One of the greatest American film directors of his generation, William Friedkin, died this week in Los Angeles at the age of 87. Best known for films like The Exorcist, The French Connection, Sorcerer, Cruising, and To Live and Die in L.A., Friedkin…
Lees meerTwo firefighters and a pilot died this weekend after helicopters that were responding to a fire in Southern California collided in midair. The National Transportation Safety Board has opened a probe into the crash, and investigators are on their way…
Lees meerStephen King is one of the most adapted authors of all time, and—unlike Shakespeare, Agatha Christie, and Ian Fleming—he’s still alive and prolifically publishing. New documentary King on Screen celebrates the phenomenon of King-inspired movies and …
Lees meerMeta is adding more features to Instagram Threads. Users will now be able to see their own and others’ liked posts if they update the app. The feature was beta tested on Android last week, but rolled out for all users over the weekend.Read more...
Lees meerLast week, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers offered to meet with the striking Writers Guild of America for the first time in nearly 100 days. But almost immediately after leaving the bargaining table, the WGA started receiving…
Lees meerZoom updated its Terms of Service in March, spelling out that the company reserves the right to train AI on user data with no mention of a way to opt out. On Monday, the company said in a blog post that there’s no need to worry about that. Zoom exec…
Lees meerGoogle is just plain tired of all your grammar flubs in Search. The company announced Monday it had added a simple grammar check feature into the world’s largest search engine, though you won’t be using it to shore up any writing you want to show so…
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Lees meerElon Musk said his social network will livestream his cage match with Mark Zuckerberg in a post on Sunday. Musk challenged Zuckerberg to the fight in late June, and the Meta CEO called his bluff.Read more...
Lees meerSure, we’re all busy playing Baldur’s Gate, but if you have a minute to look up from the screen, we’re here to tell you about what’s coming up on...well, your other screen, probably. Check out the trailer for Marvel’s I Am Groot and keep your eyes o…
Lees meerThere’s something about an elevator that touches on the very nature of the .GIF format. There’s a repetition to its design, a cyclical nature of destination and return, a permanent transience. It loops, constantly, permanently. What changes is the p…
Lees meerSince 2005's Elantris, Brandon Sanderson has gradually risen in prominence as one of the biggest (and busiest) fantasy authors working today. And like other authors of similar status, Sanderson’s reach is gradually expanding outside of books over to…
Lees meerParamount’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is the first movie version of the comic book characters since the two live-action films nearly a decade ago. The Heroes in a Half Shell have had an off-and-on relationship with movies, but Muta…
Lees meerOne of the artists working on Dungeons & Dragons’ newest book—Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants!, has stated that they used AI to help generate “certain details or polish and editing” in a recent post on X, on the site formerly known as Twitter. I…
Lees meerTwo weeks after release, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is part of the billion-dollar club.Read more...
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Lees meer2023 is a big year for superhero movies, as it’s when many of them from years past are hitting big milestones. Along with the MCU overall, the original Iron Man turned 15 this year, and it’s not the only one—The Incredible Hulk, which released month…
Lees meerBy now, just about everyone has seen the digital art and prose of generative AI models like Midjounrey and ChatGPT. In a reversal of the text-to-image format of Midjourney, a New York-based technologist and artist has released a new app that flips t…
Lees meerKaiju stories often live and die not just on the monster itself, but whoever’s fighting against (or with) it. Whether it’s the military, other monsters, or giant robots, part of the fun can be seeing what’s able to go blow-for-blow with a massive be…
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Lees meerOne of the artists working on Dungeons & Dragons’ newest book—Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants!, has stated that they used AI to help generate “certain details or polish and editing” in a recent post on X, on the site formerly known as Twitter. I…
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