Day: May 12, 2022
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A different side of time: Hulu drops trailer for The Orville: New Horizons
Seth MacFarlane’s epic space adventure series The Orville: New Horizons returns exclusively as a Hulu original series. We here at Ars have sorely missed the intrepid crew of the USS Orville. Production on the third season of The Orville abruptly halted in March 2020 due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the series is […]
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Immersive Installation Takes Over a Japanese Botanical Garden Turning It Into a Surreal Dreamscape
Immersive Installation Takes Over a Japanese Botanical Garden Turning It Into a Surreal Dreamscape teamLab, Exhibition view of teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka, 2022, NagaiBotanical Garden, Osaka © teamLab, Courtesy Pace Gallery Art collective group teamLab is known for transforming natural settings through unexpected and noninvasive means. After finishing their exhibition at Kairakuen Gardens in Okiyama, […]
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Broadway theater installs IR camera system to catch audience members trying to record nude scenes
“Take Me Out” Broadway Opening Night | Photo by Bruce Glikas/Getty Images Earlier this week, someone posted cell phone videos of Tony-nominated actor Jesse L. Williams and co-star Michael Oberholtzer that were taken during a nude scene from the play they’re in, Take Me Out. Deadline reports that Second Stage Theater, where the play is […]
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Apple sending notice to developers invited to special WWDC 2022 in-person event
Apple last month announced WWDC 2022, another edition of its annual developer conference. This year, however, Apple let developers register for an in-person event at Apple Park. Now the company is sending the notice to developers who have been chosen to join the special event. more… The post Apple sending notice to developers invited to […]
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Deathloop is the first game with AMD’s framerate boosting FSR 2.0, plus key accessibility options
In case you haven’t noticed, chipmakers are in the middle of an upscaling revolution. AMD, Intel, and Nvidia are all out to prove that algorithms can trump native rendering performance. Why spend precious GPU cycles on native 4K when you can actually get a sharper, more detailed image by upscaling smaller pictures instead? It’s an […]
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Apple reportedly gives retail managers anti-union scripts
Managers have reportedly told employees that outside unions don’t know Apple or its culture. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has been coaching retail store managers on how to try and talk employees out of unionizing, according to Vice. The report says the company has sent around a document full of talking […]
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Years before eSIM, Steve Jobs wanted the first iPhone to have no SIM card slot
We have recently been hearing rumors about Apple offering iPhone models that are only compatible with eSIM, without the physical SIM card slot. However, years before this technology even existed, Steve Jobs wished that the first iPhone didn’t have a SIM card slot. more… The post Years before eSIM, Steve Jobs wanted the first iPhone […]
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ECG coming soon for Apple Watch users in Mexico with watchOS 8.6
Earlier today, Apple released RC (Release Candidate) builds of iOS 15.5, macOS 12.4, tvOS 15.5, and watchOS 8.6. While the updates bring only minor changes and improvements, Apple has now confirmed that the watchOS 8.6 update enables ECG and other health features for Apple Watch users in Mexico. more… The post ECG coming soon for […]
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Passenger With No Flying Experience Safely Lands a Plane After Pilot Has Medical Emergency in Midair
Passenger With No Flying Experience Safely Lands a Plane After Pilot Has Medical Emergency in Midair At around noon on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, Robert Morgan, an air traffic controller at Palm Beach International Airport (PBIA) was on break outside the tower. He was reading a book when his co-worker began yelling to him. “There’s […]
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Apple TV Plus’ The Essex Serpent is a slow, tense drama with lots of great sweaters
Tom Hiddleston in The Essex Serpent. | Image: Apple How much you enjoy The Essex Serpent, an Apple TV Plus adaptation of Sarah Perry’s 2016 novel, might depend on how much you enjoy seeing Tom Hiddleston brooding in a misty field while wearing cozy wool sweaters. For a lot of people, that will probably be […]