Monthly Archives: August 2021

Awful transaction and timing: AT&T finally ditches DirecTV

reader comments 87 with 71 posters participating Share this story AT&T has completed its spinoff of DirecTV after six years of mismanagement in which nearly 10 million customers ditched the company’s pay-TV services. AT&T bought DirecTV for $49 billion ($67 billion including debt) in July 2015 even though DirecTV and other traditional TV services were… Read More: Awful transaction and timing: AT&T finally ditches DirecTV »

Truth Be Told Season 2 Trailer: Every Truth Has Two Sides

Apple TV+ has released the full trailer for the upcoming second season of their mystery crime drama Truth Be Told, starring Octavia Spencer and Kate Hudson. The Truth Be Told Season 2 trailer, which you can check out below, highlights Poppy Parnell’s newest case which she took on in order to help her childhood friend… Read More: Truth Be Told Season 2 Trailer: Every Truth Has Two… »

HBO Films’ The Days of Abandonment Canceled as Natalie Portman Exits Project

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Oscar winner Natalie Portman has officially exited as the leading star and executive producer in HBO Films’ TV movie adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s best-selling novel The Days of Abandonment. The acclaimed actress’ sudden departure is due to “unforeseen personal reasons.” Following her exit, HBO Films has ultimately decided to no longer move… Read More: HBO Films’ The Days of Abandonment Canceled as Natalie Portman… »

Fast & Furious Cast Wasn’t Sure About Adding John Cena To Franchise

Fast 9 is out and the reception from critics did not match the film’s box office dominance. John Cena was featured as a new Family member in the film, and spoiler alert: he survives the movie. So, Cena could be around for the final two installments of the franchise. Cena’s addition to the Fast cast… Read More: Fast & Furious Cast Wasn’t Sure About Adding John Cena… »

Matt Cardona Made More Money Selling His Gear From GCW Title Win Than From The Match

Matt Cardona defeated Nick Gage to become the new GCW World Champion at GCW Homecoming Night One on July 24. That was a controversial moment, to say the least. Cardona previously took to Twitter where he joked about his earnings from wrestling on the show. No matter how serious Cardona was, the match was not… Read More: Matt Cardona Made More Money Selling His Gear From GCW… »

Trusted platform module security defeated in 30 minutes, no soldering required

Getty Images reader comments 47 with 39 posters participating Share this story Let’s say you’re a large company that has just shipped an employee a brand-new replacement laptop. And let’s say it comes preconfigured to use all the latest best security practices, including full-disk encryption using a trusted platform module, password-protected BIOS settings, UEFI SecureBoot,… Read More: Trusted platform module security defeated in 30 minutes, no soldering… »

Twitter reacts as Karsten Warholm smashes 400m hurdles world record at 2021 Tokyo Olympics

Norway’s Karsten Warholm and the United States’ Rai Benjamin were tabbed to run the best race of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, and neither runner disappointed in the men’s 400-meter hurdle final on Monday. Warholm claimed gold and broke his own world record with a time of 45.94 seconds in the final, followed closely by Benjamin (46.17) and Brazil’s… Read More: Twitter reacts as Karsten Warholm smashes 400m hurdles world record… »

Kofi Kingston Needed Vince McMahon’s Permission To Use Middle Finger On TV

Kofi Kingston has revealed that he had to get WWE Chairman Vince McMahon’s approval to use the middle finger on an episode of SmackDown in 2019. This was during his feud with Samoa Joe prior to their match at Extreme Rules for the WWE Championship. While speaking on their New Day: Feel The Power podcast,… Read More: Kofi Kingston Needed Vince McMahon’s Permission To Use Middle Finger… »