Stephen King clearly has the Dark Tower on his mind in a big way. The author has been posting on X (formerly Twitter) about his eight-book series for the past few weeks, seemingly hinting that another story could be on the horizon. The problem? His...
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September 4, 2024 albert
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Ser Simon Strong’s probably the most patient man in the Seven Kingdoms. But this week, he made the call. The stealth MVP of House of the Dragon Season 2, the super-chill and always fashionable Strong (Simon Russell Beale) has done nothing but put up with...
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August 5, 2024 albert
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Bluesky has finally added direct messaging (DMs), giving internet denizens just one more reason to jump ship from competitor Twitter/X. Announced in a blog post on Wednesday, Bluesky’s DMs system is still pretty bare bones. Right now you can only send text and emoji, so...
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May 23, 2024 albert
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Airbnb will soon show you the actual total price you’ll have to pay when you search for a rental on the platform. Imagine that — no more surprise high-priced cleaning fees snuck in at checkout. Users have long complained about fees hidden from search. As...
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November 8, 2022 albert
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Ever had someone send you a WhatsApp message, only to follow up a few minutes later with something along the lines of: Hey, I know you’re online, why aren’t you responding? You should be able to put an end to that fairly soon. A new...
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July 22, 2022 albert
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The years-long nightmare of anyone who dares to own an iPhone and literally any other non-Apple device may finally come to an end soon. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported on Friday that Apple has been internally testing iPhones that ditch the company’s signature Lightning charging port...
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May 13, 2022 albert
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Debates over whether or not video games can be considered art feel like a thing of the distant past. Yet it took until 2022 for Peabody — one of the most prestigious curators of excellent storytelling in entertainment, documentary, journalism, podcasting, arts, and more —...
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March 24, 2022 albert
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Rejoice, podcasters. Apple is finally going to provide some crucial data about your show. According to Variety, Apple Podcasts will be rolling out follower analytics to its show creators starting next month. If readers will recall, Apple changed the term “subscriber,” once used to describe...
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March 23, 2022 albert
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The Yutu-2 image of the ‘mysterious hut’. (CNSA/CLEP/Our Space) The mysterious Chinese “moon cube” is no longer a mystery. The big reveal: it’s a rock that doesn’t even have the shape of a cube. National rover Yutu2 discovered the object – which appeared to...
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January 10, 2022 albert
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He’s here, he’s there, he’s every-fucking-where, and he’s definitely real. Brett Goldstein, aka Ted Lasso fan favorite Roy Kent, joined Jimmy Kimmel ahead of the Emmys this Sunday to chat about his nomination, going from the writer’s room to starring, and the weird internet rumor...
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September 17, 2021 albert
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