[ad_1] On iOS, the Galaxy Buds+ don’t sync with notifications and Samsung’s Gaming Mode for the earbuds isn’t available. It may seem like using these new buds with an iOS device is limited, but trust me, it’s a lot better than it used to be. Just having a dedicated app is a huge improvement. It’s […]
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The Morning After: Hasbro’s $60 ‘Baby Yoda’ toy is coming this fall
[ad_1] Outside the park.‘Westworld’ season 3 trailer sets the stage for an AI battle The latest Westworld trailer shows Dolores, Maeve and Westworld’s other characters leaving the confines of the park that defined so much of the show’s past two seasons. Additionally, there’s more of the futuristic city we saw glimpses of in the first […]
See how ‘The Mandalorian’ used Unreal Engine for its real-time digital sets
[ad_1] In a new VFX sizzle reel (below) ILM, Favreau and other production team members explain how the cutting edge technique works. They built a 20-foot high, 270-degree semicircular LED video wall with a 75-foot diameter circular stage. ILM’s digital 3D sets, built ahead of production (rather than later in post-production as is the norm […]
Eli Roth is directing the ‘Borderlands’ movie
[ad_1] Avi and Ari Arad, best known for their work on Marvel titles like Iron Man and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, are producing. Chernobyl‘s Craig Mazin is responsible for the script. Like the Uncharted movie, the big-screen Borderlands project has been in development hell for a long time. Work started on it in 2015, so […]
Hasbro’s flurry of ‘The Mandalorian’ toys includes an animatronic Baby Yoda
[ad_1] There are a few additional Star Wars toys. You can pick up the Darksaber from The Mandalorian (complete with sound effects) for $30, while fans of The Clone Wars can snag $10 action figures for the Jedi Ahsoka Tano and her Clone Trooper. The lineup is expected to arrive sometime in the spring. That’s […]
‘Westworld’ season 3 trailer sets the stage for an AI battle
[ad_1] Earlier this year, series co-creator Jonathan Nolan told Deadline he wanted to share a different vision of dystopia. “Dystopia can look pretty beautiful in the world,” he said. “Just because the world is corrupt inside, doesn’t mean it can’t be smothered over and pretty. We wanted to find a version of dystopia that we […]
HBO and HBO Max are coming to YouTube TV
[ad_1] We’re feeling pret-tay, pret-tay good about this news we have to share with you…@HBO is coming to YouTube TV this spring. Welcome to the family! — YouTube TV (@YouTubeTV) February 20, 2020 The AT&T-owned media company wants to make its “networks available as widely as possible,” Rich Warren, president of WarnerMedia Distribution, said in […]
TikTok lets parents set time limits and vet DMs on teen accounts
[ad_1] Called “Family Safety Mode,” the new feature links a parent’s TikTok account to their teen’s, allowing them to control a number of aspects of digital wellbeing. Parents can decide how long their kid spends on the app each day, and can limit or completely disable direct messages. There’s also a new restricted mode, which […]
Spotify’s trailer redesign makes it easier to find new podcasts
[ad_1] Spotify has moved several interface elements to frontload useful information at the top of the screen. This is most apparent with the new placement of descriptions. They now sit underneath the “follow” button in the new design, which means you don’t have to swipe to find out what a show is about. Underneath the […]
‘Frontline’ documentary tackles Jeff Bezos and the ‘Amazon Empire’
[ad_1] The two-hour film touches on various facets of Amazon’s vast empire, from Alexa and its massively successful Amazon Web Services cloud division through to entertainment on Prime Video and its bricks-and-mortar retail exploits such as Whole Foods. Twitch is perhaps the most prominent division that doesn’t really come under the spotlight. The filmmakers devote […]