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The sixth and final episode of Slow Horses fourth season lands on Apple TV+ today, giving me a flimsy excuse to urge you all to watch. Its a pulpy, fun and gripping British spy thriller that has finally started to garner some deserved attention. At six episodes a run, its respectful of your time in a way plenty of other streaming series arent. And while its unafraid of showing you the brutal side of espionage, you can revel in its gloriously deathly sense of humor. Slow Horses focuses on Slough House, a department inside Britains security service where agents are dumped. MI5 officers who cant be trusted with real work, or angered their superiors, are dumped in the administrative purgatory. Since you cant hand a spy a pink slip and send them on their way, theyre parked at Slough House until they retire, or quit. The show stars Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, the antithesis of anyones imagined vision of a real spy. Lamb is perpetually drunk, obsessed with his own bodily emissions and is unpleasant to be around. (As I said when the show started, Slow Horses delights in watching the once and hopefully-future George Smiley playing someone so grubby.) Hes joined by Jack Lowden as River Cartwright, a would-be superspy and the scion of a great family of spymasters parked at Slough House for spoilery reasons. Of course, much as River may chafe at his exile, hes not quite able to live up to his own expectations. Much like the rest of the team, that Lamb delights in tormenting, River lacks some top-tier spy talents. Naturally, despite being a team of losers, misfits and boozers, Lamb and his crew are regularly drawn into MI5s grander intrigues. This time around, a central London shopping center is blown up, which precipitates a rabid hunt for the culprit. Except this time, the answers arent in MI5s hands, but the slow horses themselves, but thats about as much as I can say. Much as I love the world the series depicts, drawn from Mick Herrons series of books, I adore its dialog. Creator Will Smith (not that one), who recently won the series first Emmy, worked on The Thick of It. The British sitcom is the progenitor for Veep, and also laid the groundwork for Succession; two series that also share a love for the almost operatic use of profanity. A show like Slow Horses should be dominating the news cycle every single episode, but I think we all know why it remains in a smaller niche. That its on Apple TV+ certainly limits the number of people who are able to watch it and, by extension, fall in love with it. After all, despite having the worlds most well-heeled backer and access to every iPhone in the world, it still has a quarter of Netflixs user figures. But dont let its platform hold you back, especially when you can pay for a months worth and watch all four seasons in a week, depending on your patience. Its certainly worth it.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/im-so-glad-slow-horses-is-a-hit-120003767.html?src=rss
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Elon Musks Boring Company pitched that its Vegas Loop, underground tunnels built below Las Vegas, would reduce gridlock in some of the busiest parts of the city, offering a new transport solution that isnt a monorail. People are transported by ordinary Tesla vehicles in tunnels and terminals that are often difficult to get to. (At least, that was my experience earlier this year.) It hasnt been the transport game changer the company promised, though. A report from Fortune elaborated on whats actually happening in those tunnels, saying there have been at least 67 trespassing reports since 2022 and 22 instances of other vehicles following Teslas into the tunnels and stations. Borings monthly reports to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority also showed several instances of property damage, theft, technical issues or injuries, near-misses and trespassing or intrusions. Some curated highlights include a skateboarder who snuck into the tunnels through a passenger pickup station and two people spotted sleeping in one of the tunnel stations. And yet (and yet!) county commissioners approved a plan last May to expand the tunnels to 65 miles and add 69 passenger stations. Mat Smith The biggest stories you might have missed The best deals from Amazon Prime Day 2024 SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts are leaving the ISS on October 13 The best projector for 2024 Meta Quest 3S hands-on A $300 VR headset without major compromises. Engadget If you were intrigued by Metas continued VR experiments but put off by the price of the Quest 3, then the Quest 3S may be for you. Its a slightly bulkier, slightly less sharp version of Metas last standalone VR headset, but starting at $300, its much less than the Quest 3s $500 launch price. There are compromises with display resolution and lenses, but it packs the same powerful processor as the Quest 3, so it should run games and apps just as quickly. Expect our full review soon, but so far were impressed. Continue reading. DJI Neo review The best $200 drone ever made Engadget The DJI Neo may be an inexpensive, beginner-friendly drone, but it still has powerful features, like subject tracking and quick shots. Surprisingly, this is a cheap $200 drone arguably worth considering. Just be prepared for the noise it makes. Continue reading. Machine learning pioneers awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Including Geoffrey Hinton, the Godfather of AI. Two scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks. John Hopfield, an emeritus professor of Princeton University, devised an associative kind of memory that can store and reconstruct images and other patterns in data. Geoffrey Hinton, dubbed the Godfather of AI, pioneered a way to autonomously find properties in data, leading to the ability to identify picture elements. Continue reading.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/general/the-morning-after-boring-companys-vegas-loop-plagued-by-lost-drivers-trespassers-and-skateboarders-111742611.html?src=rss
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The Federal Communications Commission has given Starlink and T-Mobile permission to enable their satellite texting service for Florida residents ahead of Hurricane Milton's landfall. In an announcement on X, SpaceX said that Starlink's Direct to Cell satellites will provide emergency alerts for all phones and carriers, not just T-Mobile's, for those in affected areas. The companies have also enabled basic texting for T-Mobile subscribers, so that they can send and receive texts, as well as text 911 for emergencies, even if they get cut off from the carrier's network in the midst of the storm. SpaceX said the companies have activated Direct to Cell for Florida while it's also in the middle of delivering over 10,000 Starlink kits in response to Hurricane Helene. A few days ago, the FCC allowed T-Mobile and Starlink to activate their Direct to Cell service for North Carolina, where more than half of cell towers temporarily went out of commission due to the hurricane. Starlink's and T-Mobile's Direct to Cell service hasn't been fully deployed yet. They'd only sent and received the first text messages using the technology back in January. And while they're aiming to start offering their messaging service this year, T-Mobile said they'd deployed an "early test version" of it in the hurricane-hit areas. Users will know if their phone connects to a Starlink satellite if they only have one-to-two bars of signal and their network name says "T-Mobile SpaceX." The private space company said they'd have to manually try re-sending messages if they didn't go through the first time and that the service works best outdoors. If users can't get to open spaces safely, they can also try sending messages indoors near a window. In addition to the thousands (>10k) of Starlink kits we are delivering in response to Hurricane Helene, the @Starlink team and @TMobile activated our Direct to Cell satellites to provide emergency alerts for all phones and carriers of those in affected areas. The @FCC has also SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 8, 2024 This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/general/t-mobile-and-starlink-enable-their-satellite-texting-service-in-florida-100013275.html?src=rss
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