The pandemic and resulting chip shortage has severely impacted production at several major automakers. Mercedes-Benz recently confirmed that it was seeing high demand for its vehicles and with pandemic related production issues, wait times for ordered vehicles are growing. Mercedes says that some customers will be waiting more than a year for their vehicles to be delivered. Daimler CEO Ola … Continue reading
You no longer have to wonder just what Netflix’s adaptation of Sandman will look like. Netflix has shared a teaser for The Sandman that reveals the pivotal moment when an occult ritual captures Morpheus (aka Dream, played by Tom Sturridge) and sets the story in motion. As author Neil Gaiman put it, scenes like this will be more than a little reminiscent of the comic book series — good news if you were hoping for a faithful adaptation.
The series has a slew of well-known actors, including Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer, Stephen Fry as Gilbert, and Patton Oswalt as Matthew the Raven. You’ll also likely recognize actors like Narcos‘ Boyd Holbrook (playing The Corinthian) and The Good Place‘s Kirby Howell-Baptiste (as Death).
Netflix still won’t commit to a release date for The Sandman beyond “coming soon.” Still, it’s evident the company is giving the show a lavish treatment. It’s expecting a hit on par with Gaiman’s other adaptations (such as Amazon’s American Gods and Good Omens), and it’s delivering the production values to match.
Twitter says your new video uploads will appear less pixelated and have better quality. The official Twitter support account has revealed that the website made updates to fix its platform’s poor video quality, which has been a problem for its users since the beginning. Twitter told The Verge that it removed a pre-processing step when you upload videos that’s responsible for the issue. That step apparently splits the clip you’re trying to upload into smaller chunks for easier processing, and that could reduce video quality.
Some good news: we’ve made updates to improve video quality.
Starting today, videos you upload to Twitter will appear less pixelated for a better watching experience. pic.twitter.com/lJPI14PVRV
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) September 24, 2021
The company told the publication that the changes aren’t live on Twitter Media Studio, a tool that gives you access to all the media you’ve ever uploaded, yet. Also, while the improved video quality is expected to be available to everyone, it will only apply to new video uploads and won’t be retroactively applied to old ones. Here’s a sample of a new upload that’s supposed to have better quality:
Same clip in 720p. Supposedly this is the recommended format… pic.twitter.com/aJQglwNgqA
— JackFrags (@jackfrags) September 24, 2021
While some people said they barely notice any difference from before, others noticed less compression in full screen and quicker adjustment when you switch screen sizes. The quality still isn’t comparable to HD videos posted on YouTube, but it does look decent enough. Back in 2019, Twitter also made changes to the way it uploads JPEGs to prevent lowering their quality upon being posted.
Though we’ve seen a few glimpses of Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman and heard all about the show’s interesting casting, the streaming service has been careful not to reveal its takes on the Endless, the family of anthropomorphic beings at the center of the story. That is, until today’s…
It’s how The Karate Kid ended. It’s how The Karate Kid Part III ended. It’s even how Cobra Kai season one ended. The All Valley Karate Championship is back in Cobra Kai season four and all the action hits the mat December 31.
NASA’s InSight mission has been on the surface of the Red Planet for a long time now and so far hasn’t detected much in the way of seismic activity. NASA recently announced that InSight has finally detected quakes on Mars that are larger than a magnitude 4. One of the quakes was very interesting, lasting more than 90 minutes. While … Continue reading
Netflix is finally offering more than a very brief glimpse of Stranger Things season 4. The streaming service used its TUDUM event to share a teaser that focuses on Creel House, a seemingly haunted abode. Decades after an ill-fated family moves into the house, the familiar Stranger Things teenage cast enters to investigate — and it won’t surprise you to hear that something is amiss.
The new season still doesn’t have a more specific release date than “2022.” Still, it’s clear Netflix is eager to drum up early hype. Not that this is really a shock. Stranger Things is a well-received series coming back over two years after its last entry, and Netflix undoubtedly wants to be sure it was worth the lengthy wait.
You might not have to stay at home to watch James Bond movies if and when Amazon closes its purchase of MGM. As Deadlinereports, producer Barbara Broccoli revealed to Sky News that Amazon had committed to releasing Bond movies in theaters “in the future.” Broccoli wasn’t more specific than that, but it’s safe to say you won’t need a Prime Video subscription to watch 007’s post-Daniel Craig exploits.
MGM has gone out of its way to make sure the latest Bond flick, No Time to Die, premieres in theaters. The movie was slated to debut in April 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic prompted delays to November 2020, April 2021 and finally September 30th, 2021 for the UK. It reaches the US on October 8th. In all cases, MGM has steadfastly refused to make it available on streaming services like rival studios’ blockbuster releases — Amazon might face stiff resistance if it tries digital premieres.
The news follows a familiar pattern: Hollywood studios are determined to stick to theater-first launches for as long as possible. While there was clearly some success for WarnerMedia and other studios that released movies simultaneously or exclusively on streaming services at the height of the pandemic, they clearly want to return to the pre-COVID status quo.
It’s been over three years since we last checked in with the kids (who are now fully teens in high school at this point) of Hawkins, Indiana—and Stranger Things’ fourth season won’t arrive on Netflix until 2022. But we now have a new trailer for the nostalgia-loving sci-fi horror sensation’s next installment thanks to…
iPhone 13 preorders kicked off for more than a week ago, and if you didn’t get your order in early, good luck. Overwhelming demand for the latest iPhones has caused Apple’s estimated shipping times to creep up as the days have gone by. While ship dates were expected to start in mid-September for some of the devices…
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