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Oscars 2023: Everything Everywhere All at Once did the thing many times over
/ Everything Everywhere All At Once and All Quiet on the Western Front cleaned up very nicely at an Oscars that felt like a return to simpler times. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images With 23 awards to be given out, the 95th Academy Awards Ceremony definitely ran a little long, but after last year’s theatrics, the evening felt like a studied return to form for the Oscars and a fitting end to awards season. As improbable as it might have once seemed, A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once from the Daniels absolutely dominated at this year’s ceremony...
The idea for The Last of Us’ big season one finale cameo almost led to another game
The Last of Us’ Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin say that the show’s most emotional cameo started as an idea for an animated short and an entirely new video game. Share this story a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>HBO While HBO’s The Last of Us brought quite a few of the original video game’s actors back for cameo roles throughout the first season, the show was always careful not to draw too much attention to them so as not to pull focus from the larger story being told. But for its season one finale, The Last of Us pulled out one of the bigger guns for a tense and moving scene. It’s ...
Elon Musk Is Reportedly Planning To Build His Own Town Called Snailbrook
Elon Musk is apparently directing his attention away from running Twitter and towards a new project. The entrepreneur is planning to build a company town for Tesla, Boring and SpaceX employees, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.Sources told the publication that Musk has acquired 3,500 acres of land in Texas, where he’ll erect a town for employees to live in called Snailbrook, a reference to the Boring company mascot.The WSJ report cites county deeds, as well as emails to county officials and internal communications. It also states that Boring employees have already been invited to apply for housing. Rent for a two or three bedroom house would be around $800 USD a month.The alleged town would likely be situated in Bastrop County near Austin. Musk operates factories for Tesl...
NASA’s SpaceX Crew Returns to Earth After 5 Months in Space
SpaceX’s Crew 5 mission has returned to Earth, bringing a five-month mission to a close. The international space crew landed off of the coast of Tampa, Florida, via a parachute-assisted splashdown on Saturday, having spent 157 days in orbit.The team of global astronauts was made up of NASA’s Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina. They lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 5 in a Falcon 9 rocket.Following their landing, a SpaceX team used recovery vessels to retrieve the spacecraft. The team of astronauts will now fly to the NASA headquarters in Houston, Texas.Over the course of the mission, astronauts conducted a series of scientific experiments, including testing new techniqu...
Etsy is delaying seller payouts following Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse
/ The DIY marketplace is pressing pause on payouts until it can route deposits through one of its other payment partners. But some sellers feel as if they’ve been left in the dark.
How to watch the 2023 Academy Awards
/ If you want to catch this year’s award ceremony live, here’s how and when you can watch the 95th annual Oscars. a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-white”>When do the Oscars start? The Oscars take place on Sunday, March 12th, 2023 at 8PM ET / 5PM PT. a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-white”>Who is hosting the Oscars? Jimmy Kimmel will host the Oscars for the third time after previously leading the ceremony in 2017 and 2018. The 95th Academy Awards will see the return to the event’s solo host format, as the past several events either featured no host or a g...
The tech industry moved fast and broke its most prestigious bank
The fall of Silicon Valley Bank, explained Share this story a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-white”>What is Silicon Valley Bank? Founded in 1983 after a poker game, Silicon Valley Bank was an important engine for the tech industry’s success and the 16th largest bank in the US before its collapse. It’s easy to forget, based on the tech industry’s lionization of nerds, but the actual fuel for startups is money, not brains. Silicon Valley Bank provided that fuel, working closely with many VC-backed startups. It claimed to be the “financial partner of the innovation economy” and the “go-to bank for investors.” Among those banking at SVB: the parent company of this here websit...
Cerebral admits to sharing patient data with Meta, TikTok, and Google
/ The mental health startup says it exposed patient names, birth dates, insurance information, and their responses to mental health self-evaluations.
Apple Gave a First Took at the “Yellow” iPhone 14 and Meta Is Working on a Decentralized Twitter Alternative in This Week’s Tech Roundup
This week, the tech industry learned about an exciting new development coming out of Meta. The company quietly shared that it’s working on a text-based app that sounds strikingly similar to Twitter, but in a somewhat unexpected twist, will be decentralized. Elsewhere in the app space, TikTok debuted a feature called Series, offering creators the opportunity to paywall their content.On the product side, meanwhile, Apple shared an official first look at its “Yellow” iPhone 14 and 14 Plus. The company is also expected to be launching a third-generation HomePod with a 7-inch screen built-in, according to a report from analyst Ming-Chu Kuo. As for accessories for Apple products, Daniel Arsham teamed up with CASETiFY for a product line inspired by his unique take on the 1978 Porsche 928.Below, H...
HP is blocking third-party printer ink again
/ The company is blocking the use of non-HP ink with a ‘security’ update that’s meant to ‘protect the quality’ of customer experience. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Some HP printers won’t print at all when third-party ink cartridges are installed.
Let’s A Go: Peep The Final Trailer For ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’
The Super Mario Bros. Movie looks very L I T. The post Let’s A Go: Peep The Final Trailer For ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
Ecovacs’ beastly Deebot X1 Omni robot vacuum is $600 off right now
/ Evovacs’ (mostly) self-sufficient vacuum is now down to $999.99. We also found great deals on last year’s Galaxy S22 Ultra and Amazon’s latest Fire TV Stick. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy This weekend isn’t just bringing us daylight saving time to once again wreck our sleeping habits, but also a few fresh deals to compliment some highlights from earlier this week that are still available. Today, for example, Ecovacs’ do-everything Deebot X1 Omni robot vacuum is on sale for $999.99 at Amazon and direct from Ecovacs. It’s a big investment for a v...
