Anora director Sean Baker interview: write the ending first

Anora director Sean Baker interview: write the ending first

Sean Baker’s film Anora won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival — the latest in the director’s acclaimed narratives about sex workers that include Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket. But Anora might be his most inviting, accessible work yet. Anora — or Ani, as she prefers — is a lap … Read more

Which phones last the longest?

Which phones last the longest?

Paul Jones / Android Authority Battery life — we can never have enough of it, and it’s arguably the single biggest metric that can make or break the best smartphones. While running for the charger by mid-afternoon is thankfully mostly a thing of the past, picking out a phone that is guaranteed to last a … Read more

‘NASA’s $100 Billion Moon Mission Is Going Nowhere’

‘NASA’s 0 Billion Moon Mission Is Going Nowhere’

Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares an op-ed written by Michael R. Bloomberg, founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News, UN Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions, and chair of the Defense Innovation Board: There are government boondoggles, and then there’s NASA’s Artemis program. More than a half century … Read more

Top Stories: New iPad Mini, Upcoming Mac Updates, and More

Top Stories: New iPad Mini, Upcoming Mac Updates, and More

The first of a number of imminent Apple product updates arrived this week with the seventh-generation iPad mini, but what else is still in store and when can we expect to see them? On the software side, the public release of iOS 18.1 and related updates with the first Apple Intelligence features is drawing ever … Read more