China’s Surreal AI-Generated Anti-Drug Ad Accidentally Made Drugs Look Cool
If you’re a law enforcement agency trying to warn the public about the harms of recreational drug use, the last…
Energy Department Wants Data Centers to Stop Draining the Grid During Brutal Heat Wave
As a brutal heat wave hits much of the central and eastern United States this week, the Department of Energy…
Read the Tense Emails Between the Pentagon (Former Uber Exec) and Anthropic (Dario Amodei)
It feels voyeuristic to read someone’s breakup texts, but usually the parties involved in the split aren’t an AI lab…
NASA Struggles to Save ‘Multitool’ Orbital Satellite From a Fiery Death
NASA suspended all scientific activity onboard its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory this past February, in the hopes of reducing drag…
Danny McBride Is Really Excited About His ‘G.I. Joe’ Script
Most of us know Danny McBride, the actor. The gruff, confident everyman who shows up and wreaks havoc. But McBride…
‘Akira’ Slides Back Into Theaters in 4K and IMAX This Fall
Even if you’ve watched Akira multiple times, you may not have seen it presented on the big screen before… and…
Fujifilm Expands QuickSnap Disposable Lineup for ‘Intentional’ Photography
A camera that takes just 27 photos and has no screen is really having a moment with younger generations, even…
FDA’s Highest-Risk Potato Chip Recall Arrives Just in Time for the 4th of July
The Food and Drug Administration has elevated its recall of Utz’s Dirty and Zapp’s potato chips to Class 1, the…
We Went Back and Explored the 1985 Joe Dante Film ‘Explorers’
If you look up “third act problems” in a film studies book, there should be a big picture of Ethan…
The New Meta for Silicon Valley Startups Is Nihilism
For decades, the message out of Silicon Valley was a relentless optimism to the point of being unsettling. But there’s…
