Rob Zombie’s Munsters remake just keeps adding to its cast. David Lynch throws cold water on rumors that he’s showing a new movie at Cannes. Another familiar face returns for National Treasure: The Series. Plus, get new looks at the return of Fear the Walking Dead, and the new anthology Tales of the Walking Dead.…
Users of ride hailing apps Uber and Lyft say they were fleeced after they tried to leave the Brooklyn area yesterday after a shooting left at least 23 people injured. Others found the price of a ride had increased several fold even in areas outside the immediate area of danger.
DnDBeyond.com is one of the most widely used digital toolsets for the ubiquitous tabletop roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons, and up until a few days ago it was owned by Fandom. A breaking press release from Business Wire has confirmed that Hasbro, the parent company of Wizards of the Coast, which owns Dungeons &…
Dr. Ashish Jha, the new White House COVID coordinator, said other tools are being used to track the pandemic, including community-based surveys.
Sony and Nintendo are following Microsoft in halting payments for unused gaming subscriptions in the UK. The country’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has obtained an agreement with Sony that will wind down unused PlayStation Plus accounts. Sony will remind inactive subscribers how to end payments and, if there’s still no activity, stop taking payments altogether. Nintendo, meanwhile, no longer auto-renews Switch Online subscriptions by default.
Microsoft said in January it would cancel dormant Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass subscriptions in the UK, and eventually worldwide. Like Sony, it will first notify customers (albeit after a full year of inactivity) and, one year later, halt payments. Microsoft also said it would provide more immediate information about memberships to customers, such as auto-renewal details and refunds.
The changes have led the CMA to end an investigation into online gaming services that began in 2019. The probe focused not only on auto-renewals, but on the difficulty of obtaining refunds and on potentially unfair subscription terms. While it’s not yet clear if the CMA has resolved every problem, the core issue appears to have been addressed — you’re less likely to get a bill for a service you stopped using a long time ago.
Jason Ravnsborg, who said he did not realize he hit a man until he returned the next day and found the body, is the first official to be impeached in his state’s history.
Still waiting on a new Tesla with its higher-capacity batteries? Perhaps, once the company’s employees have got theirs, you’ll also be able to grab a Model Y with longer range. Electrek reports Tesla is selling the Model Y in a new Standard Range AWD variant that uses 4680 cells to offer 279 miles of range and five-second 0-60MPH for $59,990, which is $3,000 less than the Long Range AWD.
These 4680 cells are actually twice as large as Tesla’s existing units — with five times the capacity. It means the company can choose to extend the range of its vehicles or use fewer batteries, which would shrink costs while maintaining range parity.
Reportedly, we muggles should be able to pick up the cheaper Model Y in the coming weeks, at a time when all the carmakers are finally ready to offer us a lot more EV options. We have news about Toyota’s late-to-the-party electric car below, and Honda plans to launch 30 EV models by 2030.
https://www.engadget.com/tesla-model-y-standard-range-awd-new-battery-152038143.html
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Acclaimed sci-fi mystery ’13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim’ lands on Nintendo Switch
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Talking of EVs, Toyota is almost, finally, ready to unleash its first (true) EV. The bZ4X SUV will start at $42,000 for the base front-wheel-drive model, with 252 miles of range on a single charge. Meanwhile, the Limited package (which starts at $46,700) adds more luxurious satin and soft-touch finishes and upgraded seats, with Toyota offering optional FWD and X-MODE AWD drive to both.
When it comes to recharging, the bZ4X will have a 6.6kW adapter that could get the car from low to full in about nine hours when connected to a Level 2 charger. Select dealers will sell the ChargePoint Home Flex charger direct to owners.
Balloons are the cheaper version of space tourism, thanks to gentler, longer-lasting trips that don’t require training, and now it’s clearer what you’ll get if you take one of those rides. Space Perspective has previewed the interior of Spaceship Neptune, its giant balloon that will take tourists to 100,000 feet (technically the stratosphere) for around two hours. It’s $125,000 per ticket with a $1,000 refundable deposit. So, $62,500 per hour.
GoPro has unveiled the Hero 10 Black Bones, a lightweight version of the Hero 10 Black designed for FPV and Cinewhoop drones that have taken off in popularity. Light enough to mount on three-inch sized drones, it still packs in GoPro features like HyperSmooth 4.0 and 5.3K video.
The Hero 10 Black Bones is cheaper with GoPro’s one-year subscription, which is free the first year. It costs $400 with a new subscription and $500 without, meaning GoPro thinks you’re going to like the subscription benefits enough to renew. Or at least forget to cancel. Those benefits include no-questions-asked camera replacement, discounts on accessories and unlimited cloud backup.
Therabody, best known as the maker of Theragun percussive recovery devices, is launching its first product for your face. The company unveiled the $399 TheraFace Pro, which has percussive, light and microcurrent therapies. It can also provide cryothermal treatment, which the company said can help reduce tension, relax muscles and “[address] discomfort related to migraines, headaches, and jaw pain.”
FIFA, the global governing body for world soccer, is launching its own streaming service. FIFA+ will livestream men’s and women’s matches and broadcast a raft of original series and documentaries. The platform will also host a vast archive of older games from previous World Cups. FIFA says it’ll show the “equivalent of 40,000 live games per year.” At launch, we’ll see around 1,400 matches a month, with that figure “rising rapidly” until we get closer to 4,000 a month. Which is great, but I really don’t want a streaming service for every single sport.
Have you seen a viral video from the BBC suggesting a rocket attack on a railway station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine that killed 50 people and injured at least 100 was actually a false flag by the Ukrainian military, and not the Russians? The video is fake. And despite using a BBC logo and style, it wasn’t made by the BBC.
A group of powerful companies on Monday announced a new venture to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Meta, Alphabet, Stripe, Shopify, and McKinsey are pledging together to buy $925 million worth of carbon removal over the next nine years, a move they say will create a market that will help develop needed…
The Fox News personality weighed in on the Brooklyn mass shooting with a ridiculous — and flat-out wrong — claim.
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