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It’s been a long while since the USA Network last premiered an original drama. (Five years, to be precise, since the one-and-done “Briarpatch.”) A lot has happened since — so much that, in the time between being ordered to series and making it to air, an attempt to revive the channel’s heyday has been left marooned by circumstances beyond its control. “The …

And Denzel is having a good-ass time. Always the coolest guy in the room—rocking a diamond earring and waves, with the walls of his home office lined with images of stars of like Nas, Hendrix, Ali, and Jordan—with jokes for everyone and a hubristic streak that makes me think of his dishonest police chief in Carl Franklin’s heater Out of …

Peacemaker Season 2 premieres on HBO Max, Thursday August 21 I do not mind saying one of the most pure pieces of cinematic joy I’ve experienced in recent memory was the first time I saw the title sequence for Season 1 of Peacemaker. The character had already taken most of us by surprise with John Cena’s comedy chops in Suicide …

The added displacement—0.6 L larger than the engine you’ll find in the regular 911—is to compensate for not being able to alter the fuel ratio. And for the first time in several decades, there’s now only a single turbocharger. Normally, a larger-capacity engine and a single big turbo should be a recipe for plenty of lag, versus a smaller displacement …

New York Giants: Over 5.5 wins Picking the Giants as an over here isn’t a case of getting swept up in the Jaxson Dart hype, but more an appreciation for the fact this team has better talent than it’s shown in recent years. There’s an outside chance the G-Men boast one of the league’s most dangerous edge rushing packages with …

Samsung’s been launching Galaxy Z Flip phones for more than half a decade now, yet it’s always been unclear who they’re for. Are these neo flip phones for people looking to cut down their screen time, those who just want a compact high-end phone, or want a distinctive, whimsical smartphone experience? Its foldable screen was never as versatile as the …

Review: ‘Night Always Comes,’ Whether You Have a Home or Not  The New York Times Night Always Comes review – Vanessa Kirby gets lost in poverty thriller  The Guardian ‘Night Always Comes’ Review: Vanessa Kirby Gets Put Through the Wringer in Netflix’s Grim Neo-Noir Odyssey  The Hollywood Reporter ‘Night Always Comes’ Review: Vanessa Kirby’s Desperation After Dark  The Wall Street Journal ‘Night Always Comes’: …

The Mafia series of games has always benefitted from a strong sense of time and place. As a Chinese immigrant, I’d often find ways to connect to these games, even if I didn’t directly associate with the focus on Italian crime families. From the Chinatown area in the first Mafia to the Triads in Mafia II, I always felt a …

During each NFL offseason, front offices work to add the pieces necessary to field a better team than the year before. Sometimes, despite making all the right moves on paper, things just don’t come together the way they had hoped. Similarly, the Madden NFL franchise looked to have a terrific offseason, adding several exciting features to its long-running formula, but …

What if coding felt less like a chore and more like a seamless conversation with an expert collaborator? With the release of Google Jules 2.0, that vision inches closer to reality. Built on the innovative Gemini 2.5 Pro engine, this asynchronous AI coding tool doesn’t just assist—it transforms. From automating tedious debugging tasks to managing pull requests with surgical precision, …