OpenAI and Google showcased their latest and greatest AI technology this week. For the last two years, tech companies have raced to make AI models smarter, but now a new focus has emerged: make them multimodal. OpenAI and Google are zeroing in on AI that can seamlessly switch bet … | Continue reading
Today, Apple announced a host of new accessibility features, such as eye tracking and vocal shortcuts, that should arrive on iPhones, iPads, and Apple Vision Pros later this year. Read more... | Continue reading
Engineers are cooking up a new clean energy solution: charging up crystals with solar energy to temperatures of 1,832 degrees Fahrenheit (1,000 degrees Celsius), potentially making them a greener substitute for the carbon-intensive processes that smelt steel and cook cement. Read … | Continue reading
The first full trailer for Universal Pictures’ Wicked is finally here and is bursting with the star power of Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. It also offers a fresh glimpse at Oz through the story of two friends: Elphaba (Ervivo), a powerful green-skinned outcast, and the popular … | Continue reading
It was only just recently that we started hearing about Warner Bros.’ plans for Dune: Prophecy, the mysterious streaming series prequel inspired by the events of Sisterhood of Dune, again. But out of nowhere, we’ve just got a thunderous first look at its take on Dune’s world. Rea … | Continue reading
Outer Range’s first season was a wild ride—a sci-fi Western about a rancher whose land contains a mysterious hole made of time itself. The Prime Video series returns with plenty of fresh weirdness, but it feels sharper—as star Josh Brolin promised—with a plot that’s less meanderi … | Continue reading
What started as a 36-hour hackathon project last weekend could empower the open-source community to upend the smart glasses industry. Five team members built a $20 pair of smart glasses, dubbed Open Glass, that connects what you see and hear to an AI chatbot, such as Meta’s Llama … | Continue reading
As usual, Google I/O 2024 is an absolute whirlwind of news and announcements. This year, rather than focusing on hardware, Android, or Chrome, Google spent most of this year’s developers’ conference convincing us that its AI features are worth prioritizing. One of those projects … | Continue reading
Paul Walter Hauser teases his mystery Fantastic Four character. Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Tomb Raider series is a go at Amazon. Plus, what’s coming in Evil’s final season. To me, my spoilers! Read more... | Continue reading
A 24/7 livestream “Portal” that connects New York City and the Irish capital of Dublin was temporarily deactivated on Tuesday as technicians sought to solve a critical flaw in the project’s fun premise: How to stop so many people from sharing inappropriate material—like dick pics … | Continue reading
Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s co-founder and chief scientist, announced he was leaving the company on Tuesday. OpenAI confirmed the departure in a press release. Sutskever’s official exit comes nearly six months after he helped lead an effort with other board members to fire CEO Sam A … | Continue reading
DC and its Kryptonians are now set to rule over two summers in a row. James Gunn’s Superman is currently filming aimed at a July 11, 2025 release, and it’ll now be joined the following year when Supergirl: World of Tomorrow comes to theaters June 26, 2026. Read more... | Continue reading
Agatha All Along was, of course, Agatha all along. Tuesday, Marvel Studios finally finished its multi-year magic trick, changing the title of the upcoming Agatha Harkness show every few months, and landed on its official title. And it’s the one we expected all along: Agatha All A … | Continue reading
Google’s latest I/O conference was an absolute slurry of AI promises. The company took so many stabs with new AI models, showing off new AI capabilities that integrate Gemini into every single Google product or service under the sun. But take enough shots, and the law of averages … | Continue reading
Disney Parks has revealed the opening date for its highly anticipated Tiana’s Bayou Adventure attraction based on the world of Disney Animation’s The Princess and the Frog. Starting June 28, visitors to Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL can finally ride the water flume boats on a … | Continue reading
Just yesterday, I was talking about how Apple’s new AI-powered transcription and summarization feature for voice memos on iPhone is one of the features Rabbit promised on the R1 for later this year, and that gives us one less reason to buy the device. Read more... | Continue reading
Sales of raw milk in the U.S. have risen 21% since bird flu was first confirmed in dairy cattle in late March, according to a report from PBS Newshour, citing new data from research firm NielsenIQ. Why on Earth would people drink raw milk at a time when pasteurization has been sh … | Continue reading
You only need two letters to describe best the latest iteration of Google’s big yearly developer shebang: AI. That’s right; Google I/O has touched on a slew of new features coming to the Mountainview company’s software ecosystem, specifically what could be coming to the still-in- … | Continue reading
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The meme stock rally triggered by the return of “Roaring Kitty” to social media has cost GameStop stock short-sellers more than $2 billion in just two days, according to data firm S3 Partners. Read more... | Continue reading
One of the best filmmakers of all time, Francis Ford Coppola, hasn’t had a major theatrical release in almost 30 years. Instead, the man behind The Godfather, The Conversation, and Apocalypse Now has been making weird art films and his very own wine. And you know what? That sound … | Continue reading
Some stars in our very own Milky Way are some of the earliest ever seen, according to researchpublished today in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Read more... | Continue reading
As if using ChatGPT for college essays wasn’t enough, students are now getting a Gemini tool to help with their Math and Physics homework, too. Google is utilizing its Circle to Search gesture, which was received quite well, to introduce a new feature. Read more... | Continue reading
Google made a big mistake recently. The company accidentally erased the private Google Cloud account of a $125 billion Australian pension fund, UniSuper. Read more... | Continue reading
It’s deja vu all over again. Boeing’s long-anticipated Starliner mission has been postponed for a second time due to a newly discovered issue with the spacecraft’s service module. Read more... | Continue reading
Comcast plans to launch a streaming bundle later this month that will include Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+, according to a new report from Variety. Reportedly called StreamSaver, the bundle will be discounted but only available to subscribers of Comcast TV or internet service. … | Continue reading
Scientists are inching closer to making telepathy a reality. In a new study published this week, researchers claim to have created a device that can read and translate a person’s internal speech. The findings only show modest success so far, however, and there are still many hurd … | Continue reading
This morning Amazon’s Prime Videogave us our first look at Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s second season, and it’s leaning all in on Sauron. Times are dark in Middle-earth, and it needs a returned Dark Lord just to make everything a little more ominous. And maybe some sta … | Continue reading
Google’s best new Android feature in years is Circle to Search, which is why it took center stage at today’s Google I/O opening keynote. Google announced new updates to Gemini, the AI that powers the Android operating system. Most of the new features sound helpful, though they mi … | Continue reading
The 2024 summer movie season is now in full swing. Already we’ve seen flying stuntmen and talking apes invade local theaters—but that’s merely the tip of the iceberg for what promises to be a very unique few months to come. This summer, the number of mega franchises is way down, … | Continue reading
Oh, there it is. Jupiter’s unassuming moon Amalthea was spotted in two recent images captured by NASA’s Juno probe. Read more... | Continue reading
In just one week, you’ll be able to stream Dune: Part Two on Max—and considering how well Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi sequel based on Frank Herbert’s legendary story did at the box office, it’s likely not going to be your first time watching it. Read more... | Continue reading
It’s almost the most wonderful time of the year—when instead of going out into the blazing heat of summer, we can stay inside where it’s nice and cool, read a bunch of comics, and still get the seasonal best of both worlds thanks to DC’s annual celebration of cake in all its beef … | Continue reading
Wisconsin has officially become the first state to buy bitcoin, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. And while $98 million isn’t considered a lot of money for a state pension fund, it’s still a notable move given how notoriously volatile cry … | Continue reading
Conspiracy theorists on social media have been busy at work peddling their latest conclusion: The magnificent auroras seen over swaths of four different continents over the weekend were caused by a University of Alaska program that studies the ionosphere. Which, of course, is pur … | Continue reading
This summer, it’s time to return to Westeros. House of the Dragon season two is coming to HBO on June 16 and the latest trailer just dropped. In it, there’s plenty of drama, intrigue, old characters, new characters, and yes war is coming. Read more... | Continue reading
GameStop stock was once again skyrocketing Tuesday, a day after the return of Roaring Kitty — the American investor known for his Reddit posts — drove the shares sharply higher and brought meme stock mania back to the market. Read more... | Continue reading
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory continues the adventures ofAmblin and Netflix’s hit animated seriesJurassic WorldCamp Cretaceous, taking place during the events and aftermath of the Jurassic World films. Read more... | Continue reading
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Sydney Sweeney’s Barbarella movie might have found its writers. Chris Pratt has very high hopes of an MCU return—and a DC debut. Planet of the Apes’ producer wants at least five more movies of simian shenanigans. Plus, get a creepy look at David Cronenberg’s latest film. Spoilers … | Continue reading
Sharks, glorious sharks. One of the trinity that makes up elasmobranchs, a group of cartilaginous fish that includes sharks, rays, and skates. Sharks get their fair—actually unfair—share of hate for negative portrayals in media, especially of great white sharks, but the animals a … | Continue reading
An unknown number of orcas sunk a sailing yacht in Moroccan waters in the Strait of Gibraltar on Sunday, according to Spain’s maritime rescue service. While orcas are typically peaceful, this is the latest in a string of attacks that have hit the region in the past four years. Re … | Continue reading
Hasbro’s been on a tear with Transformers mashups in the last few years, giving us transforming robot takes on Dracula, the vehicles and dinos of Jurassic Park, and even the Ninja Turtles. But the series’ next mashup isn’t a robot... it’s a spinning top. Read more... | Continue reading
Results from the longest-running trial of semaglutide—the active ingredient in the popular drugs Ozempic and Wegovy—are in, and the verdict is decidedly positive. The study found that people taking semaglutide tended to maintain their initial weight loss for up to four years. Oth … | Continue reading
The debut season of Amazon’s lavish Lord of the Rings prequel, Rings of Power, played a long game to get to whole bunch of questions it left off for season two. Well, now our first look at the sophomore season is here, and at least one of those questions is being pretty resoundin … | Continue reading
The last time Lego ventured there and back again to its Lord of the Rings line, we found ourselves at the House of Elrond, a bastion of all that is good in Middle-earth as Rivendell became the first Lord of the Rings set after years of absence. Now, a year later, the brick-builde … | Continue reading
Apple and other streaming companies are interested in shaking up the entertainment industry’s compensation model. According to Bloomberg, under the newly proposed system (which is really only an idea, at this point), talent—like actors and other production staff—would be paid bas … | Continue reading
The past decade has seen humanoid robot makers trying to make their creations more and more like humans. But here in 2024, we seem to be witnessing an odd shift in the dexterity of our bipedal robo-dreams. Put bluntly, robotics companies aren’t afraid of getting weird with the co … | Continue reading