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Why Captain Marvel Is Set In The 90s, According To Kevin Feige

Period pieces have become more commonplace within the superhero movie genre in recent years. Every main X-Men movie since the 1960s-set First Class has jumped forward a decade, Captain America: The First Avenger was wisely set during World War II and Wonder Woman showed Diana stepping into man's world for the first time during World War I. Next year, we'll have Captain Marvel, which will wind the clock back to the 1990s to tell Carol Danvers' origin story. […]

todayJuly 19, 2018

Music

Muse to release new album in November, unleash “Something Human” as first single: Stream

Muse have announced they will return with their eighth studio album this November. While all other details still remain under wraps, the English outfit is previewing the release with a new single called “Something Human” along with its official music video. “Something Human” finds the alt-rockers tracking a much more mellow route here, trading in crunchy prog-rock for — get this — something along the lines of folk pop.  The song […]

todayJuly 19, 2018

Entertainment

New ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ trailer traces birth of queen’s biggest hits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP0VHJYFOAU We've been pumped to see Bohemian Rhapsody ever since the first trailer for the slick-looking Queen biopic starring Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury was released back in May. On Tuesday, a new trailer dropped showing the band working on their two biggest hits: the Wayne's World-approved mega ballad "Bohemian Rhapsody" and the ultimate sports arena singalong, "We Will Rock You." While a mustachioed Malek once again expertly channels Queen's preening frontman, other band members […]

todayJuly 18, 2018

Technology

Now you can use Google Assistant to map out your day

Google announced that it will introduce a “visual snapshot” feature in Assistant to summarize what’s happening in your day. The feature, which is available on Android and iOS devices starting this week, will curate a user’s personal information into a single, scrollable interface — from flight times to restaurant reservations to scheduled meetings. The app will also integrate these “snapshots” with whatever notes and lists are jotted into a user’s other […]

todayJuly 17, 2018

Entertainment

New ‘Shazam’ Image and Details Reveal the Lighter Side of DC

Can Aquaman and Shazam save the DCEU? Maybe! The DC film universe over at Warner Bros. has been struggling lately, but the future looks bright. The films coming up, including Wonder Woman 1984, look to be dead set on bringing some light to the darkness. A new Shazam image has surfaced along with some new info about the upcoming film, and all signs point to a much more enjoyable DC superhero movie. I’m not overly familiar with Shazam the […]

todayJuly 17, 2018

Technology

Robots made these paintings and they’re very,very good

Entries for the 2018 RobotArt competitions are in. The top 10 teams have been announced, and you can see the robot-painters’ impressive works in an online gallery. This year’s first-place artist, CloudPainter used machine learning to generate portraits and landscapes (including a re-imagination of Cezanne). The second place team chose impressionistic paintings with “a high level of skill with brushstrokes,” and the third place team programmed a robot “brushstroke by stroke,” using haptic […]

todayJuly 16, 2018

Entertainment

A lost Stanley Kubrick screenplay has apparently been found

According to The Guardian, a professor at Bangor University named Nathan Abrams says he has found a lost Stanley Kubrick screenplay called Burning Secret, and it sounds pretty darn creepy. Abrams, who The Guardian says is a “leading Kubrick expert,” describes it as “the inverse of Lolita,” and it centers on a “suave and predatory man” who befriends a young boy in hopes of seducing the boy’s mother. It’s based on Stefan Zweig’s 1913 novella […]

todayJuly 16, 2018

Technology

Google Chrome has a nasty surprise

With over 60% market share, Chrome is the undisputed king of web browsers. A key factor behind this is Google GOOGL +0.22%’s commitment to keeping it seamlessly updated with essential fixes and optimisations, but now the company has admitted Chrome’s latest upgrade comes with an unavoidable nasty surprise… ‘Great Secret Features’ and ‘Nasty Surprises’ are my regular columns investigating the best features / biggest problems hidden behind the headlines. Chrome's new user interface is […]

todayJuly 15, 2018

Entertainment

Unearthed Justice League VFX Reel Hints at Snyder’s Darker Ending

It's no secret that Zack Snyder's version of Justice League would have been much darker than it ended up and now new VFX reels seemingly confirm this to be true. Zack Snyder famously left the project last year, after principal photography wrapped. Joss Whedon came on board to handle reshoots and the editing of the superhero team-up movie, which was torn apart by critics and fans, who have been crying to get Snyder's original […]

todayJuly 15, 2018

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