Avatar 's made a billion dollars in 17 days. Haters may take some vanishingly small measure of solace in the fact that ticket price inflation means that despite the incredible financial haul, it may have been seen by only half as many people as Titanic.
Avatar hits $1bn
Corridor Crew's improved CGI Luke Skywalker
Corridor Crew's work fixing visual effects is always entertaining. Improved Luke is pretty fantastic. READ THE REST
Atari 2600 Sinistar would have been terrible
Sinistar was an important part of my childhood. He hungers. Until today I did not know that there had been an Atari port of Sinistar in progress. Beware he lives. Run coward! The 2600 port looks like some of their worst work. READ THE REST
Cicely Tyson, 1924-2021
Actress, human rights activist, and Black American icon Cicely Tyson has died. She was 96. Miles Davis was Mr. Cicely Tyson. She died just two days after her memoir was released. READ THE REST
The Knocki helps you control your ever-expanding smart home, all from your knuckles
The advent of the smart home is happening behind an almost glacially slow encroachment. You get a smart bulb here, maybe a smart thermostat there, then your new TV comes with some smart features built right in. We all have visions of our fully integrated smart home of the future operating something like JARVIS from… READ THE REST
This Linksys router makes sure none of your WiFi signal goes to waste
Remember the classic SNL skit, Wake Up and Smile? You know, the one where the teleprompter stops during a TV morning show? Within minutes, the absence of a script devolves Will Ferrell into Lord of the Flies-style insanity. It's hilariously silly…but it's actually an oh-so-subtle reminder that when technology breaks down, it doesn't take long… READ THE REST
Save over 70% on a three-year subscription to Windscribe's highly-rated VPN pro plan
We all know that having the protection of a virtual private network (VPN) to cloak your online activities is basically like adding oil to a car or wearing a warm jacket in the dead of winter. It's optional…but not really. If you don't take the precautions that come with cloaking your identity online, it's not… READ THE REST