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SpaceX's Starlink Satellite Broadband Is Speeding Up, Ookla Says
SpaceX's Starlink Satellite Broadband Is Speeding Up, Ookla Says
Elon Musk's rocket company has launched more than 2,000 flying routers to space in recent years as it attempts to build a constellation of satellites that could eventually dwarf the total amount of spacecraft launched by humanity in all the decades before SpaceX came on the scene.
Now it appears all that investment is beginning to yield some real results.
Internet speed test outfit Ookla reported on Tuesday that Starlink has raced further ahead of competition, recording the fastest median satellite broadband speeds in most places it's offered and even outpacing the median speed of terrestrial fixed broadband services in Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and several European countries.
Starlink is available in at least 32 countries around the world, giving it a significant advantage over nascent competitors like Amazon's Project Kuiper.
"As we've continued to see over the past year, Starlink's low-earth orbit satellites (LEOs) provide a life-changing service for consumers in rural areas that might not otherwise have access to high-speed internet," reads a statement from Ookla.
As for the US and Canada, Starlink is faster than other satellite internet providers by quite a bit, with Puerto Rico being one notable exception -- for now it's still struggling there to keep up with HughesNet.
That could change though, as Starlink speeds increased by 38 percent between the first quarter of 2021 and 2022, according to Ookla. In Canada, they were up by 58 percent over the same period.
Changes in Starlink speed between the first quarter of 2021 and this year.
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Starlink records its fastest median download speeds in Lithuania (160Mbps). Ookla clocked it at 91Mbps in the US, 97Mbps in Canada and 124Mbps in Australia.
There have been apparent hiccups, however. Upload speeds on Starlink actually decreased year over year, by 33 percent in the US and 36 percent in Canada.
SpaceX didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Nintendo of America Testers Allege Sexual Harassment, Report Says
Nintendo of America Testers Allege Sexual Harassment, Report Says
Several female Nintendo of America testers alleged instances of sexual harassment and a sexist working environment at the gaming company, Kotaku reported Tuesday. It was particularly problematic for contract workers, who often struggled to rise to full-time employment within Nintendo, the site noted.
The testers worked for Nintendo in the last decade, covering the company's 3DS, Wii U and Switch eras.
One such female worker cited in the story highlighted an instance in which a male full-time employee posted sexual comments in an internal Microsoft Teams channel. That employee reportedly was only assigned sexual harassment training, while a contractor who'd made sexual comments on a different occasion was fired.
Female contractors also struggled to advance within Nintendo, with one alleging a culture of "favoritism" and "cronyism" that didn't include any goals or benchmarks showing a path to full-time employment, according to Kotaku.
Tuesday's article follows an April Kotaku report that contractors felt like "second class workers."
Last year, Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser reportedly responded to reports about of sexual harassment and toxicity at gaming giant Activision Blizzard. "I find these accounts distressing and disturbing," he wrote in November. "They run counter to my values as well as Nintendo's beliefs, values and policies."
Nintendo didn't immediately respond to a request for comment about Tuesday's report.
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'Andor' Trailer Reveals Star Wars Spy Action, August Release Date Confirmed
'Andor' Trailer Reveals Star Wars Spy Action, August Release Date Confirmed
The first trailer for live-action Star Wars show Andor arrived at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim on Thursday, hinting at the spy action coming to Disney Plus. The series will take place before Rogue One and follow the adventures of morally questionable Rebel Alliance agent Cassian Andor.
The series kicks off Aug. 31, with two episodes streaming and more following each Wednesday. Season 1 will have 12 episodes, creator Tony Gilroy confirmed, and we'll be getting a 12-episode second season that leads directly into Rogue One.
The show sees Diego Luna return to the role he played in the 2016 Star Wars spinoff. The trailer depicts lots of evil Imperials looking haughty, but rebellion is brewing among the regular folk of the galaxy (who seem to be color-coded, for some reason). The trailer doesn't give much away, but it does offer an intriguing taste of the show's espionage tone.
Disney Plus' first live-action Star Wars show, The Mandalorian, proved a big hit when it kicked off in 2019, spawning spinoff The Book of Boba Fett last year. A series focused on Obi-Wan Kenobi will kick off on the streaming service this Friday.
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Are You Using Netflix's Secret Menu? Here's Where to Find It
Are You Using Netflix's Secret Menu? Here's Where to Find It
If you find yourself spending more time scrolling through Netflix than watching movies and TV, there's a better way. You don't have to be stuck at the mercy of the algorithm or the newish two-thumbs-up like option. If you're sick of seeing the same list of TV shows and movies you may like based on your profile and what you've watched before, you know it's not the best way to find something new to watch quickly, or any other niche genres you might be interested in.
But there's a secret trick for filtering Netflix's library by genre to find exactly what you're browsing for: Netflix codes. These codes each correspond to a different genre, which the algorithm uses to categorize and serve up recommendations. Instead of passively accepting the algorithm's picks, learn how to use Netflix codes to find your own next binge-watch.
Read more:How to Turn Off Netflix's Pesky Autoplay Trailers
What are Netflix codes?
Netflix codes, though not a new discovery, are based on a number system the service uses to categorize films and shows by genre and subgenre. Netflix said in August that it has about 30,000 codes. Note that codes can only be used on Netflix's website and not in its apps.
This is what you'll see when you visit the Netflix codes website.
Screenshot by Shelby Brown/CNET
Where to find Netflix codes
Check out netflix-codes.com for a full list. There are about 20 categories like anime, foreign movies and classic movies. Those categories are broken down into more specific subgenres. For example, horror movies -- coded 8711 -- houses 12 more codes like deep-sea horror movies, zombie horror movies, teen screams and more.
How to use Netflix codes
The easiest way is by installing the Better Browse for Netflix extension for Chrome. Here's how:
1. Go to the Chrome Web Store and search "Better Browse for Netflix." 2. Click Add to Chrome. 3. Click Add Extension. 4. Log into your Netflix account in a new tab.
At the top of the Netflix home screen, you should see a new option -- Browse All -- next to My List. Click that to search manually or scroll through the subgenres available.
Use the code 5475 and you'll unlock a trove of romantic comedies on Netflix.
Screenshot by Shelby Brown/CNET
Another way is through the Netflix codes website. Here's how:
1. Visit netflix-codes.com in your PC or mobile browser. 2. Find the genre or subgenre you want to explore. 3. Tap the code next to the genre or subgenre you want. 4. If you're on a device that has the Netflix app installed, the app should open and take you directly to the genre or subgenre you chose. If you don't have the app installed, it'll open Netflix through the browser and you can view the specific movies and shows available. 5. Tap the title you want to watch.
You can also use the Netflix codes manually in your browser. Here's how:
1. Visit netflix-codes.com in your PC or mobile browser. 2. Find the genre or subgenre you want to explore. 3. In another tab, type in , but replace INSERTNUMBER with the specific genre or subgenre code. 4. You'll be taken to Netflix to peruse the titles available in that section.
From there, you can either make a mental note of the movie you want to watch and go back to the app on your preferred device, or log in to watch in your browser.
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A quadcopter's view of Niagara Falls
A quadcopter's view of Niagara Falls
On the border between Ontario, Canada, and New York, the three waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls combined have the highest flow rate of any waterfalls in the world -- more than 168,000 cubic meters per minute.
The largest of the three falls is Horseshoe Falls, which is the most powerful waterfall on the North American continent. Although the falls are a fantastic source of hydroelectric power, they're also incredibly beautiful.
Of course, seeing them from the air is not something many people get to do, so YouTube user Questpact decided that footage of the falls would make a wonderful entry into the DJI Phantom Video Contest.
The biggest condition of entry is that the video has to be shot from a DJI Phantom quadcopter, so Questpact strapped a GoPro to his trusty Phantom and headed off to Horseshoe Falls for a quadcopter's-eye view of the 167-foot-high waterfall.
He used a Fat Shark FPV linked to the GoPro to see the feed as the camera recorded, and a gimbal to keep the camera steady, with spare batteries on hand to keep the Phantom -- which typically has about 10-15 minutes of flight time, less with the camera, FPV antenna, and gimbal onboard -- returning to the air.
In this way, he managed to capture about 20 minutes of footage, which he cut down to a stunning five-minute video. Although it was a cloudy day when he filmed, we think that worked to his advantage, producing some really stunning moments when the sun breaks through the clouds.
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Vizio M-Elevate Soundbar Review: Great Sound, Elevated Price
Vizio M-Elevate Soundbar Review: Great Sound, Elevated Price
Vizio made its name with value-conscious televisions, but it has cemented that reputation with a remarkable procession of soundbars. As far as sound-for-money is concerned, nothing can beat models like the V21 and M512a -- each of which is the best at their respective price points in my book. In recent years Vizio has branched out into more luxurious soundbars, beginning with the original Elevate. The follow-up, matching the M-Series TVs, is the M-Series Elevate soundbar.
Like
Open, natural sound quality
Plenty of bass from a small sub
Better with movies than a single soundbar
Don't Like
Disappointing height channels
Changing inputs is tediously slow
Sound too similar to much cheaper M512a
Relatively expensive
In Vizio's naming scheme, the 'M' usually suggests a midrange product, and yet this bar still comes with a $800 price tag. It performs well, both with music and movies, and will fill a modest living space with sound. The main "issue" for the M-Elevate, though, is that it's too similar to the $500 M512a-H6 -- both in terms of functionality and sound quality. The main tie-in with the premium Elevate are the revolving end pieces for Atmos height effects, but that doesn't quite justify the extra $300.
Design
Let's get this out of the way first: The reason you're probably reading this review is because of that distinctive audio bling. Like the momma Elevate, the M-Elevate features a revolving driver at each end designed for Dolby Atmos. It works a little differently than the original version, however, as that model was able to physically revolve between stereo and Atmos mode. The pop-out height drivers of the M-Elevate can only engage when the soundbar detects Dolby Atmos or DTS:X content, not stereo. The user can change the light to one of a selection of colors -- adding customizability -- and the driver is held on by magnets in case it accidentally gets knocked. It just sticks straight back on. While the motorized LED indicator is hella cool, it's not entirely necessary.
Vizio M-Elevate's height driver
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The Vizio M512a-H6 is a surround system consisting of a main soundbar, a 6-inch subwoofer and two wired rear speakers. Like the M512a-H6, the M-Elevate is able to handle competitive DTS:X format as well as the latest HDMI eARC connectivity.
Despite being an Elevate model, the M-Elevate has more in common with the M512a-H6, both in terms of capability and in size. While the styling is different, the soundbar itself is similar to the cheaper model's bar at 41.38 inches wide, 2.6 inches high and 41.38 inches deep. The main grille, which hides three sets of mid-drivers and tweeters, is made of fabric, while the end piece that hides the two upfiring drivers is made of plastic and aluminum.
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Likewise, the two systems' subwoofers each sport 6-inch drivers although the M-Elevate is contained in a slightly-more-elegant curved box. The surrounds that are physically wired to the sub via long cables are straight rears -- there are no heights here.
The M-Elevate features a selection of inputs, including HDMI in/out (with eARC), optical, USB (for WAV playback, which is a little odd) and two 3.5mm (headphone-size) analog input jacks. One of those 3.5mm connections is designed to connect a smart speaker like the Amazon Echo Dot, and the soundbar volume will mute if you issue it a command. Given that the soundbar doesn't have multiroom music like the Elevate, it's a relatively easy way to add it.
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You see, like the M512a, the system's wireless connections are limited to Bluetooth. That's fine for many uses, but It's a shame that the M512 loses the Vizio Elevate's ability to stream Wi-Fi music and integrate with the Google Assistant. The $999 Elevate is still the only Vizio soundbar to offer Wi-Fi connectivity with Chromecast built in and Spotify Connect.
The system offers a number of sound modes including Movie, Music, Game and Direct, but one thing it doesn't have is a dedicated voice mode for making TV dialogue more understandable.
The top of the bar includes a limited number of controls such as power, volume, input and Bluetooth. The control is a proper wand rather than a plastic credit card, and the LCD display is used for initial setup and altering advanced settings. To adjust the volume of the height speakers is a little laborious, as you need to feed it a Dolby Atmos signal first (via a Netflix show, perhaps) or the remote will give you a "Not Available" message.
One other issue I had with the remote is that changing inputs could be very slow -- if you took less than two seconds to change the input, the readout on the remote and the soundbar would go out of sync. This would necessitate putting my hand over the remote and cycling it back to the input that matched the bar.
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How does it sound?
If you're paying more than $200 for a soundbar, you want to be sure it can truly act as a replacement for an AV receiver, and this means not only its ability to act as a switch, but to play music. I began my review with a couple of folk-centric Australian bands -- Dead Can Dance and Grand Salvo -- and began ratcheting up the tension after that. When I heard the first notes of Dead Can Dance's Yulunga I was immediately struck by how natural music sounded coming out of the soundbar. There was a lack of honkiness or nasal qualities, and I couldn't tell that the sound was coming out of a plastic tube in front of the TV. Lisa Gerrard's voice appropriately sounded huge and the room became a concert hall, with the deep bass of the percussion realistically rendered.
Next, Grand Salvo and his story of a lifelong friendship cut short in "Field of Flowers." The song starts with a gentle guitar strum and Paddy Mann's weary vocals, and the Vizio let the story play out. Yet, it was only during the chorus where the sound became a little pushy with the group vocals. Conversely, the price-comparable Sonos Arc was able to handle the same dynamic shifts but able to render the choir more agreeably.
After listening to a selection of different music I moved to surround sound and the lobby scene from The Matrix. I compared the M-Elevate against its M512a label-mate and found that the two shared a very similar sound -- not surprising given the soundtrack's reliance on deep bass and the similarity of the two subs.
After switching to the Sonos Arc I felt that Vizio's rival offered a better level of detail. For example, as the soldiers assemble in the lobby to take on Neo and Trinity one of them shouts "Freeze." The sound hung in the air on the Arc, and when the bullets started flying the Sonos also offered a wraparound effect of the Arc that wasn't matched by the M-Elevate. The Vizio was more subtle in playback during this scene but the Arc was more fun, but where the Arc couldn't match the M-Elevate was for deep bass due to the dedicated sub.
The big test with a soundbar like this is "How does it sound with Dolby Atmos," and I found the answers to be a little disappointing for an $800 surround setup. While the M-Elevate was again able to provide true surround with the war epic 1917, and therefore gaining an advantage over the Arc, the Vizio's ability to provide height effects was limited.
Sadly I was never able to get enough volume out of the M-Elevate's height drivers -- even at maximum it couldn't match either the M512a or the Arc for convincing overhead sounds. The CNET testing room has a 15 foot ceiling and the M-Elevate wasn't powerful enough to bounce sounds off it, though it was a little more successful with a 10 foot one. This isn't a problem for the less fancy M512a.
To illustrate the differences among the three soundbars, I listened to the opening scene of Mad Max: Fury Road and found that both the Sonos Arc and the Vizio M512a were able to project high and provide a true bubble of sound. Though the surrounds did help with immersion, the M-Elevate was only able to make the ethereal voices sound like they were coming from the screen.
Should you buy it?
Vizio's main issue is that it didn't really need to fill the space between the M512a and the Elevate. The M-Elevate doesn't add all that much for the extra $300, though it works well in almost every regard but Dolby Atmos playback. As a result, the M-Elevate's main competitors are the two soundbars that bookend it: The M512a offers better sound and a better price while the Elevate offers a much bigger package with more useful features for $200 more.
If you don't mind filling your room with boxes, the M-Elevate does offer a compelling alternative to the similarly priced Sonos Arc, and it sounds better with movies, too. Yet, that said, you should probably save some money and get the M512a instead.
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'Day Shift' Review: Jamie Foxx, Vampire Slayer? Only in LA
'Day Shift' Review: Jamie Foxx, Vampire Slayer? Only in LA
In the final act of the new Netflix film Day Shift, a bizarre yet really fun buddy-action-horror-comedy, Snoop Dogg (yes, that Snoop Dogg) delivers a line that just about makes the entire movie worth it: "That's what I love about LA. All the damn vampires."
Aside from the heart, comedy and fanfare that Snoop brings to the film (despite limited screen time, his cowboy-hatted performance truly carries the movie), his quote both harks back to vampire movie history -- evoking The Lost Boys -- and encapsulates the film's unique twist on the vampire genre, which takes advantage of the grit and commercialism of Los Angeles.
Forget the years of Hollywood consigning vampires to sleepy Northwestern suburbs, abandoned factory cities, and German coastal towns; for Day Shift, Hollywood looks inward, recognizing the power of a city known for being parasitic as a setting where vampires come out to play.
It's perhaps the best part of a movie that unfortunately could be accused of doing too much otherwise. Jamie Foxx and Dave Franco are at the heart of a fast-moving plot, which also throws in confusing original lore (the vampires created a sunscreen to survive in the sun? And they're building a real estate empire?), plus a carousel of characters who often don't get enough screen time to build relationships with one another. (Need. More. Cowboy. Snoop.) Day Shift perhaps would've served better as a Netflix series. But the world it does establish within its 1 hour and 53 minute run time is one that's, honestly, really fun.
In the world of Day Shift, which is streaming on Netflix now, vampires are nocturnal predators in the San Fernando Valley who hunt, kill and yes, vampirify humans in their thirst for blood.
Humans aren't just helpless victims, though. Enter vampire hunters, a pseudo-underground network of trained professionals who hunt and kill vampires by any means necessary -- most commonly through the classic method of decapitation -- not only for human safety, but with an added incentive. In this world, vampire fangs, the one body part a vampire can't regenerate, are part of a huge black market industry.
But the shifty underground market isn't the only thing that gives this movie a gritty, distinctly Californian action movie vibe, like 2011's Drive or Baz Luhrman's classic Romeo + Juliet adaptation.
Take pantsuit-clad vampire kingpin Audrey, played by Karla Souza, who through her real estate deals (read: secret hives for vampires) feels more like a cutthroat valley business woman than an evil coven leader. Or Snoop Dogg's denim-and-leather-suited modern-day cowboy who's inexplicably so cartoonish that he feels exactly like the kind of person you'd realistically see posted up outside of a strip mall in Los Angeles. Consider even the wild bureaucracy of the vampire hunter union, which despite its clandestine purpose still hammers Foxx's character, Bud, throughout the movie with strange bylaws and fees that threaten his membership. All of it contributes to a weird, outlandish and funny concoction that truly could be "only in LA."
Combine that with a sun-soaked visual aesthetic, a pretty-killer soundtrack (Snoop Dogg's hazy rhymes obviously make an appearance), and some amazing buddy-cop (er, buddy-vampire hunter) chemistry between Foxx and Franco, and you've got a pretty solid way to spend two hours.
Though it might not become a critical part of the vampire movie canon, at least the vampires are out in new parts of the world, searching for new blood.
