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If you think Charlize Theron’s action career peaked with any of her more recent films, think again. Audiences continue to agree: her highest-rated movie remains a high-octane epic that pushed action cinema to new heights—Mad Max: Fury Road. Charlize Theron: A Star Among Stars Charlize Theron has often been part of star-studded casts. In Christopher Nolan’s film “The Odyssey,” she played Calypso alongside actors such as Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, and Zendaya.

Ready for the next level of Google Maps while you drive? Google has started rolling out some long-awaited Android Auto features to more users—so if you’ve been eyeing those navigation upgrades, your car might be next. Immersive Navigation and Live Speedometer Are Reaching More Drivers After months of limited access, Google is broadening the reach of two major Google Maps updates for Android Auto users: Immersive Navigation and a live, built-in speedometer.

French audiences have spoken: The live-action remake of Dragons, led by Gerard Butler, soared to the top of 2025’s box office and ratings charts. Many viewers have even called it a “masterpiece,” making this fantasy epic one of the standout cinema events of the year—dragons, Vikings, and all.

A power outage doesn't care whether you're ready for it, and Jackery is betting Canadian households will pay to be ready anyway. The company is officially entering the Canadian market with two new home battery systems, the HomePower 2000 Plus v2 and HomePower 1000 v2, and both launch with meaningful price cuts on day one. Jackery has sold portable power stations in Canada before, but this marks its first dedicated push into home backup with a Canada-specific launch.

Technology often brings us convenience, but sometimes it delivers unexpected waves of emotion. Becky Turner experienced just that when she stumbled upon a forgotten photo of her late dog on Google Maps—a digital encounter that reconnected her with cherished memories from her childhood. Revisiting the Past on Google Street View Browsing Google Street View, it's common to come across images that are years old.

Google has less than two weeks left to surprise anyone with the Pixel 11's design, and at this point it probably can't. Serial leaker Evan Blass has published a fresh batch of what look like official marketing renders covering the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, and Pixel 11 Pro XL, and the biggest news in them is the color lineup. Blass posted the renders through his Leakmail newsletter and a matching set of X posts, showing each phone from multiple angles across four colorways apiece.

Nine hours of battery life in a pair of glasses sounds modest until you remember it's running a camera, microphones, speakers, and an AI assistant all day on your face. Samsung is now walking through how it got there, publishing an interview with James Choi, the executive who leads XR R&D for its mobile business, breaking down the engineering that went into the intelligent eyewear it showed off at Unpacked in July.

A screen with zero visible border sounds like the kind of thing companies say and then quietly walk back. Tecno is claiming it anyway. The company just teased a concept phone that eliminates the black bezel around its display entirely, and it's calling the result a true 0mm screen edge. Tecno unveiled the concept in a video release rather than a hands-on demo, and the pitch is specific.

Who would have guessed that installing thousands of solar panels in the middle of a barren desert would do more than just generate electricity? In China, a massive solar park in the Qinghai region has quietly started to reshape the environment beneath its panels. Solar Panels Spark an Unintended Shift The project’s main goal was simple: bring renewable energy to an arid zone where almost nothing grew.

Can a four-day workweek really make us happier, more productive, and less stressed? In Iceland, the answer is a clear yes—making the country as famous for its groundbreaking work-life policy as it is for geysers. And it turns out, Generation Z had it right from the start. From Pilot Project to Nationwide Policy: Iceland’s Big Shift Back in 2015, Iceland began a pilot program that shortened the workweek to four days for about 2,500 public sector workers—roughly 1% of the country’s workforce.