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A lot happened on last night’s House of the Dragon, a quality the show’s many fans have come to expect from HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel. But you have to assume most viewers gasped at the big cameo in “The Burning Mill,” featuring a character even diehards weren’t expecting to see.

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The BET Awards 2024 aired on Sunday, June 30, giving a spotlight to some of the most celebrated Black artists of the year — and highlighting some musical legends that made a huge impact on Black pop culture.

This year's BET Awards garnered significant attention due to the impact of the historic writers' strike of 2023, which had arguably affected the previous year's event. Actress and repeat host

• Social media is having a meltdown over Biden's debate performance.
• Many felt disillusioned by the prospect of either candidate — and their ages.
• Biden was struggling with Gen Z voters, many of whom get news from TikTok, even before the debate.

There was one potential bright side to Biden's horrendous performance at CNN's debate: relatively few people watched it.

But a critical

• Travel host Samantha Brown says people feel priced out of travel due to rising costs.
• Increasing airfare prices and luxury travel trends make dream trips seem unattainable.
• Brown recommends finding alternative destinations and adopting a new travel perspective.

People feel priced out of travel

• Jonathan Kaye was arrested on assault charges after a video of him punching a woman went viral.
• His lawyer said Kaye was defending himself from people who attacked him and used antisemitic slurs.
• Kaye resigned as a banker from Moelis last week after it said it was conducting an investigation.

A senior banker who resigned

• Mary Meeker's new report predicted AI will transform education and teaching methods.
• Meeker's analysis suggested AI can accelerate learning and reduce teacher prep work.
• AI will personalize learning, provide real-time feedback, and support technical differentiation

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Summer is officially here and with it comes lots of streaming content. Welcome to io9's latest edition of the Nerd’s Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you’ll like most.…

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ChatGPT may not be the only built-in AI chatbot on iPhone.

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported as much in his latest newsletter. Regarding Apple's new Apple Intelligence initiative, Gurman speculated that we might see an official announcement of a partnership between Apple and Google by the end of this year. This collaboration would involve integrating Google's Gemini chatbot into iPhones where

Some folks are reporting being left with bricked Pixel 6, 6 Pro, and 6A phones after they factory reset them. Google is aware of the issue and is investigating, according to a comment from a member of the Pixel support forums’ product expert program.

Users in the forum thread, which was spotted by Indian tech outlet Tech-Issues Today, say

• The American Automobile Association tracks average gas prices in every state.
• Mississippi has the lowest gas prices with an average cost of $2.937 per gallon.
• California's gas prices are the highest in the US with an average cost of $4.794 per gallon.

Gas prices have fluctuated dramatically over the last few years, according to data from the