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Image: BlumhouseHope you like Blumhouse movies, because the company is re-releasing some old ones into theaters later this month.Unboxing Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Limited Edition Playstation 5 BundleHoping to start a new annual trend, the five day-long Halfway to Halloween film festival sees Blumhouse partnering with AMC Theaters (across 100 theaters in 40 US cities) from Friday, March 29 to Tuesday, April 2. Split will kick things off on the 29th, followed by The Purge (March 30), Ouija: Origin of Evil (March 31), Insidious…

Oscar Pistorius, the South African Olympics sprinter who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day 2013, has been released from prison just halfway through his 13-year sentence. Pistorius was initially convicted of “culpable homicide” (manslaughter) in September 2014 in the killing of model Reeva Steenkamp and sentenced to six years in prison; the sprinter was released to home arrest a year later. However, after prosecutors appealed the light punishment and the charge was changed to murder, a…

This video was produced by Trevor Kjorlien as part of the CBC Creator Network. Learn more about the Creator Network here.During wintertime in Montreal, it's easy to think that we live in a northern part of the world. It's cold, it's snowy and it's dark at 4:30 p.m. But surprisingly, Montreal is at nearly the exact halfway point between the North Pole and the equator.How we measure the EarthIf you have a globe near you, take a closer look at it.At the equator, this is 0. And going further north of the equator, this number…

Image by authorEvery map tells a story, and every story brings us closer to understanding our world.Visualizing the vastness of the world is no small feat. But to get a step closer to it, this November, I am participating in the #30DayMapChallenge. I have been enamored by geo visualizations from afar and dabbled a little myself, but I wanted to go deeper and learn how to build beautiful maps that tell stories. Hence, I participated in the #30DayMapChallenge.What is the #30DayMapChallenge?The #30DayMapChallenge is a…

Twitter is having an interesting day, first with the official changeover to the branding as X and now with San Francisco Police having stopped the removal of the Twitter HQ sign halfway through the process. If you’ve spent any amount of time on the site today then you’ve probably already seen the new logo. Elon Musk confirmed over the weekend that Twitter would be re-branded. The new name is now X and today set those changes in stone. At first it was just the disappearance of the iconic bird logo. Which, by the way, was…

Eruption of Tonga underwater volcano found to disrupt satellite signals halfway around the world. Credit: ERG Science Center An international team has used satellite- and ground-based ionospheric observations to demonstrate that an air pressure wave triggered by volcanic eruptions could produce an equatorial plasma bubble (EPB) in the ionosphere, severely disrupting satellite-based communications. Their findings were published…

Eruption of Tonga underwater volcano found to disrupt satellite signals halfway around the world. Credit: ERG Science CenterResearch shows that volcanic eruptions can create <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>plasma</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Plasma is one of the four fundamental states of matter, along with solid, liquid, and gas. It is an ionized gas consisting of positive ions and free electrons. It was first…

When ChatGPT was launched in November 2022, people around the…

Who says it’s too early for spooky season? The Boulet Brothers are here to cast a spell on spring with the gift of Halloween. The Dragula duo and Shudder have teamed up to bring us The Boulet Brothers’ Halfway to Halloween TV Special, arriving on the horror streamer and AMC+ Tuesday, April 25.Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard Nerd Out About Jurassic Park's Returning Heroesio9 recently caught up with Queens of Darkness Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet to crack open the crypt on all the fun. Along with David Dastmalchian…

03 Greedo has released the new mixtape Halfway There, his first release since getting out of prison.The tape features appearances from Rich the Kid, Babyface Ray, Maxo Kream, Ty Dolla Sign, and others, and serves as the follow-up to Greedo’s Free 03 project from January. Halfway There is the California rapper’s comeback after being freed from the Texas prison where he’d been incarcerated since 2018, having agreed to a plea deal for gun and drug charges.The 35-year-old faced a possible 300-year sentence due to first-degree…