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Apple’s macOS updates have been pretty boring lately, and the most interesting part of last year’s macOS Sonoma was the widgets. Widgets! Thankfully, macOS Sequoia has a lot more to offer. At least, there will be a lot more as Apple Intelligence rolls out in the coming months. But for now, Sequoia offers some handy features, like iPhone mirroring, a full-fledged password app, and automatic transcription in the Notes app. At the very least, there’s a lot more to offer than widgets.iPhone Mirroring Changes Everything for Your MacLeading up to WWDC earlier this year, I was hoping that Apple would…
Junepurrr’s fan-favorite webtoon series SubZero is now in print with Oni Press, and today The Beat is revealing inside art and exclusive commentary from the author. SubZero Volume 1 will feature episodes 0 through 25 of the webtoon that has garnered more than 375 million reads and over 3 million subscribers since its 2018 debut. This fantasy series tells the story of Princess Clove, who must marry her greatest enemy to save her people from annihilation. She is the last heir to the Cerulean Dragon clan, which has been fighting a never-ending war with the Crimson Empire for over three…
Welcome, X-Fans, to another uncanny edition of X-Men Monday at AIPT!It’s Psylocke’s long-overdue time to shine. Not only does Kwannon have a prime spot on Cyclops’ X-Men team, but come November 13, 2024, the lethal mutant will headline her very own “From the Ashes” ongoing series. Based on all the questions I received, X-Fans are ready for it — but also incredibly curious about the still-mysterious Psylocke.Fortunately, writer Alyssa Wong was willing to return to X-Men Monday to shed some light on their upcoming Psylocke series. Let’s see what Alyssa has to say (and keep your eyes peeled for this…
If the events of the past few years have made you feel like higher powers are playing Mad Libs with our lives, it looks like we’ve run out of options. Imagine cutting out “SpaceX” and “being sued,” then a piece of paper rustles and writes “Cards Against Humanity.” In fact, the idiot game jokers own an acre of land near SpaceX’s Texas facility, which SpaceX has been using for its own purposes.Cards Against Humanity has filed a lawsuit against SpaceX, alleging that the company is trespassing on land it purchased in 2017. The suit says the formerly untouched land has…
There’s never been a better time to get a smart speaker, especially if you’re a music fan. When voice assistants first started infiltrating these devices, hands-free controls were really the star of the show. Even now, one of the most common ways that people interact with Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant is through a smart home speaker. But now you have dozens of options to choose from, and most of them sound much better than the first smart home products did. Sonos recently entered the game with its own voice assistant on its stellar-sounding speakers, and even lower-end models like…
The best smartwatches offer a whole host of features like the ability to make and take calls, pay for your groceries, track your health and fitness and connect you to useful apps like Spotify. Some even have built-in GPS so you can untether yourself from your smartphone while working out. But with so many smartwatches to choose from, it can be hard to find the best watch for your needs. There are lots of factors to consider, like durability, long battery life and other specs that we’ll go into more detail below. What’s important, however, is that you choose the…
The inspiring 2011 indie game To the Moon will soon be playable on Xbox Series X/S and PS5. Developer Freebird Games and publisher Serenity Forge announced this week that the console port will be released on October 8th for $10. At the same time, they’ve released a new addition to the series: “Just a To the Moon Series Beach Episode,” a short story that features one of the series’ endings, available now on Steam.To the Moon is a time-traveling adventure that follows two doctors who develop a way to travel back in time into the minds of dying patients to…
Rumors surfaced last year that former Apple designer Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman were collaborating, but the two have remained quiet until now. But in a New York Times profile published this weekend, Ive confirmed that he is leading the design of an AI product his company, LoveFrom, is developing with Altman. Also involved are Tang Tang and Evans Hankey, who both held key design roles at Apple.According to The New York Times, the project has a team of about 10 employees working on it so far, and is based in a San Francisco office building – one…
The 2024 Ringo Awards winners have been announced. The winners include publishers such as BOOM! Studios, WEBTOON, Image Comics, and Fantagraphics. The awards are decided by a vote of fans and comics professionals at Baltimore Comic-Con.The “big” nominations included Mariko Tamaki for Best Writer and Elsa Chaletier for Best Artist.See the winners below!Fan Favorites:Favorite Villain: Montresor – Nevermore (WEBTOONS)Favorite New Series: City of Blank (WEBTOON)Favorite Newcomer: Danny EarlesFavorite Publisher: Image ComicsFavorite Hero: Lenore – Nevermore (WEBTOON)Jury and Fan Winners:Best Original Graphic Novel: Monica, FantagraphicsBest Humorous Webcomic: Blue Chair, WEBTOONBest Artist or Penciller/Inker Team: Elsa CharretierBest Writer: Mariko TamakiBest Kids’ Comic…
New releases of fiction, non-fiction, and comics have caught our attention.Putnam Pub GroupHenry, an agoraphobic engineer, holed up in his super smart home, building strange little robots, including one that looks like a magician and rides around on a tiny bicycle. The only person Henry has physical contact with is his wife, Lily, but their relationship is starting to become strained, a situation made even worse by the fact that Henry usually stays holed up in the attic working on secret projects. One day, Lily invites a former colleague over to socialize with Henry, and Henry takes the opportunity to…