Month: February 2020
This is how Microsoft designed its new colorful Windows 10 icons
Microsoft has started rolling out new colorful app icons in Windows 10 today that overhaul the look and feel of the operating system. Changes to many of the built-in Windows 10 app icons have started rolling out today, but more are coming in the months ahead. It’s part of what…
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YouTube under fire for videos of journalist’s death
Nearly five years ago, reporter Alison Parker was murdered live on television. That video was clipped, published, and seen all across the internet over the years, including thousands of times on YouTube alone. On Thursday, Alison’s father Andy Parker filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against Google, YouTube’s…
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How ‘The Mandalorian’ and ILM invisibly reinvented film and TV production
“The Mandalorian” was a pretty good show. On that most people seem to agree. But while a successful live-action Star Wars TV series is important in its own right, the way this particular show was made represents a far greater change, perhaps the most important since the green screen. The…
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This disturbingly realistic deepfake puts Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk in a Star Trek episode
A new deepfake puts Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Tesla CEO Elon Musk in the pilot episode of the original Star Trek, “The Cage” — and I kind of love it. In this particular AI-powered face swap, Bezos plays a Talosian alien with a huge bald head, while Musk plays…
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Eli Roth is directing a film adaptation of Borderlands
Director Eli Roth has signed onto a film adaptation of Gearbox’s Borderlands games, joining Chernobyl writer Craig Mazin and producers Avi and Ari Arad. Roth offered little detail about the project, which has been in the works since 2015. He celebrated the news by tweeting a picture of his face…
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The Best Samsung Galaxy S20 Deals (and Which Model to Choose)
Should you buy Samsung’s new Galaxy S20, S20 Plus, or S20 Ultra? Here’s what you need to know before you shell out a grand. Source
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