While there might have been a little controversy over Green Book winning the Oscar for Best Picture a few weeks back, there was little debate about Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse picking up an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Now the movie, already available to on digital streaming, heads to home theaters with the standard Blu-ray …
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YouTube has reportedly tweaked its algorithm to deter Captain Marvel haters. Over the weekend, the video platform tagged results for Captain Marvel star “Brie Larson” as news. The change elevated more authoritative new sources. Twitter user Julia Alexander spotted the difference in search results. In a Twitter thread, Alexander suggested the change may have been to push down trolling videos …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Virtual reality as a tool to build robots that stanch radioactivity leaks Samsung’s reported plans for yet more foldable phones First-person impressions of Captain Marvel The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News team in New York and producer Bryan …
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Unhappy with your current office suite? Need something for a new computer? Lots of folks turn to Microsoft Office out of pure habit, but there are loads of free — and surprisingly good — alternatives. You can try one of them and help a good cause at the same time. Between now and Dec. 24, SoftMaker will donate 0.10 euro (equivalent …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Samsung and Qualcomm 5G phone prototypes Hulu adding Funimation anime and exploring “pause-break” commercials Avengers 4 trailer hype The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News team in New York and producer Bryan VanGelder. Check out the extended shows on YouTube. Also, …
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Google has made it possible for you to join the Avengers, unveiling a new AR team-up with Marvel Studios as part of a big hardware event the search giant held Tuesday in New York. At the event, Liza Ma, a Google product manager, and Brian Rakowski, vice president of product management, also revealed that the company is working with actor and …
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On this podcast, we talk about: The rumored name of a new iPhone is the iPhone XS Max (yikes). Amazon’s website suffers an outage — after a different outage on Prime Day this year. US Sen. Bernie Sanders introduces the “Stop BEZOS Act,” continuing his criticism of Amazon and what it pays warehouse workers. Amazon briefly becomes a $1 trillion company. New …
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MoviePass remains the best thing I’ve bought this year, and even though some very disconcerting stuff is going on with their finances, I’m in too deep to abandon the service now. It’s better than my AirPods, which I use every day. And it’s not because I now go to more movies, it’s because I spend way way less money doing …
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With Disney buying Fox, are your online video options about to resemble a map of Disneyland? Disney knows its future is streaming. Even before Thursday’s tectonic deal to buy large swaths of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion, Disney was already laying the groundwork to move into online entertainment in a big way. It has its own streaming services for …
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If “Avengers vs. X-Men: The Synergy Wars” ends up at a theater near you, here’s why the movie was made. The Walt Disney Co. signed a deal on Thursday to buy major parts of 21st Century Fox in a $52.4 billion all-stock deal. It’s a dramatic example of Hollywood companies joining forces amid growing competition from digital powerhouses like Netflix and …
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