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How to watch The Rainmaker (2025)

A mysterious death; a young hotshot lawyer looking to make his mark; tense courtroom battles –The Rainmaker TV series certainly has all the hallmarks of a classic John Grisham thriller. US viewers can tune into The Rainmaker from Aug 15 but read on and we'll show you how to watch The Rainmaker online from anywhere with a VPN.

Release date: Friday, August 15

TV channel: USA Network

US stream: Sling TV / Fubo / Peacock (week later)

Use NordVPN to watch any stream

Rudy Baylor (Milo Callaghan) is the drama's main protagonist, just out of law school and looking for his first big case. He soon finds it when he picks at scabs he shouldn't, delving deep into the suspicious circumstances around an unexplained fatality and coming face-to-face with the formidable courtroom opponent of Leo F. Drummond (John Slattery).

Previously adapted for the silver screen by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Matt Damon, USA's TV version of the iconic 1997 legal drama will take its time retelling this complex tale of conspiracy and corporate wrongdoings over 10 tense episodes.

Grab your gavel and prepare to watch The Rainmaker online and stream weekly episodes from anywhere.

How to watch The Rainmaker online in the US

You can watch The Rainmaker on USA Network on Fridays at 10pm ET/PT in the US. New episodes air weekly starting with the premiere on Friday, August 15.

Don’t have cable? You can also watch USA via Sling TV on its Blue plan costing from just $45.99 per month or $4.99 per day. Or, with more than 200 channels, Fubo is a more comprehensive cord cutting alternative. It costs from $84.99 a month and new users can get a free Fubo trial.

The Rainmaker will also be available to stream on Peacock, with episodes landing on the platform one week after they go out on USA. The Peacock price starts at $10.99 a month and you can get 12 months for the price of 10 by opting for an annual plan.

Away from the US? Use a VPN to watch The Rainmaker on Sling, Fubo or Peacock from abroad.

How to watch The Rainmaker online from outside your country

If you’re traveling abroad when The Rainmaker airs, you’ll be unable to watch the show like you normally would due to annoying regional restrictions. Luckily, there’s an easy solution.

Downloading a VPN will allow you to stream online, no matter where you are. It's a simple bit of software that changes your IP address, meaning that you can access on-demand content or live TV just as if you were at home.

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How to watch The Rainmaker online in Canada

Just like south of the border, Canadian viewers can watch The Rainmaker on the USA Network. The difference is that episodes will go out a day later on Saturdays at 10pm ET/PT.

Rather stream the show? Use the CTV.ca website. You'll likely need to enter your cable provider details.

US viewer currently traveling in Canada? Download a VPN to connect to your streaming service back home and watch The Rainmaker no matter where you are.

Can I watch The Rainmaker online in the UK?

At the time of writing, there has been no confirmation that The Rainmaker will be shown in the UK.

Currently visiting the UK? Downloading a good VPN will let you effortlessly connect to your usual streaming services from anywhere in the world.

How to watch The Rainmaker online in Australia

To stream The Rainmaker in Australia, you'll need a Stan subscription. Episodes will land on Saturdays, with the first one available on August 16.

Stan subscriptions costs from $12 a month for a Basic plan, with incremental increases if you want to add HD/4K quality and additional devices.

Or if you’re visiting Australia from abroad and want to watch on your home service, simply download a VPN to stream The Rainmaker just as you would back home.

Can I watch The Rainmaker for free?

The show isn't on any free services, but US viewers can use the Fubo 5-day free trial to watch available episodes of The Rainmaker for free.

The Rainmaker trailerThe Rainmaker cast

• John Slattery as Leo F. Drummond
• Milo Callaghan as Rudy Baylor
• Madison Iseman as Sarah Plankmore
• Lana Parrilla as Jocelyn Stone
• P. J. Byrne as Deck Shifflet
• Robyn Cara as Kelly Riker
• Dan Fogler as Melvin Pritcher
• Wade Briggs as Brad Noonan
• Tommie Earl Jenkins as Prince Thomas

The Rainmaker episode guide

There's set to be 10 episodes of The Rainmaker.

(Dates all US premieres)

• Episode 1 - "Another Rainy Day": Tuesday, Friday, August 15
• Episode 2 - "Nashville Hot": Friday, August 22
• Episode 3 - Friday, August 29
• Episode 4 - Friday, September 5
• Episode 5 – Friday, September 12
• Episode 6 – Friday, September 19
• Episode 7 – Friday, September 26
• Episode 8 – Friday, October 3
• Episode 9 – Friday, October 10
• Episode 10 – Friday, October 17

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Researchers from the American Psychological Association recently published findings from 781 Garmin Vivosmart 4 users, collected over three months, reporting no correlation between the stress levels shown on the watch and the self-reported feelings of stress by the participants.

Typically, this has been jumped on by the media, quick to write headlines like "Smartwatches offer little insight into stress levels" and "Your smartwatch is lying to you about stress levels" and so on. However, as someone whose job it is to test the best smartwatches and fitness trackers on the market, I think there's more to this than meets the eye.

At first glance, the research seems pretty damning: in the three-month window, participants were asked to regularly self-report how they felt they were sleeping, along with information about their perceived tiredness and stress levels.

The study, published in the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, had this to say regarding the results:

"Self-report and wearable measures of sleep-related variables showed robust associations, while associations were weaker for tiredness, and measures of stress did not overlap for most individuals. These findings suggest that wearable data and their corresponding self-report measures may not necessarily measure similar constructs."

So while the Vivosmart 4 is good for sleep tracking and lines up with self-reported sleep quality, it struggles to tell when you're tired and stressed.

The researchers were aiming to see if wearable technology can provide a "warning system" for depression in students, using the above biomarkers. Most headlines have largely ignored this or buried the lede, conflating stress with excitement and high heart rate.

The stress Garmin watches refer to is physiological stress, which happens to your nervous system when your heart beats faster and you start to sweat. Exercise, excitement, arousal, and other emotional factors can cause this to happen to your body. It's impossible for LED heart rate and body temperature sensors to read your mood, so it's all logged as 'stress'.

I'm currently testing the WHOOP MG, and its app also contains a stress metric. On asking its AI coach – what a time to be alive – whether stress meant emotional or physiological, my app had this to say:

"The Stress metric in the WHOOP app is physiological – it's based on signals from your body, not how you feel emotionally."

"While emotional stress (like anxiety or pressure at work) can show up in your score, so can things like a tough workout, poor sleep, or even fighting off a cold. The Stress Score is a window into how your body is handling all types of stressors, not just your mood."

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It's easy to see how people get confused, and there is a grain of truth in that the headlines would be correct in assuming smartwatches aren't very good at calculating people's moods.

However, that's because they weren't designed to actually record mood, rather than any failing on their part. The whole study was testing whether smartwatches could be used as a depression predictor, and while indicators such as lack of sleep can be accurately measured, they can't do moods – especially if people are recording themselves as feeling stressed out, rather than reporting physiological sources of stress.

My tip? Use the stress metric in tandem with other metrics, such as sleep and calories burned, to understand when it's time to take a rest if you're able to do so. If your stress is high and your sleep is low, but you feel otherwise happy, you might want to skip the bars or the gym this Friday night and have a relaxing evening with a book to bring that stress score down.

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• Google will invest $9 billion in Oklahoma over the next two years
• Investment centers on the expansion of one existing data center, and the construction of another
• Another $1 billion scheme will see Oklahoma students get access to AI training

Google has announced plans to invest $9 billion to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure in Oklahoma over the next two years.

As part of the multi-billion dollar investment, the company has committed to building a new data center campus in Stillwater and expanding its existing Pryor data center, which opened in 2011 and has received an estimated $4.4 billion to date.

Oklahoma citizens will also benefit from a separate pot of funding which Google plans on sharing across multiple US states to boost AI skills.

Google is spending billions on Oklahoma AI

"As part of a broader $1 billion commitment to American education and competitiveness, the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University are part of the first cohort of the Google AI for Education Accelerator," the company wrote.

The scheme will see participants access Google Career Certificates and other AI training courses.

Acknowledging data center campuses come with broader environmental and sustainability impacts, Google will also partner with the electrical training ALLIANCE to boost the state's electrical workforce pipeline by 135% in anticipation of increased demand in the future.

Google President and Chief Investment Officer Ruth Porat announced the investment during a visit to the Pryor campus on August 13, 2025, noting, "Google is helping to power a new era of American innovation with our investments in Oklahoma."

"For nearly two decades, Google has proudly called Oklahoma home, starting with our data center in Mayes County, our second largest in the world," Porat added.

Since building out its first campus in the state, Google claims to have invested over $5.7 billion in the state, generating $2.2 billion of economic activity for state citizens and businesses in 2024 alone.

The company also matched 87% of its energy consumption with carbon-free energy in 2022-2023 from over 680MW of clean energy contracts in the state, boasting about other achievements like water replenishment and advanced power usage effectiveness in its impact study.

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• Nvidia RTX Pro 4000 SFF delivers over twice the AI performance of its predecessor
• Nvidia claims the RTX Pro 2000 outpaces the RTX A2000 in 3D modeling performance
• Both new GPUs maintain a 70-watt limit, enabling deployment in space-limited systems

Nvidia has launched two new SFF (Small Form Factor ready) RTX Pro Servers and workstation GPUs built on its Blackwell architecture that use a single-fan, blower-style, low-profile design.

The new RTX Pro 4000 SFF and RTX Pro 2000 slot in beneath the top-end RTX Pro 6000 but are designed to maintain strong performance for professional workloads in smaller, lower-power workstation builds.

Both GPUs aim to shift more processing from CPU to GPU, allowing even small-form-factor workstations to handle AI inference, rendering, and simulation faster than before.

Compact hardware with workstation-level capability

The RTX Pro 4000 SFF is built with 24GB of ECC GDDR7 memory and delivers up to 770 AI TOPS.

Nvidia says it offers more than twice the AI performance of the previous-generation RTX A4000 SFF, and also features improved ray tracing, 50% more memory bandwidth, and has a 70W thermal limit, making it suitable for workstations with limited cooling capacity.

The RTX Pro 2000, also limited to 70W, carries 16GB of ECC GDDR7 memory and 545 AI TOPS of throughput.

Nvidia claims it is about 1.5 times faster than the RTX A2000 in 3D modeling, CAD, and rendering.

The company also points to its usefulness in AI-powered image and text generation, potentially speeding up design and content workflows in smaller studios or engineering teams.

These workstation GPUs share the Blackwell architecture benefits found in Nvidia’s larger RTX PRO lineup, including support for FP4 precision through fifth-generation Tensor Cores and the second-generation Transformer Engine.

This is intended to improve inference performance while keeping power consumption in check.

Nvidia has not yet disclosed specific pricing for these models but has indicated that it will make them available through partners such as PNY, TD Synnex, Dell, HP, and Lenovo later this year.

Given their position below the RTX Pro 6000, they are expected to cost considerably less while still providing a large performance increase over earlier small-format workstation GPUs.

While marketed as an upgrade path for professionals, the actual advantage over the fastest CPU-only small workstation configurations will depend on workload type and software optimization for GPU acceleration.

For tasks that already benefit heavily from GPU compute, such as AI inference, large-scale rendering, and simulation, the new RTX Pro 4000 SFF and RTX Pro 2000 could offer strong gains without requiring a larger, more expensive workstation.

For CPU-focused applications, the improvements may be less dramatic, but the added GPU capability still expands the performance envelope for small, power-limited systems.

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