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Jess Weatherbed

Jess Weatherbed

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    Star Trek 4 removed from Paramount’s release calendar.

    The movie lost its most recent director Matt Shakman last month to Marvel’s Fantastic Four reboot following his success with WandaVision, leaving the project once again without anyone at the helm. The currently unnamed Star Trek sequel was expected to hit theaters on December 22, 2023.

    This news doesn’t mean the project is canceled, but it now feels like we’re just waiting for the Kelvin reboot’s demise to be made official after over three years of production hot potato.

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Won’t anyone think of the billionaires?

    Forbes reports that rising inflation and falling stock prices have collectively cost members of the Forbes 400 US rich list $500 billion in 2022 with tech tycoons suffering the biggest losses.

    Jeff Bezos (worth $151 billion) lost $50 billion, Google’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin (worth a collective $182b) lost almost $60b, Mark Zuckerberg (worth $57.7b) lost $76.8b, and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey (worth $4.5b) lost $10.4b. Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (worth $83b) lost $13.5b while his ex-boss Bill Gates (worth $106b) lost $28b, albeit $20b of that via charity donations.

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Japan will fully reopen to tourists in October following two and a half years of travel restrictions.

    Good news for folks who have been waiting to book their dream Tokyo vacation: Japan will finally relax Covid border control measures for visa-free travel and individual travelers on October 11th.

    Tourists will still need to be vaccinated three times or submit a negative COVID-19 test result ahead of their trip, but can take advantage of the weak yen and a ‘national travel discount’ launching on the same date. Sugoi!

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    The James Webb telescope has snapped this ghostly image of Neptune’s rings.

    NASA describes the image as the clearest view of Neptune’s rings in over 30 years, some of which haven’t been detected since Voyager 2’s flyby in 1989. Webb was also able to capture seven of Neptune’s 14 known moons, with Triton appearing so bright it almost looks like a star.

    The Ice Giant appeared deep blue in images previously taken by the Hubble space telescope due to methane in its atmosphere, but these images using the Webb telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera give it an altogether more ethereal look.

    James Webb image of Neptune and Triton
    That ‘star’ on the left is actually Triton, Neptunes largest moon. And see those bright streaks and patches on the planet? Those are methane-ice clouds reflecting sunlight.
    Image: Nasa