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We really want to believe that traffic won’t be an issue for Los Angeles’ “no-car” turn at hosting the Olympics in 2028. After all, the city will have more Metro expansions finished by then, a pivotal people mover at LAX and a fleet of Summer Games-specific buses—plus none of L.A.’s traffic fears came to pass during the 1984 Olympics. But, you know, just in case the traffic doomers are proven right, maybe an air taxi isn’t a bad backup.

On Wednesday, Archer Aviation announced that it’s been chosen as the official air taxi provider for the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as for Team USA.

So what exactly does that mean? The San Jose-based company’s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles, dubbed Midnight, will transport fans and VIPs and shuttle emergency services to vertiports at SoFi Stadium and the L.A. Memorial Coliseum (as well as all local airports, as outlined in the company’s initial network announcement last year). Expect 10-to-20-minute rides between key Olympics venues.

Of course, you probably haven’t actually seen Midnight airborne yet; the four-person electric vehicle, which Archer says produces less noise and emissions than a traditional helicopter, was first announced with a 2026 service target, and the vehicles are still in the process of achieving FAA certification.

As for pricing? In an interview with the L.A. Times, Archer Aviation CEO Adam Goldstein said the cost would be similar to a high-end ride share like Uber Lux (and similarly hailed through an app). The outlet also reported that the demand will likely exceed the company’s 50-vehicle fleet—so fingers crossed that surge pricing isn’t a thing.

Midnight might not be the only eVOTL craft cruising the skies in time for the Olympics: Joby Aviation, which showcased its own vehicle last year at the Grove (part of its own network), recently reaffirmed its plans to start service as early as 2026. In a statement, the Santa Cruz company said it’s more than halfway through the fourth of five stages of FAA certification and is planning to start its final phase with FAA pilots onboard.

In “Stranger Visions,” artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg collected stray hairs, gum and tossed cigarettes from strangers all around New York to create detailed masks of what these people might look like.

She extracted genetic material from these traces and used forensic software to create 3D-printed, life-size portraits of the anonymous individuals based solely on their genetic data. The project highlighted the rising power of DNA phenotyping and warned of a future where personal identity could be reconstructed without consent.

That future came quickly: Just two years later, companies like Parabon NanoLabs began offering DNA “snapshots” to law enforcement, raising ethical concerns about surveillance, bias, and racial profiling — issues Dewey-Hagborg continues to address in her work.

Check out some more images of these masks and a video detailing Heather’s scientific process after the jump!

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As Sir Elton John once said: The bitch is back. Today, Universal released the first full trailer for Megan 2.0, the follow up to 2023's smash hit horror film Megan. And, folks, things are getting wild in this sequel. I’m not even sure it’s a horror movie anymore.

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To promote the launch of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Microsoft has partnered with IHOP to create an Indiana Jones-themed breakfast menu and a custom Xbox themed around pancakes.

Starting November 18, people who dine at IHOP will find an Indiana Jones-themed menu that includes items like the "Fully Loaded French Toast" and drinks like "Explorer's Caramel Apple Butter Hot Chocolate" and the "Long-Lost Cookie Butter Milkshake." It's not clear what any of these things have to do with Indiana Jones or Xbox, but the food looks delicious.

People who join IHOP's International Bank of Pancakes program can upload their receipt to earn "PanCoins" that can be redeemed for Xbox prizes like game downloads, merch, accessories, and Game Pass memberships. Some of the rewards will be revealed during an IHOP/Xbox livestream on November 18 through the Xbox Twitch and Xbox YouTube channels.

X Corp., the Elon Musk-owned tech company that owns X (formerly Twitter), is suing a group of advertisers, alleging the advertisers conspired to "withhold billions of dollars in advertising revenue" from the social media platform.

The lawsuit, which was filed today in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, as spotted by The New York Times, argues that the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), four of its members: CVS Health, Mars, Orsted, and Unilever, and the World Federation of Advertisers, accusing this coalition of advertisers for pausing advertisements on X after it was acquired by Musk in 2022.

We tried peace for 2 years, now it is war https://t.co/elgT62uDtF

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 6, 2024

"We tried peace for 2 years, now it is war," Musk wrote in a post published today on X/Twitter. X CEO Linda Yaccarino also published an open letter on X/Twitter, announcing the company's plan for legal action against these advertisers. Yaccarino cited the House Judiciary Committee's report on GARM and how the organization sought to control online speech.

The House Judiciary's report notes that evidence it obtained showed "that GARM and its members directly organized boycotts and used other indirect tactics to target disfavored platforms, content creators, and news organizations in an effort to demonetize and, in effect, limit certain choices for consumers."

In a separate post, Yaccarino published a video explaining the company's decision to sue these advertisers for their alleged co-conspiring to withhold ads and ad revenue from X/Twitter. "They conspire to boycott X, which threatens our ability to thrive in the future," explained in the video. "That puts your global town square, the one place you can express yourself freely and openly at long-term risk. People are hurt when the marketplace of ideas is constricted."

A Message to X Users pic.twitter.com/6bZOYPhWVa

— Linda Yaccarino (@lindayaX) August 6, 2024

This is not the first lawsuit X Corp. has filed over the issue of an advertiser exodus on X/Twitter as the company announced in November that it was suing the left-wing watchdog group Media Matters for America after it published a report about X placing ads from companies such as Apple and IBM in front of antisemitic content. That particular lawsuit argues that the nonprofit organization is legally liable for X/Twitter losing advertising revenue. In July 2023, X Corp filed a separate lawsuit against the research nonprofit group Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), claiming that the organization "embarked on a scare campaign" to drive away advertisers on X/Twitter.

Musk's acquisition of X/Twitter has been polarizing since he acquired the social media platform. From the removal of checkmarks and paywalling them behind a subscription service to multiple reports and studies showing an increase in hate speech, and the laxed moderation policies are among the frequent criticisms of X/Twitter since Musk purchased the social media platform.

Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.

Remember in the 1990s and early 2000s when video game accessories and consoles came in transparent plastic shells? That stuff was so rad. And now, Xbox’s newest controller—launching in August—is bringing back this classic transparent look and I’m very excited.

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Skibidi Toilet, the massively popular YouTube series featuring singing heads popping out of toilet bowls, is being developed into a TV and film franchise by Transformers director Michael Bay, and former Paramount president Adam Goodman.

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These shoes suck. These shoes rule. It’s been almost 20 years since the original drag internet diva brought us her hit SHOES.

Some of these girls at Pride LA probably weren’t even BORN yet (this way). Check out thee icon simple known as Kelly showing the children how its done at Precinct, above! Find the OG after the jump.

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Comcast plans to launch a streaming bundle later this month that will include Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+, according to a new report from Variety. Reportedly called StreamSaver, the bundle will be discounted but only available to subscribers of Comcast TV or internet service.

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This year, at least some countries will have to say goodbye to the Netflix Basic subscription tier, the last cheap(ish) way to watch Netflix without ads. While the streaming giant had already severed the $12 Basic subscription tier for new or returning subscribers, anybody who chose to keep paying their monthly tithe…

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The last major ad-free streaming service is going away. Starting Jan. 29th, Amazon users will start seeing advertisements appear on movies and TV shows for Prime Video, according to an email sent to subscribers on Tuesday. To keep Prime Video ad-free, you’ll need to pay an additional $3 a month, on top of the $139 a…

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It's been a few weeks since Larian Studios surprised players with an Xbox Series X|S release during the Game Awards, and some players have faced a bug that deletes their saves upon exiting the game throughout the holidays. Microsoft hasn't yet been able to patch it — but Larian Studios now has a temporary fix.

Yesterday, in a post on X/Twitter, Larian Studios acknowledged the bug and said Microsoft hasn't been able to fix it yet because less people are working over the holidays. Instead, it announced the following work-around that lets players make sure their games are saved:

1. Create a Larian account at https://larian.com/account.
2. Go to the options menu from the main menu. Under gameplay, activate cross-saves, linking your Larian and Xbox accounts.
3. From now on, your last 5 saves will automatically be uploaded to the larian servers. It is important that you do not exit the game before the upload is finished. The upload is finished when the message “Syncing cloud save” is no longer visible.
4. If the firmware bug occurs, you will need to re-activate the cross-save functionality in the options screen. This will give you access to the save games that were successfully uploaded.

Larian Studios mentioned that the issue is happening because of a firmware issue that causes the game to believe a save was completed when it hasn't been fully committed to the disk. It also plans to increase the number of save games that get uploaded via cloud saves to make this work-around easier for players.

"We completely understand that losing progress is frustrating, and unacceptable," Larian Studios wrote in the post. "We’re doing everything we can to ensure this problem - which we understand is unique - is resolved as quickly as possible, and we’ll keep you up to date with progress."

This isn't the first time Baldur's Gate 3 on Xbox has had issues with deleted save files. Despite its issues on Xbox, however, Baldur's Gate 3 has had a great few months. We gave the game a 10/10 in our review, calling it "the new high-water mark for CRPGs." Since then, it's gone on to take home a wealth of awards, including Game of the Year at the Game Awards as well as IGN's own Best RPG and Best PC Game awards.

Amelia Zollner is a freelance writer at IGN who loves all things indie and Nintendo. Outside of IGN, they've contributed to sites like Polygon and Rock Paper Shotgun. Find them on Twitter: @ameliazollner.

This looks great!

A romance fueled by ego, desire and the American Dream.

And bodybuilding! AND set in the 80s. And lez! We LOVE! Check out K-Stew and Katy in ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ above!

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For a long time, Netflix was cranking out movies to the tune of as many as one movie per week in 2021. That strategy is changing going forward, though, as Variety reports that Netflix will now aim to make between 25 and 30 new movies per year, down from about 50 annually in the past.

Speaking to Variety, Netflix movie boss Scott Stuber said Netflix's push for more, more, more was its attempt to play catch-up in a landscape dominated by existing movie studios that have been around for decades.

"We were growing a new studio. We'd only been doing this for a few years, and we were up against 100-year-old companies," Stuber said. "So you have to ask yourself, 'What is your business model?' And for a while it was just making sure that we had enough. We needed volume."

The full trailer for Mike Flanagan’s latest horror limited series, The Fall of the House of Usher, is here, and it mixes all the horror vibes Flanagan is known for with a heavy helping of family drama.

In the trailer, which Netflix released today, we get a look at the Usher family – or, as the trailer calls them, “a collection of stunted hearts.” The series is based on the Edgar Allen Poe story of the same name, and there’s plenty of Poe-inspired spookiness in the trailer mixed in with some Succession-style family fighting. Flanagan’s no stranger to horror inspired by family trauma, so it’ll be interesting to see how his take on the 1839 Poe tale plays out.

Their time has come. From creator Mike Flanagan comes The Fall of the House of Usher.

💀 October 12 💀 pic.twitter.com/2eTuHrxzgQ

— Netflix (@netflix) September 12, 2023

Per Netflix’s official logline: “Ruthless siblings Roderick (Bruce Greenwood) and Madeline Usher (Mary McDonnell) have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege and power. But past secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.”

Fans of Flanagan’s other series like The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass will also recognize some familiar faces in the series, including Rahul Kohli, Kate Siegel, Samantha Sloyan, and Carla Gugino. Oh, and Mark Hamill’s in there too.

The rest of the cast also includes Carl Lumbly, Michael Trucco, Paola Nuñez, Henry Thomas, Kyleigh Curran, Sauriyan Sapkota, Zach Gilford, Willa Fitzgerald, Katie Parker, Malcolm Goodwin, and Annabeth Gish.

It’s only Flanagan’s latest collaboration with Netflix, mostly recently releasing The Midnight Club last year. The Fall of the House of Usher, meanwhile, will hit the streaming service just in time for Halloween on Oct. 12 with eight episodes.

Alex Stedman is a Senior News Editor with IGN, overseeing entertainment reporting. When she's not writing or editing, you can find her reading fantasy novels or playing Dungeons & Dragons.

Starting Aug. 3, Mario and Luigi fans across the globe can watch the world-famous plumbers journey through the Mushroom Kingdom — from their own homes. The Super Mario Bros. Movie will be available for streaming exclusively on Peacock effective tomorrow, as originally announced last month.

It’s already been available on digital platforms to rent or buy, but Peacock subscribers will be able to watch the biggest hit of the year (although Barbie is hot on its tail) as part of the price of their subscription.

In addition to the film, Peacock users will be able to access a range of bonus content that was previously available through the DVD and Blu-Ray “Power-Up Edition.” Behind-the-scenes interviews with the film’s leading voice actors will be available, as well as a sing-along lyric video set to “Peaches,” a passionate serenade from Jack Black’s Bowser to Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy).

Streamers will also be able to partake in an immersive mode of viewing — power-ups and all — through The Super Mario Bros. Movie Field Guide. The bonus feature allows viewers to interact with the world around them as the film’s cast explains the uses of each of the power-ups specific to their characters.

Directed by Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, and Pierre Leduc, the film features a star-studded cast of voice actors, including Black, Taylor-Joy, Seth Rogen, and Fred Armisen. Chris Pratt and Charlie Day play the film’s titular brothers Mario and Luigi, respectively.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is the 10th animated film to ever pass the $1 billion milestone at the global box office — a feat it accomplished in 26 days. The Illumination movie is so far the highest-grossing movie of the year both domestically and globally.

And while there’s something mournful about the film making its transition from theatrical screenings to family movie night showings, perhaps Mario and co. are best enjoyed from at home while wrapped in a blanket, similar to their video game counterparts. Either way, it’s time for a rewatch.

Following a ton of reports from users saying they can't see new Tweets and are being greeted by a "Rate limit exceeded" error message, Elon Musk has announced new daily Twitter limitations that include allowing unverified users to only read 600 posts per day.

Musk took to Twitter to share the news, saying these "temporary limits" are to "address extreme levels of data scarping & system manipulation." In addition to limiting unverified accounts to "600 posts/day," new unverified accounts will only be able to read 300 posts per day.

To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits:

- Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day
- Unverified accounts to 600 posts/day
- New unverified accounts to 300/day

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 1, 2023

If you are a verified Twitter Blue account, however, you will be able to read 6,000 posts per day.

Musk gave no further clarification or timetable, but this change has already caused thousands of people to report outages as they are not able to see new Tweets and are getting the previously mentioned "rate limit exceeded" error message.

According to DownDetector.com, there have been over 1,000 reports of Twitter outages since 4am PT/7am ET this morning, July 1, and the number has continued to be well over 1,000, with its peak reaching 7,483 at 8:14am PT/11:14am ET.

My Twitter account is no longer verified and I am not subscribed to Twitter Blue, and I can barely use Twitter on my iPhone without being given the error message you can see below. It appears to work a little better on desktop at the moment, but that could change at any moment.

This is just another chapter in Elon Musk's Twitter buyout saga, which all began back when he offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion in April 2022. This move also follows Twitter's new decision to require users to sign in to even view tweets.

Elon Musk Blogroll Image Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

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Looking for a new TV but don't want to pay anything for it? The founder of Pluto TV has announced a new initiative that includes giving anyone a free 55-inch 4K TV--but there is a pretty big catch. This TV has two screens, one to watch the content you want and the other that displays advertisements non-stop.

The TV is called "Telly," and it runs on an operating system called TellyOS. You can reserve a unit at www.freetelly.com. Telly is giving away "the first" 500,000 free units and they will ship this summer. Presumably another restock will happen later.

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Telly founder and CEO Ilya Pozin says Telly represents the "biggest innovation in television since color." Pozin said companies make billions off ads seen on TV and consumers have had to pay for the TV and what they watch. Now, the TV itself is free with Telly.

Netflix has released the first trailer for Extraction 2, showing Chris Hemsworth returning as Tyler Rake to once again rescue hostages in a very inhospitable environment.

At the end of 2020's Extraction, Rake completed his mission to save a young boy and seemingly died. But somehow he survived, and in the sequel, he's tasked with saving yet another prisoner. This time, the Australian mercenary is hired to rescue the family of a Georgian gangster from a prison. A lot of action will ensue, based on this first trailer, including a high-stakes mission on a train where Rake stands on the train and uses a minigun to down a helicopter in the snow. The trailer also fills in some gaps that help explain how Rake managed to survive the events of the first movie.

The original Extraction broke Netflix viewership records, and while the story left something to be desired, the action sequences were memorable, including an 11-minute one-shot with the director strapping himself to the front of car, putting himself very much in danger, to get the shot.

Last week, the cosmetics retailer Lush unveiled their collab lineup of Super Mario Bros. bath items. Finally, gamers will have a reason to take a bath. A bath bomb is a compact ball of essential oils and other ingredients that are used for skincare. Lush’s founder invented them nearly thirty years ago and the company…

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A 38-year-old man has been arrested in South Brunswick, New Jersey after allegedly posting a death threat targeting a Sherriff in Florida, and ending his statement with the words “In Minecraft”.

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Poker Face has been renewed for Season 2 by Peacock.

Created by Rian Johnson, the mystery series follows Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale, who has the ability to recognize when someone is lying. Season 1 debuted on Jan. 26 to positive reviews, with Samantha Nelson giving the first four episodes an 8/10 for IGN, writing that Johnson and Lyonne have "brilliantly recreated Columbo’s howcatchem formula."

“Poker Face is one of those rare, undeniable shows that we all fell in love with from the start, but the critical acclaim and viewer response has been beyond our wildest dreams,” Susan Rovner, chairman of entertainment content for television and streaming at NBCUniversal, said in a statement. “Working alongside the creative genius of Rian Johnson, Natasha Lyonne and Ram Bergman, along with our partners at MRC and T-Street, has been a spectacular ride, and we can’t wait to hit the road for another season as we continue to build momentum across Peacock’s originals slate.”

Poker Face’s renewal comes with episodes from Season 1 still left to premiere on Peacock. The 10-episode season will release its seventh episode Thursday, with new episodes dropping weekly through March 9.

Johnson and Lyonne executive produce the series alongside Ram Bergman, Nena Rodrigue, Iain B. MacDonald, and showrunners Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman. Maya Rudolph and Danielle Renfrew Behrens serve as co-executive producers.

In a recent case study, doctors describe the unfortunate tale of a man who developed an allergy-like reaction to his own orgasms. The bizarre and rare affliction left him unable to pursue sexual and romantic relationships. But thankfully, the doctors managed to treat his problem using a simple over-the-counter…

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The classic '80s and '90s slapstick comedy movie franchise The Naked Gun is reportedly getting new life at Paramount with a revival film directed by The Lonely Island's Akiva Schaffer and starring Liam Neeson. Deadline was first to report.

Seth MacFarlane--who in 2021 was rumored to be developing a The Naked Gun sequel--will executive produce the film alongside Erica Huggins via their company Fuzzy Door. MacFarlane has reportedly have co-written a script with David Zucker and Pat Proft, based on a story by Zucker, Profit, and Thomas Lennon and R. Ben Garant both of Reno 911! and The State fame.

No plot details are yet known, but one rumored detail is that Neeson may be playing the son of Det. Sgt. Frank Derbin, rather than stepping into the role made famous by Leslie Nielsen.

Ever since the internet learned that Chris Pratt would voice Mario in Nintendo and Illumination's Super Mario Bros. Movie, there's been one question hanging over everyone's heads: What the heck will he sound like?

Today, thanks to The Super Mario Bros. Movie Nintendo Direct, we finally have our answer. It turns out, most people think Chris Pratt's Mario voice... Sounds just like Chris Pratt. To be fair, there's not much to go on. In the movie's debut trailer, Mario only says two full lines: "What is this place?" and "Mushroom Kingdom here we come!" Still, fans instantly noticed that it pretty much sounds like Pratt is just using his normal speaking voice.

While this may be a predictable outcome, Pratt himself didn't help matters by hyping the vocal performance up, saying that his take on Nintendo's iconic plumber is "unlike anything you’ve heard in the Mario world before.” He's technically not wrong, since Chris Pratt has never appeared in the Mario world before this film, but that didn't stop the internet from having a field day with the big voice reveal.

The Internet Reacts to Chris Pratt's Mario Voice

WAIT ITS JUST CHRIS PRATT’S NORMAL VOICE LMFAO

— Colin (@IntroSpecktive) October 6, 2022

Chris Pratt's voice is still jarring to hear coming out of Mario but everything else in the Mario trailer looked amazing. I'm genuinely excited to see this thing pic.twitter.com/3QCP7oJc0k

— Saberspark (@Saberspark) October 6, 2022

Chris Pratt saying he worked so hard on the Mario voice only for it to sound like Chris Pratt is the funniest thing

— Comet 🐑🌟 | Lumi Pilot | Workin' on comms (@starteas) October 6, 2022

who would have thought that chris pratt's big secret voice in the mario movie would be his normal speaking voice

— Hard Drive (@HardDriveMag) October 6, 2022

me listening to chris pratt's voice come out of mario's mouth pic.twitter.com/yH3IKPjMBm

— allegra frank (@LegsFrank) October 6, 2022

French dub got a killer Mario lmao damn pic.twitter.com/H1Us82ueme

— Ajay (@AnimeAjay) October 6, 2022

Chris Pratt as Mario is a prime example of why you should hire voice actors for voice acting roles because what the hell is this pic.twitter.com/rOYmQqSXEv

— yehu (@comicyehu) October 6, 2022

everything in the mario trailer works except for mario

— Louie Zong (@everydaylouie) October 6, 2022

coworker got so mad about chris pratts mario voice he got sent home early

— Alex @allowedtospook (@allowedtohit) October 6, 2022

But even if fans didn't like Chris Pratt's Mario voice very much, they were generally pretty positive about the rest of the trailer.

the Mario movie trailer REALLY exceeded my expectations, I'm very happy with it

I came in expecting the stereotypical Illumination "vibes", but it's clear that they're going for something different than their prior works, and I'm all for it

The animation looks genuinely amazing pic.twitter.com/uu8oKc5Sdi

— Shane (@FourScore64) October 6, 2022

Why is every casting decision in the Mario movie perfect other than…Mario

— EMG Max Ketchum (@MaxKetchum_) October 6, 2022

Meanwhile, the reception seems to be much more positive for Jack Black's take on Bowser, as the actor showed up at New York City Comic Con to show off more of his villainous voice. We'll be able to hear more of Pratt, Black, and the rest of the cast when The Super Mario Bros. Movie comes to theaters on April 7, 2023.

For more on The Super Mario Bros. Movie, check out our articles on the movie's first official poster and trailer. And, let us know what Nintendo franchise you think deserves a big screen adaptation next.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

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Out of nowhere this evening, Ryan Reynolds teased that a new Deadpool film, coming in 2024, will bring Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine into the Marvel Cinematic Universe—alongside his own beloved take on the merc with a mouth, of course.

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In 2022, most people have some element of a smart house in their home, whether it's a virtual assistant or smart electronics. But what if there was a whole house made up of smart tech and 3D printed elements inside that heeded to your every whim? And what if, for some reason, it wanted to kill you? That's the plot of Margaux, a film that has an incredibly interesting concept, with an execution that falls fatally flat.

In Margaux, a group of smart college kids head out on break with each other at a smart house, whose AI is named Margaux. Each room caters to their favorite things: social media, food, and there's even a room dedicated to sexual experimentation. For some context, in the opening scene of the movie, a couple were going to use out hollowed oranges for sexual purposes. When they finally settle down in their room in Margaux, there is a plate of hallowed-oranges waiting for them--for sexing, apparently. It may be the funniest thing committed to film in decades. There is also Hannah, who has no social media and refuses to download the Margaux app to her phone. After meeting the characters, it becomes very obvious how each story for each of them will play out because you've seen this movie before.

Netflix's new ad-based tier will cost between $7-$9 per month, a new report from Bloomberg claims. This would be around half the cost of Netflix's most popular ad-free plan, which goes for $15.50/month.

The report went on to say that Netflix's new ad tier will have about four minutes of commercials per hour, and that ads will be show before and during shows, but not after.

For now, the idea is to put ads on Netflix's own TV shows and some licensed from other companies. There won't be ads on children's programming or during original movies, the report said. It added that ads won't be tailored to the specific viewer and Netflix is aiming to avoid repeating ads again and again as some rival services do.