Month: June 2024
How to watch the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix online for free
Watch the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix for free from anywhere in the world.
TL;DR: Watch the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix for free on ORF, ServusTV, or RTBF. Access these free streaming platforms from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.
F1 race weekends come thick and fast in June, which is great news for fans. The other welcome news for dedicated followers of F1 is that you don’t need to spend anything to watch all the action from the Austrian Grand Prix.
If you’re interested in watching the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix for free from anywhere in the world, we’ve got all the information you need.
When is the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix?
The 2024 Austrian Grand Prix takes place over 71 laps of the 4,318-kilometre Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. The full schedule can be found here:
Practice 1 — 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. ET on June 28
Sprint Qualifying — 10:30 a.m. to 11:14 a.m. ET on June 28
Sprint — 6 to 7 a.m. ET on June 29
Qualifying — 10 to 11 a.m. ET on June 29
Race — 9 a.m. ET on June 30
The good news is that it’s possible to stream the Austrian Grand Prix without spending anything.
How to watch the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix for free
You can live stream the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix for free on these streaming platforms:
Austria — ORF or ServusTV (12 races each)
Belgium — RTBF (every race)
ORF, ServusTV, and RTBF are geo-restricted, but anyone from around the world can access these free streaming platforms with a VPN. These tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to secure servers in other countries, meaning you can access these streaming services to watch F1 for free from anywhere in the world.
Unblock free streaming services by following these simple steps:
Sign up for a VPN (like ExpressVPN)
Download the app to your device of choice (the best VPNs have apps for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Linux, and more)
Open up the app and connect to a server in Austria or Belgium
Connect to ORF, ServusTV, or RTBF
Watch the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix from anywhere in the world
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The best VPNs for streaming are not free, but leading services do tend to offer free trials or money-back guarantees. By leveraging these offers, you can watch F1 live streams for free. This is clearly not a long-term solution, but it does mean you can stream the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix without actually spending anything.
What is the best VPN for F1?
ExpressVPN is the top choice for live streaming F1 for free, for a number of reasons:
Servers in 105 countries including Austria and Belgium
Easy-to-use app available on all major devices including iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, and more
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Up to eight simultaneous connections
30-day money-back guarantee
A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for $99.95 and includes an extra three months for free — 49% off for a limited time. This plan also includes a year of free unlimited cloud backup and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
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Apple Vision Pro Launches in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore
Apple’s Vision Pro spatial computing headset today arrived at Apple Store locations across China mainland, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore. The launches mark the first time the Vision Pro has been officially available outside of the United States, where the device has been on sale since February.
Consumer interest in the $3,499 headset has reportedly waned at home, where sales are said to have slowed in the five months since its launch. Apple Vision Pro is set to launch in the United Kingdom and Canada on July 12.
The headset will also launch on the same day in Australia, France, and Germany, as part of a staggered release in additional markets, which may be just what the company needs to reinvigorate enthusiasm for the device.
Reviews for the device have been mixed overall. For the most part, users have been impressed with the hardware and the technology introduced by the Vision Pro, but there are questions about the actual function of the device, the intuitiveness of the gesture-based control, the weight and comfort, and VR in general.
During WWDC earlier this month, Apple announced visionOS 2, the first major update to the Vision Pro’s operating system. visionOS 2 includes several new features and changes, including a redesigned Photos app with SharePlay support, the ability to turn existing 2D photos into spatial photos, a larger ultra-wide version of Mac Virtual Display that is equivalent to two 4K monitors side by side, plus support for a physical mouse.Related Roundup: Apple Vision ProBuyer’s Guide: Vision Pro (Buy Now)Related Forum: Apple Vision ProThis article, “Apple Vision Pro Launches in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore” first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
Apple’s Vision Pro spatial computing headset today arrived at Apple Store locations across China mainland, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore. The launches mark the first time the Vision Pro has been officially available outside of the United States, where the device has been on sale since February.
Consumer interest in the $3,499 headset has reportedly waned at home, where sales are said to have slowed in the five months since its launch. Apple Vision Pro is set to launch in the United Kingdom and Canada on July 12.
The headset will also launch on the same day in Australia, France, and Germany, as part of a staggered release in additional markets, which may be just what the company needs to reinvigorate enthusiasm for the device.
Reviews for the device have been mixed overall. For the most part, users have been impressed with the hardware and the technology introduced by the Vision Pro, but there are questions about the actual function of the device, the intuitiveness of the gesture-based control, the weight and comfort, and VR in general.
During WWDC earlier this month, Apple announced visionOS 2, the first major update to the Vision Pro’s operating system. visionOS 2 includes several new features and changes, including a redesigned Photos app with SharePlay support, the ability to turn existing 2D photos into spatial photos, a larger ultra-wide version of Mac Virtual Display that is equivalent to two 4K monitors side by side, plus support for a physical mouse.
This article, “Apple Vision Pro Launches in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore” first appeared on MacRumors.com
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Record Labels Sue A.I. Music Generators, Inside the Pentagon’s Tech Upgrade and HatGPT
A little something for everyone: lawsuits, fighter jets and Casey in a bucket hat.
A little something for everyone: lawsuits, fighter jets and Casey in a bucket hat.
The Voices of A.I. Are Telling Us a Lot
Even as the technology advances, stubborn stereotypes about women are re-encoded again and again.
Even as the technology advances, stubborn stereotypes about women are re-encoded again and again.
‘The Devil’s Bath’ review: ‘Goodnight Mommy’ makers return with religious nightmare
Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz bring fresh terror to Shudder in “The Devil’s Bath”: Review.
It’s nothing new that women have to play by amorphous yet damning societal rules. Hell, that’s the plot of everything from the Regency-era-set Bridgerton to the modern-day Barbie, and now The Devil’s Bath. But where the first two candy-coat their patriarchal conflict with feminine fashion, pop bangers, and beguiling bursts of colors, the third is a haunting historical drama from the makers of Goodnight Mommy, and the only burst of color is spurting blood.
Ten years ago, Austrian writers/directors Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz broke through with the gruesome and great Goodnight Mommy, which focused on a pair of young twin boys convinced their mother had been replaced by a cruel imitator. The Austrian film proved such a hit with critics and horror fans that it got an English-language remake and the daring duo a star-studded English-language follow-up, the chilly Riley Keough–fronted psychological thriller, The Lodge. With their latest, Fiala and Franz channel their skills for crafting character-driven twisted tales into a drama that has the heady, unnerving atmosphere of religious horror.
But be warned. The Devil’s Bath is not for the faint of heart.
What’s The Devil’s Bath about?
Credit: Ulrich Seid Film Produktion and Heimatfilm / Shudder
Inspired by a disturbing real-life court case, The Devil’s Bath unfurls a harrowing tale in 1750 Upper Austria. There, a devout young woman named Agnes (Anja Plaschg) dreams of being a good wife to her new husband. Their wedding day is one of celebration and joy. But their wedding night turns chilly and unsatisfying.
Unfortunately, her husband Wolf (David Scheid) is an oaf with a coldly domineering mother (Maria Hofstätter). Their marriage has knitted Agnes into a community rank with religious superstition that isolates her at every turn. Her body yearns for the touch and the baby her husband will not provide. Her soul aches for a kind word, but her mother-in-law only offers insults and scolding. If she brings a bouquet of flowers into the house, she’s chided for “dirtying” up the place. If she helps a neighbor at an arduous task, she’s accused of foisting bad luck on the whole village.
Punished grotesquely both mentally and physically for any perceived transgression, Agnes grows only in agony. Fiala and Franz turn the screw with a slow-burn pacing (and a runtime of two hours and 10 minutes), making the audience a helpless hostage of their protagonist’s gnawing loneliness. A score made up of yawning strings and indistinct human voices — crying out as if from a great distance — plays as an echo to her pain, making it almost tangible. The worlds around her, made of clawing thorns, sucking mud, suffocating caves, and ever-encroaching gloom, give her no peace. This combination of immersive sound design, relentless cruelty, and claustrophobic visuals push us to feel not only for Agnes, but also, like her, to feel desperate for escape. But that’s precisely the point.
Trigger warning: The Devil’s Bath deals in murder and suicide.
Credit: Ulrich Seid Film Produktion and Heimatfilm / Shudder
The opening sequence serves as a litmus test for whether or not viewers can stomach this movie. (Though if you liked Goodnight Mommy, you already know.) The Devil’s Bath begins when a peasant woman plucks a baby from its woven cradle. Matter-of-factly, she walks the child to the edge of a waterfall, where she chucks it to its death. We witness the bundled baby tumble down the hard precipice in a resolute wide shot. Then, this woman promptly surrenders herself to the authorities, confessing to the crime. Her reward is execution, but her decapitated head seems to smile.
Though presented with a frankness that is itself unnerving, this horrific sequence is not for shock value. Here, Fiala and Franz swiftly set up the concept of suicide by proxy, an extreme escape hatch for these tormented Christians. Within this cruel world in which Agnes struggles, priests declare that suicide is the worst sin, because even murderers have a chance to confess before they face their maker. And so an idea is born … eventually.
The Devil’s Bath is wickedly clever and patient.
Credit: Ulrich Seid Film Produktion and Heimatfilm / Shudder
As the title subtly suggests, The Devil’s Bath is about the slow but sinister marinating in misery that leads to such an appalling crime. While the opening sequence clearly lays down the moral quandary the tormented Agnes will face, her arguably evil epiphany happens deep into the film. We know where she’s going far before she does. And maybe we wish to judge her, just as you’d understandably pass a snap judgment on the baby-killer from the opening. But as the filmmakers bind the viewer to Agnes in her torture and indignities, they urge us to understand the seemingly impossible decision — which was so common there is a hidden history about this perturbing practice.
As with Goodnight Mommy and The Lodge, Fiala and Franz hook us with a character in peril, and then push us to empathize even when things go from uncomfortable to repugnant. To their credit, the filmmakers do not shy away from the violence or viciousness. They don’t let their antihero or their audience off the hook.
The screams are earnest. The sounds of sliced flesh are sharp. Yet through this depiction of inhumanity, Fiala and Franz delicately and dedicatedly lace a humane empathy, urging you to see the hurting sinner past the horrid sin. Like its more overt horror sisters, Immaculate and The First Omen, The Devil’s Bath presents us with a protagonist who strives for godliness but finds the concept of religion so corrupted by those in power that violent revolt is the only escape. And like the nun-centered movies, this one has a third act that will have you gasping in shock and awe.
Far from the ‘Ton and BarbieLand, The Devil’s Bath urges viewers to turn up the heat as they consider the sins of the patriarchy, which pushes women into roles of suffering, cruel complicity, or shocking rebellion. Though not a horror movie in the traditional sense, Fiala and Franz’s latest delivers an unblinking portrait of inhumanity and festered faith. Yet for all its bleakness, this is not a nihilistic film, but an urgent warning. With a final act that is as grisly as it is thought-provoking, these fearsome filmmakers urge us to consider legacy as we decide how hot we’ll let the waters get before we do something drastic.
The Devil’s Bath premieres on Shudder June 28.
If you’re feeling suicidal or experiencing a mental health crisis, please talk to somebody. You can reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988; the Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860; or the Trevor Project at 866-488-7386. Text “START” to Crisis Text Line at 741-741. Contact the NAMI HelpLine at 1-800-950-NAMI, Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. ET, or email info@nami.org. If you don’t like the phone, consider using the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Chat at crisischat.org. Here is a list of international resources.
Channel partners are becoming more important than ever for SMBs
SMBs are relying more on channel partners for advisory services as tech resellers look to tap into more profit.
New research has revealed channel partners are evolving from a one-and-done, buy-and-install approach to becoming strategic advisors for SMBs, which could be beneficial to both parties.
According to a report from Sage, SMBs can expect enhanced digital agility from the transition which can help their competitiveness, while technology resellers are promised the prospect of substantial growth avenues.
The figures now indicate more than half (55%) of technology resellers are focusing on offering strategic advice and services rather than solely acting as providers of technology solutions.
SMBs are getting even more out of their channel partners
Driving the change, three-quarters (73%) of technology resellers say that SMBs consider investing in digital agility as a high priority, with one in three (29%) seeing it as a way to drive business growth and one-quarter each as a way to enhance competitiveness (24%) and increase efficiency (23%).
Moreover, only half (54%) of SMBs are recognized as ‘fairly digitally agile’ by channel leaders, highlighting the scope for growth.
Sage VP for Global Partner Marketing, Sippora Veen, commented: “With the adoption of advanced technologies like AI, and a commitment to building skills, we are better positioned to help SMBs face challenges and thrive in the digital era. This collaboration is essential for fostering innovation and mutual growth.”
In terms of focus areas, three in five (58%) channel leaders consider AI and automation to be crucial for fostering digital agility, with 57% noting the importance of cyber security solutions and 47% highlighting cloud/SaaS applications.
Despite the clear benefits of offering advisory services, channel companies continue to face challenges from finding the right employees with the desired skillsets (35%) to a limited understanding of AI technology (44%).
On the whole, both SMBs and technology resellers are presented with opportunities for business growth as channel companies begin to offer more services, but without the right resources, others risk being left behind.
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