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Kevin Costner has no regrets over nepotism hire on new western Horizon Kevin Costner has gone on the record about accusations of nepotism, stating that he has no regrets about casting his son in new western Horizon. It’s not uncommon for the children of famed actors and directors to enter the same profession. But many are calling out nepotism where the children of these celebrities are given roles in major projects with no prior experience....

With just days to go until the launch of NASA’s highly anticipated Artemis I lunar mission, the space agency has revealed how you can track the Orion spacecraft’s progress in real time during its six-week voyage. After launching atop NASA’s brand-new and extremely powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 29,the Orion spacecraftwill fly more than 250,000 miles to the moon before coming within just 62 miles of its surface....

As promised, Google has released details aboutNFL Sunday Ticket student plans. And the savings are pretty massive. If you’re a student at a college or university, are at least 18 years old, and can verify all that via SheerID, you may get NFL Sunday Ticket for just $109 for the season. That’s about one-third the price of the non-scholarly folks out there. (On the other hand, we don’t have to share dorm rooms anymore....

Pokemon Go special evolutions & how to do them all Like in the franchise’s other games,Pokemon Gohas some unusual evolution methods that players will need to understand if they want to complete the Pokedex. Over the years,Pokemon evolution gimmickshave become more common and complex. While most Pokemon can evolve after simply reaching a certain level, newer games have introduced various creatures that only evolve under very specific conditions that the game doesn’t explain, such as Alcremie and Kingambit....

Microsoft and Samsung produce some of the best tablets you may buy, especially considering the latest releases from both companies. If you’re looking for the differences between theMicrosoft Surface Pro 8and theSamsung Galaxy Tab S8, look no further. These two tablets run completely different operating systems but share some heritage, making them both enticing for the price. We’ve also included comparisons with the larger Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra for good measure....

Anyone who has watched the excellent TV comedyThe Good Placewill be familiar with the “trolley problem.” In short, imagine you spot a runaway trolley headed toward five incapacitated people in its direct path. You have the power to redirect the trolley onto a side track, thereby saving the lives of the five people. The only problem? There is a single person lying on this side track and, by making the decision to redirect the trolley, you’re consciously sentencing them to death....

Do you remember the kind of optical illusions you probably first saw as a kid, which use some combination of color, light, and patterns to create images that prove deceptive or misleading to our brains? It turns out that such illusions — where perception doesn’t match up with reality — may, in fact, be a feature of the brain, rather than a bug. And teaching a machine to recognize the same kind of illusions may result in smarter image recognition....

For weeks now, Amazon Echo Show devices have been deeply discounted on Amazon. Now, they’re disappearing from shelves, fueling speculation that a newer version of the device could be released soon. According to Alphr,Amazon’s United Kingdomwebsite liststhe Echo Showas “currently unavailable,” accompanied by the statement, “We don’t know when or if this item will be back in stock.” Furthermore, the device isn’t available in many U.K. stores. The Echo Show has been discounted by $100 ($130 instead of the usual $230) for weeks in the United States, and in some cases the price has dropped to as low as $100 — a sign of a potential model end run....

Note:Spoilers for The Batman are discussed in this article. A gritty journey consisting of wading through Gotham City’s corrupt underbelly, a nerve-wracking killing spree to stop, and a deep level of introspection were what was in store for the Dark Knight in Matt Reeves’The Batman.Robert Pattinson’s gloomy Batmanhad been operating in this grimy, perpetually crime-plagued urban jungle for two years, but wasn’t having the resuscitating effect on Gotham’s weak pulse as he’d hoped....

VSCO’s filters have made the photo-editing app so popular, it’s now among the slang that has parents of teenagers scratching their heads. (What, exactly, is a VSCO Girl, anyways?) The filters, many inspired after real film, are so plentiful that, chances are, there are dozens of filters that will match your photo to your mood. But, tapping to try out a hundred filters for each photo is an easy way to look up from your phone bleary-eyed, wondering where the last hour went....

It feels early to be excited about a new X-T camera, but here I am. Fujifilm has unveiled the X-T4 after openly teasing it for weeks, and I’m in a tizzy. (See what’s new in ourX-T4 versus X-T3 comparison.) I’ve reviewed every Fujifilm X-T camera since the X-T1, including the downmarket two- and three-digits models. I have tested the changes, big and small, that each generation brought. Each new flagship camera took a revolutionary leap over the previous one....

With the upcoming launch ofIntel Alder Lake processorsaround a month away, many PC builders are anxious to hear more about the pricing of these CPUs. While we are not likely to hear any official confirmation directly from Intel before its Innovation event near the end of October, it seems that Amazon indirectly spoiled the prices ahead of time. Listings of a few12th Generation Intel Coreprocessors appeared on several Amazon websites, including Amazon NL, Amazon FR, Amazon Italy, and Amazon UK....

GPU prices have been dropping over the past few months, finally offering a reprieve from thedisastrous GPU shortagethat’s been going on for nearly a year. Although cards continue to drop in price in various parts of the world, they aren’t all falling at the same pace. In particular, Nvidia GPUs are dropping while AMD GPUs are rising. German outfit 3D Center has been tracking graphics card pricesover the past several months, and it just posted itsreport for August....