Monthly Archives: August 2022

The Joker sequel finally has a release date, but we’re going to be waiting a while

The much-discussed and much-anticipated sequel to Joker now has been given a release date and its title confirmed.  According to Deadline, production on the sequel, which is now formally titled Joker: Folie à Deux, will begin in December, with the movie now booked to hit theaters on October 4 in 2024.  The release date had…

Amazon Luna is now on Samsung TVs

Amazon’s streaming service Luna has become the latest addition to Samsung’s relatively new Gaming Hub on its 2022 TVs, letting players stream games without any additional hardware bar a controller. Hands-on with Samsung Gaming Hub: How game streaming works on Samsung TVs The service launched with support for Xbox Game Pass streaming and Nvidia GeForce…

The Nord Stream 1 pipeline is missing a turbine that’s keeping natural-gas flows out of Russia slow, and Russia and Germany are caught in a blame game over it

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz viewed the repaired Siemens Energy turbine for Nord Stream 1 on Wednesday and said it’s “ready for action at any time.” Andreas Rentz/Getty Images The Nord Stream 1 pipeline sends gas from Russia to Germany. Gazprom said it’s “impossible” to get a turbine for the pipeline back from repairs due to…

Toyota-backed robotaxi unicorn Pony.ai sues ex-employees over trade secrets

Pony.ai, a Chinese autonomous vehicle company valued at $8.5 billion as of late, has sued two former employees over alleged trade secret infringement. The lawsuit is arriving months after Frank (Zhenhao) Pan and Youhan Sun, two former technical leaders at Pony’s autonomous trucking business in the U.S., resigned to start a competitor called Qingtian Truck….

Joe Manchin said Democratic holdout Kyrsten Sinema would do her ‘due diligence’ and ‘make her own decision’ on the Inflation Reduction Act

Democratic senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin talk in a Senate elevator. Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Joe Manchin said he and Kyrsten Sinema have been “talking” about the Inflation Reduction Act.Manchin said he had a “nice conversation” with Sinema and that they exchanged papers on the matter.”And she’ll look at all…

US Attorneys General will take legal action against telecom providers enabling robocalls

The Attorneys General of all 50 states have joined forces in hopes of giving teeth to the seemingly never-ending fight against robocalls. North Carolina AG Josh Stein, Indiana AG Todd Rokita and Ohio AG Dave Yost are leading the formation of the new Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force. In Stein’s announcement, he said the group will…