Ridley Scott to produce new 'Blade Runner' show for Amazon Prime Video

Source: Warner Bros

Blade Runner will live on once more. But this time, it'll become a television series for Amazon Prime Video. The company reportedly tapped original Blade Runner director Ridley Scott to executive produce the series. It'll be entitled Blade Runner 2099 and take place 50 years after the events of Denis Villeneuve's 2017 film, Blade Runner 2049.

That film itself was set 30 years after Scott's original adaptation of Philip K Dick's novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Blade Runner 2099 will be co-produced by Silka Luisa, who is currently showrunning Shining Girls for Starz. Luisa will also be the lead writer for the series. Rumour has it Amazon Studios is fast-tracking the development of the series and is looking to establish a writers room to join Luisa soon. It isn't guaranteed, but Scott could also return to direct the show. We're sure to hear more about this if Amazon pushes through with the project.

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There might be an Apple Music app for classical music coming soon

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A code hidden within the latest Apple Music beta app on Android suggests the company is making headway on its rumoured app built for classical music. Last year, Apple purchased the classical music streaming service Primephonic, which offered search and browsing features specially optimized for classical music. The company said it planned to bring the app's best elements into Apple Music. And it also planned to release a new Apple Music app dedicated to classical music, combining Primephonic's user interface with Apple Music features like Lossless and Spatial Audio.

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Bell brings pure fibre internet access to Georgina

Source: Bell

Approximately 14,000 homes and businesses in Georgina are promised high-speed internet services as Bell expands its fibre internet to the community. The expansion program is part of Bell's capital expenditure acceleration program for investment in national next-generation network infrastructure. The telecommunications company targets to bring all-fibre broadband access by 2024.

Bell fully funded this broadband expansion program. It promises fast and high-capacity 100% fibre connections with internet download speeds of up to 1.5Gbps and access to Bell services like Fibe TV.

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Nothing ear (1) adds Google Assistant, Siri, Alexa support

Source: 9to5Google

Nothing backtracks on its initial statements, saying it wouldn't add virtual voice assistant support to its ear (1) earbuds. The company released an update that brings Amazon's Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple's Siri to the earbuds. To call the assistant of your choice, you need to triple tap on the earbuds.

The update comes through firmware version 0.6700.1.86, but 9to5Google reports that the earbuds often miss the third tap. The site recommends deleting and re-installing the ear (1) app to get the feature to work. Or you can choose to unlink and re-pair your earbuds to get rid of any lingering issues.