Xbox One X is the perfect representation of the tech industry’s existential crisis

For the past week I’ve been staring at an Xbox One X and questioning existence.
OK fine, not just staring. I’ve spent a lot of time playing around with it, too. It makes things like Gears of War 4 and a 4K Blu-ray of Planet Earth II look great on my …

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‘Call It What You Want’: Taylor Swift drops her fourth single in under 3 months

Just a handful of sleeps before Taylor Swift’s Reputation drops on Nov. 10, and another (another!) single has landed.
The pop mogul released fourth single “Call it What You Want” on Friday, the latest from Swift’s upcoming sixth studio album.
It’…

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‘House of Cards’ crew members claim widespread harassment from Kevin Spacey on set

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New sexual harassment allegations against Kevin Spacey have surfaced in a CNN report, with several House of Cards crew members claiming to have witnessed or been victims of the actor’s harassment on set of the Netflix series over the past few years.

Accusers who spoke to CNN under condition of anonymity included a former production assistant, a former camera assistant, a former female production assistant, and several other crew members — eight in total — who claimed that Spacey’s routinely predatory behavior created, according to the production assistant, “a toxic environment for young men who had to interact with him at all in the crew, cast, background actors.” Read more…

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‘Thor: Ragnarok’ has two post-credits scenes. Here’s what they mean.

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Spoiler alert: This post contains major spoilers for Thor: Ragnarok

No Marvel Cinematic Universe movie ever just ends when it ends. All of them reward audiences who sit through the credits, using the time to cram in another beat or two (or five).

In the case of Thor: Ragnarok, there are two end-credits scenes – one that teases a future installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and another that seems to be just for fun. Here’s what they are and what they mean.

1. Thor and Loki encounter a giant ship

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Grab your boots and broomsticks Harry Potter fans, LeakyCon is headed to Texas

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Hogwarts is heading to Texas next year.

LeakyCon, the huge Harry Potter fan convention, will set up shop in Dallas in August.

Named for the Harry Potter fan site The Leaky Cauldron (which is the name of the London pub at the entrance of Diagon Alley), the event brings together some of the world’s most hardcore Potterheads. 

Pack your Astronomy books, LeakyCon is heading to The Lone Star State! LeakyCon 2018 – Dallas, TX – August 10-12 https://t.co/4hQWaIvBqO pic.twitter.com/fB19f2mQnH

— LeakyCon (@LeakyCon) October 31, 2017 Read more…

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Tosca Musk raises $4.75M for Passionflix, a streaming service that’s all about romance

Passionflix founders We’ve seen streaming services emerge around art movies, horror movies and comedy (R.I.P. Seeso) — so why not romance? That’s the thinking behind Passionflix, a startup that’s announcing that it’s raised $4.75 million in seed funding. It’s not like romantic comedies are missing from theaters, or from Netflix, but Passionflix co-founder Tosca Musk (she’s… Read More

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Pandora misses a beat, shares down 6% after posting earnings

 Music streaming business Pandora reported earnings after the bell on Thursday. Adjusted earnings per share were negative six cents, better than the negative eight cents that Yahoo Finance analysts were predicting.  Revenue was $378.6 million, an 8% year-over-year increase from last year.  Yet it’s beneath the $380.57 million that analysts were expecting. Shares quickly dipped nearly 6%… Read More

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‘Thor: Ragnarok’ takes us to a weirder, goofier corner of the Marvel Universe

Thor Ragnarok The posters and trailers for Thor: Ragnarok promised something different — a movie that’s a little more psychedelic than your typical Marvel film, a little more retro, while taking itself a lot less seriously. Ragnarok mostly delivers on that promise. The film, which officially opens tomorrow in the U.S., is directed by Taika Waititi, best known for the comedies What We Do In… Read More

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Houston Astros’ first-ever World Series win was predicted by a Sports Illustrated cover back in 2014

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When the Houston Astros clinched the team’s first-ever World Series championship just a minute or two shy of midnight on the East Coast on Wednesday night, they fulfilled a prophecy that had been laid out by Sports Illustrated — three years ago.

The cover of a June 2014 issue of the magazine featured the headline “Your 2017 World Series Champs” with a photo of Astros outfielder George Springer, who, ya know, just won the 2017 World Series MVP award.

Called it… 😉 pic.twitter.com/GK8VZDmPR2

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) November 2, 2017 Read more…

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