Apple TV+'s new climate change drama draws big stars

Apple's pulling out all of the stop with its new drama series, Extrapolations. The eight-episode series explores the near-future impacts climate change has on the planet. The first trailer for the show debuting on March 17 shows a star-studded cast. Among the stars featured in the show include Meryl Streep, Sienna Miller, Kit Harington, Daveed Diggs, Edward Norton, Yara Shahidi, Matthew Rhys, Gemma Chan, David Schwimmer, Keri Russell, Marion Cotillard, Forest Whitaker, Tobey Maguire and Murray Bartlett.

Contagion writer and An Inconvenient Truth producer Scott Z. Burns created the show. The first three episodes will drop on March 17, with the remaining five coming out on a weekly basis.

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OPPO Find N2 Flip gets international pricing

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After its debut in China late last year, the OPPO Find N2 Flip makes its international debut, meaning it'll finally make its way to more markets than its home country. This Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 competitor gets priced at £849 (around $1,370). 

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Google starts rollout of Calendar spam protection

A nuisance that started rolling out on Google Calendar recently finally gets a new fix. Google started rolling out a new enabled-by-default spam filter. The system will automatically detect calendar invites sent to your Gmail address. If they see it's from someone you've never communicated with, it will block the invitations. You can revisit the email invite, respond to it, and add it to your calendar. If you're unclear if you have this new feature, Google has been sending out an email on top of the pop-up that shows up in the app.

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Pinterest relaunches 'Pinterest Academy' learning resource

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If you want to get better at using Pinterest as a marketing avenue, the platform launched its refreshed Pinterest Academy education resource. The e-learning site offers courses and insights to understand Pinterest better. The refreshed courses focus on the new elements of the platform with a larger focus on video (via Idea Pins) and the new visual elements.

There are over twice as many courses in the Pinterest Academy. It teaches everything from "foundational knowledge, like Pinterest ad formats or on-platform measurement tools" to Pinterest trends, which will come in handy if you're planning your strategy on the site. There are also new achievement badges you can show off when you complete an element/lesson. Pinterest Academy courses are available globally in English, with French, Italian, Spanish, German, Japanese, and Portuguese languages coming later this year.

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