Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup – 7/14 – 7/20

Review: 2019 GMC Terrain Denali

Amazon’s home surveillance robot Vesta isn’t ready for primetime yet

Jon Favreau says he’s working on ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2

Google Pixel 4 gets spotted out in the wild

‘Captain Marvel’ star Lashana Lynch is tipped to be the new 007 in upcoming ‘James Bond’ film

There will be a special ‘Pokémon Sword and Shield’ version of the Nintendo Switch Lite

You need to update your Logitech wireless dongle now

Google Maps makes it easier to find bike-sharing stations

Taika Waititi will reportedly direct ‘Thor 4’

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 5G is tipped to get three storage configurations

‘Detective Pikachu’ is now the highest-grossing video game film of all time

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings blames price hikes & lack of original content for slower than expected growth in Q2 2019

Spotify on the iPad now supports Split View and Slide Over modes

Microsoft introduces Fluent design to the iOS version of OneDrive

Instagram’s new policy could have trolls losing their accounts

Netflix teases its take on ‘The Witcher’

Netflix teases its take on ‘The Witcher’

We’ve known for a while that Henry Cavill will be taking on the role of Geralt in Netflix’s live-action adaptation of The Witcher. Now, we get to see him in action. The trailer shows us that The Witcher is ready to fill take up the space fantasy series Game of Thrones has left behind with black magic, monsters, evil forces, and political turmoil. It looks to be just as graphic as GoT. Cavill plays Geralt of Rivia, the series’ central character and he stars alongside Freya Allan, who plays Ciri, Anya Chalotra as Yennefer, and Anna Shaffer as Triss.

The show is based on Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels, which has also produced the popular role-playing games from CD Projekt Red. The Witcher series is being overseen by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, who is best known for her work on The Umbrella Academy and The Defenders. We don’t know much about what the first season will be like, but she has told Entertainment Weekly that it won’t be an adaptation of the video games.

Source: The Verge

Instagram’s new policy could have trolls losing their accounts

A change in Instagram’s policy might deter trolls from engaging in harmful behaviour online—unless they want their accounts deleted. As it stands, Instagram’s policy when it comes to disabling accounts is after a certain percentage of posted content violates its terms. Now, the company will remove accounts with a certain number of violations within a particular time frame. So, if someone goes on a racist, violent, or homophobic Instagram rant, they will be at risk of losing their accounts. This policy is similar to what’s being enforced on Facebook.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ will reportedly be the only version to support faster charging

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It isn’t news that Samsung is planning to bring faster wired charging to the Galaxy Note line. But some new details that might make you think about whether you’d want to pick up the base Galaxy Note 10 model or the Note 10+. Leaker Ice Universe recently tweeted that the former won’t support 45-watt fast wired charging. This will reportedly only be available with the Note 10+. But the supplied charger will still be the 25-watt charger. Samsung will supposedly sell the charger separately for a hefty €50 (approx. CA$75). If fast charging really matters to you, this difference might be enough for you to purchase one over the other.

Source: Forbes