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Summary JoJo’s Bizarre Adventureis a true adventure and action anime at its core, filled with well-known anime tropes. One of these commonly established themes isthe triumph of good over evil.The series' incredibly creative mangaka, Hirohiko Araki, is always sure to ensure his heroes achieve success over the wicked villains they fight, letting the good guys win in the end in each part of the iconic series. Each of the nine parts of the franchise follows a member of the Joestar family who battles against villains and protects peace in the city they live in,often with the help ofa powerful being named a Stand....

A NASA project called sonifications gives a new way to experience beautiful images of space: via sound. Three new sonifications have translated visual information in images taken by NASA telescopes into soundscapes, letting you hear the sounds of cosmic objects. The new sonifications are of a famous nebula, a distant galaxy, and a dead star, using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory as well as the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope....

Logan Paul responds to claims he “flirted” with WWE star while engaged to Nina Agdal Logan Paul says he doesn’t want to cause any “drama” after a backstage altercation ensued over claims that he’d been flirting with another WWE star. Back on January 27,Logan Paulmet up with R-Truth backstage after his match with Ludwig Kaiser and claimed that Kaiser’s real-life girlfriend, Tiffany Stratton, was hitting on him. “His girl was hitting on me the other day or something, and then he got mad at me for it and tried to attack me....

LoL players lash out at “terrible” user experience in new quick play mode League of Legends players have lashed out at the “terrible” user experience in the new quick-play game mode. Riot’s popular MOBALeague of Legendshas to appeal to a rather large audience. The title has cemented itself as one of gaming’s giants, up there with the likes of Fortnite and Call of Duty. As such players from all over flock to the game for a bit of action, meaning the developers Riot need to ensure the game is accessible to everyone....

Microsoft has just announced massive job cuts and studio closures for the Bethesda portion of its gaming business. They impact the teams that made excellent games likeHi-Fi Rush. IGN revealedthese studios’ closures had happened and shared an internal email about them written by Matt Booty, the head of Xbox Game Studios. The four studios impacted areRedfall’sArkane Austin,Mighty Doom’sAlpha Dog Studios, internal development studio Roundhouse Games, andHi-Fi Rush’sTango Gameworks. With the closure of Arkane Austin, Booty says Bethesda will stop active development on futureRedfallupdates....

Intel Thread Directoris a new technology that allows Alder Lake processors to communicate with Windows 11 about which cores should handle which tasks. Together, the technologies offer a performance benefit on the upcoming operating system, but Microsoft confirmed that other hybrid processors will see a benefit, too. Following a private press event known as Architecture Day, Chris Kleynhans, principal software engineer at Microsoft, told Digital Trends that all hybrid processors will benefit from Windows 11....

Summary Netflix’s new kaiju movieUltraman: Risingis a reminder to check out another animated Ultraman story available on the platform. The 58-year-old franchise recently got a new chapter withUltraman: Rising, a standalone film following thenew Ultraman Ken Sato. One of the dozens of characters to use the Ultraman name, Ken Sato had to learn how to be a father after a baby kaiju was left alone following her mother’s death.Ultraman: Risingwas a fun giant monster movie featuring two generations of Ultramen, adding a different twist to a concept the franchise has used before....

Anyone who has an interest in electric vehicles (EVs) knows the common knocks against them by heart: long charging times, limited range, charging station availability, and so on. To make the EV more palatable to the American public, researchers at Penn State University have had a breakthrough — reducinglithium-ion batterycharging times to 10 minutes. Lead author Xiao-Guang Yang and his colleagues published areportinJoule, a journal focused on the science of sustainable energy....

If you weren’t aware, the Best Buy 3-Day Sale is going on now. While the name is a considerably less flashy than Amazon’s Prime Day, it does make immediate sense. There’s a sale going on at Best Buy, and it lasts… for three days, ending Sunday. During this sale, you can find a number of classic Best Buy items — with everything from thebest laptopsto thebest tablets— marked down in price....

Let’s say you’ve been thinking about food coupons, and you get an ad for a meal discount app! Or maybe you’ve been meaning to catch up on current affairs and you find an affordable news subscription service! When you’re looking at all those colorful apps and services on your phone, it’s easy to lie to yourself and say, “oh, I need this,” aboutevery app, especially if you’ve already paid for it....

“Controversially, the Galaxy S21 is using a plastic back — yes, on an $800 phone.” This quote is taken from ourSamsung Galaxy S21 review, and I really don’t want to see it repeated when we review theGalaxy S22. The underlying reason for the plastic back was a noble one: it helped lower the price, but it was a decision that smacked of one being made by accountants with limited to no understanding of what people want ordeservefrom the smallest S Series....

One of thefirst targets observed by the James Webb Space Telescopewhen it began science operations last year was Stephan’s Quintet, a group of five galaxies locked close together in a complex structure. Now, that data from Webb has been combined with data from other telescopes to give a new view of this special object — and even to create a way to listen to it. The project used the infrared data from Webb combined with visible light, X-ray, and other infrared observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and theChandra X-ray Observatory....

It’s the kind of selfie that you reallywouldn’twant to take, but it has to be said that the resulting photo (below) is rather extraordinary. The bizarre incident occurred when siblings Rachel, Isobel, and Andrew Jobson decided to take a break while out cycling during a recent ride through southwest London. While resting beneath a tree, a heavy storm suddenly kicked off. According to aBBC report, while they waited for the rain to stop, Isobel decided to take a selfie....