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Though that Dumbo trailer currently has Disney fans erupting with excitement, the flying elephant isn’t the only classic character soaring back into theaters. Christopher Robin will be released later this summer (August 3) and plenty of other classics—including Aladdin and The Lion King—are set to turn live-action next year. SEE ALSO: What’s left for …
June 13, 2018 | by RaheelFacebook holds at least two patents to track user eye movements, but denies that it’s currently developing the technology. “Like many companies, we apply for a wide variety of patents to protect our intellectual property. Right now we’re not building technology to identify people with eye-tracking cameras,” Facebook wrote in a 229-page response to a …
June 13, 2018 | by RaheelStar Wars creator George Lucas has a long history of making statements about plans for future Star Wars films that do not pan out. At various times since 1977 he has said that his space fantasy series was supposed to be 6, 9, 12 or 15 movies. He has mused about films entirely devoted to …
June 13, 2018 | by RaheelMusical.ly is merging the functionality from its two-year old live-streaming platform Live.ly into its main app, and has disabled Live.ly’s standalone app as part of the transition process. The Live.ly app will eventually be pulled from the App Store and Google Play, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Instead of being able to go live, Live.ly …
June 13, 2018 | by RaheelThe in-depth look at Super Smash Bros. Ultimate during Nintendo’s E3 showcase gave the world a hell of a lot to look forward to and at least one huge letdown: Snake’s butt. Snake, who made his Smash debut in 2008’s Super Smash Bros. Brawl, is basically known for three things: being incredibly sneaky, killing bad …
June 13, 2018 | by RaheelFintech startup N26 is updating its N26 Metal product and launching it tomorrow. You might remember that the company first announced its premium card at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin in December 2017. Shortly after the conference, the card was available in early access for existing N26 Black customers. But the company had to go back to …
June 13, 2018 | by RaheelWe can all stop asking who will be the first to launch “the Netflix of games.” We have our answer now, and that answer is… Netflix! As was initially reported by TechRadar, and later confirmed by Netflix, the service’s addition of streaming games will start with Minecraft: Story Mode, the episodic series from Telltale Games. …
June 13, 2018 | by RaheelBack in 2016 Microsoft entered the augmented-reality game with HoloLens, a headset that delivered a true mixed reality, combining the real world with virtual images on a transparent display. Developers and early adopters quickly realized that, while HoloLens was promising, it was being held back by its small field of view. However, this will reportedly …
June 13, 2018 | by RaheelDay has turned to night for NASA’s Opportunity rover on Mars. A huge dust storm that’s now 14-million square miles wide, covering a full quarter of the red planet, has blotted out the sun above Perseverance Valley, Opportunity’s home. The storm could actually become a global tempest in the days to come, according to NASA. …
June 13, 2018 | by RaheelBack in April, YouTuber Jack Douglass (of jacksfilms) kindly asked the internet not to Photoshop his wedding photos. Of course, he knew what would happen, and it did: the internet Photoshopped his wedding photos. Now, Douglass is back for round two. On Tuesday, he tweeted a lovely photo of his wife, Erin, from their honeymoon. …
June 13, 2018 | by Raheel