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Steven Moffat Has Already Written Another Episode for Doctor Who's New Era

8 hours 58 min ago

Paul Walter Hauser teases his mystery Fantastic Four character. Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Tomb Raider series is a go at Amazon. Plus, what’s coming in Evil’s final season. To me, my spoilers!

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Livestream Portal Between NYC and Dublin Shut Down Because We Can't Have Nice Things

9 hours 23 min ago

A 24/7 livestream “Portal” that connects New York City and the Irish capital of Dublin was temporarily deactivated on Tuesday as technicians sought to solve a critical flaw in the project’s fun premise: How to stop so many people from sharing inappropriate material—like dick pics, videos of 9/11, or boobs.

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Ilya Sutskever Quits OpenAI

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 17:19

Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s co-founder and chief scientist, announced he was leaving the company on Tuesday. OpenAI confirmed the departure in a press release. Sutskever’s official exit comes nearly six months after he helped lead an effort with other board members to fire CEO Sam Altman, the move backfired days later.

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DC's Supergirl Movie Arrives Summer 2026

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 16:25

DC and its Kryptonians are now set to rule over two summers in a row. James Gunn’s Superman is currently filming aimed at a July 11, 2025 release, and it’ll now be joined the following year when Supergirl: World of Tomorrow comes to theaters June 26, 2026.

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Marvel's Agatha Harkness Show Gets Its Actual, Obvious Title

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 14:29

Agatha All Along was, of course, Agatha all along. Tuesday, Marvel Studios finally finished its multi-year magic trick, changing the title of the upcoming Agatha Harkness show every few months, and landed on its official title. And it’s the one we expected all along: Agatha All Along. The show will debut with a…

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How to Ride Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World This Summer

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 14:00

Disney Parks has revealed the opening date for its highly anticipated Tiana’s Bayou Adventure attraction based on the world of Disney Animation’s The Princess and the Frog. Starting June 28, visitors to Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL can finally ride the water flume boats on a new adventure that will take you “down…

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Google I/O: 'Ask Photos' Will Make it Easier to Dig Through Your Google Photos

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 14:00

Google’s latest I/O conference was an absolute slurry of AI promises. The company took so many stabs with new AI models, showing off new AI capabilities that integrate Gemini into every single Google product or service under the sun. But take enough shots, and the law of averages says at least one will hit the mark.…

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Google I/O: Project Astra Does What the Rabbit R1 Doesn't

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 13:45

Just yesterday, I was talking about how Apple’s new AI-powered transcription and summarization feature for voice memos on iPhone is one of the features Rabbit promised on the R1 for later this year, and that gives us one less reason to buy the device.

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Raw Milk Sales Skyrocket as Idiots Believe Drinking Bird Flu Will Give Them 'Immunity'

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 13:35

Sales of raw milk in the U.S. have risen 21% since bird flu was first confirmed in dairy cattle in late March, according to a report from PBS Newshour, citing new data from research firm NielsenIQ. Why on Earth would people drink raw milk at a time when pasteurization has been shown to kill the virus? Because some…

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Everything Announced at Google I/O So Far: Gemini Takes its Throne on Android and Everywhere Else

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 13:15

You only need two letters to describe best the latest iteration of Google’s big yearly developer shebang: AI. That’s right; Google I/O has touched on a slew of new features coming to the Mountainview company’s software ecosystem, specifically what could be coming to the still-in-betaAndroid 15. A big chunk of these…

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GameStop Short Sellers Just Lost $2 Billion Amid Meme Stock Rally

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 12:50

The meme stock rally triggered by the return of “Roaring Kitty” to social media has cost GameStop stock short-sellers more than $2 billion in just two days, according to data firm S3 Partners.

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Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis Looks Like a Decadent Delight in Its First Trailer

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 12:30

One of the best filmmakers of all time, Francis Ford Coppola, hasn’t had a major theatrical release in almost 30 years. Instead, the man behind The Godfather, The Conversation, and Apocalypse Now has been making weird art films and his very own wine. And you know what? That sounds amazing. Good for you, Mr. Coppola.

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Some of the Oldest Stars Were Just Found in Our Own Galaxy

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 12:15

Some stars in our very own Milky Way are some of the earliest ever seen, according to researchpublished today in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

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Gemini AI Will Now Help You With Your Physics Homework

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 12:05

As if using ChatGPT for college essays wasn’t enough, students are now getting a Gemini tool to help with their Math and Physics homework, too. Google is utilizing its Circle to Search gesture, which was received quite well, to introduce a new feature.

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Google Accidentally Deleted $125 Billion Pension Fund's Account

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 11:35

Google made a big mistake recently. The company accidentally erased the private Google Cloud account of a $125 billion Australian pension fund, UniSuper.

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Boeing’s Cursed Starliner Mission Delayed Due to ‘Small Helium Leak’

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 11:30

It’s deja vu all over again. Boeing’s long-anticipated Starliner mission has been postponed for a second time due to a newly discovered issue with the spacecraft’s service module.

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Comcast to Launch Discount Streaming Bundle With Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 11:25

Comcast plans to launch a streaming bundle later this month that will include Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+, according to a new report from Variety. Reportedly called StreamSaver, the bundle will be discounted but only available to subscribers of Comcast TV or internet service.

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Tech-Enabled Telepathy Moves Closer to Reality With Latest Breakthrough

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 11:20

Scientists are inching closer to making telepathy a reality. In a new study published this week, researchers claim to have created a device that can read and translate a person’s internal speech. The findings only show modest success so far, however, and there are still many hurdles remaining before such devices can…

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Breaking Down the Binding Darkness of Rings of Power Season 2's Trailer

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 11:15

This morning Amazon’s Prime Videogave us our first look at Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s second season, and it’s leaning all in on Sauron. Times are dark in Middle-earth, and it needs a returned Dark Lord just to make everything a little more ominous. And maybe some statement jewelry? Here’s all that, and…

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