The Long Comics History Behind X-Men’s Sentinel Program
For almost as long as they have been in the comics, the X-Men and mutantkind at large have been stalked by a world that hates and...
Photo-sharing community EyeEm will license users’ photos to train AI if they don’t delete them
EyeEm, the Berlin-based photo-sharing community that exited last year to Spanish company Freepik after going bankrupt, is now licensing its users’ photos to train AI models....
Verizon’s Smartwatch Plans Just Got A Lot More Expensive
Some smartwatches can connect to mobile networks, allowing them to recieve calls and texts away from your phone (sometimes even synced to your phone’s number). Verizon...
Florida Dolphin Dies of Bird Flu as Alarm Grows Over Species Spread
Bird flu isn’t just lurking inside cows, new research shows. Florida scientists have reported the first known case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a...
U.S. Trade Representative Flags Vietnam as a Leading Source of Online Piracy
Each year the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) publishes a new update of its Special 301 Report, highlighting countries that fail to live...
Why Football?
More than 161 years ago, a group of people decided to unify the sport and create regulations and equality for everyone who plays. London, England, was...
How Twisters’ Director Developed a Taste for Disaster
When Lee Isaac Chung was announced as the director of the long-awaited sequel Twisters, many of us scratched our heads. Chung is, obviously, a talented filmmaker....
Phillip A. Harrison: The Man Behind Shaquille O’Neal
Unveiling Phillip A. Harrison: The Force Behind Shaquille O’Neal Phillip A. Harrison is a name that resonates with respect and admiration in the world in sports,...
Meta AI tested: Doesn’t quite justify its own existence, but free is free
Meta’s new large language model, Llama 3, powers the imaginatively named “Meta AI,” a newish chatbot that the social media and advertising company has installed in...
Julia Garner’s Rosemary’s Baby Prequel Finds a Home at Paramount+
It’s universally acknowledged that 1968’s Rosemary’s Baby is an influential horror classic. Attempts to directly recapture that witchy magic, however, have fallen flat: 1976 made-for-TV sequel...
