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The Kunchacko Boban and Lijomol Jose psychological thriller from India’s T-Series and Panorama Studios has confirmed its title as “Unmadham,” a Malayalam-language word meaning “frenzy.” The producers unveiled a first look poster on Saturday for the film, and an August release date. Helmed by Kiran Das, “Unmadham” marks the feature directorial debut of one of…
The ESP32 is an inexpensive and versatile microcontroller that is normally associated with cheap smart home devices and small DIY gadgets. But this sliver of silicon can do much more than you probably thought, as evidenced by projects that push the board to its limit. Host a web server Credit: Tech1k / GitHub HelloESP is a…
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Ready to sing along from your couch? The Amazon Music Stagecoach Saturday livestream has you covered. For a heartfelt ballad, you’ll be able to tune in as Teddy Swims and Lainey Wilson take the Stagecoach stage. Take a trip back in time to watch Bush perform, then end the night tuning into Mr. Worldwide taking…
The life of Kiros, a lion cub separated from his family by a dubious zoo owner, could inspire a Disney film — animals in peril, a heroic rescue, a missing baby, a happy ending. Kiros was born in 2023 at Zoo Animalia, a roadside animal attraction in Quebec. The newborn lived in a dank and…
Adobe Acrobat is the standard tool everyone reaches for when they’re authoring or editing PDFs. However, I’ve started using a privacy-first alternative that allows me to do everything I need with PDFs—all without a subscription fee or a login. It can even be self-hosted to give everyone on my network access to PDF editing tools….
The virtual influencer is not, strictly speaking, new. In 2016, a C.G.I. avatar named Lil Miquela appeared on Instagram, presenting as an aspiring musician from Southern California. Miquela, who was created by Trevor McFedries, has hazel eyes, olive skin, freckles, and a tasteful tooth gap; she often wears her brown hair in twin buns with…
When I first started teaching at Oxford in 2005, I would offer “office hours” a couple of times a week. They were literally that – time for students to come by my office and chat about anything on their mind. Emails were formal and for rare occasions, with the expectation that most issues would be…
Some stars and constellations are ever-present in the night sky; Polaris, for example, has served as a steady guiding light for millennia in the Northern Hemisphere. But if you look closely at the sky night after night, you may notice that some stars move east to west from dusk to dawn, as well as change…
