Pokémon Go, the uber-popular augmented reality mobile game from Niantic, has grossed a lifetime collection of $3.6 billion (roughly Rs. 26,940.7 crores) since its launch on July 6, 2016, according to mobile intelligence firm Sensor Tower. The game pushes players to go out and look for virtual Pokémons in their surrounding locales. However, during the
Versatile Video Coding (VVC) could revolutionise the video streaming and telecoms industry by massively reducing the file size of encoded video. Once more we have German firm Fraunhofer to thank for this cleverness, which is the successor to its High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard. According to the Fraunhofer announcement VVC reduces data requirements by
Exclusive Carole Baskin‘s is making a FORTUNE recording personalized messages, but fact of the matter is she’s also left TONS of dough on the table … ’cause she’s turned down lots of requests from people who want her to talk about her missing and presumed dead husband. Carole tells TMZ … she’s gotten over 600
Today, Apple Music has announced the launch of Africa Rising — a new bi-monthly artist program and playlist dedicated to identifying, showcasing and elevating rising African talent. Nigerian-born, Afro-fusion singer and songwriter Omah Lay debuts the new program. Every two months, Africa Rising will feature a new artist selected by Apple Music’s team to help amplify their
Photograph courtesy of Savage x FentyGet to know the woman hand-picked by Rihanna to star in the new campaign. By Maddison Glendinning Date July 6, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter Back in May, Rihanna put a call out on her Instagram for fans of her Savage x Fenty label to submit photos of themselves modelling lingerie for
Airline passengers wearing face masks arrive and depart the D Concousre at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call | Getty Images More travelers took to the skies over the July 4 weekend, but airlines are still facing paltry demand compared with last summer because of
New official images from the Black Widow standalone movie have been released. We are given an in-depth look at Taskmaster’s suit, along with some new images of Yelena Belova and Natasha Romanoff. The movie was supposed to have hit theaters back in May, but the world’s current state of affairs had other ideas. As of
Charlie Daniels, best known as the author of the southern rock/country hit “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” has died at the age of 83. The Country Music Hall of Fame legend died of a hemorrhagic stroke this morning (July 6) at Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tennessee as confirmed on the Charlie Daniels website. The prolific
The following story is excerpted from Last One Out Shut Off the Lights by Stephanie Soileau. Soileau‘s fiction has appeared in Tin House, Oxford American, and Glimmer Train, among other magazines, and has been reprinted numerous times in New Stories from the South. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and has been
Legs, remember those? Turns out summer 2020 is in full swing, and while my body has begun to physically reject anything that lacks a drawstring, I’ve also come to the very real conclusion that covering those babies up amidst the heat of a thousand suns and a humidex of 100 isn’t exactly comfortable, nor cute.
WhatsApp and Telegram are reportedly refusing any requests for user data from the Hong Kong authorities because they can’t be confident they won’t be misused. Now that China has passed a law allowing it to impose the same level of Orwellian supervision over HK as they do the rest of the country, there’s every reason
Snowpiercer Season 1 Episode 8 Recap: These Are His Revolutions In the eighth episode of TNT’s Snowpiercer, Revolution has finally come. As Layton leads the lower classes forward in armed rebellion, Melanie’s house of cards collapses. Calling the Shots Ruth serves as the introductory narrator in this episode, commenting about how generous and wonderful Mr. Wilford
‘Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister’ is one of Robert Browning’s most celebrated dramatic monologues: it first appeared in Browning’s 1842 collection Dramatic Lyrics. As ‘Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister’ is a relatively long poem, perhaps the best way to offer an analysis of the poem is by going through it, stanza by stanza, and analysing
On July 4th, the Formula 1 Season Opening went down — and Oliver Heldens provided the soundtrack for the Dutch Grand Prix. Like other F1 events, the Dutch Grand Prix taps into the dance world at every opportunity. In fact, the Ultimate Race Festival was set to go down this year, before coronavirus (COVID-19) hit. The
“I was, like, not totally sure it was done,” Brady says, “and then it was out, and I was like, ‘It’s done, I guess.’ ” Les laughs. “When it’s out, it’s definitely done,” she says. In person, they’re visually similar—pale skin, lots of bitchin’ blond hair—but Les (on a couch, in a zipped-up black hoodie)
Photograph courtesy of DiorSee the latest designs from some of the world’s top houses in a new digital format. By Maddison Glendinning Date July 6, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter Haute Couture Fashion Week is officially underway for the Fall 2020 season in Paris – though, not as we usually know it. With travel and gatherings still
An airport ground crew prepares a Cessna 510 jet airplane for takeoff at Santa Fe Municipal Airport in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Robert Alexander | Getty Images The major private jet companies, including Wheels Up and OneSky Flight, received more than $200 million in government funding under the government’s payroll support program, according to recent
After sacrificing her life in order to save the universe during the dramatic events of Avengers: Endgame, audiences have been left wondering how, exactly, the solo Black Widow movie will play out. With the movie set to introduce a host of other characters, including Midsommar star Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, MCU fans have been curious