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Co-Creator Of The Authority, Bryan Hitch, just found out that DC Studios were making a movie of The Authority when you did...DC Studios and James Gunn just announced a brace of projects, intertwined in the same continuity under the new leadership of James Gunn and Zac Safran. One of which was The Authority, based on the comic book by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, published by DC Comics. Oh, and Bryan Hitch found out when you did. He tweeted "The Authority…? I'm glad someone told me…." Well, they have now. I would presume…

If you are in the Las Vegas area, keep an eye out for fully electric IONIQ5 robotaxis. The Hyundai Motor Group’s joint venture, Motional, along with Uber, announced Wednesday the launch of their public robotaxi service in Las Vegas. Motional was established in March 2020 through a joint venture (JV) between Hyundai and sustainable tech company, Aptiv. Last summer, we got our first look at Motional’s Level 4 autonomous IONIQ5 robotaxi as President and CEO Karl Iagnemma said the collaboration…

It didn’t crash! That’s the most important thing you can say about the first Thursday Night Football game aired on Amazon Prime Video. Amazon didn’t crumble like HBO Max did during the House of The Dragon premiere. It didn’t crash like CBS All Access during the 2021 Super Bowl. It even streamed better than DirecTV did five days ago. There were some reports of blocky resolution and buffering, but in general, Amazon hung in there, and it aired a football game.Watching the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers play, I…

Sunday breakfast? Normally I sleep in, so I’m not a big breakfast dude. I might have some dim sum mid-morning as a family thing, or maybe some fruit.Next? We’ll laze around until around noon, then my wife takes the kids to visit her parents, so the rest of the Sunday is just me. It’s a good deal. I’ll chill out, listen back to some music, take time to connect with my mum.Sunday music? I built a recording studio in the basement during the pandemic. How many hours a day am I down here? A lot.Sunday gardening? Out back we do…

While we have heard of a few aerial drones that are also able to operate underwater, a new one takes that concept considerably further. Using a fish-inspired suction disc, it can hitch rides underwater – possibly even on submarines – to save battery power.The prototype device was developed via a collaboration between scientists from Beihang University in China, Imperial College London, and Switzerland's Empa research institute.It takes the form of a small waterproof quadcopter, on top of which is a 3D-printed silicone…