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WHEN HOLLYWOOD NEEDS A MOVIE VILLAIN, THE TECH BRO ANSWERS

“A toast to the disruptors,” Edward Norton’s tech billionaire says in Rian Johnson’s Oscar-nominated “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.”

MICHAEL B. JORDAN DELIVERS A BRAWLER IN 'CREED III'

It must be a daunting prospect to pick up a franchise on the third movie. Add in the pressure of following filmmakers like Ryan Coogler and Steven Caple Jr. in your directorial debut that you’re also starring in and it’s enough to make you wonder what on earth Michael B. Jordan was thinking.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2023 ACADEMY AWARDS

Hollywood is gearing up for the 95th Academy Awards, where “Everything Everywhere All at Once” comes in the lead nominee and the film industry will hope to move past “the slap” of last year’s ceremony.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU'RE CONCERNED YOU MIGHT BE LAID OFF

The job market in the U.S. remains strong overall, but recent high-profile layoffs at technology and media companies and predictions of a recession later this year may have you thinking about job security.

2023 BMW IX VS 2023 RIVIAN R1S

Buying an electric vehicle used to mean choosing from battery range, performance, utility or luxury.

FROM MARKETING TO DESIGN, BRANDS ADOPT AI TOOLS DESPITE RISK

Even if you haven’t tried artificial intelligence tools that can write essays and poems or conjure new images on command, chances are the companies that make your household products are already starting to do so.

JAPAN DESTROYS NEW ROCKET AT LAUNCH AFTER IGNITION FAILURE

Japan’s space agency intentionally destroyed a new H3 rocket minutes after its launch Tuesday because the ignition failed for the second stage of the country’s first new rocket series in more than two decades.

TESLA PRICE CUTS: FLAGGING DEMAND OR TACTIC TO BOOST SALES?

In explaining why Tesla Inc. keeps cutting prices on its electric vehicles, the auto industry is pretty much divided into two camps.

TESLA - Master Plan

Elon Musk driving the planet toward renewable energy

Google's ChatGPT Response? Stuff Al Into Everything

○ A company widely seen as a leader in the field scrambles to regain the initiative

A Victrola for Your Sonos

If you've wandered by Victrola turntables on the shelves in Walmart, Bed Bath & Beyond, or Crate & Barrel, you wouldn't set high expectations for the sound quality of those suitcase record players.

Esoteric Grandioso M1X, MONO AMPLIFIER

Of all the brand lines I’ve reviewed, none’s sound has changed as much over time as Esoteric’s top-tier Grandioso series. When I first encountered Grandioso setups at shows, they consistently sounded dark.

Klipsch La Scala AL5

There’s a good case to be made that the world’s greatest— and strangest—audiophile culture resides in Japan. Probably the most important notion the Japanese have introduced to our hobby is that home audio isn’t merely a way of heightening the musical art of others but can be an art in itself.

Nessie Vinylcleaner ProPlus+, RECORD CLEANING MACHINE

I ’m a music lover first, not the most Type A of audiophiles. Sure, I clean my records, but I’m not obsessive about keeping them immaculate like my audiophile father is;1 he cleans each record ultrasonically before it lands on his turntable platter, writing the date of each record’s last bath and which cleaning machine he used on the outside of a fresh plastic inner sleeve before sliding the LP back inside.

Primare PRE35 Prisma STREAMING PREAMPLIFIER

Hygge might not be the first word that comes to mind when contemplating the Primare PRE35 Prisma preamplifier, but in Limhamn, Sweden, that is how Primare likes to describe their products.

NAD C 3050 LE, BLUOS STREAMING INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER

Although NAD was founded in England in 1972 as New Acoustic Dimension, my introduction to the brand was in 1980. I bought an NAD 3020 integrated amplifier after hearing it successfully drive Acoustic Research’s current-hungry AR9 loudspeakers.

THE BEATLES, REANIMATED

GILES MARTIN TALKS ABOUT THE BEATLES’ REMIXED, REINVENTED REVOLVER: SPECIAL EDITION

Movie Bonus

Films added as companions to Apple TV+ originals

FATHER OF CELLPHONE SEES DARK SIDE BUT ALSO HOPE IN NEW TECH

The man credited with inventing the cellphone 50 years ago had only one concern then about the brick-sized device with a long antenna: Would it work?

BORN AFTER 9/11. HOMELAND SECURITY TURNS 20 FACING NEW TASKS

A federal agency born in the aftermath of Sept. 11 when the primary concern was stopping terrorists from entering the U.S. is changing to meet new challenges, said the secretary of homeland security as he marked its 20-year anniversary during a ceremony Wednesday.

GOP SENATORS: COMPUTER CHIP MONEY UNDERWRITING 'WOKE' AGENDA

Republican senators are accusing the Biden administration of using $39 billion meant to build computer chip factories to further “woke” ideas such as requiring some recipients to offer child care and encouraging the use of union labor.

WHAT TIME IS IT ON MOON? EUROPE PUSHING FOR LUNAR TIME ZONE

With more lunar missions than ever on the horizon, the European Space Agency wants to give the moon its own time zone.

TESLA MODEL 3 NOW $5K LESS THAN US AVERAGE NEW CAR

It’s never been this cheap to buy a Tesla.

THE MOST AFFORDABLE EVS FOR 2023

The push for new, appealing electric vehicles has gained considerable momentum recently. The next few years will see a rollout of EVs in every popular automotive segment, increasing competition and decreasing prices. At the moment, however, all-electric vehicle development costs remain high and most new additions are priced well above equivalent gaspowered models.

METAVERSE IN SPOTLIGHT AT MWC TECH FAIR EVEN AS DOUBTS ARISE

Welcome to the metaverse — sort of.

OUTSMARTING HUMANS JUST ONE STEP FOR AI VIDEO GAME PLAYERS

Speed around a French village in the video game Grand Turismo and you might spot a Corvette behind you trying to catch your slipstream.

HOW CREDIT SCORES ARE EVOLVING TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO CREDIT

A lowcredit score can hurt your ability to take out a loan, secure a good interest rate, or increase the spending limit on your credit card.

TESLA SAYS IT WILL CUT COSTS OF NEXT GENERATION CARS IN HALF

Tesla says it will cut the cost of its next generation of vehicles in half, largely by using innovative manufacturing techniques and smaller factories.

NETFLIX CUTS PRICES IN SOME MARKETS TO LURE MORE SUBSCRIBERS

Netflix is cutting its prices in several of its smaller markets in the latest twist on the video streaming service’s efforts to keep its recently revived subscriber growth rolling amid stiffer competition and inflation pressures that are pushing more households to curb their discretionary spending.

EU OFFICIAL DEFENDS TALKS ON BIG TECH HELPING FUND NETWORKS

Europe’s existing telecom networks aren’t up to the job of handling surging amounts of internet data traffic, a top European Union official said, as he defended a consultation on whether Big Tech companies should help pay for upgrades.