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Summary Although I am excited aboutCobra Kai’s final season, I am afraid it is already missing one crucial ingredient. Netflix’sCobra Kaigot many things right from its opening season itself, but it first drew me in with its multi-layered portrayal of the original movie’s main villain, Johnny Lawrence. When the show reinstated John Kreese as one of its primary antagonists in season 2, I grew concerned that it would tread the same path as the original movies and lose its originality....

Of all the planets we’ve discovered beyond our solar system, the majority are not Earth-like at all. They are most often gas giants like Jupiter that orbit very close to their stars, making them extremely hot. These are also generally the easiest type of exoplanet to detect. Very few of the thousands of discovered exoplanets could be potentially habitable —fewer than 50 in total. That’s why astronomers were so excited by the finding in 2017 ofa system called TRAPPIST-1, which has seven rocky Earth-sized exoplanets, four of which are in the habitable zone....

Kai Cenat finally reveals why he turned down $60M to leave Twitch for Kick Kai Cenat has finally broken down his exact reason for not leaving Twitch and jumping to Kick, even after the platform offered him a whopping $60M deal. Cenat has frequently created some of the biggest streaming moments in the site’s history with major collabs with actors such asKevin Hartand gaming marathons like hisElden Ring playthrough. In 2024, it was revealed that Kick wanted to sign both Kai and his friend, YouTube superstar IShowSpeed....

The 2024 LG OLED M4 sports an even better processor and faster refresh rates — all while doing so wirelessly.LG With itsnew QNED televisionsand accompanyingrange of new soundbarshaving already made their pre-CES appearances, LG now turns to the big guns — its 2024 OLED TV lineup. Basically, just take what made its 2023 models so great and add some more superlatives: Bigger (or smaller, actually, but we’ll get to that.) Brighter....

Summary Throughout the Multiverse Saga, Marvel Studios has seemingly been laying the foundations for the formation of theMidnight Sonsin theMCU, and one director reported to potentially be joining Marvel Studios is perfect to lead this iconic group. Following the conclusion of the Infinity Saga, Marvel Studios began to expand the MCU massively, exploring several disparate storylines concurrently. As well as exploring the multiverse, Earth’s history, and the MCU’s street-level events, a great deal of attention has been given to theMCU’s supernatural and mystical heroes, hinting at a powerful new superhero team....

As a technology that’s been around for decades, powered wheelchairs aren’t exactly a hotbed of innovation. Aside from some basic improvements in power and battery life, they’ve largely remained the same for the past few years. But that’s not to say nobody’s pushing the envelope in this space. A couple years ago at at CES, Digital Trendsgot an early look at LUCI, an innovative startup that’s aiming to give all the world’s wheelchairs a technological upgrade, retrofitting them with aftermarket abilities like obstacle avoidance, drop-off detection, 360-degree sensor vision, and smart assistant integrations....

Modern Warfare 3 devs confirm Ricochet anti-cheat update as cheaters swarm beta Call of Duty has confirmed upgrades to its Richochet anti-cheat for the Modern Warfare 3 beta as waves of cheaters already infiltrated the game. On October 12, Activision announced that a new suite of detections and protections will be set to go live once Modern Warfare 3 arrives, but the news comes as a new wave of cheaters is expected for the beta....

Warning: Spoilers ahead forDoctor Whoseason 14, episode 6, “Rogue.” Summary Ncuti Gatwa brings something exciting toDoctor Who, and I really want it to continue. Althoughit was technically David Tennant’s Fourteenth Doctor who passed the baton to Gatwaat theend of theDoctor Who60th-anniversary specialsin 2023, theSex Educationstar is arguably taking over from Jodie Whittaker, as her version of the Doctor was the last to lead the show on a full-time basis. I had many issues with Chris Chibnall’s time in charge ofDoctor Who, but a particular element of Gatwa’s performance makes it easy to move past such an underwhelming era....

Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, and that is certainly true with the Alex Murdaugh case. The once wealthy and powerful patriarch of a South Carolina family is accused of brutally murdering his wife and son in 2021. Other revelations have arisen since then, including millions of stolen dollars, a botched suicide attempt, and a reexamination of two other deaths that the Murdaugh family was involved in. True crime aficionadoswho have been watching theongoing trial of Alex Murdaughare in for even more content as the real-life case is being covered by the most popular streaming service in the world....

Nvidia introduced itsDeep Learning Super Sampling 3 (DLSS 3)not too long ago, but the feature is already getting a major update. DLSS 3.5 will launch this fall, seemingly alongsideCyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty,and it adds something totally new to Nvidia’s storied RTX feature. Ray Reconstruction is what’s new. At a high level, Ray Reconstruction enables greater levels ofray tracingquality without hurting your performance (in some cases, it can even improve performance).Nvidia is billingthis as an image quality improvement over traditional ray tracing methods, not as a way to improve performance, however....

Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson in ZombielandImage used with permission by copyright holder Zombielandco-writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick know we’re still waiting for a sequel, and they plan to deliver it soon. In fact, they have a special time in mind to releaseZombieland 2: October 2019. The date would coincide with the 10-year anniversary of the 2009 comedy-horror flick starring Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, and Woody Harrelson....

Monster Hunter World: Icebornebrings new monsters, subspecies of pre-existing monsters, and new spins on old monsters. Our monsters guide outlines every creature in theIceborneexpansion, with helpfultipson how to defeat them. We’ll also go through the details on their weaknesses and inflicted ailments. There’smuch to get excited aboutin this fresh adventure in the New World, and as always, the monsters are the stars of the show. Master Rank monsters are no joke!...

The trend of adding more and more cameras to our smartphones has made for far better camera systems, especially on the high end. TheSamsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, anyone? But it has also given rise to the feeling that more cameras always makes for better photos, and as a result, companies have been making sure to include multiple cameras oneveryphone. The worst offenders? The 2-megapixel macro cameras that seem to appear on every phone under $350 these days....