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A new Philips Hue lightstrip is on the way, and this one is meant to be mounted to the back of your TV where it can flash and glow along with whatever’s on-screen. The Hue line has a number of lightstrips already, but this new one — called the Philips Hue Play gradient lightstrip — can display different colors across different segments of the strip, whereas the old ones were limited to a single color. That’s supposed to allow for a much more immersive effect when mounted to your TV.
You’ll need to buy some extra gear in order to make this lightstrip work, though. It requires a Hue Bridge and the Philips Hue Play HDMI sync box if you want to use it on your TV, or the Hue Bridge and the Philips Hue Sync app if you want to use it on a...
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A new Philips Hue lightstrip is on the way, and this one is meant to be mounted to the back of your TV where it can flash and glow along with whatever’s on-screen. The Hue line has a number of lightstrips already, but this new one — called the Philips Hue Play gradient lightstrip — can display different colors across different segments of the strip, whereas the old ones were limited to a single color. That’s supposed to allow for a much more immersive effect when mounted to your TV.
You’ll need to buy some extra gear in order to make this lightstrip work, though. It requires a Hue Bridge and the Philips Hue Play HDMI sync box if you want to use it on your TV, or the Hue Bridge and the Philips Hue Sync app if you want to use it on a...
Fujifilm has announced a new 50mm X-series lens with an unprecedented f/1.0 aperture. The XF 50mmF1.0 R WR is the world’s first f/1 autofocus lens for mirrorless cameras, according to Fujifilm, and marks the 35th X-series lens the company has produced. Its field of view is about 75mm-equivalent on Fujifilm’s APS-C sensors.
Fujifilm’s previous fastest lens was the 56mm f/1.2, which is the aperture that companies like Canon and Nikon also tend to top out at when designing autofocus lenses. While Canon did make an autofocus 50mm f/1.0 for its DSLRs at one point, it was discontinued decades ago. Nikon and Leica have made f/0.95 lenses before, but they only worked with manual focus. Large apertures allow the user to achieve shallower depth of...
Fujifilm has announced a new 50mm X-series lens with an unprecedented f/1.0 aperture. The XF 50mmF1.0 R WR is the world’s first f/1 autofocus lens for mirrorless cameras, according to Fujifilm, and marks the 35th X-series lens the company has produced. Its field of view is about 75mm-equivalent on Fujifilm’s APS-C sensors.
Fujifilm’s previous fastest lens was the 56mm f/1.2, which is the aperture that companies like Canon and Nikon also tend to top out at when designing autofocus lenses. While Canon did make an autofocus 50mm f/1.0 for its DSLRs at one point, it was discontinued decades ago. Nikon and Leica have made f/0.95 lenses before, but they only worked with manual focus. Large apertures allow the user to achieve shallower depth of...
Lendl Simmons smahed 96 as Trinbago Knight Riders won their eighth game on the trot in the CPL 2020.
Abu Dhabi Cricket and the Zayed Cricket Stadium are taking all possible precautions to ensure the preparation for the IPL 2020 goes off without a hitch.
A member of the BCCI's medical commission who is in UAE for IPL 2020 has tested positive coronavirus. This takes the number of confirmed cases in the IPL to 14.
The wait is finally over and the Blue team has some good news. Intel has unveiled the much-awaited “Tiger Lake” processors. This includes the 11 gen Core i7, i5, and i3 CPUs for slim laptops. Tiger Lake, as you may know already, is fabbed on Intel’s ‘Willow Cove’ CPU architecture. The new chips (coupled w/ […]
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Kane Richardson, who recently pulled out of the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad ahead of the IPL 2020, said that he couldn't live with the idea of missing the birth of his first child.
One of England's most extraordinary seasons will end with them facing arch-rivals Australia as both sides try to strike a balance between playing their strongest limited-overs teams and keeping an eye on the future.People around the globe remain in a state of unrest as the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc, having reached 26 million worldwide cases and nearly a million deaths, all but ensuring that 2020 has no intention of offering us a reprieve by the end of the year. The United States is still shouldering the brunt of the outbreak with 258,000 cases alone, and with lawmakers in a seemingly never-ending state of contention regarding the advice of health officials, it’s likely to remain that way for the foreseeable future.
It’s a scary time for anyone in the US, of course, with the overwhelming majority opting to social distance and spend more time at home with their families. But even a quick trip to the grocery store could lead to infection for the unlucky among us, and because of that, no one is truly safe from the pandemic right now – including celebrities.
Dwayne Johnson took to Instagram this week to inform his fans that he and his family tested positive for COVID-19, citing it as one of the most difficult things they’ve ever had to endure together. Thankfully, he also stated that everyone had recovered and were no longer considered contagious, meaning that they’ve hopefully avoided any serious complications from the virus.
Naturally, due to Johnson being one of Hollywood’s most likeable people, it didn’t take long for his fans to begin piping up with well wishes, prayers and positive thinking to show support for the actor and his family. And you can take a look at a few of the loving tweets below:
Yikes! I hope they all are doing better. Prayers. I wish the virus would go away.
— Amber
(@Amber2548) September 3, 2020
Praying for The Rock and several of his family members as they have COVID-19!#PrayForRock
— MARACLE (@MaracleMan) September 2, 2020
Sending positive vibes your way @TheRock! I know you and your family will kick this virus' ass in no time!
— Blaynehausen (@BlayneKyle) September 3, 2020
How scary is it that The Rock and his family ALL tested positive for Covid-19. Wishing them all a very speedy recovery
— Just A Wrestling Chick (@AWrestlingGal2) September 3, 2020
Oh boy! 2020 is really a Bitch!
Speedy recovery you The Rock and his beautiful family!
@TheRock https://t.co/nlli9BxGyK
— Tracee Y. Millard, Esq.
(@YVETRA) September 3, 2020
Love ya Rock.. Glad you & the family are much better now. 2020 has completely sucked..
— davidK786 (@davidK786) September 3, 2020
— John E. Armstrong (@JohnEArmstrong) September 3, 2020
Just heard something terrible. I was watching something that said that @TheRock had COVID 19 if this true my prayers to the Johnson family get well soon
— #eldesconocido (@tonyg2121) September 3, 2020
Come on @TheRock rock bottom that virus and lay the smackdown on his ass I'm praying for you and your family
— Enigmafgc (@mklizack87) September 3, 2020
2020 tryna take the rock away from us and i ain't about to let that happen pic.twitter.com/MfkJMDTVti
— Clucker (@Cluckerrrr) September 3, 2020
It’s always nice to see such an outpouring of support from fans of someone who has touched so many people’s lives in a positive way, and it’s relieving to know Dwayne Johnson and his family are on the road to a total recovery from a virus that has taken such a toll on the world this year. Now, do yourself a favor and stay inside watching his movies so you can keep safe, too.
New Zealand cricket coach Gary Stead said one of the things that made him want to stay on in the role until after the 2023 World Cup, to be held in India, was the depth of talent the country had developed across all three formats of the game.
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On Monday, Dana Simmons came downstairs to find her 12-year-old son, Lazare, in tears. He’d completed the first assignment for his seventh-grade history class on Edgenuity, an online platform for virtual learning. He’d received a 50 out of 100. That wasn’t on a practice test — it was his real grade.
“He was like, I’m gonna have to get a 100 on all the rest of this to make up for this,” said Simmons in a phone interview with The Verge. “He was totally dejected.”
At first, Simmons tried to console her son. “I was like well, you know, some teachers grade really harshly at the beginning,” said Simmons, who is a history professor herself. Then, Lazare clarified that he’d received his grade less than a second after submitting his answers. A...
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On Monday, Dana Simmons came downstairs to find her 12-year-old son, Lazare, in tears. He’d completed the first assignment for his seventh-grade history class on Edgenuity, an online platform for virtual learning. He’d received a 50 out of 100. That wasn’t on a practice test — it was his real grade.
“He was like, I’m gonna have to get a 100 on all the rest of this to make up for this,” said Simmons in a phone interview with The Verge. “He was totally dejected.”
At first, Simmons tried to console her son. “I was like well, you know, some teachers grade really harshly at the beginning,” said Simmons, who is a history professor herself. Then, Lazare clarified that he’d received his grade less than a second after submitting his answers. A...
Stephen King’s many novels have been replicated almost as often in TV and film. Some have been lasting triumphs (hello The Shining), others most certainly haven’t. One that fell firmly into the latter was a 2017 adaptation of his cross-genre epic The Dark Tower. That movie, which starred Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, compressed 8 books-worth of material into a flimsy 90-minute studio job.
Clearly then, the opportunity to make a definitive screen-version of the series remains open, and there’s no shortage of would-be suitors. In a recent interview with Syfy, horror filmmaker Mike Flanagan voiced his desire to make a Dark Tower adaptation, describing it as the “Holy Grail”:
“The Dark Tower is forever going to be the story I wish I could tell. That would be the Holy Grail. I mean, talk about an adaptation challenge… So many very talented people have poured so much time and heart and soul and blood, sweat and tears trying to crack that.”
Flanagan has already directed one King project, applying his talents to last year’s Doctor Sleep, so it’s not inconceivable then that he’d be in a position to helm another. However, as he acknowledges in the interview, doing so would be an unenviable task. The Dark Tower has proven particularly difficult to realise on-screen, with 2017’s failed movie and an unmade Amazon TV show the most public near-misses to date.
There are at least some reasons to be hopeful though. As far as cinema goes, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter remain unbeatable blueprints for adapting multi-book sagas, even if the most recent attempt chose instead to ape Percy Jackson. Alternatively, TV may be the more natural fit, and the form can be a very fertile environment for quality in 2020. Production values in the best shows are now at a cinematic standard. With the requisite resources (a lorry-load of cash would do), and a director as passionate as Flanagan, who’s to say a new Dark Tower couldn’t get it right?
