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If you thought big daddy Amazon would stay out of the AI rat race, then you’d be wrong. The online retail giant is initially staying away from any user-side generative AI to start and is instead offering a business-centric model through its Amazon Web Services.Read more...

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy could make a comeback. Meet Jason Mamoa’s Fast X villain in new footage. Plus, Joe Chill comes to Gotham Knights, and a behind-the-scenes look at The Boys season 4. Spoilers now!

Using machine learning, a team of researchers has enhanced the first image ever taken of a distant black hole. Importantly, the newly updated image shows the full resolution of the telescope array for the very first time.Read more...

We need climate action. But just because something gets grouped under the umbrella of things that theoretically combat climate change doesn’t mean it’s actually good for the planet or people. In an alarming example, production of certain alternative “climate-friendly” fuels could lead to dangerous, cancer-causing…Read more...

One of the main questions surrounding humanity’s next giant leap into deep space is whether humans can thrive on missions far from Earth. A new theory says yes, but only in environments modeled deeply after our own planet.

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The original model debuted in late 2014, but it’s been almost seven years since DJI announced the 4K Inspire 2: a beefy drone designed for serious movie-making. Today, DJI finally announced the latest upgrade to the line with the Inspire 3, which brings with it some serious upgrades including 8K video captures through…Read more...

Elon Musk’s Twitter, which the billionaire said this week is now being run by his dog, has closed a partnership deal with the online investing platform eToro, proving that the company might not be as radioactive as some people might think.Read more...

In the second half of the 20th century, computers went from chunky business calculators to a part of nearly every corner of human life. Along the way, we started using the terms and concepts that describe how these machines work. Just the other day I realized that even though say “URL” about once a day in my work…Read more...

China’s top digital regulator proposed bold new guidelines this week that prohibit ChatGPT-style large language models from spitting out content believed to subvert state power or advocate for the overthrow of the country’s communist political system. Experts speaking with Gizmodo said the new guidelines mark the…Read more...

Versatile and prolific author Adrian Tchaikovsky won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2016 for his sci-fi tale Children of Time, but he’s equally as well known for his Shadows of the Apt fantasy series. He returns to the fantasy genre with his next novel, City of Last Chances, and io9 has a first look today!Read more...

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It’s no secret that season one of HBO’s The Last of Us was very faithful to the video game it’s based on. There were some changes, additions, and tweaks, but in terms of overall intent and story, the game and the show were very similar. That would lead fans to assume subsequence seasons of the show would be equally…Read more...

This week’s episode of The Mandalorian was all about setting the stage, and the stakes, for an explosive end to a very mixed season three. But it also looked to Star Wars’ future with the presence of a face very familiar to fans of the old Expanded Universe.

The New York Times has a new web game out this week that, depending on how well you did in high school algebra, may or may not be your new favorite thing.Read more...

Just what the hell is happening with the iPhone 15’s external buttons? Despite numerous leaks and countless reports that premium iPhone 15s would ditch physical buttons and get new, trackpad-like touch-based controls, the Cupertino company may have made a last-minute change that has thrown all of that out the window,…Read more...

Set in the 1970s, Arthur C. Clarke’s 1953 sci-fi novel Childhood’s End explores an alien invasion that arrives just as the Cold War superpowers are about to venture into space. The “Overlords” create utopia on Earth—and all seems well, until it very much doesn’t. The Folio Society’s new edition of Clarke’s classic…Read more...

Let’s be honest: TVs have gotten so good that even the small and cheap ones look pretty great. But the decision of what TV to buy is more complicated than ever. There’s OLED screens and QLED and LED, smart TVs and not so smart, 8K and 4K, and a laundry list of inscrutable features like HDR and VRR. Where to start?

The hangover cure of the future just might be a chuggable probiotic. In research out this week, scientists in China detail the creation of bacteria that can produce an enzyme meant to help the body break down alcohol faster. Alcohol-fed mice that were given the probiotic beforehand experienced less drunkenness and…Read more...

Following the success of John Wick: Chapter 4, it was a given that Lionsgate would be continuing the assassin-heavy universe of the action series in some capacity. We’ve known for some time that a TV spinoff by the name of The Continental was in the works, and now we’ve got our first idea of what to expect from the…Read more...

After its rocket failed to reach orbit last month, California-based Relativity Space doesn’t want to dwell on the past. Instead, the company is leaping forward with its next launch vehicle, which promises to be bigger and better.Read more...

Creature Commandos is gearing up to kick off the new DC Studios canon. The animated show from James Gunn will star Indira Varma (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Game of Thrones) and Marvel veteran Frank Grillo, among others.Read more...

As the world gets warmer and droughts grip cities from Madrid to Shanghai, it can seem like we’re headed for a Mad Max-style future where water is a scarce resource. We’re already starting to see a version of this as regular Californians make water cuts while movie stars use as much as they want. But what role,…Read more...

Actor and former California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, went viral this week after tweeting a video of him filling in a pothole in his Los Angeles neighborhood that he said had bothered motorists and cyclists. The enormous pothole had apparently been there for weeks and after residents made numerous complaints…Read more...

Oh, so that’s where this has all been leading. The penultimate episode of The Mandalorian season three (yes, it’s almost over already) was all about paying off moments and stories from earlier this season. The journey of Bo-Katan Kryze, the planet Mandalore, that evil villain that’s been looming over everything, all…Read more...

National Public Radio will stop posting on Twitter, across all of its organizational accounts, the media outlet announced on Wednesday. NPR won’t be deleting its accounts off of the Elon Musk-owned platform, however the non-profit news org will cease activity on Twitter.

Do you remember the 2016 viral photo of an octopus swimming next to parked cars in a flooded Miami parking garage? A particularly high tide had likely pushed the unsuspecting creature through a drain pipe and into alien territory. For Rob Verchick, climate law scholar, it was a clear sign of climate change—and a…Read more...

HBO Max may be one of the biggest movie and TV services in the world, but parent company Warner Bros. Discovery is hoping users are willing to max out on an enormous slate of both multi-million dollar content and cheaper reality TV on a single new service called “Max.”Read more...

What, you thought HBO Max and Discovery+ were going to join forces, adopt a new name (“Max,” launching May 23), and not announce a ton of news? Scroll through for exciting updates on The Batman spin-off The Penguin, new Game of Thrones and Conjuring series, and an almost alarming amount more!Read more...

Universal Music Group, one of the largest labels in the music industry, is growing increasingly worried about artificial intelligence ripping off its artists. According to a recent report, UMG has asked streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music to limit AI’s access to music on different platforms in a bid to…Read more...

Headlines proclaiming the rise of a new “space race” between the U.S. and China have become common in news coverage following many of the exciting launches in recent years. Experts have pointed to China’s rapid advancements in space as evidence of an emerging landscape where China is directly competing with the U.S.…Read more...

Scientists using data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile have made a detailed map of dark matter’s distribution across a quarter of the sky.

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update, released Tuesday, offers a few small bug and compatibility fixes as well as a lighter taskbar. Oh, and there’s one small, tiny extra detail. A “small” number of Windows 11 users will now see “notifications” encouraging them to use other Microsoft products when clicking on the…Read more...

The Deadpool reunion continues! Hot on the heels of the news that Karan Soni’s Dopinder and Leslie Uggams’ Blind Al would be back for Deadpool 3, Deadline reports both Morena Baccarin, who plays Wade Wilson’s romantic partner Vanessa, and Stefan Kapičić’s stalwart X-Man BFF Colossus will also return to deal with Ryan…Read more...

Android 14 is officially out of developer preview and available as a public beta. If you’re interested in running the next version of the operating system before it’s fully baked and ready, you can!

SpaceX’s Starship hasn’t left the ground yet, but the company is already envisioning the future of its massive launch vehicle carrying astronauts to Mars.

Lucasfilm revealed yet another new vision for the cinematic future for Star Wars at its London-based Celebration con this past weekend, upending previous vague, often re-worked plans to reveal three new films—including one starring Daisy Ridley’s Rey as the head of a New Jedi Order. And that could be the next film we…Read more...

The New York Police Department introduced a four-legged robotic canine to its force this week and the New York Fire Department has reportedly also put in orders for two of the robotic dogs at a mere $75,000 each, Fox5 reported. The remote-controlled dog was created by the Hyundai-owned company, Boston Dynamics, and…Read more...

Today, the Library of Congress announced that 25 recordings representing some of the “defining sounds of the nation’s history and culture” will be added to its National Recording Registry. For the first time, the additions will also include music from a video game: Koji Kondo’s iconic Super Mario Bros. theme.Read more...

A fungal outbreak has likely sickened nearly 100 workers at a Michigan paper mill, local health officials say. The infection is known to be caused by fungi that live in soil and decaying wood, but at this time, the source of the outbreak is unclear.

Star Wars: Ahsoka isn’t just bringing back Admiral Thrawn, it’s also possibly introducing one of his most faithful allies. Joining the cast of the Rosario Dawson-led series is The Expanse’s Wes Chatham, who will reportedly be playing a major ally of Thrawn.Read more...

A team of researchers at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have measured the mass of the W boson and found it to be in line with the Standard Model of particle physics, the overarching theory that describes the four fundamental forces and the characteristics of the smallest units of matter.

OpenAI—parent company of the ever popular and powerful ChatGPT—has announced a pretty sweet deal for amateur programmers called the Bug Bounty Program. In exchange for finding bugs in OpenAI’s software, the company is willing to hand out anywhere from $200 to $20,000.

Even among Muppets fans, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem can be an acquired taste. The Muppet Show house band has been a staple of the franchise since the original TV series debuted in 1976, but in the vast world of Muppetainment, they haven’t done a lot of actual rocking—something that will absolutely be rectified…Read more...

In a nod to the U.S. State of the Union, Twitter CEO Elon Musk gave his own ‘State of Twitter’ in a surprise interview with the BBC on Tuesday evening, claiming that Twitter was now being run by his dog, Floki, and that he had only bought the social media company for $44 billion because a judge was going to force him…Read more...

Fox News is going to need to rethink its strategy and excuses for why it promoted the lies of the 2020 election deniers. On Tuesday, a Delaware judge said during a pre-trial hearing that Fox News won’t be allowed to try and convince jurors its promotion of the “big lie” conspiracy was all just regular journalistic…Read more...

Metalpocalypse returns for a new animated movie. The team behind Scream 6 is taking on a Universal monster. Plus, watch the Man of Steel take on Onomatopoeia in Superman & Lois, and what’s coming on Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. Spoilers, away!Read more...

Artemis astronaut Christina Koch has a knack for making history. In recent years, she was part of the first all-women spacewalk and set the record for the longest single spaceflight by woman after spending 328 days on the International Space Station. Now, Koch will become the first woman to fly to the Moon.

Thirty years after countries agreed to ease up on the use of chemicals damaging the ozone layer, there are promising signs that the ozone will be fully recovered by the 2060s. But we’re not out of the woods yet. A study published this month in Nature Geoscience shows that emissions from dangerous gases banned in the…Read more...

Artificial intelligence is one of the buzziest terms in the tech industry right now and, while surely a lot of that buzz is just pure hype, one place where AI is actually scarily good is its ability to generate audio doppelgangers of celebrities and politicians. It’s sort of upsetting how good this tech is getting.…Read more...