Month: June 2024
The biggest movie trailers for the first week of June
Two of my favorite trailers for this week share a common theme: parasitic aliens. The trope has given us some of the finest moments in cinema history; consider the whole Alien franchise, the horrifying dog transformation in The Thing, or that scene from Spaceballs. You could make a convincing argument…
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iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max camera tweak teased in new schematic leak
We’re not expecting to see huge changes in terms of design when the iPhone 16 Pro and the iPhone 16 Pro Max break cover (most probably in September), but a new leak points to a tweak in the design of the rear camera housing on the back of the handsets.…
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Raycon The Magic Power Bank 5-in-1 Review: My New Favorite Portable Charger
I have high standards for my portable batteries. Somehow, Raycon exceeded all of them and then threw in a phone stand. Source
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The Acolyte took Star Wars back in time by taking things away
Kevin Jenkins is a Star Wars veteran at this point, having worked in a variety of design roles across multiple films, ranging from Rogue One to The Rise of Skywalker. But as production designer on the Disney Plus series The Acolyte, he faced an entirely new challenge: finding a look…
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Doctor Who: Rogue review: Just kiss already!
The following contains spoilers for “Rogue.” Doctor Who has always been gay. From the get-go, many of its key creative figures were queer, and a large proportion of its fans are too. As Tat Wood explained in his essays in show guide About Time 6, the mix of science, fantasy…
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Is Apple about to finally launch the real Siri?
When Apple first launched Siri in 2011 alongside the iPhone 4S, the company made a series of very compelling ads showing how you might use this newfangled voice assistant thing. In one, Zooey Deschanel asks her phone about delivering tomato soup; in another, John Malkovich asks for some existential life…
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