I pushed eight free AI chatbots to their limits to find the best AI chatbots of 2026. To explore our top picks, check out ZDNET's chatbot-by-chatbot guide.

This box office weekend, the new arrivals come from the horror and action genres. YouTube star Markiplier's (aka Mark Fischbach) horror film, Iron Lung, is an adaptation of the 2022 video game of the ...

Curious about the games dropping this year? Check out our month-by-month breakdown of the hottest titles coming to the PC, PlayStation 5, Switch, Switch 2, and Xbox Series X/S. In 2014, I began my ...

Julián F.L. is a video game & anime expert, historian & journalist with a lot of passion for these subjects and over 10 years of experience in writing about them. He has enjoyed video games, anime, ...

Rumors of MTV’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. In October, it was announced that many of MTV’s subchannels in Europe and South America would be discontinued at the end of 2025. But the social ...

Ordinarily, you might have a hard time finding new movies with high Rotten Tomatoes scores of around 90. But in December, there is an abundance on Prime Video that you can choose from, and one more is ...

2025 delivered a slate of standout video game releases that resonated with both critics and players. According to Metacritic’s year-end rankings, the 10 highest-scoring games offered a mix of ...

"Can we go again? I'd like another one..." Time for another recap of this last year in cinema. While we wait for David Ehrlich's annual countdown video (arriving in early January) here's another one ...

When we look back on the standout games of 2025 in the years to come, in many cases it’s as likely to be for the characters who populated them as it is for the greatness of their mechanics or level ...

The streaming era of television has been great for sci-fi fans. Streaming services regularly shell out millions of dollars on big-budget science fiction spectacles, while older series are now ...

It’s been a tough few years for voice actors. While it’s perhaps never been more obvious how much value they provide to a game’s characters and story – the huge success of Baldur’s Gate 3 and its ...

Find all of our “Best of 2025” lists here. It’s been a big year for video games, from couch co-ops to grand, story-driven blockbusters. PBS News Hour’s Jeffrey Brown sat down with James Mastromarino, ...