Free State Of Jones may be based on a true story, but the film exercises some dramatic license in bringing the story to the big screen. Written and directed by Gary Ross, Free State Of Jones stars Matthew McConaughey as Newton Knight – a Mississippi farmer who deserted the army and revolted against Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Together with fellow farmers and runaway slaves, Knight took over Jones County, Mississippi and declared it seceded from the Confederacy....

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrlLcb7zYmw] Before there was his current Apple gig, there was Dr. Dre’s storied rise from the streets of Compton to global hiphop sensation and producer which eventually led to the headphone, speaker, and streaming music brand and Jimmy Iovine partnership with Beats. This is the Hollywood version of that story which Dr. Dre co-produced. In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country....

Following their joint top level conversation and subsequent Interview with Tim Cook, Businessweek posts an in-depth interview with Apple SVP of Design Jony Ive and SVP Software Engineering Craig Federighi. It gives a nice insight into the collaborative process at Apple between industrial design and software teams which have always been close but took on a new closeness to develop iOS 7 and the new iPhones. Here’s a snippet to whet your appetite:...

Game of Thrones is known for its huge world. While many TV shows and books series are limited to the world surrounding their characters, the world of Planetos is not only dark and full of terror, but also vast and full of character. While we didn’t get to see as many locations as we may have liked in the TV series (or even the books so far), the future spin-offs do allow for some hope in seeing these locations....

Arya Stark is one of the most beloved characters on Game of Thrones and it’s not hard to see why people love her so much. From the very beginning, Arya has shown she is willing to fight against tradition and forge her own path. That path led her to become one of the most badass people in Westeros and even killing the Night King. However, like most people in Game of Thrones, Arya is not perfect....

Game of Thrones ends with a new King’s small council - here’s who’s sat at the most important table of Westeros. The Game of Thrones finale surprised many by making Bran Stark the new King of Westeros (but only six kingdoms, as Sansa has made the North independent). Like any good King, Bran’s first order of business was to make a new small council. Right back to the start of the show, the King’s council has been one of the most important groups of people, led by the Hand of the King and dealing with the actual ruling of the kingdom....

GE launched its first Siri enabled, HomeKit window air conditioner back in April. That model was for small rooms and was exclusively available at Lowe’s. Now, the company has released some larger models with the same smart home capabilities that will cover up to 550 square feet. Announced in a press release today, GE has now made its 10,000 and 12,000 BTU window air conditioners with HomeKit, Alexa, and Google Assistant support available....

Persona 5 Royal is the newly remastered version that was released in 2019. This new, re-released RPG game brings a lot of new changes and characters. After the new update, some unfortunate players encountered a couple of issues, and the Persona 5 Royal controller not working is one of them. If you’re also facing the same issue, you can follow this guide to fix it. Some games from a specific genre always require a gamepad or controller, even on the PC....

Praey for the Gods is a newly released action-adventure survival video game that has been developed and published by No Matter Studios in December 2021. Initially, the title has been released via early access in January 2019, and finally, the full version of the game is live for Windows, PS4, PS5, and Xbox One platforms. Now, some of the PC gamers are reporting that they’re encountering the Praey for the Gods Crashing issue on PC while startup....

You can take your TV channels wherever you go with the Spectrum app, available on Spectrum cable. Previously, I had only used the Spectrum app to watch live TV, but the app started having issues recently, and that experience took a hit. Despite having a good internet connection, the app would randomly slow down and start buffering, even though the stream was playing. Sometimes, the app crashed, and we had to relaunch it....

Total War: Warhammer III is a turn-based strategy and real-time tactics video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. It is part of the Total War series and the third to be set in Games Workshop’s Warhammer Fantasy fictional universe. After the recent update, some players are experiencing multiple issues with Total War WARHAMMER 3, and the Screen Flickering or Tearing Issue on PC is one of them....

Blizzard is one of the most prosperous and known developers in the world. To become the most successful various reasons are there, and one of those reasons is their battle.net launcher. However, recently, the developers rolled out a huge new update for the Battle.net/blizzard launcher, which gained a lot of inducement. But, you know what, for many users, the installation gets stuck, and they are unable to install Blizzard’s battle.net app on their PC....

The early access role-playing video game Valheim is taking over the gaming market with its Viking survival genre. Players are loving this game and the 10/10 rating on Steam is self-explanatory. However, some of the unfortunate Valheim players are experiencing a couple of issues like crashing, lower FPS count, lagging, etc. Meanwhile, Valheim Console Commands Not Working issue is trending recently because players are unable to use cheat commands on the game....

Spin-offs are treated with apprehension because they can either be an absolute win or a total flop that kills off the likability factor of the central character. Frasier avoided being a failure chiefly because the show had so much heart to it. With this level of care, there were bound to be moments that made us sad, as this is proof that the viewer comes actually likes the characters on the show....

Friends first aired back in 1994 and has since brought some of the most relatable, lovable characters on TV to life. Over a decade after the series concluded, the cast of this beloved sitcoms remains popular and talked-about to this day. Joey Tribbiani is undoubtedly one of the most iconic characters that ever came out of the show. Maybe the fame and love for this character weren’t enough to make his own spinoff a success, but the Joey is adored to this day, regardless....

Gamemaker Valve Software, known for its online game publishing site Steam and game titles like Half-Life, Counter-Strike and Portal, is turning over to the public for free the tools it uses to create its 3D games. Having noticed that many gamers get as much enjoyment out of modifying games as they do playing them, Valve said Wednesday it had decided to give players all the same resources the company uses so anyone can create original games and animated movies....

The Garmin Vivomove Sport doesn’t have a 30-day battery life, but charging it once a week is fine with me. It’s a rather small watch with a diameter of 40 mm, and there are no buttons to press. People with smaller wrists and those who like light watches will love the Vivomove Sport. It’s also quite affordable at just $179.99. Surprisingly, the small touchscreen OLED display is more useful and capable than I anticipated, and it is essential to supporting the Garmin ecosystem....

The “men on a mission” movie gets a modern facelift with Triple Frontier. Directed by J.C. Chandor (All is Lost), this action/adventure story follows a squad of hardened soldiers who strike out for themselves and set out to rob a South American drug kingpin. The squad of soldiers are played by some of the hunkiest men in Hollywood: Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Garrett Hedlund, Charlie Hunnam, and Pedro Pascal are a veritable mountain of machismo, and the film makes a grand showing of balancing the emotional journey of these characters with a non-stop barrage of action, adventure, and white-knuckle tension....

Xiaomi has finally launched the Redmi 9 Activ in India with an HD+ display with a waterdrop-style display notch, up to 6GB + 128GB storage, and powered by a MediaTek Helio G35 SoC. The device sports a dual rear camera setup that includes a 13 MP primary sensor and a 2 MP depth sensor. There is also a 5 MP selfie camera at the front. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to fix the WiFi not working or the disconnection problem on Redmi 9 Activ....

The Quarry is an interactive drama horror video game developed by Supermassive Games and published by 2K Games. It is the spiritual successor to Until Dawn. It is released for Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and Series S. However, each game has its issues or flaws, and The Quarry is no exception because some players are reporting about crashing or not Loading on PS4 and PS5....