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AI tools are a boon to not just regular users but also for students as they massively help in research. Gemini has recently gained lots of new goodies, including the recent Veo 2 Video Generation tool, which makes it easier to generate videos. However, the Google One AI plan which includes these tools could be expensive for students at $20. Well, not anymore, as Google has just made the AI Premium plan free for students.

The Google One AI Premium plan is now free for students starting today. The free premium which otherwise costs $19.99 can now be redeemed without any fees and will last until June 30, 2026. It’s worth noting that the offer is only available until June 30, 2025.

If you’re a student, all you need is a .edu email for verification, after which you can enjoy all of Gemini‘s perks, including the latest Veo 2, 2 TB of storage, Gemini Advanced (2.5 Pro), NotebookLM Plus, and more. All you need to do is click the Student discount link, enter your .edu email address, and subscribe to Google One AI Premium. You will be notified before the plan ends.

A tighter Gemini integration across the Google suite can help students generate or refine their ideas, whereas NotebookLM can help comprehensively with deep research.

Google’s not the only one offering student discounts, though. OpenAI and Anthropic have their own student offers for ChatGPT Edu (with GPT-4o) and Claude for Education — both are free as well.

What are your thoughts on giants fighting over AI dominance in the student space? Will AI be a boon for future, or is over-reliance a huge concern? Let us know in the comments below.

The Mandalorian and Grogu movie will officially be the latest entry in the Star Wars franchise since Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker. Can you believe that it’s already been six years since a Star Wars movie hit the big screens? The Star Wars Celebration Japan (SWCJ) event is currently ongoing in Chiba, and we have got our first look at several upcoming Star Wars projects, including the release date for The Mandalorian and Grogu movie.

While the release window for the upcoming Mando movie was previously revealed at D23 Expo, the production team has now officially confirmed that The Mandalorian and Grogu movie will premiere on May 22, 2026.

The Mandalorian and Grogu comes to theaters May 22, 2026. #StarWarsCelebration pic.twitter.com/Z7DRuvkG7M

— Star Wars (@starwars) April 18, 2025

The Mandalorian and Grogu will be the first Star Wars movie adapted from a Disney+ TV show to release in theaters globally. Along with Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian) and Baby Yoda, Sigourney Weaver and Jeremy Allen White have joined the star-studded cast.

We are a long way from getting an official trailer, but new footage of The Mandalorian and Grogu was screened today at the SWCJ event. Weaver (in a New Republic attire) was seen handing out a quest to the Mandalorian. Moreover, Jeremy Allen White will portray the role of Rotta, the son of Jabba the Hutt. He is described as a gladiator with a jacked physique who will cross paths with the Mandalorian in the upcoming movie.

The production of the new Star Wars movie is well underway, and we expect to hear more exciting updates in the coming months. Meanwhile, what are your expectations from The Mandalorian and Grogu movie? Let us know in the comments below.

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Ulefone recently introduced its new rugged smartphone, the Ulefone Armor 30 Pro, and it arrives as the world’s first dual-main-screen rugged smartphone. It features a fully functional 3.4-inch rear touchscreen, and is now available for purchase on popular online platforms like Amazon, AliExpress, and the official Ulefone store.

The early birds can benefit from a nice discount! They can purchase the smartphone at $379,99 on AliExpress and €499 on Amazon. The Ulefone Armor 30 Pro brings the closest foldable experience to the rugged smartphone scene. Due to the technical challenges in a foldable smartphone, we may be several years away from seeing it reach the rugged smartphone scene. In this regard, the Armor 30 Pro brings the closest experience with a fully usable rear screen. Let’s dive into the features brought by this nice display.

Unlock The Power of the Rear Display

The Ulefone Armor 30 Pro rear screen is not just a mere gimmick. It’s a multi-tool for productivity and creativity. The secondary display pioneers in the category with a 3.4-inch diagonal. It’s the largest ever on a unibody smartphone.

The new panel aims to transform the experience for users in professional and everyday scenarios. It’s not like a half-usable panel, but a fully-functional one with features. The innovative approach brings a new world of possibilities, enhancing users’ experience in various scenarios.

Ulefone shared a comprehensive video guide that showcases the rear display and shows some of the usage scenarios in which you will benefit from the extra feature.

Check below some of the benefits of a main rear display:

• Vlog Selfie Monitor: The smartphone allows you to effortlessly frame your shots and ensure perfect focus while recording vlogs or taking selfies with the superior rear camera system.
• Live Camera Preview: Provide subjects with a real-time view during photoshoots or video recordings, facilitating better communication and collaboration.
• Rear Camera Selfies: Capture high-quality selfies using the powerful main cameras, leveraging the rear screen as a viewfinder for precise framing.
• Group Video Call: See all participants clearly when placing the phone down during group video calls, offering a more natural and engaging experience.
• Quick Operation: Access essential functions, notifications, or widgets without needing to flip the phone over, streamlining everyday interactions.
• Face-to-Face Translation: Engage in seamless conversations with individuals speaking different languages, displaying real-time translations on the rear screen for easy understanding.
• Live Streaming: Interact with your audience in new ways by displaying comments, alerts, or other relevant information on the rear screen during live broadcasts.
• Recording a Podcast: Easily monitor recording levels and other crucial information while focusing on delivering your content.

One Engineering Beast with rugged DNA

While its display approach is one of the biggest innovations, the Armor 30 Pro maintains and carries forward Ulefone’s legacy in the rugged smartphone scene. The device meets the MIL-STD-810H military-grade certification, which grants it a strong build and resistance to shocks. It is also dustproof and waterproof thanks to its IP68/IP69K ratings, which ensure operation in most challenging environments. From construction workers, industrial professionals, to outdoor adventures, everyone can enjoy the latest display-tech with the best of durability.

The performance also delivers thanks to the excellent MediaTek Dimensity 7300X 5G chipset. It has massive 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of internal storage for the best multi-tasking and great storage capabilities for your apps, games, and files. The device draws power from a huge 12,800 mAh battery complete with 66W fast-charging technology.

Don’t Miss the Launch Deal!

The Armor 30 Pro definitively redefines rugged smartphones! It’s a great smartphone for different use scenarios. Grab yours starting at $379.99 (AliExpress) or €499 (Amazon) and unlock a revolutionary device at limited-time discounts until April 20.

Star Wars is one of the most beloved franchises ever created, and even after existing for so long, fans can’t get enough of the galaxy far, far away. At the Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025 event today, a new Star Wars movie titled Star Wars Starfighter was announced to receive a release date. However, the best part of this movie is that it will star Ryan Gosling in the lead role, marking the actor’s entry into the Star Wars franchise.

What is Star Wars: Starfighter’s Release Date?

It has been revealed that Star Wars: Starfighter will be released on May 28, 2027. The movie will be directed by Shawn Levy. Since the movie is still to begin production, we don’t have a lot of details regarding the project, except a few shared by Levy himself.

What Do We Know About The Star Wars: Starfighter Movie?

The movie is going to start filming this fall. Starfighter is said to be a standalone film set in the Star Wars Universe. The plot of this movie will take place 8 to 9 years after the events of Chapter 9, The Rise of Skywalker, and might feature some cameos from the characters we have seen in the sequel trilogy.

After you are equipped with power level 2 gear in RuneScape Dragonwilds, you need to start crafting the next tier gear to prepare for Fractured Plains. Wool Thread is one of the main items for crafting power level 3 gear, but sadly, it can only be crafted from materials found in Fractured Plains itself. The wool thread will also be useful in building the Loom and Padded Cloth. Want to get your hands on some? To help you out, here we have made a complete guide on how to make wool thread in RuneScape DragonWilds.

How to Get Wool Thread in RuneScape DragonWilds

Wool is an essential item for crafting mid-to-end-game gear, like power level 3 armor and weapons, or Wool cloths. The item can be crafted using a Spinning Wheel and requires Fleece or Soft Animal Fur as processing material. Here is a complete step-by-step guide on how to get Wool Thread in RuneScape DragonWilds.

1. Build a Spinning Wheel

The first thing you need to do to make wool thread is build a Spinning Wheel. The Spinning Wheel is also used to craft Coarse Threads, which are an early game item for crafting gear. Here are the materials you need to build a Spinning Wheel in RuneScape DragonWilds:

• 12 Ash Logs
• 4 Flax
• 2 Stones

You can get cut Ash Logs from Ash trees, mine Stones from Stone Boulders, and collect Flax in the Bramblemead Valley. After you have obtained the items, open the Build menu and select Spinning Wheel from the Crafting tab. Build the Spinning Wheel inside a shelter and move to the next section.

2. Get Fleece and Soft Animal Fur

After building a spinning wheel, you will need to gather the materials to craft wool thread. Two materials can be processed to get wool thread, which are:

• Soft Animal Fur: drops from Wolf
• Fleece: drops from Sheep

Both items can be obtained in Fractured Plains, which can be found North of Whispering Swamp. One thing to note is that the Wolves are particularly strong in Fractured Ruins, so make sure to be properly geared for fighting them.

The Sheep, on the other hand, are docile and don’t fight back. However, they can still run away when attacked. Once you’ve gathered both materials, keep reading.

3. Craft Wool Thread

After you have obtained Soft Animal Fur or Fleece, you can process them in the Spinning Wheel to craft Wool Threads. Here are the material processing ratios for Wool Threads:

• 1 Fleece: 1 Wool Thread
• 3 Soft Animal Fur: 1 Wool Thread

As you get more wool threads from fleece, it is much better to farm sheep over wolves. So, that’s how you can obtain Wool Thread in RuneScape DragonWilds. If you have any further questions, ask us in the comments section below.

Discord is a hub for gamers, nerds, and geeks alike, some of whom are likely to be underage. But much like any social media platform, it hosts a variety of content. Some of which aren’t age-appropriate and shouldn’t be subjected to a younger audience. So as a measure to curb that, Discord is introducing a new face or ID scanning option for age verification.

As a part of a new experiment, Discord is rolling out new face and ID requirements for users who haven’t verified their age on the app previously. This will be a one-time process. Discord will either require you to scan your face or a valid ID to allow or restrict access to sensitive media on the platform.

These new options will only show up when a user tries to watch explicit content, that’s flagged by Discord’s sensitive media server. The other trigger occurs when the user tries to change the filter settings. This will blur or block such content from showing up.

Discord face recognition software should be able to tell your age by looking at your face. However, if the app incorrectly guesses your age, then you can retry the process or ask for a manual review. They also clarified that any of your biometric or ID data isn’t stored on their servers. It is deleted once the verification completes.

The reason for this measure appears to be a response to the U.K.’s Online Safety Act, which requires platforms to introduce strict age verification measures. What do you think of this new age verification measure by Discord? Do you think they should bring it to other regions as well? Let us know in the comments below.

“Bad Boys, Bad Boys, What You Gonna Do When They Come For You.” This title track was on the mind of every person who watched Bad Boys when the movie first came out in 2003, and since then, generation after generation has been grooving on this track. Most recently, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, the fourth installment of the franchise, was released and took Hollywood by storm, breaking charts left, right, and center. Most fans believed this movie was going to conclude the franchise. But, there has been chatter of a Bad Boys 5 movie happening, and I’m here to tell you all about it.

What Are The Possibilities of Bad Boys 5 Happening?

After the enthralling performance delivered by Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys: Ride or Die, no one would complain if Mike and Marcus made a comeback on the big screen. Some time back, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Lawrence was asked about the prospects of Bad Boys 5 ever happening. To this, he responded by saying:

“We’ll have to see, You know I never say never, but it [Bad Boys 5] also has to make sense. If the fans ask for it, you know we could be back.”

Based on this comment, it seems obvious that the fate of this franchise is heavily in the hands of the fanbase (not really, though, right? The bigwig studios get to make those decisions). As far as I think, fans, including myself, do wish to see the dynamic duo back on our screens. We will see if we have been heard or not.

What Does Will Smith Have to Say About Bad Boys 5?

Will Smith, in the same interview as Lawrence, expressed his desire to return as Mike Lowrey in Bad Boys 5. The actor confirmed that he is always open to playing the character again. Will Smith stated that working on Bad Boys has been an absolute joy and further shared an extremely good condition to mark his return in the franchise. He commented,

“I never wanted to be one of those dudes who make sequels just because people will go. I want to make them because there is something to say and the characters have a place that they’re developing to that will be interesting and fun to watch and maybe even a little helpful.”

With that being said, it’s safe to say that whenever we get to see the next Bad Boys on screen, it will most definitely turn out to be not just a cash cow but something that is actually worth watching just like Ride or Die.

What is the Latest Update on Bad Boys 5?

Recently, in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Lawrence was again asked about the future of The Bad Boys Franchise. To this question, the actor shared an exciting response, saying that he and Will have not talked about a story for Bad Boys 5, but Sony seems to be pretty interested in making the movie. In his comment, he stated,

“It means a great deal to me because that was me and Will’s baby. You know, that’s what we started with. And to get four strong, successful films out of them, we couldn’t ask for much more. And hopefully, as long as the audience wants to see them, we’ll be able to put them out. I think we gotta give you five. That’s what I’m thinking. Me and Will Smith haven’t talked about an idea or nothing, but the studio is.”

So, now that Martin himself has confirmed that Sony is interested in making Bad Boys 5, there is a good chance that we will get news of an upcoming sequel to Ride or Die very soon. With the current information we have, things look rather positive for the franchise. That said, let’s wait and see what happens and till then, stay tuned!

Every Star Wars fan chose their side pretty quickly after the franchise came into being. Some were fascinated by the Jedi Order and The Republic, while others were pulled in by Darth Vader and The Empire’s darkness. However, no matter which side one stands on, every fan of the franchise shares the same love and adoration for Darth Maul.

However, fans bid farewell to the character’s live-action version after Star Wars: The Clone Wars, with the character only appearing as a hologram in Solo: A Star Wars Story in 2018. Now, fans of this character can rejoice since a new animated series centered around Darth Maul, titled Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord, has been announced.

After years of silence, there’s finally new hope for Half-Life fans. A recent podcast revealed something exciting straight from inside Valve. Concept artist Evgeniy Evstratiy confirmed that a dedicated space for Half-Life 3 exists within the company.

New Hope for Half-Life Fans: Space for Half-Life 3 Confirmed at Valve

He stated that while he hasn’t directly seen them making the game, he did enter the room set up for its development. According to him, the room had computers, whiteboards, and tools meant for building the game. This is the clearest sign in years that Valve may be working on Half-Life 3 again.

This isn’t the first time fans have heard whispers of the game. Over the past two decades, there have been several rumors. In some cases, development was even started but later scrapped. Still, Evstratiy’s comments give the community something more concrete than past leaks.

Just before this podcast released, gaming insider Tyler McVicker made headlines as well. He said that developers have already placed Half-Life 3 in the final stages of development and will reveal it in 2025. McVicker has a history of accurate Valve-related leaks which makes his statements hard to dismiss.

With Evstratiy’s comments, McVicker’s claim becomes even more believable. Two separate sources with relations to Valve are corroborating each other. Which is more than enough to get longtime fans both excited—and cautious.

Valve’s last release was Half-Life: Alyx in 2020, which was a highly acclaimed, VR-exclusive prequel to the series. Despite its critical reception, many players have long anticipated a direct continuation of the series following the cliffhanger ending from 2007’s Half-Life 2: Episode Two.

So is this the moment we have all waited for? Although there hasn’t been any official claims announced, the signs are stronger than they have ever been, regardless if it’s announced in 2025 or not. At least one thing is clear—the dream isn’t dead.

Tell us what you think. Whether you’re excited or completely exhausted from the wait, drop your thoughts in the comments below.