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Thumb Score: +48 Amazon Prime Video Has Jack Reacher: Never go back for a penny.

The director's ninth feature will begin shooting in early 2025.

Smart homes have gotten more intelligent over the years, but we still haven't quite reached the same level as old sci-fi movies where people could talk directly to a house AI. Fortunately, if Google plays its cards right, this technology may come sooner than you think. The company is working on letting Gemini interact with your smart home devices and tweak their settings based on your natural language prompts.

Sarah Schlichter writes for NerdWallet. Email: sschlichter@nerdwallet.com.

Meanwhile, on this week's IndieWire "Screen Talk" podcast, meet two powerhouses behind rising Range Media Partners, CEO Pete Micelli and co-founder Jack Whigham.

Although Google Docs has been my go-to word processor for years, there are still a few features I wish it had built in. To bridge those gaps, I use some helpful add-ons. From grammar checking to formatting, these tools save me time and effort. Here are the add-ons I use to improve my writing process.

On his Triggered podcast on Rumble, Don Trump Junior expressed his angst about the high turnout of women in this year's early voting.
Junior was giving props to boxer and Youtuber Jake Paul for endorsing the garbage man.

TRUMP JR.:This was an interesting one. Jake Paul, he gets it. Jake Paul gets it.