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New documentary Autonomy makes the convincing case that self-driving cars will change everything
Autonomy, a new documentary on self-driving cars directed by Alex Horwitz and produced by Car and Driver magazine, gets its most grievous sin out of the way in the first 15 minutes. Executive producer and New Yorker writer and author Malcolm Gladwell discusses his vintage BMW, while a rotating cast of other talking heads wax poetic about the rise and fall of American car culture. As someone who doesn’t own a car, or the book-deal advance to buy a vintage one, I had trouble relating.
Thankfully, the movie’s nostalgic phase passes quickly. Even better, they are actually making a point. Autonomy, which had its world premiere here at SXSW in Austin this past week, is a comprehensive, thorough examination of the state of autonomous vehicles,...
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Microsoft now lets you stream PC games to an Xbox One and use a controller
Microsoft is now letting Xbox One owners stream their PC games to the console and use a controller to play them. A newly updated app, Wireless Display app, from Microsoft enables the support so you can play Steam games or other titles directly on an Xbox One. You can use a regular Xbox controller to control the remote PC, enabling game play or even the ability to use an Xbox for presentations.
Microsoft’s Wireless Display app uses Miracast to create a connection between a PC and the Xbox One, and you can cast to the Xbox using the winkey + P combination. There are different latency modes for gaming and watching videos from a remote PC, and the app is ideal if you want to project a stream or video onto the Xbox. You won’t be able to...
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Why Vivo thinks port-less phones are the future
Mobile World Congress is in the rear-view mirror, and by far the hottest topic was foldable smartphones. “Finally,” the thinking went, “we can be free of the boring and conventional phone form factor!” But that involves using flexible plastic for the bendable screens, which is likely to represent a compromise in durability and plain niceness. What if there’s more to be done with glass?
That’s what Vivo’s Apex 2019 concept smartphone is all about. With a stated goal of “futuristic simplicity,” Vivo devised a way to build a phone almost entirely out of glass, with its “super unibody” chassis designed to make the screen even more prominent. “All user interactions are centered around the display alone,” says Vivo product manager Ding Guanli,...
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How To Install Google Pixel Camera On Samsung Galaxy S10
Samsung Galaxy S10 is the 2019 flagship phone from the Galaxy family, a phone that has set the bar for the oncoming phones. It packs an innovative and dependable camera system, and now you could also avail the famous Google Pixel Camera app port to combine Samsung’s hardware with Google’s software. ALSO READ: Samsung Galaxy S10+ […]
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YouTube Music and YouTube Premium services are available in India: Pricing and Features
After 8 months of their official debut, the Youtube Music and Youtube Premium services have been officially introduced in India. YouTube Music is Google’s made-for-music app. You could opt its ad-free as well as ad-supported options. And as for the YouTube Premium, it would be ad-free service. Other benefits with the debutants are the offline […]
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How to recharge another jio number from My Jio app using discount voucher
Even a couple of years after disrupting Indian telecom sector and revitalizing numerous online services, Reliance Jio continues to offer cheap data plans. To further sweeten the pot, Jio offers Rs. 50 discount vouchers to consumers who recharge using My Jio app, thus significantly reducing the effective price. However, the most direct Recharge option (Recharge>>Recharge […]
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কমিশনে কেন্দ্রীয় মন্ত্রীদের নিয়ে প্রতিনিধিদল, পশ্চিমবঙ্গকে 'অতি স্পর্শকাতর' ঘোষণা করে সব বুথে কেন্দ্রীয় বাহিনী মোতায়েনের দাবি বিজেপির
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Live: একদিনের সিরিজের শেষ ম্যাচে জয়ের জন্য ভারতের টার্গেট ২৭৩
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পশ্চিমবঙ্গকে অতি স্পর্শকাতর ঘোষণা করার দাবি বিজেপির, পাল্টা আক্রমণ পার্থ চট্টোপাধ্যায়ের, জায়গা ভরানো খবর নয়, বাছাই করা সেরা খবর, সবার জন্য সব খবর, ফটাফট
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মুর্শিদাবাদ মেডিকেল কলেজে ফের আগুন আতঙ্ক, উত্তর দিনাজপুরে তৃণমুল কংগ্রেস সংঘর্ষ, সব জেলার সব খবর, এক ঝলকে
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রবার্ট বঢরার বিরুদ্ধে তদন্ত হলে রাফাল চুক্তিতে প্রধানমন্ত্রীর ভূমিকাও খতিয়ে দেখা হোক, দাবি রাহুলের
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বাংলায় সংবাদমাধ্যমকে ভয় দেখিয়ে কণ্ঠরোধের চেষ্টা করছে তৃণমূল, নির্বাচন কমিশনে অভিযোগ বিজেপির, পাল্টা তৃণমূূল
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New documentary Autonomy makes the convincing case that self-driving cars will change everything
Autonomy, a new documentary on self-driving cars directed by Alex Horwitz and produced by Car and Driver magazine, gets its most grievous sin out of the way in the first 15 minutes. Executive producer and New Yorker writer and author Malcolm Gladwell discusses his vintage BMW, while a rotating cast of other talking heads wax poetic about the rise and fall of American car culture. As someone who doesn’t own a car, or the book-deal advance to buy a vintage one, I had trouble relating.
Thankfully, the movie’s nostalgic phase passes quickly. Even better, they are actually making a point. Autonomy, which had its world premiere here at SXSW in Austin this past week, is a comprehensive, thorough examination of the state of autonomous vehicles,...
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Microsoft now lets you stream PC games to an Xbox One and use a controller
Microsoft is now letting Xbox One owners stream their PC games to the console and use a controller to play them. A newly updated app, Wireless Display app, from Microsoft enables the support so you can play Steam games or other titles directly on an Xbox One. You can use a regular Xbox controller to control the remote PC, enabling game play or even the ability to use an Xbox for presentations.
Microsoft’s Wireless Display app uses Miracast to create a connection between a PC and the Xbox One, and you can cast to the Xbox using the winkey + P combination. There are different latency modes for gaming and watching videos from a remote PC, and the app is ideal if you want to project a stream or video onto the Xbox. You won’t be able to...
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Why Vivo thinks port-less phones are the future
Mobile World Congress is in the rear-view mirror, and by far the hottest topic was foldable smartphones. “Finally,” the thinking went, “we can be free of the boring and conventional phone form factor!” But that involves using flexible plastic for the bendable screens, which is likely to represent a compromise in durability and plain niceness. What if there’s more to be done with glass?
That’s what Vivo’s Apex 2019 concept smartphone is all about. With a stated goal of “futuristic simplicity,” Vivo devised a way to build a phone almost entirely out of glass, with its “super unibody” chassis designed to make the screen even more prominent. “All user interactions are centered around the display alone,” says Vivo product manager Ding Guanli,...
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Google releases Lookout app that identifies objects for the visually impaired
Last year, Google announced a new app to help the visually impaired named Lookout. The app uses AI to identify objects through your phone’s camera. It can also read text in signs and labels, scan barcodes, and identify currencies. This week, Google announced that Lookout will finally be available to download — though only for Pixel devices in the US.
Since announcing the app last year, Google says it’s been “testing and improving the quality” of its results. The company cautions that, as with all new technology, Lookout’s results will not always be “100 percent perfect,” but it’s soliciting feedback from early users.
To use Lookout, Google recommends that users wear their Pixel device on a lanyard around their neck or placed in the...
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১২ ঘন্টায় ৯ হাজার চুল প্রতিস্থাপন, ৫০ ঘণ্টার মাথায় মৃত্যু ব্যবসায়ীর, তদন্তে পুলিশ
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রাহুলে মাতলেন চেন্নাইয়ের স্টেলা মারিস উইমেন কলেজের প্রায় তিন হাজার ছাত্রী
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রাজ্যের সাংবিধানিক কাঠামো ভেঙে পড়েছে, অতি স্পর্শকাতর ঘোষিত হোক পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, সব বুথে কেন্দ্রীয় বাহিনী, দাবি নিয়ে কমিশনের দ্বারস্থ বিজেপি
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বিপুল উদ্দীপনায় ভোট দিতে মানুষকে উৎসাহ দিন, রাহুল-মমতাকেও আহ্বান মোদির
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প্রধানমন্ত্রীর বিরুদ্ধে মিথ্যে অভিযোগ করছেন কংগ্রেস সভাপতি, নির্বাচন কমিশনে নালিশ বিজেপির
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সিঙ্গাড়া অন্তত ১০, চা ৮ টাকা, ভোটের খরচ কমিয়ে দেখানো রুখতে প্রার্থীদের নির্দেশ পঞ্জাব নির্বাচন কমিশনের
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বড়বাজারে ভেজাল গুঁড়ো দুধের পর্দাফাঁস, গ্রেফতার কারখানার দুই কর্মচারী, ফেরার মালিক
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চেন্নাইয়ে পড়ুয়াদের সঙ্গে আলাপচারিতায় নীরব মোদির নাম বলতে গিয়ে মুখ ফস্কে রাহুলের মুখে নরেন্দ্র
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রাজনীতিতে সবটাই সমঝোতা, বিজেপিতে যোগ দেওয়ার জল্পনার উত্তরে ইঙ্গিতপূর্ণ মন্তব্য তৃণমূল বিধায়ক অর্জুন সিংহের
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জোড়া আর্টিস্টিক জিমন্যাস্টিকস বিশ্বকাপে ভাল পারফরম্যান্স দেখিয়ে অলিম্পিকে জায়গা পাকা করার লক্ষ্যে দীপা
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অভিযোগ থাকলেই অপরাধী নয়, বিভিন্ন মামলায় অভিযুক্তরা বিজেপিতে যোগ দিচ্ছেন, এই অভিযোগের জবাবে মন্তব্য বিজেপির রাজ্য সভাপতি দিলীপ ঘোষের
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Google releases Lookout app that identifies objects for the visually impaired
Last year, Google announced a new app to help the visually impaired named Lookout. The app uses AI to identify objects through your phone’s camera. It can also read text in signs and labels, scan barcodes, and identify currencies. This week, Google announced that Lookout will finally be available to download — though only for Pixel devices in the US.
Since announcing the app last year, Google says it’s been “testing and improving the quality” of its results. The company cautions that, as with all new technology, Lookout’s results will not always be “100 percent perfect,” but it’s soliciting feedback from early users.
To use Lookout, Google recommends that users wear their Pixel device on a lanyard around their neck or placed in the...
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Microsoft surprises with DirectX 12 on Windows 7 for World of Warcraft
Microsoft is making a very surprising addition to Windows 7 this week, with the support of DirectX 12 for the nearly 10-year-old operating system. While Windows 7 support will end in less than a year and Microsoft will start sending notifications to PCs next month, the company is allowing some game developers to implement DirectX 12. The first game to appear with DirectX 12 support on Windows 7 is Blizzard’s World of Warcraft.
Microsoft heard feedback from Blizzard that features like multi-threading in DirectX 12 were bringing substantial framerate improvements to World of Warcraft on Windows 10. Blizzard wanted these same features on Windows 7, presumably because it still has a large base of players on this older OS. Microsoft...
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আম আদমি পার্টির ইস্তেহার পুড়িয়ে বিজয় গোয়েলের নেতৃত্বে বিজেপির প্রতিবাদ যন্তর মন্তরে
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প্রধানমন্ত্রীর প্রতি আমার মনে কোনও রাগ-বিদ্বেষ নেই, শুধু স্নেহ আছে: রাহুল
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চেন্নাইয়ে পড়ুয়াদের সঙ্গে আলাপচারিতায় নীরব মোদিদের নাম বলতে গিয়ে মুখ ফস্কে রাহুলের মুখে নরেন্দ্র
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Microsoft surprises with DirectX 12 on Windows 7 for World of Warcraft
Microsoft is making a very surprising addition to Windows 7 this week, with the support of DirectX 12 for the nearly 10-year-old operating system. While Windows 7 support will end in less than a year and Microsoft will start sending notifications to PCs next month, the company is allowing some game developers to implement DirectX 12. The first game to appear with DirectX 12 support on Windows 7 is Blizzard’s World of Warcraft.
Microsoft heard feedback from Blizzard that features like multi-threading in DirectX 12 were bringing substantial framerate improvements to World of Warcraft on Windows 10. Blizzard wanted these same features on Windows 7, presumably because it still has a large base of players on this older OS. Microsoft...
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আম আদমি পার্টির ইস্তেহার পুড়িয়ে বিজয় গোয়েলের নেতৃত্বে বিজেপির প্রতিবাদ যন্তর মন্তরে
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রাফাল-চুক্তিতে তদন্ত দাবি রাহুলের -- এমনই বাছাই করা সেরা খবর, ‘হেডলাইন্স ফটাফট’
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মুর্শিদাবাদ মেডিক্যাল কলেজ হাসপাতালে আগুন-আতঙ্ক- এমনই সব জেলার বাছাই খবর, ‘হেডলাইন্স এক ঝলকে’
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Microsoft demonstrates xCloud game streaming a week before Google’s ‘future of gaming’ event
Microsoft has provided a live demonstration of its upcoming Project xCloud game streaming service. The software maker originally unveiled xCloud last year, promising a cloud gaming service that streams games to PCs, consoles, and mobile devices. While CEO Satya Nadella promised trials later this year, we’ve still not heard a lot of detail about xCloud or when it will fully appear. Microsoft still doesn’t have any firm dates just yet, but the company has now demonstrated xCloud publicly for the first time.
During Microsoft’s Inside Xbox event last night, Microsoft showed off Forza Horizon 4 streaming from the company’s Azure datacenters to an Android device. An Xbox One controller was connected to the phone via Bluetooth, showing how it...
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Microsoft demonstrates xCloud game streaming a week before Google’s ‘future of gaming’ event
Microsoft has provided a live demonstration of its upcoming Project xCloud game streaming service. The software maker originally unveiled xCloud last year, promising a cloud gaming service that streams games to PCs, consoles, and mobile devices. While CEO Satya Nadella promised trials later this year, we’ve still not heard a lot of detail about xCloud or when it will fully appear. Microsoft still doesn’t have any firm dates just yet, but the company has now demonstrated xCloud publicly for the first time.
During Microsoft’s Inside Xbox event last night, Microsoft showed off Forza Horizon 4 streaming from the company’s Azure datacenters to an Android device. An Xbox One controller was connected to the phone via Bluetooth, showing how it...
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সিরিজ নির্ণায়ক ম্যাচে টসে জিতে প্রথমে ব্যাটিং অস্ট্রেলিয়ার
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নিজের ছবির সঙ্গে অভিনন্দন বর্তমানের ছবি পোস্ট করায় নির্বাচন কমিশনের রোষের মুখে বিজেপি বিধায়ক ওম প্রকাশ শর্মা
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উত্তরপূর্ব ভারতে লক্ষ্য ২২ আসন, বললেন রাম মাধব, লোকসভা নির্বাচনে কংগ্রেসকে হারাতে অসমে মতভেদ মিটিয়ে ফের জোট বিজেপি, অগপ-র
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ঘণ্টাখানেক সঙ্গে সুমন(১২.০৩.১৯): তৃণমূলের প্রার্থী তালিকায় চমক। বসিরহাটে নুসরত, যাদবপুরে মিমি। বাদ সুগত, সন্ধ্যা, ইদ্রিশ, উমা, সুব্রত বক্সি। বাঁকুড়ায় সুব্রত। বিজেপিতে অনুপম, দুলাল, খগেন।
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মুর্শিদাবাদ মেডিক্যাল কলেজে ফের আগুন-আতঙ্ক: পদপিষ্ট হয়ে জখম তিরিশ জনের বেশি
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\'Fire\' at Hospital in Murshidabad: 30 injured in stampede
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ভারতে সম্পূর্ণ বাতিল বোয়িং ৭৩৭ ম্যাক্স ৮ বিমান
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ব্যারাকপুরে তৃণমূল প্রার্থী দীনেশ ত্রিবেদীর হয়েও শুরু হয়ে গেছে দেওয়াল লিখন, সেই ছবি তুলে ধরেছেন এবিপি আনন্দের প্রতিনিধি
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জোরকদমে প্রচার শুরু করলেন মালা রায় সহ একাধিক তৃণমূল প্রার্থী-- এমনই বাছাই করা সেরা খবর, ‘হেডলাইন্স ফটাফট’
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কেরল থেকে আসত হাতির দাঁত, কলকাতায় তৈরি হত মূর্তি, পাচার হত নেপালে, গ্রেফতার বাবা-মেয়ে
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জোরকদমে প্রচার শুরু করলেন মালা রায় সহ একাধিক তৃণমূল প্রার্থী- এমনই সব জেলার বাছাই খবর, ‘হেডলাইন্স এক ঝলকে’
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৭০ বছরের ইতিহাসে আপনিই প্রথম ফুটবলার-সাংসদ, আমাকে দেখে বলেছিলেন মনমোহন সিংহ: প্রসূন
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লোকসভা ভোটের রণকৌশল ঠিক করতে আজ দলীয় প্রার্থীদের নিয়ে বৈঠক করবেন মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়, দলীয় প্রার্থীদের দেবেন নির্বাচনী পাঠ
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তৃণমূলের প্রার্থী তালিকা প্রকাশিত, কোন আসনে কে?- এমনই সব জেলার বাছাই খবর, ‘হেডলাইন্স এক ঝলকে’
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Man arrested for showing up at YouTube and threatening violence over deleted account
A man was arrested this past Sunday after showing up to Google’s Mountain View, Calif. headquarters and threatening violence over his belief that YouTube had deleted his account and the single video he had posted to it, BuzzFeed News reported today.
Unfortunately for the man, 33-year-old Kyle Long, it was actually his wife who deleted the account. She then told him it was likely Google’s doing because she feared how he might react. Not only that, but Long had driven all the way from Maine, more than 3,300 miles, on his mission.
Long’s video was apparently some type of get-rich-quick guide, a video his father, Kevin Long, characterized as “rambling” and “bizarre.” According to the father, Long has a history of mental illness and run-ins...
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YouTube Music and YouTube Premium are now available in India
Google has announced that YouTube Music, YouTube Music Premium, and YouTube Premium have all launched in India. The services join Google Play Music and Google Play Movies, which arrived in India in 2017.
India consumes a tremendous amount of music on YouTube already. A Nielsen report from 2018 says YouTube is the country’s top source for streaming music, and Indian music label T-Series just surpassed YouTube star PewDiePie as the most subscribed channel on the entire platform for the third time, before dropping back to second place. T-Series is already the most-watched YouTube channel globally, with a combined 60 billion views across all its uploaded videos. India’s current streaming revolution — the result of low-cost smartphones...
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IBM didn’t inform people when it used their Flickr photos for facial recognition training
IBM took nearly a million photos from Flickr, used them to figure out how to train facial recognition training programs, and shared them with outside researchers. But as NBC points out, the people photographed on Flickr didn’t consent to having their photos used to develop facial recognition systems — and might easily not have, considering those systems could eventually be used to surveil and recognize them.
While the photographers may have gotten permission to take pictures of these people, some told NBC that the people who were photographed didn’t know their images had been annotated with facial recognition notes and could be used to train algorithms.
“None of the people I photographed had any idea their images were being used in...
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Elon Musk’s high-speed tunnel project in Las Vegas clears its first hurdle
Elon Musk’s plan to build express-route tunnels in Las Vegas received its first approval Tuesday, after the board of directors for the city’s Convention and Visitors Authority voted in favor of Musk’s Boring Company for a new people-mover project.
The plan involves digging a loop of underground tunnels that could carry passengers in autonomous electric vehicles at high speeds. The loop would just encompass the convention center, but could be expanded to include other points in Las Vegas, such as McCarran International Airport. The Boring Company said the initial phase would cost between $35 million and $55 million
The goal is to have the Boring Company’s transit system fully operational in time for the 2021 Consumer Electronics Show,...
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T-Mobile CEO challenged by lawmakers over Trump hotel stays
At a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing Tuesday, T-Mobile CEO John Legere was questioned by lawmakers over the company’s spending at the Trump hotel in Washington, DC, focusing specifically on hotel stays that occurred after its merger plans with Sprint were announced last spring.
Democratic lawmakers like Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Hank Johnson (D-GA) pressed Legere on whether the company was pining for favorability from the Trump administration in order to receive approval for the merger. Lawmakers were particularly concerned after reports surfaced last week that President Trump allegedly attempted to meddle in the AT&T and Time Warner merger, and were afraid Trump may be involving himself in this new telecommunications merger...
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Rolando, one of the first flagship iOS games, is getting a new remastered edition
The early days of the iOS App Store was a Wild West of content, but one of the biggest and best games around back then was Rolando, a puzzle platformer that was specifically built around the iPhone’s (still novel at the time) touchscreen and accelerometer technology.
The original game hasn’t been available for years, having been lost to the ravages of time (and iOS updates), but developer HandCircus has announced today that it’ll be bringing Rolando back with a new, remastered version called Rolando: Royal Edition.
We are super excited to announce ROLANDO : ROYAL EDITION! A lovingly remastered version of the iPhone classic. Pre-order now for 1/3 off at https://t.co/NtJQnePKtx ! RT'S *much* appreciated!! pic.twitter.com/0arMLjeB0O
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Twitter’s new beta app offers threaded replies, and it’s fine
In October, The Verge reported on new conversational features Twitter was testing in an effort to promote friendlier interactions on the often hostile site. Some of those features are now becoming more widely available — but only within twttr, a new public beta app that the company is using to test new features with the wider public. The Verge got access to twttr on Tuesday, and spent the past few hours reading and posting replies using the app’s new threading features.
The basic idea from October is still the same. In the flagship Twitter app, replies appear in a chaotic jumble. On twttr, replies are threaded in a way that might be familiar to users of Reddit. As more users interact with a tweet, additional replies are indented, giving...
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The Vergecast discusses breaking up Facebook, Google, and Amazon at SXSW
How would we break up the world’s most powerful companies? Live from SXSW, The Verge’s Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Casey Newton, and Ashley Carman discuss just how one might split up tech giants like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.
You can listen to their discussion in its entirety on The Vergecast right now. Below is a lightly edited excerpt from this interview about the complications of breaking up a giant company like Google.
Nilay Patel: How would you break up Google?
Dieter Bohn: So according to this rubric that Elizabeth Warren set up, if you run a platform utility, it’s got to be spun off. Either the platform utility or some other part of the company stuff that’s on it. So Google runs two big ass platforms that make big...
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Charlie Says Trailer Goes on a Wicked Ride with the Manson Girls
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First Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle 2 Photo Reunites The Cast
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was an unexpected mega-hit for Sony back in Christmas 2017. It’s no surprise, then, that a sequel – technically a second sequel, following the Robin Williams-starring original from 1995 – is set to arrive this December. The studio isn’t messing with the formula that worked so well in the last movie, either, as all four jungle-dwelling leads will be back. They’re even in the exact same costumes as last time.
You can see that for yourself in the image below, which marks our first look at the currently untitled sequel. From left to right, we have Kevin Hart as Mouse Finbar, Karen Gillan as Ruby Roundhouse, Jack Black as Professor Sheldon Oberon and, last but not least, Dwayne Johnson as Dr. Smolder Bravestone.
In fact, it was Johnson who shared the photo on his Instagram, teasing what’s in store in the film with a catchy rhyme:
“Yes, you’re favorite band is back ~ lookin’ lean (ish) and mean.
Even though things may not be as they seem
So buckle up world because soon we’ll all play
When a brand NEW JUMANJI drops this Holiday!
Oh the fun you’re gonna have.
Love,
The Smoldering Dr. Bravestone”
As established in the 2017 flick, these four aren’t characters in themselves but rather video game avatars for the four teens that were sucked into Jumanji. Those teens – namely, actors Ser’Darius Blain, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner and Alex Wolff – are all back as well for the sequel, so we assume it’s going to serve up much the same as last time. Johnson’s hint that “things may not be as they seem” though gives us hope that director Jake Kasdan and his team have got some new ideas up their sleeves.
Completing the line-up from the previous movie is Nick Jonas, back as his avatar Jefferson “Seaplane” McDonough. Joining Jumanji for the first time, however, are Awkwafina, Danny DeVito and Danny Glover, all in undisclosed roles. But will the sequel match the popularity of the previous film? We’ll have to play the (waiting) game and see when Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 2 roars into theaters on December 13th.
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Frank Oz Says The Star Wars: The Last Jedi Backlash Is Horse Crap
Earlier this week, renowned voice actor, puppeteer and director Frank Oz spoke at SXSW, where he lamented the current state of The Muppets and decried Sesame Street as “a shadow of what it was.” But while there are quite a few people out there who’d say the same about the Star Wars franchise, it turns out this is one property that still has the Yoda actor’s support.
Oz reprised his role as the beloved Jedi Master for Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and though the 2017 film proved divisive for longtime fans of the franchise, the Little Shop of Horrors helmsman argues that the movie’s detractors were just looking to be pandered to.
“I love the movie,” Oz said. “All the people who don’t like this Jedi thing is just horse crap. It’s about expectations. The movie didn’t fill their expectations. But as filmmakers, we’re not here to fulfill people’s expectations.”
Even Mark Hamill has gone on record admitting that he had trouble accepting some of the choices made in The Last Jedi. In a press junket back in 2017, for instance, the actor went as far as to say that he “almost had to think of Luke as another character,” before adding, “He’s not my Luke Skywalker.”
Since then, however, Hamill has seemingly softened on the movie, and in an interview earlier this month with Den of Geek, the star lamented how his old quotes are still being used as evidence that he “hated” the film. Oscar Isaac, meanwhile, offered some thoughts of his own last October on the backlash received by Star Wars: The Last Jedi, arguing that while the Prequel Trilogy also had plenty of detractors, social media has now made the negative responses all the more visible.
Regardless, the series continues with the release of Star Wars: Episode IX on December 20th, 2019. In the meantime, you can catch Oz in Johnson’s next film, Knives Out, which will be hitting theaters on November 27th.
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