It’s been 22 years since the world watched Rose survive the Titanic by holing up on a floating door. But our hearts have gone on for Jack, who surely could have lived, too, if Rose had just scooted over.

“Jack could have fit on that door” truthers on the internet still regularly bang the drum that a near-death Rose could have saved her steerage-class lover if she’d just made a little room on her makeshift floatation device, a door.

Now, Céline Dion, the woman who gave voice to the Titanic theme song “My Heart Will Go On,” is joining the fray.

Looking fab in a poofy one-shouldered gold lamé situation, Dion delivers a feminist close reading of a still from the movie that depicts Rose on the door and Jack floating in freezing water.  Read more…

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The two-way race for which white tech man has the most unfathomable amount of money seesawed again on Friday. 

Jeff Bezos has led the pack for most of 2019 as the richest rich guy, with about $110 billion in the bank. Nipping at his sumptuously adorned heels has been Bill Gates, a grandfatherly-seeming nice guy philanthropist who was also known as a “ruthless schemer” in his heyday as Microsoft CEO. Gates’ fortunate has hovered around a paltry $107 billion.

But lo, the tables have turned! Gates overtook Bezos at the close of trading on Friday to become the world’s richest man. Gates is currently worth $110 billion, while Bezos is counting his ducats at $109 billion.  Read more…

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Someone at Ford hit publish a little too early.

Ahead of its planned Sunday reveal, the Ford website briefly allowed clever users to see the full webpage for the electric Mustang Mach-E. This was spotted by the enterprising folks at Mach-E Forums, who posted (alleged) screenshots from the page showing pictures of the car before its full unveiling.

Ford quickly realized its mistake and fixed the site, but the “damage” was already done. The leaks, assuming they’re accurate, revealed five models and their base price points, per Jalopnik:

• Mach-E Select for $43,895

• Mach-E Premium for $50,600

• Mach-E California Route 1 for $52,400

• Mach-E First Edition for $59,900

• Mach-E GT for $60,500 Read more…

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It’s not even close.

Joker‘s worldwide box office earnings hit a total of of $999.1 million on Thursday. So if it hasn’t happened already, it’s going to be official by the end of the weekend: Joker will become the first R-rated movie in Hollywood history with a $1 billion box office.

The movie already made history earlier in 2019 when its box office total climbed past $900 million – another first for the R-rated category. But $1 billion is a much nicer, rounder figure, right?

This was bound to happen at some point, given the fact that box office totals are forever rising as a result of inflation. But it’s telling the next-highest R-rated box office winner after Joker is The Matrix Reloaded ($828.8 million), which released in 2003. Not even recent smash hits like Deadpool, Deadpool 2, and It – all of which earned more than $700 million worldwide – came close. Read more…

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After four years of existing on iOS and Android whether you knew it or not, Cortana might not be long for the two dominant mobile platforms. 

Microsoft posted a note to its support website that the virtual assistant, strangely named after a Halo character, would lose support for its Android and iOS app in some regions on Jan. 31. Those would be Canada, Australia and the U.K., per The Verge. It’s worth noting that the United States support site didn’t get the same note, so Cortana might keep trucking along on the two mobile platforms in this country for the time being.

If you use mobile Cortana any of those other markets, though, your reminders and lists won’t work through that app anymore. They’ll still be synced to the Microsoft To Do app, as a minor consolation prize. It’s also being integrated into Microsoft 365 apps. Read more…

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The San Francisco chapter of the Iron Order Motorcycle Club doesn’t usually concern itself much with self-driving cars, but autonomous vehicle company Aurora recently spent the day driving around with the club’s bikers.

Aurora, the company co-founded by former Tesla Autopilot head Sterling Anderson, is developing an autonomous driving system it calls Aurora Driver. That system, like all self-driving programs, needs practice on the road, whether that’s in autonomous mode logging real-world miles on public roads, in a computer simulation, or being manually driven. Its perception system is taking in everything around it: pedestrians, bicycles, other cars, trucks, delivery vans, e-scooters, errant shopping carts, construction crews, and, yes, motorcycles. That data is used to predict and react to future scenarios on the road. Read more…

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If you’re planning on traveling anywhere with children in tow, you best be darn sure to be prepared. As a family, you want your time in transit and sleeping away from home to be a part of the adventure, not a traumatic series of tantrums. 

Along with lots of patience, technology can assist you. We’re highlighting 10 excellent gadgets that can help entertain, comfort and even inspire your little ones whether you’re traveling by train, plane, or car. 

1. Comfortable kids’ headphones

Try CozyPhones, $18.97

Headphones are a no-brainer for most trips, since many kids will play games or watch movies or shows on a portable device and parents don’t want to hear it all. For kids, especially young ones, try a pair of CozyPhones.  Read more…

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Prayer beads are a fashion must-have for a certain type of Professional. You know the kind. They don’t drink alcohol for reasons relating to “energy,” probably worked in private equity at some point, and “practice” meditation and fasting.

They were out in force at Summit LA: an ideas festival-meets-rager that has a reputation for extravagance and exclusivity, although the company says it’s trying to become more diverse.

Summit has been putting on events since 2008, but  Summit LA is its largest, flagship event, now in its third year. 

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The six-hour movie continues, and we like where it’s going. 

Having set out its stall with a cinematic first chapter that disregarded the normal structure of TV episodes and ended with a stunning character introduction out of left field, The Mandalorian continued defying convention with a mostly silent, simple and (dare we say) artsy chapter 2, released on Disney+ Friday.

If like me you’ve been haunted all week by the perfect closing shot of chapter 1 — the Mandalorian, having just shot his temporary partner IG-11, lifting a finger out to touch the finger of Baby Yoda like a confused version of God with Adam — then you were no doubt delighted to find chapter 2 offered plenty of that mood.  Read more…

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The following contains spoilers for Netflix’s Earthquake Bird. 

Earthquake Bird seems like a great movie. 

It’s beautifully shot, hauntingly scored, and wonderfully acted. Alicia Vikander leads superbly, and Riley Keough and Naoki Kobayashi offer dynamic supporting performances. The 1980s Japanese setting is enticing, and nearly every scene seems fitting of an exquisitely rendered whole. 

The problem here is the story, a slow-burn narrative of jealousy and betrayal that fizzles out in the final act. (Warning: Heavy spoilers to follow.)

Earthquake Bird centers on Lucy Fly (Vikander), a stony Swedish woman living in Japan. She’s strange, stand-offish, a kind of Amy Dunne wannabe minus the snappy monologues. Lucy meets Teiji (Kobayashi), a Japanese chef and photographer, with whom she is instantly enamored. Their conversations play out like chess matches, two vexing sapiophiles as interested in uncomfortable silences as they are in banging the hell out of each other. Read more…

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