[ad_1] The original Pokémon The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back was a hit with children but a critical flop, though it still has a strong pull of nostalgia over a whole generation of Pokémon fans. Particularly in Japan, where the movie was received better than it was in the West. The new version, Pokémon: Mewtwo […]
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Hulu adds an episode shuffle button for ‘Seinfeld’
[ad_1] Larry David has always said the mantra for Seinfeld was “no hugging and no learning.” In other words, whatever happened in an episode of the enormously successful sitcom, Jerry and the gang wouldn’t change. That perhaps made it easier for viewers to dip in and out of random episodes, without necessarily needing to know […]
Sony’s revamped wireless noise-canceling earbuds are a revelation
[ad_1] The WF-1000XM3 will last around six hours with noise canceling, and eight hours without the feature. There’s also a new case that provides three additional charges. And if you end up draining them completely, you can juice them up in 10 minutes for 90 minutes for listening time. The case is a bit too […]
The Bluetooth cassette player of your dreams
[ad_1] It’s the only instance of Netflix removing content it owned and created.Netflix pulled 66 episodes of Chelsea Handler’s canceled talk show Handler’s talk show ran for two seasons, but it didn’t manage to establish itself on Netflix, and the ax fell. Now, for the first time, the streaming service has pulled episodes of Chelsea, […]
UK regulator forces Amazon to put its Deliveroo plans on ice
[ad_1] The UK watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), raised concerns this week that Amazon and Deliveroo had “ceased to be distinct” or that they could merge in the future. This would reduce customer choice in the market, which gives the CMA grounds to intervene in the business relationship. It issued an initial enforcement […]
4K ‘Akira’ Blu-ray arrives next year before the series continues
[ad_1] Before that appears, a new Akira 4K Remastered set will be released — both in Japan and the US — with a 4K and HDR conversion based on the 35mm master, complete with a 192Khz audio transfer using Dolby TrueHD. It’s set to arrive in Japan on April 24th, 2020. That wasn’t the end […]
‘Stranger Things’ x ‘Fortnite’ crossover adds a couple of skins
[ad_1] Netflix’s release of Stranger Things 3 has brought along an unprecedented number of marketing tie-ins, which include a link to Fortnite. Some familiar-looking teleporters popped up in the game’s mall area yesterday to join already-included Scoops Ahoy ice cream powerups, and tonight Epic announced the full details of their crossover. Unfortunately, unlike the Avengers: […]
Netflix’s ‘Pacific Rim’ anime will debut in 2020
[ad_1] The show will center around a pair of siblings who take charge of an abandoned Jaeger mech and use it to try and find their missing parents. No points for guessing whether they’ll encounter some enormous Kaiju monsters along the way. It’s one of several anime series Netflix is working on, including an animated […]
Facebook and Instagram’s image outage
[ad_1] Instagram without the images.Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp outage lasted through most of Wednesday On Wednesday, Facebook’s service suffered an outage that screwed up image loading and even exposed some of the machine learning-generated tags it relies on to sort pics. According to a tweet, the issue was triggered during a “routine maintenance operation,” and […]
Netflix pulled 66 episodes of Chelsea Handler’s canceled talk show
[ad_1] The first season of Chelsea streamed 90 episodes, but it failed to catch on, and showrunner/executive producer Bill Wolff departed, a bit mysteriously, after just nine episodes. Still, Chelsea was renewed for a second season. Netflix told The New York Times that it removed the episodes — all from season one — to make […]