The Borderlands movie proves bad videogame adaptations still happen

Even with Cate Blanchett!                               [The Morning After]( It's Monday, August 12, 2024. Eli Roth’s [Borderlands movie adaptation]( sounds like a recipe for a solid sci-fi romp: Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett as the wise-cracking gunslinger Lilith; Jack Black as the quippy Claptrap; and even Jamie Lee Curtis. [[TMA] Lionsgate](  But according to Engadget’s Devindra Hardawar, it squanders the story potential and all that on-screen talent. He breaks it down in full, right [here]( Maybe I'll go see the new Deadpool. — Mat Smith The biggest stories you might have missed [Intel is bringing GPUs to cars]( [Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has died]( [X now lets you sort replies so blue checks don’t bury other users’ comments]( ​​You can get these reports delivered daily direct to your inbox. [Subscribe right here!](  [New light-absorbing material can turn everyday objects into solar panels]( Put it on roofs, put it on cars, put it on baseball caps. Scientists from the University of Oxford have created an ultra-thin layer of material that can be applied to the exterior of objects with sunlight access in place of bulky silicon-based solar panels. It’s made by stacking layers of light-absorbing perovskite just over a micron thick. The new material is also 150 times thinner than a traditional silicon wafer and can produce energy with 5 percent more efficiency. This technology, however, is still in the research stage, and the university doesn’t mention the long-term stability of the newly designed perovskite panels, which has always been limited compared to traditional photovoltaic technology. [Continue reading.]( [ASUS ROG Ally X review]( It’s got more RAM, storage and battery life than the original model. [[TMA] Engadget]( Thanks to some design tweaks and major hardware upgrades, ASUS has turned the ROG Ally X into the flagship Windows gaming handheld it was meant to be. Dare we say it, this might be the best handheld gaming PC. [Continue reading.]( The Morning After is a daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't [subscribe](. Craving even more? [Like us on Facebook]( or [follow us on Twitter](. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? [Send us a note.]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Youtube]( [Instagram]( You are receiving this email because you opted in at [engadget.com](. Not interested anymore? [Unsubscribe]( from this newsletter. Copyright © 2024 Yahoo. All rights reserved.