The crocodile star of Crocodile Dundee has died Burt, the toothy star of hit comedy Crocodile Dundee, has died at the age of 90. Crocodile Dundee is one of the most successful comedies in history,grossingmore than $300 million worldwide when it hit screens in 1986. A ‘fish out of water’ tale about an Australian crocodile hunter finding love in New York, the movie turned Paul Hogan into a global superstar....
Summary Netflix is now the home of aWill Ferrellsci-fi movie that performed terribly at the global box office. Best known for his comedy roles in movies, likeAnchorman,Elf, andStep Brothers, Will Ferrell’s career as a comedian started slowly when he saw little success in the standup space. Even in the world of acting, Ferrell took his time to find his feet as he took small roles in TV shows likeGrace Under FireandLiving Singleduring his early years....
Windows manufacturers have been hungering for a chipset that can keep up with Apple’s very fast and efficient M3 architecture. Enter Qualcomm with itsSnapdragon Xand Intel with iLunar Lake. Each aims at providing better battery life with good performance, as well as adding faster on-device AI speeds to support Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC initiative. The XPS 13 9345 is among the first Qualcomm laptops and the Zenbook S 14 is the first Lunar Lake laptop that we’ve reviewed....
You’re probably familiar with the concept of a folding bike, which can be used by commuters as a mode of transport when required but can just as easily fold up and be carried under one arm or stowed under a seat when it’s not. The creators of a project called Poimo (POrtable and Inflatable MObility), developed at Japan’s Tokyo University, have come up with a somewhat wackier version of this — and it involves an inflatable scooter....
Every year, Volkswagen brings a fleet of modified cars to the Wörthersee meet in Austria as a token of appreciation to fans. VW is always under pressure to surpass the previous year’s batch of cars with something even crazier. Which is why the German automaker equipped aGolf GTIwith a hologram projector. The Volkswagen Golf GTI Aurora concept uses tech straight out ofStar Warsto control its 2,500-watt audio system. A holographic image floats above a module housed in the trunk, and can be seen without any special glasses or other addenda — just like in the movies....
Bragi, the company that has arguably done the most innovative work in the truly wireless earbud space, has decided to exit the hardware business, having sold its product business to “a third-party buyer” in March, according toa report by Wareable.com. The German startup gained an immediate fan base, following its Kickstarter debut in 2015, which introduced the Dash, a set of truly wireless earbuds with grand ambitions. Not content to simply create a good-sounding set of Bluetooth buds, Bragi embedded a host of sensors and chips into the Dash, 4GB of onboard memory, and made the whole thing water resistant....
Have you noticed it’s getting harder to understand what actors are saying? No, you’re not getting old (well, maybe you are, but that’s a different story). And no, it’s not a problem with thatsoundbaryou just spent hundreds of dollars on. The sad reality is that, for a multitude of reasons, movie and TV show dialogue is getting harder to understand. Some, like Devin Gordon in The Atlantic, point the finger at the streaming services to which we’ve become hopelessly addicted....
Summary The firstWatchmentrailer for the new two-part animated adaptation of theDCcomic has been released. Announced last year,Watchmen Chapters 1&2will adapt the comic storyline created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. This comes 15 years after the release of the live-actionZack SnyderWatchmenmovie, and 5 years after the franchise’s HBO drama series, which more loosely adapts the comic source material. Warner Bros. Entertainmentreleased theWatchmen Chapters 1&2teaser trailer, which can be viewed below.The trailer showcases the 3D art style of the new movie series, and reveals how theupcoming DC moviewill depict iconic characters like Rorschach, Doctor Manhattan and The Comedian, as well as several crucial story elements from the original comic:...
Western Digital has revealed several new products at the IFA 2017 technology show in Berlin. Amid all the laptops,desktops, and other hardware showcased byits partnersand competitors, Western Digital’s device portfolio wasn’t quite so grand, but its new gadgets should help make media management easier and more robust. The new devices include a stand-alone cloud storage unit, a backup device for the iPhone, and a high-capacity Micro SD card. My Cloud Home For starters, we haveMy Cloud Home....
What does ‘jit’ mean on TikTok? Jit is a slang word you might have stumbled across on TikTok or other apps like Snapchat and X/Twitter. But what exactly does this jit mean? Here’s everything you need to know about the slang word. TikTokreigns supreme as a hub for viral content. Like many apps, it has generated a range of slang terms and acronyms that people use to communicate. Social media platforms allow people to connect to people across the world they otherwise would not have been in contact with....
If you’ve been shopping for a TV recently, you’ve probably noticed that nearly any TV larger than 40 inches offers 4K Ultra HD resolution — that’s almost a given. But what about High Dynamic Range (HDR), the cool, new thing when it comes to TVs? It offers up darker blacks, brighter highlights, and generally richer, more vivid color. But unlike 4K, which is a standard resolution you’re able to easily measure, there are multiple different kinds of HDR, and you don’t always get access to all of them with a given TV....
Summary X-Men ‘97’s Cable offered a perfect way for the MCU to somehow improve on Josh Brolin’s already fantastic depiction of the character. By the time ofX-Men ‘97episode 10’s ending, Cable was established as one of the show’s primary characters. This came to the fore inX-Men ‘97episode 5, in which Cable solidified himself as an ally of the X-Men and an enemy of their threatening antagonist, Bastion. To make this even more exciting, the teases towardsX-Men ‘97season 2’s storyproved Cable will have a continued presence going forward....
Summary For several reasons,The Good Doctor’s long-anticipated series finale wrapped the series up perfectly. The Freddie Highmore-led series changed the television landscape for autistic characters by depicting autism differently.The Good Doctorwas confirmed as ending after season 7, leading to speculation about how it would wrap up.The Good Doctorseason 7 trailerpromised heartbreaking final episodes, and the series made good on that promise. Halfway through the final season, medical resident Asher Wolke was murdered in a hate crime, and several episodes were devoted to the characters' grief over his passing....
