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Black Widow Post-Credits Scene, Explained
Major spoilers ahead for Black Widow. Stop reading if you haven’t seen the Marvel movie.
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After the high-flying climactic act that ends with Dreykov’s floating home crashing to the ground, Natasha bids goodbye to her “family” — her “younger sister” Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), her “father” Alexei Shostakov (David Harbour), and her “mother” Melina Vostokoff (Rachel Weisz) — as the government forces arrive. The three of them leave with Antonia Dreykov/ Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) and all the other Widows whose minds have been freed from the chemical agent that was used by the villain Dreykov for everyone in the Red Room, following Natasha’s defection to S.H.I.E.L.D.
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A couple of weeks later, Natasha meets up with her fixer Rick Mason (O-T Fagbenle) who supplies her with the Quinjet that was used by Steve Rogers/ Captain America (Chris Evans) to free the imprisoned Avengers at the end of Captain America: Civil War. That closes out Natasha’s standalone journey — this will lead into the events of Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame.
Black Widow post-credits scene, explained
Black Widow‘s post-credits scene picks up following Endgame, with Yelena back in Ohio where she lived as a kid, as we saw at the start of Black Widow. She has a dog with her and she is visiting Natasha’s grave. It’s not the funeral that fans had demanded in the wake of Endgame, but it definitely feels like a response to that. “Daughter, Sister, Avenger,” her tombstone reads. The grieving Yelena bends down, grabs the tombstone, and whistles — just like they did as kids. Yelena’s moment of quiet is rudely interrupted by someone just then, who’s blowing her nose.
Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in Black Widow
Photo Credit: Disney/Marvel Studios
Turns out it’s Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), the mysterious woman whom we first met in the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. (It was then revealed that Louis-Dreyfus would be part of Black Widow, so fans who have been closely following the news had been waiting all movie for her arrival.) Valentina apologises for her behaviour, claiming she’s allergic to the Midwest. Ohio is part of Midwestern US. Valentina then adds: “What this woman [Natasha] did, honestly, I can’t even imagine.”
“You’re not supposed to be bothering me on my holiday time, Valentina,” Yelena says in response, confirming that the two already know each other. “I’m just here paying my respects,” Valentina says to placate her. Yelena isn’t buying that and says, “You know, coming here makes you look desperate. I want a raise,” which suggests that she has been working for Valentina. Similar to how she recruited US Agent. Louis-Dreyfus chuckles before noting that she has her “next target.” Handing Yelena an iPad, Valentina adds: “Maybe you’d like a shot at the man responsible for your sister’s death.”
Who’s on the iPad? It’s Clint Barton/ Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner). Wait, what now? Sure, Clint was with Natasha on Vormir in Endgame when she died, but how is Valentina spinning this absurd fabrication? Clearly, fake news is a problem in the MCU too. But how long does Valentina expect this lie to hold up? I would imagine it will take Clint two minutes to bring up something he wouldn’t know if he wasn’t close to Natasha. He could even argue that he offered to sacrifice himself in lieu of Natasha, though I don’t think Yelena would receive that well. (“You should’ve done a better job,” Yelena might retort.)
In any case, what this establishes is that Pugh will have a semi-antagonistic role on the upcoming series Hawkeye, led by Renner and Hailee Steinfeld, and premiering in late November on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar. We already knew about Pugh’s involvement on Hawkeye, so no surprises on that front, but now we have a little more direction on what that entails. This is not the main story though. Hawkeye is about Renner’s Clint passing the baton to Steinfeld’s Kate Bishop, just as Black Widow did the same from Natasha to Yelena.
Black Widow is now streaming on Disney+ Hotstar in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada.
“At Xbox, we believe that with better tools, creators can make even more extraordinary games,” Haiyan Zhang, GM, Xbox Gaming AI, said in a blog post. “This partnership will bring together: Inworld’s expertise in working with generative AI models for character development, Microsoft’s cutting-edge cloud-based AI solutions including Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Research’s technical insights into the future of play, and Team Xbox’s strengths in revolutionizing accessible and responsible creator tools for all developers.”
The aforementioned AI design copilot is a toolset that will help game designers turn prompts into scripts and dialogue trees. In contrast, the character runtime will enable dynamically generated plot beats and quests. We’ve already seen heavy AI integration in games by way of procedural generation — a more recent example being the 1000+ planets in Starfield. Not to mention, enemy AI has been around for way longer.
Inworld made headlines in August when it launched a modded story mode for Grand Theft Auto V, Sentient Streets, in which players had to investigate the rise of a bizarre AI-worshipping cult — a segment loaded with characters that spoke in AI-generated dialogue, on the fly. The mod was later taken down by publisher Take-Two, leaving a permanent strike on the creator Bloc’s YouTube channel. As per The Verge, Inworld’s AI technology can also be used for narration in top-down RPGs to warn players about any events awaiting off-screen and respond to questions like we’ve seen in the past year with AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Bing Chat. Microsoft has also been heavily banking on artificial intelligence, having made a $10 billion (about Rs. 83,254 crore) investment in OpenAI. The company has also integrated AI tools into its popular suite of services and also added an AI copilot to Windows.
Despite being a Microsoft-affiliated AI toolset, it would be interesting to see whether titles using them will be allowed to thrive on other platforms. In July, Valve claimed that it would be cracking down on games that included AI-generated assets if the developer didn’t own the copyright to the piece of art. For the uninitiated, when you insert a prompt to create something in AI, the software simply repurposes existing assets found online and mushes them together — basically stealing from other artists and writers without appropriate commercial licenses. Infringing them would lead to the game not being distributed on Steam, forcing the developers to seek proper licenses for the asset by reaching out to the AI companies involved. It’s unclear how Microsoft’s partnership will play out — as long as AI content is being used as a catalyst to innovate and create something new, it should be fine.
In a post on X shared by BSNL’s Andhra Pradesh (@bsnl_ap_circle) unit, the company confirmed that BSNL users can upgrade their older 2G or 3G SIMs to a 4G SIM for free. Not only will the upgrade be free, but a promotional image shared with the post suggests that users who opt for the upgrade will also receive 4GB of free data that will be valid for three months. It is speculated that BSNL is aiming to boost its upcoming 4G services with this offer. The announcement was first spotted by Telecom Talk.
To access the free data offer and the free upgrade, BSNL users are requested to get in touch with executives at BSNL’s Customer Service Centre, franchisee or retailer stores, or contact one of their Direct Selling Agents (DSA). The promo image also adds in a finer print that the offer is available with certain terms and conditions, but hasn’t detailed any, so far.
Reliance’s Jio recently launched the 4G-supported Bharat B1 feature phone in India. The handset is priced at Rs. 1,299 in India. Alongside 4G connectivity, the phone comes with JioCinema and JioSaavn applications pre-installed.
The Jio Bharat B1 is equipped with the JioPay application, which is said to allow users to make UPI payments. Aiming to increase accessibility, the phone supports 23 languages overall, including multiple regional languages.
Realme, via Weibo, announced the arrival of the Realme GT 5 Pro in China. The display of the handset is confirmed to offer 3000 nits peak brightness. It has also been teased to offer heat dissipation with a surface area of around 10,000mm2. It is confirmed to ship with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. The post doesn’t specify the exact launch date of the smartphone, however, given the release of the teasers, the launch could be just around the corner.
The Realme GT 5 Pro has been in the news a lot lately. It is expected to feature a 6.78-inch (1,264×2,780 pixels) AMOLED display and is tipped to come in 8GB, 12GB, and 16GB RAM options along with 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB inbuilt storage options.
For optics, the Realme GT 5 Pro is said to have a triple rear camera unit comprising two 50-megapixel sensors and an 8-megapixel shooter at the rear. The camera setup might include a Sony LYTIA LYT808 sensor, an OmniVision OV08D10 secondary sensor, and a Sony IMX890 telephoto sensor. For selfies, there could be a 32-megapixel sensor at the front. It is said to carry a 5,400mAh battery with support for 100W wired charging and 50W wireless charging.
The Realme GT 5 Pro is expected to come with upgrades over Realme GT 5. The latter was launched in China in August with a price tag of CNY 2,999 for the base model with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
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