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What's on TV this week: 'Mythic Quest,' 'Jupiter's Legacy' and 'Resident Evil'
This week's TV list includes season two of 'Mythic Quest' and the release of 'Resident Evil Village.'
'Tenet' finally comes to HBO Max on May 1st
'Tenet' is finally streaming on HBO Max on May 1st, several months after its originally planned theatrical debut.
A YouTuber crammed 'Tenet' onto Game Boy Advance cartridges out of spite
Imagine trying to decipher the already-muffled dialogue through a GBA speaker.
Recommended Reading: The best long-form stories of 2020
Recommended Reading highlights the week's noteworthy writing on technology and more.
What's on TV this week: 'Tenet' and 'The Expanse'
Also new this week: 'The Mandalorian' season two finale, and 'The Stand.'
HBO Max hits 12.6 million activations ahead of 'Wonder Woman' release
As HBO Max prepares for the Christmas debut of Wonder Woman 1984 and its controversial plans for 2021, AT&T CEO John Stankey revealed that the service is seeing “improved traction,” going from 8.6 million activations at the end of September to 12.6 million.
Surprise, Christopher Nolan hates the Warner Bros. HBO Max strategy
Netflix reportedly offered to buy 'Godzilla vs. Kong' for $250 million, but Warner Bros. will release it and other films on its own streaming service, HBO Max. Christopher Nolan called the decision "a real bait and switch."
You will finally be able to watch 'Tenet' at home on December 15th
Christopher Nolan's latest heads to 4K UHD, Blu-ray, DVD and digital next month.
Recommended Reading: Behind the wheel of the Polestar 2
The week's noteworthy writing on technology and more.
Engadget Podcast: Big tech goes to Washington
This week on the show, Devindra and Cherlynn chat about Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon’s congressional antitrust hearing.
'Tenet' will debut internationally a week before some US cities
After multiple delays, Christopher Nolan's Tenet has a release date.
Recommended Reading: The case for a 'Tenet' online premiere
This piece from The Verge was published before AT&T CEO John Stankey announced Christopher Nolan’s upcoming blockbuster Tenet wouldn’t skip theaters for an on-demand premiere, but the argument still holds true. The simple fact is going to a movie theater is extremely dangerous amid the COVID-19 outbreak, and there’s no sign that we’ll be able to congregate in front of the big screen any time soon. Plus, there’s real potential for Nolan to flip the script on VOD movie debuts.
'Tenet' won't skip theaters for a VOD or streaming premiere
AT&T CEO John Stankey said the movie won't debut on HBO Max.
Christopher Nolan's 'Tenet' has been delayed indefinitely
The sci-fi movie's rollout could be staggered by country and even by city.
Fortnite Party Royale premiered Christopher Nolan's new 'Tenet' trailer (updated)
The Party Royale space in 'Fortnite' is now a place to check out movie trailers on the big screen, starting with Christopher Nolan's time-travel flick 'Tenet.'
Connecting Cape Town: Inside South Africa's TV white spaces experiment
In 2011, a United Nations commission came to a powerful conclusion: access to broadband internet is a basic human right, matched by the likes of housing, sustenance and healthcare. Arguments can be made that widespread access has transformed entire economies while kick-starting others, with Finland even going so far as to command its ISPs to provide 1 Mbps connections to all homes regardless of location. Both the United States and the United Kingdom have similarly ambitious plans, and all three of these countries have one particular catalyst in common: funds. The harsh reality, however, is the economies that stand to gain the most from sweeping internet adoption are also the least equipped to enable it. In early 2010, the European Bank estimated that a project to roll out passive optical fiber to 33 cities in the Netherlands would cost nearly €290 million. The mission driving such funding? "To stimulate innovation and keep Europe at the forefront of internet usage." It's the answer to a problem that could undoubtedly be categorized as "first world," but consider this: Internet World Stats found that 92.9 percent of The Netherlands' population routinely used the world wide web in 2012. Let's just say it's easier to invest in an initiative that you're certain nearly 9 in 10 citizens will use. In the whole of Africa, just 15.6 percent of residents are connected to the internet, which is under half of the world average. It's also home to vast, inhospitable landscapes that are economically inviable to crisscross with fiber. All of that being said, nearly a sixth of the globe's population resides on the continent, representing a monumental opportunity for something -- anything -- to connect the next billion people. As it turns out, there are actions presently ongoing to make a significant mark in the course of history. Google, Microsoft, Carlson Wireless, Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa (TENET) and a host of other powerful entities are collaborating to bring high-speed internet to an underserved continent via TV white spaces -- a low-cost, highly adaptable technology that's poised to explode. For now, Cape Town, South Africa, is acting as a proving ground for what will eventually be a far larger experiment. The core goal is actually quite simple: to beam hope to a disconnected society, with unused bands between TV channels acting as the medium.
Distro Issue 103: Inside South Africa's TV white spaces experiment
In Africa, only 15.6 percent of residents have an internet connection and that figure clocks in below half of the global average. Google, Carlson Wireless and several other outfits are teaming up to employ Cape Town's unused TV frequencies, or white spaces, in order to bring high-speed connectivity to the masses. Darren Murph made the trek to South Africa get a behind-the-scenes look at the project and his account nabs top billing in this week's issue of our tablet mag. Eyes-On ogles Organic Transit's ELF; Weekly Stat tallies up the heroes of YouTube; and Modem World pleads the Hyperloop's case. Grab a copy from the source links below if your slate of choice hasn't already alerted you to do so and get comfy for another large dose of tech e-reading. Distro Issue 103 PDF Distro in the iTunes App Store Distro in the Google Play Store Distro in the Windows Store Distro APK (for sideloading) Like Distro on Facebook Follow Distro on Twitter
