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Richard Lawler

Richard Lawler

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    09/09/99.

    That’s the day the Dreamcast came into our lives and former Sega exec Peter Moore is, of course, always ready to reminisce.

    But enough about the past and the mini retro system Sega has failed to release — focus on the Dreamcast’s present and future. Even in 2024, the console can still get online for multiplayer gaming, and fans have plans for another run of “VM2” upgraded memory units in 2025.

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    Richard Lawler
    The Powerbeats Pro 2 earbuds might include heart rate monitoring.

    Apple’s busy updating the AirPods lineup, but MacRumors reports that when the Powerbeats Pro 2 revision ships next year, workout warriors can expect the heart rate tracking feature that has popped up on other buds like Sennheiser’s Momentum Sport.

    Information from a software update also points to ANC, spatial audio, adaptive audio, and four colors with matching cases: orange, purple, black, and beige.

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    Richard Lawler
    Boeing Starliner is about to return to Earth, watch here.

    After separating from the ISS a few hours ago, Starliner is making its uncrewed landing, which is scheduled to touch down in New Mexico just after midnight ET.

    If you’re up, you can watch it live on NASA’s YouTube channel.

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    Boeing Starliner is finally on its way back.

    The troubled spacecraft successfully undocked from the ISS without issue just after 6PM ET, and now it is scheduled to land at 12:01AM ET on Saturday at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico.

    Still image from the live stream of Starliner’s autonomous undocking showing the spacecraft as it slowly separated from the ISS.
    Image: NASA (YouTube)
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    Richard Lawler
    Apple TV Plus lines up a new TV show from Atlanta director Hiro Murai.

    After teaming up with Donald Glover again on Amazon’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith and executive producing The Bear, next up is Widow’s Bay with Apple Studios. Murai is listed as a producer and the director of the pilot episode, while Katie Dippold (The Heat, Ghostbusters) will be the executive producer and showrunner.

    Here’s the blurb:

    Widow’s Bay is about a mysteriously cursed New England island and its superstitious citizens, led by a mayor who refuses to believe their warnings.

    Very descriptive.

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    Richard Lawler
    Tesla’s Model Y “Juniper” redesign reportedly has up to six seats and isn’t coming this year.

    Reuters reports Tesla’s China plant will build a six seat version of the refreshed electric crossover late next year as the seven-seater’s third row isn’t “large enough for a large-sized dog.”

    Here, Tesla’s priority may be its delayed robotaxi event, which Bloomberg reports could happen October 10th at the Warner Bros. Discovery lot.

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    Richard Lawler
    DirecTV loses ABC, Disney, and ESPN channels.

    The start of this carriage dispute even nixed a US Open viewing session on a screen at New York’s Hudson Yards. While DirecTV, DirecTV Stream, and U-verse customers miss the services they pay for and Venu Sports remains on hiatus, both sides point fingers over the blackout.

    ...we will not enter into an agreement that undervalues our portfolio of television channels and programs.

    Disney is again taking an anti-consumer approach, demanding that customers from DirecTV and other TV distributors be forced to pay for channels they don’t watch...

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    Richard Lawler
    Netflix plans Mr. McMahon docuseries in late September.

    Netflix is about to look back at the history of WWE co-founder Vince McMahon with a six-episode series premiering September 25th. Just after Netflix signed a 10-year $5 billion dollar deal with WWE in January, McMahon was accused of sex trafficking and abuse and resigned as executive chairman of its parent company, TKO.

    The series covers McMahon’s transformation of WWE from a small, regional business into a global entertainment powerhouse, and the explosive sexual misconduct allegations that led to his eventual resignation.

    Promo image for “Mr McMahon” from Netflix
    Image: Netflix