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Cast Recording and Album Composer Dave Malloy launches Kickstarter to fund recording of new musical Three Houses The concept album will feature the show following its successful run at the Signature Theatre Off-Broadway. Mia Pak and Margo Seibert Mark J. Franklin Composer Dave Malloy has launched a public Kickstarter campaign to record and release a concept album for his new musical, Three Houses. The musical, which premiered Off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre earlier this year, was written by Malloy (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812) with musical direction and supervision by longtime collaborator Ol Mathias. After multiple run…
Are you planning to upgrade your iPhone this week? Hold on, because Apple’s iPhone 16 event is just a few days away. That means you’ll have the chance to buy the latest iPhone or pick up last year’s model for less. Apple’s event will be held at 1pm ET (10am PST) on Monday, September 9th at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park in Cupertino. You can stream Apple’s It’s Glowtime event live on YouTube (which we’ve embedded here for your convenience) and on Apple’s site.In terms of new products, we can expect the usual September upgrades, namely a new…
It’s been a few months since Intuit shut down the popular budgeting app Mint. I was a Mint user for many years; millions of other users like me enjoyed how easily Mint allowed us to track all accounts in one place and monitor credit scores. I also used it regularly to help me track spending, set goals like pay my mortgage down faster and with general money management.Ahead of Mint’s demise, I gave Credit Karma, Intuit’s other financial app, a try but found it to be a poor Mint alternative. So I set out to find a true replacement in…
Premium audio brand Bang & Olufsen is known for its high-end designs and equally outrageous prices. Typically, the company’s earphones and headphones are more expensive than most of its competitors, but not astronomically so. But the company’s flagship noise-canceling headphones have changed that. Following the $999 Beoplay H95, B&O has introduced the $1,549 Beoplay H100. According to the company, the H95 is their “most successful headphone to date,” and the H100 improves on that model in a number of ways.Like most of B&O’s headphones, the Beoplay H100 are made from premium materials, from the lambskin leather ear pads to aluminum…
A federal judge has ruled that social media companies cannot be required to block certain types of content from teenagers, meaning parts of a controversial social media law in Texas will no longer be enforceable.The ruling comes after tech industry groups challenged a Texas law, the SCOPE (Children Online Protection through Enhanced Parental Empowerment Act), which imposes age verification requirements and other policies on how social media companies treat teenage users. But as The Verge points out, the measure also requires companies to “prevent minors from being exposed to harmful content,” including content that “glorifies” self-harm or drug abuse.It was…
Taylor Swift fans and the US government aren’t the only ones unhappy with Ticketmaster: The UK government will be investigating the company’s dynamic pricing model after millions of Oasis fans fought to get tickets to the band’s reunion tour last weekend.After fans waited in line for hours and then checked out, some found the price of a standing ticket suddenly increased by two and a half times — in one case from £135 to £337.50 ($177 to $444). Ticketmaster often gives customers only a few seconds to decide whether to complete a purchase after adding a ticket to their cart,…
FrontierCartoonist: Guillaume SanguérinTranslated by Dan ChristensenLocalization/Editor: Mike KennedyProduced/Lettered by: Chris NorthropPublisher: Magnetic Press / $24.99August 2024 Its influences span the galaxy, but only four characters are at the heart of Frontier. A scientist who sold control to ensure his dream spaceship is built. An astronaut who has never set foot on a planet. Sparrow, an ex-mercenary who lost a limb on his last job. And a monkey. He is a monkey. A series of atmospheric collisions bring them together, let’s call it a coincidence, and the path becomes clear. Guillaume Sangeline presents the reader with a question and an answer:…
The Starliner is scheduled to detach from the International Space Station in the coming days and return to Earth unmanned, but it appears there are some new mysteries plaguing the team before it departs. On Saturday, astronaut Butch Wilmore notified NASA Mission Control that he was hearing an unexplained “weird noise” coming from the spacecraft’s speakers. The sound can be heard in an audio clip of the conversation shared by meteorologist Rob Dale on the NASASpaceflight forum (spotted by Ars Technica). The sound begins around the 45-second mark and is a steady, humming rhythm. “I don’t know what it’s making,”…
In today’s rapidly changing comic industry, two universal truths remain. The first is that Dog Man is the defining comic of our time. The second is that more people than ever are reading manga and webtoons (also known as vertical scrolling comics). That’s why we at The Comics Beat have decided to embark on a new adventure: Beat’s Bizarre Adventures. Every week, three writers will recommend their favorite books and series from Japan, Korea, and other countries. This week’s special Vampire Edition features a Vampire Girlfriend, a Vampire Student, and of course, Dracula. Vampires Writer/Artist: AkiliTranslated by Molly RabbitProofreading: Patrick…
By Sunday night, the platform had become all but unavailable in the country after the country’s Supreme Court ordered internet service providers to block access to X. Since then, the only way to access X has been via a VPN (for those willing to pay huge fines) or Starlink, a satellite internet service run by fellow X owner Elon Musk.The president of Brazilian telecommunications company Anatel said Starlink refused to comply with the court order until authorities released the frozen assets, The New York Times reported. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who has taken an aggressive stance against X,…