Apple is bringing one of streaming’s trendiest features to iPhone users with the debut of SharePlay in iOS 15 later this year, allowing FaceTime users to stream music, online videos, and movies together with friends. The move positions FaceTime to compete more directly with platforms like Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and Houseparty, which all offer ways… Read more
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Cooler Master MM720 Review: Respawn
Our Verdict The Cooler Master MM720 is a unique gaming mouse that improves on its predecessor, the Spawn, with a case, sensor and cable that compete with other high-end mice. For + Unique design with ring finger support + Pure PTFE feet + Very lightweight, flexible cord Against – Side buttons can be hard to… Read more
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It hit me this morning that there is no new episode of Mare of Easttown on this evening and I felt a little sad, but wow what a finale. Emmys for Kate Winslet and Julianne Nicholson, please (and be sure to read Sophie Gilbert’s excellent analysis in The Atlantic of the way women and mothers… Read more
read more...New Trailers: The Tomorrow War, Eternals, Infinite, Werewolves Within, and more
So tonight is the finale for Mare of Easttown and there are so many threads that need to be tied up that I legitimately don’t know how they’ll answer all the open questions. I have a theory of who the killer is, and I don’t think it’s the same person who fathered Erin’s baby. Will… Read more
read more...Chelsea vs Leicester City live stream: how to watch the Premier League in 4K on TV or for free, team news
How to watch a Chelsea vs Leicester City live stream wherever you are in the world; team news, kick-off time.
read more...Meet the real Alexa: voice actor reportedly responsible for Amazon’s AI assistant revealed
Amazon’s Alexa has a voice familiar to millions: calm, warm, and measured. But like most synthetic speech, its tones have a human origin. There was someone whose voice had to be recorded, analyzed, and algorithmically reproduced to create Alexa as we know it now. Amazon has never revealed who this “original Alexa” is, but journalist… Read more
read more...Tim Sweeney emailed Tim Cook personally to call for open app sales after WWDC in 2015
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney was asking Apple to open its phones to other app stores as early as 2015, according to new emails made public as part of the companies’ antitrust trial. Under the subject line “iOS as an open platform,” Sweeney emailed Apple CEO Tim Cook directly to make the case for allowing… Read more
read more...English soccer teams have started a four-day social media boycott to protest online abuse
English soccer teams and organizations are all shutting down their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts for the weekend as part of a massive social media blackout to advocate for better policies regarding discrimination and abuse that players and members of clubs receive on those platforms. English football will unite for a social media boycott from… Read more
read more...Samsung’s latest foldable phone perk is free dessert
Samsung is giving owners of its foldable phones some free dessert. Specifically, an order of “Chef Daniel Boulud’s signature Madeleines and Canelé,” designed by the chef exclusively for Samsung’s Galaxy Z Premier program, which offers Galazy Z Fold and Flip owners free perks in exchange for having bought the luxury-styled phones. The new perk is… Read more
read more...The first trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings debuts Marvel’s latest martial arts hero
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has gotten its first trailer, showing off the high-flying martial arts action and a new hero for the interconnected universe of Marvel films and shows: Shang-Chi (Simu Liu), who’s known in the comics as Marvel’s preeminent master of martial arts. The trailer serves as a short introduction… Read more
read more...Nvidia is building new Arm CPUs again: Nvidia Grace, for the data center
We’ve barely heard a peep out of Nvidia on the CPU front for years, after the lackluster arrival of its Project Denver CPU and its associated Tegra K1 mobile processors in 2014. But now, the company’s getting back into CPUs in a big way with the new Nvidia Grace, an Arm-based processing chip specifically designed… Read more
read more...Real Madrid vs Barcelona live stream: how to watch El Clásico 2021 for free
El Clásico returns on Saturday as Real Madrid host Barcelona in a pivotal La Liga clash that could help decide this season’s Spanish title. All eyes will be on the Estadio Di Stefano for the biggest Clásico in decades. Both teams need to win if they’re to have a chance of challenging table-toppers Atletico Madrid…. Read more
read more...Top Gun: Maverick is the latest major blockbuster to skip the summer movie season
Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel to the ’80s classic Top Gun starring Tom Cruise, will now premiere on November 19th, according to Deadline. It was previously slated to open on July 2nd — which itself was a delay from December 23rd, 2020. Maverick’s delay is the latest shift in this summer’s movie slate, which, like… Read more
read more...Intel Ice Lake Xeon Platinum 8380 Review: 10nm Debuts for the Data Center
Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel’s long-delayed 10nm+ third-gen Xeon Scalable Ice Lake processors mark an important step forward for the company as it attempts to fend off intense competition from AMD’s 7nm EPYC Milan processors that top out at 64 cores, a key advantage over Intel’s existing 14nm Cascade Lake Refresh that tops out… Read more
read more...E3 2021 Will Be All-Digital and Free of Charge
Home News (Image credit: Electronic Software Association) E3 2021 will be an all-digital event. The Electronic Software Association has announced that this year’s event, which will be free of charge, will take place from June 12 to June 15. Last year, the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is still ongoing. For… Read more
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