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The Rookie Season 9 Replaces Its Titular Rookie

ABC’s The Rookie is shaking up its core premise in season 9, retiring Miles Penn as the titular rookie and introducing a new recruit while Nathan Fillion’s Nolan remains the lead.

Star Wars Zero Company launched to strong reviews, but most of Bit Reactor’s team was already on unpaid furlough, exposing a fragile studio reality.

The Consumer Rights Wiki crowdsources a catalog of anti-consumer tech tricks, from DRM and subscription traps to planned obsolescence, amid new repair laws.

Xbox’s new disc-to-digital feature is letting Insiders unlock digital copies of some delisted Xbox games from their old discs, raising big preservation questions.

Dyson dives into oral care with CameraJet, a $499 smart toothbrush that live-streams your mouth and uses AI-powered liquid flossing to target plaque.

East Flamingo Road and Koval Lane intersection, near Platinum hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was killed in a Las Vegas drive-by, Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been convicted, closing a long-cold case.

A divided Supreme Court let Trump’s massive new White House ballroom push ahead, ruling a preservation group lacked standing even as Roberts called it likely unlawful.

AMC Theatres Headquarters, Leawood, Kansas

AMC debuts Leawood Films, a low-risk distribution label aimed at giving fully financed indie and mid-budget movies a clearer path to theater screens.

Gal Gadot opens up about confusing Wonder Woman 3 talks, how DC Studios handled Henry Cavill and Patty Jenkins, and why she’s truly done with Diana.

LAcon V’s 2026 Hugo Awards crowned novels, short fiction, comics, games, and screen stories that signal where speculative storytelling is headed next.

EU names ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox very large online services, triggering its toughest Digital Services Act rules and a four-month compliance sprint.