The Morning After: Amazon drops ‘LotR’ hints

Back to Bag End?Amazon’s first ‘Lord of the Rings’ teaser is a minimal Middle-earth mapAmazon posted a trio of tweets about the upcoming project, the first of which is an apt quote from Tolkien:… The rest is here: The Morning After: Amazon drops ‘LotR’ hints

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How ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ triumphed over the uncanny valley

You might be familiar with the concept of the uncanny valley, but a brief refresher: The more realistic a human simulation like an android or CG character becomes, the more we notice the small… The rest is here: How ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ triumphed over the uncanny valley

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Recommended Reading: The best of the Best Pictures

The Best Picture championship beltAdam Nayman andSean Fennessey,The Ringer This year’s installment of the Academy Awards is set for February 24th, but ahead of the festivities, The Ringer is… View original post here: Recommended Reading: The best of the Best Pictures

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Samsung stops releasing Blu-ray players in the US

To begin with, Samsung would be competing for a narrow slice of a small market. While 4K Blu-ray disc sales have been growing rapidly, they’re part of a declining industry. Overall disc sales fell… Excerpt from: Samsung stops releasing Blu-ray players in the US

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Twitter can keep copies of your deleted DMs for years

Under Twitter’s guidelines, the company wrote that “there is a very brief period in which [it] may be able to access account information, including Tweets.” You can only restore your account with… See original here: Twitter can keep copies of your deleted DMs for years

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