Author: Awais
“Pluribus,” Apple TV’s latest hit sci-fi show from the creator of “Breaking Bad,” only has one more episode to go — and its release date just got quietly moved up.I had to triple-check this because Apple’s made no official announcement, but both the iPhone app and TV app say “Pluribus'” hour-long season 1 finale will air a few days ahead of schedule. Apple TV officially lists the finale’s premiere date as December 26, but as longtime Apple TV users know, the streamer’s series can sometimes show up early thanks to a glorious glitch — especially around major holidays. We saw…
Next year, I’ll be sitting on my couch with a controller in hand, but on my TV, I’ll be up in the sky, chasing enemy planes through the clouds at 10,000 feet. In 2026, Bandai Namco will launch Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, the next game in the near-future air combat simulator series. Hours before The Game Awards, held Dec. 11 in Los Angeles, I walked into a nearby hotel room and sat down with Kazutoki Kono, Ace Combat series brand director, and Manabu Shimamoto, producer of Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, to chat about the game. As the…
If you’re planning to fly in 2026 without a Real ID, you might end up paying extra. The Transportation Security Administration has announced that, beginning Feb. 1, travelers who show up to the airport without a Real ID or a valid passport will face a new identity verification fee of $45. This option replaces an earlier proposed $18 fee and still requires a separate biometric scan to validate a traveler’s identity. Zooey Liao/CNETObtaining a Real ID is straightforward in most states, especially if you’re renewing a driver’s license. However, if it’s been a while since you’ve visited the DMV or…
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Park Chan-wook’s 12th feature-length movie, No Other Choice, begins with Man-su (Lee Byung-hun) as a proud patriarch at the barbecue, a vision of the platonic ideal domestic life he will spend most of the movie defending. In the long middle where life is lived, the movie offers its audience mirth and pathos and deep social critique. Also: murders. After being laid off from a paper company, Man-su realizes that his best chance at getting hired for his next job is to knock off the three other qualified candidates.Adapted from Donald Westlake’s novel The Ax, No Other Choice captures — most…
The superhero genre may consist mostly of multiverse mayhem and larger-than-life battles, but there have also been occasions where heroes have embraced the holiday spirit. Sometimes our beloved heroes are dragged into a villain’s scheme while their worlds celebrate, while others have focused on their own efforts to take a break with their loved ones during the festive period. Whether explicitly themed around Christmas messages or just embracing the aesthetic, here are my personal recommendations for the strongest seasonal superhero adventures that streaming has to offer. 7 Batman Returns There are few directors more perfectly suited for the season than…
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technique that can turn LLMs into actual agents. This is because MCP provides tools to your LLM which it can use to retrieve live information or perform actions on your behalf. Like all other tools in the toolbox, I believe that in order to apply MCP effectively, you have to understand it thoroughly. So I approached it in my usual way: get my hands around it, poke it, take it apart, put it back together and get it working again. The goals of this week: get a solid understanding of MCP; what is it? build an MCP server and connect…
Just about any monitor can work with a Mac Mini. It doesn’t need to be made by Apple or have any official certification. There’s a case to be made for using a cheap 1080p monitor with the Mac Mini, but most Mac users will want something a bit more premium. As you can see by options like the Dell 27 Plus 4K, that doesn’t have to mean overly expensive. Either way, here are the four elements to consider when shopping for a good monitor to go with your Mac Mini.Size and resolution: 27-inch and 32-inch monitors are the most common…
Old laptops tend to collect dust once they’ve been replaced, but they don’t have to. I had a Windows laptop sitting unused for months, and rather than letting it take up space, I turned it into a secondary display for the main PC. A second screen is genuinely useful for multitasking — keeping reference material open while working or just having more room to spread out windows. Buying a new monitor wasn’t something I wanted to spend money on when I already had a functional screen doing nothing. With Spacedesk, the setup only takes a few minutes, and the results…