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Wes Davis

Wes Davis

Former Weekend Editor

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    Oppenheimer is about to be the highest-grossing biopic of all time at the global box office.

    Christopher Nolan’s Robert Oppenheimer biopic has had a resilient box office presence. Deadline reports the movie will likely reach about $912 million worldwide by the end of this weekend.

    That would push the movie past the previous global gross record-holder, Bohemian Rhapsody. Domestically, Oppenheimer has already managed that feat, per figures from The Numbers. I guess we really love the bomb here.

    Wes Davis
    Wes Davis
    “Die Hard is a sequel” is more fun than “Die Hard is a Christmas movie.”

    Craig Fay’s TikTok about Die Hard is a good two-minute watch if you want to one-up someone the next time they want to drop the Die Hard Christmas trivia on you.

    It’s more nuanced than Fay presents, so here’s some supplemental reading from Den of Geek with more detail about Die Hard’s sequel history.

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    Wes Davis
    iPhone 15 on the big screen.

    If you’ve been dying for 4K wired video output on the iPhone, the iPhone 15, just like other USB-C phones, has you covered (via 9to5Mac, @aaronp613).

    Apple already has solutions for older iPhones among the few Lightning products the company still sells, but the most they offer is crummy 1080p video output. Terrible!

    Now, through the magic of USB-C, the iPhone 15 supports pushing Dolby Vision and HDR10 video in 4K at 60Hz to your TV, if you insist.

    A screenshot of the Apple support page detailing iPhone USB-C video output support.
    An Apple support page explains the iPhone 15’s USB-C video output.
    Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge
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    Wes Davis
    Coffee is for closers.

    LockBit, a group that lends its eponymous ransomware to affiliates who then use it to extort businesses and governments, is workshopping new efficiency strategies for hard-selling solutions to unsolicited security checks.

    So it’s proposing more consistent regulations, according to this post by malware watcher group vx-underground.

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    Wes Davis
    Have fun with that hilarious Destiny 2 glitch while you still can.

    Bungie says in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that it has fixes ready to tame the game-breaking crafting glitch that lets players make weapons that should be impossible.

    The developer’s first fix is a stopgap that will deploy within 24 hours, but “soon after,” its more permanent solution will return the “outlier” weapons “to a default state.”

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    Wes Davis
    Copyright-infringing movie clips aren’t supposed to be on TikTok, but of course they are.

    The Wall Street Journal writes about the ubiquity of those unauthorized, user-uploaded movie clips on TikTok that may sometimes show up in your recommendations on the service.

    WSJ reports that uploaders “appear to” game the algorithm with bot followers that boost a video’s popularity to get it into users’ FYP. Then, once users linger on a few, the algorithm surfaces more.

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    Wes Davis
    Shredder’s Revenge gets a physical release that includes the Dimension Shellshock DLC.

    Limited Run Games has announced US preorders for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge - Anniversary Edition — a $35 physical release for consoles that includes the Dimension Shellshock DLC.

    Preorders go until October 15th. Limited Run is also selling a $65 “Classic Edition” that looks like a VHS case and has bonuses, like stickers and a pizza coupon. Watch the trailer for the UK release below.

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    Wes Davis
    There’s hope for me yet.

    I’ve been playing F-Zero 99 every chance I get since Nintendo released it this week. It took 43 races, but I got first place... by the skin of my teeth.

    It stung a little when Thursday’s Nintendo Direct showed the opening of a race from the SNES F-Zero and it wasn’t a surprise F-Zero GX sequel announcement, but to its credit, F-Zero 99 is a blast.