AI will destroy Hollywood as we know it
Tom Graham, founder of Metaphysic.ai, on how generative AI will upend the film industry and change our understanding of what’s ‘real.’ Tom Graham was a couple of hours away from his keynote conversation with Chris Anderson on st.....»»
Powerful earthquakes leave at least 55 dead, destroy buildings along Japan"s western coast
A series of powerful earthquakes that hit western Japan have left at least 55 people dead and damaged thousands of buildings, vehicles and boats. Officials warned Tuesday that more quakes could lie ahead......»»
Powerful earthquakes leave at least 48 dead, destroy buildings along Japan"s western coast
A series of powerful earthquakes that hit western Japan have left at least 48 people dead and damaged thousands of buildings, vehicles and boats. Officials warned that more quakes could lie ahead......»»
Are movie franchises dead, or are we just seeing the start of new ones?
Some of Hollywood's biggest franchises like Indiana Jones, Transformers, DC, and Marvel flopped this year, but are new ones coming to take their place?.....»»
Hollywood"s first major Black female superhero: How Wakanda Forever broke the mold
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever rewrote Hollywood's script for superhero movies. English professor Diana Adesola Mafe was recently involved in an academic roundtable that offers a critical conversation about it and another film set in an African kingd.....»»
Great British Bake Off’s festive Christmas desserts aren’t so naughty after all
Study: Several ingredients actually reduce rather than increase risk of death or disease. Enlarge / Great British Bake Off judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith (top) and presenters Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding. (credit: Mark.....»»
"Molecular jackhammers" can rupture melanoma cells" membrane, study shows
The Beach Boys' iconic hit single "Good Vibrations" takes on a whole new layer of meaning thanks to a recent discovery by Rice University scientists and collaborators, who have uncovered a way to destroy cancer cells by using the ability of some mole.....»»
The best movies on Hulu right now (December 2023)
The best movies on Hulu include Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Hustler, Ever After, Paddington 2, Quiz Lady, as well as more current and classic hits......»»
The case of a persistent bully, from victim to perpetrator
The new kid, the class clown, the popular kid, the troublemaker, or the loner. We all know children and young people who may be labeled in this way. In fact, many of these stereotypes have been depicted in Hollywood films......»»
The best Christmas movies on Max (December 2023)
The best Christmas movies on Max include A Hollywood Christmas, Elf, The Polar Express, Holiday Affair, A Christmas Story Christmas, and more......»»
The Ars guide to time travel in the movies
We picked 20 time-travel movies and rated them by scientific logic and entertainment value. Enlarge / The selected films span several decades to show how Hollywood's treatment of time travel in Hollywood has evolved. (credit: Aur.....»»
Elon Musk"s X sues Media Matters over antisemitism analysis
The lawsuit says Media Matters "manipulated" data in an attempt to "destroy" the social media site......»»
Jurassic Park: Why we"re still struggling to realize it 30 years on
"Jurassic Park" is arguably the ultimate Hollywood blockbuster. Aside from the appeal of human-chomping dinosaurs, tense action sequences and ground-breaking cinematography, its release in 1993 was a movies-meet-science milestone......»»
The SAG Strike is over, and actors and their stan accounts are celebrating
The SAG-AFTRA strike is officially over. Hollywood reacted with happiness and some jokes online, and the stan accounts got in on the fun too. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) strike has ended, meaning actors can get back to work after months of te.....»»
Hollywood actors" union Sag-Aftra agrees tentative deal to end four-month strike
Major films and TV shows will resume work after a four-month impasse that paralysed the industry......»»
Screen Actors Guild reach deal with studios, ending strike and six months of Hollywood shutdown
The actors guild announced last night that it has reached a tentative deal with the studios and streamers, ending the actors strike. The deal still has to be ratified by SAG members, but that is basically a foregone conclusion at this point. The o.....»»
Hollywood actors union Sag agrees tentative deal to end strike
Sag-Aftra has been calling for better pay for actors and safeguards on the use of AI......»»
University of Chicago researchers seek to “poison” AI art generators with Nightshade
Altered images could destroy AI model training efforts that scrape art without consent. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Friday, a team of researchers at the University of Chicago released a research paper outlining "Ni.....»»
Everything coming to Peacock in November 2023
Peacock's exciting November 2023 schedule includes the debut of the original movie Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain and Big 10 basketball......»»
Researchers use measurements to generate quantum entanglement and teleportation
Quantum mechanics is full of weird phenomena, but perhaps none as weird as the role measurement plays in the theory. Since a measurement tends to destroy the "quantumness" of a system, it seems to be the mysterious link between the quantum and classi.....»»
Researchers measure magnetic field in eclipse medium of a spider pulsar PSR J2051-0827
Spider pulsars are a subclass of millisecond pulsar binary systems with low mass companions in short-period orbits. In spider pulsars, the pulsar wind and electromagnetic emission ablate and may destroy the companion......»»