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Robotaxis enter their villain era 

It’s Bullitt meets Christine meets Waymo. A new short film imagines a San Francisco car chase where the other driver isn’t human – and the car may be trying to kill you. That a robotaxi can now be cast as the villain with almost no explanation says something about the present moment. Autonomous cars have […]

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Audacity 4 is a complete revamp of the ‘world’s most popular’ audio editor

Audacity 4 has been in the works for some time, and had its own mini controversy last year when an unfortunate redesigned logo started making the rounds. The final version of the new icon isn’t nearly as bad as the early rendition that was circulating last October. But more importantly, all the promised improvements to […]

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Roland is getting into generative AI music with Melody Flip

It’s not quite the “push button; get song” of Suno, but Roland’s new Melody Flip tool marks the company’s foray into generative AI music. Available as a plug-in for your digital audio workstation (DAW), Melody Flip offers around 250 “Palettes,” which are essentially themed collections of musical ideas sorted by genre. You can start from […]

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Steve Ballmer got suspended by the NBA because of a podcast and a jumbotron corruption scandal

Last September, Steve Ballmer insisted in an ESPN interview that the Clippers weren’t involved in a shady-looking $28 million endorsement deal for his star player, Kawhi Leonard, that involved no actual endorsing. Now, the former Microsoft CEO has been suspended by the NBA for a year, while the league says his team will forfeit five […]

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Dungeons & Dragons is getting a ‘Ravenloft’ live-action Netflix series

A Ravenloft series is currently in development from executive producer Alfonso Cuarón, writer and executive producer John August, and Hasbro Entertainment, Deadline reports. It could bring to life one of Dungeons & Dragons’ most iconic campaign settings, which got an update earlier this year with Ravenloft: The Horrors Within. Netflix’s Ravenloft series will reportedly center […]

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‘Wordle in 1’ is the NYT’s new puzzle just for subscribers

The New York Times has prepared some exclusive goodies for its subscribers: a weekly drop of bonus puzzles based on the publication’s popular games. Five to six new puzzles will be released every Wednesday, each featuring “a twist” on games like Wordle, Strands, Connections, and Crossword that are designed to keep puzzleheads playing with fresh […]

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Google needs Hollywood more than the studios need AI

Google has reportedly been reaching out to a number of Hollywood’s biggest studios, hoping to strike licensing agreements that would allow it to train its AI models on copyrighted material in exchange for massive piles of cash. In theory, these deals would be a win-win: a huge financial boon to the studios that would also […]

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MrBeast’s fans aren’t too hot on reading, apparently.

HarperCollins probably dropped a pretty penny to get Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson and James Pattterson to collaborate on their newly-released novel, The Most Dangerous Games. But Semafor reports that the publisher might have a hard time making that money back to the the book’s very, very low sales. Read the full story at The Verge.

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I went to the loneliest baseball game on Apple Vision Pro

This weekend, I strapped on an Apple Vision Pro to watch a baseball game in immersive virtual reality for the first time. It was technically impressive, visually pretty remarkable, and also didn’t make that much sense. Apple and Major League Baseball chose a classic match-up of the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees […]

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Professor Murder Rides the Subway is a forgotten slice of dance punk perfection

I recently dug out my CDs and started reripping them all. I’ve found a few forgotten gems in there, but few hit harder for me than the beautifully concise Professor Murder Rides the Subway EP. There was a period of time in the mid-aughts in NYC where it seemed like every indie band wanted you […]

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