Advancing the Administration’s commitment to protect the American people from the next pandemic, the White House today released The United States Government Global Health Security Strategy (GHSS) 2024, which acknowledges that the United States and the international community can only achieve global, sustainable health security by working with all countries.
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USDA Announces Annual Consultation and Listening Session on Tribal Barriers
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces the Annual Consultation and Listening Session on Tribal Barriers: Annual Progress Report and Feedback for Next Steps, to be held April 22-26, 2024. These meetings with Tribal Nation officials will highlight historic Biden-Harris Administration investments made in response to Tribal Nation requests and discuss more ways to improve USDA service to Indian Country.
Gemini Ultra Might Not Be Coming to OnePlus and Oppo Devices After All
Update (April 12, 2024): OnePlus has issued a correction for their original announcement: The company says their press release mistakenly announced that “Gemini Ultra Large Model” would make its debut on OnePlus 12, when the press release should have said “Gemini Models” instead. As Gemini comes in three models (Nano, Pro, and Ultra), it’s not clear which models will make their way to OnePlus 12. So, it’s still possible OnePlus plans to integrate Google’s most powerful AI model on their smartphones, but we won’t know until the company officially confirms what “models” means.
The original article is as follows:
The OnePlus 12 might have launched without support for AI earlier this year, but it seems OnePlus and Oppo (both owned by BBK) have big plans for how they want to support AI going forward: Both OnePlus and Oppo have announced that they will introduce features powered by Gemini 1.0 Ultra to their smartphones.
Gemini Ultra is the most powerful AI that Google has to offer, and so far, it hasn’t been included on any smartphones—not even Google’s own Pixel 8 Pro, which instead sports Gemini Nano. It was hard not to compare the OnePlus 12 to the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra when I reviewed the two phones earlier this year, but the OnePlus could soon offer an even more powerful suite of AI features than Galaxy AI currently does, as Samsung opted for Gemini Pro, not Gemini Ultra.
Neither company announced a specific date for when we can expect to see Gemini Ultra on OnePlus and Oppo phones, or even any explicit information about which smartphones from the two companies will sport the Google-powered AI. However, we do know that they are aiming for “later this year.”
After the launch of its latest smartphones, OnePlus has already started to introduce features like AI Eraser, which works very similarly to Google’s own Magic Eraser on the Pixel phones and in Google Photos. That feature isn’t powered by Google’s AI, though, so it’s unclear if it will get an upgrade down the line or if it will continue to use the model it already relies on.
Either way, the OnePlus 12 is sure to become an even more appealing flagship device for Android users once Gemini becomes available on it and other OnePlus devices. The companies say they plan to bring a slew of generative AI features to the table, including generative photo editing, chat assistance, and tons of other features that are already found on the Galaxy S24 and Pixel 8 lineups.
The Best Insulated Travel Mugs and Cups
The Stanley cup is certainly having its moment, but there are arguments to be made in favor of a number of travel mugs and cups. Whether you want to keep hot drinks hot, cold ones cold, or just have something eco-friendly and convenient (and big) to haul around your beverages, give these a shot.
Best travel mugs
First, let’s look at some travel mugs that keep hot drinks nice and hot.
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The Nextmug temperature-controlled mug ($99.94) is a techy twist on the standard travel mug because it’s self-heating. Unlike others on the list, it’s not necessarily designed to be to-go, as there’s no lid, but it’s a perfect companion for the office or, depending on your confidence in your driving ability, the car.
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If you’re more traditional, get the OG: A two pack of Thermos travel tumblers is just $20.98. If you regularly forget to wash out your mugs and cups, having a spare on hand is gold. Otherwise, designate one for the office and one for the house, the commute, or whatever else.
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Amazon ratings and reviews can be tricky to trust, but when something has over 12,000 positive ones, it’s a good sign. The Aloufea 12-ounce insulated coffee mug ($10.45) is a standard-sized mug with a tight-sealing lid and reviewers praise it for truly keeping the temp of their drinks up.
The best travel cups
These cups work for both hot and cold drinks, so you can’t go wrong by picking one up.
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First up, we have to honor the Stanley, the almost-too-viral brand of travel tumblers that you see everywhere. Why do you see them everywhere? Because they work. The classic Quencher comes with a lid and straw, keeps your beverages at their temperature, and comes in sizes ranging from 14 ounces to 64, so you can drink as much as you want. Plus, you’ll look trendy carrying it, if you’re into that sort of thing.
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Lifehacker managing editor Meghan Walbert recommends the Contigo West Loop stainless steel travel mug ($20.54), but she’s not alone: Reviewers rave about its auto-seal lid that closes when you’re not pressing a button to keep it open, its ergonomic design, and the fact that it “never” spills.
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I am a Yeti girl. I love the Rambler ($35) because it’s easy to hold, keeps my drinks the temp I want them, and comes in a bunch of colors and designs. It’s not big or flashy (and it doesn’t have a straw) but it gets the job done and is super easy to clean because the mouth is wide enough to stick your hand in and there are no tricky crevices inside.
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Stanley culture (and travel-cup culture more broadly) has major roots in Utah, where aesthetics-obsessed momfluencers rule and locals have a thing for constantly chugging flavored Diet Coke. Obviously, I asked a Utahan friend what travel cup they opt for when leaving the house. The answer is, of course, a Stanley, but the runner-up is an Owala. The FreeSip (27.99) gives you the option to use a built-in straw or swig directly from the spout opening, plus the double-wall insulation can keep drinks cold for up to 24 hours. (Thanks, Ammon!)
These LG TVs Have Major Security Vulnerabilities
If you own an LG smart TV, you need to update your device’s software—now. Security research firm Bitdefender recently discovered vulnerabilities in LG’s webOS that open the door for hackers to take over your TV.
That in itself is a problem, but the potentially worse consequences are that access to your smart TV could open up access to a lot of other sensitive personal data, from your email account to your bank information, as well as loop your device into a botnet.
The following models are at risk:
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LG43UM7000PLA (webOS 4.9.7 – 5.30.40)
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OLED55CXPUA (webOS 5.5.0 – 04.50.51)
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OLED48C1PUB (webOS 6.3.3-442 (kisscurl-kinglake) – 03.36.50)
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OLED55A23LA (webOS 7.3.1-43 (mullet-mebin) – 03.33.85)
Fewer than 7,000 of the nearly 92,000 affected devices are owned by users in the United States—the majority are located in South Korea along with Hong Kong, Sweden, and Finland. But no matter where your LG TV is, you should check to ensure this vulnerability has been patched. (LG released the patch on March 22.)
How to update your LG TV
Whether or not you think your TV is impacted, you should make sure it has updated to the latest version of LG software. Go to Settings > All Settings > Support and select Software Update. Choose Check for Updates > Download and Install. Upon download, turn off your device’s power for 10 seconds and then power it back on to finalize the install. Note that if your TV is already running the latest version, you won’t see the Download and Install option.
You can also enable Auto Update through the Software Update menu. Most LG devices will automatically download new software, but it’s best to check and turn this setting on so you don’t miss any critical patches.
Use This Google Workspace Guide to Get the Most Out of Gemini
One would think that you can talk to Gemini (or any other AI chatbot) like a friend and instantly get the answers you want. But to truly get the most out of an artificial intelligence machine, you have to give it all the help you can. This is where the art and method of prompting come in. The official Google Workspace prompt guide can help elevate your productivity using Gemini for Workspace. The free handbook was released at the Google Cloud Next 2024 event.
Start by downloading the Gemini for Google Workspace Prompt Guide in PDF format.
A look inside the prompting guide
Within its 45 pages, the Gemini for Google Workspace Guide (April 2024 edition) helps you learn the basics of writing prompts that make Gemini work better. It teaches you to break big tasks into smaller steps so you can clearly tell Gemini what to do.
The guide covers different use cases for different types of people in an organization, examples of how to use it within Google Workspace apps, and sample prompts for everyday tasks done by executives, founders, and workers in sales, marketing, customer service, managing projects, and human resources.
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Prompting 101 covers these roles within an organization:
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Customer service
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Executives and entrepreneurs
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Human resources
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Marketing
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Project management
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Sales
It’s useful to remember this takeaway from the experts behind Gemini before you start practicing the prompts:
You will likely need to try a few different approaches for your prompt if you don’t get your desired outcome the first time. Based on what we have learned during our Workspace Labs program, the most successful prompts average around 21 words, yet prompts people often try without knowing this are short—usually less than nine words.
Every prompt has four main pillars that can make it easier for LLMs like Gemini to understand your query.
Persona: Give the AI a role that matches your own.
Task: Tell Gemini what it needs to do.
Context: Give as much background as you can about the outcome.
Format: Tell Gemini how to structure the answer—word count, bullet points, numbered lists, paragraphs, tables etc.
Tip: This framework works similarly across all AI chatbots like ChatGPT. You don’t need all four for the AI to work, but including them as much as possible can give more precise results.
Next, you can jump straight to the section that best matches your current role. But do look at the others, too, because it can give an idea of different prompt styles that help you collaborate better with Gemini in any situation.
Use the guide as a primer for more advanced prompts
AI prompting in Gemini or other tools is all about natural conversations (“Make it a conversation,” as the guide says). You don’t need to end the chat there. The guide stresses that you should iterate on the basic prompt. Each successive chat gives Gemini a chance to get more context and fine tune the answer.
Here are a few more tips from the guide to help you master the finer points of the instructions.
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Break up related tasks into several prompts.
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Continue to build on the initial prompt and fine tune the generated response.
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Give Gemini a few constraints (like word count) for precise results.
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Use the scenarios as inspiration for how you can collaborate with Gemini for Workspace.
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Force Gemini to work harder for you by asking questions like, “What questions do you have for me that would help you provide the best output?”
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Tailor your prompts for a specific tone in the answers like formal, informal, technical, creative, or casual.
This Prompting 101 guide will benefit beginners to Gemini the most. Keep it open on your taskbar the next time you use any Google Workplace app.
USDA Forest Service Invests More Than $232M to Support Schools, Roads, Other Services as Part of Investing in America Agenda
WASHINGTON, April 12, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service today announced it is issuing more than $232 million to support public schools, roads and other municipal services through the agency’s Secure Rural Schools program. As the Biden-Harris administration invests in ways for forests to generate more economic opportunity in rural areas, it also aims to support the quality of life in those communities through programs like Secure Rural Schools.
Get Your Messy Computer Desktop Organized Once and for All
We all spend a lot of time looking at our computer desktop, in between opening up programs and switching between browser windows, and it can often become a dumping ground for all sorts of miscellany: shortcuts, downloads, screenshots, documents, archives, and much more.
As it’s so easy to access, everything from meme templates to financial reports can find their way on to the desktop—but as time goes on you might find yourself struggling to find (or even losing) the files you need that are stored there. What’s more, the desktop can become rather unsightly, with your wallpaper of choice covered up by icons.
If you feel your desktop has become too much of a mess to be useful, here are some ideas for cleaning it up. Just like a tidy office or home, a tidy desktop can boost your mood as well as your productivity.
General desktop tips
One approach to tidying up your desktop is to simply jump in and start deleting everything you don’t need any more—which might be more than you think. Remember that the recycle bin on Windows or the trash can on macOS are there as safety nets, if you erase something that you later realize you actually needed.
If you’re sure you need the files, folders, and shortcuts you’ve accumulated on the desktop, you can move them elsewhere by dragging and dropping them into other folders (or using the Ctrl+X/Cmd+X and Ctrl+V/Cmd+V cut and paste keyboard shortcuts). Organizing files isn’t exactly the most fun you can have on your desktop or laptop, but it can save you a significant amount of time and stress.
A temporary desktop folder can help.
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Something that can be helpful in terms of keeping the desktop tidy is to create a single folder on it for temporary files: It’s still easily accessible from the desktop, but it means the screen isn’t covered with thumbnail icons. Only save something there if you know you only need it for a short amount of time—a setup program downloaded from the internet, for example, or an image you’ll edit then upload.
Then, on a semi-regular basis, delete everything in the folder—you don’t need to go through the files one by one, because you know you wouldn’t have saved anything in there if it was really important. For files that are important, make sure you take an extra second or two to save them in another location, rather than the desktop.
The Windows desktop
You do get a few tools built into Windows for keeping the desktop organized (and for organizing the windows above it, with snap layouts). Right-click on a blank area of the desktop, choose View, and you can have the desktop icons aligned to a grid (with some manual control), automatically arranged in a grid (with no manual control), or hidden altogether (which is burying rather than solving the problem of a messy desktop, really).
That should get you some way to a tidier desktop, especially if you combine it with spending a few minutes deleting and moving files. Of course, you can move files lying on the desktop to one of the folders on the desktop, simply by dragging and dropping them on top of the folder thumbnail.
Right-click to find sorting and viewing options.
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Right-click on a blank area of the desktop, choose Sort by, and you’re able to change the order of the files on your desktop: They can be sorted by Name, Size, Item type, or Date modified. If you’re looking to delete files from your desktop, and want to know which are the biggest or the oldest, then this can help.
As you would expect with Windows, there are plenty of third-party tools around to help you spruce up the look of your desktop. One of the tools that’s definitely worth a look is Portals. It’s free to use, though some features require a license key: The developer only asks for a voluntary donation for the license key, but do pay a reasonable amount if you can afford it and find the program useful.
Portals helps you keep the desktop tidy.
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Portals places windows to other folders on your desktop, so you can easily drag files you want to keep to particular folders, while deleting the rest. These windows can be customized in terms of their style and position, and even adding just a couple of them can make a big difference to how well your desktop is organized.
Then there’s Fences from Stardock, which will set you back $9.99 a year, but comes with a free trial. With Fences, everything stays on your desktop, but all your icons get sorted into more manageable floating windows—not unlike the folders you can create on smartphone home screens.
The macOS desktop
Right-click on a blank part of the macOS desktop to bring up a list of options for getting the icons on the desktop better arranged: Clean Up will organize everything into a clean grid, and Clean Up By lets you set some kind of order for the grid (icons can be sorted by date or name, for instance).
Those are one-off sorting options that still give you some flexibility, but the Sort By menu gives you a more rigid structure for your desktop going forward. Files can be organized using a variety of criteria, from the file type to the file size, and you can enable the Snap to Grid option if you want to keep everything locked in rows and columns.
Stacks keeps your files in … stacks.
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Pick Use Stacks from the right-click menu, and macOS will group files on the desktop in virtual piles (or stacks): All the images on top of each other, all the PDFs on top of each other, and so on. It’s a quick and easy way of keeping everything on your desktop organized, though it makes it a bit harder to see what files you’ve got.
Click on a stack to expand it and manage the files individually. If you choose Show View Options from the right-click menu, you can switch to stacks based on the dates or the tags attached to files, and configure a number of other useful settings for organizing the desktop—including text size, icon size, and grid spacing.
Right-click to bring up view options.
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Your macOS desktop should now be looking a lot neater, but you can also get some help from a third-party utility or two if you need it. Spotless is one of the better programs out there in this field: It’s able to organize files all across macOS, not just the desktop, and it uses rules and automations to keep everything tidy on your behalf.
So, for example, you might have music files automatically dropped into one desktop folder, and document files dropped into another. Actions taken by Spotless can be previewed and approved, or you can leave the program to get on with it behind the scenes. Spotless will set you back $24.99, although you can test it for free for a week.
Your iPad Actually Has a Built-in Calculator
It’s been 14 years since Apple launched the iPad and it still doesn’t ship with a calculator app. Even though the iPhone and the Mac have one, the iPad does not. But who needs a calculator app on the iPad when you have a few simple workarounds to calculate like a pro?
Just use Spotlight
Spotlight Search has a built-in calculator that works on your iPhone, Mac, and of course, your iPad as well. You can launch Spotlight on your iPad by swiping downwards from the home screen or by using the Command + Space shortcut if you use the tablet with a hardware keyboard. With Spotlight on the screen, just type the calculations you want to perform and it’ll show the results. Spotlight’s calculator can handle addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, percentages, exponents, and much more.
As long as you know the right syntax, you can easily perform lots of calculations directly from Spotlight. For example, 5⁴ has to be typed as 5^4; when you do this, Spotlight will show you the correct result.
Ask Siri to calculate
Spotlight is great at calculating, but for basic calculations, Siri is much faster. You can ask Siri to do all kinds of basic math pretty easily and in my testing, it delivers results much faster on the iPad. As long as Siri hears you correctly, you’ll get your calculations done in a jiffy.
Try web search
If Spotlight or Siri don’t cut it for you, then you can try using a search engine such as Google, DuckDuckGo, or Kagi. Just type your calculation in the search bar and all of these search engines will show you the right results.
Download a calculator app
For some people, a dedicated calculator app is a must-have. If you find yourself craving one, you can get one of the many excellent options on the App Store. We like the following calculator apps:
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Calzy ($5): One of the best-designed calculator apps for the iPad. Supports SlideOver, Split View, and has a neat memory area for reusing numerical values.
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PCalc ($10): A highly customizable feature-rich calculator.
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MyScript Calculator ($3): Great for solving equations.
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Soulver ($3): Lets you use natural language, with words and numbers side-by-side, for calculations.
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PhotoMath: Take photos of math problems and get step-by-step solutions.
The Best TV Series to Stream This Week
If you’re looking for a new show to watch this week, here are the best you can stream. Prime is launching Fallout, an ambitious series based on the popular video game franchise; Apple is dropping Franklin, based on the popular founding father; and Netflix is releasing Baby Reindeer, based on some weird shit that happened to a stand-up comic.
Fallout
The Fallout video games are practically revered among gamers, so there will be a lot of critical eyes turned toward Prime’s TV series based on them. Luckily, Fallout’s executive producer Jonathan Nolan knows how to adapt a dystopian science fiction story—he created HBO’s Westworld. In classic Fallout style, the series is set 200 years after a nuclear apocalypse obliterated humanity, and begins with the hero, Lucy (Ella Purnell), stepping out of a Vault-Tec vault into a bombed-out Los Angeles. She’ll encounter gun-slinging ghouls, the power-suited Brotherhood of Steel soldiers, a Mr. Handy robot, and all kinds of “hey, I recognize that!” material from the games. Hit play to see if it lives up to its legacy.
Where to stream: Prime
Franklin
Academy, Emmy, and AFI Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Douglas plays Benjamin Franklin in this historical drama detailing the most important and audacious act of diplomacy in American history. With the fate of the fledgling United States in the balance, Franklin, an eccentric 70-year-old inventor, embarks on a secret diplomatic mission to France to ask for the monarchy’s help in the American revolution.
Where to stream: AppleTV+
Good Times
With the help of executive producer Seth MacFarlane, Netflix has revived Norman Lear’s seminal 1970s sitcom Good Times and re-imagined it as an R-rated animated series. Featuring the voices of J.B. Smoove, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jay Pharoah, and more, Good Times tells the story of the latest generation of the Evans family who are scratching and surviving, hanging and jiving, in a Chicago housing project. The details have been modernized, but the theme of togetherness in the face of hard times remains the same.
Where to stream: Netflix
Baby Reindeer
This dark comedy series illustrates the adage “no good deed goes unpunished.” Written, directed, and starring comedian Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer is a fictionalized version of real events in his life. Gadd plays bartender Donny Dunn, who shows kindness to a troubled customer named Martha. Dunn’s innocent altruism leads to Martha becoming obsessed and throwing both of their lives into chaos. Baby Reindeer consciously avoids the typical tropes of stories about stalkers, choosing to focus on the reality of what it’s like to be the center of an unhinged person’s world.
Where to stream: Netflix
Dora
Dora the Explorer is back to delight a new generation. These 26 all-new CGI animated episodes follow Dora and her monkey pal Boots on a bilingual adventure as they explore a fantastical rainforest, face off against mischievous Swiper, and get lost all the damn time. These 11-minute episodes are packed with songs, puzzles, and audience participation; the perfect thing to put your kid in front of while you sneak outside for a phone call or cigarette.
Where to stream: Paramount+
Last week’s picks
Ripley
Based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, this series stars Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn, and Andrew Scott in the title role as Tom Ripley, a grifter and conman with too much charm and not enough morality. Director Steven Zaillian’s moody black-and-white visuals set the tone of Ripley’s chilling but glamorous life. After being hired by a wealthy industrialist to retrieve his wayward son from Italy, the ever-scheming Mr. Ripley sees an opportunity, and inserts himself into Dickie’s life, leading to a dark spiral of psychological abuse, mayhem, and murder. If you like plot twists and stylish wickedness, you’ll be very into Ripley.
Where to stream: Netflix
American Horror Story: Delicate Part 2
Ryan Murphy’s long-running horror series returns to finish its Delicate storyline with four new episodes. Starring Emma Roberts and Kim Kardashian, Delicate is a horror tale about pregnancy, a la Rosemary’s Baby, in which ambitious actress Anna Victoria (played by Roberts) goes to extreme lengths in pursuit of motherhood. Kardashian plays her cutthroat publicist, Siobhan Corbyn, and the series never misses a chance to skewer Hollywood excess along with the pre-natal horror.
Where to stream: Hulu
Vanderpump Villa
Famous reality TV magnate Lisa Vanderpump bought a palatial villa in the French countryside, and in this reality show, her staff of charismatic event coordinators, chefs, mixologists, and servers are tasked with arranging extravagant, Vanderpump-curated experiences for elite guests, all while Lisa evaluates whether this is the right crew to staff the newest venture in the extended Vanderpump financial universe. Vanderpump Villa promises heartfelt and heated moments from both the staff and the guests, insanely opulent experiences in exotic French locales, and is absolutely free of guillotines. In season one.
Where to stream: Hulu
The Synanon Fix
Synanon is hands-down my favorite cult of all time, so I’m psyched HBO is giving proper cinematic treatment to the off-the-chains crazy story of how a drug rehab center devolved into a heavily armed, post-hippie nightmare cult. Told through glorious insider film footage and interviews with former cult members and others who were there, The Synanon Fix‘s highlight include dead-eyed cultists with shaved heads wearing matching overalls and wielding axe handles, attempted-murder-by-rattlesnake, and music from Synanon’s in-house band that featured jazz immortals Joe Pass and Art Pepper, among many others. There are not enough thumbs in existence for the number of thumbs up this series deserves.
Where to stream: Max
Sugar
AppleTV+’s new series drags the tropes of classic private detective stories into the present, so get ready for a hardboiled hero, slinky dames, and a city with corruption bubbling just under the surface. Colin Farrell stars as John Sugar, a gumshoe investigating the mysterious disappearance of Olivia Siegel (Sydney Chandler) the granddaughter of a Hollywood movie producer Jonathan Siegel. In keeping with the genre, Sugar‘s hero uncovers more than he bargained for, including long-buried family secrets.
Where to stream: AppleTV+
Parish
Breaking Bad’s Giancarlo Esposito and Skeet Ulrich star in this crime series set in New Orleans. Esposito plays Gracián “Gray” Parish, the owner of a luxury car service who hides a secret past as a criminal. When his old “friend” Colin (Ulrich) shows up asking Gray to help grab one last score, things go off the rails, and Gray is thrust back into the shadowy underworld he tried to leave behind.
Where to stream: AMC+
Star Trek: Discovery, Final Season
Star Trek: Discovery didn’t catch the popular imagination like Strange New Worlds, but it’s a solid Star Trek series, and that makes it better than everything else on TV, if you’re a Trek kind of person. The fifth and final season of Discovery sees Captain Burnham and company on a galaxy-spanning quest to find a hidden source of immense power—but they’re not the only ones hunting for it .
Where to stream: Paramount+
Files of the Unexplained
If you’re in the right mood, a docuseries about eerie encounters, unexplained disappearances, haunted houses, and UFOs hits the spot. Files of the Unexplained features eight episodes, with each exploring a different perplexing mystery including alien abduction, a spate of human feet washing up on beaches, and people seemingly vanishing into thin air. There’s probably a rational explanation for these events, but what if there isn’t?
Where to stream: Netflix
Going Home with Tyler Cameron
This reality/renovation show chronicles former Bachelorette and current handsome boy Tyler Cameron’s quest to start a construction business in his hometown of Jupiter, Florida. We are meant to believe that Cameron has always dreamed of working in construction, and now that he no longer stars in a top-rated television show where a gaggle of attractive women compete for his affection, he is finally free to pursue his real passion: renovating other people’s houses. Each of the eight episodes of Going Home features a remodeled home, and the series also boasts appearances from reality TV stars like Matt James, Rachael Kirkconnell, Jason Tartick, and Hannah Brown.
Where to stream: Prime
Dinosaur, Season 1
This British comedy/drama series follows Nina, a woman with autism who’s very happy with her day-to-day existence. She lives with her beloved neurotypical sister Evie and works at her dream job as a paleontologist. But when Evie suddenly decides to get engaged, Nina is forced to come to terms with a huge change in the all-important routine she relies upon. Nina is played by Dinosaur co-creator Ashley Storrie, who has autism, promising non-cliche insights into the show’s subject matter.
Where to stream: Hulu
The Interrogation Tapes
Mainstream TV has finally noticed the popularity of interrogation videos on YouTube. Made by the producers of ABC’s 20/20, this true crime series is based on the verbal cat-and-mouse game that ensues after a suspect is read their Miranda rights. Through examinations of notorious murder cases, The Interrogation Tapes explores both heinous crimes and the tricks and techniques interrogators use when they’re trying to finagle confessions from accused criminals.
Where to stream: Hulu
Take my Tumor
The success of shows like Dr. Pimple Popper and Botched proves a lot of people enjoy reality shows about often grotesque medical conditions. If you’re among them, I bet you’ll like Take My Tumor, a show about extreme tumors, the people who have them, and the dedicated medical professionals who remove them. It’s from TLC, formerly The Learning Channel, who seem to have cornered the market on this kind of programming.
Where to stream: Max