Summary George Clooney’s 2023 sports film,The Boys in the Boat, boasts anensemble cast of exciting young stars with veteran talents sprinkled in. The movie is based on Daniel James Brown’s 2013 book of the same name, exploring the true story of the United States men’s rowing team and their mission to compete in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. WhileThe Boys in the Boatmakes changes to its materialfor cinematic purposes, much of its core drama comes from its real historical drama, combined with surefire underdog sports movie elements....

Today marks the 10 year anniversary of theoriginal iPad’s release. Tablets were a thing long before Steve Jobs introduced one on stage during the iPad’s announcement in January 2010, but they didn’t look anything like what Apple had planned. Jobs sold us the vision of a bridge device that takes the best parts of a smartphone and a computer, and rolls them into one. Android tablets still exist, but attract buyers almost entirely with their budget pricing....

As iffacial recognitionanddigital fingerprintingweren’t scary enough, the Pentagon has reportedly developed a method for remotely identifying and tracking people through their heartbeat. Heartbeats are as unique and distinctive as fingerprints, but are distinct in that they can be read from a distance. And it’s this that the Pentagon is taking advantage of, according to a report in theMIT Technology Review. Developed to identify combatants in war zones, the idea is to listen in to those unique cardiac signatures using an infrared laser....

Netflix’s latestcrime thriller,The Recruit, brought its first season to an explosive finale upon dropping on the service on Dec. 16. The show, which starsTo All the Boys I’ve Loved Beforebreakout Noah Centineo, follows Owen, a young CIA lawyer who gets caught up in a web of conspiracy after Max, a former asset, threatens to expose her relationship with the CIA unless they help her clear her name. It’s an intriguing premise, and things only get more interesting up to and throughout the show’s cliffhanger-filled ending....

Summary WhenThe Vampire Diarieschanged Elena’s appearance from her original book incarnation, the show secretly gave away her eventual romantic fate.The Vampire Diariesran for eight seasons from 2009 to 2017, adapting LJ Smith’s paranormal romance novel series to the small screen. The series followed the story of Nina Dobrev’s Elena Gilbert, a small-town high school girl from Mystic Falls who discovers a world of paranormal intrigue when she encounters brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore....

Summary ALF’sparodies of theX-Menare as over-the-top as the sitcom ever got; to this day, they remain as absurdly hilarious as they were at the time of their release. Along with its cult-favorite TV run in the late 1980s, NBC’sALFhad an ongoing comic series, released by Marvel Comics – something that gave its creative team the perfect opportunity to parody the publisher’s most famous franchise. ALF#22 and #44 – written by Michael Gallagher, with art by Dave Manak – featured the series’extensiveX-Menparodies, each of which poked fun at Marvel’s mutants, at the peak of the franchise’s ascent to the top of Marvel’s depth chart under the auspices oflegendary writer Chris Claremont....

Pentaform, a London-based computer company, is developing the Abacus PC, a complete Windows 10 computer that fits in a keyboard. The project recently raised over $400,000 on Kickstarter to manufacture the concept, which only costs $149 each. Pentaform’sAbacus is similar to a stick PC, but integrates all the components into a sleek keyboard/trackpad device, giving a nod to Sir Clive Sinclair’s ZX Spectrum, a 1980s-era personal computer that was equally compact and affordable....

Tilehas announced an upgrade to its entire product line, meaning a new Tile Pro, Slim, Mate, and Sticker with better range and battery life. But perhaps most interestingly, there’s also now a Tile Ultra that will release in 2022 and bring Ultra-Wideband (UWB) to the table, letting the tracker utilize UWB for augmented reality-enhanced finding. Tile is already among thebest Bluetooth trackers of 2021, but with the planned additions and newly added features, it could giveApple’s AirTagand Samsung’s SmartTag a run for their money....

Valveis adding the Steam Points Shop to its digital store for players to redeem numerous items for players to customize their “Steam presence.” Steam users earn “100 points for every $1” by purchasing “any game, DLC, hardware, application, soundtrack, or in-game item,” according toSteam’s guide. Users can use points to customize their Steam profiles with animated avatars, frames, backgrounds, badges, and chat items. Points do not expire and items cannot be traded with others....

Vizio unveiled its2018 4K TV lineuptoday, but any home theater enthusiast knows that the picture is only part of the equation — sound is equally important. Vizio is clearly aware of this, as alongside the new TVs, the company also announced three new soundbars, all of which featureDolby Atmos object-based surround soundfor maximum immersion. In case you’re not familiar, Dolby Atmos takes surround sound beyond the typical 5.1-channel setup by adding height information....

Walker Season 5’s Planned Villain Details Revealed By Showrunner Following Cancellation: “There Was Something Profound” Summary Walkerstar Jared Padalecki has revealed what the story of season 5 would have been had the series not been prematurely cancelled, teasing how things would have shaped up beyond its series finale. A reboot of the 1990s western showWalker, Texas Ranger,the new rendition ofWalkerwas canceled by The CWin May 2024, weeks ahead of season 4’s final episode....

Warzone leak reveals return of highly requested looting feature Warzone is reportedly bringing back a feature that makes it easier to see what items come from an enemy or a loot box. Raven Software has tinkered with several different looting mechanics to perfect the system. In 2022, Warzone 2 introduced abackpack systemthat forced players to enter a separate screen to loot everything besides weapons. Fans slammed the feature because it was too easy for enemies to sneak up on them while they were looking at the backpack screen and trying to scroll through each item....

SpaceX successfully launched its triple-booster Falcon Heavy rocket to orbit on Sunday evening. The Falcon Heavy lifted off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:56 p.m. ET on Sunday, January 15. The USSF-67 mission deployed payloads to orbit for the U.S. Space Force. Minutes after leaving the launchpad, the two side boosters returned to Earth, touching down at Landing Zones 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral, just a short distance from the launch site....