Frozen in Time: Universal Localization in Dynamic Systems
New research reveals a surprisingly robust form of localization where the dynamic response of a system becomes independent of its initial conditions and underlying structure.
New research reveals a surprisingly robust form of localization where the dynamic response of a system becomes independent of its initial conditions and underlying structure.

Wow, I can’t believe it, but Avatar is still dominating the box office! Deadline reports that Fire and Ash is projected to take the top spot for the fifth weekend in a row, earning around $17.2 million domestically over the holiday weekend. It looks like The Bone Temple came in second, but it didn’t quite live up to the hype, bringing in $15 million – most of that over the usual three-day weekend.

Each season, an anime ranking website collects ratings from fans. Recently, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End unexpectedly became the most popular series, even beating out well-loved classics like Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Steins;Gate. Now, the second season has achieved even greater success – after only one episode, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 has become the new number one anime on the site.

Here are the six most overpowered players in Madden history.
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Dark Horse Comics offers a fantastic continuation of Aang and Team Avatar’s story, ranging from fun, quick reads to more complex and dramatic tales. These comics truly capture the spirit of what made Avatar: The Last Airbender so special.

Now that Star Trek: Picard has finished, here are five other Star Trek characters we’d love to see get their own TV show.

The movie Planet 51, starring Dwayne Johnson and featuring voices like Justin Long and Jessica Biel, hasn’t been a critical or commercial success. It currently holds a low 23% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and only earned $105 at the box office despite costing $70 million to make. It’s one of the lowest-ranked films in Johnson’s career. As of January 1st, you can now watch it for free on Tubi. The story follows Captain Charles ‘Chuck’ Baker, an astronaut who discovers Planet 51 isn’t uninhabited as he thought – it’s populated by little green aliens who live like people in 1950s America and are terrified of humans.

The action movie Face/Off will be removed from Netflix on January 19th. It’s been available on the streaming service for quite a while, originally added on April 1, 2018, and has been re-added several times as its licensing agreement expired. Now, it’s leaving again.

But that’s not all! In addition to Far Cry 3 getting updates, Ubisoft also hinted at updates for Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and Far Cry Primal. The official Far Cry Twitter account confirmed these updates are in the works, though release dates for Blood Dragon and Primal haven’t been announced yet. Far Cry 4 and Far Cry New Dawn were the most recent games in the series to receive a 60 FPS update on current-generation consoles.

For a limited time, Xbox Game Pass subscribers can buy any of these seven games with a 20% discount. We don’t know if these games will be available again after they leave Game Pass, and because they’re smaller titles, it’s unlikely they’ll return.