sun. In fact, so much mass is packed into these small spaces that gravity becomes strong enough to prevent anything from escaping — even light.
These black holes don't just sit around, waiting for gas, dust, and stars to fall in, but they influence how their galaxies evolve around them by sucking in material and also blowing material that comes near their boundary — called the event horizon — back out.
By taking high-resolution observations with Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array in Chile over about five years, the team was able to map cold gas near the black hole in unprecedented detail. This ALMA image is 100 times deeper and 80 times sharper than previous maps, according to the researchers.
The cone stretches one to three light-years away from the black hole. The simplest explanation after careful consideration, according to the team's findings published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, is that a fast, energetic stream of hot material has launched out of the black hole's region, shoving colder gas in its path out of the way.
The ALMA radio telescopes in Chile spent five years observing the Milky Way's central region to create high-resolution maps of surrounding cold gas. Credit: ALMA /S. Longmore et al. / ESO / D. Minniti et al.The team determined it would take more energy than could be provided by all the stars in that area to create the conic gap. The researchers estimated the wind has probably been blowing for 20,000 years or more.
Based on the image, the direction of Sgr A*'s wind seems somewhat tilted and uneven, which suggests it may be weak and mangled by surrounding gas as it travels.
How this feature has escaped the notice of previous researchers is not too surprising, the researchers said. In order to see into our own galaxy's center, astronomers have to look through the plane of the Milky Way, which is thick with gas, dust, and ionized structures. Sgr A* may also be in a quieter lull, making the distant activity harder to spot.
Some scientists have previously suggested that the lack of wind or jets could mean Sgr A* is an exotic black hole — an outlier among hundreds of billions of others like it. If anything, Murchikova is now convinced of the opposite.
"It shows that our black hole is not unique, and our place in the universe is not unique," she said.
NASA's X-59 jet has broken the sound barrier for the first time, a major milestone in the effort to build a quiet supersonic aircraft for civilians.
The sleek, needle-nosed airplane exceeded the speed of sound for the first time on Friday, June 5. NASA test pilot Jim "Clue" Less took off in the plane at 11:08 a.m. PT and landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California about 81 minutes later. At the aircraft's top speed, it went Mach 1.1 — about 713 mph — at an altitude of 43,400 feet.
The X-59 is experimental, part of the so-called QUESST mission to transform passenger air travel over land. Because existing supersonic aircraft produce loud sonic booms at high speed, the U.S. government bans routine supersonic flights over populated areas. But the X-59, designed by NASA and its contractor Lockheed Martin, is expected to tame the boom into a mere thump.
NASA captured the achievement from the vantage point of a chase plane, which kept pace with the speedy experimental jet to monitor the test. You can watch the historic moment when it clocked supersonic speed in the video below.
"X-59 goes through the number!" NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said on X. "We are rebuilding our X-plane portfolio and getting NASA back in the business of radical airframe and engine flight test!"
SEE ALSO: NASA may use a one-legged robot to explore a Saturn moon. Watch it hop.An X‑plane is a U.S. aircraft designed to test new flight technologies and ideas. The goal of the X-59 is to provide regulators and the airline industry with the evidence needed to reconsider restrictions on supersonic aircraft.
Most people think of NASA as the gateway to space, but the organization is first and foremost the nation's civil aeronautics agency (quite literally, the A comes before the S). The U.S. government legally requires NASA to lead such research — the kind private companies can't do.
Future tests will see the X-59 go even faster. NASA wants the plane to ramp up to 925 mph. At that rate, a nonstop flight from New York to L.A. would take less than three hours. That would cut current flight times in half. Today's commercial airlines typically cruise at 550 mph, getting their passengers across the country in about 5 to 6 hours.
If you were expecting to see the X-59 zip through the sky, the video might feel underwhelming. Because the chase plane, a NASA F-15, followed the flight at the same speed, the jet didn't rush headlong out of frame. Instead, it appeared to serenely revel in the clouds.
Thanks to the chase plane, the video also didn't capture the X-59's signature thump. The F-15 filled the air with a cacophony of its own sonic booms.
Reaching supersonic speed is a crucial milestone, but the most critical test has yet to come. Soon the aircraft will surge to Mach 1.4, which should get it up to that 925 mph goal while flying at 55,000 feet. After crossing that hurdle, the test campaign will shift to a new phase focused on validating the shushed boom.
A sonic boom happens when a plane flies faster than sound because pressure waves condense into a single shock that hits the ground like a sudden air explosion. To mitigate the sound, engineers designed the X-59's long spear-like nose to spread out the pressure shifts along the aircraft. The concept should turn the single shock into a series of smaller pulses.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.One tradeoff in the new silhouette is that the slim nose doesn't allow room for a traditional cockpit window. Instead, the pilot flies with a high-definition display screen that combines images from cameras. Test pilot Less spent hundreds of hours in a simulator using the unconventional vision system before flying the actual plane.
After Less made his first flight at the controls of the X-59 in March, he said the lack of a windscreen didn't make him feel like he was flying blind. If anything, he felt he had better "visibility" because the image processing on his display reduces glare and improves contrast.
"It really felt comfortable," he said during a news conference after the March flight. "Even though I wasn't seeing out the front, I could see out the sides and match that up."
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