BREMEN, Germany — FCC Chairman Ajit Pai informed Congress Nov. 18 that the agency will run a public auction of C-band spectrum instead of allowing a consortium of satellite operators to sell it directly to 5G wireless operators. Satellite operators Intelsat, SES and Telesat, acting as the C-Band Alliance, have been lobbying the Federal Communications
The practice of Chaos Engineering developed at Amazon and Netflix a decade ago to help those web scale companies test their complex systems for worst case scenarios before they happened. Gremlin was started by a former employee of both these companies to make it easier to perform this type of testing without a team of
Exclusive TMZ.com The 2 men who sued Michael Jackson‘s estate and were the subject of the gut-wrenching “Leaving Neverland” documentary … are set to get their day in court to press their sexual abuse claims against the singer’s estate. As you may know … Wade Robson and James Safechuck sued MJ for sexual abuse, but
Top content network and podcast listening service Stitcher (“Heaven’s Gate,” “Marvel’s Wolverine: The Lost Trail,” “The Dream”) and Marvel New Media today announced the premiere date for “MARVELS,” a new Marvel fictional podcast series. The 10-episode series will air weekly beginning November 20, 2019, exclusively on Stitcher Premium. It will see a wide release across all podcast platforms in 2020. The series is part
Character development is almost always a death sentence for second-tier characters on The Walking Dead. When a previously peripheral character suddenly gets a meaty storyline or an interior life, it usually means they’re about to die. The show has always operated like this. But when done well, it’s still effective. Siddiq’s (Avi Nash) final moments
Refresh for latest…: Fox/Chernin Entertainment’s Ford V Ferrari raced its way to a $21.4M start at the international box office this weekend. The Disney release went out in 41 material markets and came in slightly above pre-frame projections. This is a solid start that combines with domestic’s high-octane debut to make for a $52.4M global
Star Trek’s George Takei is best known for playing Hikaru Sulu. This year, he released a graphic novel memoir They Called Us Enemy. The comic recounts Takei’s family’s time in a United States internment camp during World War II. He also drew on that history during his performance on The Terror: Infamy on AMC. Takei
The collectors amongst you should be made aware that there’s currently a high-quality Super NES poster set available on My Nintendo in Europe. The set is available for a reasonable 300 Platinum Points but shipping is fairly expensive. Still, if you want to get your hands on these high quality posters to decorate your room
Chalk up another win for European data protection: Microsoft has announced changes to commercial cloud contracts following privacy concerns raised by European Union data protection authorities. The changes to contactual terms will apply globally and to all its commercial customers — whether public or private sector entity, or large or small business, it said today.
An impromptu evalutaion, crime scene bioremedition and two guest stars from two of my all time favorite shows descended upon The Rookie Season 2 Episode 8. Nyla Harper’s early review, although entertaining, took up far less screen time and created less drama than I expected. However, watching Harper talk down the half-naked man wielding the nail
1 minute ago Two years. It has been two years today since Justice League came out and disappointed almost everyone. On the 2nd anniversary of that mess, fans got #ReleaseTheSnyderCut trending as part of an organized push to get Warner Bros. to release director Zack Snyder’s original vision for the DC movie. But fans were’t
Disney+ is finally here and people are enjoying a host of content online. But, some users are still wondering where some of their favorite shows and titles are when scrolling through the app’s expansive library. Well, one small detail in certain movie descriptions might tell you all you need to know about when your favorite
Even in 2019, we don’t see a ton of games headlining women. Most of the heavy lifting comes from indie developers that are less concerned with their bottom lines than mega-corporations. Regardless there’s still been multiple incredible leading ladies in games throughout all generations, so let’s take a look at some of them, with a
The rebirth of the Razr has been rumored for several months now. And honestly, such a product is a bit of a no-brainer. The Lenovo-owned company is embracing the burgeoning (if sputtering) world of foldables with the return of one of its most iconic models. While it’s true that Motorola’s kept the Razr name alive
Rapper Tay-K has been indicted on a capital murder charge in Bexar County, Texas, as San Antonio ABC affiliate KSAT News reports. The charge stems from a 2017 incident, in which Tay-K allegedly shot and killed a 23-year-old photographer named Mark Anthony Saldivar during a robbery. The incident occurred on April 23, 2017, when Tay-K,
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Gal Gadot has joined in on the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement to get Zack Snyder’s version of Justice League released. There’s been a lot of excitement recently over the possibility of finally getting to see what Snyder originally intended. Snyder left Justice League in early 2017 following the death of his daughter, which then allowed Warner Bros. and Joss
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
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support, and the money that flows through it all. What are developers talking about? What do app publishers and marketers need to know? How are politics impacting the App Store and app businesses? And which
Exclusive TMZ.com Big Sean and Jhene Aiko‘s on-again, off-again relationship appears to be very much so back on after they released a super personal song with a little TMI attached. The rapper and singer — who’ve dated and broken up at least a couple different times over the past few years — were spotted grabbing
Tick. Tick. Boom! The clock is ticking down on 2019 and time is running out for me to review as many Marvel Legends 2019 figures as I can, which makes this the ideal moment to turn to the mutant master of the time bomb herself: Boom Boom! Despite having been around for over three decades
‘Memba these iconic Disney Channel stars? With the launch of Disney+, these faces have been brought back to the screen and plenty of childhood memories are coming back with it. Movies from “The Luck of the Irish” and “Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century” to “Gotta Kick It Up!” and “Motocrossed” have all the nostalgic
James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari from 20th Century Fox/Chernin Entertainment put $2.1 million in the tank from Thursday box office previews that began at 6 PM. Projections expect the pic being released by Disney to exceed $20M this weekend, maybe even as high as $30M. Great exits for the Christian Bale-Matt Damon movie last night: 4 1/2
Joker’s toothy grin earns this series’ namesake in this first look at December 18’s Joker: Killer Smile #2 – along with a bonus look at the new cover for Killer Smile #3. JOKER: KILLER SMILE #2written by JEFF LEMIREart and cover by ANDREA SORRENTINOvariant cover by JEFF LEMIREBen Arnell promised his wife and child one
Microsoft has an update for its premium controller, and it comes in the form of the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (see it at Amazon). This is a controller for the hardcore gamers, because it has a price that’s not for the faint of heart. At $179, it’s nearly the price of a brand
Image search engine Giphy bills itself as providing “fun and safe way” to search and create animated GIFs. But despite its ban on illicit content, the site is littered with self-harm and child sex abuse imagery, TechCrunch has learned. A new report from Israeli online child protection startup L1ght — previously AntiToxin Technologies — has
Winter has barely begun – and we’re already looking forward to warmer weather – so it’s about time for a Spring Toy Preview! The following items will ship from Diamond Select Toys and Gentle Giant Ltd. in Spring 2020, and they include products from the worlds of Star Wars, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Teen Titans
15 minutes ago MAJOR SPOILERS ahead on the Alicia Vikander movie Earthquake Bird, which premiered November 15 on Netflix. Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough star in Earthquake Bird, which just premiered on Netflix. The twisty Netflix film, directed by Wash Westmoreland and executive produced by Ridley Scott, is based on the novel by Susanna Jones,
Hiro Mashima’s Fairy Tail is one of the most popular action manga and anime franchises in the world, and it will soon be breaking new ground with its very first console game developed the team at GUST studios and Koei Tecmo. The series is famous for its many action sequences and intense battles over the
Grinding Gear Games has announced Path of Exile 2, a new campaign that’ll be available alongside the original free-to-play title‘s story line, leading to the same shared Atlas endgame. Other than a new seven-act story, Path of Exile 2 will come with all the content that has been released over the last six years, a