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Is Netflix’s Adolescence Based on a True Story?
Netflix has given us several limited series so far, but rarely does any of them match the level of the new limited show Adolescence. It is a story of a family that gets torn apart when 13-year-old Jamie gets accused and arrested for a brutal crime. So, it’s obvious that those who have watched the four-part crime miniseries want to…
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Doing business under US sanctions: a Huawei success story
In many ways, Mobile World Congress (MWC) is the perfect way for Huawei to highlight its business and vast offerings. The whole event is a siloed extravaganza of diverse technologies with far too much on display to understand or fully hold in your head all at once. It all comes together, however, if you build it out piece by piece.…
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Why YouTube’s Time Watched Feature Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
YouTube’s Time Watched feature shows how much time you spend on the platform—but does it really? When I checked mine, the numbers seemed off. But after looking closer, I realized a big chunk wasn’t even screen time. Here’s why YouTube’s watch time stats don’t tell the whole story. My YouTube Watch Time Surprised Me—But Here’s the Catch When I checked…
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The Story of How Ham the Astrochimp Went to Space
Ham, a chimpanzee trained by the US Air Force, was the first great ape in space. He proved primates could perform complex tasks while experiencing the extremes of space travel, thus paving the way for human spaceflight. Number 65 Relaxed and surrounded by the same familiar humans who had always strapped him into the same familiar seat, it seemed to…
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The entire story of Twitter / X under Elon Musk
On April 4th, 2022, we learned that Musk had purchased enough shares of Twitter to become its largest individual shareholder. Eventually, he followed up with an unsolicited offer to buy 100 percent of Twitter’s shares for $54.20 each, or about $44 billion. Twitter accepted Musk’s offer, but then things got weird because he tried to cancel the deal. Since then,…
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Amazon Prime Video Now Testing AI-Powered Story Recaps
Amazon Prime Video is rolling out a new feature called X-Ray Recaps. These use generative AI to give viewers personalized summaries of their favorite TV shows. The X-Ray Recap feature was made to help viewers who forgot plot details or missed crucial moments while watching a series. X-Ray Recaps can give brief summaries of full seasons, individual episodes, or even…
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Does Instagram Notify Someone If You Screenshot a Story?
Oh, you’re here because you screenshotted someone’s Instagram Story and want to know if they’ll get a notification about it, à la Snapchat? First, know you’re safe, babe. Take a deep breath. We’ve all been there. They’re not going to find out if you screenshotted their grid post or story, at least not through a notification. Second, there are a…
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Unknown 9 Awakening Review: A Failed Implementation to a Fantastical Story
When I first heard about Unknown 9: Awakening, I’ll admit that I had no idea about the franchise. The Awakening is part of the “Unknown 9 Universe,” which features a trilogy of books, a scripted podcast, a comic book, and two upcoming web series, all of which I haven’t consumed. That was enough to make me want a copy of…
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I watched all of Netflix’s ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ — and I have regrets
Content warning for mentions of rape and incest. If you turned on “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” and thought, “Yikes, Ryan Murphy has been reading way too much Wincest fanfiction,” you’re not alone. But unlike controversial TV incest ships like Dean and Sam Winchester from “Supernatural” and pretty much every pairing in “Game of Thrones,” the characters in…
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