Month: June 2021

Google is ditching a massively unpopular auction format that underpins an choice screen it offers in the European Union, it said today. Eligible search providers will be able to freely participate. The auction model was Google’s ‘remedy’ of choice — following the 2018 EU $5BN antitrust enforcement against Android — but rivals have always maintained
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As Marvel’s new Loki series makes plain, Loki is not restricted to one timeline like us mortals. Originating as a figure in Norse mythology, innumerable writers and artists have since created their own versions of the irrepressible pseudo-god. The most famous such adaptation is, of course, Marvel’s. Since his first appearance in 1962, Marvel Loki
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Amid talks of an upcoming Wedding Crashers 2, Owen Wilson clarified that the project is still in the very early stages of planning. The 52-year-old actor starred alongside Vince Vaughn in the 2005 hit comedy about two bachelors who would regularly crash wedding parties so they can seduce female guests. The film also featured actresses Rachel McAdams and Isla Fischer. Wedding Crashers became an
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News Lorde Updates Website With “Solar Power” Teaser “Arriving in 2021 … Patience is a virtue” By Matthew Strauss June 7, 2021 Facebook Twitter Lorde, June 2017 (Andrew Lipovsky/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter There’s a new photo on Lorde’s website: The cover artwork for something called “Solar Power.” The
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Apple is rolling out some updates to iCloud under the name iCloud+. The company is announcing those features at its developer conference. Existing paid iCloud users are going to get those iCloud+ features for the same monthly subscription price. In Safari, Apple is going to launch a new privacy feature called Private Relay. It sounds
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This week, Team Flash will say goodbye to Cisco Ramon as Carlos Valdes exits The CW’s The Flash and that departure means a whole new chapter for the series, one which will see Chester (Brandon McKnight) take over for Cisco as the team continues to protect Central City. Now, we have an idea of what
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We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you
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Would my horror journalist accreditation be revoked if I didn’t update my ranking of Warner Brothers’ Conjuring Universe (“Conjurverse,” to me) with every new canonical release? Of course not (because that’s not a real thing), but why not dissect totem dolls, sisterly sinners, and more possessions than Ash Williams could shake his boomstick at. What
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The conclusion of a classified US intelligence report on the existence of alien UFOs is… inconclusive, US media reported Friday. US military and intelligence found no evidence that seemingly highly advanced unidentified flying objects sighted by military pilots were alien spacecraft, the report concludes, according to The New York Times and other media briefed on
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Knockout City isn’t the dodgeball from your childhood. It’s an intense team-based multiplayer take on the grade school sport that combines simple, easy to pick up controls, with deceptively complex tactics and strategies that may be surprising coming from a game featuring this type of Saturday morning cartoon aesthetic. Its crisp, satisfying gameplay and multiplayer
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Clarence Williams III — famous for roles in “The Mod Squad,” “Half Baked” and several other movies and shows — has died. The veteran actor’s management team confirmed the sad news Sunday, saying Clarence had actually passed away Friday in L.A. due to colon cancer. CWIII had a long history with his craft … dating
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Originally announced back in April, Jaume Collet-Serra’s House of Wax remake is getting a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray from Scream Factory, and the release has been fully detailed today. “On July 13, Scream Factory proudly presents the modern cult classic House of Wax (2005) in the ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-ray release, featuring a new 2K scan
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