Options for foldable phones are expanding in the U.S. for the first time this summer, but this type of phone has been available overseas for several years now. Xiaomi, a Chinese smartphone brand, has been carrying the torch for some time. The Androi…
Lees meerToxie’s back—though Troma fans all know he never really went anywhere. Fantastic Fest, the annual celebration of genre film in Austin, Texas, has announced Macon Blair’s The Toxic Avenger will open this year’s event, with visual proof in the form of…
Lees meerYouTube announced it’s taking on the miracle cures, bogus disease prevention tips, and other health myths that litter the video-sharing site with a new assault on medical misinformation. The effort starts with a mass take-down of videos about “harmf…
Lees meerYou can add regressive academic censorship to the list of unintended use cases for ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence models. In Iowa, a school district reportedly deployed AI software to identify and remove 19 books in order to comply with legisl…
Lees meerWilds of Eldraine, the newest set from Magic: The Gathering, invokes a storybook feel alongside fantasy villainy. In a press meeting, Wizards of the Coast senior communications manager Elizabeth Stewart said the set takes “universal fairytale tropes…
Lees meerAmericans are withdrawing from watching broadcast and cable TV. Nielsen reports the number of viewers dropped below 50% for the total TV usage in July 2023. This marks the first time linear TV viewership represented less than half of total TV usage.…
Lees meerPhil Lord and Chris Miller, who co-wrote and produced the animated smash hit Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, spoke to Games Radar about the small changes fans have noticed in the digital release. The differences aren’t due to tweaks in the stor…
Lees meerIn a move to “consolidate their global footprint,” Lucasfilm is shutting down its Singapore visual effects and animation studio. This division of Industrial Light and Magic was established in 2004 as the lead studio for Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Va…
Lees meerTron: Ares director Joachim Rønning has confirmed that the expected production start on the Disney sequel will no longer go ahead this week due to the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, blaming an “extremely frustrating” lack of negotiations on the …
Lees meerAfter playfully antagonizing the Internet with a revolving door of female vocalists, comedian Kyle Gordon is taking his viral summer parody song “Planet of the Bass” to the next level with a bona fide music video and extended version. Read more...
Lees meerApple users are finally receiving their $65 payout following a 2018 class action lawsuit claiming Apple intentionally slowed down iPhones in an effort to push consumers to upgrade to a newer phone. The company agreed to pay up to $500 million to res…
Lees meerGet a look at Kiernan Shipka’s twisty new horror slasher, Totally Killer. Meet Susan Sarandon’s Blue Beetle villain in new footage. Plus, what’s coming in the final episodes of Riverdale, and more behind-the-scenes looks at the road to Ahsoka. Spoil…
Lees meerHell hath no fury like Donald Trump scorned. Yesterday, Truth Social founder Donald Trump was indicted a fourth time, this time in Georgia for election interference. And if there’s one lesson to take away from this latest legal fracas, it’s never tw…
Lees meerEx-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is again being accused of campaign finance violations. This time, prosecutors say the once-crypto kingpin used other FTX execs to hide just how much of the Washington machinery he was trying to turn pro-crypto.Read more.…
Lees meerThe 1993 adaptation of Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. video game franchise is a nostalgia sucker punch, and to celebrate its 4K restoration, there’s a planned run to showcase the film in theaters.Read more...
Lees meerThe Georgia courthouse where grand jurors are currently mulling charges against former President Donald Trump weirdly posted what looked a whole helluva lot like evidence of an indictment to its website on Monday. However, the document was swiftly t…
Lees meerPeter Jackson became an A-list powerhouse thanks to The Lord of the Rings’ blockbuster and Oscar-winning reign, but he’s also the guy whose first feature was low-budget splatter movie Bad Taste, and whose Hollywood debut was supernatural tale The Fr…
Lees meer“Warrior. Outcast. Rebel. Jedi,” the first trailer for Ahsoka blares at us, trying to distill the life of one of Star Wars’ modern success stories—across mediums and eras as the titular heroine now finds herself on the precipice of her own live-acti…
Lees meerSet to make its North American debut at the Toronto International Film Festival, The Boy and the Heron marks what’s said to be Hayao Miyazaki’s last animated film for Studio Ghibli.Read more...
Lees meerA fake press release claiming that investment firm Ripplewood is putting $1 billion into OpenAI appeared on the website of the London Stock Exchange on Monday. The false press release claimed the 28-year-old New York-based company would benefit from…
Lees meer2023 has been a doozy of a year for anyone keeping their ear to the ground on technology-related legislation. In just seven months, numerous US states have passed age verification laws and parental content requirements for kids to access social medi…
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