While general audiences might limit their perception of animation to the next big-budget Pixar movie hitting theaters, the medium has made strides in recent years as more people recognize just how versatile it can be. HBO is reported to be dabbling in animation withone or two animated Game of Thrones spinoffsin early development. But in the here and now, animation has arguably been a saving grace for video game adaptations and other IPs that might have a hard time getting a green light or being successfully translated into live-action TV or film....

It looks the gas-guzzling Escalade is headed for a more eco-friendly future.General Motorshas announced that it’s working on an all-electric version of the large SUV set to be called the Escalade IQ. Very little about the Escalade IQ is known at this point, apart from the fact that it exists and that it will be called the IQ. Presumably, the new SUV will be built on GM’s Ultium platform, which is the platform underpinning the Chevrolet Equinox and Silverado, along with the GMC Hummer EV....

Is GrayKey finally dead? It seems to be at least for now.According to various sources, Apple’siOS 12operating system has killed off the device’s ability to break into iPhones. If you’re not familiar with the password-cracking device,GrayKey launched earlier this year, and was aimed at providing law enforcement agencies an easy way to break into a suspect’s iPhone and gather information that might possibly be related to a crime. However, Apple has been assertively going to bat for its customers’ data security — as evidenced byits struggle against the FBI— and has been involved in a long cat-and-mouse game with the security device....

Portable device maker Palm had bet heavily on its Palm Pre smartphone with its innovative webOS operating system focused on messaging and connectivity—but Pres haven’t exactly been flying off the shelves, leading some to question whether the Pre is really enough of a game-changer to compete with the likes of Apple, RIM, and others in the burgeoning smartphone market. Today, Palm took the wraps off thePalm Pixi, the company’s sleeker, smaller followup to the Palm Pre due from Sprint in time for the end-of-year holiday buying season…and has dropped $50 off the price of the Palm Pre just to make it more tempting....

The Walking Dead: What happened to Michonne? Michonne will return in The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, so here’s what you need to know about the last time we saw her on screen. It’s easy to forget that Danai Gurira’s Michonne only came intoThe Walking Deadduring Season 2, since she ended up becoming one of show’s most important figures. When she first stepped onto screen, her face obscured by a hood and brandishing a katana sword (with two pet walkers held by chains, mind you), we knew she was a keeper....

If you were let loose in Akihabara, Tokyo’s famous Electric Town district, would you go searching for a tech souvenir to take home? I’m assuming the answer would be yes, because that’s exactly what I did. With a time limit of two hours, I scoured as much of Akihabara as possible to find a fun, high-tech souvenir that someone may want to bring home, and here’s what I found. Which one would you have chosen?...

Action movies are hard to define but easy to recognize. It’s a genre that can encompass everything from franchise fare to director-driven work, but at the end of the day, a great one will leave you deeply satisfied. HBO Maxactually has a remarkably deep bench of great action movies worth watching. Because the platform can be difficult to navigate, it can be hard to surface the ones that you might actually be interested in....

If you own a Fitbit tracker, the last few months have been … rough, to say the very least. Following Google’s acquisition of Fitbit in 2021, the platform has changed a lot. Unfortunately, many of those changes haven’t been positive ones. Earlier this year,mass reports of Fitbit app crashesoccurred three times over the span of just a month.Fitbit also recently ended support for older iPhoneswith iOS 14 or older and — perhaps more damning —killed off Fitbit’s most popular social features(including Challenges and Adventures)....

Elon Musk’s plan to make Twitter the first social media platform to host the launch of a U.S. presidential bid didn’t get off to the best start. The idea was to launch a Twitter Spaces session with Republican hopeful Ron DeSantis at a scheduled time on Wednesday evening, but when the event was supposed to start, the online audience waiting patiently in the audio-only Space was met with a sudden screeching sound....

Uber is the latest company that California has granted a permit to test self-driving vehicles — with a trained human driver still present. Reutersreports that California’sDepartment of Motor Vehiclesissued Uber the permit on Wednesday, February 5. The permit was issued to Uber Advanced Technologies Group (ATG), which is tasked with developing successful and safe self-driving technology for the company. “Before beginning any self-driving vehicle testing on our test track or public roads, we establish an operational design domain (ODD), which captures the specific conditions under which our self-driving system will operate, including where and when,” Uber ATG’s website says....

Digital wireless service provider Visible has announced upgrades to its premiumVisible+ phone plan. The highlight is a new Global Pass feature that allows Visible customers to use their phones in 140 countries worldwide. The Visible Global Pass offers unlimited talk and text services, along with 2GB of high-speed data, for a flat rate of $10 per day. Visible+ members can also enjoy a free Global Pass usage day every month. The activation process can be done through the Visible app....

Tesla turned the automotive industry on its ear in 2014 with the push of a button, updating several thousand cars overnight as they sat parked in driveways and garage ports around the country. Electric cars like Tesla’s can do this thanks to a much simpler infrastructure, and a willingness to take bold risks. “It’s probably one of the biggest opportunities on the face of the planet.” Four years later, you can count on one hand the number of car companies that are even close to similar capabilities: Fordupgraded its infotainment system remotelylast year, a related technology on a far-less-important scale....

Who is Nyesha Arrington from Next Level Chef Season 3? Here’s what you should know about Nyesha Arrington from Season 3 of Next Level Chef. Now that we’ve reached the third season ofNext Level Chefon Fox, it’s time to do a deep dive into the mentors involved. Gordon Ramsayis the leading mentor on the show with an impressive career in the food industry under his belt. One of the other mentors in the cast lineup happens to beNyesha Arrington....