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As much as fans would prefer to have Jones to continue reprise his role as Vader’s voice in every high profile Star Wars title, the actor himself – now 91 years old – recently confirmed that he has officially retired from voicing the character. According to Vanity Fair, Disney has already come up with a solution for this, but not in ways that many would’ve expected. James Earl Jones [Image: Mike Pont (via WireImage / Getty Images)]Rather than hiring another voice actor to take over, all future dialogue for the Dark Lord of the Sith will be wholly done by an AI-powered text-to-speech program created by a Ukrainian company Respeecher....

Although decking has been a staple of the boat building business for centuries, this design approach didn’t enter the interiors world until the 60s. Many Americans hankered after an indoor-outdoor style extension to their home on which to host their BBQs, so built elevated patios directly off their living spaces out of decking – chosen because it’s lightweight and easy on the eye. Over the years, decking’s usage has expanded, and it has become the go-to material for a contemporary patio or roof terrace....

A Facebook payroll department staffer had a number of the company’s hard drives in their bag. Said bag was in the employee’s car, when it was broken into. In case you were wondering, no, the employee was not supposed to have taken the hard drives outside of the company. Worst of all, the drives were unencrypted. This means easy access to Facebook employees’ name and bank account number. Also in the drives are salaries, bonuses and some equity details....

French freelance developer Grégoire Divaret-Chauveau created a web game that pits you to play both Tetris and Snake simultaneously. Focusing on one of the games is hard enough but in the interest of crushing our fragile souls, Divaret-Chauveau have coded both games to share the same controls and it doesn’t just stop there. If you lose in one game, you’ve basically lost both games immediately. — grgrdvrt (@grgrdvrt) November 20, 2019 The developer stated in his website that the game was created as his Day 9 submission for Codevember, an annual challenge for developers to make a creative sketch by day during the whole month of November....

Like all the best kitchen ideas, French country kitchens are designed with family in mind – a space for you to spend time with your loved ones, enjoying good food and company. However, the French flair is seen in the use of a more muted palette, with a rustic edge, accentuated by French vintage finds and antiques. ‘To create a French country feel in a kitchen, we would typically use a color palette made up of easy whites punctuated with gentle pastels....

The idea here is much the same as before. You add colour codes to a tab, and assign each colour as a group that you can name. But now, you can click on the tab group to collapse all the tabs in that group into one. To expand them, just click on the group again. You’re also free to drag and move the tab group around as if it was an individual tab....

Despite the high-profile public appearance, the phone is still shrouded in secrecy. For starters, runaway models don’t stay still long enough for us to get a good look at the phone. Even though Huawei then put the device on display at its KLFW booth after the showcase, the front part of the phone together with its frame was hidden from public view. The highly reflective nature of display cases further shields our eyes from getting a good view of nova 5T....

After repeatedly becoming overwhelmed by the sheer amount of clutter, I finally tried out my friend’s home organization idea, affectionately called the ‘bin system’, and it revolutionized the way I tidy my home. Whereas previously the surfaces of my home were the subject of miscellaneously strewn items that seemed too awkward to tidy all at once, the bin system now helps to reduce stress and guilt about misplaced items around my house....

Cleaning a dishwasher isn’t a particularly onerous task, but it is important to undertake the various aspects of the job regularly when cleaning a kitchen. Some need to be done weekly or monthly, while others just require attention every six months or so, and none of them will take up too much of your time. We’ve put together all the advice you require for great cleaning results and a fresh appliance interior in the long term....

Growing randomly in their natural settings as well as made-made environments, British wildflowers add sprinklings of bountiful colour and joy wherever they bloom. Wildflowers are carefree, simple and abundant providing an ever-changing panorama of colours, shapes, sizes and textures. It is precisely the informal spontaneity of wild flowers – the random mingling of colours and species, and the way that they change through the seasons – that delights us. Learning how to identify wildflowers is essentially a question of simple observation combined with knowledge of plant structure....

Small gardens, courtyards, balconies and even unloved corners can all make enticing outdoor spaces with a little extra planning and the right garden ideas. Visual tricks, good lighting, interesting planting and comfortable seating will play to the strengths of even the most awkward or compact of gardens. How to make a small garden look bigger How to make a small garden look bigger Our favorite tips, tricks and inspiring small garden ideas will help you visually enlarge your space and make a small garden look bigger this season, and beyond....

Combining a range of living room lighting ideas creates the layers that are necessary – making the space warm and relaxing for evenings, bright enough for reading or other close work, or evoking the right ambience for watching a movie, or entertaining, for example. As well as considering different types of lights that might be incorporated into the room, how they are controlled is also key to planning success, and our guide has all the details....

It’s easy to learn how to grow camellias. The flowers range from deep red to white, bright pink to salmon pink and everything in between, so they make a wonderful addition for flower bed ideas. Some have loose open flowers, showing off yellow centers and other have tightly packed double or semi-double flowers in perfect geometric patterns. If you have darker corners in your garden, camellias are great shrubs for shade to brighten a shady spot of the yard, but it’s important that you maintain them well to keep these evergreen shrubs looking their best....