Monthly Archives: October 2022

The best gifts for teenage girls, according to teenage girls

Trends among teenage girls are an ever-changing hellscape. Even millennials — people who are not that old, thank you — can have trouble navigating the world that’s ruled by TikTok and seemingly untouched by The Awkward Phase. Funneling those trends into a gift that she’ll like and use for longer than a month seems nearly impossible. But…

7 new movies and TV shows on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max and more this weekend (October 14)

Spooky season (read: October) is well underway, so it’s no surprise to see this weekend’s streaming service additions picking up where last week’s new movies and TV shows left off.  Arriving hot on the heels of Werewolf by Night, Hellraiser, and The Midnight Club over the next few days is a veritable bounty of exciting…

The Rings of Power’s Sauron reveal was nearly spoiled in episode 2

Full spoilers follow for The Rings of Power episode 8, aka Alloyed. The Rings of Power’s showrunners have revealed that Sauron’s big reveal was nearly spoiled by a specific creative decision taken during episode 2’s development. Speaking at a preview screening for The Rings of Power episode 8, which TechRadar attended, co-creators J.D. Payne and…

Always wanted to work for Pixar? Now’s your chance to prove you’ve got what it takes

AMD and Pixar have joined forces once more for this year’s RenderMan challenge, the pair have announced.  The challenge sees artists, graphic designers, and other content creators bring their cinematic visions to life using Pixar’s VFX and animation rendering software.  The CPU manufacturer has revealed that this year’s challengers will also gain access to ‘The…

US stocks rally in volatile trading as investors digest bank earnings and a potential UK tax-cut reversal

(Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images) US stocks rose Friday but the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite remained on course for a weekly loss.  Shares of investment banks were mixed after Q3 earnings reports. Retail sales in September were flat.  US stocks rallied Friday after September retail sales missed expectations while investors assessed mixed earnings…

Disney restored Walt’s Mickey Mouse One Gulfstream private jet that was left to rot in Florida’s heat and humidity – take a closer look at the vintage plane

Walt Disney’s Grumman Gulfstream I airplane will debut at its new home at the Palm Springs Air Museum on Oct. 15. Walt Disney Archives Walt Disney used the private jet to scout Disney World – then codenamed Project X. The company flagship was affectionately known as Walt’s Plane and The Mouse. The fully outfitted galley…

How one professional athlete is helping IBM encourage people to embrace a new era of data

Courtesy of IBM By Noah Syken, Vice President of Sports and Entertainment Partnerships at IBM For the last six years, IBM has been working with ESPN to infuse AI-generated insights into its fantasy football platform. But we needed someone who could help us tell the story — someone who could grab the attention of fantasy…

A major US recession is avoidable and this is not a ‘gloom and doom scenario,’ US Commerce Secretary says

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images A major US recession isn’t inevitable, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told Bloomberg TV. She pointed to strong consumer spending, hiring, and production innovation in the US, which could bolster economic activity. Markets are still being rattled with volatility, but this is not a “gloom and doom…

The world’s busiest international flight route carried more than 3.2 million passengers in the last year. See which other routes made the top 10.

Cairo International Airport (pictured) to to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia was the world’s busiest international route during the last year. AMIR MAKAR / Contributor / Getty Images  The Asia-Pacific region had many of the world’s busiest international flight routes, pre-pandemic.  However, since the pandemic has waned, the Middle East is now dominating the list.  Here are…