As we learned earlier this week, adapting comic books can be a daunting task even for an accomplished work. Invincible has already taken more than a few creative liberties in how it has handled adapting the original comic, but its latest episode pro…
Lees meerOpenAI announced a new AI-based audio cloning tool called Voice Engine on Friday. While the company is obviously proud of the potential of this technology—touting how it could be used to provide reading assistance for kids and give a voice to those …
Lees meerMicrosoft is drawing up plans to build a $100 billion supercomputer, allegedly named “Stargate,” to power OpenAI’s next generation of artificial intelligence systems, according to a report from The Information Friday. Read more...
Lees meerAs confirmed by a splashy Variety story this week digging into the future of Star Trek, fans have a lot to look forward too, including more series (Discovery’s final season starts next week), Michelle Yeoh’s Section 31 streaming movie, and a big-scr…
Lees meerWhatever the seventh Scream film was going to be or is now, there was always at least one likely scenario: Courteney Cox had to come back. Cox is the lone original cast member to appear in each of the latest films and, since she narrowly survived th…
Lees meerShelters of our ancestors, galleries for our artwork, hiding places for our treasures, portals to the underworld. Caves have meant many things for human culture through the ages, and still capture the imagination with their inextricable passageways …
Lees meerBeing a top 10 podcast has always been a tough game, but some podcasters are quite literally gaming the system. Nine of America’s top 50 podcasts, including Call Her Daddy, gave mobile game users points for interacting with their content, according …
Lees meerFor as vital and enduring a character across almost every iteration of the X-Men there’s been, there’s perhaps few mutants that are commonly misunderstood as Scott Summers, the legendary Cyclops. This is, in part, due to mainstream perception in ada…
Lees meerNYC Mayor Eric Adams has a new plan to make the city’s subways safe: metal detectors. But these are not just any metal detectors because these detectors come with AI. As for how well they work, it’s not looking so good. Read more...
Lees meerA Texas age verification law went into effect earlier this month leading to Pornhub pulling its service from the state. This week, the porn industry wants to take this law to the U.S. Supreme Court. Read more...
Lees meerIt’s the ultimate marketing issue for a movie studio. You want people to see your new movie—so you tease something guaranteed to make them want to go. The problem is the filmmaker intended it to be a surprise. So, do you ruin the surprise in the tra…
Lees meerA new “social networking app” named Palmsy wants you to know that you don’t need to have thousands of followers or be a celebrity to get a lot of likes on social media. In fact, it’ll send you all the likes you want. There’s just one catch: They’re …
Lees meerWhat is AI art? Well, of all the many, many ways armchair philosophers have come to define art and the act of human expression, AI-generated images don’t have much in relation. There is certainly skill in knowing the correct type of prompt to get th…
Lees meerSomehow, a third Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey is in the works. Don Mancini wants to make a new Chucky movie again. Another new Stephen King adaptation is in the works. Plus, Knuckles dons his cowboy hat, and get a look at the next Jurassic World…
Lees meerHave a dirty Mac or MacBook screen? You’re not the only one. Those who like to slurp soup in front of their screen might have an issue when wayward slop stains their precious screen. Don’t be afraid; we have the (rather obvious) best practices for m…
Lees meerThere’s nothing more frustrating than a bad internet connection, but researchers out of Aston University may have just solved that problem forever. A new method allowed scientists in the UK to send data 4.5 million times faster than average broadban…
Lees meerOnly about 28% of Americans support banning TikTok, according to a new poll from market research firm Savanta. And while it remains to be seen whether the U.S. Senate will take up the so-called TikTok ban bill that passed the House earlier this mont…
Lees meerAlamo Drafthouse, one of the only corporate chains in America that is actually cool, is up for sale. Deadline reports that the cinema circuit, which was founded by entrepreneur Tim League in Austin, Texas, in 1997, is looking for a buyer, although i…
Lees meerIf there’s any company obsessed with perfection, it’s Apple. So, of course, it makes complete sense that the company would create a new device capable of wirelessly updating iPhones that are still in their boxes with the newest Apple software. The f…
Lees meerThe Consumer Product Safety Commission is telling consumers to immediately stop using Elide Fire Extinguishing Balls, a product that claims to activate automatically in case of a fire and release fire retardant chemicals to put it out.Read more...
Lees meerA few simple shortcuts on Macs make it incredibly easy to record your screen, perhaps even easier than screen recording on mobile. These options also allow you to record audio, which will come through the Mac’s built-in microphone or any connected m…
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