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Jordan Peele’s Nope looks incredible on a massive screen – but was filming it for IMAX a huge mistake?

For his third film in the director’s chair, master moviemaker Jordan Peele has decided to go large. Gargantuan, in fact. A fantastical sci-fi that deals with UFOs, Hollywood heritage, and harrowing on-set sitcom murders, Nope was shot on IMAX cameras – every promotional poster for the film will proudly tell you so – which boost it from traditional blockbuster status to that of a sensational summer spectacle. With super high-res cameras and a flashy sound system at his disposal, the clever horror movie vision Peele set out…

The Mistake Every Data Scientist Has Made at Least Once | by Cassie Kozyrkov | Aug, 2022

…and how to increase your chances of avoiding itIf you use a tool where it hasn’t been verified safe, any mess you make is your fault… AI is a tool like any other, so the same rule applies. Never trust it blindly.Instead, force machine learning and AI systems to earn your trust.If you want to teach with examples, the examples have to be good. If you want to trust your student’s ability, the test has to be good.Always keep in mind that you don’t know anything about the safety of your system outside the conditions you…

What Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks has been his recent big ‘mistake’

Meta Platforms Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told staffers the world's biggest social media company had planned for growth too optimistically, mistakenly expecting that a bump in usage and revenue growth during COVID-19 lockdowns would be sustained. Zuckerberg, responding to an employee question at a company-wide meeting on Thursday, said he had hired too aggressively and failed to account for the possibility of an economic downturn, according to a person who heard the remarks. The employee had asked about mistakes…

This Lenovo laptop deal is so good it must be a mistake

Lenovo’s offer for the third-generation Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Tablet is one of the best 2-in-1 laptop deals that you can take advantage of right now, as it slashes the device’s price by $1,980 to make it very affordable at just $899, compared to its original price of $2,879. If you want to enjoy the benefits of both laptop deals and tablet deals, then you should purchase the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Tablet — you have to hurry though, because we’re not sure how long this 68% discount will last. Lenovo, one of the best laptop…

PUBG Mobile in Battlegrounds Mobile India Google Play Store URL: Mistake or Intentional?

Battlegrounds Mobile India pre-registrations went live on May 18 via Google Play store but its URL still mentions PUBG Mobile. The game is the Indian avatar of PUBG Mobile. Its South Korean developer Krafton has made a lot of efforts to re-release PUBG Mobile in India since it was banned in the country in September last year. And to make that possible, they had to do away with the PUBG Mobile name, which is why its redux is called Battlegrounds Mobile India. But it looks like they could have missed a spot.Krafton had…

Don’t Mistake These Skin Conditions for Monkeypox

You might be understandably paranoid about seeing new bumps appear on your skin these days, as monkeypox outbreaks around the world alarm public health experts. But plenty of other ailments can cause rashes, blisters, and sores—aren’t bodies fun?There have been over 4,000 reported cases of monkeypox globally this year, including at least 300 in the U.S. While this viral illness may not be as fast-spreading as covid-19, it’s threatening to shift from a zoonotic disease, rarely spread from rodents, to something that

This HP laptop is $1,382 off, and it could be a mistake

It’s rare to see a discount for a laptop go over $1,000, so we’re not sure if HP’s $1,382 price cut for the HP EliteBook 845 G8 Wolf Pro Security Edition is an amazing offer or a glaring mistake. Either way, if you need a high-performance laptop, you might want to take advantage of this deal that brings the machine’s price all the way down to $914, which is much less than half of its original price of $2,296. Shoppers trust HP laptop deals because it’s one of the best laptop brands, with a name built on a reputation…

This app fixes a big macOS Monterey mistake for Apple

Apple recently removed the colorful flags from the macOS Monterey Input Source menu bar item, but fear not — there's a new app that puts them back the way they should always have been! When Apple released macOS Monterey 12.4 it made a small change that impacts a ton of people. By removing the Source Input flags, it made it more difficult to see which input you had selected and which ones are available. In the place of those flags, simple two-character country codes. What happened to the whimsy, Apple? Thankfully,…

Here are common startup mistake according to founders-turned-investors

There are plenty of VCs keen to impart their knowledge on how to get funded, but what if you could gain insights from investors who have first-hand knowledge of seeing investment?  At this year’s TNW Conference, three VC partners who’d previously made the jump from successful founder to investor presented a panel on the crucial efforts they learned along the way.  The panelists were: Bryony Cooper, Managing Partner, Arkley Brinc VC: The company encompasses and hardware VC Fund and an…

Don’t kill your iPhone 13, iPhone 12 battery life, stop making this mistake daily

A mistake that you are making daily is draining the life out of your iPhone battery faster. Know what iPhone 13, iPhone 12, and other users must never do to save their iPhone's battery life. Are you dealing with battery draining out fast issue on your iPhone? Beware! It can shorten your phones battery life in the long term, costing you plenty. You must have heard about and, in fact, must be, closing your apps running in the background to try and save battery