‘What would happen if a wizard went to J.K. Rowling and said wizards are real?’: A new $200 million spy thriller packs a curious sales pitch
Days after saving one spin-off from extinction, a legendary universe launches an old-school campaign to will another into existence
Weekly poll results: higher prices and limited availability are hurting the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro
Google launched the Pixel 8 series at a higher price point than the 7-series and that was a major factor in how people voted in last week’s poll. Almost four in ten voters think that the Pixel 8 Pro is too expensive for what it offers, even with its n...
PlanetScale’s Challenge to Oracle: Forking MySQL and Introducing Vector Search
PlanetScale recently announced the intention to fork MySQL adding vector search. While PostgreSQL has been the default open-source choice for vector search, the company behind the Vitess database wants to release a version of MySQL and PlanetScale wit...
Flashback: the LG G8 lost the plot
Samsung and LG are two tech giants from South Korea that have a healthy rivalry in so many markets – this used to include phones, until LG pulled the plug in 2021. Today we want to rewind to a couple of years before that for the story of the last of t...
Watch A 600,000-Mile Lexus LS 430 Return To Showroom Condition
Celtics hire Jeff Van Gundy as senior consultant
The Boston Celtics have hired former NBA head coach and ex-ESPN color commentator Jeff Van Gundy to serve as the organization’s senior consultant, per sources. Van Gundy, 61, will be working under basketball operations and splitting his time betw...
Google Camera is now Pixel Camera on the Play Store, Google Photos gets native Android 14 share sheet
The Google Camera app exclusive to Pixel devices has been renamed to Pixel Camera on the Play Store by Google. The internet search giant also replaced "Google Camera" with "Pixel Camera" in the app description, and it now reads, "Never miss a moment w...
Mazda6 May Return With RWD And Inline-Six After All Thanks To SUVs
