Month: December 2021
‘Star Trek: Discovery’ finally embraces standalone storytelling in its fourth season
The following contains minor spoilers for season four, episode six of 'Star Trek: Discovery' (and vague discussion of episode seven). There’s a bit of a trend or tradition among Star Trek shows, starting with The Next Generation. Somewhere around season three or four the show finds its way and actually…
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11 great shows and movies from 2021 to stream on HBO Max
It’s the end of year two of the pandemic and many of us staying inside — both to avoid the spread of new variants like Omicron and to avoid the unpredictable weather of 2021. Whether you’re new to HBO Max or signed up earlier for the half-priced deal but haven’t…
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Amazon TVs will now do Zoom calls – but you’ll need one crucial piece of kit
Audio player loading… Video calls are coming to your living room thanks to a new partnership between Amazon and Zoom. The video conferencing giant has revealed that its platform will now be available on Amazon Fire TV sets just in time for family calls over Christmas. The Fire TV Omni…
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Watch Joseph Gordon-Levitt as former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick in new TV show teaser
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is pumped. In fact, he’s super pumped, taking on the role of former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick in a limited series from Showtime that debuts February 27th, 2022 and will chart the chaotic rise of the transportation startup. The show is titled Super Pumped after the best-selling non-fiction…
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Samsung teases blistering fast PCIe 5.0 SSDs
Audio player loading… Ahead of CES 2022, Samsung has teased some ridiculously fast PCIe 5.0 SSDs, snappily named PM1743 SSD, that can apparently hit 13,000 MB/s read speeds without breaking a sweat. The advances come from Samsung combining the lightning fast PCIe 5.0 protocol with its own sixth-generation V-NAND. The…
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The Morning After: A smartphone that feels like paper?
Realme, the sister brand of Oppo and OnePlus, has revealed its new flagship GT 2 Pro, and the most notable feature may not be a tech spec, but literally how it feels. The body of the phone uses an eco-friendly bio-polymer material on its back cover. It’s made from paper…
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