As usual, Google I/O 2024 is an absolute whirlwind of news and announcements. This year, rather than focusing on hardware, Android, or Chrome, Google spent most of this yearâs developersâ conference convincing us that its AI features are worth prioritizing. One of those projects is Project Astra, a multimodal AIâŠRead more... Read more âș
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Paul Walter Hauser teases his mystery Fantastic Four character. Phoebe Waller-Bridgeâs Tomb Raider series is a go at Amazon. Plus, whatâs coming in Evilâs final season. To me, my spoilers!Read more... Read more âș
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A 24/7 livestream âPortalâ 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 projectâs fun premise: How to stop so many people from sharing inappropriate materialâlike dick pics, videos of 9/11, or boobs.Read more... Read more âș
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Ilya Sutskever, OpenAIâs co-founder and chief scientist, announced he was leaving the company on Tuesday. OpenAI confirmed the departure in a press release. Sutskeverâs 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.Read more... Read more âș
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DC and its Kryptonians are now set to rule over two summers in a row. James Gunnâs Superman is currently filming aimed at a July 11, 2025 release and itâll now be joined the following year when Supergirl: World of Tomorrow comes to theaters June 26, 2026.Read more... Read more âș
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Conspiracy theorists on social media have been busy at work peddling their latest conclusion: The magnificent auroras seen over swaths of four different continents over the weekend were caused by a University of Alaska program that studies the ionosphere. Which, of course, is pure nonsense.Read more... Read more âș
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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. The one we expected all along: Agatha All Along. Read more... Read more âș
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Disney Parks has revealed the opening date for its highly anticipated Tianaâs Bayou Adventure attraction based on the world of Disney Animationâs 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 âdownâŠRead more... Read more âș
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Googleâs 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.âŠRead more... Read more âș
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Just yesterday, I was talking about how Appleâs 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.Read more... Read more âș
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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 someâŠRead more... Read more âș
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You only need two letters to describe best the latest iteration of Googleâs big yearly developer shebang: AI. Thatâs right; Google I/O has touched on a slew of new features coming to the Mountainview companyâs software ecosystem, specifically what could be coming to the still-in-betaAndroid 15. A big chunk of theseâŠRead more... Read more âș
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The meme stock rally triggered by the return of âRoaring Kittyâ to social media has cost GameStop stock short-sellers more than $2 billion in just two days, according to data firm S3 Partners.Read more... Read more âș
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One of the best filmmakers of all time, Francis Ford Coppola, hasnât 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.Read more... Read more âș
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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 personâs internal speech. The findings only show modest success so far, however, and there are still many hurdles remaining before such devices canâŠRead more... Read more âș
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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.Read more... Read more âș
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As if using ChatGPT for college essays wasnât 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.Read more... Read more âș
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Google made a big mistake recently. The company accidentally erased the private Google Cloud account of a $125 billion Australian pension fund, UniSuper.Read more... Read more âș
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Itâs deja vu all over again. Boeingâs long-anticipated Starliner mission has been postponed for a second time due to a newly discovered issue with the spacecraftâs service module.Read more... Read more âș
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