Category: Arts & Entertainment
You can keep your favorite Disney/Pixar characters as virtual pets with the new Bitzee
The Bitzee virtual pet line is expanding to bring some familiar characters into the family, plus some all new ones. Spin Master, which introduced Bitzee to the US last summer, is now gearing up to release two new versions of the device later this year: Bitzee Disney and Bitzee Magicals.…
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The Acolyte is Star Wars at its best
Part wuxia epic and part pulp mystery novel, The Acolyte demonstrates what's possible when Star Wars embraces new characters and genres while abandoning the Dark Side of nostalgia. There isn't a Skywalker to be seen (at least in the four episodes I've watched), or any characters you've met before. It's…
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Marvel’s “What If…?” for Apple Vision Pro looks incredible, but plays terribly
The Watcher stood tall in my family room, bald and berobed, nestled amongst my kids' toys, sleeping cats and TV. I was being asked to help save the multiverse! So began Marvel and ILM Interactive's What If…? on the Apple Vision Pro. Like the Disney+ series and comics of the…
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The Morning After: Google tightens up its AI Overview feature after suggesting glue on a pizza
Liz Reid, head of Google Search, has admitted the company’s search engine has returned some “odd, inaccurate or unhelpful AI Overviews” after the feature rolled out to everyone in the US. The executive’s explanation outlined some new safeguards to help the new feature return more accurate (and less funny) results.…
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The Morning After: Sony apologizes for fabricated ‘interview’ with Last of Us studio head
Last week, Sony published a seemingly innocuous round of interviews that centered the company’s nebulous “creative entertainment vision”. Neil Druckmann, head of the Sony-owned game studio Naughty Dog, was one of those — but his interview wasn’t quite what it seemed. Druckmann, who headed the team behind The Last of…
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Fitbit Ace LTE hands-on: Wearable gaming to make exercise fun (but not too fun)
Google is crossing genres with its latest wearable for kids, combining a gaming system and an activity tracker in the Fitbit Ace LTE. The company is pitching this as a “first-of-its-kind connected smartwatch that transforms exercise into play and safely helps kids lead more active, independent lives.” Basically, think of…
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