True Detective: Night CountryPhoto: Michele K. Short/HBO Hollywood’s writer and actor guilds just went on a 4-month strike largely in response to the unwelcome use of A.I. on set, but the best defense is to… just use it anyway but badly, apparently. This at least seems to be the philosophy behind True Detective: Night Country …
Talk about a nosedive. After pulling in $18 million and landing in the top spot on its Christmas Day release—the largest Christmas Day opening in 14 years and second-biggest ever for that holiday, according to Variety—The Color Purple sank like Black folks in the swimming pool (don’t get salty; y’all know a lot of us …
Think of your favorite video game character. Picture them in your head, remember their stories and the actors’ performances that made them stick with you long after you put the controller down. Maybe you’re thinking of Astarion from Baldur’s Gate 3, whose actor Neil Newbon recently won the Best Performance award at the 2023 Game …
In 1973, the writer Arthur C. Clarke formulated an adage meant to capture the relationships humans were building with their machines: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” The line became known as Clarke’s Third Law, and it is regularly invoked today as a reminder of technology’s giddy possibilities. Its true prescience, though, lay …
My heart’s pounding more than normal as I wait for Jia Tolentino to pick up my call. There’s something about interviewing another writer that feels specifically terrifying. Are they going to think my questions are dumb? Are they going to be quietly editing my ramblings in their head? Are they going to read the resulting …
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Ubisoft, Mihoyo, and Tencent are using the tech By Michael McWhertor on January 8, 2024 2:39 pm At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Monday, Nvidia showed off the latest advancements in its generative AI-powered NPCs, showcasing automated conversations between a player and computer-generated characters that could change how games are made. Nvidia’s Avatar Cloud …
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking over the workplace, and employees are still not sure how their companies are using automation tools to boost their productivity or augment specific tasks of their jobs. The reality, however, is that many companies have given their all or nothing for artificial …
Joe Maring / Digital Trends If you lead an active lifestyle, then having a watch that can keep up with you is important, especially if you want something that can integrate well with your phone and add extra features. Probably one of the best examples of that is the Apple Watch Ultra 2, which is …
Michael Jackson’s 93-Year-Old Mother Is Reportedly Fighting ‘Incredibly Lucrative’ Deal to Profit Off His Name Photo: Ethan Miller (Getty Images) The Roots’ Black Thought On Befriending Questlove & Classmates Boyz II Men & Others In New Memoir Our King of Pop, Michael Jackson is gone—but reportedly his 93-year-old mother Katherine Jackson is still very protective …
Just how incognito is incognito mode? A legal settlement has implications for Google Chrome users. When you opt to browse the internet in a privacy-enabled browser mode, just how private are you being? That’s the question at the heart of a $5 billion lawsuit against Google — which is, as of this week, a lawsuit …