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Ernst & Young’s renegade U.S. auditors are demanding that the firm examine the financial health of its potential offspring as they block a breakup of the global accounting firm.  Julie Boland, EY’s U.S. chair and managing partner, called for rethinking the split, which has been in the works for more than a year. The U.S. audit partners want a bigger piece of the firm’s lucrative tax business.  “The questions we need to resolve affect the capabilities and financial strength of both…

As BTS’ V, Jungkook, RM & Suga Attend Harry Styles’ Concert, ARMY Demands For A Collab ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) The South Korean boy band BTS is known for their chart-bursting and record-breaking tracks. The band and its members, RM, Suga, Jin, V, Jimin, J-Hope and Jungook, have so far collaborated with many award-winning musicians. However, their presence at Harry Styles’ recent concert in Seoul has made fans demand a collaboration. BTS is undoubtedly the most popular K-Pop band in the world. The two-time…

Whether you prefer gaming laptops or desktop PCs, it’s always fun to push your rig to the very limit with some of the latest games. Older and indie titles have their own charm, but if you want to really see the best graphics that game studios currently have to offer, you’ll need to check out some games from the last couple of years. These games take advantage of the latest technologies, including Nvidia’s Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) and ray tracing. To run them on max settings, you’ll need an outstanding…

Image via EON / MGM “James Bond will return,” that was the message featured at the end of No Time to Die that promised us Daniel Craig’s explosive exit as 007 wouldn’t be the last time we’ll see the super-spy on our screens. Exactly what form his grand rebirth in Bond 26 will take, though, is anyone’s guess as producers have yet to reveal the identity of the seventh actor to don Jimmy boy’s tux. If they’re short of ideas, however, Amazon and EON should definitely turn to the fansfor inspiration, as folks have…

A WOOD-FIRED hot tub is not for everyone. I know because six months ago I purchased one from a Canadian company called Goodland, based in Bowen Island, British Columbia. It’s a handsome object, this rectangular aluminum hull paneled in western red cedar, with its slim stove and tall chimney at one end. It’s also a lot of work. Every time I want a bath, I must haul the necessary wood and split it myself, then coddle a fire for a couple of hours just to bring the water up to temperature. And since I don’t treat the water…

LoadingThe alternative, as Musk told Twitter users, is to use an app and there’s a wide range available, with most relying on common industry standards to generate the same kind of codes as are sent via text message.Among the most popular are Google Authenticator (which works with more than just Google services), Microsoft Authenticator, Authy, and 1Password. The latter also doubles as a password management tool, helping users to keep track of all their passwords, which should ideally be different and lengthy.To set up…

Image via Marvel Studios In another Earth out there in the multiverse, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania actually turned out to be the dark and dramatic Phase Five opener we were anticipating, but here in the universe we’re stuck in, we’re lumbered with the one that Marvel tampered with just weeks before its release date. Meanwhile, Robert Downey Jr.’s chances of an Iron Man return are revealed as a Thunderbolts star gets real about how much they’re looking forward to reprising their role. Or, more accurately,…

Image via Jagged Edge Productions In terms of blood-splattering sequences and fear-inducing scenarios, there’s nothing more enthralling than a bonafide slasher. And while the colossal horror genre is chock-full of delicious sub-genres, there’s something sinister and magical about sitting down to witness a slasher classic that is sure to have the hair on the back of your neck standing up — especially when that slasher staple receives an equally brutal sequel. So with Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey mesmerizing…

Marvel Comics/Josh Brasted It sure seems like James Gunn has a lot on his plate right now after taking the helm of the DCU and it doesn’t help that infamous actor Tommy Wiseau is knocking at his door. The Room star and weird internet legend recently demanded that Gunn message him about a role in one of the many movies coming soon from the world of DC Comics. We cannot deny that there are some seriously solid roles for him to play in the DCU, but a smarter Tommy Wiseau might be trying harder to bark up a Marvel…

2023 is shaping up to be an exciting year in video games, and no small part of that is the technical advancements the new year brings. Unreal Engine 5, complicated ray tracing, and features like DLSS 3 promise to push graphical quality to places they’ve never gone before — assuming you have one of the best graphics cards to keep up. There are a lot of games I’m excited to play this year, but even more that I’m excited to look at and test. If you want to push your gaming PC to its limits, here are the most demanding…