Queer Actor Valorie Curry on Why She’s Playing a Homophobic Character onThe Boys

Speaking tothe Hollywood Reporter, Curry explained what drew her to the role. Curry figured it should be somebody from the community whos getting to make a clown out of her. So there isnt any ambiguity. Image: Prime Video It goes back to her past, and now shes someone who believes shes been marginalized. The Boys season four is now streaming on Prime Video. Want more io9 news? Image: Prime Video...

June 21, 2024 · 1 min · 85 words · Troy Lee

The Boys‘ Eric Kripke Teases the One Comic Twist That Will Never Be on the Show

Get another look at Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatums Apollo 11 rom-com, Fly Me to the Moon. Bryce Dallas Howard is directing another episode of Star Wars TV. Umbrella Academy showrunner Steve Blackman promises answers in its season finale. Screenshot: Amazon Plus, Superman and Supergirl share their pasts in a new clip from My Adventures With Superman. Not to be confused with the2008 animated film of the same nameabout houseflies sneaking aboard the lunar lander....

June 21, 2024 · 2 min · 258 words · Angela Delgado

The Jim Henson Company’s Iconic Studio Is Now Up for Sale

The building has headquartered the company since 2000, shortly after the release of the Sci-Fi ChannelsFarscapeandMuppets From Space. There are unexpected elements in some of the offices, like original vaults and fish-tank-like bathrooms. Its not your typical corporate space, but its ideal for the Muppets. The Jim Henson Company studio lot seen on February 22, 2021 in Hollywood, California.Photo: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (Getty Images) Its the perfect home for the Muppets and our particular brand of classy but eccentric entertainment....

June 21, 2024 · 1 min · 102 words · Taylor Bowers

Would You Pay Amazon $10 a Month for an AI-Infused Alexa?

To make matters worse, Amazon is considering charging $5-$10 monthly for the privilege. This new Remarkable Alexa will replace Classic Alexa (free) in its current form. Remarkable Alexa will have all the AI enhancements, like the ability to answer more complicated queries and prompts. Photo: Tyler Nottley / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) We also knew that it wasthinking of charging customersfor the ability. Amazons paid Alexa, on the contrary, relies on whatever gadgets and services you have plugged in yourself....

June 21, 2024 · 1 min · 167 words · Randall Taylor

You Can Actually Own This StunningStar Wars: Knights of the Old RepublicConcept Art

He emphasized that his work was part of a team that helped create the game together. We got togetherthe design department and the art departmentand started riffing on big ideas. Its rich and deep and beautiful too, of course, he said. See the full John Gallagher artwork, featuring a possible early rendering of a Krayt Dragon, in the slideshow below.Image: Heritage Auctions/HA.com News from the future, delivered to your present.

June 21, 2024 · 1 min · 70 words · Charles Mack

Anthropic Says New Claude 3.5 AI Model Outperforms GPT-4 Omni

Features like Artifacts are early experiments in this direction. Anthropic is fighting tooth and nail to keep up with product launches from OpenAI. The startup also says its exploring features such as web search and memory for future releases. Image: Anthropic With Artifacts, Anthropic says users can create interactive projects within Claude. Claude is supposedly better at visually understanding charts, documents, and math. Otherwise, Anthropic says its new Claude generally outperforms OpenAIs ChatGPT at coding and reasoning....

June 20, 2024 · 1 min · 175 words · Robert Turner

Apple Explains Why Apple Intelligence Exclusivity on iPhone 15 Pro Isn’t a ‘Cash Grab’

John Gruber from Daring Fireball (viaMacRumors) asked the question were all thinking. Is AI exclusivity on iPhone 15 Pro just a cash grab? Any recent M-series chips found in MacBooks and iPads can access Apple Intelligence. The only current iPhone models that will have Apple Intelligence are the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo According to Apples lead developers, a RAM component also determines how well AI runs on-machine....

June 20, 2024 · 2 min · 259 words · Cody Holt PhD

Classical Astronomers Observed a Different Great Red Spot on Jupiter

In 1665, astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini observed a massive storm raging on Jupiter. For more than a century after, the storm hadnt been seen. It wasnt until 1831 when astronomers observed a similar oval shape at the same latitude. The Great Red Spot captured by the Juno mission.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Seán Doran Since then, scientists have debated whether it was the same storm or a different one. Jupiters Great Red Spot, on the other hand, may date back by at least 190 years....

June 20, 2024 · 1 min · 160 words · Mike King

Here’s the Voice of Bruce Timm’s Next Animated Batman

you might hear a tease of Linklaters performance in the below video. I wanted to do this emotionally messed-up version of Batman, whos extremely aloof and almost inhuman. [Bruce Wayne is] a persona that Batman himself has cultivated to throw people off of his scent. Image: Courtesy of Prime Deep down inside, hes not a fun guy. Hes not charming, hes not sexy, or anything like that. Hes devoted to warring on crime 24/7....

June 20, 2024 · 1 min · 201 words · Vicki Mcgee

If You Like Loud Music, You’ll Love the Lenovo Tab Plus

The Lenovo Tab Plus has eight boomy speakers to blast music and movies everywhere. The Lenovo Tab Plus is an Android tablet with an 11.5-inch LCD. It offers a 90hz refresh rate, smoother than your average computer monitor. The Lenovo Tab Plus is squarely an entertainment tablet.Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo Its available with up to 256GB of onboard storage. Theres an 8,600mAh battery in the Lenovo Tab Plus, which is standard for a tablet in this class....

June 20, 2024 · 1 min · 142 words · Benjamin Kennedy

Marvel’sStar WarsComics Are Finally Moving on From the Most Unhinged Year in Canon

The time period between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi? Dont get me wrong, a lot of these stories have actuallybeen really good. And thats not even half of it. Image: Giuseppe Camuncoli/Marvel Whatevers next for Star Wars comics at Marvel remains unknown. Theres30 years still largely unexploredbetween Jedi and The Force Awakens that are ripe for more storytelling opportunities. The comics could go back in time as much as theyve gone forward....

June 20, 2024 · 1 min · 87 words · Lisa Allison

Mathematicians Are Excited About a Newly Discovered Shape

The teams research iscurrently hostedon the preprint server arXiv. In two dimensions, the shape is a Reuleaux triangle. Seen in three-dimensional space, the shape is oblong, but something our brains can visualize. A model of the shape in three dimensional space.Gif:A. Arman et al. / SageMath / D. Radchenko Beyond the third dimension, the team can mathematically project the the shapes constant width even in increasing dimensions. The new shape has a constant width always smaller than the sphere of its dimensionperhaps the Svelte?...

June 20, 2024 · 1 min · 130 words · Lisa Little

Meet ‘Loki,’ the Triceratops Relative With the Most Unbelievable Frill Horns

Scientists have discovered a new, very cool-looking dinosaur. The intricately horned beast is a relative of the famous Triceratops and has been named Lokiceratops rangiformis. Back then, the area was thought to have primarily been swamps and floodplains. A reconstruction of Lokiceratops surprised by a crocodilian in the 78-million-year-old swamps of northern Montana, USA.Illustration: Andrey Atuchin/Museum of Evolution in Maribo, Denmark. Put the two together and L. rangiformis literally means: Lokis horned face that looks like a caribou....

June 20, 2024 · 1 min · 132 words · Michael Davis