Tag: entertainment
Hitting the Books: How Bell Labs jump-started the multimedia art movement
The modern world would be a pale shade of itself if not for the myriad foundational technologies developed at the Bell Telephone Labs. Its engineers invented the transistor and photovoltaic cell, charge-coupled devices, frickin’ lasers — even Unix an… Source
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Shigeru Miyamoto gives a tour of the Super Nintendo World theme park
The promise of Super Nintendo World is especially tantalizing in a world where the pandemic is cutting into travel options, but now we’ve had a chance to experience the Universal Studios park without going to Japan or waiting for its doors to open in… Source
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Nintendo Direct will show off Super Nintendo World on Friday
The US Super Nintendo World theme park is still a few years away from opening, but in Japan the Universal Studios expansion will open its doors in the spring. In lieu of going to see it yourself, you can get a look inside via a 15 minute live stream… Source
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HBO Max comes to Roku starting tomorrow
Just in time for the Christmas debut of Wonder Woman 1984, WarnerMedia and Roku have cut a deal to get HBO back on the streaming platform. You can add the channel via Roku’s store here, and according to their blog post the HBO Max app will be live as… Source
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Netflix introduces an audio-only playback mode
Netflix is taking on podcasts, in a way, by rolling out on audio-only playback mode in its Android app, Android Police has reported. The feature has appeared as a server-side update, and if you have it, you’ll see a new “Video Off” button at the top… Source
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Now you can watch Netflix on your Echo Show
In September Amazon revealed its Echo Show 10 with a rotating base, and announced that Netflix streaming would come to the platform. Today is that day, and if you have one of Amazon’s Alexa-connected smart displays, you should be able to queue up a f… Source
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