Researchers on the hunt to settle a long-standing debate ended up rewriting the timeline of ancient human history in the process. For years, archaeologists have argued over an ancient culture with the unwieldy title: the Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician technocomplex. Even scientists know that’s a mouthful, so they call it the LRJ for short. The LRJ is characterized
Month: February 2024
Splatoon 3 continues to get a lot of support from Nintendo, and it shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. There is going to be more DLC coming in the next couple of days that is part of the Expansion Pass, and the game is getting updated very regularly with new updates that adds
Critics aren’t a homogenous bunch, though there is this enduring belief that critics are innately hostile toward horror movies. This past weekend, users on Reddit questioned whether critics and review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes were too harsh on the genre. The veracity is challenging to unpack. On one hand, I’ve always believed that critics don’t need
Android 15 is still under development, but on Friday, February 16, Google released the first Developer Preview of the upcoming operating system. The tech giant said that the new Android software will largely focus on security, and a new report claims to have found three new ways it will make your smartphone and your sensitive
The Presidents Day Weekend was like a little Christmas gift for Broadway, with grosses for the 23 productions posting a hefty 27% increase over the previous week, topping out at $26,946,864. More than 94% of available seats were filled during the week ending February 18, with total attendance at 201,227, a modest 7% bump over
It has been revealed that the best-selling cassettes in the US last year were all Taylor Swift or Guardians Of The Galaxy. According to a new report shared by Billboard, Swift has earned two spots on the top five best-selling cassettes from 2023. ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)‘ holds the Number Two spot and ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s
Gazing out upon the apparently unchanging sea of stars around us, it’s tempting to think of the Milky Way galaxy as static and everything within it as fixed and immutable. While the timescales on which our galaxy moves often defies human experience, move it does indeed. Not all of these dynamic processes are easy to
Some may look at an early clip of Kingmakers and think they already know what to expect: tactical battles in which you command medieval armies across sweeping battlefields. And that’s partially true. But this new title by Redemption Road Games features an unexpected and absolutely absurd twist. We’ll let the trailer speak for itself. In
Fans of true crime will be excited about this news. Dennis Quaid is set to lead the cast of the upcoming Paramount+ series, ‘Happy Face.’ This series, inspired by real events, delves into the dark narrative of a notorious serial killer and the profound impact on his family, particularly his daughter. “Happy Face” is rooted
5G services began rolling out in India in October 2022. Reliance Jio and Airtel, two of the country’s leading telecom operators, were the first to offer 5G services to their customers. They have over 125 million 5G subscribers between them. The companies have been offering 5G connectivity at existing 4G rates and including unlimited 5G data with
Christian Bale is one of the best actors of his generation. His commitment to his roles is astounding, and he’s often unrecognizable on screen. From losing over 60 pounds for his harrowing role in The Machinist, to gaining 40 pounds to play Dick Chaney in Vice, Bale has consistently put his body through the ringer
Each of the Beatles will be the subject of his own biopic in a new Sam Mendes tetralogy set for 2027—the first scripted Beatles films with rights to the band’s life stories and music catalog. Mendes, the director of American Beauty, Skyfall, and 1917, conceived the project and will direct the four movies, one from
WASHINGTON — A United Nations committee will study the interference risks that satellite constellations pose to astronomy, a year after rejecting a similar proposal to do so. At the conclusion of the meeting earlier this month of its scientific and technical subcommittee, the U.N.’s Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) agreed to
It seems like half the world is having fun in Helldivers 2 at the moment – well, when the game’s poor servers are allowing them to – and it looks like mechs, a promised feature that’ll likely make the game even more of a blast, are close to being ready to chuck out into the
Book Riot Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz is a writer and former bookseller from San Diego, CA whose Spanish is even faster than her English. When not reading or writing, she enjoys dreaming up travel itineraries and drinking entirely too much tea. She is a regular co-host on the All the Books podcast who especially loves
The long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is still without a release date here in 2024, and Stephen King has once more taken to Twitter this week to ask the big question: WHAT’S THE DEAL?! Originally set for theatrical release on September 9, 2022, the new Stephen King adaptation was recently bumped
Meizu, the Chinese consumer electronics brand, has officially announced its exit from the Android smartphone business. The company launched the Meizu 21 in China in November 2023, and it might now become its last traditional phone to hit the market. The brand also revealed that it will now be focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) and
Assassin’s Creed Mirage finally adds permadeath mode after several delays. Last year, Assassin’s Creed Mirage fans were looking forward to permadeath mode before developer Ubisoft announced that it would have to push the update out of 2023. Fortunately, players did get New Game Plus mode last year, but permadeath has been the thing players have
Focus Features will open its Sundance Film Festival acquisition Dìdi on July 26. The movie from Oscar nominee Sean Wang premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it received critical and audience acclaim, winning both the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award and the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast. Inspired by Wang’s
Swedish House Mafia have announced a huge six-week residency at the famed Ushuaïa venue in Ibiza later this year. The trio of Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso took to social media this past weekend to announce the residency, their first in Ibiza in over a decade. Per their post, they will perform for six
Scientists are investigating whether an oral drug sprinkled with gold nanoparticles could one day treat neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis. The experimental medicine, called CNM-Au8, has now shown success in boosting the brain’s metabolism in phase II clinical trials. Research on the safety and efficacy of the daily drug is still ongoing, but
Pi, a mathematical constant denoted by the Greek letter π, is the ratio of a circle’s circumference C to its diameter d: π = C/d. The circumference of a circle is, in turn, equal to 2πr, where r is the circle’s radius. No matter how big or small a circle is, this relationship will always
Welcome to The Overlooked Motel, a place where under-seen and unappreciated films are given their moment in the spotlight. I hope you enjoy your stay here and find the accommodations to be suitable. Now, please take a seat and make yourself comfortable. I have some misbehaving guests to ‘correct.’ Watch the latest episode below: Today’s pick
WhatsApp will soon get an important safety feature that will help users in India avoid misinformation, especially those generated by artificial intelligence (AI), and deepfakes. Meta and the Misinformation Combat Alliance (MCA) announced on Monday that they will soon launch a helpline on WhatsApp where users will be able to report all such instances. The
My Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. “Jen-Sational – Part 04” Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat has always been a beacon of hope even when things are at their worst. The woman keeps the cheer meter dialed to eleven, that’s for sure. Being married to the literal son of Satan, dying, then escaping hell itself
It took a lot of people, including the star-studded cast of Oppenheimer, to make it a financial and critical success, so it can be forgiven if someone can’t remember all of the people responsible for bringing it to theaters. What is harder to forgive are holes in security at award shows, and it seems that
The 2024 Roots Picnic lineup is here, with top billing for a special New Orleans celebration from Lil Wayne and the Roots, featuring Trombone Shorty, PJ Morton, and others. Jill Scott co-headlines, with André 3000, Nas, Gunna, and Victoria Monét among the other big names. The festival takes place at the Mann in Fairmount Park,
If you thought you had a voracious appetite, you’ve got nothing on a newly discovered supermassive black hole. The black hole at the center of a quasar galaxy called J0529-4351 is guzzling down so much material it basically swallows about a Sun’s worth of gas and dust a day, onto a black hole that is
Image: Nintendo Life After weeks of rumours, predictions, and general chit-chat, Nintendo has officially announced that the first Nintendo Direct of the year will be a Partner Showcase, taking place on Wednesday 21st February 2024. The Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase February 2024 will be broadcast on YouTube and is set to last for approximately 25
Lionsgate teams with Area15 in Las Vegas to launch The “John Wick Experience” later this year. Egan Productions has developed, designed, launched, and managed top-ranked attractions throughout various industries, such as Escape IT, The Official SAW Escape, Escape Blair Witch, and Fright Dome Las Vegas, so I have no doubt that this new venture is
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