Apple has announced a service program for a rear camera issue that affects some iPhone 14 Plus units that were manufactured over a 12-month-period. The Cupertino company has announced that affected devices will be eligible for servicing at authorised Apple service providers at no additional cost, and customers can verify whether their handset is impacted
Month: November 2024
Early Homo sapiens and their Neanderthal cousins started burying their dead around the same time and roughly the same place, some 120,000 years ago. This suggests the two species may have had, at least in part, a shared culture at the time. A new study of these ancient burial sites across the Levant region in
Eric Barone, also known as ConcernedApe, has been hard at work on supporting Stardew Valley with updates. The game is still receiving new content, even though the game originally released more than 8 years ago. In fact, he has been hard at work on bringing version 1.6 to the console and mobile ports of the
The independent film fall festival love affair with moviegoers continues with A Real Pain posting the year’s third best per screen average. Anora continues its standout run as does Conclave. The Ralph Fiennes-starring Vatican thriller is no. 4 at the box office in week 2. A24’s We Live In Time is no. 6. Searchlight Pictures’
The desire to blend reality and fiction in film predates the Found Footage genre by literal decades, with classics like The Legend of Boggy Creek and even the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre dipping their toes into documentary-inspired filmmaking long before in-universe-cameras became popular. Of course, it was only after The Blair Witch Project that
Fontaines D.C. covered Antonio Vega’s ‘Tesoros’ in Madrid on Saturday (November 2), with guitarist Carlos O’Connell singing the song in Spanish. The Irish band have just started the European leg of their ‘Romance’ tour, in support of their fourth album of the same name, and arrived in the Spanish capital’s WiZink Center armed with something
Oppo Find X8 Mini might be launched by the Chinese smartphone maker soon, according to details shared by a tipster. The company recently launched the Oppo Find X8 and Find X8 Pro in China, and it is expected to announce a new Find X8 Ultra model as part of the series. However, it looks like
Scientists have long thought that the highest-energy gamma rays in space are forged in the intense furnaces of very active supermassive black holes, far, far away. But a new study has traced some of these high-energy photons to an object much closer to us. V4641 Sagittarii is a system about 20,000 light-years from Earth, in
It’s the 10th anniversary of the beloved animated series Over the Garden Wall, and a little stop-motion short has been released to celebrate.
Every year, as the leaves start to turn brown, orange, red, and gold, there’s one thought that enters the mind of every Halloween fan around: it’s Over the Garden Wall
It all began with a T-shirt. On her 32nd birthday, Glory Edim was surprised by a gift from her ex-partner, a custom-made T-shirt emblazoned with the words “Well-Read Black Girl.” When she wore it on the streets of Brooklyn, she was again surprised: People stopped her to talk about books. Thus began an evolving conversation,
If you know me, you’d know I’m a massive lover of the best fantasy movies. Whether it’s rewatching the world of Harry Potter or it’s checking out The Lord of the Rings movies for the first time, I’ve always enjoyed a good romp in the worlds of monsters, magic, and so much more. But do
Presented entirely as one long continuous take, there’s a formal precision and control to director David Moreau’s zombie film, MadS, even as it embodies a relentless and chaotic energy. As bleak as it is brutal, it’s a measured unraveling of society as witnessed through the eyes of three young partygoers, Romain (Milton Richie), his girlfriend,
Chappell Roan was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live last night, and she did “Pink Pony Club” and a new country song called “The Giver.” Watch her sing the songs below and on X, and scroll down for her promotional video with host John Mulaney and cast member Ego Nwodim. Scroll down for another
Apple will invest up to $1.5 billion in Globalstar to fund the expansion of its iPhone communication services, the satellite provider said in a regulatory filing on Friday. Shares of Globalstar jumped over 30%, while Apple was down around 1.4% a day after it forecast tepid quarterly revenue growth. Under the funding agreement, Apple will
Editor’s note – In 2022, as generative AI began to take the world by storm, a very creepy phenomenon started to emerge. This Halloween we’re revisiting the eerie mystery of Loab. Here’s our original story from December 2022: She’s out there somewhere, lurking in a parallel universe of possibilities. All you have to do to
Electric vehicles are more prevalent now than ever before, as sales continue to increase. But how do they work? In this guide, we explain what goes on under the hood—and under the seats—of an all-electric car. Credit: Chesky W/Getty Images The Electric Powertrain EVs can’t go without certain parts—the giant battery pack and the motor,
Cinemark, the nation’s third-largest theater chain, and smaller Marcus Theatres piled on strong financial results Thursday after sunny numbers from Imax on Wednesda –, all bright notes amid ongoing box office uncertainty. Marcus shares popped by more than 10% on the numbers. The Milwaukee-based chain “achieved growth with a markedly improved film slate that played
On October 27, 2024, Bloody Marvelous Pictures released the trailer for I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead and launched an Indiegogo campaign, The Last Slash, with exclusive perks for supporters. The team has already completed the majority of filming, with only four days needed to capture the final scenes and bring the project to completion. You can grab
Halsey treated her fans in Los Angeles to a ‘90s alt-rock version of ‘Colors’ on Halloween on Thursday – check out footage below. The singer was playing a show for Amazon Music Live, and her 13-track set took the crowd on a journey through the decades, with portions of the show dedicated to the ‘70s,
Samsung is expected to release One UI 7 — it’s upcoming software upgrade that is based on Google’s Android 15 update — in early 2025. While One UI 7 isn’t expected to arrive on the company’s smartphones for the next couple of months, Samsung previously revealed that it would release a beta version of One
TAMPA, Fla. — Satellite operator Globalstar stock closed up more than 30% Nov. 1 after disclosing Apple’s plans to invest $1.5 billion in a new constellation to improve space-based communications for iPhones. Apple would take a 20% equity stake in the constellation for $400 million, if the deal closes as expected Nov. 5, and make
TAMPA, Fla. — Satellite operator Globalstar stock closed up more than 30% Nov. 1 after disclosing Apple’s plans to invest $1.5 billion in a new constellation to improve space-based communications for iPhones. Apple would take a 20% equity stake in the constellation for $400 million, if the deal closes as expected Nov. 5, and make
Set sail with Mario and Luigi next week. Nintendo’s new RPG game Mario & Luigi: Brothership arrives next week on the Switch and we’ve now got an update about the eShop version’s file size. According to multiple eShop pages, this new entry in the Mario & Luigi series will take up around 9.8GB (so close
Margot Robbie is officially a mother! We’ve just learned that the 34-year-old Barbie star and her 34-year-old husband and producing partner Tom Ackerley welcomed a healthy baby boy back in October. The massive milestone allegedly happened two weeks ago when she gave birth near their home in Venice Beach, California, and Ackerley is already on
“You know who I am, Angel. Now, repeat after me: I love you, Mommy.” In all of horror, few characters remain so beloved as Laurie Strode. Originated by Jamie Lee Curtis in John Carpenter’s Halloween, this intrepid babysitter anchors one of the genre’s greatest films while helping to create an iconic trope that has changed
Last night (November 1), in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cardi B threw her full-throated support behind the Democratic candidate for U.S. president, Vice President Kamala Harris. After walking onstage to her breakout hit, 2017’s “Bodak Yellow,” Cardi B spoke about why she’s supporting Harris in the election, discussing women’s rights, the economy, healthcare, and more. She also
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and several other company executives hosted an ask-me-anything (AMA) session on Thursday. The session was hosted on the social networking platform Reddit and users were told to ask questions about the AI firm’s products such as ChatGPT or general queries about artificial intelligence (AI) and artificial general intelligence (AGI). During the
The discovery of a 4,000-year-old fortified town hidden in an oasis in modern-day Saudi Arabia reveals how life at the time was slowly changing from a nomadic to an urban existence, archaeologists said on Wednesday. The remains of the town, dubbed al-Natah, were long concealed by the walled oasis of Khaybar, a green and fertile
Ratings for video games almost always have something of note to pay attention to. Most of the time, they offer clues on what a video game’s content will have. There are also times that a rating can appear for a video game that hasn’t even been announced yet. Sometimes, the game may have been released
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Last week, I shared The Best Queer Books of the Year, According to Barnes & Noble: I combed through each of the B&N Best Books of the Year 2024 lists and picked out all of the queer titles.