It has been 17 years since Captain Jean-Luc Picard last appeared on the screen, but the revered captain’s time away from the spotlight is drawing to an end. Star Trek: Picard, in which Patrick Stewart returns to his most famous role, debuts on CBS All Access on January 23, 2020.
Star Trek: Picard‘s release date was unveiled at the Star Trek Universe panel at New York Comic Con, and came alongside a brand new trailer. In addition to Stewart, the new footage confirmed the return of Picard’s former first mate William Riker and the Enterprise’s one-time counselor, Deanna Troy, who will once again be played by Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis, respectively.
The trailer also featured more shots of Jeri Ryan, who appears in Picard as her Star Trek: Voyager character Seven of Nine. Brent Spiner, who played Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation, will also appear in the series.
Star Trek: Picard is set 20 years after Star Trek: Nemesis, the last film in the Star Trek: The Next Generation franchise, and sees the former Starfleet captain called back to action when a mysterious young woman arrives at the Picard family vineyard looking for Jean-Luc’s help. Before long, Picard returns to the stars alongside a new crew, including Star Trek newcomers Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, and Santiago Cabrera.
The Picard announcements weren’t the only surprises that the Star Trek team had in store for New York Comic-Con attendees. A new trailer for the third season of Star Trek: Discovery, which sees the Discovery and its crew propelled nearly 1,000 years into the future, dropped at the NYCC’s Star Trek Universe panel.
#StarTrekDiscovery takes fans 930 years into the future at #NYCC #StarTrekNYCC https://t.co/6WRTcSa4d0 pic.twitter.com/c1hnkYmGC5
— Star Trek (@StarTrek) October 5, 2019
In addition, Picard and Discovery executive producer Alex Kurtzman previewed the new season of CBS All Access’ series of Star Trek shorts, Short Treks, and revealed that the first episode of the new batch is available on CBS All Access right now. The next Short Treks arrives on October 10, with subsequent episodes dropping once a month through January.
Picard, Discovery, and Short Treks are just a few of the Star Trek projects in the works at CBS All Access. Other upcoming series include a Discovery spin-off starring Michelle Yeoh set in Starfleet’s clandestine Section 31 and an animated series comedy called Lower Decks that details the everyday lives of Starfleet officers.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.