During TikTok's ban, iPhones were sold on Ebay for $1 million — it turned out that old iOS devices were not affected by the blocking
The ban on TikTok in the USA, although it did not last as long as expected, caused panic among a large number of long-time users of the social network, so it is not surprising that some decided to make some money from this situation.
Mark's running scene in the series Severance was filmed for five months, studying Tom Cruise's «technique»
The second season of the series Severance, which debuted on Apple TV+ last Friday, started with a long scene of Mark Scout running through the corridors of Lumon Industries — and, although it might seem too simple to the viewer, the creators spent about five months on it alone.
To replace CapCut: Meta launches video editing program Edits
Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced the launch of a video editing program called Meta Edits. Currently, the app is being tested by “selected bloggers,” while it is planned to be released to the public in February.
«Moana 2» earned more than $1 billion at the box office — the third movie of 2024 to reach this milestone (all from Disney)
The animated film «Moana 2», which was originally planned for release on streaming, reached an important milestone at the global box office — it has now earned over $1 billion, repeating the achievements of «Deadpool and Wolverine» and «Inside Out 2» (i.e. all three of the highest-grossing films of 2024 were created by Disney).
The showrunner of the series Silo explained the «strange» finale of the second season and said that the third one is being filmed right now
Showrunner of the series Silo Graham Yost in an interview The Wrap explained the final scene of the second season and announced that the filming of the third «is already underway».
Microsoft raises Office 365 prices by 30-40% — for the first time in 12 years (but adds artificial intelligence)
Microsoft raises the subscription price for the Office 365 (Microsoft 365) package with Word, Excel, and other programs, but adds new artificial intelligence tools.
TikTok will pay for Trump's inauguration party scheduled for January 19 — the day the social network is blocked
TikTok will contribute about $50,000 to Donald Trump’s inaugural party, effectively becoming one of its main sponsors, according to Politico.
The «The Chronicles of Narnia» Greta Gerwig movie will be released in theaters before debuting on Netflix — exact date known
Netflix has agreed to a limited release of the upcoming film from the “Chronicles of Narnia” series, directed by “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig.
The second season of Severance — has been released on Apple TV+ and already has a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes
Starting today, the continuation of the sci-fi series Severance — is broadcast on Apple TV+, with the first episode available for viewing, while the rest will be released every Friday.
SpaceX Starship megastar explodes during test flight, but accelerator «saved by Mechazilla tower robotic arms
The seventh test flight of Starship had two main objectives — to replicate the success of the first stage “landing” and to test the updated version of the spacecraft, but unfortunately, things did not go as planned with the second item for SpaceX.
«See? It's not hard»: A fellow science fiction writer added a dedication to George Martin in a book, mocking him for «The Winds of Winter»
American fantasy writer Larry Correia has released the final book of his “Saga of the Forgotten Warrior,” taking the opportunity to mention in the dedication his colleague George Martin, who fans (and now colleagues) mock for his very long work on the book “Winds of Winter.”
The procedure «brain split» from the TV series «Severance» has been known since the 1940s — neuropsychologists explain how it works in reality
Science fiction series «Severance», which debuts its second season on Apple TV+ tomorrow, shows a world where people use a surgical procedure to split the human brain — into working and personal parts. One has no idea what’s going on at home, and the other has no idea what the worker is doing in the office, and, as neuropsychologists…
The Ministry of Digital Transformation has «two scenarios» for launching chip production in Ukraine, and the required budget is at least $1 billion
On January 14th, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the Innovation Strategy until 2030, which, among other things, includes the launch of chip manufacturing in Ukraine.
Warner Bros. is working on «Gremlins 3» (scripted by Chris Columbus) and the sequel to «The Goonies»
Warner Bros. plans to revive at least two 1980s blockbusters — currently in the “development” stage is the movie “Gremlins 3”, and a reboot of the adventure comedy “The Goonies” is also planned.
«Who the hell is Harrison Ford?»: financiers persuaded Ridley Scott to replace the actor in the movie «Blade Runner»
Harrison Ford played the leading role in the science fiction movie “Blade Runner” and returned in the 2017 sequel — however, as director Ridley Scott notes, his financiers initially doubted the choice of actor because they didn’t know “who the hell this Harrison Ford was.”
A historic launch: Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket for the first time — potential competitor of SpaceX
On January 16, after several delays, Jeff Bezos’s space company conducted its first orbital launch (previously only suborbital), sending the second stage of the New Glenn rocket into orbit.
Trailer of the series «Daredevil: Born Again» — with the return of Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio
Disney released the first trailer for the series “Daredevil: Born Again,” with Charlie Cox reprising his role as Matt Murdock.
«I'm expensive, but I'm damn talented»: Ridley Scott postponed filming Bee Gees biopic because Paramount didn't like his demands
Initially, the shooting of Ridley Scott’s upcoming movie about the pop group Bee Gees was planned for the beginning of 2025, but the director reported that they had to be postponed — due to problems with the deal with Paramount.
Microsoft removed the interface that disguised Bing as Google — and declined to comment
Last week, journalists exposed a deceptive practice by Microsoft, which was aimed at attracting new users to Bing by essentially disguising the search engine as its main competitor.
«I have seen it five times»: Quentin Tarantino names the movie he considers one of the best directorial debuts in history
The director of “Pulp Fiction,” Quentin Tarantino, often provokes the community with his unconventional approach to choosing “good movies”, among which, actually, there are quite a few quite decent works.
Ukraine will punish media for negative comments of readers about officials if they are not removed within 3 days, — new law
On January 14, the Verkhova Rada adopted the bill №11321, which, among other things, specifies the punishment process for the media for “not removing” negative comments about officials under the news.
Meta is laying off about 3,500 employees whom Zuckerberg has identified as «inefficient»
Meta announced the first round of layoffs in 2025, in which 5% of the workforce will be reduced. According to the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the layoffs will primarily target people with “low efficiency.”
OpenAI has added the Tasks feature to ChatGPT — and now the chatbot can write to you first
ChatGPT received the Tasks feature (currently in beta), which will allow you to schedule future actions or reminders.
Until Dawn — first look at Sony's horror film and Peter Stormare's return to the role of Dr. Gill
Sony has revealed the first teaser for the horror movie Until Dawn — an adaptation of the computer game by Supermassive Games from the year 2015.The film will follow new characters, played by Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Yu Ji-en, Odessa A’zion, Maya Mitchell, and Belmont Cameli. Peter Stormare will return to the role of Dr. Hill.
Physicists say that dark matter can be found right on Earth — and an ordinary antenna will help.
Dark matter, which is believed to make up the majority of our Universe, remains elusive as it manifests solely through gravitational effects on visible matter. From time to time, researchers propose various interesting theoretical methods for its detection, and one of the recent ones suggests that this can be done right on Earth, more…
Andrés Muschietti says that «The Flash» failed, «because viewers don't care about the character» — but forgot another obvious fact
The director of the superhero movie “The Flash,” Andres Muschietti, believes that the film did not become popular in theaters because it failed to attract the attention of people whom Hollywood identifies as “four quadrants” — males and females over and under 25 years old.
China tightens restrictions on video games for children — to 15-16 hours per month during winter holidays
New restrictions introduced by Chinese regulators will apply during the winter vacation period, starting in mid-January and lasting until February 14 — during this month, local children will be allowed to play PC games for a total of no more than 15-16 hours.
Christopher Nolan named the movie he considers the most underrated in his career: «Proud of for personal reasons»
Christopher Nolan is perhaps best known to modern audiences as the director of the buzzed-about 2023 movie “Oppenheimer,” for which he won an “Oscar”, as well as for sci-fi films “Interstellar” and “Tenet.” However, the early works of the creator also contain many interesting projects — not properly…
A fund promoting «social networks without Musk and Zuckerberg» is launched in the US with the support of the founder of Wikipedia and the Marvel star
On Monday, a group of tech company founders and activists from the USA announced the creation of the Free Our Feeds fund, advocating for free social networks and raising funds to finance the development of the AT Protocol — a foundational technology that supports the growth of the social network Bluesky.
Razer has paid more than $1 million to people who bought the Zephyr mask through «misleading» advertising during the pandemic
First released in 2021, the Razer Zephyr mask was mistakenly sold as containing N95 class protection (i.e., the filter retains at least 95% of particles from the air) — however, the advertisement turned out to be misleading.Last year, the US Federal Trade Commission stated that Razer advertised N95 class protection without any proof or testing,…
Adobe launches AI tool for «bulk» image editing — up to 10,000 per click
Adobe launched the Firefly Bulk Create tool, which allows editing a batch of tens of thousands of images at once.
The third season of Severance is already in the works — the creators hinted at the finale
One of the most popular Apple TV+ series, “Severance,” will have at least three seasons — the second debuts this Friday, while the third is already “in the works,” according to director and executive producer Ben Stiller.
European pensioners hated Tesla because of «too much» payments to Elon Musk and started selling shares
The largest pension fund in Europe, having sold its stake in Tesla for over 571 million euros, disagrees with the overly large compensation package for the company’s CEO, Elon Musk.
For his role in «Nosferatu», Bill Skashgård wore 60 prosthetics — face and hand makeup alone took 4 hours
For Bill Skarsgård, heavy makeup is nothing new, considering his role as Pennywise in “It,” however, according to the stylists of “Nosferatu,” his look in Robert Eggers’ film required even more effort — just for the face makeup before each shoot, the actor spent over 4 hours in the chair, while about 60 prosthetics…
Zuckerberg on Apple: «Steve Jobs invented the iPhone, and they've been sitting on it for 20 years»
In Joe Rogan’s podcast, Mark Zuckerberg made several interesting statements, among other things, paying great attention to Apple.
«Better Man» started at the box office with «a meager» $10 million — with a production budget of $110 million
Biopic “Robbie Williams: Better Man” with a CGI-monkey in the lead role earned a modest $10 million in its debut at the box office. The international market brought the movie $8.8 million, while North American theaters contributed a sum that barely exceeded $1 million.
Meta cancels diversity programs due to «changing political landscape»
Meta has joined the list of American companies that have abandoned internal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration.
The most viewed articles on Wikipedia by Ukrainians in 2024 — for the first time, «living» personality is in the lead
The public organization “Wikimedia Ukraine” published a ranking of Wikipedia articles that were of most interest to Ukrainians in 2024.
Sony boss responsible for «Madame Web» and «Craven the Hunter» leaves the studio after 10 years
Palak Patel worked at Sony for 10 years, and in addition to overseeing films with Tom Holland, he also managed the “Venom” trilogy and other films featuring “supporting” characters from Spider-Man—specifically the unsuccessful “Kraven the Hunter”, “Madame Web”, and “Morbius”.
Elon Musk: «Human data for AI training is — exhausted. We need synthetic ones that the technology will create itself»
Elon Musk confirmed the thoughts of some other experts about the lack of real data for training artificial intelligence — and the deficit formed last year.
Rory McCann from «Game of Thrones» will replace Ray Stevenson in the second season of «Ahsoka»
Scottish actor Rory McCann, known for the role of Sandor Clegane in “Game of Thrones”, will replace Ray Stevenson in the sequel to the series “Ahsoka”.
There will be no Cillian Murphy in «28 years later», but Danny Boyle will make another movie with the actor (new footage and plot details)
Producer Andrew McDonald confirmed that actor Cillian Murphy will not appear in the film “28 Years Later,” but may reprise his role “closer to the end of the trilogy.”
MAL'OPUS Publishing House has opened a pre-order for the art book «Arkane» at a price of 1150₴
Since yesterday, the artbook for the animated series “Arcane” from MAL’OPUS publishing is available for pre-order.
Atari Gamestation Go — first «live» look at a portable retro console for $150
At CES 2025, the new portable retro console Atari Gamestation Go was introduced (despite the name containing “Atari”, Gamestation Go is manufactured by My Arcade). The console features 200+ pre-installed games and various control options: joystick, D-pad, trackball, 4 buttons, and a numeric keypad. The numpad, for example, is used for…
Kyivstar TV platform is now available on Xbox and adapted for gamepad control
From January 2025, Xbox users in Ukraine will be able to download the Kyivstar TV app at Microsoft Store.
«Ukrposhta» and Temu have signed an agreement that will speed up the delivery of goods from China to Ukraine
The Ukrainian postal operator “Ukrposhta” and the Chinese marketplace Temu have entered into a “strategic partnership” that will allow for accelerated delivery of goods from China to Ukraine.
The movie «Star Wars» by James Mangold will take place 25,000 years before «The Phantom Menace»
Director James Mangold in an interview with MovieWeb provided several interesting details about his upcoming “Star Wars” film, announced back in April 2023.
Ukraine is ready to provide jobs with reservations for men returning from abroad, — head of the Ministry of Unity
The Ministry of Unity plans to set up job centers where Ukrainians abroad can find employment at defense enterprises in Ukraine — with exemption from mobilization.
Sony has shown a concept of technology that adds «real smells» to games — on the example of The Last of Us
It’s hard to understand how this is possible, but Sony is working on making game scents accessible on PlayStation.
The first trailer «In the Lost Lands» — of the dark fantasy about the witch Alice based on the story by George Martin
After 10 years of waiting, the adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s dark fantasy “In The Lost Lands” is finally ready to hit the big screen — and the first trailer is now available for viewing.
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