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OpenAI wants to be a star.A big, bright, shining star. These discussions are just the latest round of talks, according to sources familiar with them. It doesnt specify whether Sams partying had anything to do with the companys Sora pitch. Photo: trekandshoot (Shutterstock) The specific details of OpenAIs Hollywood conversations are unknown. We look forward to an ongoing dialogue with artists and creatives. If OpenAI is looking forward to this so-called dialogue with creatives, creatives may be less excited....

Quiver Quantitative can only parse online filings. Some members file their financial disclosures by hand, and that information isnt present in the data set. There are several other caveats to consider as well. Photo: Bloomberg / Contributor (Getty Images) Members of Congress have to report stock transactions within 45 days and disclose their overall stock holdings annually. The value of the stocks has also changed since reports were filed. Still, the data gives a useful indication of Congresss finances....

The teams research waspublishedtoday in Science Advances. These plumes of material can be massive. News from the future, delivered to your present. Artistic depiction of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, showing hydrothermal activity on the seafloor and cracks in the moon’s icy crust, enabling material from the watery interior to be shot into space.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech You May Also Like Did Scientists Detect Life on Another Planet? Astrophysicists May Have Found the Source of Mysterious Wow!...

Im cheating a bit, here. Our weekly slideshow didnt go out last Friday, so were combining two weeks into one. Im sure you wont mind, so lets blast off into our next great space-themed adventure. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona News from the future, delivered to your present.

No one likes dealing with lag, buffering, or app freezing. Fortunately, there are a few ways you could speed up your iPhone. Its a classic for a reason, not just another tech myth. Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo Since its probably the most straightforward hack, Id recommend starting with this one. There are slightly different ways to restart aniPhonebased on its model. In case youre unsure about your iPhones model, we havea guide for that, too....

This storyoriginally appeared on Quartz. There have been 12 incidents of the mugs overheating or breaking resulting in 10 injuries, CPSC said. Of those injuries, nine included severe burns and/or blisters on a customers fingers or hands. The mugs were sold from November 2023 through January 2024 for about $10, $13 or $20 depending on gift set.Screenshot: US Consumer Product Safety Commission In one incident, the agency said, an individual required medical attention....

Bringing that surreal and vivid setting to life posed unique challenges for the shows creators. Weiss, David Benioff, and Alexander Woo, as well as other members of the crew and cast. The VR headset is an experience no one on Earth has ever had before, Weiss explains. John Bradley and Jess Hong in 3 Body ProblemImage: Netflix One of the big challenges was grounding all of the disparate visual strands of the show, Weiss says....

Texas Attorney GeneralKen Paxton sued Xhamster and Chaturbatefor violating thestates age verification law, according to apress releaseThursday. Texas is one of nine states that have passed similar laws targeting porn sites. As no surprise to anyone, VPNs are in demand after Pornhub left Texas. Image: Mehaniq (Shutterstock) News from the future, delivered to your present. In that environment, all things are possible. Two Democratic PACs are working to remind voters that the GOP wants to ban porn....

But the tweet isnt real. It was made by a comedian. The answer, of course, is that they didnt actually tweet them in the first place. File photo of Candace Owens and Ben Shapiro on March 17, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee.Photo: Jason Kempin (Getty Images) The tweet was actually created by an X user who goes by the nameTrap Queen Enthusiast. The fake tweet from Owens has over900,000 viewsat the time of this writing and is picking up steam rapidly....

Thankfully,for director Adam Wingard,that wasnt what he wanted to do. Sure, he couldve brought even more monsters onto the screen and made the action that much bigger. Instead though, forGodzilla x Kong: The New Empire, he had a new, riskier, idea. You’re gonna learn more about Kong in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.Image: Warner Bros. [That] to me was more exciting. Its almost like a character study, but with monsters....

However, the problems go way beyond simply the color of a text message. If they allow iMessage on Android, then how will we tell whos a loser? In the end, the government may finally put an end to the green vs. blue bubble war. Maybe one day people won’t say “ew” when they see a green bubble in iMessage.Photo: Tada Images (Shutterstock) News from the future, delivered to your present....

Swiftkey was eliminated by Duolingo in yesterdays head-to-head. Today, we have crowd favorite Flashlight going up against Evernote. Its a built-in utility on most smartphones these days. Graphic: Gizmodo But that wasnt always the case. Many, many developers jumped in on the immediate gold rush. The flashlight app does one thing, and the thing it does is useful. Graphic: Google Thats something that countless apps cannot claim. These days, Evernote fans are hard to find....

The next Batman moviewas just pushed backbut the next Batman story is coming later this year. ItsThe Penguin, an eight-part seriesstarring Colin Farrellas the crime bosshe portrayed in the 2022 Matt Reeves film. Itll be out this fall exclusively on Max and heres the first trailer. The Penguin is back.Image: Warner Bros. Theres not much to go on, but what is there seems pretty telling. First of all is Farrells performance....