Nobody can lose their shit and start yelling quite like Gene Hackman. The actor, who was discovered dead in his home at the age of 95 this week (under bizarre-sounding circumstances), appeared in dozens of movies and won two Oscars. He did comedies, thrillers, and at least one kids movie. He was also the best
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SymbyAI, a SaaS platform that uses AI to streamline scientific research, announced a $2.1 million seed round with participation from Drive Capital and CharacterVC, among others. Launched just last year by Aisha Livaudais and Michael House, the platform provides organized workspaces for researchers to access papers, code, data, and experiences within one place. It helps
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Nintendo is doing something the company has never done before: Next month, it will remove a retro game from its the Nintendo Switch Online’s classic catalog. Suggested Reading The Best Reveals From The Game Awards 2023 Off English Suggested Reading Since launching the Nintendo Switch Online classic service in 2018, the company behind Mario has
Her name is Lizzie, she looks like a fleshy Stratocaster and she has big feelings about being attached to the hip of a rock star named Flare. Long-running online shooter Warframe’s Techrot Encore update amps up an already strange game by introducing, yes, a living guitar. That’s also a flamethrower. In a world with eldritch
In a game like Civilization VII, the leader you choose makes as much of a difference as how you play and the type of win condition you seek. If you want to rule the world, a military leader will provide the manpower and firepower. But an economic-focused leader makes the most sense if you’d rather
We’ve seen approximately five minutes of Pokémon Legends: Z-A in motion and fans are already asking a question that has plagued every Pokémon game since the series shifted to 3D graphics with X and Y: Is Pokémon Legends: Z-A ugly? The modern Pokémon games have been universally plagued by technical issues, but the debate about
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Optifye.ai, a Y Combinator-backed startup, sparked massive social media backlash this week after its demo went viral. The video, which shows how the company’s AI-powered cameras track factory workers in real-time, quickly caught fire online, with criticism flooding in on X and Hacker News. In the clip, a supervisor calls out an underperforming worker, sparking
The home button is dead. Apple announced the new iPhone 16E last week, replacing the iPhone SE and eliminating the home button once and for all. Don’t miss: The New iPhone 16E Is the Final Death of Small Phones The iPhone SE has been Apple’s budget phone for nearly a decade, always featuring a home button,
PlayStation Plus is Sony’s version of Xbox Game Pass, and it offers subscribers a large and constantly expanding library of games. There are three plans starting at $10 a month, but each plan gives subscribers access to monthly games and rewards. And subscribers have a few more days to carry out daring heists in the
I’m a person of structure and routine, and navigating the airport is no different. I call my Lyft at least two and a half hours before my flight boards, so I can have two solid hours to print my boarding pass, take off my shoes to get through TSA security. Then I’ll head straight to
Apple released iOS 18.3 in January, and it brought some bug fixes to all iPhones. But when Apple released iOS 18 in September, it brought more customization options to your iPhone for things like your lock screen and home screen. It also let you turn your home screen apps into widgets and resize those widgets with ease. Before iOS 18,
What is the best internet provider in Wilkes-Barre? CNET’s top pick for internet in Wilkes-Barre is Xfinity, thanks to its wide availability, fast speeds and competitive introductory pricing. Offering download speeds from 300Mbps to 2,000Mbps and starting at just $35 per month, Xfinity stands out as a reliable and affordable internet option for most households.
You may have seen messages on social media urging people not to buy anything at all on Friday, Feb. 28, as part of a protest. This isn’t just your friends getting fed up with prices and corporations; it’s an actual organized movement. Consumers are being urged not to spend any money, online or otherwise, for
Snowflake plans to expand its startup accelerator with $200 million in additional commitments, the tech giant that specializes in cloud-based data storage said Thursday. The new injection of capital follows a string of activity by Snowflake over the past several months that illustrates that company’s growth ambitions. The Snowflake Startup Accelerator, formerly known as the
Blue Origin is making history with an all-female crew for its next spaceflight, including some very familiar names. The America spacecraft company said its 11th human mission will include CBS host Gayle King, singer Katy Perry and former journalist Lauren Sánchez — the fiancé of Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin’s founder. Rounding out the passenger list
Forza Horizon 5, which launched over four years ago on Xbox and PC, is making the leap to PlayStation 5 soon, but because it’s 2025, the game will lock “early access” to Xbox’s open-world driving sim behind a pricey special edition. It’s the next evolution in publishers holding games hostage for extra money. Suggested Reading
Over 300 indie creators have pooled their games to create the California Fire Relief Bundle on itch.io to get funds into the hands of survivors of the recent devastating wildfires in Southern California. You can help a great cause and play some incredible games for just $10. Suggested Reading The Top 10 Most-Played Games On
The next version of ChatGPT is here, with the promise to be more humanistic in tone, interactions and general knowledge. OpenAI announced on Thursday a preview of GPT-4.5, what OpenAI is calling its largest and best model for chat yet. The company said to expect more warm, naturally flowing conversations, better emotional intelligence and more
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Peni Parker is a spider-person from the future, but instead of relying on mutations or enhancements herself, she has her mechanized counterpart to fill the web-slinging role for her. Peni is a fantastic ‘setup’ tank who excels at area denial, if she has time to set up. Weaker when pushing, she shines when defending stationary
Terminator 2D: No Fate, a newly announced game based on Terminator 2: Judgment Day, looks like a rad retro-inspired side scroller. And you luckily won’t have to wait too long to play it. Suggested Reading This Narrative Adventure About Doomed Teenage Dinosaurs Feels Too Real Off English Suggested Reading Announced on February 27, Terminator 2D:
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My Beats Studio Pro headphones are never more than 10 feet away from me. I’m not exaggerating. I literally take them everywhere with me. I listen to music at the gym and during my morning walk. I stream podcasts when I walk my dog four times a day. I dive into an audiobook when I’m
Millions of student loan borrowers haven’t made a student loan payment since March 2020. I’m one of those borrowers. Now I’m shifting to prepare for a hefty student loan bill. Student loans were placed into an emergency forbearance during the start of the pandemic in March 2020. Before the payment pause, my student loan payment was
What is the best internet provider in Vermont? Xfinity is the best internet provider in Vermont for most households thanks to its fast speeds, reasonable prices and widespread availability throughout the state. It’s also the go-to option if you want the cheapest internet in Vermont with its $35 plan that gets you 300 megabits per
Apple enthusiastically wants people to use its latest AI tools, so much that Apple Intelligence is now turned on by default on devices that can run it. But I won’t hold it against you if you want to avoid still-baking features like the sometimes dodgy message summaries and generated images. Instead, you can turn off Apple Intelligence
There’s a reason your mom knows Pikachu. Over the past three decades, Pokemon has gone from being Satoshi Tajiro’s childhood dream to the highest-grossing entertainment franchise in the world. The pocket monsters’ legacy includes a wildly popular anime, widely-scalped trading cards, a movie starring Ryan Reynolds and many, many games. As we gear up for
Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. I’ve got an issue with today’s NYT Mini Crossword. 5-Down is one of those “try to spell out what this sounds like” answers,
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