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For The Brave The best Honor phones available right now Huawei's ongoing trade ban has affected its Honor sub-brand as well, with the manufacturer launching fewer devices than usual last year. That said, we got to see a few standout phones in the likes of the Honor 9X and 20 series. … [Read more...] about Honor’s new V40 5G is its first flagship phone after Huawei split

To test again, or not? ... A preliminary analysis identified that the test ended after an onboard sensor read pump-return pressures slightly lower than test limits. This reading came shortly after the rocket began to gimbal, or steer its engines. Publicly, NASA officials are saying they need to review data from the tests before decided whether to redo the Green Run test. But internally, Ars reports that officials are already leaning strongly toward a repeat to collect all the data needed. (submitted by Ken the Bin) … [Read more...] about Rocket Report: Starship going offshore, Blue Origin may launch humans in April

We do our sons no favors when we tell them that they don’t have to answer that voice inside them that tells them to be strong, to be brave, and to lead. We do them no favors when we let them abandon the quest to become a grown man when that quest gets hard... traditional masculinity isn’t the problem; it can be part of the cure. … [Read more...] about Psychologists defend claim of “destructive aspects” to masculinity

When in (Times New) Rome This is a foolish error to make by the forgers. But what makes it even more foolish is that I wasn't mistaken; this did indeed sound like a story from years ago. In 2012, the Islamist Turkish government accused more than 300 people of plotting a coup to overthrow it. The accusations were made on the basis of documents dated as far back as 2003—documents that referenced, and sometimes even used, Calibri and the other C-family fonts, and hence they couldn't have been produced in 2003. The court ignored the temporal impossibility of the documents and found the defendants guilty anyway. … [Read more...] about Not for the first time, Microsoft’s fonts have caught out forgers

Indiana Jones 5 (July 29, 2022)Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 (Oct. 7, 2022)Halloween Ends (Oct. 14, 2022)The Flash (Nov. 4, 2022)Mission: Impossible 8 (Nov. 4, 2022)Captain Marvel 2 (Nov. 11, 2022)Aquaman 2 (Dec. 16, 2022)Avatar and Star Wars (December 2022 onward)Christmas 2021 was supposed to see the long-awaited arrival of James Cameron's Avatar sequel, which would be followed by a new Star Wars trilogy the following year. The two franchises would then alternate each holiday season until Avatar 5 in 2027. But as the coronavirus shoved more and more blockbusters into 2021, Disney decided in late July to shift all seven movies back a year. So Avatar 2 will arrive in 2022, Avatar 3 in 2024, Avatar 4 in 2026 and Avatar 5 in 2028. Three Star Wars movies then fill in the odd-numbered years. … [Read more...] about New movies coming out in 2021: James Bond delayed again