Jamaica Tallawahs registered a close, five-run victory over Barbados Tridents in CPL on Monday. This was Tallawahs’ third win in eight games, in which bowlers played a crucial part, and helped the team defend a modest total of 127.
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Samsung has announced a new image sensor for smartphones that it claims has the “smallest pixel size in the industry.” After introducing 0.8μm pixels on its 48- and now 64-megapixel sensors, which have seen widespread adoption from Chinese smartphone makers throughout 2019, Samsung is now producing the world’s first image sensor with 0.7μm pixels.
The ISOCELL Slim GH1 is a 43.7-megapixel (7,968×5,480) sensor designed to offer high resolution in a small physical size. Samsung says it offers “the optimum solution for slim full-display devices,” suggesting it’s intended for selfie cameras; the company currently offers a 32-megapixel 0.8μm sensor that’s often used that way.
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A new Galaxy S10 software update is bringing headline features from the Note 10 to Samsung’s other flagship phone line. SamMobile reports that the update is rolling out in certain regions right now for the Galaxy S10, S10 Plus, and S10E, and includes support for DeX PC connectivity, Live Focus blur effects in video recordings, and other camera features. It also includes this month’s Android security patch
Samsung revamped its DeX concept with the Note 10, letting you access your phone’s apps from any computer rather than requiring a separate monitor setup. Perhaps unsurprisingly, we found that it’s still a pretty inelegant solution, as these things tend to be. But edge-case functionality stands a better chance of working for anyone when...
Scotland will host New Zealand for a one-off ODI in June next year, the first time since 1999, Cricket Scotland announced on Monday.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Monday said that Australia's two-Test series against Bangladesh, which is part of the World Test Championship, has been postponed to June-July 2020.George Miller’s Justice League: Mortal is one of the great unmade DC movies, derailed in the late 2000s by the Hollywood writers strike and overlaps with Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. Although a planned documentary about the film never came to light, we have seen a lot of concept art and behind-the-scenes stories from the production’s bold take on the Justice League, and for Batman Day last Saturday, we received a new look at Armie Hammer’s Batman suit, courtesy of designer Ryan Unicomb’s Instagram feed.
The suit design, which you can see below, is described by Unicomb as so:
“The costume was a mixture of Kevlar and chain mail with a kind-of robotic exo-skeleton under his arms, legs and back designed to help Bruce fight crime even when his body was in its most broken state. Reflective paint over the eyes and chest would catch any available light, heightening his intimidating figure in the darkness. Thick padding around the neck would make sure no blows to the neck or throat would incapacitate him during battle.”
Although the concept never came to fruition, it does tie into the suit that Armie Hammer has previously discussed when talking about Justice League: Mortal‘s Dark Knight. The art adds to glimpses we’ve previously seen of Superman and Martian Manhunter costumes from the movie, too, as well as Wonder Woman and various pieces of in-development designs. In the meantime, some of the augmented Batsuit designs, themselves influenced by Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, surfaced in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.
It’s testament to the lasting interest in Justice League: Mortal that we’re still getting behind-the-scenes looks and talk about the film more than ten years after it was originally slated to be shot. Furthermore, many fans are still hoping that we’ll see Armie Hammer as a DC hero, with recent rumors linking him to the new Superman shortlist.
Tell us, though, what do you think of this new Batman art? As always, let us know in the comments down below.
The last Friday the 13th was one for the ages. No, we’re not talking about the dreadful 2009 remake of the horror classic. We quite literally mean Friday, September 13th. It was the first spooky calendar occurrence of 2019 and also happened to fall on a full moon, the 50th anniversary of Scooby-Doo and the day that fans celebrated the long-running series Supernatural.
For those who might’ve missed AMC’s all-day Friday the 13th marathon though, have no fear, as there’s another haunted holiday right around the corner. Shortly after Halloween, during which folks can experience even more horror on the movie channel, there will be another 13th of the month that falls at the end of the work week.
People online are now realizing that there’s one more Friday the 13th this year and it happens to fall in December, just a little less than two weeks before Christmas. Naturally, many are celebrating the news by dropping Nightmare Before Christmas references, along with vows to watch plenty of other scary movies that take place during the holiday season (Krampus, Gremlins, etc).
there’s a Friday the 13th in December…
…A nightmare before Christmas, you might say
— kourtney
(@__specialkay__) September 17, 2019
GUYS I HAVE IMPORTANT NEWS!
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So there is a Friday the 13th in December so it will truely be a nightmare before Christmaspic.twitter.com/i7enwxIvcs
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HBD
EMILY
(@Savydoesdisney) September 17, 2019
Theme for the Annual Christmas Party this year? The Nightmare Before Christmas on Friday December 13th
— Macy (@MacySteck) September 22, 2019
the fact that…. there’s a friday the 13th this december. already got my plans and it involves all 3 of these movies. https://t.co/8CON79O4K7
— MIC! (@chaelawootton) September 21, 2019
my moms bday is gonna land on Friday the 13th In December this year. I’m tryna convince her to get matching tattoos of Jack Skellington
— Deighvyd (@WatItDoDayveed) September 18, 2019
update: i might get a tattoo of zero on this day now
— kourtney
Of course, the special date will also mark the release of Blumhouse’s upcoming remake of Black Christmas. The highly-anticipated horror flick stars Imogen Poots, Lily Donoghue, Aleyse Shannon and Brittany O’Grady. The film was directed by Sophia Takal from a script she co-wrote with April Wolfe.
From what we understand, the plot follows a group of young sorority girls who are being stalked by a psychotic lunatic during the holiday break. They try to keep themselves safe from the murderer, but soon learn that it may be too late. While the reimagining of the brutal story will definitely pay its respects to the first installment, there’s also expected to be more than a few shocking surprises along the way.
Black Christmas will be released on Friday the 13th in December and will be a perfect way for hardcore horror fans to celebrate both holidays that month.
It’s hard to think of a more influential and iconic horror filmmaker than “The Master Of Horror” himself: John Carpenter. Not only is he a multi-disciplined craftsman – he’s known to direct, produce, write and score his own pics – but he’s also comfortable working within a variety of contrasting genres.
That all being said, it’s safe to say that the horror genre is the American filmmaker’s real bread and butter, hence his illustrious nickname. Though Carpenter has been relatively quiet as of late – the last flick he directed was 2010’s The Ward, while the last movie he produced and scored was last year’s brilliant Halloween reboot – he did sit down recently to answer some questions regarding the modern horror genre as a whole, and here’s what he had to share:
“No, I see the plumbing,” Carpenter said when asked if modern horror movies scare him these days. “You have to be young, young is good, and know a little less [to get scared]. But when a movie does affect me, that means it’s great because it’s gotten past all my sensors.”
“There was a movie a few years ago I thought was just fabulous,” Carpenter admitted. “It was called Let The Right One In. I believe that was a Swedish film. Oh, man, that was terrific. Just terrific. It just reinvented the vampire myth quite a bit. And I liked it.”
From 1978’s revolutionary slasher Halloween, to 1982’s sci-fi chiller The Thing, to 1994’s apocalyptic Lovecraftian tale In The Mouth Of Madness, Carpenter has always been a pioneer, pushing boundaries across a number of genres. As a result, many younger filmmakers often end up emulating his iconic, influential style. (I’m looking at you It Follows!)
“They shouldn’t emulate anybody,” Carpenter advised. “That’s what these new filmmakers should do. They should be themselves. Pave their own way.”
The Master Of Horror did go on to touch on two other modern horror filmmakers that are currently making really fresh films in the genre as well, Jordan Peele (Get Out) and Ari Aster (Hereditary), respectively: “They’re doing great. So they got to keep going.”
We certainly agree with that, but tell us, how do you feel about John Carpenter‘s recent comments? Let us know in the usual place down below.
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A new Galaxy S10 software update is bringing headline features from the Note 10 to Samsung’s other flagship phone line. SamMobile reports that the update is rolling out in certain regions right now for the Galaxy S10, S10 Plus, and S10E, and includes support for DeX PC connectivity, Live Focus blur effects in video recordings, and other camera features. It also includes this month’s Android security patch
Samsung revamped its DeX concept with the Note 10, letting you access your phone’s apps from any computer rather than requiring a separate monitor setup. Perhaps unsurprisingly, we found that it’s still a pretty inelegant solution, as these things tend to be. But edge-case functionality stands a better chance of working for anyone when...
Using CTRL-Labs’ wristband prototype required intense concentration, but not actual muscle movement. CEO Thomas Reardon, left, led development of the Internet Explorer browser before co-founding CTRL-Labs in 2015. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Facebook today announced that it will acquire neural interface startup CTRL-Labs, a company that makes a wristband capable of transmitting electrical signals from the brain into computer input.
The deal, which CNBC reports is worth around $1 billion, is the most substantial acquisition Facebook has made in the last half decade, since it paid $2 billion to acquire virtual reality company Oculus VR in 2014. It also marks a substantial increase in investment in Facebook’s growing hardware ambitions, as the CTRL-Labs tech will be put to use in future augmented and virtual reality projects at the social network.
Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, the head of AR and...
Using CTRL-Labs’ wristband prototype required intense concentration, but not actual muscle movement. CEO Thomas Reardon, left, led development of the Internet Explorer browser before co-founding CTRL-Labs in 2015. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Facebook today announced that it will acquire neural interface startup CTRL-Labs, a company that makes a wristband capable of transmitting electrical signals from the brain into computer input.
The deal, which CNBC reports is worth around $1 billion, is the most substantial acquisition Facebook has made in the last half decade, since it paid $2 billion to acquire virtual reality company Oculus VR in 2014. It also marks a substantial increase in investment in Facebook’s growing hardware ambitions, as the CTRL-Labs tech will be put to use in future augmented and virtual reality projects at the social network.
Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, the head of AR and...
