Gravitational wave astronomy has just given us another amazing gift: the first observational confirmation of one of Stephen Hawking‘s predictions about black holes. An analysis of the very first gravitational wave detection made back in 2015, GW150914, has confirmed Hawking’s area theorem. It states that, under classical physics, the area of the event horizon of
Month: July 2021
Edtech startup Microverse has tapped new venture funding in its quest to help train students across the globe to code through its online school that requires zero upfront cost, instead relying on an income-share agreement that kicks in when students find a job. The startup tells TechCrunch it has closed a $12.5 million Series A
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are planning to say their vows soon — like, potentially, July 4 weekend soon. The engaged singers applied for their marriage license Tuesday in Oklahoma … according to the Johnston County Court Clerk. The clock’s now ticking for Blake and Gwen to walk down the aisle — in Oklahoma folks
Madden NFL 22 decided to show players what their home-field advantage will be this time around. EA Sports is adding some special buffs for the 2022 season. M-Factors are back for each team in the NFL and the company wanted every division to be able to see their perks at a glance. There’s a ton
Carly and the gang attended a wedding of one of Carly’s biggest nemeses — Nevel Papperman. Carly got suspicious of the wedding quickly, and the resulting antics end up creating quite a few laughs. Meanwhile, Harper and Spencer try to get the phone numbers of as many people as possible while at the wedding. iCarly
Welcome to Revenge of the Remakes, where columnist Matt Donato takes us on a journey through the world of horror remakes. We all complain about Hollywood’s lack of originality whenever studios announce new remakes, reboots, and reimaginings, but the reality? Far more positive examples of refurbished classics and updated legacies exist than you’re willing to remember
Of course, without the Bruce Lee reference, Uma Thurman wouldn’t understand the significance of the jumpsuit. Thurman was thinking about how she would look on the big screen. The color and look of the jumpsuit would throw anybody off if no context was given. Even though this was eventually remedied, maybe Quentin Tarantino should’ve told
The Fuser July DLC has been annou– Wait, July? July?! It’s already July? Well. That explains the heat. Anyway, the Fuser DLC for the month of July has just been announced, with the following tracks (asterisks indicate that the track is free for all players): ATB, Topic, A7S “Your Love (9PM)” Beast Business “Royce Please”*
New normal. Record-breaking. Unprecedented. In recent days, as Western Canada and the United States have been broiling under a climate-fueled heat crisis, all sorts of superlatives have been used to describe never-before-seen temperatures: the British Columbia community of Lytton hit a mind-boggling 49.5 C on June 29, breaking all-time temperature records three days in a
This afternoon Robinhood filed to go public. TechCrunch’s first look at its results can be found here. Now that we’ve done a first dig, we can take the time to dive into the company’s filing more deeply. Robinhood’s IPO has long been anticipated not only because there are billions of dollars in capital riding on
News Hum’s Bryan St. Pere Dies at 52 St. Pere drummed for the Champaign, Illinois rock band during its original run and on the 2020 comeback album Inlet By Matthew Strauss July 1, 2021 Facebook Twitter Bryan St. Pere, photo courtesy of Hum and Polyvinyl Record Co. Facebook Twitter Bryan St. Pere, the drummer of
Throughout his career, filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld has taken on a number of ambitious projects, with projects like The Addams Family and Men in Black series both being wildly different from one another, though a unifying factor in his work is an unconventional and heightened approach to various subject matters. In this regard, it took many
Announced at the tail end of last year, Disney is working on the first-ever television series set within the Alien universe for FX/Hulu, with Noah Hawley (“Legion,” “Fargo”) developing. What we know so far, which isn’t very much at all, is that the series will be set on Earth. FX had teased, “Expect a scary thrill ride set not
The official YouTube channel for EA’s long-dormant Dead Space series has been updated for the first time in a long time, suggesting a new game announcement could be imminent. The horror games haven’t seen a new mainline entry since 2013’s Dead Space 3, despite fans calling for its revival. With recent rumors of a Dead Space reboot, the
Developer DotEmu has good news to share for those of you who are looking forward to the upcoming Streets of Rage 4 downloadable content as it has finally received a release date. You can get the new Mr. X Nightmare on Thursday 15th July and the DLC gives you three new playable characters and a
Instagram is building its own version of Twitter’s Super Follow with a feature that would allow online creators to publish “exclusive” content to their Instagram Stories that’s only available to their fans — access that would likely come with a subscription payment of some kind. Instagram confirmed the screenshots of the feature recently circulated across
Britney Spears‘s lawyer asked the judge in her conservatorship case to boot her father Jamie Spears as the conservator of her estate, but a judge just shot that down and says Jamie stays — at least for now. Britney’s lawyer, Sam Ingham, actually asked the court to suspend Jamie from conservatorship duties back in November
Stuntwoman Dayna Grant, who has worked on films and shows like Wonder Woman 1984, Mulan, Mad Max: Fury Road, Xena, and Ash Vs. Evil Dead, was recently injured on set, and now needs emergency brain surgery. Grant then created a givealittle crowdfunding page, revealing more details about the injury, which was diagnosed as an 8mm
Child actor Justin Shenkarow was only 12 years old when he took on the role of his life as the older of the two sons Matthew Brock — who navigated the bizarre town in Wisconsin while his parents try to keep the peace in the madness — in the classic ’90s American drama “Picket Fences.”
Casting continues on HBO‘s “The Last of Us” television series, with Deadline reporting today that Nico Parker (Dumbo, pictured above) is the latest actor to join the project. Parker will be playing Joel’s daughter Sarah Miller, who we briefly met early on in the original Last of Us video game. Sarah, who we start the game playing
Lionsgate’s Nicolas Cage self parody feature The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent will open on April 22, 2022. The title was previously unset. In the action comedy, Nicolas Cage stars as… Nicolas Cage. Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalized version of Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous
We’ve just had confirmation of the free Xbox titles to be distributed through the Xbox Games With Gold scheme for July, and we’ve already seen the power of Xbox Game Pass deliver a ton of new titles to the service over the most recent month, but today 5 more games get added to Xbox Game
WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched 88 satellites on a Falcon 9 June 30 on the company’s second dedicated smallsat rideshare mission. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 3:31 p.m. Eastern, more than halfway into a nearly hourlong launch window because of weather. A launch attempt
Jaguar Land Rover is developing a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle based on the new Defender SUV, and plans to begin testing the prototype next year. The prototype program, known as Project Zeus, is part of JLR’s larger aim to only produce zero-tailpipe emissions vehicles by 2036. JLR has also made a commitment to have zero
News dvsn and Ty Dolla $ign Share New Song ft. Mac Miller: Listen “I Believed It” features a verse from the late rapper By Madison Bloom July 1, 2021 Facebook Twitter dvsn, Ty Dolla $ign (Photo by Blair Brown). Facebook Twitter dvsn and Ty Dolla $ign have linked up for a new song called “I