Motions

When the fault comes to town. Drone photograph of the town of Çiğli taken 16 days after the February 6th 2023 Earthquake Sequence in eastern Türkiye. The ground ruptured by the movement of the faults collapsing many buildings but leaving others intact. Credit: Jiannan Meng The 6 Feb. 2023 earthquakes of eastern Turkiye were the most devastating in the region for the past century. Researchers from China University of…

Motions and gestures have been a part of the Galaxy phone user experience for many years. And although the fundamentals are more or less the same as always, some things have changed, particularly in terms of the user interface. In essence, Motions and gestures let you control certain aspects of your Galaxy phone through simple motions and gestures, hence the name. For instance, you can turn the screen on automatically when you pick up your phone or mute incoming calls and alarms with a simple gesture. Here's all you need…

via Lionsgate Adam Sandler may have built an entire career on jetting off to glamorous locations and churning out tedious movies as a result, but they more often than not tend to find success regardless of a critical pounding. Clearly, trying to replicate that formula in a buddy caper didn’t work, because Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard turned out to be an interminable bore. The opening installment proved to be a surprise sleeper hit that ended up earning $183 million at the box office, even if it was the laziest…

Members of Rise and Resist participate in their weekly "Truth Tuesday" protest at News Corp headquarters on February 21, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesA Delaware judge on Friday said Dominion Voting's $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox Corp. and its networks could go to trial in April.Judge Eric Davis of Delaware's Superior Court rejected Fox's arguments that it should bypass a trial since it's protected by the First Amendment. The judge granted some of the voting…

Tiny changes on Earth’s surface may precede big disruptions like the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake that left this rupture in the Mojave Desert in California. NASA scientists are researching data on Earth’s vital signs in search of patterns of motion that could herald a major event. Credit: USGS / Ben Brooks What can hidden motions underground tell us about earthquakes, eruptions, and even climate change? NASA scientists are using…

CWA pushing for QA team’s unionization Activision Blizzard continues in its efforts to push back against a unionization vote that has taken place within one of its subsidiaries. The QA team at Blizzard Albany recently secured the right to vote on unionization, against Activision’s wishes, with the votes expected to be tallied on November 18. Having failed to prevent the Albany team from securing the initial vote right, Activision Blizzard is now asking the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to impound the votes and…

via Sony There’s absolutely nothing wrong with a by-the-numbers sequel if it provides enough familiar entertainment to appeal to fans of the previous installment while simultaneously bringing in new ones, with 2019’s Zombieland: Double Tap almost the textbook definition of how to craft a solid-if-unspectacular successor to a wildly popular original. It took an entire decade to come together, but reuniting audiences with Woody Harrelson’s Tallahassee, Jesse Eisenberg’s Columbus, Emma Stone’s Wichita, and Abigail…