Category: Arts & Entertainment
Fitbit Ace LTE review: A kids’ activity tracker that was fun for me, an adult
On more occasions in the last few weeks than I’d like to admit, I found myself doing jumping jacks in my kitchen an hour before going to bed. That’s not when I’d usually prefer to do any exercise, but on those nights, I looked down at my watch only to…
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‘Industry’ tackles the impact of overhyped tech in its ambitious third season
If you miss the colorfully profane world of Succession, a show where most characters would gladly sell their souls for power and money, then you should be watching HBO Max's Industry. While they share some similarities — both come from British creators and follow a cadre of anti-heroic characters into…
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The Morning After: Meta is reportedly offering millions to get Hollywood voices into its AI projects
According to Bloomberg and The New York Times, Meta is in talks with the likes of Keegan-Michael Key, Awkwafina and Dame Judi Dench, among others, for its AI projects. The company apparently intends to incorporate their voices into a conversational generative AI-slash-digital assistant called MetaAI, which is rumored to be…
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I finally understand the hype around the Playdate game Root Bear
Root Bear is one of those games that seems to get recommended all the time to new Playdate owners looking for somewhere to start. After months of encountering the title on the internet and vaguely wondering what could be so great about a game where all you do is pour…
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What to read this weekend: Existential sci-fi, a repair manual for the climate crisis, EC Comics resurrected
New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention. Toward Eternity by Anton Hur Toward Eternity does not waste any time in getting to the drama. The novel by Anton Hur begins in the not-so-far-off future, and opens with a moment of crisis: a patient in a nanotherapy…
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Instagram creators can now make AI doppelgangers to chat with their followers
The next time you DM a creator on Instagram, you might get a reply from their AI. Meta is starting to roll out its AI Studio, a set of tools that will allow Instagram creators to make an AI persona that can answer questions and chat with their followers and…
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