Category: entertainment
A ‘Firewatch’ movie is in the works, again
In a match made in indie heaven, the independent production house behind movies like Blindspotting and Little Monsters has acquired the movie and TV rights to 2016's Firewatch (via The Hollywood Reporter). This is the second time there's been news of… Source
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Google says Australian pay-for-news ruling puts ‘free services at risk’
In an open letter, Google has warned users in Australia that free search and YouTube services are “at risk” if Australia implements a proposed law compelling it to pay to link to news services. Google has also paused a news licensing system it starte… Source
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These AI-generated tennis matches are both eerie and impressive
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, there was no Wimbledon Championship this year. But that didn’t stop a team of researchers from Stanford University simulating the annual tournament with the help of artificial intelligence. The team trained their A… Source
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Engadget Podcast: All about the Surface Duo and Galaxy Watch Active 3
This week was dominated by Microsoft’s Surface Duo news, with the company finally unveiling full details and availability info for its dual-screen device since it was first showed off last year. Cherlynn and Devindra discuss why this is such a compel… Source
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Disney and Lego are making a new ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’
The November 17th, 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special is infamously awful and “not awful in a good way,” the late Carrie Fisher once told Yahoo. In fact, it was so cheesy and awkward that George Lucas disowned it, supposedly saying he’d smash every copy… Source
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Apple is reportedly planning ‘Apple One’ subscription bundles
Apple has many subscription services, and now it wants to bundle them together. As Bloomberg reports, the company is preparing a series of bundles — currently dubbed "Apple One" internally — that will offer multiple Apple-made services at a reduced… Source
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