Jul 28
Curve Ball: Trump Reportedly Wasn’t Invited For Yankees Pitch Date He Cancelled
Posted in: Today's ChiliTrump came up with his own date just as Dr. Fauci was about to grab the limelight with his wonky opening-day pitch.
Jul 28
Ahead of the first season of Netflix’s “The Witcher” TV series being released, it was reported that the company was so pleased by what they saw that they renewed it for a second season. The first season was pretty well-received and it also led to Netflix announcing an animated movie based on the franchise.
It turn out that Netflix isn’t quite done expanding on the franchise just yet because in an announcement on Twitter, the company has revealed that they are developing a new series for The Witcher universe dubbed “Blood Origin”. This is a 6-part live action series that is set 1,200 years before Geralt of Rivia and explores how the first Witcher came to be.
This new series will be led by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, showrunner on the main Witcher series, and will also feature screenwriter Declan de Barra. It is unclear who will be starring in this new series or when it is expected to be released, but it could be a while before we see it. This is due to the fact that the coronavirus pandemic has shut down a lot of TV and movie productions.
1200 years before Geralt of Rivia, the worlds of monsters, men and elves merged into one, and the first Witcher came to be.
Announcing The Witcher: Blood Origin, a 6 part live-action The Witcher spin-off series from Declan de Barra and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich.
— NX (@NXOnNetflix) July 27, 2020
Plus there is also the release of the second season of The Witcher to contend with that is targeted for 2021, so it is unclear where Netflix plans on placing Blood Origins. In any case, we’ll have to wait for more details that will hopefully be shared in the near future.
Netflix Will Expand On ‘The Witcher’ Franchise With A New Prequel Series
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Jul 28
If you’re just a casual photographer, there’s a very low chance that you might encounter an issue where your camera overheats. This usually happens to more professional photographers who might take photos non-stop or who record lengthy videos in high resolution. However, it seems that Canon might have an answer to that problem.
In a patent discovered by Canon News, it looks like Canon’s answer to cameras overheating would be to create a lens adapter that comes with an active cooling system that will help keep the camera cool during operation. How this works is that this lens adapter will feature vents on the top and a fan on the bottom.
This would allow for air intake which will help to cool things down, while at the same time expelling any hot air that might have been built up inside the camera. Cameras with active cooling aren’t necessarily new and last year, we heard rumors that Sony could be building a cooling system into their Sony A7S III.
However, what makes Canon’s solution potentially better is that it is a lens adapter, meaning that anyone can fit it onto a compatible Canon camera instead of having to buy a new camera just for the new cooling system. Unfortunately, we have no idea if this is something Canon will actually make or if it is an idea they are exploring, so don’t get your hopes up just yet.
Canon Patents Lens Adapter With An Active Cooling System
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Jul 28
Due to the immense amount of data that companies like Microsoft need to process, it is not surprising that datacenters can get pretty resource intensive. This is obviously not very sustainable given current methods of powering them, which is why Microsoft has been testing out new ways to more sustainably manage their datacenters.
The company has announced that they have recently successfully tested powering a row of datacenter servers for 48 hours using hydrogen fuel cells. The company is aiming to be carbon negative by 2030, and also to completely eliminate their dependency on diesel around the same time.
However, it seems that Microsoft’s ambitions don’t just stop at powering their datacenters with hydrogen fuel cells. These storage tanks could also be outfitted with an electrolyzer that will convert water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen and could also be integrated with the power grid to help balance out the energy load.
They also envision that it is possible that in the future, long-haul vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells could also pull up to the company’s datacenters to fill their tanks. It is, of course, going to be a while before we see that happen, but it seems to be a step in the right direction.
Microsoft’s Datacenters Are About To Get A Lot Greener
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Jul 28
The past weeks have seen no less than three Android smartphones being presented to the world and the upcoming weeks will most likely revolve around Google’s mobile platform again courtesy of Samsung and possibly Microsoft and Google itself. That doesn’t mean there’ll be a dearth of iPhone news to go around, of course, even if they’re pretty much slim pickings … Continue reading
Jul 28
Another connected home device is giving owners an unpleasant surprise, with the Mellow sous-vide springing a paid subscription on owners if they want to continue getting access to all the features. Launched in 2014 on Kickstarter, Mellow combined what was still at the time a rare cooking technique with an easy-to-use refrigerated water bath and a recipes app with auto-calculating … Continue reading
Jul 28
Scott Walker Gets Brutal Reminders Of His Past After ‘Joke’ Tweet Backfires
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe former Wisconsin governor’s name was trending for all the wrong reasons.
Jul 28
The Best Disney Soundtrack You're Not Listening to Just Got Alan Menken His EGOT
Posted in: Today's ChiliAlan Menken helped define Disney animation’s sound for decades—helping score some of the most beloved films of the company’s renaissance, and changing its soundtracks forever with The Little Mermaid’s establishment of the “I Want” song. But the legendary composer has only just snagged an Emmy for his work with the…
Jul 28
Although Samsung’s big event is happening in less than two weeks, it may indeed get its new wearables out of the way first in just a few days. Almost all the pieces are falling into place, coming officially from Samsung itself. The plugins for the Galaxy Watch 3 and Galaxy Buds Live, a.k.a. “Beans”, revealed some features via some deep … Continue reading
Jul 28
Last week Intel revealed that yields for CPUs manufactured on a 7nm process were running a year behind schedule, which will slow its transition to the technology that lets it build more efficient processors. Now the chipmaker has reshuffled executive…
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