Ever since Elon Musk took over X, formerly known as Twitter, this time last year, plenty of decisions ranging from head-scratching to plain bad have been made. As the platform has seemingly done nothing but ostracize its user base, the data appears …
Lees meerThe shadow of Peter Parker hovers over every Spider-hero, and none more than Miles Morales. Since his debut in 2011, he’s gradually gone from being one of many Spider-heroes to one of the most important Spiders in the entire Marvel line, positioned …
Lees meerAmazon is reportedly responsible for more injuries than previously thought, according to a new study published Wednesday. The retail giant employs one of the largest numbers of warehouse workers in the U.S., boasting of a workforce exceeding 700,000…
Lees meerA few of the biggest companies pushing AI, including the legacy Silicon Valley giants Google and Microsoft alongside new blood OpenAI and Anthropic, are coming together to push their own industry body as the main bastion of AI safety. These multi-bi…
Lees meerFTX Trading is examining restarting the crypto exchange with three bidders, according to a Bloomberg report Tuesday. This comes nearly one year after the company filed for bankruptcy, and as founder Sam Bankman-Fried sits on trial for alleged fraud.…
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Lees meerMarvel’s Secret Invasion was a disappointment overall, but one of its high points was Olivia Colman—a performer who elevates everything she’s cast in. The Oscar winner will team up with another similarly charismatic star, Dev Patel, for a very unusu…
Lees meerApple, once a perpetual thorn in the side of frustrated repair technicians across the country, now says it supports federal right-to-repair legislation. The Right to Repair movement’s Darth Vader is continuing its surprising redemption arch.Read mor…
Lees meerNASA is considering alternative ways to bring back samples from Mars after its budget and schedule for the sample return mission was deemed unrealistic in a recent report by an independent review board.Read more...
Lees meerArchie might be best known for the world of Riverdale and its inhabitants, but the comics company has done much more genre twisting than occasionally turning Jughead into a werewolf, or the exploring the magical escapades of Sabrina the Teenage Witc…
Lees meerThe California DMV suspended GM-owned Cruise driverless taxis from roadways on Tuesday. This comes weeks after a hit-and-run incident in San Francisco. Cruise’s robotaxi suspension is effective immediately, and the DMV says it determined “the manufa…
Lees meerCrunchyroll very recently announced a linear channel—and now, the self-described “ultimate home for anime worldwide” has announced yet another convenient way to bring its programming to your eyeballs. As of today in the U.S., Crunchyroll is now avai…
Lees meerGeneral Motors’ autonomous vehicle company Cruise can’t shake the safety scrutiny over its driverless robotaxis. Now the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is digging into whether or not these AVs are safe for the pedestrians bei…
Lees meerThe Hunger Games is coming to a stage near you. Well, near you if you live in London, England. The first book of Suzanne Collins’ best-selling young adult series is getting a dramatic stage play adaptation, and is currently scheduled to premiere in …
Lees meerA bipartisan coalition of 33 state attorneys general sued Meta for allegedly designing and deploying harmful features on Instagram and Facebook that addicted a generation of young people.Read more...
Lees meerMicrosoft has a few reasons to celebrate as of late thanks to a few record-breaking buyouts to put a huge swathe of the game industry under its thumb. Microsoft’s big man in charge Satya Nadella shared a few of his big plans for the future, especial…
Lees meerUrban Outfitters is no stranger to selling ancient tech. The clothing and furniture brand went from pushing vinyl back into the mainstream to selling $350 refurbished iPods on behalf of the tech’s 22nd anniversary. Read more...
Lees meerFrom the earliest days of his career as a superhero, Peter Parker has made taking pictures—pictures of Spider-Man—as vital as webslinging and crimefighting. Photojournalism is as important a part of Spider-Man’s legacy as any other aspect, and with …
Lees meerThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will look to add child psychologists to its staff to advise its efforts on regulating the internet. Democratic Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya said the FTC plans to add a psychologist to its staff by next fall, if not s…
Lees meerIt’s an inescapable fact that genre fiction is littered with tropes. Tropes provide something of a backbone to almost any story you will ever read, particularly in science fiction and fantasy. They are the thing we writers use to ground our stories …
Lees meerAn encouraging new study has found that the interference from exoplanets—planets that orbit stars outside our solar system—has been overestimated in searches for extraterrestrial signals.Read more...
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