A group of dedicated coders has managed to partially revive online gameplay for the PC version of Concord, the team-based shooter that Sony famously shut down just two weeks after its launch last summer. Now, though, the team behind that fan server effort is closing off new access after Sony started issuing DMCA takedown requests of sample gameplay videos.

The Game Post was among the first to publicize the “Concord Delta” project, which reverse-engineered the game’s now-defunct server API to get a functional multiplayer match running over the weekend. “The project is still [a work in progress], it’s playable, but buggy,” developer Red posted in the game’s Discord channel, as reported by The Game Post. “Once our servers are fully set up, we’ll begin doing some private playtesting.”

Accessing the “Concord Delta” servers reportedly requires a legitimate PC copy of the game, which is relatively hard to come by these days. Concord only sold an estimated 25,000 copies across PC and PS5 before being shut down last year. And that number doesn’t account for the players who accepted a full refund for their $40 purchase after the official servers shut down.

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The UK government has been warned that its plan to ban operators of critical national infrastructure from paying ransoms to hackers is unlikely to stop cyber attacks and could result in essential services collapsing. From a report: The proposal, announced by the Home Office in July, is designed to deter cyber criminals by making it clear any attempt to blackmail regulated companies such as hospitals, airports and telecoms groups will not succeed. If enacted, the UK would be the first country to implement such a ban.

But companies and cyber groups have told government officials that making paying ransoms illegal would remove a valuable tool in negotiations where highly sensitive data or essential services could be compromised, according to two people familiar with the matter. “An outright ban on payments sounds tough on crime, but in reality it could turn a solvable crisis into a catastrophic one,” said Greg Palmer, a partner at law firm Linklaters.

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Google has introduced some new tools in AI Mode alongside the expansion of others. The beta for Flight Deals, the AI-powered search tool that operates within Google Flights, is expanding globally. The tool works to find the best deals on flights in response to natural-language prompts from the user. The company is also expanding AI Mode’s agentic capabilities to more users across the US, helping to book restaurants, event tickets and beauty or wellness appointments.

The search giant is also adding a new feature to AI Mode called Canvas. This tool offers an organized space for users to build plans or projects. It can also help plan trips. Within the Canvas environment, users can describe the kind of trip they want to book, and the various tools will suggest destinations, hotels and bookings.

Last week, Google also added a host of new AI-powered shopping features, including an agentic checkout that helps find and buy an item at a specific price. Shoppers can have Google track the price of an item and give the AI permission to purchase it once it hits the desired discount.

Google has been rolling out a slew of AI features across its product suite, including Google Photos, Google Messages and Android.

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If smartphones and tablets are the stars of the tech world, Anker is the faithful costar. We’re big fans of the brand’s charging gear and accessories — Anker has earned kudos in a number of our buying guides, from power banks to wireless chargers. Now for Black Friday, a whole slew of the company’s gear is on sale, and some are hitting the best prices we’ve seen this year. So if you’re looking for dependable sidekicks and supporting players to keep your heavy hitters in business, check out the best Anker Black Friday deals we could find. Just note that some of the deals from Amazon require you to be a Prime member. Others are open to anyone. 

Best Black Friday Anker deals: Power banks

Power banks revive dead phones, let you work longer while away from an outlet and let you play with your tablet/ereader/gamepad while it charges without being tethered to the wall. Anker power banks are among the best. After testing out brands from a slew of different makers, our picks just keep coming back to Anker. The mix of value, capacity and clever features make Anker batteries just a little bit better than most brands out there. 

Anker makes the Laptop Power bank, which our reviewer (me) called the culmination of all the best battery features. The brand is also responsible for our top MagSafe battery pick (the MagGo Qi2) thanks to its clever stand, excellent charging speeds and generous capacity. Many of the other banks we’ve tested and tried are also on sale for Black Friday, so consider this your opportunity to make sure your phone never goes dead on you again.

Best Black Friday Anker deals: Wireless chargers

A rats nest of cables on your desk is not the loveliest look. Now that phones, earbuds, smartwatches and even ereaders can refill on a charging coil, wireless chargers are a tidy solution. There are options that’ll let you view your phone while it charges, as well as some that will charge three devices at once. We’ve tested units from dozens of brands for our buying guides and keep putting Anker on our lists of winners. The brand makes some of the top picks in both our wireless charger guide and our list of the best multi-device chargers. Now, thanks to Black Friday, you can keep your devices topped off with quality accessories that are an even better value than usual.

Best Black Friday Anker deals: Power adapters

While wireless charging is faster than it’s ever been, cords are still the fastest way to charge your phone. Bigger devices like your laptop will reup faster on a high-wattage brick than on a dinky 20-watt adapter and if you want to keep your outlets more streamlined, go for a multi-port power adapter that will let you charge multiple devices at once. Again, after testing many brands, some of our most reliable picks continue to be from Anker. It shows up three times in our guide to the best fast chargers and we recommend the brand in a number of our accessories guides. Now that Black Friday is here, some of our favorite Anker power adapters are on sale — so we rounded them all up here.

Best Black Friday Anker deals: Soundcore audio

We mostly think of Anker as a charging accessory brand. But they’ve expanded their scope by getting into audio equipment — and the effort was a success. You might not immediately pick up that these are Anker speakers — Soundcore shows up on the products themselves, but it’s the same company. We recommend a couple Soundcore music makers in our guide to the best Bluetooth speakers. With Black Friday deals, these are the best Anker Soundcore deals we could find.

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My personal favorite USB-C cable is made by Anker. It’s rated at 240 watts, has a durable build, plus it’s long enough and has a handy right angled connector at one end. Anker of course also makes plenty of other gear, from webcams to mice — that continually show up in our guides to the best accessories. Here are the best Black Friday deals on Anker gear that don’t quite fit into the categories above.

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Oracle has been hit harder than Big Tech rivals in the recent sell-off of tech stocks and bonds, as its vast borrowing to fund a pivot to artificial intelligence unnerved Wall Street.

The US software group founded by Larry Ellison has made a dramatic entrance to the AI race, committing to spend hundreds of billions of dollars in the next few years on chips and data centers—largely as part of deals to supply computing capacity to OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.

The speed and scale of its moves have unsettled some investors at a time when markets are keenly focused on the spending of so-called hyperscalers—big tech companies building vast data centers.

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Global internet freedom declined for a 15th consecutive year, according to Freedom House’s annual report. Semafor: “Always grim reading,” this year’s is particularly sobering, Tech Policy Press noted, with the lowest-ever portion of users living in countries categorized as “free.” Conditions declined in 27 of the 72 countries assessed, with those in Kenya — where anti-corruption protests were quelled, in part, by a seven-hour internet shutdown — deteriorating the most. China and Myanmar tied for least-free, and the US’ ranking dropped, while Iceland retained its top spot for the freest digital environment. Bangladesh improved the most. The most consistent trend observed over 15 years, Freedom House noted, is the growing digital influence of state actors: “Online spaces are more manipulated than ever.”

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Meta and Google are facing delays with long-promised undersea cable projects, according to a report by Bloomberg. A Meta spokesperson blames the delays on a “range of operational factors, regulatory concerns and geopolitical risk.”

Meta’s 2Africa subsea cable system is supposed to wrap around the African continent to deliver fiber internet to the region. It’s also intended to connect Europe with Asia and Africa. The 28,000-mile project was first announced all the way back in 2020.

However, the company has experienced issues when running cable through the southern portion of the Red Sea. A whole section has yet to be built due to regional conflicts and difficulty obtaining certain permits from local governments.

The Google-backed Blue-Raman intercontinental cable system has also been delayed in the region, after first being announced in 2021. This system was originally supposed to go live in 2024, connecting countries like France, Italy, India, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Oman. The company has not provided an updated timetable.

These are just two examples, as plenty of other fiber internet cables have yet to go live in the Red Sea. Builders have experienced repeated missile attacks, allegedly by the Iran-backed Houthis, which forced them on lengthy detours and disrupted work.

“They are not only unable to monetize their investments by sending data over these cables, but they are forced to purchase capacity on alternative cables to meet their near-term requirements,” said Alan Mauldin, research director at telecommunications firm Telegeography.

It’s worth noting that these delays shouldn’t impact two previously announced undersea fiber projects by Google and Meta. Google is building a cable to connect Togo to Europe, which will wrap around the Atlantic side. Meta is building a gigantic cable system that looks to connect five continents, which isn’t crossing the Red Sea.

Undersea cables are a great way to give the various regions of the world fiber internet, but there are some downsides. We’ve already covered geopolitical concerns when it comes to building, but the installed cables can tear and break. This is typically caused by natural disasters, extreme weather and human activities like fishing.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/meta-and-google-delay-undersea-cables-over-security-concerns-163508037.html?src=rss

For well over a decade now, the Cities franchise has done its best to pick up the urban simulation ball that EA’s SimCity famously dropped. Going forward, though, that ball will be handed off from longtime developer Colossal Order to Finnish studio Iceflake (a subsidiary of Cities publisher Paradox Interactive).

The surprise announcement Monday morning on Paradox’s official forums says that Cities‘ developer and publisher “mutually decided to pursue independent paths” without going into many details as to why. “The decision was made thoughtfully and in the interest of both teams—ensuring the strongest possible future for the Cities: Skylines franchise,” the announcement says.

“Both companies are excited for what the future holds while remaining deeply appreciative of our shared history and grateful to the Cities’ community,” the statement continues. Colossal Order “will work on new projects and explore new creative opportunities,” Paradox wrote in an accompanying FAQ.

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Hotel cancellation policies have transformed over the past seven years. Travelers once could cancel reservations up until the day before check-in without penalty. That flexibility has largely vanished.

The shift began around 2018 when third-party travel-booking sites deployed “cancel-rebook” strategies, the Atlantic writes. These platforms would monitor hotel rates after securing initial reservations. When prices dropped, the sites automatically canceled existing bookings and rebooked customers at lower rates. Hotels lost already-booked revenue whenever they reduced prices to fill empty rooms.

Hotels responded by introducing tiered pricing structures. Travelers now encounter prepaid non-refundable rates at the lowest price point, mid-range rates with two- or three-day cancellation deadlines, and higher rates for same-day cancellation flexibility. The cancel-rebook sites could still swap reservations until deadlines arrived, but the damage to hotels diminished.

Christopher Anderson, a professor at Cornell University’s Nolan School of Hotel Administration, told the outlet that hotel cancellations differ from airline cancellations. Most hotels operate as franchises rather than centrally-owned properties. A canceled Ithaca Marriott reservation cannot be converted to credit at a New York Marriott Marquis because different owners operate each location. Anderson suggests travelers call hotels directly to request exceptions. Hilton confirmed it evaluates cancellation waivers case-by-case and extends broad waivers during natural disasters or major disruptions.

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Amazon Autos is offering a wider array of options starting today, as you can buy a pre-owned Ford vehicle through the platform. Folks in Los Angeles, Seattle and Dallas (and more markets in the future) can see what’s available at a local dealer through Amazon’s website, take care of most of the paperwork there and then pick a time to collect the automobile. Financing options are available too.

Certified pre-owned vehicles that Ford dealers sell through Amazon Autos include a money-back guarantee. You can return the vehicle within 14 days or before you’ve driven it for 1,000 miles — whichever of the two you’d reach first.

There’s a certification program for these pre-owned vehicles too. The gold certification process is for Ford vehicles that are less than six years old and have fewer than 80,000 miles on the clock. These are given a 172-point inspection and have a 12-month/12,000-mile warranty. There’s a separate program for Ford EVs with the same benchmarks, though electric vehicles undergo a 127-point inspection.

The blue certified program is for Ford vehicles (and ones from other brands) that are less than a decade old and have driven fewer than 150,000 miles. These undergo a 139-point inspection and have a 90-day/4,000-mile warranty.

Amazon Autos started offering used and certified pre-owned cars in August. The platform has been around for less than a year, as it debuted in December 2024 with Hyundai vehicles.

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Plenty of people have been waiting for a good excuse to grab Samsung’s newest foldable, and today’s deal could be the nudge they needed. The 512GB Galaxy Z Fold 7 now sits at $1,719.99, down from its regular price of $2,119.99, a $400 drop.

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This discount also comes at a time when the Pixel 10 lineup has been drawing plenty of attention, so shoppers comparing the two ecosystems might find the price shift helpful. The real eyebrow-raiser is the pricing gap. The 512GB model is only $120 more than the 256GB version, so you’re paying only a small premium for double the storage. Michelle Ehrhardt, our Associate Tech Editor, even called the Fold 7 “the best foldable you can get” in her review.

The Fold 7 feels like a polished two-in-one for anyone who wants a phone that can easily shift into a tablet. Open it up and you get a roomy, almost-square display that is built for multitasking, long reads, and video without chunky black bars. Fold it back down, and it behaves like a more traditional smartphone for quick messaging or maps. Samsung tightened up the hinge this year, making it slimmer, sturdier, and more comfortable in your hand than older versions. The camera setup holds its own, with dependable performance in daylight and low light, plus crisp results for video calls and social posts. It’s not perfect—Samsung’s multitasking still takes some getting used to—but it’s one of the closest things to a tablet that still fits in your pocket.

If you lean more toward the compact foldable style, the Galaxy Z Flip 7 has its own solid deal running right now. The 256GB version is priced at $899.99, and adding $290 bumps you to the 512GB Jet Black model with a pair of Buds 3 Pro thrown in. Both the Fold 7 and Flip 7 share Samsung’s sharp displays, durable build, and the kind of foldable design that is still turning heads.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says he’s uneasy about how much power a handful of tech leaders — including himself — have over the future of artificial intelligence. From a report: “I think I’m deeply uncomfortable with these decisions being made by a few companies, by a few people,” Amodei told Anderson Cooper in a “60 Minutes” episode that aired Sunday. “Like who elected you and Sam Altman?” asked Anderson. “No one. Honestly, no one,” Amodei replied.

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Over the weekend, unofficial videos from filming of Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda film hit the internet, and now we’re getting our first proper look at Link and Zelda. Nintendo released three images in its Nintendo Today app today as part of a little teaser indicating that filming has officially commenced. One photo shows Link and Zelda with the lush backdrop of New Zealand behind them, while the others are close-ups on the characters themselves.

There wasn’t anything else to go with these photos besides the note that the film arrives on May 7, 2027 as previously announced. Link is played by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, while while Bo Bragason stars as Zelda.

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Despite the minimal details, there are a few things worth noting here. One, Link is in his signature green tunic rather than the blue garb he primarily wears in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. Zelda, on the other hand, is rocking the blue. So good luck figuring out what era of the game we’re in. In all likelihood, the movie won’t stick to any one particular timeline or story but instead mash everything up to create a new entry that stands on its own.

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Even more exciting is the fact that Zelda is armed with a bow, giving me hope that she’ll be more than just a damsel in distress. It’s 2025, after all, and the titular character certainly deserves to smack down some moblins. I’m sure we’re all eager for more details — but given that filming has just started, we’re probably going to be waiting a while for a proper trailer.

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An anonymous reader shares a report: Elementary-school students would have to learn how to write in cursive, under a bill set to be vetted by a House committee next week. Sen. Erin Grall, R-Vero Beach, filed a similar proposal (SB 444) on Monday. The House Student Academic Success Subcommittee is set to review the measure (HB 127) on Nov. 18.

Sponsored by Rep. Toby Overdorf, R-Palm City, the bill would require cursive instruction in second through fifth grades. The proposal, filed for consideration for the legislative session that begins Jan. 13, also would require students to demonstrate proficiency in cursive by the end of fifth grade.

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Be careful with your marketing stunts around national landmarks. That should be the take-home message from Chery Automobile’s recent attempt to measure itself up against Land Rover, an attempt that went sadly wrong.

In 2018, Land Rover and Chinese racing driver Ho-Pin Tung drove a Range Rover Sport up the 999 steps that make up the “Stairway to Heaven” that climb China’s Tianmen mountain. It was a dazzling stunt, for driving up a staircase that ranges between 45–60 degrees is no simple task, and one that’s certain to have left an impression with any acrophobics out there.

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Chery certainly remembered it. The brand—which in fact is a long-time collaborator with Jaguar Land Rover and next year even takes over the Freelander brand from the British marque—has a new electric SUV called the Fulwin X3L and decided that it, too, was made of the right stuff. The SUV, which costs between $16,500–$22,000 in China, features a plug-in hybrid powertrain, boxy looks, and a whole bunch of off-roading features, including the ability to do tank turns.

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Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan’s new series Pluribus has earned a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s just an excellent show, featuring an end-of-the-world science fiction story with a wildly inventive apocalypse: instead of zombies or nuclear bombs, Pluribus’ world ends with humanity literally coming together. Through a transmission from space, everyone on Earth is melded into a single consciousness, so there’s no more conflict or hunger, but there’s no more individuality, either. Mysteriously, a handful of people were left out of the great melting, including Carol (Rhea Seehorn) a cynical, hard-drinking writer who refuses to give in to the collective.

The only thing I don’t like about Pluribus is that I can’t watch all the episodes right now. If you’re in the same place, below are 15 movies and TV shows you can watch while you wait for the new episode of Pluribus to drop on Friday.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

If you like fiction where everyone has been taken over by a collective, you have to start with Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The 1950s red scare paranoia-fest created the blueprint that’s been followed since. Snatchers is rebooted every few decades, with the pod people representing a different cultural fear—they were communists in the original, “Me Generation” therapy addicts in the 1978 version, and suburban normies and military types in 1993’s Body Snatchers—but the core “I’m the only individual left and everyone is out to get me” undercurrent is consistent and fits in perfectly with Pluribus.

Where to stream: Prime, MGM+

Breaking Bad

Vince Gilligan created Pluribus and Breaking Bad, and while the two series are very different on the surface, they share a surprising amount of DNA. Gilligan’s gritty “science teacher makes meth” series and his sci-fi “author is the last human on Earth” series both are meticulously plotted but unpredictable stories set in sun-blasted middle-of-nowhere locations where morality is a complicated gray area.

Where to stream: Netflix

Mrs. Davis

We might all be linked together as a hive mind like Pluribus, but Mrs. Davis is evidence that there’s something to the idea of a collective consciousness. It was developed at the same time as Pluribus by another famous show creator (Damon Lindelof, father of Lost) and features a similar central plot device: an AI has taken over and everyone on Earth does its bidding in exchange for peace and prosperity. Mrs. Davis feels like a first draft of Pluribus, before the creator decided to make the tone more serious and take out all the goofy claptrap about The Holy Grail.

Where to stream: Peacock

The Leftovers

Like Pluribus, The Leftovers features ordinary people navigating a world-altering catastrophe. The catastrophe in The Leftover is the sudden, inexplicable disappearance of 2% of the world’s population. Like Pluribus, the human drama is as important and weighty as the sci-fi premise, and both series are driven by “what does this all mean?” energy.

Where to stream: HBO Max

Children of Men

The gigantic, mysterious event at the center of Pluribus makes the world a better place in a lot of ways, but when women inexplicably become infertile in Children of Men, the result is bleakness and chaos. If you like a combination of action and philosophical questions, watch (or re-watch) Children of Men.

Where to stream: Rent or buy on Prime or YouTube

Black Mirror

Pluribus could be an extended episode of Black Mirror. The British anthology series came out of nowhere in 2011 and captured the world’s imagination with its speculative, near-future (usually) sci-fi stories that explore the point where technology meets humanity. Standout episodes for Pluribus fans include S3, E6 “Hated in the Nation,” in which Autonomous Drone Insects start murdering people based on a hashtag; S6,E1, “Joan is Awful” with its black comedy vibe and maximum paranoia premise; and S7, E4’s “Plaything,” in which a nerdy writer’s obsession with a 1990s video game sets off a world-altering technological revolution.

Where to stream: Netflix

The Twilight Zone

Pluribus could be also be an extended episode of the original Twilight Zone, a series that used science fiction and fantasy to explore human ethics and morality before most Pluribus fans were born. If you can put up with the stage-like vibe of the show, there are a lot of great episodes that cover the same ground as Pluribus, like S1, E22, “The Monster Are Due on Maple Street,” in which a nice suburban community unravels over fear of a alien invasion; and S5, E20, “Stopover in a Quiet Town” a darkly funny episode in which an ordinary couple confronts an all-encompassing mystery. Also, don’t miss S1, E21, “Mirror Image.” It doesn’t have a lot to do with Pluribus, but it’s the creepiest, most suspenseful television episode ever made and I think you should watch it.

Where to stream: Tubi, Prime

12 Monkeys

12 Monkeys pairs perfectly with Pluribus. In it, a virus wipes out most of humanity, and one man is sent back in time to stop the end of everything. Like Pluribus, it’s a carefully plotted story rife with moral ambiguity, dark humor, and characters struggling against forces far bigger than themselves.

Where to stream: Available to rent or buy on Prime

The Prisoner

The Prisoner was way ahead of its time, and its portrayal of an MI5 secret agent trapped in a mysterious town for reasons unknown is a perfect precursor to the existential paranoia and surveillance-heavy themes in Pluribus. A mash-up of spy thriller, psychological drama, and allegorical science fiction, The Prisoner’s exploration of the tension between individuality and conformity still works. Plus, it’s occasionally unhinged in that specific 1960s way that Austin Powers parodied.

Where to stream: Prime

Her

It hasn’t taken long for real life to catch up with 2013’s Her. This strange rom-com details the relationship between nerdy everyman Theodore and the AI he falls in love with. Like Pluribus, Her questions how technology and modernity are changing our idea of what it means to be human, but Her is intensive instead of extensive, deeply exploring one person’s (and one bot’s) story without as much focus on the larger world.

Where to stream: Available to rent or buy on Prime and Apple TV+

Severance

One of the things I like about Pluribus is that it’s clear Vince Gilligan was provided with the resources, freedom, and time to fully realize his vision, a luxury that seems to be becoming increasingly rare in entertainment. Severance is another example of a high concept, intelligent science fiction story that feels creatively free. Its exploration of alienation and identity is a perfect match with Pluribus.

Where to stream: Apple TV+

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Modern science fiction shows like Pluribus and Severance remind me of the heady, pre-Star Wars sci-fi of the 1970s, where science fiction tropes like spaceships and aliens were used to explore philosophical and cultural ideas in ways realism can’t reach. The Man Who Fell to Earth takes on big ideas like isolation, the corrupting influence of capitalism, and what it means to be human (or not human) while wrapping them in a surreal, otherworldly story. Plus, it stars David Bowie as an alien, so it’s a must-watch.

Where to stream: Tubi, Pluto TV.

Russian Doll

Russian Doll follows Nadia, an average, urban woman stuck in a time loop. She repeatedly dies and wakes up at her birthday party, like an edgier version of Groundhog Day. Like Pluribus, Russian Doll blends high-concept science fiction with dark humor and explorations of identity, choice, and the meaning of life. The show is clever, fast-paced, and smart—perfect for viewers who like their fantastical stories with a side of introspection and absurdity.

Where to stream: Netflix

The Good Place

There haven’t been many (or maybe any) straight-up comedies that explore philosophical ideas like The Good Place does, so it’s hard to believe that its big ideas and sit-com style jokes could blend together so smoothly. But they do, and the result is a wholly original show. If Pluribus was played strictly for laughs instead of partly for laughs, it might look something like The Good Place.

Where to stream: Apple TV+

Ex Machina

Ex Machina is a cerebral thriller about a young programmer administering the Turing test to an AI-powered robot named Ava. Like Pluribus, it explores big questions about consciousness and free will, while also playing with the blurred lines between creator and creation. This smart, stylish flick is a must-watch for anyone interested in the philosophical side of sci-fi.

Where to stream: Buy or rent on Prime or YouTube