Category: What’s On

Warning: Contains spoilers for Stephen King's novel It (and possibly spoilers for the upcoming film adaptation, too). For rampant Stephen King fans like myself, 2017 is set to be a year of glorious, clown-filled happiness. We now have two trailers for Andrés Muschietti's upcoming adaption of It, and so far things are looking promising. We've seen the iconic opening sequence with Georgie chasing his paper boat through the streets of Derry, and the beginning of a nicely creepy journey into a murky

Paul IS THAT YOU!?Image: paul mccartney/instagramBy Nicole Gallucci2017-05-13 22:26:20 UTC Yo ho yo ho, it's apparently going to be a pirate's life for McCartney!  Paul McCartney — yes, Sir Paul McCartney from The Beatles, that's the guy — on Sunday posted a photo of his Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales character, which was announced last March. McCartney will be starring in the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Yeah, no — we have no

Romero Rodrigues Contributor Romero Rodrigues is a managing partner at Redpoint eVentures, the Brazilian-focused arm of the Silicon Valley venture firm Redpoint. More posts by this contributor: Fintech is booming around the world. Global investments in fintech companies have continued to rise during the last two years. After international financing for fintech startups hit $19 billion in new funding rounds at the end of 2015, the volume cranked up even higher. Fintech investments reached a new high of $15 billion in just six months

Will you light my candle?Image: Carol Rosegg/Broadway Across America via Getty ImageBy Sasha Lekach2017-05-13 02:07:46 UTC Five-hundred twenty-five thousand six-hundred minutes, how do you measure a  — live musical television event? The latest live event for the small screen on Fox is the long-running Broadway musical Rent, Variety reported Friday.  You might know the musical, created by the deceased Jonathan Larson, for its earworm "Seasons of Love" (it's the song that breaks down the number of minutes in a year, along with

The bond between mother and daughter is special, made even more so when a daughter has children of her own. A sense of mutual understanding clicks in that helps to bridge the gap between generations.    In honor of Mother’s Day on May 14, we spoke to some mothers and their daughters about how motherhood has changed, what they’ve learned from each other, how technology has shifted the parenting landscape, and more.   Mom Barbara Carter with daughter Casey Bunn. CASEY BUNN &

May 12, 2017 IMPHAL, India – Fifteen seconds into the opening match of the 10th Manipur International Polo Tournament, after a long and feverish drumming performance, after the Manipur state chief minister had been properly honored with gifts and praise, after mounted players had paraded around the Mapal Kangjeibung polo ground with country flags held high, the home team scored on the Australians. It was a bright late November afternoon in Imphal, the capital of the state of Manipur in northeast India.

A lot has changed in the past 14 years. Our big ol' soft spot for Love Actually isn't one of them.  And NBC knows this, which is why they've just dropped a brand-new trailer for Red Nose Day Actually – the reunion special that brings the entire gang back together for a good cause (a version of which already aired in the U.K.). Everyone looks older and wiser, especially little Sam. Nowadays, he's a fully grown adult man rocking a deeply questionable

A thief, your kids skipping school or paranormal activity? That’s the question that Lighthouse aims to answer with its new interactive assistant. By combining sophisticated sensors with computer vision technology, the Lighthouse team hopes to deliver an experience that brings more day-to-day value than a mere home security solution. Coming out of Stealth today, the company is equipped with $17 million in venture capital financing from Eclipse Ventures, Playground Global, SignalFire, Felicis Ventures and StartX. Once the Lighthouse device is out of the box

If you're ever looking for a teammate to join your pub trivia night, maybe international superstar singer Lorde could help you out. The Kiwi singer revealed on Australian radio station triple j that she's won a $50 bar tab *and* a free pizza in her quiz defeating conquests before. Which is better than most of our efforts. While Lorde may not be able to drive — which is why she had to think long about where the green light on a traffic

Senators from both sides of the aisle wrote to President Donald Trump on Wednesday urging him to take a tougher line with Beijing in the South China Sea, calling for more U.S. naval patrols to uphold navigation rights in the disputed waterway. The appeal, backed by three Republicans and four Democrats, reflects growing concern in Congress that the Trump administration could be ceding strategic ground to China as it seeks assistance from Beijing to pressure North Korea over its nuclear weapons

Tuesday was budget night in Australia, where people who cared about what the government was going to spend money on were glued to their television screens. Interrupting the scintillating analysis on TV was an ad by Netflix, promoting the upcoming season of House of Cards.  But instead of it being about the show, it was styled like your typical Aussie political campaign ad. And you guessed it, plenty of people fell for it. The ad features two farmers, calling for people to support

Whether they’re flying pizzas, burritos or medications to customers’ doors, drones for delivery have arrived. Businesses as far-ranging as UPS, Dominos, Amazon and the hospital group Ticino EOC, are testing drones out, and in some cases, inked deals with drone makers and drone service providers to use them commercially. Still, most drones built for delivery only fly for a short time and distance. The drones are battery-powered, and one charge doesn’t take them far, though it does help them to operate very quietly and avoid lugging heavy, liquid fuels. Now,

Moon Jae-in has triumphed in the South Korean presidential election with over 40 percent of the vote, according to exit polls. But the liberal leader’s solid victory can’t patch over deeper political wounds. Just as the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union left British society divided and Donald Trump’s election polarized Americans, the impeachment of Park Geun-hye has split South Korea. While more than 75 percent of South Koreans supported impeaching President Park, the process splintered conservatives into

Yeee-hah! It's one Australian dude's lucky night, and he'll cackle if he wants to. Photographer David Finlay hit up Kiama, on Australia's east coast on Sunday night in anticipation of an Eta Aquarid meteor shower, and he wasn't disappointed. The annual display of spectacular space-coolness was captured on an A7S and while green meteor tails light up the sky — and while Finlay and his mate laugh and say "Woahhh!" and "Aww, mate!!" a lot. Don't you wish Aussies would do the voiceovers

Image: Shutterstock / Dan74By Karissa Bell2017-05-09 00:14:26 UTC Last week, Intel revealed that a serious security flaw in some of its chips left potentially thousands of devices vulnerable to attackers. Then, security researchers revealed the problem was way worse than anyone initially thought as the vulnerability could allow attackers to remotely "hijack" affected machines. It's still not clear just how many devices are impacted as Intel has't said, but some in the industry have put the number . Here's a look at

Well, Blade Runner 2049 looks goddamn gorgeous.  Warner Bros. has dropped a new trailer for the Blade Runner sequel, which arrives 35 years after the original.  Ryan Gosling stars as K, an LAPD officer who enjoys wearing high-collared coats and tracking down replicants.  He makes a shocking discovery that sends him on a journey to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), who's been missing for the past 30 years.  Jared Leto, Robin Wright, and Dave Bautista also star. Blade Runner 2049 is in theaters October

One cool way to pass the time in an Australian country town? Enter the local short film competition. #ShepPROUD is one such competition organised by the local council in Shepparton, Victoria, and the latest entry they've showcased on Facebook is a cracker. Half tongue-in-cheek and half genuine praise, local guy Matt Magill has created a rap video, praising the community's cultural diversity, thriving fruit industry, and penchant for "fake cows, real cows, and fake real cows." With sweet lines like "Nothing hurts like

Move faster, migrating reindeer!Image: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesBy Maria Gallucci2017-05-07 18:32:09 UTC The producers of Norway's smash-hit "Slow TV" genre have captivated audiences with videos of a 134-hour-long cruise voyage and 13 hours of people knitting.  But sometimes even Slow TV can be too slow. Norway's public broadcaster NRK recently suspended a show following the progress of migratory reindeer because the animals stopped moving, The Local reported, citing Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten. The latest addition to this hypnotizing genre followed the spring migration of

Zounds! 'Tis Free Comic Book Day, when younglings and olds alike descend upon their local comic book merchants in search of the only nourishment that will slake their savage geek thirst: MOAR COMIC BOOKS.  But despite the feeding frenzy focused on the wonder secreted in the pages of these paper treasures, Free Comic Book Day is actually a sweet moment for many families when friends and family get to unapologetically share their collective guilty pleasure.  No, this isn't the day to haggle

Loads of these guys have awesome Instagram accounts.Image: Paul Buck/Epa/REX/ShutterstockBy Sam Haysom2017-05-06 08:30:00 UTC Warning: Contains spoilers for all seasons of Game of Thrones. We've still got far, far too much time to kill before Game of Thrones Season 7 kicks off, so what better way to fill the gaps between promos than with some good old fashioned Instagram stalking? Gone are the days when an actor from the show might drop a clue on social media — or, even better, accidentally

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into Uber’s use of Greyballing, we get the first look at the rumored Amazon Echo device and Facebook shuts down its VR filmmaking division. All this on Crunch Report. Read More Via ASDA Alltop

Everyone just calm down.Image: Michael Loccisano/Getty ImagesBy Kayla Bazile2017-05-05 15:40:12 -0400 Yeezy come back, you can blame it all on us. Kanye West has left the social media building as he appears to have deactivated his Twitter and Instagram as of Friday. If you do a search for his profiles, both sites show the same "Sorry, this page isn't available" error message. Miss you already. Where are you Ye?This is not the first time West's account has been deactivated; back in August 2016

I’d been living in Cuba for about a year when I met Marta. She was sitting in her friend Mita’s car, a woman I was shooting a project for. Marta was smoking a cigarette and had long nails. I took a picture.They were picking me up from the police station, I’d been taken into custody for photographing a police officer on the street, and I didn't have my press credentials on me.Marta's hand, the first photo I took of her

Singer-songwriter Beatie Wolfe is using technology to try to recapture some of music’s old-school magic and physicality. We met with Wolfe last year to talk about her NFC-powered jacket, where you could tap your phone against the jacket and bring up a website promoting one of her singles. For the launch of her new album Raw Space, Wolfe teamed up with Nokia Bell Labs (that’s the historic research facility Bell Labs, now owned by Nokia) and Design IO. Starting tomorrow, May 5, Bell

Scientists, including the controversial doctor Sergio Canavero, have transplanted the head of a rat onto the back of another, ahead of a plan to carry out the world's first human head transplant later this year. Read more

What are the major drivers of Twitter take-up, in Australia and elsewhere? Do we connect around shared interests, shared location, or pre-existing offline relationships? And when, in the eleven-year history of the platform, did these structures form? These are the questions that guided a new, long-term study of the Australian national Twittersphere that my colleagues and I have undertaken. Drawing on , a major multi-institutional facility for social media analytics, we identified some 3.7 million Australian Twitter accounts in existence by early

Ecobee unveiled its latest connected thermostat at the Collision conference today. Far and away the most interesting bit is its inclusion of a microphone that utilizes Amazon’s far-field voice recognition to deliver Alexa functionality. And if that weren’t enough Alexa in your life, the company will also be building Amazon’s smart assistant directly into smart light switches it has planned for later in the year. The Ecobee4 arrives in stores on May 15, priced at $249. The actual thermostat-centric skills sound

Uber had announced in January that it was bringing its food delivery service to India, its fastest-growing market in the world. And finally, it's here.  UberEATS has rolled out in Mumbai and will soon be taken to five other Indian cities. India becomes UberEATS' fourth Asian market, after it launched in Singapore last May, followed by Tokyo (Japan) and Bangkok (Thailand). Interestingly, Uber's local rival Ola had started a similar service, Ola Cafe, in 2015 and shut it down a year later after

Finally, the perfect gift for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day gift has arrived. Beyoncé is releasing Lemonade on yellow vinyl as part of a $300 box set.  The collector's edition box set, titled How To Make Lemonade, will include a 600-page book with photos from the making of the album, a foreword from Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, and poetry by Warsan Shire. The set will be delivered sometime this summer, when you need a refreshing glass of

Janet Jackson performs last March in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Image: Francois Nel/Getty ImagesBy Josh Dickey2017-05-02 01:36:53 UTC Janet's back, and there's nothing nasty about it. Janet Jackson's official website carried a curious count-down clock that had fans wondering what news its expiration would bring Monday morning — especially since her long-awaited "Unbreakable" tour was postponed last year.  But by afternoon, the clock had disappeared — then re-set to four-plus hours

Between Thumbtack,  Yelp Angie’s List, and Amazon, it wouldn’t appear that the world needs a new platform that matches customers with service professionals. That’s not the way that Julio Vasconcellos sees it, clearly. Vasconcellos has spent the last year-plus working on a services platform called Prefer that relies exclusively on trusted referrals, replacing the wisdom of crowds with the wisdom of one’s friends when it comes to hiring a babysitter or accountant or housekeeper. In fact, if Prefer has its way, it will eventually become users’ go-to source for

SpaceX is taking its second shot at NROL-76, a Falcon 9 mission launching from LC-39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Station. The launch was originally scheduled for Sunday, April 30, but that attempt was scrubbed due to a sensor issue. The window for the re-try today opens at 7 AM EDT (4 AM PDT) and continues for two hours after that. As of earlier this morning, SpaceX was advising a 7:15 AM liftoff time, but was monitoring winds in the upper level

President Donald Trump was a distracting entertainment from the moment he launched his campaign in June of 2015 — until he wasn't. His opening speech, in which he called Mexican immigrants "rapists" and told the world he would be the best jobs president "God ever created," was looked at as the ravings of a man whose outsized ego was too big to be anything but hilarious.  News outlets such as CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC carried his run-on sentences and gesticulations seemingly

Your newest prom bandImage: Larry Marano/REX/ShutterstockBy Marcus Gilmer2017-04-30 19:32:20 UTC The kids at Huntley High School got a pretty rousing surprise when internet darlings The Chainsmokers crashed their prom, causing the kind of mass teen hysteria not seen since Marty McFly lit up the guitar at the Hill Valley High "Enchanted Under the Sea" dance in 1955.  According to the Daily Herald, the surprise appearance was in the works for several weeks before the duo dropped in.  The school, located in the