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Automattic reportedly has new board members, advisers, and counsel after the old board failed to oust CEO Matt Mullenweg.

That pro-data center party was propped up by, well, data centers.

OpenAI is facing a firestorm of criticism over incidents where its agents made unauthorized use of credentials, leaked data, and hacked websites.

The 'Obsession' tag on social media is about to go craaaaaaazy on Halloween weekend.

Trump and the Anthropic CEO are reportedly breaking bread Sunday night.

The Energon Universe is big, but only 'Transformers' is big enough to keep getting reprinted over and over.

The Anthropic CEO is apparently part of pop culture now.

If you're Universal and you've got 'The Odyssey ' and 'Obession' under your belt, of course you're going to peacock.

As if Vision wasn't already going through it, 'VisionQuest' is adding Jocasta to make his day a bit worse.

iRobot's near-premium robot vacuum is noisy, but it'll definitely clean your floors.

Recent security failures in highly trusted Bitcoin systems have forced a painful reckoning, showing that even users who mostly do everything right can lose money.

Shielded Bitcoin is the latest idea to improve privacy for the world's largest and most popular cryptocurrency.

Nobody wants to be labeled the "data senator."

A new trilogy of 'Star Wars' movies is coming, and the 'Spider-Man: Home' director will helm the first entry.

Marvel's so high on the multiverse, they're bringing the '92 and 'Evolution' X-Men to scrap it out for nostaglia's sake.

A lot of practicality went into making the monsters of 'Resident Evil' in ways that make them even more impressive.

A heading on the White House's announcement reads "DELIVERING FOR AMERICANS."

Let the high praise out of NYFF help build your anticipation for 'Godzilla Minus Zero.'

Life in 2026 is no laughing matter. But what else is there to do?

Robert Eggers' latest starring Aaron Taylor Johnson is coming on December 25.

Like other 'Last of Us' actors before them, Laura Bailey and Ian Alexander have joined the show as brand new characters.

Previously unspoken sentences in human history, etc.

Automotive-style, large-scale manufacturing of intricate robot hands sounds like a big pain.

Idealistic tech executives believe superintelligent machines will inevitably arrive-and that when they do, homo sapiens must step out of the way.

Renier Brentjen, an early pioneer of CAR T cell therapy, is working on the next generation of these living drugs that can hopefully treat solid tumors, too.

Friday night news dump!

YouTube, TikTok, and Meta's Facebook and Instagram all seem to be either chickening out or taking Elon Musk's side.

"The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT," wrote Trump.

The Supreme Court ruled Trump's DHS can let states use a database of sensitive citizenship and Social Security info to hunt for noncitizen voters.

Before 'Blue Lock' became a mega-hit, series creator Muneyuki Kaneshiro wrote a gleefully unhinged horror manga that's getting an official English release just in time for Halloween.

Rare sonar mapping-conducted before and after an undersea volcano erupted off the coast of Tonga in 2022-has uncovered the unique reasons for its deadly tsunami.

'The Horror Show' exhibit at the Academy Museum is open through July 2027 and is truly next level.

The government acted lawfully when it labeled the AI company a supply chain risk, the judges wrote in a 2-1 decision.

It's perfect timing to add Sebastien Vaniek's expansion of Sam Raimi's horror franchise to your Halloween streaming schedule.

After using Meta VR Glasses, I'm not so sure where headsets even fit in.

A new TV series aims to mine P.L. Travers' original novels about the magical nanny, today best-known from the Oscar-winning Disney musical.

As electricity prices soar, more Americans are turning to plug-in solar panels to cut costs.

A new leak reveals the TV box's first refresh in four years.

Marvel Studios knows why you're there, and it delivers some fascinating talking points before December 18.

Did Elon really balance silverware on his finger again?

The time-heist hit plays like your own time machine back to the days of great Marvel movies.

The company debuted its AI super app" today, following a litany of short-lived rebrands.

The fast-food giant is getting into the advertising business with plans to use customer data to sell targeted ads.

Wong Ping turns sex, shame, loneliness, and desire into wonderful, shameless, deprived, beautiful, candy-colored fever dreams.

Yuki Chiba's "Dead Or Alive" prompted fans posting edits on social media with tracks they would've would've to listen to as the ending theme of the Netflix anime series.

New sediment tests from a research vessel in the Red Sea suggest that primordial deep-sea microbes may offer a glimpse of how life made energy before Earth had oxygen.

The exchange says private keys were not stolen, a bitcoin-backed protection fund covers the loss, and withdrawals stay frozen while it investigates.

People are usually infected by flea poop entering their bite wounds.

Leaks suggest one obvious design change.

Plus, 'Crystal Lake' showrunner confirms the series reveals "certain explanations" about Jason Voorhees.