While in Overwatch 2, these characters are larger-than-life heroes, this approach lets Loverwatch take time to humanize them. “For Genji in particular, I really wanted to hit home on the kind of head-empty golden retriever energy,” Moyer says of the storyline she wrote.“[Mercy’s] just so awkward,” Min adds. “I was like, she was probably so busy getting two PhDs before the age of 18 that she probably didn’t have much time to socialize. But she’s still so sure of herself.” Without spoiling specifics, this outlook shows up in both characters’ storylines, where these people that you may have spent hundreds…
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Massive Attack’s Robert “3D” Del Naja has remixed a song by Ukrainian singer Svyatoslav “Slava” Vakarchuk, the frontman of Ukraine’s most popular rock band, Okean Elzy. “Obiymy (Legacy of War Mix)” was reworked by Del Naja and Euan Dickinson last March, and is now available via Del Naja’s own Battle Box label. Check it out below.All proceeds will benefit the Legacy of War Foundation—an international charity founded by photographer, writer, campaigner, and UN Global Advocate Giles Duley. The foundation supports civilians affected by conflict. Legacy of War Foundation will be partnering with United24, a global initiative launched by President Volodymyr…
Hong Sang-soo gets lost in the funhouse in the first Walk Up trailer – Little White Lies 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data ===…
OpenAI introduced its AI chat bot, ChatGPT, on November 30, 2022. It gained a million users in under a week and 100 million within two months. In February 2023, OpenAI announced an upcoming paid version. It works by using large language models and deep learning to predict text and arrange words in a logical order. At least, that’s its aim. AI can produce coherent text, but at this stage, it’s often what James Vincent at The Verge called “plausible bullshit.” It sounds good, but is wrong or nonsense. It can also exacerbate existing biases, sometimes blatantly. In December 2022, Steven…
[]A gold pendant recently unearthed in Denmark bears the earliest known inscription featuring the Norse god Odin.[]Archaeologists think the pendant — which is technically known as a bracteate and made of thin, stamped gold — dates to the fifth century A.D., making it 150 years older than the previous oldest known artifact mentioning Norse mythology. []”It is the first time in the history of the world that Odin’s name was mentioned,” Lisbeth Imer (opens in new tab), a runologist and writing expert at the National Museum of Denmark, told Live Science. “This means that Norse mythology can now be dated all…
Happiness eludes way too many characters on this series right now. It felt like everyone was fighting, and there were few treasured moments during Grey’s Anatomy Season 19 Episode 9. Teddy and Owen bickered endlessly, Bailey and Ben nearly followed suit, Maggie realized that her marriage might be doomed, and Simone broke Lucas’ heart. But on the plus side, Helm and Mika are definitely hitting it off nicely and on their way to becoming the next endearing ship, while Levi finally got laid by a hot traveling nurse! They teased a fun installment meant to have a nostalgic feel to…
As POPSUGAR editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you’ll like too. If you buy a product we have recommended, we may receive affiliate commission, which in turn supports our work. Ashley Graham was one of the many stars to bring energy to Etro’s Fall 2023 runway show at Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Sitting in the front row alongside “The White Lotus”‘s Haley Lu Richardson and fellow model Taylor Hill, 35-year-old Graham was channeling her inner Fanta girl in a bright orange ensemble, put together by her stylist Emily Evans. The look…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is on the warpath—and crypto is in its crosshairs. Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal reported that the agency intends to sue crypto firm Paxos for issuing BUSD, a stablecoin developed in partnership with the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance. The SEC declined to comment, but Paxos, which is based in New York and Singapore, confirmed today that the agency alleges BUSD should have been registered as a security in the US, which requires compliance with complex rules. In a statement, the firm said it “categorically disagrees” that BUSD is a security but has complied with an order…
More than four decades into his career, Willem Dafoe is still so dedicated to his craft that he’ll show up to a movie set even when he’s not required to be there. In the case of his upcoming film, Yorgos Lanthimos’ And, Dafoe went one step further by asking co-star Emma Stone to slap him 20 times for a scene despite being off camera for the shot. According to a new profile in The New York Times T Magazine, Stone has a scene in the movie in which her character slaps Dafoe’s. Though Dafoe wasn’t even required to be present for…
The most-watched movie on Netflix in the United States last week, according to Netflix’s own website, was We Have a Ghost, the new horror comedy starring David Harbour and Anthony Mackie. The rest of the current domestic Top 10 list for the streaming service is a mixture of Netflix originals, like The Strays and You People, and licensed titles like 47 Meters Down: Uncaged and 2 Guns.One licensed title on the list was especially surprising: Sing 2, the animated musical sequel about a bunch of singing animals. Not because the film wasn’t popular or anything like that; Sing 2 was quite successful in theaters, earning over $400 million worldwide…
“Man is a wolf to man,” wrote the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes. And given the atrocities we inflict on one another, that certainly can’t be dismissed. Yet many people have a particular fear of nonhuman predators such as wolves, bears or other large carnivores, even though the likelihood of falling victim to them is very low. A group led by Giulia Bombieri of Trento, Italy’s MUSE Science Museum has evaluated attacks on humans by various large predators around the globe in recent decades, investigating what might have triggered them and how many were fatal. Bombieri and her colleagues published their findings on…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Immortal Cells? It came from a one-liner from my comedy series, Colt Harper: Esteemed Vampire Cat. He mentioned he ‘would hate to be thrown into the Immortal Cells.’ It was a line I forgot about until a family member mentioned it. They said for a one-liner, they were keen to know more about these immortal prisons. The story flashed before my eyes and next thing I knew, I was immersed in a brand new world! If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of Immortal Cells,…
Energy-efficient ways of cooling buildings and vehicles will be required in a changing climate. Researchers at Linköping University have now shown that electrical tuning of passive radiative cooling can be used to control temperatures of a material at ambient temperatures and air pressure. “To cool buildings, for example, traditional air conditioning is mainly used today, which requires large amounts of energy and uses environmentally hazardous refrigerants. With the help of passive radiative cooling, the cold of outer space could be used to complement normal ACs and reduce energy consumption,” says Magnus Jonsson, professor and leader of the Organic Photonics and…
Netflix’s teen drama Outer Banks is back for its third season. And although there are many burning questions that need to be answered, we can’t help but just be excited to see our favorite familiar faces again. We know that John B (Chase Stokes), Pope (Jonathon Daviss), JJ (Rudy Pankow), Kiara (Madison Bailey), Sarah (Madelyn Cline), and Cleo (Carlacia Grant) will take us, once again, on a legendary treasure hunt. Plus, we already know that the drama will be back for a fourth season — it was renewed days before the third even dropped, at the streaming service’s Poguelandia, a…
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Do you guys love science fiction?Stahelski: I’m always big on sci-fi. Like, John Wick is hyperreal. But it’s also got this analog sense. Old computers, old suits, old stuff.Reeves: I’m interested in the storytelling of humans and their interactions with technologies.Keanu, years ago you put a clause in your contracts saying that your performances couldn’t be manipulated without your say-so. Isn’t that right?Reeves: Yeah, digitally. I don’t mind if someone takes a blink out during an edit. But early on, in the early 2000s, or it might have been the ’90s, I had a performance changed. [He won’t say which.]…
De La Soul could cap an eventful stretch with a career-best U.K. chart position for the hip-hop legends’ 3 Feet High and Rising (via Chrysalis). At the midweek point, De La Soul’s 1989 debut LP blasts to No. 5, well ahead of its No. 13 peak from January 1990 and a potential career high. A top 5 appearance would cap a particularly eventful stretch for the Grammy Award-winning trio, which lost its founding member Trugoy the Dove (born David Jude Jolicoeur) last month, at the age of 54. The rush for 3 Feet High and Rising is powered by streaming,…
If you turn on The Mandalorian Season 3 having skipped The Book of Boba Fett, you will undoubtedly be confused. At the end of Season 2, Mando went one way and Grogu went another — off to train to be a Jedi with none other than Luke Skywalker. Training to be a Jedi is a major commitment, one that would supposedly keep the Mandalorian and his little Yoda buddy from seeing each other again. And yet when Season 3 begins, as evidenced by the series’ latest trailer, Mando and Grogu are back together.That’s because the characters’ entire status quo was reset during the spinoff Star Wars…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write The Vanishing Neighbor? I was reading a lot of domestic thrillers, and the thought kept popping up that I could do this, and maybe in a new and better way. I wanted Grace’s story to be incredibly fast-paced, as I sometimes would read books and find myself losing interest. I came up with the idea of Grace, a woman who’s trying to fit into a new neighborhood, so she hosts a party, but then her neighbor goes missing at the party. From there, the story took on a life…
Aerogel that will be used to stabilize the fission fuel in the new FFRE. Credit: NASA / Ryan Weed Novel propulsion ideas for moving around space seem like they’re a dime a dozen recently. Besides the typical argument between solar sails and chemical propulsion lies a potential third way—a nuclear rocket engine. While we’ve discussed them here at UT before, NASA’s Institute of Advanced Concepts has provided a grant to a company called Positron Dynamics for the development of a novel type of nuclear fission fragment rocket engine (FFRE). It could strike the balance between the horsepower of chemical engines…
It was a much lighter installment, and in some ways, it felt a bit more hopeful. There were many moments during Station 19 Season 6 Episode 9 that felt like a well earned reprieve from some of the heaviness during much of the season. It definitely was a much lighter installment after the raw developments from Station 19 Season 4 Episode 8. Keeping with the lighter note, the most action we saw in the field was Eli shadowing Andy and Travis on a call that involved bickering teenagers, a stabbed mascot, and Eli taking some more beatings. It was what…
As the temperatures drop and we start hunkering down and spending cosy evenings indoors, the issue of what to wear when we do venture outside has become a top priority. It’s too cold for the trench coats and leggings we wore throughout autumn, but it’s also deceptively bright and fresh outside, so what to wear in winter has become a hot topic in the Who What Wear office, and we’re pleased to say we’ve finally cracked the code.Whether you’re planning a well-earned staycation, gearing up for Christmas or simply getting ready for winter in the city, daily outfit deliberation is frankly an…
The Web3 sector in India is looking at expansion with bundles of profits ready to befall the country’s economy in the coming years. In a new report, Nasscom said that the Indian economy is expected to gain over a trillion dollars from the Web3 industry through the next decade. The estimate has also reportedly been seconded by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF). As per various reports, the boom of Web3 in India is being brought in by the engineering talent that makes India’s supply-gap the lowest in comparison with the US, UK, and China.In recent years, many Indian Web3…
Roger Waters, ever at odds with his former band Pink Floyd, has shared a sample of music from his controversial re-recording of the classic rock act’s The Dark Side of the Moon — an in-studio excerpt of his new version of “Us and Them.”Word first emerged last month that Waters re-recorded the entire Pink Floyd album. He also plans to release a new solo album he made during COVID-19 lockdowns. The Dark Side of the Moon, released in March 1973, celebrates its 50th anniversary this month.Hear the sample near the bottom of this post.”When we recorded the stripped down songs for the Lockdown Sessions, the 50th anniversary…
The Mandalorian is back.As of early this morning Season 3 of the hit Star Wars show has begun. The season premiere is now available on Disney+.Dubbed “The Apostate,” the episode — the 17th “chapter” overall in The Mandalorian saga — was directed by Mandalorian veteran Rick Famuyiwa and written by series creator Jon Favreau. The title refers to the fact that Din Djarin removed his helmet on the previous season of the show, which means he has violated “The Creed” of the Mandalorian order. Therefore, he has been cast out of his Mandalorian sect. The only way he can redeem himself, according to tradition is by…
Giving experiences like ice skating as gifts and cutting down on food waste will keep your Christmas greenMassimo Borchi/Atlantide Phototravel/Getty IT’S the most wonderful time of the year, but it could still use some improvement. Christmas often brings a mix of joy, excitement and last-minute shopping panic, but it is also a time of reflection for many people, an opportunity to stand back and dwell on what really matters. The past year has been a wake-up call about the state of the planet, with record-breaking heatwaves and wildfires highlighting the perils of climate change, and China’s restrictions on rubbish imports…
Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood What’s it About? A dazzling collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of The Handmaid’s Tale that look deeply into the heart of family relationships, marriage, loss and memory, and what it means to spend a life together. Old age is a culmination of experience. At 83, Margaret Atwood has seen more than her fair share of good fortune and tragedy to know a thing or two about the subject. In her first collection of short stories since 2014, Old Babes in the Wood (Penguin Random House), Atwood fully…
Headaches are extremely common and they can take many forms, ranging from mild to debilitating and lasting minutes to days. When your cranium is in pain, it’s easy to think your brain tissue itself must be hurting. But that’s not likely. Ironically, the brain senses pain throughout the body, but doesn’t actually have its own pain receptors. So why, then, do headaches hurt?Headaches can stem from an underlying medical condition, for instance, swollen sinuses, low blood sugar or a head injury. But broadly speaking, most headaches arise due to “referred pain,” meaning you feel the pain in a different place than…
Matt’s Rating: Three years ago, I championed HBO’s bold decision to reinvent Erle Stanley Gardner’s iconic hero Perry Mason as a downtrodden, chronically rumpled gumshoe turned lawyer in Depression-era L.A. (Many viewers, and readers, disagreed, unwilling to abandon the stalwart image of Raymond Burr’s infallible, unflappable attorney from the 1950s and ’60s, still a favorite in reruns.) As played with forlorn pugnacity by Matthew Rhys, as if channeling the cinematic spirits of Bogart and Mitchum, the new/old Perry Mason felt like he fit into the film noir world of legends like Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe. Perry’s first-season redemption arc…
As POPSUGAR editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you’ll like too. If you buy a product we have recommended, we may receive affiliate commission, which in turn supports our work. Jeans are a perfect blank canvas upon which anything is possible. But even with classic wardrobe staples, trends come and go. While denim does, indeed, stand apart with the notion that a straight fit in a true-blue colorway will remain in favor, there are certainly head-turning cuts, of-the-moment silhouettes, and specific decades-old washes that cycle in and out of style. And modern touches (for…