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Dispatch confirms the least messy timeline to the Han So Hee, Ryu Jun Yeol, Hyeri relationship drama, which is sorta exciting in its own way – Asian Junkie – Asian Junkie
- Dispatch confirms the least messy timeline to the Han So Hee, Ryu Jun Yeol, Hyeri relationship drama, which is sorta exciting in its own way – Asian Junkie Asian Junkie
- Han So Hee replies to all malicious comments claiming her ‘image sunk to bottom’ amid dating Ryu Jun Yeol Hindustan Times
- Han So Hee and Ryu Jun Yeol’s tense date in Hawaii: A closer look at their rumored romance The Times of India
- Seven’ star Han So-hee confirms relationship with ‘Reply 1988’ actor Ryu-Jun-Yeol, plans to apologise to h The Economic Times
- Ryu Jun-yeol, Han So-hee spotted together in Hawaii; agencies decline to confirm dating rumors The Korea Herald
Emily Blunt’s Kids Don’t Find Her Fame “Exciting” – BuzzFeed
- Emily Blunt’s Kids Don’t Find Her Fame “Exciting” BuzzFeed
- The Real Reason That Emily Blunt And John Krasinski’s Kids Don’t Find Her Fame “Exciting” Actually Makes A Lot Of Sense Yahoo Life
- Emily Blunt Says Her Star Status Is ‘Not Exciting’ to Her Kids: They Like When I ‘Take Them Swimming’ PEOPLE
- Emily Blunt: a seat at the table Harper’s Bazaar UK
- “You feel like a puppet”: Emily Blunt Calls Hollywood Manipulative Despite Being One of the Most Sought After Actresses of All Time FandomWire
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Xbox Game Studios team visits Kojima Productions ‘to kick-off an exciting journey’ | VGC – Video Games Chronicle
- Xbox Game Studios team visits Kojima Productions ‘to kick-off an exciting journey’ | VGC Video Games Chronicle
- Xbox celebrates GDC by inviting game developers to discover innovative tools, fresh strategies, and new ways to succeed Microsoft
- Xbox Team Visits Kojima Productions To Kick Off ‘Exciting Journey Ahead’ Pure Xbox
- Aaron Greenberg visits Kojima Productions with Xbox Game Studios to discuss cloud engineering in cool hoodies Windows Central
- Xbox Game Studios Publishing Team Visits Kojima Productions to ‘Kick-Off an Exciting Journey’ – News VGChartz
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The Most Exciting Tech Products Coming in 2023 and Beyond
CES 2023 brought the planet’s biggest consumer electronics show back in pretty fit form, reminding us of the events of yesteryear. We saw an $800,000 flying car, a crazy huge wireless TV (more on that one below) and yes, a pee sensor for your toilet at home (definitely more on that one below).
This year’s show marks the return of full in-person CES. It’s thought to have brought in more than 100,000 people, and over 2,200 companies talked up what they think are the next big things. This year — and for the first time in three years — CNET editors walked the floors to see new products and services on display.
Before we dive into our list of the best of CES 2023, here are the criteria we used. We tried to keep the number of those earning our Best of Show Award to between five and seven. All on this list meet at least one of the following criteria.
- The product includes a never-before-seen concept or idea.
- The product attempts to solve a major consumer problem.
- The product is a redesign or different take on an existing product in a way that sets a new bar in performance or quality.
Finally, to avoid giving awards to products that may never see the light of day, we gave more weight to those with at least a calendar year release window or timeline, as opposed to products with no planned release date or a more nebulous one.
LG M3 Series 97-inch wireless OLED TV
James Martin/CNET
The LG M3 Series 97-inch wireless OLED TV is a behemoth that doesn’t skimp on normal high-end TV features. This gargantuan beast of a TV combines fantastic picture technology with its huge size to be one of the most exciting TVs in recent memory. What really takes it over the top, however, is that it’s entirely wireless.
Yep, no more fussing with a bunch of wires behind your entertainment center to get them to look as if they’re not there. With this TV, they aren’t.
LG says the 97-incher should be out in 2023 along with an 83- and 77-inch version. Don’t expect it to be cheap, though. The wired version of LG’s 97-inch TV costs $25,000, while its 77-inch OLED is only $2,900. Just to set expectations.
Withings U-Scan
Withings
Ever imagine you could get on-the-spot health data at home, just by going number one? You’ll soon be able to with the Withings U-Scan (pee) sensor. The device sits at the front of your toilet. When you pee – and apparently it’s best to sit when you do so to get an accurate sample – it collects the urine, analyzes it and then sends the results to your phone via Wi-Fi.
What type of results, you might ask? Well, for starters, it can monitor daily ketones and vitamin C levels and test your urine’s pH level, which can indicate overall kidney health. Use a different cartridge, and women can use it to track their menstrual cycles.
We’ve seen at-home urine test strips that require you to be hands-on to get test results, but the U-Scan is designed to be a seamless experience. Just do your business and move on. The fact that you can do this testing daily without even really thinking about it and get results sent to you right away is what truly sets the U-Scan apart.
HTC Vive XR Elite
The XR Elite is a VR headset with mixed reality that looks almost, at some angles, like glasses.
HTC
The HTC Vive XR Elite is the latest version of HTC’s VR/AR headset and, based on our time with it, might be the best Vive so far when it’s released in late February for $1,099.
Yes, we’ve seen VR headsets before, so what make this one special? The main reason it’s on this list is its size. HTC has shrunk the VR headset down to almost normal glasses size, and less than half the weight of the Quest Pro VR headset.
If you wear glasses normally, you won’t need to wear them while using this. The adjusting dials, or diopters, can change the lens prescription in real time, meaning the user needn’t wear glasses at all. That’s a really useful feature if it works as well as expected. As a person who wears glasses, but has soured on VR in the last few years, the combination of the XR Elite’s small, light chassis and the no-glasses requirement makes VR a much more appealing prospect to me.
I’m not about to rush out and buy a VR headset, but the tech here looks to be exceptional, so let’s hope it catches on.
BMW i Vision Dee
The minimalist design of the i Vision Dee concept is a blank canvas for digital expression
BMW
Yes, the BMW i Vision Dee is a concept car, so my first reaction was to take every feature here with a grain of salt, but BMW has confirmed that the coolest and most useful feature, the head-up display, is coming to production cars in 2025.
Instead of a traditional dashboard screen, the Dee instead uses the entire windshield as the HUD. It’s an AR display that uses the full-width of the windshield and includes five levels of immersion. Level 1 gives you the essentials – speedometer, some navigation information and so on. Levels 2 through 4 increases the information onscreen and eventually overlay navigation information on the road.
Level 5 can display a completely virtual environment and is not meant for driving. Or rather is not meant for when you drive and is instead intended for when a car drives you. This is one of those that works best in motion, so check out the video of the BMW i Vision Dee to see it in action.
The concept car also has an E Ink cover on its chassis that can change color based on your own desire, and during BWM’s press conference the presenters made it seem like it could carry on a conversation with you, a la KITT, but BMW admitted it used a backstage actress to show what it wants to do in the future. Again, only the HUD is confirmed to come to cars in the future, so it was the most useful thing to focus on.
Samsung S95C 77-inch QD-OLED TV
Samsung
The Samsung S95C is the company’s first 77-inch TV using its QD-OLED technology. It improves on the previous year’s model with better antiglare technology and brighter images. The color in particular seemed to impress our TV expert, David Katzmaier, the most; however, the screen finish is a bit grayer than LG’s, which tends to wash out the image somewhat.
Still, the key reason it’s on this list, beyond its high quality, is the potential it has to give LG a run for its money in the high-end, 77-inch TV market, which could eventually bring prices down across the board. Great news for those of us looking to buy a big, awesome high-end TV sometime in the future.
Schneider Smart Home system
Schneider Electric
Schneider’s Smart Home System isn’t something I’d ever considered owning until I moved into in a new, larger house in 2020. Let’s just say, I grow at least a few more gray hairs when a new bill comes in. The system will allow users to save money by scheduling when certain outlets draw power by controlling the breakers, switcher and outlets to prevent energy vampires like TVs and chargers from drawing power when we don’t need them to.
For EV users it can schedule when your vehicle charges, timing it to only charge when rates are lowest or if possible only charge using solar panels.
As home electricity rates get higher – where I live they certainly have – and with more devices that demand more charging in our homes, having this kind of detailed control, without having to go unplug a bunch of stuff every time you leave the house or go on vacation, is a welcome remedy indeed.
Dolby Atmos in-car sound in a Maybach
Mercedes and Dolby’s partnership remains strong.
CNET
Dolby Atmos is a sound technology – think surround sound 2.0 – that attempts to fully immerse you in whatever you’re listening to. Atmos has been around for a while in movie theaters and home theaters, but the Mercedes-Maybach is one of the first cars to use it.
So how good is it? The experience is hard to explain, but I’ll let CNET Editor Bridget Carey do her best. She says, “The music felt like it was floating in the space around me – I couldn’t tell where the speakers were located; it created a surreal sound. When listening to Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, it was like Freddie Mercury was just floating in front of me.”
Check out the video to get a better idea of what Bridget experienced in the $185,000 Maybach. For those of us without that kind of cash, Dolby says we could see Atmos used in more-affordable cars. The team is working on adapting the technology to a traditional six-speaker setup, but no word on when exactly just yet.
CES 2023 returned with some potentially useful technology. Some new, some refinements, but at the very least attempt to solve a known consumer issue. There were plenty more that almost made the list. These are just the true standouts. Be sure to take look at the rest of CNET’s CES coverage for everything else.
The Most Exciting Tech Products Coming in 2023 and Beyond
CES 2023 brought the planet’s biggest consumer electronics show back in pretty fit form, reminding us of the events of yesteryear. We saw an $800,000 flying car, a crazy huge wireless TV (more on that one below) and yes, a pee sensor for your toilet at home (definitely more on that one below).
This year’s show marks the return of full in-person CES. It’s thought to have brought in more than 100,000 people, and over 2,200 companies talked up what they think are the next big things. This year — and for the first time in three years — CNET editors walked the floors to see new products and services on display.
Before we dive into our list of the best of CES 2023, here are the criteria we used. We tried to keep the number of those earning our Best of Show Award to between five and seven. All on this list meet at least one of the following criteria.
- The product includes a never-before-seen concept or idea.
- The product attempts to solve a major consumer problem.
- The product is a redesign or different take on an existing product in a way that sets a new bar in performance or quality.
Finally, to avoid giving awards to products that may never see the light of day, we gave more weight to those with at least a calendar year release window or timeline, as opposed to products with no planned release date or a more nebulous one.
LG M3 Series 97-inch wireless OLED TV
James Martin/CNET
The LG M3 Series 97-inch wireless OLED TV is a behemoth that doesn’t skimp on normal high-end TV features. This gargantuan beast of a TV combines fantastic picture technology with its huge size to be one of the most exciting TVs in recent memory. What really takes it over the top, however, is that it’s entirely wireless.
Yep, no more fussing with a bunch of wires behind your entertainment center to get them to look as if they’re not there. With this TV, they aren’t.
LG says the 97-incher should be out in 2023 along with an 83- and 77-inch version. Don’t expect it to be cheap, though. The wired version of LG’s 97-inch TV costs $25,000, while its 77-inch OLED is only $2,900. Just to set expectations.
Withings U-Scan
Withings
Ever imagine you could get on-the-spot health data at home, just by going number one? You’ll soon be able to with the Withings U-Scan (pee) sensor. The device sits at the front of your toilet. When you pee – and apparently it’s best to sit when you do so to get an accurate sample – it collects the urine, analyzes it and then sends the results to your phone via Wi-Fi.
What type of results, you might ask? Well, for starters, it can monitor daily ketones and vitamin C levels and test your urine’s pH level, which can indicate overall kidney health. Use a different cartridge, and women can use it to track their menstrual cycles.
We’ve seen at-home urine test strips that require you to be hands-on to get test results, but the U-Scan is designed to be a seamless experience. Just do your business and move on. The fact that you can do this testing daily without even really thinking about it and get results sent to you right away is what truly sets the U-Scan apart.
HTC Vive XR Elite
The XR Elite is a VR headset with mixed reality that looks almost, at some angles, like glasses.
HTC
The HTC Vive XR Elite is the latest version of HTC’s VR/AR headset and, based on our time with it, might be the best Vive so far when it’s released in late February for $1,099.
Yes, we’ve seen VR headsets before, so what make this one special? The main reason it’s on this list is its size. HTC has shrunk the VR headset down to almost normal glasses size, and less than half the weight of the Quest Pro VR headset.
If you wear glasses normally, you won’t need to wear them while using this. The adjusting dials, or diopters, can change the lens prescription in real time, meaning the user needn’t wear glasses at all. That’s a really useful feature if it works as well as expected. As a person who wears glasses, but has soured on VR in the last few years, the combination of the XR Elite’s small, light chassis and the no-glasses requirement makes VR a much more appealing prospect to me.
I’m not about to rush out and buy a VR headset, but the tech here looks to be exceptional, so let’s hope it catches on.
BMW i Vision Dee
The minimalist design of the i Vision Dee concept is a blank canvas for digital expression
BMW
Yes, the BMW i Vision Dee is a concept car, so my first reaction was to take every feature here with a grain of salt, but BMW has confirmed that the coolest and most useful feature, the head-up display, is coming to production cars in 2025.
Instead of a traditional dashboard screen, the Dee instead uses the entire windshield as the HUD. It’s an AR display that uses the full-width of the windshield and includes five levels of immersion. Level 1 gives you the essentials – speedometer, some navigation information and so on. Levels 2 through 4 increases the information onscreen and eventually overlay navigation information on the road.
Level 5 can display a completely virtual environment and is not meant for driving. Or rather is not meant for when you drive and is instead intended for when a car drives you. This is one of those that works best in motion, so check out the video of the BMW i Vision Dee to see it in action.
The concept car also has an E Ink cover on its chassis that can change color based on your own desire, and during BWM’s press conference the presenters made it seem like it could carry on a conversation with you, a la KITT, but BMW admitted it used a backstage actress to show what it wants to do in the future. Again, only the HUD is confirmed to come to cars in the future, so it was the most useful thing to focus on.
Samsung S95C 77-inch QD-OLED TV
Samsung
The Samsung S95C is the company’s first 77-inch TV using its QD-OLED technology. It improves on the previous year’s model with better antiglare technology and brighter images. The color in particular seemed to impress our TV expert, David Katzmaier, the most; however, the screen finish is a bit grayer than LG’s, which tends to wash out the image somewhat.
Still, the key reason it’s on this list, beyond its high quality, is the potential it has to give LG a run for its money in the high-end, 77-inch TV market, which could eventually bring prices down across the board. Great news for those of us looking to buy a big, awesome high-end TV sometime in the future.
Schneider Smart Home system
Schneider Electric
Schneider’s Smart Home System isn’t something I’d ever considered owning until I moved into in a new, larger house in 2020. Let’s just say, I grow at least a few more gray hairs when a new bill comes in. The system will allow users to save money by scheduling when certain outlets draw power by controlling the breakers, switcher and outlets to prevent energy vampires like TVs and chargers from drawing power when we don’t need them to.
For EV users it can schedule when your vehicle charges, timing it to only charge when rates are lowest or if possible only charge using solar panels.
As home electricity rates get higher – where I live they certainly have – and with more devices that demand more charging in our homes, having this kind of detailed control, without having to go unplug a bunch of stuff every time you leave the house or go on vacation, is a welcome remedy indeed.
Dolby Atmos in-car sound in a Maybach
Mercedes and Dolby’s partnership remains strong.
CNET
Dolby Atmos is a sound technology – think surround sound 2.0 – that attempts to fully immerse you in whatever you’re listening to. Atmos has been around for a while in movie theaters and home theaters, but the Mercedes-Maybach is one of the first cars to use it.
So how good is it? The experience is hard to explain, but I’ll let CNET Editor Bridget Carey do her best. She says, “The music felt like it was floating in the space around me – I couldn’t tell where the speakers were located; it created a surreal sound. When listening to Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, it was like Freddie Mercury was just floating in front of me.”
Check out the video to get a better idea of what Bridget experienced in the $185,000 Maybach. For those of us without that kind of cash, Dolby says we could see Atmos used in more-affordable cars. The team is working on adapting the technology to a traditional six-speaker setup, but no word on when exactly just yet.
CES 2023 returned with some potentially useful technology. Some new, some refinements, but at the very least attempt to solve a known consumer issue. There were plenty more that almost made the list. These are just the true standouts. Be sure to take look at the rest of CNET’s CES coverage for everything else.
Kaleidoscope: Netflix subscribers face dilemma watching ‘exciting and confusing’ heist series
Netflix subscribers are facing a dilemma when watching the new release, Kaleidoscope.
Kaleidoscope arrives on Netflix on Sunday (1 January) with its unusual premise prompting raised eyebrows and questions from many viewers.
The crime drama – created by Matchstick Men author Eric Garcia – takes place over 25 years. It follows a group of masterful thieves, led by Breaking Bad star Giancarlo Esposito, who work together to pull off an elaborate heist.
What has intrigued viewers, however, is the fact that the series has been designed so that viewers can watch seven of the available eight episodes in any order.
This means that every episode, named after different colours, except the finale – titled “White” – can be watched in any sequence and the narrative will still make sense.
Netflix users have been assigned Kaleidoscope episodes in different sequences, except for the first and last episode.
Netflix states that the “order in which [viewers] watch the episodes will affect their viewpoint on the story, the characters, and the questions and answers at the heart of the heist”.
People can, however, choose to watch the instalments in any order to create a unique viewing experience.
(DAVID SCOTT HOLLOWAY/NETFLIX)
Given the fact that there are 5,040 possible combinations to experience Kaleidoscope – and those who choose to throw the finale into the mix face a mind-boggling 40,320 ways – viewers are stumped on what the best possible order is.
“What is the best order to watch Kaleidoscope?” questioned one viewer on Twitter.
Another added: “Best colour to start Kaleidoscope from?”
“Ok so which order are you watching Kaleidoscope?” wrote a third person.
Some viewers have advised others on what sequence offers the best experience, with one person writing: “Watch as follows: Red – Yellow – Orange – Green – Violet – Blue – White – Pink.”
Another proposed a different order, suggesting: “Red, violet, orange, green, yellow, blue, pink, white.”
Alongside Esposito, the sprawling cast includes Paz Vega, Rufus Sewell, Tati Gabrielle, Rosaline Elbay, Jordan Mendoza, Jai Courtney, Niousha Noor, Soojeong Son.
Kaleidoscope is now available to watch on Netflix.
Grandia Teases “Exciting Celebrations” For 25th Anniversary
The long-running RPG series Grandia is apparently gearing up for some big celebrations to celebrate 25 years. In a brief post on social media, GungHo Online mentioned how the company had some exciting stuff planned for new and old.
“Greetings, adventurers! #GRANDIA is about to turn 25, can you believe it? We have some exciting celebrations planned for GRANDIA fans, new and old, so stay tuned!”
Grandia originally started out on the Sega Saturn in 1997 and in more recent years, received a special high-definition collection (comprised of the first and second game) on the Nintendo Switch. While it wasn’t the best remaster, it’s still well worth a look.
What would you like to see next from the Grandia series? Comment below.
Video: 11 Exciting New Games Coming to Nintendo Switch In December
We’ve made it to the final month of 2022, everyone! It’s been another action-packed year of gaming, and while we didn’t get everything we necessarily wanted, it was still a pretty good year on the Nintendo Switch front.
So, what’s there to look forward to in December? Well, apart from Inscryption, which is already out, some games to be on the lookout for include the retro throwback Super Kiwi 64 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s third booster wave (yes, we’re counting it as its own thing). Then, later on in the month, we’ve got titles like Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion and Lil Gator Game to look forward to.
Inscryption – December 1st, 2022
The Outbound Ghost – December 1st, 2022
Super Kiwi 64 – December 2nd, 2022
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Wave 3 – December 7th, 2022
Chained Echoes – December 8th, 2022
Samurai Maiden – December 8th, 2022
Dragon Quest Treasures – December 9th, 2022
Wavetale – December 12th, 2022
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion – December 13th, 2022
Lil Gator Game – December 14th, 2022
Sports Story – December, 2022
Will you be playing any of these games on your Nintendo Switch this month? Tell us down below.
Drew Barrymore explains why she’s not exciting during sex anymore
Drew Barrymore won’t be building a sex room anytime soon.
The talk show host sat down on her podcast Drew’s News, where she and guest Ross Matthews discussed the Netflix series How to Build a Sex Room, which is hosted by luxury interior designer Melanie Rose. The conversation turned to whether they would want to build one of these kinky spaces in their own home, to which Barrymore admitted she’s not interested.
While Barrymore said she is a “dirty bird,” she clarified that it’s only in “the corners of my mind where I never will tell, [where] it’s just for me.”
“I can understand certain kinky things. Listen, I’ve tried everything…that’s why I’m so boring now,” she continued. “I don’t know if I was into it or not, I just wanted to try everything.”
The 50 First Dates star, who shares two children with her ex-husband Will Kopelman, said that she’s perfectly OK with vanilla sex as a single woman. She joked, “I’m fine in the bed, mish posish,” referring to missionary position.
While she may not be into particularly freaky sex these days, Barrymore said that she’s feeling very grateful in her life.
“If my fetish was gratitude, I would be ‘gasming in a corner 24/7,” she said with a laugh.
Barrymore has previously spoken about her relationship to sex before. In a September 2022 conversation on her talk show, she responded to reports that Andrew Garfield chose to abstain from sex while filming the movie Silence.
“What’s wrong with me that six months doesn’t seem like a very long time? I was like, ‘Yeah so?’” Barrymore said at the time.
In a blog, titled “Rebels Who Love,” the Charlie’s Angel star wrote about how her words made some people think she “hated sex” — which was not the case. In fact, she shared that it took her a long time, and a lot of therapy, in order to “come to the epiphany that love and sex are simply not the same thing,” as she believed when she was a young party girl in Hollywood.
“I am just in a completely different place in my life and maybe in the near future I will get into a relationship … but it simply hasn’t been my priority,” she wrote. “So I’m not a person who needs sex and has to go out there and engage with people on that level. I am someone who is deeply committed to fostering how young girls, my daughters, and myself as a woman, are supposed to function in this world! A relationship with a man has not been top of mind for me for a very long time.”
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