Netflix series «Rats», spin-off «The Witcher» probably canceled — footage will be included in the fourth season of the main show
Website Redanian Intelligence reports that Netflix has apparently canceled the «Witcher» spin-off about the «Rats» gang, which Ciri joins at the end of season 3. The scenes that have already been filmed are rumored to be included in the fourth season of «The Witcher».
LGBTQ+ dating service Grindr is accused of selling confidential user data to advertisers
A class-action lawsuit against LGBTQ+ dating and hookup app Grindr claims that thousands of users’ data in the UK, including their HIV status, has been shared with third parties. The lawsuit, filed on Monday by British law firm Austen Hays, accuses Grindr of violating British data protection laws by sharing sensitive information with third…
Warhorse has removed Russian from Kingdom Come: Deliverance II — and revealed gameplay details
In an interview with the Czech resource Indian, the lead designer of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II from Warhorse, Prokop Jirsa shared the details of the gameplay. A small part of the information can be considered a spoiler for the game’s events.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus «processor» in Geekbench 6 in Microsoft Surface Pro 10 laptop
The Snapdragon X Elite processor will not be the only one in Qualcomm’s new lineup for computers. One of these chips may be the Snapdragon X Plus, a laptop with which recently appeared in Geekbench 6. As reported by Windows Latesthe will receive a laptop Microsoft Surface Pro 10which will also have a Snapdragon X Elite variant. It is also…
«Omen: The beginning of»: horrific letters to an American woman turned out to be a movie advertisement
Amanda Taylor from Missouri, USA, received strange letters that turned out to be promotional materials for the movie «Omen: The Beginning». For the last few years, before getting involved in politics and running for the state House of Representatives from the Democratic Party, Amanda was a movie blogger — she received both promotional materials…
Mobile Intel processors in desktop PCs: Erying introduces motherboards for 13th generation Core HX
Erying specializes in integrating mobile processors into desktop PCs. Its new MoDT HX series of motherboards works with Intel’s Raptor Lake line up to the 24-core i9-13980HX. The company develops boards, cooling systems, and mounts needed to install a laptop chip and offers processor-specific kits.
«Rebel Moon. Part 2»: did Ed Skrein’s character really die? This will be shown in the director’s cut
As you know, in the first part of Zack Snyder’s «Rebel Moon», Admiral Atticus Noble died, but not really — «brought him home, he turned out to be alive». Theoretically, nothing prevents Zack Snyder from repeating this number again, so Collider asked actor Ed Skrein what really happened to his character.
Not everyone at NVIDIA is a millionaire — shares have to be sold, says a programmer with a salary of $250 thousand per year
An NVIDIA employee who earns $250,000 dollars a year said that the earnings of the company’s employees «are not as rosy» as some might think. He told us anonymously Business Insiderthat while some NVIDIA employees may have to be lucky enough to become millionairesThis is not always the case. The publication checked the identity and wealth…
Diablo director Rod Ferguson is not against the game’s adaptation: «It could work»
Against the backdrop of the success of the Fallout series people are more likely to think about the adaptation of other games. Jennifer Young from the website Windows Central asked Rod Ferguson, the head of the Diablo franchise, whether it is possible to make the game a successful series on Netflix or Amazon Prime. He answered in the affirmative,…
Gigabyte introduces Metal Gear Plus ITX mini-PCs with AMD Ryzen 8000G processors — easy replacement of all components
In recent years, the mini-PC market has been growing thanks to more energy-efficient processor architectures. Nowadays, it is easy to find an 8-core chip with powerful built-in graphics, primarily from AMD. The company recently introduced Hawk Point processors based on Zen4 and RDNA3 architectures for desktop platforms. The Ryzen 8000G series works…
«Devil’s Comet» brightest on April 21 — it happens once every 71 years
On Sunday, April 21, comet 12P/Pons-Brooks (Ponce-Brooks), known as «Devil’s Comet», «Horned Comet», or «Millennium Falcon», has become the most visible in the sky. The celestial body, which visits the solar system once every 71 years, has reached perihelion — the point in its elliptical orbit when it is closest to the Sun.
Power armor in the Fallout series was made without Bethesda’s intervention, but the company insisted on a working Pip-Boy
Except for a few additional functionsThe power armor from the Fallout series is extremely closely based on its prototype from the games. However, it could have looked completely different — according to production designer Howard Cummings, Bethesda never insisted on maintaining an exact resemblance to the games.
Taylor Swift mentioned GTA in a song and set a Spotify record with 300 million album streams per day
Taylor Swift does not stop break records. After Spotify announced on Friday that the singer’s new album «The Tortured Poets Department» was the first ever to reach 200 million streams in a single day, the service updated the news with a statement that the number of streams on the first day actually exceeded 300 million after careful…
Broken Bottom: The Movie «Rebel Moon. Part 2» received 18% on Rotten Tomatoes — less than the first part
Zack Snyder’s film debuted with the worst reviews of the director’s career and «surpassed» the previous film in the franchise. Now «Rebel Moon. Part 2 — The One That Scars» has only an 18% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 47% of the audience. The first movie, «Child of Fire», now has 21% / 57% respectively. In particular,…
«Chani — my secret weapon»: Denis Villeneuve talks about «Dune 3» and why Alia was not born
In an interview with The New York Times director Denis Villeneuve spoke about his vision of Chani in «Dune: Part Two», which differs from her image in Frank Herbert’s books. He also hinted at the role of Zendaya in «Dune 3», which Villeneuve wrote is writing right now.
Artificial intelligence is not useful? It can cook a steak in the Brisk It’s Origin grill to your individual taste
The Brisk It’s Origin smart grill uses generative artificial intelligence to help you cook steaks. This is an assistant that won’t fall asleep or get drunk to burn the meat.
Jewish organization defends Swastika — a woman who was not served by Uber because of her name
A young mother from Sydney, Australia, is fighting Uber — she was banned from using the service because of her name. Swastika Chandra’s first name, Swastika, means good luck and prosperity in Sanskrit and is a big part of her Hindu identity. But Uber found it so offensive that the woman’s registration on the platform was canceled for…
Weekly sales of Fallout 4 in Europe increased by 7500% — other Bethesda games are also in the top ten
Sales of Fallout games have skyrocketed across Europe, and Fallout 4 regained the top spot. The last solo game of the franchise in 2015 was bought by 7500% more than every week. Data GDC include digital game sales in all European markets and physical sales in major countries.
«The Witcher» by Netflix — everything. Filming of the fourth season has started, the fifth will be the last
There are two pieces of news, good and bad, and everyone is free to take one or the other as such, depending on their attitude towards the series «The Witcher». One is that the show has been renewed for a fifth season, and the other is that it will be the last. The fourth season of «The Witcher» has also started filming in the UK.
TSMC is powering Taipei suburbs with its own generators — Taiwanese government has asked for help
TSMC has shared energy from its backup power generators with Taiwan’s state-owned power company Taipower to help avoid power outages, according to the Taiwanese newspaper Commercial Times. This follows a recent 7.4-magnitude earthquake that shut down eight power units.
Steven Spielberg will make a movie about UFOs, and Martin Scorsese will make a biopic about Frank Sinatra with DiCaprio, and more
Being old doesn’t stop really talented directors from achieving success and then taking on new projects Variety talks about upcoming films from veterans of the film industry.
The next Baldur’s Gate game will be released, and the companions from the third will become D&D canon — Hasbro thinks who will do it
In March Larian announces that it will not make the next Baldur’s Gate game. The overwhelming success of Baldur’s Gate 3 has explosively revived the classic role-playing series, but will it be as popular without Larian and who will continue it?
NVIDIA develops SFF Enthusiast GeForce — the standard for compact gaming PCs and components
NVIDIA is working with partners to create a new ecosystem of small gaming PCs (SFF, Small Form Factor) with a compact SFF Enthusiast GeForce graphics card. As part of its new initiative. NVIDIA wants to help designers of compact PCs choose the best components. While there are many ways to build a compact PC yourself, there is no specific list of…
AMD releases Ryzen PRO 8000G desktop processors and Ryzen PRO 8040 mobile chips
AMD today announced a new series of Ryzen Pro processors. The company has extended the Hawk Point 8040 series to laptops and workstations and introduced the new Ryzen 8000 Phoenix processors with integrated graphics for desktops. With the custom versions of the processors, AMD became the first x86 chipmaker to bring its neural processing unit (NPU)…
Google’s foldable smartphone will be called Pixel 9 Pro Fold, not Pixel Fold 2 — insider
Previously, Google presented only two smartphones in its main lineup, as well as a model with an index of «a». In 2024, this will not be the case — the company has significantly changed the naming of its devices, including a folding phone called Pixel 9 Pro Fold.
IKEA’s new furniture for gamers looks like furniture, not like a sci-fi movie set
IKEA represents a new series of Brännboll gaming furniture that breaks the usual dark, sharp «gamer» aesthetic. They can be much better combined with traditional styles of home decoration.
Dragon Age writer thinks a TV series based on the game is a «terrible idea», but would agree if it was different from «Honor of Thieves»
The lead writer of BioWare’s Dragon Age series of games shared his thoughts on which games, in his opinion, could make a great TV adaptation. And Dragon Age is not one of them.
Tesla delays Cybertruck shipments without explanation, while owners complain about accelerator
Tesla Cybertruck pickup truck, whose problems have been discussed beforeand received another one. Over the weekend, dozens of customers who were waiting for a car were informed that the Cybertruck delivery was canceled due to «an unexpected delay in the preparation of your vehicle».
The enthusiast ported «thousands of programs» to Windows 95 — he ported the .NET Framework from Windows 98
Video blogger MattKC, in his own words, has migrated «thousands of programs» to Windows 95 by porting an important Windows 98 feature — the .NET Framework. The main limitation of Windows 95 compared to Windows 98 is the lack of the .NET Framework — in most other aspects, Windows 98 is very close to its predecessor in design and function.
«Pension Fund» NVIDIA: how the company’s shares make its employees millionaires
The wealth that can be gained by helping to develop a successful company is vividly illustrated by the example of NVIDIA employees. One of them, an employee «middle management» has accumulated a fortune of $62 million by receiving shares in the company. This option can be a great incentive for employees. However, another NVIDIA employee made a…
The number of players in Fallout has increased by 2-3 times: 10 differences between games and Amazon series
Amid the success of Amazon’s Fallout series, the number of players in the games of this post-apocalyptic series has increased. The excitement has led to a doubling of the number of players in Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 on some platforms, and a 200% increase in the number of players in Fallout 3. On Steam, the maximum number of players in…
Google adds camera and microphone previews for video communication services to Chrome
Google is adding a Chrome preview function for video and audio from the user’s camera to be used in video communication services that work through the browser (Zoom, Google Meet). The Chrome preview screen will allow you to set up your camera and microphone in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
Lossless in Spotify is coming: the program code contains references to lossless audio in the new Music Pro feature
Uncompressed music may still appear in Spotify along with the app mentioned in the program. Snippets of code in the latest versions of Spotify for Android give hope that lossless will be launched in the near future without any losses to the company.
Microsoft to talk about the next generation of Windows for ARM on May 21-23
The time and details of the annual Microsoft Build conference have been announced. The conference will start on May 21, 2024 and end on May 23. During these three days, many sessions will take place, most of which will be online. Among the many sessions is the introduction of «next generation Windows for ARM».
Trailer for the first movie created by artificial intelligence — premiere to take place in summer
Actors, artists, and writers are justly concerned that generative artificial intelligence will take away their jobs. So far, major entertainment companies have not released a single movie created entirely or mostly by AI, but that may soon change. Today, TCL, a company known for its TVs, released a trailer for an original feature for its customers:…
Western Digital introduces SanDisk 4TB SD card with NAND — available in 2025
Seven years ago, everyone was amazed 400 GB microSD card from SanDiskand now Western Digital is showing off a full-size SD card with 10 times the capacity. The new SanDisk Extreme Pro SDUC 4 TB SD card is designed for cameras and laptops and will be available in 2025.
NVIDIA graphics cards conflict with Intel Core 13 and 14 K-series processors, but motherboard manufacturers are to blame
NVIDIA has acknowledged the issues that Intel Core 13 and 14 K-series processors have with its graphics cards. These are usually stability issues or video memory errors that occur when compiling shaders in a game. But on the page dedicated to changes in the NVIDIA driver version 552.12 advises users should not contact it, but Intel, which has…
YouTube tests new design, users compare it with «interesting» sites
Although YouTube’s design has been updated over the years, there have been no drastic changes for a long time. However, the online video service is now testing a more radical update that shifts many elements to the sidebar. So far, the online reaction to this is not very favorable.
Apple to release iMac, MacBook Pro and Mac mini with M4 processors and AI features this year — Mark Gurman
Mark Gurman of Bloomberg reports that Apple, in an effort to boost low computer sales, is preparing to update its entire line of Mac computers and laptops with a new generation of its own processors designed with an emphasis on artificial intelligence.
Announced crossover movie «Transformers» and «G.I. Joe» — premiere in 2025 or 2026
Revealing a scene at the end of «Transformers: Age of the Beastlings», Paramount officially confirmed at CinemaCon 2024 that the crossover movie between «Transformers» and «G.I. Joe» will be released in 2025 or 2026.
AI will consume 25% of US electricity by 2030 — ARM CEO Rene Haas
Rene Haas, CEO of ARM, said that by 2030, artificial intelligence could consume 25% of US electricity. Currently, AI data centers consume 4%. Without a significant increase in efficiency and/or a significant increase in government regulation, the current trend of AI development will not be sustained, he believes.
Multimillion-dollar developer profits in the Apple App Store have turned out to be a bug in recent days
Some developers have had a disconcerting morning as a bug in App Store Connect has been showing millions in revenue from apps placed in the store for some time. App Store Connect provides developers with statistics and analytics related to their apps. While the system is fairly reliable, minor issues arise from time to time that can lead to data…
Fallout series: what happens if you call the number on the screen
In the sixth episode of the Fallout series by Amazon Prime, viewers see a pre-war broadcast of Galaxy News hosted by Cooper Howard (Walton Goggins). The broadcast comes from the Vault-Tec Vault, where Howard is giving a tour. He describes the facility as «strong enough to withstand radiation and «red».
Bulgari mechanical watch with a thickness of 1.77 mm, or what you can get for $0.59 million
Italian luxury brand Bulgari has once again broken its own record for the world’s thinnest mechanical watch. Its new Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra COSC is just 1.7 mm thick — about the same thickness as a a thread of classic spaghetti from the restaurant.
Pavetta and Dani from «The Witcher» unexpectedly find themselves in Duolingo
«The Witcher», or The Witcher, has gone far beyond a series of books and games: there are Netflix series, an official manga, anime, a board game, and even a cookbook, but now it has even appeared in the language learning app Duolingo. Reddit user GeraltAndYennefer noticed one of the questions in a Finnish course. Duolingo asks for the translation…
«House of the Dragon» that we deserve: George Martin has released a new book and many may not like it
George R.R. Martin has a new book coming out, and it’s, uh… not what you’d expect. The coloring book, which was announced by the author of «A Song of Ice and Fire», will go on sale on May 7.
Not a musical, but music is important: «Joker: Folie à Deux» — first trailer
The official Ukrainian trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux directed by Todd Phillips. In it, Joaquin Phoenix develops the role of Arthur Fleck, who turned into the Joker and meets Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn.
Star Wars Outlaws will be released on August 30 and will cost from $69.99 — story trailer
Ubisoft and Lucasfilm Games have announced the launch date for Star Wars Outlaws, the first open-world Star Wars game. The official trailer is available, as well as new details.
Journalists were invited to test Snapdragon X Elite — outperforms Intel Core Ultra 7-155H, pulls games
A few weeks ago, journalists were invited to Qualcomm’s headquarters in San Diego to demonstrate the platform Snapdragon X Elite. The company paid for the participants’ travel and accommodation, but did not make any editorial changes. Since the announcement of the Snapdragon X Elite platform at the end of last year, there have been many…
NASA has published a video of the solar eclipse that is happening now
NASA demonstrates on Twitter a video of a total solar eclipse that can now be observed in the Mexican city of Mazatlan.
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