Due to its unique design and detachable disc drive, a tiny PlayStation 5 prototype is making the rounds. According to a rumor from September, Sony plans to replace the current PS5 model on the market by releasing a third PS5 model in a year.

A Bit of a Difference

Before anyone begins gets head over heels for this, this new edition and the original only differ in that the latter has a detachable disc drive that connects to the console through an additional USB-C connector on the rear of the device.

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Possibly, VR4Player.fr’s interpretation of what that might appear to be is much more fashionable. The idea reduces the size of the original design and divides the shell along a diagonal line where the removable disc drive would go. It also smooths down the PS5’s wavy edges and resembles a Tic-Tac in some ways.

The color-coded packaging for the small digital and disc drive versions would be ideal for errant parents in Christmas lines as long as far as the eye can see. And VR4Player.fr has the foresight to take that aforementioned intersection off the console, enabling the removable disc drive to be linked to a slim digital model.

Let’s just hope they don’t turn out to be a fan of apocalyptic genocide.

Would you name your kids Thanos?

The first time I saw Avengers: Endgame was recent. I’m a little late, I know. But what a movie it is — its mere size is enough to impress even the pickiest movie critics, and it’s just a wonderful movie in general. But when I saw the credits roll, do you know what I didn’t think? “I’m going to name my firstborn Thanos,” the mother said.

But contrary to what you may assume, it seems that this is a more typical thought. According to ComicBook, a recent analysis by OrganicBabyFormula.com found that following the release of Avengers: Infinity War in 2018, the name “Thanos” has risen an astounding 2,892 spots on the Social Security Administration’s Name Popularity Index.

Other Disney-owned character names that have been influencing new parents’ name selections were also discovered in the same study.

Thanos is ninth on that list, with Quill coming in first (after Peter Quill from Guardians of the Galaxy) and Kristoff (from Frozen) coming in second.

The third place goes to Rey (hey, Star Wars), who is followed by Merida and Aladdin (do I really need to explain?). Loki and Wanda are two other Marvel-inspired names that have experienced a rise in popularity.

But contrary to what you may assume, it seems that this is a more typical thought. According to ComicBook, a recent analysis by OrganicBabyFormula.com found that following the release of Avengers: Infinity War in 2018, the name “Thanos” has risen an astounding 2,892 spots on the Social Security Administration’s Name Popularity Index.

Frankly, I don’t get why Thanos is so popular here. In an interview with ComicBook earlier this year, the character’s creator, Jim Starlin, admitted that he had also been surprised by the popularity of the big, purple guy: “The fact that Thanos has gotten as big as he has, quite frankly, surprised the hell out of me because I always thought he was just too weird and esoteric and apparently wrong.” Because of this, I don’t produce movies.

I’d rather name my kids Tony or Steve actually.

In relation to her Marge Simpson Halloween costume, an Italian artist has threatened Cardi B with legal action.

Halloween and Legalities

On October 31, the rapper known by the stage name “Bodak Yellow,” Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, revealed her Halloween attire in an Instagram post.

In place of her customary green clothing, the Grammy-winning performer is seen in the images as the popular animated character wearing a 1995 Thierry Mugler black dress.

In her Instagram slideshow post, the mother of two also revealed the artwork that served as inspiration for her outfit. The piece of art was produced in 2013 as part of aleXsandro Palombo’s “Marge Simpson Style Icon” series, which was initially featured in Vogue UK.

The mother of two included Mugler in her caption but left Palombo out and untagged.

On Saturday, November 26, Palombo updated a post on Instagram to denounce the rapper and her use of his work.

The artist claimed that Cardi B and her associates “have used my artwork without any consent, degrading its original meaning and only to amplify their image with a clear commercial purpose that has nothing to do with that path of social awareness that has always characterised my works.”

Additionally, he asserted that he had previously written to Cardi B and her collaborators, photographer Jora Frantzis and stylist Kollin Carter, to explain why he hadn’t been contacted for permission to use his artwork.

We wrote to Mrs. Cardi B and her partners to ask why they hadn’t requested our permission to use the artwork and why they hadn’t acknowledged or given credit to the artist, in violation of Meta’s policy on intellectual property rights, he continued. Still no response.

Claudio Volpi, the attorney for Palombo, increased the level of the “appropriation” charges against his client’s creative work.

According to Volpi of Artnet News, “Cardi B has unlawfully hijacked the work of aleXsandro Palombo for purely commercial goals in violation of the most fundamental copyright and Instagram principles, with the accompanying substantial consequences, both of recompense and of dishonor for her public image.”

The attorney stated that after contacting Frantzis, Carter, and the Atlantic Records marketing team, he only heard back from Frantzis, who said she was “glad to add the credits” and wasn’t “known there was an artist behind this artwork.”

All parties concerned, including Atlantic Records chairman Craig Kallman, have received a formal notice, according to Volpi, requiring them to publish a “remedial” post with due credit to the artist within seven days of receiving it.

In the event that this demand is not fulfilled, Volpi threatened legal action, along with a demand for Palombo’s compensation.