Castro

The App Store can be pretty great. It's where we download apps for our iPhones and iPads and in some cases, Macs as well. It's full of great apps from wonderful third-party developers and while yes, there are some bad actors out there, I like to think that the majority are making great apps for their users. But it's getting harder and harder to do that, as rumors of one popular app's imminent demise prove.Castro is a podcast app that's been around for a long, long time. I used it years ago before switching to other apps…

The pair also recorded a corrido during a studio session earlier this year After going viral with his “Dembow Bélico,” Luis R. Conrquiz is ready for a new genre. On Friday, the Mexican corrido singer joined Ryan Castro for “Plebita.” The video for the track sees both stars singing about rocking luxury brands and blasting “corridos en la troca” as they play poker and chess while surrounded by a group of friends. “I’m so happy to share this single with the beautiful people of Mexico once…

A Preprocessing Technique for Automatic Speech Recognition systemsImage created by the authorWhen we want to record a conversation in a room different acoustic effects occur. For example, we might have some unwanted background noise and reflections of speech on surfaces… A Preprocessing Technique for Automatic Speech Recognition systemsImage created by the authorWhen we want to record a conversation in a room different acoustic effects occur. For example, we might have some unwanted background noise and reflections of…

There is a loneliness to San Francisco. During the day, life bustles about in busy exercise. At night, the city abandons itself. The streets empty out. San Francisco is a city that sleeps—an early to bed, early to yoga city. If you are inclined to stay awake in the darkened hours, you will find yourself often in solitude, as I did living in the Bay Area for a dozen years. I left for New York City on the first day of May.Driving, riding the bus, walking home becomes a bleak endeavor in a city that disappears after dark. My…

John Leguizamo has spoken out against the discrimination faced by Latin actors as he clarified his criticism of James Franco playing Fidel Castro.Last week, it was reported that Franco would play the Cuban leader in independent film Alina of Cuba.The casting drew criticism over the decision to have a white man play the role, with Ice Stage star Leguizamo calling it “F’d up”.“I don’t got a prob with Franco but he ain’t Latino!” he wrote on social media.On Saturday (6 August), Leguizamo posted a video to Instagram…

John Leguizamo has called out the “F’d up” news that James Franco has been cast to play Fidel Castro in a forthcoming biopic.Earlier this week, Deadline reported that Franco would star as the Cuban leader in Miguel Bardem’s independent film Alina of Cuba.The film is based on the real life of Alina Fernandez (Ana Villafañe), a Cuban exile who learned aged 10 that she is Castro’s daughter. Mía Maestro has been cast as Natalia “Naty” Revuelta, a socialite he had an affair with.The news of Franco’s casting was met with…

Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images After John Leguizamo slammed the casting of “non-Latino” James Franco as Fidel Castro in the recently-announced Alina of Cuba, producer Martinez O’Felan implored the Colombia-born actor to expand his definition of Latino. “A guy like John Leguizamo has historically been looked up to by Hispanics as one of America’s earliest actors of Latin descent since the 90s and I’ve always admired him as a fellow underdog. But his comments are culturally uneducated and a blind attack…

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 27: Actor James Franco attends IFP's 27th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards on November 27, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for IFP) Warning: This article discusses sexual assault and violence against women. Disgraced Hollywood star James Franco will be returning to screens to play iconic Cuban leader Fidel Castro in the upcoming film Alina of Cuba. Because studios have attention spans the size of gnats, apparently. Despite being caught up in…

Illustration: Grandfailure (Dreamstime)io9 is proud to present fiction from LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “My Future Self, Refused” by Adam-Troy Castro. You can read the story below or listen to the podcast on Lightspeed’s website. Enjoy!My Future Self, RefusedThis much was clear.At some point in my future, I would have access to a time machine.This was a ridiculous sentence and a tragically irrelevant concern while my wife Judi was on…

Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) speaks at a press conference on immigration on Capitol Hill on November 18, 2021 in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesTexas Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro on Thursday asked the FBI to investigate the timeline of the Uvalde elementary school massacre and the police response to it as controversy grew over how law enforcement officials responded to the scene."The people of Uvalde, of Texas, and of the nation deserve an accurate account of what transpired," Castro wrote FBI Director…