An award magnet, animation studio Pixar has spent the last few decades establishing itself as one of the all-time best sources for quality animated films, achieving a track record of excellence rivaled by only a small select few. For Pixar’s first 15 years in existence, every single one of its films managed to become a critical darling, with all but one earning upwards of 90 percent on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes....
With the Macintosh celebrating its 30th birthday today, we thought it would be fun to take a look back at some of the notable Macs we’ve seen over the past thirty years. For each year, we’ve picked one notable machine. For some years, it was very hard to choose just one! Where prices are shown, the ‘equivalent’ price in brackets is the approximate cost of the machine in today’s money. For example, although the Macintosh 128K cost $2,495, that was the equivalent then of spending $5,600 today....
Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Chambers episode 5 - Netflix’s new supernatural horror series Chambers is full of strange goings-on, but perhaps few are stranger than the sudden appearance of a baby in Nancy LeFevre’s (Uma Thurman) bathroom - and if you missed an earlier bit of dialogue explaining it, you were probably very confused. The scene takes place in episode 5, “Murder on My Mind,” shortly before Nancy sits down for an uncomfortable dinner with Ben (Tony Goldwyn), Sasha (Sivan Alyra Rose) and The Annex leaders Ruth (Lili Taylor) and Evan (Matthew Rauch)....
Looks like there’s action being taken against China’s grey iProduct market. Just weeks Apple was forced to close its retail stores there as price-gougers became a high-street problem, Chinese customs have detained 14 iPad-smuggling housewives, a report claims. Customs officials in Shenzhen caught 14 housewives trying to carry 88 (presumably 3G) iPads and 340 mobile phones into China. One of the women had 65 phones strapped around her waist along with another 20 in her handbag....
Xiang Haitao, formerly living in Chesterfield, Missouri, assumed a post at Monsanto and its subsidiary, The Climate Corporation, between 2008 and 2017, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) said on Thursday. Monsanto and The Climate Corporation developed an online platform for farmers to manage field and yield information in a bid to improve land productivity. One aspect of this technology was an algorithm called the Nutrient Optimizer, which US prosecutors say was considered “a valuable trade secret and their intellectual property....
During CES this year, Chipolo unveiled a new tracker with the same Find My licensing. Aptly named, the CARD Spot was pitched as a slim, card-shaped wallet finder and sold for $35. I got a chance to test it out over the past few weeks, leaving my wallet (with the card inside) at a local park, a friend’s house, and at home, seeing just how reliable the CARD Spot was at keeping my money in check....
But not every firm succeeds with its influencer marketing. Some campaigns fail and have brands wondering what went wrong. In most cases, however, unsuccessful influencer campaigns result from brands selecting inappropriate influencers for their campaign. This post will examine the importance of choosing the right digital influencer for your brand, particularly for enterprise businesses, who too often select famous-name celebrities over genuine influencers and thought leaders in their niche....
Birds of Prey screenwriter Christina Hodson is getting the chance to play in several different DC worlds, with The Flash and Batgirl apparently following after Harley Quinn gets emancipated on February 7. Given the labor of love that this particular film was, the fruit of years working alongside star Margot Robbie, it’s clear that Hodson has a passion for DC and its characters. She shared some of that passion with Screen Rant at a London press event for the film, explaining how much freedom she had to research the story and how she and Robbie both fell for Harley and the Birds of Prey....
Code Vein has 17 bosses, and defeating them all isn’t always easy. Code Vein is an action RPG that is heavily inspired by the Dark Souls series, as well as Bloodborne and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, which means that it includes a lot of massive bosses with grandiose names. The fearsome designs and fancy titles aren’t just for show, as many of the bosses in Code Vein could give the most difficult FromSoftware bosses a run for their money....
Cheers may have been off the air for twenty-six years now, but it’s just as relevant today as it was in the 80s and early ‘90s, and no one is more hilariously relatable than Clifford C. Clavin, Jr., or Cliff, everyone’s favorite postal worker and obnoxious know-it-all barfly. The funny thing is, Cliff wasn’t even in the original pilot for Cheers, but actor John Ratzenberger’s audition was so good that the producers on the show actually worked with him to create the character of Cliff....
Has it really been almost three whole decades since the Child’s Play franchise began? Writer/director/creator Don Mancini’s career-defining concept has grown from a one joke premise (“What if one of those obnoxious ‘must-have’ fad toys was actually a killer monster?”) to one of the horror genre’s most sustainable brands, to a self-aware satire and back again - improbably outliving the careers of onetime contemporaries like the (currently moribund) Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th series....
Maybe there’s a particular person you’re nervous about buying a present for. Either they’re hard to please or don’t seem to need anything. Luckily, we found a few crowdpleasers that anyone would like. Tap or click here for 15 Christmas gifts you can buy for the person who has everything. If you struggle to come up with gift ideas, this holiday shopping guide will be a lifesaver. Best gift for the nerd, geek, gadgeteer You know we have to start this list with a shout-out to tech lovers....
The prologue to Christopher Nolan’s film Tenet will screen in IMAX theaters. Beginning with The Dark Knight, Nolan has shot every one of his movies (sans Inception) either partially or fully in IMAX. The filmmaker has long expressed his love of the format and how it allows him to paint on a massive canvas, yet tell very personal stories at the same time. As a result, the majority of his recent projects have gotten a special preview for IMAX theaters only, ahead of their general theatrical release....
Julian Schiavo, a 15-year-old winner of WWDC scholarships in both 2018 and 2019, is offering free lifetime codes for ClusterCards+, the subscription option for version 2 of the business card scanner app… ClusterCards 2 is designed to be a super-easy business card scanner, with functions like scanning multiple cards at once. Version 2 also supports quick actions and Siri Shortcuts. QuickScan: Quickly scan multiple business cards at once. Advanced Card Scanner: Automatically detects cards, cropping and enhancing them before pulling out key data such as phone numbers and emails found on the card....
Cole Sprouse has been acting since he was eight months old. Due to child labor laws in California, he spent most of his early career switching off roles with his twin brother, Dylan. At age seven, Cole began his career separate from his brother. Now 26, he is starring in his first lead role in a major motion picture - Will in Five Feet Apart, which premiered Friday, March 15. The road this far has been long and filled with so many roles for Sprouse....
Universal has released a brand-new trailer for the Cats musical movie. With Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker arriving on December 20, it’s easy to forget about the other titles releasing over the winter holidays this year. One of the largest question marks is the big screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s incredibly popular (and incredibly weird) stage musical, Cats. The film’s trailer dropped over the summer, but it didn’t exactly get the response one would expect to the movie version of one of the most successful Broadway shows of all time....
Purpose of the attack To change a byte in the plaintext by corrupting a byte in the ciphertext. Why? To bypass filters by adding malicious chars like a single quote, or to elevate privileges by changing the ID of the user to admin, or any other consequence of changing the plaintext expected by an application. First of all, let’s start understanding how CBC (cipher-block chaining) works. A detailed explanation can be found here: http://en....
As the war of the Chrises wages on, Chris Pine continues to be a strong contender in the battle. While he’s not a member of the MCU like Hollywood’s other favorite Chrises, he manages to earn his position through his good looks, effortless charm and exceptional talent. Throughout the years, Pine has put together a strong resumé of roles showing great versatility. He jumps between smaller projects and some bigger budget affairs with ease and always manages to deliver a solid performance....
Christopher Nolan’s upcoming World War II film Dunkirk made headlines recently when it was officially rated PG-13, and now the director has offered an explanation as to why that is. Many were surprised by the classification, since its story of one of the more harrowing experiences in the conflict seemed to be tailor-made for the R rating, similar to titles such as Saving Private Ryan and Hacksaw Ridge. Despite Nolan’s prowess behind the camera, some are fearful that the Oscar nominee’s take on WWII will be more watered down than what viewers are accustomed to seeing....
Developer and publisher Chucklefish has responded to recent accusations that it used unpaid volunteer contributors during the development of the 2D planetary exploration game Starbound. Chucklefish is best known as the publisher of the hit indie title Stardew Valley. In addition to publishing Stardew Valley, Chucklefish also published roguelike game Risk of Rain and metroidvania game Timespinner. Screen Rant called Stardew Valley one of the 10 best games on Steam, and Chucklefish’s second self-developed game after Starbound, a strategy game called Wargroove, received 4....
