New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention.
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Continue reading "What to read this weekend: Preventing an asteroid apocalypse, and Cult of the Lamb’s first arc wraps up"Despite the company’s recent decision to abide by the demands of the Brazilian Supreme Court, X still isn’t back online in Brazil — and according to Reuters, that’s at least in part because it paid its fines to the wrong bank. After weeks being banned …
Continue reading "X reportedly paid its Brazil fines to the wrong bank, causing further delay in reinstatement case"Apple is planning to debut a new operating system called homeOS with its long-rumored smart displays, the first of which is expected to arrive as soon as 2025, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Reports of a HomePod-like device with a display have b…
Continue reading "Apple’s rumored smart display may arrive in 2025 running new homeOS"It’s not just you — Spotify has confirmed it’s experiencing problems that have made the app and web player temporarily unusable for some people starting late Sunday morning. “We’re aware of some issues right now and are checking them out!” the Spotify …
Continue reading "Spotify confirms it’s having service issues and is working on a fix"Songs from popular artists have begun to disappear from YouTube as the platform’s deal with the performing rights organization SESAC (Society of European Stage Authors and Composers) approaches its expiration date. As reported by Variety, certain songs…
Continue reading "YouTube blocks songs from artists including Adele and Green Day amid licensing negotiations"The team behind the upcoming Minecraft movie shared a new clip during Minecraft Live that expands on the brief crafting moment we saw in the polarizing first teaser. The scene comes in the middle of a discussion between Mojang creative director Torfi F…
Continue reading "Here’s a peek at how A Minecraft Movie will handle crafting"Apple tried at the last second to get out of producing a trove of documents by Monday as it was ordered to in its ongoing dispute with Epic, and Magistrate Judge Thomas Hixson is not having it. In early August, the company was given a deadline of Septe…
Continue reading "Judge rejects Apple’s last-minute request for a deadline extension in Epic case"New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention.
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Continue reading "What to read this weekend: The history of overhyped tech, and a new graphic novel from Charles Burns"Apple introduced some major repairability improvements with the iPhone 16 lineup, but nothing stands out as much as the new battery removal process for the base iPhone 16. Doing away with the usual pull tabs, Apple is using an adhesive that debonds in …
Continue reading "See the iPhone 16’s game-changing battery removal process in new iFixit teardown"The emotional 2011 indie game To the Moon will soon be playable on Xbox Series X/S and PS5. Developer Freebird Games and publisher Serenity Forge announced this week that ports for the consoles will arrive on October 8 for $10. At the same time, they r…
Continue reading "Indie classic To the Moon comes to Xbox Series X/S and PS5 October 8"