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Summary Aftersun, the 2022 movie with a fantastic 96% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, has made its way to Netflix and it’s the perfect movie to watch beforeGladiator 2hits theaters. The originalGladiatoris a classic in every sense of the word. Ridley Scott has had some hits and misses in his career, butGladiatoris undoubtedly one of his biggest and most universally acclaimed. With that in mind, it was crucial that the sequel cast the right person in the lead sinceRussell Crowe can not reprise his own....

Grabbed a new TV this weekend? If you didn’t alreadysnag a soundbar on Cyber Monday, you’ll want one, because most TVs won’t satisfy your ears. TCL’s Alt 7+ is an entry-level soundbar that’ll completely embarrass the speakers on your new 4K beast, andAmazon’s $50 Cyber Monday discount brings it down to $130. Better yet, you get another $20 off the top once it’s in your cart for a total savings of $110....

The thought of $650 off a newiPhone 16, as promised during the Apple event, might be enticing — but know there are conditions associated with trade-in. If your phone is damagedat all, the trade-in value quickly drops to a whopping $0. If you plan to trade in your current device for an upgrade, you might also want to consider taking it in for repairs before you swing by the Apple Store....

Two American astronauts successfully completed a spacewalk at the International Space Station (ISS)on Saturday, December 3. NASA’s Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio spent just over seven hours outside the orbital laboratory before concluding their spacewalk at 2:21 p.m. ET. This was only the second spacewalk for both astronauts, following the pair’s first one on November 15. Cassada and Rubio successfully installed another Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) as part of ongoing work to upgrade the station’s power supply system....

The White House is reviewing the national security risks posed by Chinese apps such as TikTok, WeChat, and more, and could take action on them within weeks, said Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Wednesday, July 15. “There are a number of administration officials who are looking at the national security risk as it relates to TikTok, WeChat and other apps that have the potential for national security exposure, specifically as it relates to the gathering of information on American citizens by a foreign adversary,” Meadows told reporters traveling from Atlanta to Washington on Air Force One,according to Reuters....

As Rian Johnson prepares to premiereGlass Onion, his highly anticipated follow-upto 2019’s surprise hitKnives Out, his first major success,Looper, turns 10. In a career full of critical and commercial hits, Johnson has made a name for himself as an innovative and clever writer and a stylish and deft filmmaker. The result is a storyteller unlike any other in Hollywood, a man who effortlessly blends genres, styles, and themes without compromising his vision....

HDR has beena confusing topic, especially when it comes to computer displays. Few have the contrast or brightness to really experience true HDR, andoperating systems have rarely knownwhat to do with it. So when Apple came out with its new Pro Display XDR monitor at WWDC 2019, which promises contrast and brightness never before seen outside a high-end Samsung television, it had our attention. Six million pixels spread across a 31-inch screen for a total of 218 pixels-per-inch, sustained 1,000 nits of brightness, and 1,000,000:1 contrast — it’s all a bit insane....

Audi has picked the 2019Los Angeles Auto Showto make the global debut of the2020 e-tron Sportback. Several other models will make their global debut here as well; the 2020 RS models including the Audi RS 6 Avant and the RS 7, and — as a highlight — the global debut of the high performance SUV, theAudi RS Q8. The e-tron Sportback is the most anticipated debut for fans of Audi, this being only the second all-electric vehicle produced by the German automaker....

While the coming-of-age genre is typically associated with films for teenage viewers struggling to find themselves and form their identities, more than a few picks are aimed toward adults. Moving away from the teenage angst ofLady Birdand the stylish comedy ofAlmost Famous, coming-of-age movies for more mature audiences tend to focus on stories that are more relatable to the late 20s and early 30s crowd. From the inspirational blockbusterBarbieto the tear-jerking dramaThe Worst Person in the World, the best coming-of-age movies for adults offer profound and heartfelt insights about personal growth during the later stages of life....

There are very fewAcademy Awardswinners on Disney+, simply because Disney’s live-action studio hasn’t been nearly as successful at the Oscars as its animated counterparts have. There are a handful ofspecial effects Oscar-winnerson Disney+ likeStar WarsandAvatar, or even winners of Best Song includingThe Little Mermaid,Beauty and the Beast, and more. However, we’ve decided that the five great Oscar-winning movies to watch on Disney+ should be the ones that are winners of the Best Animated Feature award, which has only been given out since 2002....

So far, 2024 has been another tumultuous year for cinema. While modern classics likeDune: Part TwoandKingdom of the Planet of the Apeshave made an impact in theaters, other films have been overlooked by too many audiences. The year is nearly half over, so there is much more to come out of the world of cinema in the next six months. But now that we’re at the halfway mark, it’s as good a time as any to look back at some of the most sorely underrated films of 2024....

All Fortune’s Keep POIs & changes in Warzone Season 2 update Fortune’s Keep is finally back inWarzonewith the Modern Warfare 3 Season 2 update, after a lengthy spell on the sidelines — but the map isn’t exactly how players will remember it. Here are the key changes. Fortune’s Keep didn’t last a very long time when it first came to Warzone, in the game for just a few short months before the MW2 integration wiped all old maps from the game to bring in a batch of new ones....

Nvidia overwhelmingly dominates the list of thebest graphics cards, and that largely comes down to its feature set that’s been enabled throughDLSS. AMD isn’t sitting idly by, however. The company is researching new ways to leverage neural networks to enable real-timepath tracingon AMD graphics cards — something that, up to this point, has only really been possible on Nvidia GPUs. AMD addressed the research in a blog post onGPUOpen, saying that the goal is “moving towards real-time path tracing on RDNA GPUs....