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Summary I likeThe Bikeriders. I feel compelled to start this review with that statement because I’m unsure how clear that will be by the end of it. I tend to be more lenient with good movies that feel like they maxed out on their potential than ones that could have been, or perhaps in momentswere, great. The former are what they are, and offer what they offer. The latter are so wrapped up in their potential that the process of disentangling them can resemble the five stages of grief....

The Boys fans blame “horrible writing” for Season 4’s most shocking death The Boys fans blame “horrible writing” as the reason behind one of the most shocking deaths in the Season 4 finale. After eight episodes of dodging asupe killing virusandHomelander’s murderous rampage, The Boys Season 4 ended with somegnarly deathsand a newsupe-centric American government. However, before the show could ride off into its finalSeason 5glory, some fans began asking the crew to answer for the most shocking death in theSeason 4finale....

Players who have preordered or are planning to purchaseTom Clancy’s The Division 2may need to clear up their hard drives before the game arrives on March 15, especially for those on the PlayStation 4. An Ubisoft Support post revealed thatThe Division 2will come with a day-one patch named the Title Update 1 patch, which includes several bug fixes and improvements for the main game. For Xbox One and PC players, after installing the game, the Title Update 1 prompt will appear and initiate the download....

The Reckoning: Steve Coogan on why Jimmy Savile story needs to be told The Reckoning – a new drama about the crimes of serial sex offender Jimmy Savile – launches on the BBC tonight, and the show’s star Steve Coogan has been discussing why it’s a tale that needs to be told. The Reckoning is a four-part series that charts the rise of TV presenter Jimmy Savile, as well as the hundreds of sexual assaults he committed during his time at the top, many of them against minors....

There are a few things to consider when buying a smartphone — you’ll want to think about a phone’s design, camera, performance, and so on. But what about how quickly phones can upload and download files? If speedy internet access is important to you, a new study has been released detailing the fastest phones out there — and it turns out that Samsung is the winner. The study comes fromOokla, the company behindspeedtest....

With four more people arriving at the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, the orbital outpost is getting rather crowded again. Traveling aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) astronauts Peggy Whitson, John Shoffner, Ali Alqarni, and Rayyanah Barnawi docked with the ISS at 9:12 a.m. ET after launching aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida the previous day. Several hours after docking, the crewmembers of NASA’s second-ever private mission boarded the station, bringing the crew count to 11....

What is 5G?It will take some time before it truly impacts our lives, but the next-gen mobile network is here whether people are ready for it or not. Carriers have deployed their nationwide5G network coverage, and are in the middle of expanding the rollout. But, as with many major breakthroughs, the new cellular technology has spawned a set of conspiracy theories, including everything ranging from the idea that 5G can cause cancer to the claim that it causes the coronavirus....

It can be hard to stay in the game when your go-to monitor is lackluster. And while there’s certainly no shortage ofgaming monitorsto choose from, you’ll want to set your sights on a gaming-optimized model that’s going to improve your PC rig. Fortunately, one brand you can always rely on for visuals and performance is Alienware, and we happened to come across a fantastic offer onan Alienware screen: For a limited time, when you order theAlienware 34-inch QD-OLED Curved Gaming Monitorthrough Dell and Amazon, you’ll pay $800....

There’s a new weapon in the war against sex offenders preying on unwitting child victims online — and it comes in teh form of asmart algorithm. Created by researchers from Purdue University, theartificial intelligence-powered Chat Analysis Triage Tool (CATT) is designed to help law enforcement more easily discover instances of grooming online. Because of the sheer amount of conversation that takes place on the internet, it aims to do a job that would be impossible to carry out without an entire army of dedicated humans: To monitor online conversations and highlight instances in which adults are behaving in a suspiciously inappropriate way....

If we had a dime for every time a company proclaimed the launch of a new drone delivery service because theytied a pizzaorsome other foodstuffto a tether and hit the “fly” button, we’d probably have around $1.20 by now. The fact is, strict regulations laid down by the the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mean that for the time being, full-fledged drone delivery services — the kind proposed by Amazon and Alphabet’s Wing for delivering orders to customers’ homes — are still a ways off in the U....

Smartphones help millions of people to while away the daily commute, whether with music, social media, news apps, or podcasts. But from this week, workers in London have another way of passing the time — with short stories grabbed from a vending machine. Three such machines have been installed in the city’s busy office district of Canary Wharf, each one offering thousands of different short stories that take around one, three, or five minutes to read....

What is ‘homework’ spelled backwards? Debunking viral claim about ‘krowemoh’ A viral claim is making the rounds on TikTok, suggesting that ‘homework’ spelled backwards has a sinister meaning in Latin. In July 2024,TikTokis bustling with the claim that ‘krowemoh’ (‘homework’ spelled backwards), translates to something ominous in Latin. This bizarre rumor has been spreading across various social media apps, with users wondering if there’s any truth to it. What does ‘homework’ spelled backward mean?...

There are few directors better at making movies that get under your skin thanM. Night Shyamalan. Ever sinceThe Sixth Sensein 1999, the prolific director has largely stayed in the horror genre, crafting tales of alien invaders (Signs), creepy family members (The Visit), and a reverse fountain of youth (Old). With 2023’sKnock at the Cabin, Shyamalan puts his unique spin on the apocalyptic horror subgenre. When four strangers arrive at a family’s cabin and demand that one of them must kill another family member to prevent the apocalypse from occurring, questions about faith, religion, and brotherhood are asked and uneasily answered....