Enlarge / The 6th-generation iPad mini. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Apple’s newest iPad mini was released to the general public on Friday, and over the weekend, users began to complain about a subtle scrolling problem when using the tablet in portrait mode ( MacRumors has a good round-up post ). The tablet appears to refresh the […]
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The Galaxy Note is back, it’s just going to be called the “Galaxy S22 Ultra”
The particular Galaxy Note 22—no wait, the S22 Ultra?! Note the S-Pen oval on the bottom edge. [credit: OnLeaks and Digit.in ] It’s never too early to start talking about new Samsung phones, is it? OnLeaks has a series of renders out for the Galaxy S22. These are usually based on CAD renders given to […]
Occultist tries to imprison Death in first The Sandman teaser
Tom Sturridge stars as Dream/Morpheus in the Netflix adapted series, The Sandman . It has been a long time coming, but we finally have our first glimpse of footage from The Sandman , Netflix’s adaptation of the DC Comics graphic novels created by Neil Gaiman. The streaming giant also released several character posters for the series […]
Film studios sue “no logs” VPN provider for $10 million
Enlarge / Your at-home entertainment studio. (credit: Ella Don ) Dozens of movie production companies sued LiquidVPN this year over the VPN provider’s marketing efforts that could be perceived as promoting piracy. These companies, which are now seeking $10 million in damages, claim that the “no log” policy associated with LiquidVPN is not a valid […]
Emails show Elizabeth Holmes directing response to failed Theranos tests
Enlarge / Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes leaves the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building and US Courthouse in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. Holmes is charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and nine counts of wire fraud and could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. (credit: […]
Tesla tests drivers to trust them to supervise experimental Autopilot
Enlarge / Tesla Autopilot is currently under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for 12 crashes and one death. Now the company is expanding access to an experimental version of the software. (credit: Tesla) Over the weekend, Tesla expanded access to the latest version of the company’s highly controversial $10,000 automated driving feature. […]
Facebook suspends plan to launch Instagram Kids app as critics circle
Enlarge (credit: Thomas Trutschel/Getty Images) Facebook has suspended plans to launch Instagram Kids, a version of its photo-sharing app for children under the age of 13, as criticism of the project gathered momentum in Washington. Adam Mosseri, who runs the Facebook-owned app, denied that the decision to “pause” development work on Instagram Kids was an […]
New NASA satellite to continue half a century of changing Earth observations
Enlarge / Natural color images from March 1999, April 2005, May 2011, and April 2021 by Landsat satellites chronicle the shrinking Lake Powell reservoir and Lower Colorado River. (credit: NASA/USGS) A Delta rocket launched the small Earth Resources Technology Satellite in July 1972 with a simple mission: to capture multi-spectral imagery of the planet and […]
Iké Boys review: If you love kaiju so much, why not just be one?
A clip from Iké Boys , now playing at Fantastic Fest 2021. Iké Boys , the debut feature from writer/director Eric McEver enjoying a world premiere at Fantastic Fest this week, will feel like a secret handshake to certain people who grew up in the late 1980s or the 1990s. In a prestreaming era when […]
N64 on Switch: Reading the tea-leaves on future game prospects
Enlarge / Get N(S) or get out. (credit: Nintendo / Sam Machkovech) On Thursday, the latest Nintendo Direct presentation confirmed something most Nintendo fans had either suspected, hoped for, or predicted (based on a recent FCC “controller” tip ): the N64 is finally back. Instead of a miniaturized N64, however, the company’s first dedicated 3D-rendering […]