The newly cloud-connected Leviton Load Center features intelligent circuit breakers that you can control or monitor from your phone.
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A new version of “The Twilight Zone,” hosted and executive produced by “Get Out” director Jordan Peele, is set to premiere on CBS All Access on April 1.
CBS aired a teaser during the Super Bowl, but it didn’t include any actual footage. So this is the first time we’re getting a real taste of what the show will be like.
This trailer is still pretty fast-paced, not going in-depth on any of the stories. Basically, it’s a montage of famous people — including Kumail Nanjiani, John Cho, Sanaa Lathan, Adam Scott, Allison Tolman and Steven Yeun — looking scared or alarmed, accompanied by that oh-so-recognizable theme music.
CBS All Access has had fewer big, splashy content announcements than some of the other new (or yet-to-launch) streaming services, but with “Twilight Zone” and an entire lineup of Star Trek spin-offs, it could become a real destination for science fiction fans.
Peele, meanwhile, has been pretty busy. He’s got a new movie (“Us”) set for release in March, and “Weird City,” a series he co-created, just launched on YouTube Premium.
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But first, chemists hope to improve DNA data storage and churn out new medical compounds.
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Tonight an Israeli company will dispatch its spacecraft to the moon aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.
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Opinion: Social media platforms not only host troubling images of suicide and self-harm, they end up recommending it to the people most vulnerable to it.
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WinRAR, a piece of Windows software for managing archival formats, has been harboring a vulnerability for nearly two decades, potentially allowing malicious software to insert items into a computer’s startup folder without user permission.
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Our Mac Pro 2019 rumor roundup covers all the news, leaks, and rumors about Apple’s new machine, set to be announced sometime in 2019. Here’s what Apple has said, what the experts think, and what we’re likely to see with the new Mac Pro.
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You may not ever see this infrastructure, but you depend on it every day.
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Roman Dobrokhotov has been playing a dangerous game for a Russian reporter: identifying agents of the GRU military intelligence agency.
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A new streaming startup called Loop Media is announcing its first acquisition — it’s bought a 30-year-old company called Screenplay.
While you may not have heard of Screenplay, the company has licensed a library of 200,000 music videos and movie/game/TV trailers, which it broadcasts in thousands of venues for partners like Hard Rock Cafe, Norwegian Cruise Line, Yard House, Buffalo Wild Wing and Caesars Entertainment.
This announcement comes just a week after Loop officially came out of stealth — and in fact, co-founder and CEO Jon Niermann (previously an executive at EA and Disney) said he’s always seen Screenplay’s content library as the foundation for Loop business.
It also sounds like this deepens an existing relationship, with Loop previously making a minority investment in Screenplay. The idea is to preserve and even grow Screenplay’s existing business — bringing video to out-of-home locations — while also introducing new technology into the mix, including a mobile app for short-form video.
“[Screenplay] is a company that generates millions in top-line revenue, it’s profitable,” Niermann said. “As technology has evolved and been updated, we want to come in with our team and really help them grow that.”
There are plenty of other mobile apps featuring short videos, but Niermann said Loop can now take advantage of Screenplay’s content library, and also connect the venue experience with the app. In addition, he said Loop will is building “a very streamlined, slick app” that offers better curation than most video services, as well as “a strong social component.”
The acquisition was for an undisclosed price, combining both cash and stock. Niermann noted that “the Screenplay team remains intact,” with founder and chairman Mark Vrieling joining Loop as its chief content officer.
He added that existing Screenplay customers will not experience any interruption in their service. The plan is to launch the Loop app and an improved Screenplay screencast system in the next six months.
“[The business] is going to be a hybrid,” he said. “We wanted to continue to have the business roots, so to speak, but everybody’s mobile, everybody’s viewing everywhere. The question for us is, how do you create something that’s unique, that truly is a seamless experience?”
Source: TechCrunch