Have you ever talked about a product, and then suddenly got an ad for it on your phone? Weve all been there, and then skeptically looked over our shoulders for the advertiser lurking in the shadow. You wouldnt be crazy for thinking that, but it is flat-out wrong. Photo: Max Kegfire (Shutterstock) Your phone is not listening to you. It didnt help when a local advertising company falsely claimed, Its true....
This is Metas next big play. Zuckerbergs braggadocious claim about Metas very large dataset comes shortly afterThe New York Times sued OpenAIover intellectual property. Should Instagram automatically own your data to build Metas AI? Photo: Anna Moneymaker (Getty Images) Theres yet to be a conversation about social media companies and their users over AI. However, Sarah Silverman and otherbook publishers are already suingMeta for ripping their ideas. Meta has profited off of its users data for years, but never to this extent....
Thecancellation of Westworldin 2022 came as a shock for multiple reasons. Instead, were left with questions about how things couldve gone, somethingeven its castis still wondering about. She thinks that they think maybe somehow, someway, in some iteration well get to finish it. Image: HBO They dont tell us where the show is going, continued Wood. We were just always told, We know how the show ends, when we started....
According toForbes, the developer is now working on an allegedsci-fi gamefirst heard about in 2021. And that may not come until2028, if not 2029 or 2030. [viaIGN] Want more io9 news? Image: Naughty Dog/PlayStation News from the future, delivered to your present. Which Oscar-Winning Actress Said No to Shawn LevysStar Wars? Plus, find out whichLast of Ussurvivor wishes they had a stronger fence.
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TheSamsung Galaxy S24was also released this week, and its best features might actually surprise you. Oh, and we found a giant digital calendar that should help organize your life. Click through for our top product news and reviews from this week. Image: Skylight / Image: Jorge Jimenez / Gizmodo / Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo / Photo: Christoph Dernbach/picture alliance (Getty Images) / Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo / Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo / Photo: Angel Fajardo / Gizmodo / Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo / Photo: Dan Ackerman / Gizmodo...
The upcomingDeadpool 3unexpectedly has a lot riding on it. According toArgylledirector Matthew Vaughn in a recentBroBiblepodcast, the film will absolutely succeed on the latter front. I think Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman are about to save the whole Marvel universe. Image: Marvel Studios Vaughn had a brief dalliance with the X-Men back in the day with 2011sX-Men: First Class. The few snippets that I know about [this movie]…are unbelievable. Folks love them some Deadpool, and Vaughns words will surely excite those looking forward to the movie....
One interesting move the new shows making is a remixing of storylines from the show. Of the changes, Kim said he views the new show as a remix, not a cover. The new show wasnt going to c’mon everyone, because nothing can. Image: Netflix Well find out for sure when Avatar: The Last Airbender comes to Netflix on February 22. IGNs full discussion with Kim and series director Jabbar Raisani can be readhere....
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Mark Gustafson, co-director onGuillermo del Toros Pinocchio, died on Thursday, February 1 after a heart attack. I admired [Mark], even before I met him. […] A Legend- and a friend that inspired and gave hope to all around him. Image:Cindy Ord/VF23/Getty Images He went on to say Gustafson leaves behind a Titanic legacy of animation. Highlighting Pinocchio in particular, it said his work will forever echo in the halls of creativity....
Beetlejuice Beetlejuicestar Catherine OHara has signed on to join HBOs next season ofThe Last of Us. PerVariety, the actor will be appearing in the sophomore outing for the post-apocalyptic drama. But unlike them, her role is being kept entirely under wraps at time of writing. Image:Kevin Winter/Getty Images But that hasnt stopped Last of Us fans from speculating on what character OHara will be. The Last of Us season two is expected to arrive on HBO and Max in 2025....
You wont be-leaf the shape of this ancient tree. A team of researchers found a 350-million-year-old fossilized tree species that looks like something out of Dr. Seuss. Research describing the ancient vegetation from leaf to trunk ispublishedtoday in Current Biology. An illustration of the specimen (with simplified leaves), human silhouettes for scale.Illustration: Tim Stonesifer Startling to say the least. News from the future, delivered to your present. Has the Next James Bond Been Found?...
[We] just put it right there when you ask for it. Arc Explore then presents its suggestions in a clean and easy-to-understand webpage and includes the sources it consulted. Miller also unveiled the Arc Search app with Browse for Me on iOS. According to Arc, Google’s Search dominance stopped the Internet from evolving. It wants to change that.Screenshot: Arc These can include the parks history, top search results, and when the park was renamed....
