Ben Sisario writing for the New York Times: In Apple Music’s first major test, the answer is a qualified yes. Dr. Dre’s album “Compton: A Soundtrack” — a loose tie-in to the film “Straight Outta Compton” — had 25 million streams around the world in its first week, and also sold nearly half a…
Read moreFall 2015: What’s New On My TV Watchlist
It’s now mid-august, which means that a brand new TV season is awaiting us just around the corner. Fresh of the disappointment of Season 2 of True Detective, I’m now watching the upcoming schedule with mix hopes. Alongside the usual suspects of The Big Bang Theory, The Flash, Homeland and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (just…
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Disney, You Have My Attention
Give Me My Intelligent Car
Mark Harris reporting for The Guardian In May, engineers from Apple’s secretive Special Project group met with officials from GoMentum Station, a 2,100-acre former naval base near San Francisco that is being turned into a high-security testing ground for autonomous vehicles. In correspondence obtained by the Guardian under a public records act request, Apple engineer…
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Almost Everyone Made It Out Alive
Please note: as always when I’m writing about a TV show that just ended, this piece will be likely full of spoilers. You’ve been warned So, I’ve just finished watching the last episode of True Detective, and now a question is stuck in my head: who the f**k killed Caspere?! Well, ok, truth…
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