'Halo' TV casts Natascha McElhone as Cortana

This newest adaptation of Halo as a TV series will be including Windows' own Cortana AI. Natascha McElhone will be playing the AI as well as Dr. Catherine Halsey, who created the Spartan super-soldiers like Master Chief. It was announced back in April that American Gods' Pablo Schreiber will be taking on the role of Master Chief. Other cast members include Fargo's Bookem Woodbine as Soren-066 and Shabana Azmi as Office of Naval Intelligence head Admiral Margaret Parangosky.

Showtime's Halo won't go into production until later this year, and it's expected to go to air sometime within the first quarter of 2021. The series follows the game series' story of the war between humanity and the Covenant, an alliance of alien races bound by religious zealotry.

Source: Windows Central

Samsung steps up the S Pen's game with the Galaxy Note10

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In the early days of the Galaxy Note line, the stylus or the S Pen, as we now know it, was just a stylus. But just like its phones, the S Pen had to evolve. And Samsung's response was to make it seem like a magic wand—on top of it functioning as a stylus. As Engadget calls it, this has been a poorly kept secret. But the S Pen now supports gesture controls, or what Samsung calls Air Actions. It improves on the remote control function of the Note9's S Pen by letting you control the phone with a wave of the stylus.

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Samsung and Microsoft strengthen its partnership with the Galaxy Note10

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Samsung and Microsoft are bridging the gap between Android and Windows with its announcements at Samsung's Unpacked event for the Galaxy Note10. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella appeared at the event saying that this partnership is "a new chapter of our long term commitment to improve productivity and eliminate the gap between mobile devices and the PC."

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Samsung takes off the wraps on the Galaxy Book S

Samsung didn't just launch the new Galaxy Note10 phones at its Unpacked event. The company also unveiled its new laptop, the Galaxy Book S. It ships with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx processor (7nm 64-bit octa-core) with LTE connectivity. And while this Windows 10 laptop features a traditional clamshell design, this thin and light laptop has the "essence of a smartphone" because of its mobile chipset.

One of its biggest selling points is that it can last for up to 23 hours on a single charge. It can use the same battery charger as the Note10, thanks to its USB-C port. It comes with a 13-inch touch display, 8GB of RAM, microSD card slot, fingerprint sensor, 720p HD front-facing camera, light sensor, and AKG stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos tech. It'll be available in the US in September for US$999 (approx. CA$1,325).

Source: Engadget