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The ruling maintains a block on a lower court's order that found Trump was using the Guard in LA illegally in his immigration crackdown.

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The ruling comes ahead of a grant application deadline on June 20, which would have required states to agree to enforce the Trump administration's immigration agenda or lose transportation funding.

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The Champions League holders could seal their place in the knockout stages with a win at the Rose Bowl.

I've tested a new coffee maker every month for the past year here at TechRadar, and there have been some real gems.

The Jura J10, for instance, is a fully automatic powerhouse for creating hot and cold beverages at the touch of a button, while the manual Smeg Mini Pro is frankly gorgeous, and excellent for consistency.

However, no matter how many other machines I try, there's still just one sitting on my kitchen counter at the end of the day: the Gaggia Classic Pro.

It's a very popular little manual espresso machine, and for good reason. It's a lot of fun to use, it's a tinkerer's dream – and at around $500 / £400 / AU$800 it's moderately priced, too.

There's a lot to like about this machine. In our Gaggia Classic Pro review, we stated that it's a "good-looking, well-built appliance" and that "it proved super-easy to brew intense, smooth espressos with very little experimentation required."

However, when new, Lady Gaggia (as we call her at home) isn't without her quirks.

For example, there's not masses of space between the portafilter and the drip tray, which means you can only fit small cups underneath (I usually use a shot glass with measures printed on the side). Plus, the tray is so narrow you can forget about putting a scale underneath to weigh the coffee as it drips out.

There's no PID controller to keep the temperature stable like you get in some premium coffee machines, either, and the Gaggia's small boiler means you might run out of steam (quite literally) before you've finished preparing your milk.

The upside is that there's a great community of hobbyists tinkering with this hugely popular little machine, sharing advice, and even selling kits that let you modify it to your heart's content – like the example in the Reddit post below.

Guys I finally made the upgrade to a PID from Barista Gadgets. from r/gaggiaclassic

For example, US-based Barista Gadgets and UK site Shades of Coffee sell longer drip trays that can accommodate a scale, and shallower trays so you can use a larger cup. There are also devices that continually add a small amount of water to the boiler, so you can keep steaming milk for longer without it running dry.

Shades of Coffee makes and sells heads for the machine's steam arm too, plus colored lighting kits to illuminate the water tank so you can see the level more easily (and that make it look like a gaming PC). And if your Gaggia still doesn't look cool enough, you can even pick up a wooden knob to replace the plastic one that controls the steam pressure.

Feeling really geeky? Take a look at Gaggiuino, which is an open source project that aims to make your machine as consistent as possible, letting you control the pressure, temperature, and flow of each shot.

Want to learn more? Take a look at the Gaggia Classic subreddit, where you'll find a whole community of friendly coffee-lovers sharing their tips for mods, maintenance and repairs, and generally having fun. If you're looking for a new hobby, this is the best coffee maker for you.

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• Despite the noise from new tools, report finds email still drives the most critical business communication
• Instant messaging is quick, but only email delivers structure, traceability, and professional clarity
• Most modern tools serve teams, but email still connects entire organizations reliably and securely

As companies continue to adopt the likes of AI, instant messaging, and cloud-based online collaboration platforms, one might expect email to fade into the background.

However, business email appears to be getting more indispensable, and it turns out that when accountability and structure matter, email still leads.

The recent State of Business Email 2025 report from Exclaimer, based on over 4,000 responses from global IT leaders has revealed while communication stacks are expanding, they are still anchored by email.

Why email remains a serious communication channel

Today’s workplace is more digitally connected than ever, yet paradoxically more fragmented, with tools like Notion, Asana, and monday.com are lauded for improving collaboration, and 89 percent of global IT leaders consider video conferencing crucial to operations.

However, these tools often fail to achieve company-wide standardization, as their adoption is typically uneven, influenced by department needs, company size, or maturity - and as a result, communication can become fractured across platforms.

This complexity forces many IT teams to fall back on email, which remains the most reliable means of ensuring continuity across teams and geographies.

According to the research, nearly half of all internal and external communications still run through email, more than any other tool. For sensitive or high-stakes messages, email is preferred because it offers traceability, permanence, and clarity.

“We’ve never had more ways to connect and collaborate at work, but email remains the backbone of business communication,” said Vicky Wills, Chief Technology Officer at Exclaimer.

“As new tools emerge, the challenge for IT leaders isn’t just picking platforms, it’s making sure they’re implemented strategically. That’s how we build communication environments that are clear, connected, and fit for the future.”

Departments like IT (56 percent), HR, customer success, and finance continue to rely on email, the study found, as these are roles that require precision, auditability, and structured messaging, features that instant messaging platforms often lack.

Instant messaging is undeniably a central part of modern business, and 89 percent of IT leaders rate it as important as email.

However, while instant messaging is used for speed and informal check-ins, email handles the tasks that must be reviewed, logged, and revisited.

For small and mid-sized businesses looking to streamline communication while maintaining oversight, email remains central.

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• Push notifications are now being used as malware delivery systems, and users are unknowingly subscribing to them
• Fake CAPTCHA prompts are now the gateway to persistent browser hijacks and phishing attacks
• WordPress sites are quietly hijacking users through invisible DNS commands and shared JavaScript payloads

Recent investigations have revealed a troubling alliance between WordPress hackers and commercial adtech companies, creating a vast infrastructure for distributing malware on a global scale.

Research from Infoblox Threat Intel found at the core of this operation is VexTrio, a traffic distribution system (TDS) responsible for rerouting web users through layers of fake ads, deceptive redirects, and fraudulent push notifications.

The report claims several commercial firms, including Los Pollos, Partners House, and RichAds, are entangled in this network, serving as both intermediaries and enablers.

Los Pollos connection and a failed shutdown

Infoblox initially tied Los Pollos to VexTrio when the former was implicated in Russian disinformation campaigns.

In response, Los Pollos claimed it would terminate its "push link monetization" model.

Despite this, the underlying malicious activity continued as attackers shifted to a new TDS known as Help, which was eventually linked back to VexTrio.

WordPress vulnerabilities served as the entry point for multiple malware campaigns, as attackers compromised thousands of websites, embedding malicious redirection scripts. These scripts relied on DNS TXT records as a command-and-control mechanism, determining where to send web visitors.

Analysis of over 4.5 million DNS responses between August and December 2024 revealed that even though various malware strains appeared separate, they shared infrastructure, hosting, and behavioral patterns that all led to VexTrio or its proxies, including Help TDS and Disposable TDS.

JavaScript across these platforms exhibited the same functions, disabling browser navigation controls, forcing redirects, and luring users with fake sweepstakes.

Interestingly, these TDSs are embedded within commercial adtech platforms that present themselves as legitimate affiliate networks.

"These firms maintained exclusive relationships with 'publisher affiliates,' in this context, the hackers, and knew their identities," researchers noted.

Push notifications have emerged as a particularly potent threat vector. Users are tricked into turning on browser notifications by using fake CAPTCHA prompts.

Hackers then send phishing or malware links after a user subscribes, evading firewall settings and even the best antivirus programs.

Some campaigns route these messages through reliable services like Google Firebase, making detection significantly more difficult.

The overlap between adtech platforms, including BroPush, RichAds, and Partners House, further complicates attribution.

Misconfigured DNS systems and reused scripts suggest a common backend, possibly even a shared development environment.

To tackle the risk, users should avoid turning on suspicious browser alerts, use tools that offer zero-trust network access (ZTNA), and be cautious when using CAPTCHA prompts.

By updating WordPress and monitoring for DNS anomalies, site administrators can reduce the likelihood of compromise.

Adtech companies, however, might have the actual lever and the key to closing these operations if they choose to act.

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One of Marvel's youngest superheroes hits the small screen this month.

So far the summer months have been packed with fresh titles across a lot of the best streaming services. Now that July is near, it's Hulu turn to impress again.

Compared to last month's schedule, which saw the return of shows like FX's The Bear, Hulu is bringing even more new TV shows to its catalog – 82 to be exact! But out of all the new arrivals the return of the irreverent sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is coming back for a 17th season. Yep, it's still going strong.

There's no doubt that Hulu is one of the best streaming platforms for TV shows but that doesn't mean it's lacking in the movie department, and there'll be over 50 new movies on July 1 alone. I've got my eye on guilty pleasures Bride Wars (2009), Easy A (2010), and Dirty Dancing (1987).

Everything new on Hulu in July 2025

Arriving on June 1

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season 2 reunion (TV show)
Lies Hidden In My Garden season 1 (TV show)
Adam (movie)
Alita: Battle Angel (movie)
Bride Wars (movie)
Bridesmaids (movie)
The Bounty Hunter (movie)
The Call (movie)
Catch and Release (movie)
The Comedian (movie)
Country Strong (movie)
Daddy Day Camp (movie)
The Day After Tomorrow (movie)
Dear White People (movie)
Demolition (movie)
Dirty Dancing (movie)
Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights (movie)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (movie)
Easy A (movie)
The Equalizer 3 (movie)
Flight Of The Phoenix (movie)
Ford v Ferrari (movie)
Friends With Benefits (movie)
Fruitvale Station (movie)
Garden State (movie)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (movie)
Home Alone (movie)
Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (movie)
Home Alone 3 (movie)
Honest Thief (movie)
The Internship (movie)
"I Love You, Man" (movie)
I Origins (movie)
I, Robot (movie)
I Saw the Light (movie)
King Arthur (movie)
Kingdom Come (movie)
Kingdom Of Heaven (movie)
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (movie)
The Longest Yard (movie)
The Man Who Knew Too Little (movie)
Mission To Mars (movie)
Pixels (movie)
The Pledge (movie)
Prometheus (movie)
Puss In Boots (movie)
Real Steel (movie)
Ruby Sparks (movie)
The Sandlot (movie)
Shanghai Knights (movie)
Shanghai Noon (movie)
Sisters (movie)
Sugar (movie)
Sunshine (movie)
Tammy (movie)
Taxi (movie)
Ted (movie)
Ted 2 (movie)
The Way Way Back (movie)
Wrath Of Man (movie)

Arriving on July 2

Dragon Ball DAIMA (TV show)

Arriving on July 3

The American Soldier season 1 (TV show)
Aaron Hernandez and the Untold Murders of Bristol season 1 (TV show)
America The Story Of US season 1 (TV show)
America: Promised Land season 1 (TV show)
Barack Obama season 1 (TV show)
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War season 1 (TV show)
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution season 1 (TV show)
Codes and Conspiracies seasons 1-2 (TV show)
Community (TV show)
Dan Da Dan season 2 (TV show)
Days That Shaped America season 1 (TV show)
The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes season 3 (TV show)
The Proof Is Out There season 4 (TV show)
The Secret History of Air Force One season 1 (TV show)
The Secret History of the Civil War season 1 (TV show)
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers season 1 (TV show)
Who is Luigi Mangione? season 1 (TV show)
Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia (TV show)

Arriving on July 4

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (movie)
The Abyss (movie)
The Day The Earth Stood Still (movie)
In the Lost Lands (movie)

Arriving on July 5

Cold Case Files: The Grim Sleeper season 1 (TV show)
The Idaho College Murders season 1 (TV show)
The Lake Erie Murders seasons 1-2 (TV show)
The Perfect Murder seasons 1-2 (TV show)
Untitled Maxine Project season 1 (TV show)

Arriving on July 6

Cults and Extreme Belief season 1 (TV show)
Killer Cases season 6 (TV show)
Toilet Bound Hanako-Kun season 2 (TV show)

Arriving on June 7

Such Brave Girls season 2 (TV show)
Deep Sea Detectives season 1 (TV show)
Travel Texas season 1 (TV show)

Arriving on July 8

Bachelor in Paradise season 10 (TV show)
Born to be Viral: The Real Lives of Kidfluencers (TV show)
Marked Men (movie)

Arriving on July 9

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 17 (TV show)
Ancient Aliens: Origins season 1 (TV show)
Insomnia (UK) season 1 (TV show)
Matched in Manhattan season 1 (TV show)
Team Players season 1 (TV show)

Arriving on June 10

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations seasons 5-6 (TV show)
Extreme Road Ragers season 1 (TV show)
Summer Baking Championship season 1 (TV show)
Suspicious Minds season 1 (TV show)
Parkland (movie)
Buffaloed (movie)

Arriving on June 11

Celebrity Family Feud season 11 (TV show)
Mountain Men season 13 (TV show)
Big Momma's House (movie)
Big Momma's House 2 (movie)
The Hot Chick (movie)
LOL Live with Chico Bean (comedy special)
LOL Live with Chinedu Unaka (comedy special)
Marmaduke (movie)
MR-9: Do or Die (movie)
Riff Raff (movie)

Arriving on June 12

90 Day Fiance season 6 (TV show)
90 Day Fiance UK season 3 (TV show)
Prison Wives Club season 1 (TV show)
A Quiet Place Part II (movie)

Arriving on June 13

Deep Sea Detectives season 2 (TV show)
Dumb Money (movie)

Arriving on June 14

Fugitives Caught on Tape season 1 (TV show)
Stags (UK) season 1 (TV show)

Arriving on July 15

Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit (TV show)
Rachael Ray's Holidays season 1 (TV show)
Get Away (movie)
SAS: Red Notice (movie)

Arriving on June 16

Rachael Ray's Meals in Minutes season 2 (TV show)
Unexpected Loves season 1 (TV show)

Arriving on June 17

Baylen Out Loud season 1 (TV show)
Jake Makes It Easy season 1 (TV show)
My 600-lb Life season 3 (TV show)
My 600-lb Life: Where Are They Now? season 2 (TV show)
Polyfamily season 1 (TV show)
The Amateur (movie)
Snake Eyes G.I. Joe Origins (movie)

Arriving on July 18

High Rollers (movie)

Arriving on June 19

Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda seasons 6-7 (TV show)
The Assessment (movie)

Arriving on June 20

Smurfs: The Lost Village (movie)

Arriving on July 21

Trophy Wife: Murder on Safari (TV show)

Arriving on July 22

Red Eye (UK) seasons 1-2 (TV show)

Arriving on June 23

Washington Black season 1 (TV show)

Arriving on July 24

Match Game season 6 (TV show)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire season 4 (TV show)
Bakeaway Camp with Martha Stewart season 1 (TV show)
Mad About You seasons 1-7 (TV show)
Summer Baking Championship season 2 (TV show)

Arriving on July 26

BBQ Brawl seasons 1-2 (TV show)
Chopped season 61 (TV show)
Tournament Of Champions season 6 (TV show)
Tournament of Champions VI: The Qualifiers season 6 (TV show)
Ultimate Summer Cook-Off season 1 (TV show)

Arriving on July 28

The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball season 1 (TV show)
Operation Fortune (movie)

Arriving on July 29

Dope Girls (UK) season 1 (TV show)
Memoir of a Snail (movie)
Mr & Mrs Murder (TV show)

Arriving on June 30

The Bachelor (Australia) seasons 3-5 (TV show)
The Bachelorette (Australia) seasons 3-4 (TV show)

Arriving on July 31

Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives season 5 (TV show)
Guy's Grocery Games seasons 21, 22 & 38 (TV show)
Mad About You (TV show)

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• Future AI memory chips could demand more power than entire industrial zones combined
• 6TB of memory in one GPU sounds amazing until you see the power draw
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The relentless drive to expand AI processing power is ushering in a new era for memory technology, but it comes at a cost that raises practical and environmental concerns, experts have warned.

Research by Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) and Terabyte Interconnection and Package Laboratory (TERA) suggests by 2035, AI GPU accelerators equipped with 6TB of HBM could become a reality.

These developments, while technically impressive, also highlight the steep power demands and increasing complexity involved in pushing the boundaries of AI infrastructure.

Rise in AI GPU memory capacity brings huge power consumption

The roadmap reveals the evolution from HBM4 to HBM8 will deliver major gains in bandwidth, memory stacking, and cooling techniques.

Starting in 2026 with HBM4, Nvidia's Rubin and AMD’s Instinct MI400 platforms will incorporate up to 432GB of memory, with bandwidths reaching nearly 20TB/s.

This memory type employs direct-to-chip liquid cooling and custom packaging methods to handle power densities around 75 to 80W per stack.

HBM5, projected for 2029, doubles the input/output lanes and moves toward immersion cooling, with up to 80GB per stack consuming 100W.

However, the power requirements will continue to climb with HBM6, anticipated by 2032, which pushes bandwidth to 8TB/s and stack capacity to 120GB, each drawing up to 120W.

These figures quickly add up when considering full GPU packages expected to consume up to 5,920W per chip, assuming 16 HBM6 stacks in a system.

By the time HBM7 and HBM8 arrive, the numbers stretch into previously unimaginable territory.

HBM7, expected around 2035, triples bandwidth to 24TB/s and enables up to 192GB per stack. The architecture supports 32 memory stacks, pushing total memory capacity beyond 6TB, but the power demand reaches 15,360W per package.

The estimated 15,360W power consumption marks a dramatic increase, representing a sevenfold rise in just nine years.

This means that a million of these in a data center would consume 15.36GW, a figure that roughly equals the UK’s entire onshore wind generation capacity in 2024.

HBM8, projected for 2038, further expands capacity and bandwidth with 64TB/s per stack and up to 240GB capacity, using 16,384 I/O and 32Gbps speeds.

It also features coaxial TSV, embedded cooling, and double-sided interposers.

The growing demands of AI and large language model (LLM) inference have driven researchers to introduce concepts like HBF (High-Bandwidth Flash) and HBM-centric computing.

These designs propose integrating NAND flash and LPDDR memory into the HBM stack, relying on new cooling methods and interconnects, but their feasibility and real-world efficiency remain to be proven.

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Here are hints -- and answers -- for the NYT Strands puzzle No. 474 for June 20.

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Some shows appear and disappear almost overnight; others become institutions. Modern Family is in the latter category: more than five years after it finished it's still one of the most watched shows on Disney+ globally.

Modern Family ran from 2009 to early 2020, and like any show with so many seasons it's fair to say that it lost some of its freshness over time: where season 1 has a stellar 100% rating from the critics on Rotten Tomatoes, the final season – season 11 – only reached 80%. But that's still a much higher rating than many rival sitcoms, and there's still lots to praise.

Here's why Modern Family is a modern classic and one of the best Disney+ shows – or best Hulu shows if you're in the US – of all time.

Why this family is worth getting to know

The first season set up the premise for the show. An unidentified (to us) film crew is following the Dunphys around to make a fly-on-the-wall documentary about the extended family: mom and dad Claire and Phil and their three children; Claire's dad Jay and his much younger wife Gloria; Jay's son Mitchell, his partner Cameron and their adopted daughter.

As you can see, the setup justifies the title: this is a thoroughly modern family, multi-generational, multi-racial and inclusive of all. And if that's all the show was about it would probably have been a disaster, preachy and worthy rather than punchy and hilarious. But the writing team is incredibly sharp, the dialog and set-pieces are often hilariously funny and the cast is spectacular. And I think its warmth and big heart really resonate with people whose screens increasingly seem to be blasting them with bad news.

The core cast is brilliant, and while some of the characterization comes close to stereotyping – the camp Cameron, the cantankerous Jay, the fiery Gloria – I don't think it ever crossed over from affectionate to problematic.

(Image credit: ABC)

You get the real feeling that the writers care about and love the entire cast – and what a cast it is. Ed O'Neill as Jay, Sofia Vergara as Gloria, Ty Burrell as Phil, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell, Julie Bowen as Claire and Eric Stonestreet as Cameron are all delightful. And with the show lasting so long – almost a lifetime for its youngest stars, most of whom were grown adults by the final seasons – everybody was given lots of time to grow.

The characters are all favorites for me but I think the show was most often stolen by Rico Rodriguez as Manny, the oldest young man ever to exist (and someone who I can't separate from What We Do In The Shadows' similarly entertaining Guillermo, played by Harvey Guillén).

NPR put it very well, describing season 1: "Good acting. Great writing. Human characters played by amazing actors. That might be the one twist network TV hasn't tried often enough."

Writing in Salon, Heather Havrilesky urged us not to touch that remote. "Between the snappy writing, great comedic directing, and remarkable timing of all of the actors involved, "Modern Family" is one of those rare comedies that never feels awkward or corny as it's winding up to a punch line... laughter and families? Those two haven't come together on TV in a long, long time. But once they do? It's like science: You can't fight it." And Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly loved it too. "Modern Family is unique in the way it juggles so many players so deftly and makes every member of the cast a vivid, complex character," he wrote. "Oh, and it's really funny, too."

All 250 episodes of Modern Family are available to stream on Hulu and Peacock in the US, and Disney+ in the UK and Australia.

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• Zimperium spots new version of Godfather among Turkish Android users
• New version creates virtualized versions of legitimate banking apps in a sandbox
• It can exfiltrate login credentials, PIN codes, and unlock patterns

The notorious Godfather malware for Android phones is back with a vengeance, experts have warned, targeting victims with an upgraded build which makes it more dangerous than ever.

Cybersecurity researchers Zimperium claim to have seen an updated version of the infamous malware in the wild, and this one is even more dangerous as it simplifies things while evading detection even better.

Godfather is a banking trojan, used to steal money out of people’s bank accounts. Earlier variants worked as an overlay - placing an invisible layer on top of legitimate banking apps. Therefore, when victims bring up their apps and start typing in their login credentials, these would be picked up by the overlay and sent to the attackers, who would later log into the app and make cash withdrawals.

Virtualization attacks

The new version, however, ditches the overlay approach for something even more sinister - creating a virtualized version of the app.

On the compromised devices, the malware would launch a virtual instance of the banking app inside a sandbox. That way, the malware doesn’t even need to ask for excessive permissions in order to conduct wire fraud, and means victims may not even trust the legitimate apps they have installed.

When the victim gets infected, the malware first analyzes the installed apps and looks for a banking one that fits.

If it finds one, it creates a virtualized version that launches whenever the victim tries to bring up the legitimate one.

Besides stealing login credentials, Godfather can exfiltrate PIN codes and unlock patterns, and can remotely control the device during off-hours (in the middle of the night, for example), making wire transfers while the victim is asleep.

Zimperium says it has only observed Godfather among Turkish Android users so far, but it warned that the malware operators can pivot towards the West at any time, so banking users everywhere should be on their guard.

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I'm not someone who cries when I watch a highly emotive movie or TV series. Sure, I get teary-eyed but, in the vast majority of cases, I never find myself reaching for a box of tissues to stem the flow of tears cascading down my face after a particularly devastating scene or sequence.

So far in 2025, though, three different shows have somehow cracked my steely resolve and turned me into a blubbering wreck. Is it because I'm getting older and therefore more susceptible to emotionally-loaded productions? Are their stories so well designed that they tug harder at the ol' heartstrings? Or is it simply a big coincidence that three of the most soul-destroying projects have all launched on the world's best streaming services this year? Who's to say.

Regardless, I don't want to be the only softie around here, so here are the trio of TV Originals that have revived my cold, dead heart in the first six months of the year.

Adolescence (Netflix)

Adolescence dominated the news cycle for weeks after its Netflix launch in March (Image credit: Netflix)

Release date: March 13
Episode count: 4
Main cast: Stephen Graham, Ashley Walters, Faye Marsay, Christine Tremarco, Erin Doherty, Amelie Pease, and Owen Cooper
Director: Phil Barantini
Rotten Tomatoes (RT) critics score: 99%

Netflix's biggest TV hit of 2025 so far and, at the time of publication, the second most-watched English language TV Original in the streamer's history (take that, Stranger Things season 4!) is an unmissable miniseries.

A story whose individual chapters are all shot as one continuous, long take – a highly-technical process known as a 'oner' – Adolescence tells the tale 13 -year-old Jamie (Cooper) who's arrested on suspicion of murdering a female student at his school. Each episode focuses on different characters during and after the police investigation, too, with the immediate and long-reaching impact of the alleged crime felt keenly by all of those involved.

Hailed by fans and critics alike for its writing, directing, cinematography, tone, and individual and collective cast performances, Adolescence is an emotional powerhouse that deserves a permanent spot on our best Netflix shows list. Its impact has been so great, in fact, that it's sparked multiple nationwide discussions in the UK about youth knife crime, the alarming rise of misogynistic views among male teens, and systemic failures and local and national government levels. A heart-breaking program that'll leave a lasting impression on you long after its final credits sequence has rolled.

Andor season 2 (Disney+)

Andor season 2 episode 8 is one of the most heart-wrenching things I've watched on TV this year (Image credit: Lucasfilm/Disney+)

Release date: April 22
Episode count: 12
Main cast: Diego Luna, Adria Arjona, Genevieve O'Reilly Stellan Skarsgard, Denise Gough, Kyle Soller, Forest Whitaker, Faye Marsay, and Alan Tudyk
Directors: Ariel Kleinman, Janus Metz, and Alonso Ruizpalacios
RT critics score: 97%

Star Wars is a family-friendly franchise. Sure, it's occasionally pushed the boundaries of what's appropriate for younger members of its worldwide fanbase but, by and large, it hasn't gone out of its way to alienate parts of its global community.

Andor is the one project that dared to be different. A live-action, adult-oriented Disney+ series, it threw out the traditional Star Wars playbook in favor of telling a political and spy thriller-oriented story that not only stars a whole host of morally gray characters, but also tackles difficult topics of conversation around fascism, sexual assault, the human cost of conflict, and the moral complications that arise from revolution.

I really enjoyed Andor season 1 but, whether it's down to its hard-hitting narratives, the show's much more confident second and final season, or a combination of both, season 2 is a whole other beast. You can read more about why it's such a paradoxically entertaining yet heavy watch in my Andor season 2 review, or go and stream one of the best Disney+ shows in its entirety right now. It'll be worth it once you reach Andor season 2 episode 8, i.e. the gut-punch of a chapter that made me sob my heart out.

The Last of Us season 2 (Max)

The Last of Us season 2 episode 2 hit viewers like a freight train (Image credit: HBO)

Release date: April 13
Episode count: 7
Main cast: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Isabela Merced, Young Mazino, Gabriel Luna, Rutina Wesley, and Kaitlyn Dever
Directors: Craig Mazin, Neil Druckmann, Kate Herron, Mark Mylod, Stephen Williams, and Nina Lopez-Corrado
RT critics score: 92%

The Last of Us season 2 was a slight step down in quality compared to its more lauded forebear, but the popular HBO and Max TV Original still had the capacity to emotionally wreck viewers on multiple occasions.

I don't think anyone's gotten over last season's harrowing second or sixth episodes yet, either. I include myself among that contingent, too – and that's as someone who's played The Last of Us Part II, aka the second game in Naughty Dog's video game namesake that The Last of Us TV show's sophomore outing is based on.

With The Last of Us season 3 in early development, there'll be many more distressing moments to come in one of the best Max shows. It might be best to stockpile tissues now, then, before The Last of Us' third installment makes its TV bow and potentially rips out our heart like its predecessors did.

What TV episodes and/or full shows have had you wiping away tears from your eyes? Let me know in the comments!

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