Apple has reportedly confirmed that iOS 16.1 will be released as a free update on October 24, which means it could appear as a download option for users in India as soon as Monday night. iOS 16.1 will be available to all the same devices that iOS 16 is currently able to run on, which means all iPhones powered by the A11 Bionic SoC and later, starting with the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X. iOS 16.1 will include the usual bug fixes and behind-the-scenes improvements, but a number of the headlining features of iOS 16 which weren’t…
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’80s babies solely remember Tetris as the video game that inspired countless dreams of falling blocks, but a new trailer for the Apple TV+ film based on its true story reveals the dramatic lengths it took to secure rights for the Nintendo Game Boy. Taron Egerton stars as Henk Rogers, an entrepreneur who makes it his mission to bring Tetris to as many people as possible. Describing it as “poetry, art, and math all working in magical synchronicity,” he calls it “the perfect game” while trying to sell the idea to skeptical executives. In order to obtain its rights from…
If you thought Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was bad, you ain’t seen nothing.The Rise of Skywalker was practically The Empire Strikes Back — hell, it was practically The Godfather — compared to The Star Wars Holiday Special, still the most notorious disaster in the history of Star Wars. The TV special was made in 1978 by CBS, and was technically the first official continuation of Star Wars after the original 1977 film. It was also an abject horror show, with bizarre musical numbers, random guest stars, horrible special effects, and a tedious story about Chewbacca heading to his home to celebrate “Life Day” — his planet’s equivalent…
Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks for BookTrib’s readers. These award-winning February audiobooks are the perfect way to finish out the winter. Bad Cree by Jessica Johns Read by Tanis Parenteau | AudioFile Earphones Award [Random House Audio] Tanis Parenteau leaps right into narrating a chilling debut horror novel. Mackenzie wakes from a vivid nightmare clutching a crow’s head. Parenteau conveys all of Mackenzie’s anxiety, quickening her pace as recurring nightmares turn more sinister. Mackenzie lives far from her Cree family’s home in northern Alberta and hasn’t returned since her grandmother died, not even for…
Colombian environment minister Susana Muhamad has triggered fear among researchers that she will protect, rather than reduce, a growing population of invasive hippos that threaten the country’s natural ecosystems and biodiversity. Although she did not directly mention the hippos — a contentious issue in Colombia — Muhamad said during a speech in late January that her ministry would create policies that prioritize animal well-being, including the creation of a new division of animal protection. The hippos escaped from drug-cartel leader Pablo Escobar’s estate after he died in 1993. Left alone, the male and three females that Escobar had illegally imported from a…
It’s official: Ted Lasso Season 3 returns to Apple TV+ on Wednesday, March 15. That’s right, the wait for a premiere date is finally over and we have just under a month until the show that we have all grown to love is back. And hopefully in this new season, our burning questions will finally get answered. Will Nate (Nick Mohammed) come back from the dark side? Do Keely (Juno Temple) and Roy (Brett Goldstein) stick it out? And will Dr. Sharon Fieldstone (Sarah Niles) return to AFC Richmond? But no matter how this season plays out, at least we…
Perhaps unknowingly, airline passengers who lived through the outage of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Notice to Air Systems (NOTAM) system in January or Southwest Airlines’ meltdown in December were part of history. The NOTAM outage was the first time the FAA paused all domestic departures in the U.S. since 9/11. This ground stop of just a few hours caused enormous delays in the air transportation system, resulting in three out of five flights being delayed or cancelled, and average delays reaching almost 90 minutes, according to FlightAware. Weeks earlier, the unprecedented volume of flight cancellations that occurred over more…
From her breakout role as Princess Mia Thermopolis in 2001’s The Princess Diaries to her Oscar-winning performance as Fantine in 2012’s Les Misérables, Anne Hathaway has been a household name in Hollywood for decades. But Hathaway has made a point to keep her personal life private—including her nine-year marriage to Adam Shulman.Hathaway surprised fans when she exchanged vows with Shulman, then her boyfriend of four years, in a private Big Sur, California, ceremony back in September 2012. She was just 29 then.Now, nine years and two children later, the couple remains strong, committed, and largely out of the spotlight. So…
Apple has increased the prices of some of its subscription services including the popular Apple Music and Apple TV+ around the world, including in the US and UK. However, users in India will not have to spend more than they are currently used to. According to Apple, the changes were necessary because of licensing price increases and the overall size of its content catalogues. An Apple statement has been reported by 9to5mac.com, and indicates that artistes and content creators can expect to earn more per stream as a result of this change. The company recently announced that Apple Music has…
It’s one thing to say you love a musician, but it’s quite another when you’ve got the shirt to prove it. Thanks to the Internet, we can now appreciate the lengths that Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett went to in order to share his love of the late guitar god, Randy Rhoads.Thanks to a dedicated Foo Fighters and Taylor Hawkins fan going by the Twitter handle Ava / O.T.H., an old Shiflett class picture photo has surfaced with the long-haired youth sporting a Randy Rhoads T-shirt. But this is no ordinary T-shirt. Shiflett himself had it made with a specific…
The Marvel Universe is a web of stories that stretches back across 80 years. Its open-ended nature can pose a problem for creators. How many times can the X-Men defeat Magneto before it gets stale? How many times can Doctor Doom try to conquer the world before readers feel like they’ve seen it before? How do you craft a really satisfying character arc if said character arc can’t ever really end?That’s one explanation for an interesting phenomenon: Given enough years, and enough appearances, almost every major Marvel villain has become — or at least tried his or her hand at — being a Marvel…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write The Hopeless Romantic’s Guide to Avoiding Love? I read The Hating Game by Sally Thorne about a dozen times during the pandemic, and it brought me so much joy. I wanted to create something that would bring people happiness! If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of The Hopeless Romantic’s Guide to Avoiding Love, what would they be? Lover by Taylor Swift; Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) by The Temptations What’s your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite…
Jimmy Carter, the oldest living former president of the United States, will live the rest of his days at home instead of a hospital. The Carter Center, the 98-year-old’s nonprofit organization, announced on Twitter on Saturday that Carter has opted to enter hospice care in his Georgia home in lieu of further medical treatment. “After a series of short hospital stays, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention,” the center’s Twitter message reads. “He has the full support of his family and…
Mounds of salt on the Salar de Uyuni, BoliviaJami Tarris/Stone RF/Getty Images A longstanding mystery about how salt dissolves in water has finally been solved, thanks to machine learning. Understanding the complete process of how sodium chloride, or salt, dissolves in water is important for a range of scientific disciplines, from accurate climate models to making batteries. Researchers have tried to work out what happens on a molecular level using computer simulations that start with a configuration of salt crystals in water, but the large number of complex interactions between the salt and water … Read The Full Article Here
A special top can pull looks together and elevate a pair of jeans to new heights. When I envisage nice tops, my mind goes straight to contemporary designer Christopher Esber. His sophisticated designs have taken the fashion world by storm.I was in awe of his summer designs and as we transition from winter into spring, his slinky styles continue to dominate. There’s been an influx of sultry tops, whether that’s corsets, asymmetric styles or knitted variations with exposed necklines. These are especially great for those of us who prefer jeans and nice top outfits to dresses. Evenings are also an opportunity to…
American roads looked different when the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety built its car-smashing crash test system in the early 1990s. Backup cameras didn’t exist, airbags weren’t mandatory, and safety rules had not yet killed the pop-up headlight. But perhaps the biggest difference is that cars were a lot less heavy—about a quarter lighter than the average vehicle today.Raul Arbelaez, who oversees crash tests at the IIHS, has watched that transformation occur over his two-decade career, seeing sedans morph into “crossovers” and minivans become SUVs. The nonprofit lab tests most of the popular cars on the market and its safety endorsements…
Stone Temple Pilots bassist Robert DeLeo recently discussed grunge and how the genre term applied to the band as they made music through the ’90s.In fact, when looking back on it, the rocker suggested Stone Temple Pilots got “caught up” in the furor surrounding the grunge tag as it became the rock zeitgeist of that era. DeLeo’s new solo album, Lessons Learned, emerged this past October.Watch the video toward the bottom of this post.”I don’t think the four of us ever put any kind of name on what kind of music we were making,” the Stone Temple Pilots bassist tells 107.7 The Bone, as Blabbermouth reported.”We happened to come out at…
For Madonna fans, there is good news and bad news. The good news is the iconic pop star is about to embark on a major world tour. The bad news is with her attention on the tour, she will not be directing a much-discussed biopic about her own life.News of Madonna’s Madonna biopic, which would have starred Julia Garner in the lead role, first broke in September 2020. At the time, here was what Madonna herself had to say about the film she wanted to make:I want to convey the incredible journey that life has taken me on as an artist, a…
The skeletal remains of two Bronze Age brothers buried more than 3,400 years ago in what’s now northern Israel reveal that the siblings lived with severe health problems but had access to treatments, including trepanation, a new study suggests.The older brother had a piece of bone removed from his skull, possibly in an attempt to treat debilitating diseases, the researchers said. The discovery may be among the earliest evidence in this region for the practice of trepanation (also spelled trephination) — making a hole in the skull, hopefully without damaging the brain — which in ancient times was thought to…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. There’s something to be said about getting paid to write about your favorite characters. Writers can work for hire to write novels based on other companies’ intellectual properties, such as Star Wars and Spider-Man. Many authors have taken these jobs — way more authors than you probably think. To prove it, I’ve pulled together a list of famous authors you didn’t know wrote franchise novels below. Franchise novels get a bad rap. Authors who “write IP,” in industry parlance, don’t retain the rights…
The Law & Order universe lost one of its brightest stars: Richard Belzer, who played John Munch on Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and many other shows, has reportedly died at age 78. Belzer died on Sunday, February 19 in his Bozouls home in the southwest of France, due to undisclosed health issues. Writer Bill Scheft, longtime friend of the actor, told The Hollywood Reporter, “He had lots of health issues, and his last words were, ‘F**k you, motherf***er.’” Comedian and podcast host Marc Maron (a friend of Belzer’s) was one of the celebrities…
For the first time, scientists generated stem cells from bats that can give rise to any type of cell found in the animals’ fuzzy bodies. These cells, the researchers say, may help explain how bats can carry so many viruses that are lethal to humans but cause the flying mammals no harm.The researchers began developing methods to grow the cells in Spring 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic picked up steam, Science magazine (opens in new tab) reported. By then, bats were suspected to be the original source of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. In addition, bats were already known to harbor…
Mugler Fall 2022. Photography by Launchmetrics.com/Spotlight Shoppers, start your engines — this collection is sure to sell out in seconds! By Annika Lautens Date February 24, 2023 H&M and Mugler will collaborate on a collection for Spring 2023 Mugler Fall 2022. Photography by Launchmetrics.com/Spotlight In the immortal words of RuPaul: racers, start your engines — and may the first person in line for the upcoming H&M x Mugler collection win! On February 22, the Scandinavian retailer announced that it would be collaborating with the iconic French house Mugler for its Spring 2023 designer series. Not many details have been revealed…
Japan has stepped up its push to catch up on digitiSation by telling a reluctant public they have to sign up for digital IDs or possibly lose access to their public health insurance.As the naming implies, the initiative is about assigning numbers to people, similar to Social Security numbers in the US Many Japanese worry the information might be misused or that their personal information might be stolen. Some view the My Number effort as a violation of their right to privacy.So the system that kicked off in 2016 has never fully caught on. Fax machines are still commonplace, and…
Get ready for the 2023 edition of Rock Fest, continuing to break new ground for the upcoming year. Cadott, Wisconsin will once again play host to one of summer’s rites of rock music passage, welcoming a bill of acts led by headliners Pantera, Slipknot and Godsmack.The event will roll-out over four days, kicking off with a Wednesday Night Bonus Bash on July 12 that features Soul Asylum, Alien Ant Farm, Gemini Syndrome, Tallah, The Lonely Ones, No Resolve, Moon Fever and Widow7. This bash is exclusive to three-day ticket holders for Rock Fest 2023.Then the festival starts in earnest on…
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What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Hierarchy of Blood? I took a look at two of the best-selling books in my genre (young adult sci-fi romance) and wondered what would happen if I mixed them up. So, my book became The Selection meets The Hunger Games in space. Where instead of a beauty contest to be the prince’s bride, the girls–drawn by lottery–must fight for him… to the death. The one left standing wins the prince. But Marishel is just a seamstress who can’t fight, and now she has one month of training to find…
The Becks are back. We knew there was no way the Intelligence Unit would see the last of Samantha Beck and her father after Chicago PD Season 10 Episode 12, and the team is devoted to finding either Beck or his daughter slipping up. But that’s the exciting thing that may relate to the case; Chicago PD Season 10 Episode 15 also has great personal storyline potential. Anyone who watches this series knows that one of the most beloved bromances of the unit is Ruzwater. We haven’t had some quality Ruzwater content in a minute, especially with both taking up…
Flash Joule heating can be used to make carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers from mixed waste plastics, a method that is 90% more efficient than existing production processes. The nanotube diameter can be controlled by changing the power or catalyst used. Credit: Tour lab/Rice University. Putting that soda bottle or takeout container into the recycling bin is far from a guarantee it will be turned into something new. Scientists at Rice University are trying to address this problem by making the process profitable. The amount of plastic waste produced globally has doubled over the past two decades—and plastic production is…
When deciding what to wear to the airport, I always have two questions in mind. First: Is it easy to wear through the security check? Second: Is it easy to use the restroom in? Things like complicated footwear, jumpsuits, and too-tight skinny trousers are some of the biggest offenders that don’t pass the test, but Amal Clooney is out here throwing caution to the wind and making me deeply reconsider. For us, it’s an outfit that we can see ourselves living in this autumn. As we enter the colder months of the year, we’re on the hunt for any outfit combination that makes getting…