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The Exorcist: Believer | Official TrailerThose Hollywood execs from 20 years ago smelled trouble when their Exorcist prequel wasn’t scary enough, but apparently there wasn’t that kind of oversight on Believer, which had some disturbing imagery but zero frights. The film also had a surprisingly predictable story despite being assembled from a carefully crafted list of “stuff The Exorcist movies haven’t done before,” including giving us a pair of girls possessed in tandem, and the idea that people of diverse religions…

“It’s kind of a make or break moment because Apple, out of any company in the world, has the ability to make this a must-have consumer item," said Anderson, chief executive of Mirrorscape. “The question is, can they?" It has taken a lot longer than anyone has expected for the iPhone maker, based in Cupertino, Calif., to get its headset into shape. It has been in development inside Apple for seven years and the device’s launch has been delayed several times, The Wall Street Journal…

by Ananish Chaudhuri, Quentin Douglas Atkinson and Scott Claessens, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People's willingness to believe in climate change varies greatly, as does their willingness to engage in pro-environmental behavior, such as energy conservation. We tried to understand the psychological factors behind these differences in our recent study.…

As members of the media lingered near the entrance of the headquarters of Silicon Valley Bank this week, a Bitcoin true believer seized on an opportunity.He drove a Budget moving van directly in front of the building's entrance, so all could see the message plastered on the side: “BE YOUR OWN BANK,” it read, between a doctored image of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holding a “Buy Bitcoin” sign and the orange logo for the original cryptocurrency. A video of the made-for-social-media stunt, set to Pink Floyd's…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Democrats are killing and eating children. Vaccines contain Satan's DNA. Canada has a new queen who is really an extraterrestrial with special powers. It's difficult for many people to understand how anyone could believe such wild conspiracy theories. But in my view as a philosopher who studies the…

Credit: King's College London Notable minorities of the U.K. public say they believe conspiracy theories about terror attacks including the Manchester Arena bombing, the 7/7 attacks in London, 9/11, and school shootings in the U.S., with belief particularly high among younger people and those who get much of their news from social media and messaging platforms, according to new research.…

Here are some quick tech catch for you so that you stay updated with the latest crypto and tech news Good morning Tech Fam, here’s a quick tech update for you to catch on: What’s new today: After the major crypto crash Bitcoin believers are back again; in India crypto legislation faces the latest raid blow. Fast-Trach Insights: New EU rules, US listing requirements, and internet fragmentation will dent the platforms’ business models; Why is google delaying its cookie cancellation? Newly-listed tech startups…