Month: May 2022

I’ve been learning Arabic for a couple of years, after one of my previous startups had a large-ish team of developers in Egypt. Even though I’m only a novice, I did spot something truly bizarre in today’s keynote at Google I/O: A bunch of the languages on the slide are … wrong? The text in
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Jurassic Park, Steven Spielberg’s 1993 dinosaur tale, is littered with iconic moments. There’s the first meeting between John Hammond, Ellie Sattler, and Alan Grant, the initial appearance of the Tyrannosaurus rex and the showdown with the raptors in the kitchen. But amid the amazing action and impeccable quotes, there’s one element that truly stands out:
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A quick Easter egg in this year’s Scream revealed that Scream 4 character Kirby Reed (Hayden Panettiere) survived her encounter with Ghostface, leaving fans wondering if we’d see the fan favorite character again in a sequel.  It’s official: Kirby will be back for Scream 6!  THR reports that Panettiere has signed on for the sequel, making her the first legacy character
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Hulu’s Sally Rooney book adaptation Normal People was my absolute favorite TV show of 2020: a magnificently moving, beautifully rendered portrait of young love, with all its dizzying highs and lows. So I was excited when I heard Hulu was adapting another Rooney novel, Conversations With Friends, and bringing back Normal People director Lenny Abrahamson
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During today’s Indie World presentation, Nintendo announced a plethora of games coming to the Switch console. From the 20 indies games shown, there will be something for everyone to look forward to ranging from noir-punk to action-adventure to soulslike to platformers. Here’s the list of games shown during today’s Nintendo presentation: Another Crab’s Treasure: Developed
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Offering a sneak preview of the Pixel 7 wasn’t enough, so Google’s really leaning in. Today at I/O, the company announced that it’s returning to the tablet business with a new device set for, get this, a 2023 launch. “Normally we wouldn’t tease a new product before it’s ready,” said Google’s hardware chief Rick Osterloh,
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There are times when only a gothic novel will do, and such times call for Gallant (7.5 hours) by V. E. Schwab, author of the Shades of Magic series. Everything you could possibly want is present in Schwab’s latest standalone: a mysterious manuscript, a haunted house (the titular Gallant) and an unlikely heroine in the
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Google’s developer conference Google I/O is back, which means that the company has a few things to announce. During the opening keynote, Google is expected to unveil new hardware products, new software updates and new features for Google’s ecosystem. The conference starts at 10 AM Pacific Time (1 PM on the East Cost, 6 PM
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Can you hear the people? Can you hear the people sing? Rejoice? Celebrate? Blessed be everything and everyone because Veronica Fuentes is finally freaking gone! It only took all season. One can’t think of a better outcome for New Amsterdam Season 4 Episode 20 than Veronica crying her crocodile tears as she walked out of
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Writer/Director Eskil Vogt’s The Innocents delivers one of the more complex and disturbing depictions of childhood in recent memory (read my review). A seemingly ordinary summer vacation at the playground becomes anything but when a group of children discovers emerging supernatural abilities. Their innocent play and exploration quickly take a dark turn. Vogt, who co-wrote Thelma, is no
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The IG determined that the basing decision “complied with Federal Law and DoD policy and that the process was reasonable” WASHINGTON — After a year-long investigation, the Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General concluded that the January 2021 recommendation to relocate U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama, was reasonable and not
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