Beast

One of the most magnificent and terrifying steeds in motorcycledom gets its second major overhaul for 2024. The new KTM 1390 Super Duke R gets a bigger motor, a bigger tank, semi-active suspension and a savagely alien new headlight design.Seriously, if you thought the boggle-eyed BMW S1000R or the angry-eyebrows Yamaha MT-10 had some weird faces on them, the new Super Duper Duke headlight makes both look downright conventional. Imagine the old 1290 Super Duke headlight – now gut the middle out of it, leaving the sides,…

Tesla Cybertruck options and accessories have leaked through a mobile app update revealing a ‘Basecamp’ tent, solar option, and new “Beast mode”. We are just a day away from getting all the details about the Cybertruck direct from Tesla, but a leak is now giving us some details ahead of time. The leak is coming through an update to Tesla’s mobile app in order to integrate Cybertruck into it. X user Tesla_App_iOS, who compiles changes to Tesla’s iOS app, found the tidbits of information.…

For as much as Doctor Who’s first 60th anniversary special, “The Star Beast,” was a celebration of the old, it also brought plenty of new with it—including Heartstopper’s Yasmin Finney as Rose, Donna Noble’s trans teenage daughter. But for as important as Rose became to the episode, for showrunner Russell T. Davies, it was equally important to show the realities of her existence as a young transgender person.Like It or Not, Your Doctor Will Use AI | AI UnlockedEarly on in “The Star Beast” as Rose and her mother walk home,…

Synology DS723+ 2-bay Diskstation NAS Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETThere's nothing like a sad tale of data loss to make me check all my backups are up to date and fresh. Over the past few weeks, I've been helping out a friend with a serious and painful data loss issue. Long story short, a MacBook died, important data was on it, there were no backups, that data has thankfully been recovered, a new MacBook has been purchased, there's a massive squeeze on storage space, and it's now up to me to put in place an effective…

Human drama suffused with alien weirdness? A shotgun blast of emotional sincerity to sweep you away from barely coherent sci-fi technobabble? The power of love, specifically encapsulating queer love? David Tennant and Catherine Tate running around the place having the time of their lives? Do not adjust your clocks friends: it is indeed 2023 rather than 2008. But for one November night, Doctor Who certainly made it feel that way.Who’s This Thing Actually for? | PlayStation Portal Hands On“The Star Beast,” the first in a…

Ugreen Nexode 300W GaN 5-Ports Desktop Charging Station. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETWhat's the Cyber Monday deal?The Ugreen Nexode 300W GaN 5-Ports Desktop Charging Station.  Let's get right to the things I like about this charger.First, it's huge and weighty. This is good because unless a desktop charger has a fair amount of heft behind it, it gets dragged about by the cables attached. Sure, at almost 2 pounds, this is no travel charger, but I find lightweight desktop chargers to be a nuisance.Also: The best…

The following discusses spoilers for “The Star Beast” and references transphobia.If there’s one thing the rebooted Doctor Who always tried to do, it was avoid cliches about its predecessor’s small budget. The 1963 - 1989 run was made on a shoestring, leading to lazy gags about wobbly sets and bad visual effects. The 2005 revival was well-budgeted compared to its British TV peers, but still had to work hard to not "embarrass" itself. Now, the show is back, armed with bags of cash from Disney in exchange for its…

Chris Nolan insists he’s not joining the Bond franchise. Tim Burton insists he wants no part in a Nightmare Before Christmas sequel. The cast of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom discuss its new creatures. Plus, what’s coming on Shining Vale. To me, my Spoilers!Spoilers of the Week March 7-11X-MenIn conversation with The Wrap, Kelsey Grammer stated he “can say with a certain amount of confidence” his Beast will return in future MCU projects. It is my hope that you will . I can say with a certain amount of confidence that you…

Ugreen Nexode 300W GaN 5-Ports Desktop Charging Station. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETWhat's the Black Friday deal?The Ugreen Nexode 300W GaN 5-Ports Desktop Charging Station.  Let's get right to the things I like about this charger.First, it's huge and weighty. This is good because unless a desktop charger has a fair amount of heft behind it, it gets dragged about by the cables attached. Sure, at almost 2 pounds, this is no travel charger, but I find lightweight desktop chargers to be a nuisance.Also: The best…

How was the idea of "Beast World" conceived? Was it an easy decision to center the book around the Titans? It was time. It was pointed out to me that DC came to me and said, "Hey, what would you think about writing an event at the end of the year?" It was the very early stages of "Titans." It made a lot of sense for it to be the Titans, for one thing. They were like, "Yes, let's do this with the Titans." But also, it meant that I could build this event organically out of the "Titans" book. Everything…