Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup – 4/28 – 5/4

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Facebook Portal is coming to Canada this June

Create clips from public podcasts on Overcast

‘Avengers: Endgame’ earns a whopping US$1.2 billion on its opening weekend

Apple poached Intel’s head for 5G ahead of its truce with Qualcomm

Leaked press render shows off what the foldable Motorola RAZR might look like

Anki shutters its toy robot business

Samsung launches a vertical TV, because why not?

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is resigning from Alphabet’s board

Google employees plan May 1st sit-in to protest retaliation claims

Niantic tests out ‘Harry Potter: Wizards Unite’ in Australia and NZ

Tinder adds new Festival Mode feature for those looking to match up at music festivals

Instagram tests out ‘like-less’ feed in Canada

Google Pixel 3a XL shows up at Best Buy in the US ahead of official release

A sci-fi car exhibit in LA has HoloLens tours

Tesla warns employees to not leak information

George R.R. Martin gives update on ‘Game of Thrones’

George R.R. Martin gives update on ‘Game of Thrones’

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With Game of Thrones reaching the end of its run, we might have to say goodbye to this part of the story but we aren’t saying goodbye to Westeros completely. There are a handful of shows in development, which A Song of Fire And Ice’s writer George R.R.  Martin detailed on his blog for a bit. The author of the books which inspired Game of Thrones previously announced that we were getting five spinoff shows, which he refers to as successors. HBO has ordered a pilot for one of them, which Martin says he shouldn’t call The Long Night and is sent thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones. That series is expected to begin shooting this summer with Defenders and Jessica Jones’ S.J. Clarkson directing.

But aside from that one show, Martin claims two other projects are also “moving forward nicely.” These two are still in the script stage, but are “edging closer.” Whether all five shows get made isn’t certain. And what these stories might be about, Martin won’t go into detail. Instead he says, “maybe some of you should pick up a copy of Fire & Blood and come up with your own theories.” The book is about the history of the Targaryens in Westeros.

Source: The Verge

Tesla warns employees to not leak information

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It’s known that Tesla has trouble with leakers within its company. And it seems it’s reached the point where even the warning against its employees to not leak information has been leaked. According to the email sent to staff, it asserted that outsiders have been “targeting” its employees to get vital information to make sure they “see us fail.” The email warned employees that those discovered leaking information will be fired and have charges filed against them. In the past, information like production numbers and internal meeting’s phone number have been leaked.

Tesla isn’t the first company to warn its employees about leaking information. But with company dealing with some financial troubles, it doesn’t want to the leaks to affect the spending habits or perceptions of its customers and investors. It might not solve its troubles, but it would take out one more factor that could affect business.

Source: Engadget

A sci-fi car exhibit in LA has HoloLens tours

The Petersen Automotive Museum in LA is going to be running a Hollywood Dream Machines exhibit featuring some of the most iconic vehicles from sci-fi movies and games. As expected, you’ll see the DeLorean from Back to the Future, the lightcycle from Tron: Legacy, Deckard’s sedan from Blade Runner. There are also cars like the Lexuses in Black Panther and Minority Report and life-size recreations of a Warthog from Halo and Sparrow from Destiny. But aside from seeing these vehicles as is, Microsoft is offering mixed reality tours using the HoloLens headset for the DeLorean and the Warthog to provide a more engaging experience with the exhibit. The opening reception for the exhibit is on May 4^th at 7PM local time and will cost US$75 per ticket. The exhibit is going to run for a long time—until March 15^th, 2020, to be exact.

Source: Engadget