The Blade production logo. | Image: Marvel Studios Though Marvel’s been hyping up its new Blade feature for quite some time, the studio’s now pumping brakes on the production as it looks for a new director and takes another crack at getting the story just right. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel has shut down…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Enlarge (credit: Kanye: Edward Berthelot, Musk: Rogan podcast, Mashup: Aurich) Self-described free speech absolutist Elon Musk couldn’t resist warmly welcoming Kanye West back to Twitter after the rapper had his Instagram account locked over the weekend for posting a caption that echoed dangerous Nazi propaganda by suggesting that Jewish people today have too much power….
Enlarge / Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo speaks at a press conference in Rockledge, Florida, on August 3, 2022. (credit: Getty | SOPA Images) Epidemiologists and public health experts spent the past weekend collectively shaking their heads at the latest harmful pronouncement from Florida’s provocative surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, who on Friday announced that he…
Tony Ware We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Sitting around the house with the lights turned low, wondering how you can capture the jigsaw jazz and the get-fresh flow? Whether you’re a musician or podcaster, livestreamer or MC, you might be in need of two…
An endoscope. Deposit Photos Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the United States. A colonoscopy, a procedure which uses a camera to scope out the length of the large intestine and has long been considered to be the best way to detect the disease. It is recommended for all…
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. The leaves are falling and there’s a chill in the air—which means it’s the perfect time to get cooking. Whether you’re renowned for your chili, you’re a master of belly-warming soups, or you can barely microwave a Hot Pocket,…
Many Americans feel comfortable treating their advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), which partially automate certain driving functions, as full self-driving systems, according to a study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The survey explored habits, expectations and attitudes among regular users of General Motors Super Cruise, Nissan/Infiniti ProPILOT Assist and Tesla Autopilot. A…
Venture capital deal flow into cryptocurrency startups is going in the same direction as the cryptocurrency market cap: down. The total crypto market cap has fallen almost 59% from about $2.25 trillion at the beginning of the year to $923 billion at the time of publication, according to CoinMarketCap data. “Deal activity tracks very closely…
TechCrunch Disrupt — taking place October 18–20 in San Francisco — is the world-class tech conference where startups go to grow. Building a startup is no easy task — not exactly a newsflash, we know. And it’s why we want to direct your attention to the companies we partner with to make it happen. One…
Meta keeps saying VR is the future, but everything it shows us is an inferior rehash of the things we already have. Its event today was, between assurances that everything is great in the Metaverse, a collection of tacit admissions that the best they can hope to do is ape a reality we are all…