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It's the awards season time of year, and last night was the 2024 Annie Awards. And one of the big winners at the animation-focused ceremony was Sony's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

Throughout his decades-long career, Christopher Nolan has bounced between varoius genres like thrillers, space operas, and superhero crime dramas. He operates best in those spaces, and even Oppenheimer doesn't feel that far removed from his bread and butter. But as it turns out, he's a bit of a horror sicko and would...Read more...

There've been a lot of versions of Dracula running around in pop culture. Within the past decade, he's been on a boat, ran a hotel, and been incredibly depressed after his wife was murdered, and we eat it up (almost) every time. Folks love themselves some Drac, and you can count Luc Besson among them, because he's be...Read more...

Donald Trump made an appearance at Sneaker Con in Philadelphia on Saturday to announce a new website that sells Trump-branded sneakers for as much as $400. But if you take a close look at the fine print, this isn't part of Trump's effort to become president again. It's purely a way for Trump to make money as a...Read more...

If you've ever wanted to become fully immersed in the world of John Wick, Lionsgate has got you covered. Later this year, the action franchise is getting an immersive and interactive" tourist attraction in Las Vegas.

Sony's non-Spider-Man efforts to build its own Marvel universe have been all over the place, but one of the more intriguing additions were individual TV shows for Spider-Man Noir and relative newcomer Silk. While they're both still a ways off, the two shows may be on opposite ends of the development spectrum: Noir's...Read more...

These days, we hear a lot about all the safeguards Gemini and ChatGPT have in place. But all you need to do is gaslight them and they'll spit out anything you need for your political campaign.Read more...

Once upon a time, Gore Verbinski was releasing movies at a reliable cadence, from Mouse Hunt and The Ring to the Pirates of the Carribean trilogy. Things took a turn in the 2010s with a pair of box office bombs: 2013's The Lone Ranger and 2016's A Cure for Wellness. He's been in director purgatory since then, but a...Read more...

The world seemingly, at the same time, held its breath with the reveal of OpenAI's video generator, Sora, It's as if everyone watching these marvelous fake videos realized that maybe technology had gone too far. Apple Vision Pro was supposed to be that reality-changing tech but instead, tech bros wanted to return the...Read more...

In our top science stories this week, SpaceX must deorbit 100 Starlink satellites due to a flaw; a person in Oregon caught the bubonic plague from their pet cat; and the Perseverance rover's SHERLOC instrument is on the fritz. Oh, and a grotesque AI interpretation of rat genitalia somehow made it past peer review.Read more...

NASA is looking for volunteers willing to be trapped inside a simulated Martian environment that's roughly the size of a two-bedroom apartment for a full year.Read more...

This week, the team got their hands on an Apple Vision Pro, but its high price could be a real barrier to entry for those looking for a high-end AR/VR headset. We also reviewed the powerful Razer Blade 16 gaming laptop and Bose's fancy new Ultra Open earbuds, which look like high-tech earrings.

This week's news brought with it a bevy of superhero goodness-the first trailers for Deadpool & Wolverine and X-Men 97, the formal introduction of our cinematic Fantastic Four-and a whole heap of superhero messiness as Madame Web dropped like a stone on Valentines. Here's all that, and more, in case you missed the...Read more...

Adaptations can be tricky, particularly when the source material is animated. More often than not, they're reviled upon reveal, because they often feel like they're going through the motions or twisting the original thing into something it's not. It can be a dismal prospect to see something you grew up with lose its...Read more...

A new video game popped up online on Friday, swiftly capturing quite the web's attention. The game's name? Epstein." Notably, it's set on an island. If you progress far enough into the gameplay, you end up fighting Mini-Bosses, including characters dubbed Clintin," Havking," and Minwell."Read more...

For the last 50 years, when you think of music and movies, one name stands above the rest: John Williams. Williams is one of the most celebrated and successful composers of all time thanks to his music forJaws, Superman, Jurassic Park, Home Alone, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, and on and on.Read more...

The lifespan of a movie these days can be very unpredictable. Take for instance Sydney Sweeney's surprise hit Anyone But You (not Madame Web) and Pixar's Elemental-two films which ended up getting legs after a few weeks of release. Here's hoping that's the case with Lisa Frankenstein, that it chops off some legs and...Read more...

Amazon has broken federal labor laws repeatedly and has been accused countless times of being a terrible employer. As such, it should surprise literally no one that the e-commerce giant has joined a chorus of other craven corporations to claim that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional."Read more...

Uber and Lyft drivers in the U.S. are receiving tips for rides just 28% of the time, according to a study by gig worker tech company Gridwise. And that might help explain part of the reason why thousands of gig workers staged a strike on Valentine's Day over low pay.

Florida has been playing host to an emerging version of the dengue virus, new research shows. The study found that the state has experienced an unprecedented" number of cases caused by dengue virus serotype 3 over the past two years, including locally acquired cases. Outbreaks have remained relatively small and...Read more...

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Major tech companies announced a new pact at the Munich Security Conference on Friday pledging to fight AI-generated fakes that are intended to deceive the public and influence elections. The press conference, which was livestreamed online, featured leaders from Big Tech firms who've been under immense pressure in...Read more...

Spider-Man is known for changing suit designs with reliable frequency, and there's no better showcase for his evolving wardrobe than his array of video games. Now you can own a Hot Toys figure showcasing one of the most fan-beloved: the Superior Suit from Marvel's Spider-Man 2.

Android 15 preview is out today for developers, and with it comes the latest version of Google's Privacy Sandbox, which killed third-party cookies just last month.

After eight years of experimenting with flames in space, NASA lit a fire inside a cargo spacecraft for the last time and sent its Saffire experiment toward a burning reentry into Earth's atmosphere.Read more...

If you're getting on a bicycle anytime soon in the great state of Florida, you may want to say goodbye to your family first. Cycling is dangerous no matter where you hit the road, but according to a new analysis of federal highway data, Florida takes 7 of the 10 top spots for biking deaths, as reported by the Guardian.

X-Men 97's love-letter continuation of the original X-Men animated series is not just a chance to revisit the world left behind by this particular take on Marvel mutantdom, but incorporate more ideas and interpretations of the metaphor mutantkind has provided across decades of comics. This is, of course, already...Read more...

Divers working off the coast of Rostock, Germany, have found the broken-up remains of a wall on the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Researchers believe the Stone Age construction is over 10,000 years old, potentially making it the oldest human megastructure in Europe, and was likely used to herd prey during hunts.Read more...

Ever since OpenAI debuted its ChatGPT chatbot in November 2022, effectively piquing the world's interest in the technology and setting off an AI arms race, the company has been trying to prevent other businesses from using the acronym GPT." This month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said the answer was no"...Read more...

You can't talk about the world of Dune without talking about sandworms. The massive, monolithic creatures are at the heart of not just Frank Herbert's original novel, but both halves of Denis Villeneuve's epic film adaptation. And if you're talking about sandworms, you're probably going to talk about thumpers.Read more...

As AI becomes a bigger and bigger part of our lives, the threat of job automation becomes an increasing possibility for many people. Lately, there's been a lot of talk about universal basic income, the experimental form of welfare distribution that gives unconditional cash payments to people so that they can meet...Read more...

Google's testing a new feature called Talk to a Live Representative" that will contact businesses for you, navigate their phone trees, wait on hold, and then call you when a real human being is ready to chat. It could solve one of the more frustrating parts of dealing with corporations, and it brings us one step...Read more...

OpenAI's premier video generator Sora shocked the world on Thursday with worryingly realistic videos, but the model seems even better at creating video game worlds. Sora has an uncanny ability to recreate Minecraft and simulate digital worlds," according to a technical paper from OpenAI published late last night,...Read more...

Amazon has found itself the home of Flying Lotus' new sci-fi thriller Ash. Gerard Butler is back to be menaced by comets in Greenland 2. Plus, what's to come as True Detective: Night Country nears its end. Spoilers, away!

I don't like big phones. They are cumbersome to carry, they don't fit into most of my size of pockets or purses, and I'm constantly dropping them. I wasn't made for larger phones. But I can't deny that they have their advantages. The bigger the phone you go, the longer the battery you'll have so you can watch TV and...Read more...

A Canadian tribunal has ruled that Air Canada must pay damages to one of its passengers for misleading advice given by its customer service chatbot, which resulted in the passenger paying nearly double for their plane tickets.Read more...

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you need your parents to perform a complicated (well, complicated for them) task on their phone, but they can't quite follow written instructions? Well, let's hope your folks are better visual learners. It's easy to screen record on both iOS and Android and now your...Read more...

Sorry to all fans of Tridentinosaurus antiquus, thought to be a remarkably preserved 280-million-year-old lizard. A new paper published in Paleontology posits that the early reptile fossil is in fact a forgery.Read more...

You don't have to know much about filmmaking to be impressed by the visual effects of Godzilla Minus One. The movie stars a giant monster, so even if you don't know practical from digital, you can marvel at the fact Godzilla looks so good and is done so well, you believe he's real.Read more...

Bring home the magic of Walt Disney's first animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in Lego form. The new collectible set will be available on March 4 online, and in select Lego stores and retailers.Read more...

Have you seen a story on social media recently claiming that Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, has endorsed Bitcoin? That would be quite a change, given Warren's intense skepticism of crypto and her advocacy of more regulation for the industry. But the claim that Warren has made an about-face-even...Read more...

On Thursday morning, news broke that someone was going around selling student data from the University of Michigan to tech workers that build AI chatbot tech. An employee at Google DeepMind, the company's AI research hub, said they'd gotten an offer for recordings of lectures, student discussions, and office hours, as...Read more...

One of the more unsettling things about AI is how blisteringly fast the technology develops. A few months ago, it seemed like useful AI-generated video tools were still out of reach. Well, now that's over. OpenAI just released a new text-to-video generator called Sora. In a word, it's stunning.

Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two dives deeper into the world of Frank Herbert's seminal sci-fi novel series. Though the film's not in theaters until March 1, it has screened for critics and film commentators-and the social embargo is now up, revealing some very positive first reactions.Read more...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a reentry license to Varda Space's manufacturing capsule, allowing the first batch of space drugs to return back to Earth.Read more...

Everybody knows that online disinformation is a huge problem-one that has arguably torn communities apart, manipulated elections, and caused certain segments of the global population to lose their minds. Of course, nobody seems particularly concerned about actually fixing this problem. In fact, the institutions most...Read more...

If a pack of sugar-free gum has ever given you a nasty stomach ache, you might have your gut bacteria to blame. New research in mice found a link between the gut microbiome and a food intolerance to sorbitol, a commonly used sugar substitute. The findings could even point to an effective treatment for the condition,...Read more...

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) gave the green light on Thursday for a merger between Donald Trump's social media company and the special purpose acquisition company that will allow it to become a publicly traded company, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal.Read more...

This morning brought our first good look at X-Men 97 in action, and while there's a lot you can say about Marvel's return to nostalgia for the legendary 90s cartoon, one thing you can't deny is that the trailer itself is jam-packed with tons and tons of references to years of X-Men stories-in the comics or...Read more...