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Quantum Leap’s Ready to Jump Back to Your TV

Image: NBCIt’s been a full month since NBC’s pretty solid Quantum Leap revival went on a midseason break to account for the holidays. But it won’t be too long a wait before the show returns: per Deadline, the remaining episodes of season two will begin airing on Tuesday, January 30.Ernie Hudson | First FandomsFor its last run of episodes, Quantum Leap will be migrating to Tuesday nights at instead of its previous Wednesday timeslot. The first three episode will air weekly, while the final pair will pair together on

Preordering the Apple Vision Pro? You’ll have these hoops to jump through

Jason Hiner/ZDNETWe're less than a month away from the launch of Apple's highly anticipated Vision Pro augmented reality headset, and details are starting to emerge about the pre-order process for the new device.Also: I tried Apple Vision Pro and it's far ahead of where I expectedEarly speculation is that the Vision Pro will be very limited at launch, so if you want one you'll probably need to be quick when it drops. However, it doesn't appear this will be a quick process.There are two major things to note. First, if…

Slice: Slice posts 200% jump in FY23 operational revenue, losses go up 60%

Fintech unicorn Slice reported operational revenue of Rs 847 crore in fiscal 2023, up 200% from Rs 283 crore a year earlier. Its net losses went up 60% to Rs 406 crore from Rs 254 crore in the same period.The Tiger Global-backed startup received a severe jolt to its business in July 2022 when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) shut down credit lines on prepaid cards, its mainstay at that point in time. The company still managed to grow its topline mainly through its personal loan product and partly through the payments…

CDs shine as UK music sales in 2023 jump to near record figure | Music industry

Sales of CDs rose last year for the first time in two decades, helping to lift the UK’s total spending on music to the highest level since the days when Destiny’s Child, Limp Bizkit and David Gray were topping the album charts.The value of all music sales – including spending on streaming, vinyl, CDs and downloads – rose 9.6% in 2023 to reach £2.2bn, just 0.08% shy of the record 22 years earlier, according to the Digital Entertainment and Retail Association (ERA).The biggest-selling album was The Weeknd’s The Highlights,…

‘I hope it makes everyone want to jump!’: Michelle Z Simmons’ best phone picture | Photography

Michelle Z Simmons met up with ballet dancer Lucas Labrador in downtown Roswell, a suburb of Atlanta. Simmons had been a photographer for only a few years, but had developed a love of shooting dancers. “I had photographed my niece, who is now with Virginia’s Richmond Ballet, and wanted to get more experience,” she explains. “Dancers have been photographed many, many times, so I wanted something different from the classic ballet shot.”skip past newsletter promotionSign up to Inside SaturdayThe only way to get a look behind…

Cashfree: Payments firm Cashfree posts 75% jump in FY23 revenue, losses bloat to Rs 133 crore

Payment gateway and services provider Cashfree saw revenue from operations rising 75% on year to Rs 614 crore in FY23, even as its losses swelled considerably during the period. The company, which recently received the Reserve Bank of India’s nod to resume onboarding of new merchants, recorded a loss of Rs 133 crore in FY23, a significant jump from Rs 3 crore in the previous year.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK Senior Management ProgrammeVisitIndian…

22 Jump Street Director Explains How Channing Tatum Helped Improve A Key Scene

From his action movies (Fighting, the G.I. Joe movies) to his dance-focused dramas (Step Up, the Magic Mike franchise), it can be easy to forget that Channing Tatum is really freaking funny. It's a fact that his 22 Jump Street director reminded the world about with a social-media post praising the actor's improvisational skills. Christopher Miller, co-director of the 2014 comedy sequel—which stars Tatum and Jonah Hill as buddy-cops going undercover at a college in order to find the supplier of a new drug—took to X…

CNN’s NYE Ratings Jump as Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen Got Drunk

Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen got drunk on air to ring in 2024 after dialing back the booze for the special a year ago As it turns out, Anderson Cooper getting drunk and giggling uncontrollably on live television at the site of a cat’s butt in John Mayer’s face makes for good television. The news network announced on Thursday that its New Years Eve special hosted by Cooper and Andy Cohen brought in about 2.33 million viewers this year, a 12 percent bump compared to the year prior, according

Escape From Tarkov 0.14 features new guns and the ability to jump over knee-high walls

Slowly but surely, Battlestate Games’ Escape From Tarkov continues its long trudge towards a full 1.0 release candidate with patch 0.14. The update features many exciting developments, not the least of which is an entire suite of new movement abilities and the introduction of the SIG SPEAR combat platform. Indeed, as per Battlestate Games’ forum announcement, the studio is preparing to release the big Escape From Tarkov patch 0.14, which comes with a slew of new weapons, bosses, movement abilities, and the long-awaited…

Samsung Galaxy Jump series sales jump to 1.5 million units in South Korea

There is a common belief among tech enthusiasts that Samsung launches too many phones for its own good, probably slowing down the process of software development and release of updates. However, sales figures reveal that its strategy of offering something for everyone works quite well. The company is the biggest smartphone maker in the world in terms of unit sales. In fact, its rare Galaxy Jump smartphone series, which is only available in South Korea, did pretty well in terms of sales. The Galaxy Jump series, which has…