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Asteroid City’s first trailer is the most Wes Anderson thing you’ll see today
/ Asteroid City looks and feels exactly how you’d think a Wes Anderson coming-of-age movie about stargazing in the desert would. Whether there are actually aliens hiding somewhere in Searchlight Pictures’ Asteroid City from director Wes Anderson is up for debate. What’s quite clear, though, is that the movie’s playing to all of Anderson’s strengths and going to give all of his fans exactly what they showed up for. Set in a fictional American town during the mid-1950s, Asteroid City tells the story of a beleaguered widower (Jason Schwartzman) who’s busy schlepping his four children across the country to see their grandfather (Tom Hanks) when their car suddenly breaks down. Inconvenienced as everyone is by having to stop in Asteroid City while their car is fixed, the fact that an annual juni...
Union accuses Apple of firing workers in retaliation for organizing
/ The company is facing two more charges of unfair labor practices.
Tesla Model X seatbelt failures spur a new federal investigation
/ NHTSA is investigating two separate complaints from 2022 and 2023 Model X vehicle owners who had their front seat belts disconnect from an anchor while their vehicles were in motion.
Lucid’s laying off 18 percent of its workers
/ Employees and contractors from every level of the electric car company will be affected.
Google’s ADT partnership finally has a new home security product to show for it
/ ADT Self Setup is a new DIY home security system that works with Nest cameras, smart displays, and thermostats and can be controlled through the Google Home app. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: ADT Three years after Google invested $450 million in home security company ADT, the two companies finally have an integrated offering for customers looking for a DIY smart security setup. ADT’s Self Setup system, which launched last month, will now integrate with Google Nest devices — including its video doorbell and indoor and outdoor cameras. While ADT has offered Google’s smart...
Here’s 10 minutes of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gameplay
/ Nintendo released the first lengthy gameplay video for the upcoming Breath of the Wild sequel. Tears of the Kingdom is only a scant 44 days away. To celebrate the game’s impending arrival, Nintendo dropped a 13-minute mini Direct featuring gameplay and a sneak peek at Link’s new abilities. Tears of the Kingdom, formerly known as The Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, was originally slated for a 2022 release. (It’s now coming out on May 12th.) Eiji Aonuma, the game’s producer, released a video in March 2022 stating that Nintendo decided to work on the development a little bit longer “in order to make this game’s experience something special.” We can see some of that specialness in today’s gameplay presentation. One of the biggest, most interesting features shown off today ...
Elemental’s first trailer is a bubbling, sizzling feast for the eyes
/ In its first trailer, Pixar’s upcoming Elemental tells a familiar story with some dazzlingly gorgeous visuals. Thematically, Pixar’s Elemental, from director Peter Sohn, might not seem like the studio’s most imaginative animated feature. But if the movie’s first full trailer is any indication, Elemental’s going to be a mesmerizing visual feat. Elemental tells the story of Ember Lumen (Leah Lewis) and Wade Ripple (Mamoudou Athie), two of the countless citizens who call a sprawling megacity teeming with other elemental beings like them home. With Ember living among her fellow fire people (think Howl’s Moving Castle’s Calcifer) and Wade keeping mostly to his fellow water folk (think Osmosis Jones but drippier), they never expected to meet one another, let alone begin to fall in love. But af...
Apple Music Classical is now available from the App Store
/ The standalone app, which was supposed to be out by the end of last year, is now available for download.
The Diablo IV beta let players do a lot — but not pet the dog
/ As the final open beta weekend ends, here are The Verge’s thoughts on the game’s opening hours. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>My barbarian, staring at a dog, despondent there is no pop up command to pet it.
Binance really loved telling people to use VPNs, allegedly
/ More tales from the crypto group chats
Philips Hue is delaying its Matter update
/ The company is waiting for everyone else to be ready. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Philips Hue Delays have been a major part of the Matter narrative, so it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise to hear one of the biggest names attached to the new smart home standard is delaying its rollout. As reported by HueBlog.com, Phillips Hue will not update its bridge to support Matter by the end of Q1 2023 (i.e. now), despite having promised to do so last November. “As Philips Hue is focused on quality, we will take some extra time before making the software update to the Philips Hu...
Nintendo is showing off ‘roughly 10 minutes’ of Tears of the Kingdom gameplay on March 28th
/ Producer Eiji Aonuma will be presenting a big chunk of the upcoming Switch exclusive.
