The gaming site sponsored by Walmart lays off its editorial staff

Restart, a games media website launched in late 2024 that was sponsored by Walmart, has laid off its “entire editorial team,” according to a Friday post from Brandy Berthelson, the site’s former editor-in-chief. Other staffers have also posted about being laid off. Restart is operated by Moonrock, a content marketing agency, though its editorial mission […]

Flock Reportedly Tried to Turn Uber Drivers Into Mobile Snitches

More eyes on you.

‘The Odyssey’ Will Soon Be Christopher Nolan’s Highest-Grossing Film

The epic recently crossed $1 billion and has ‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ in its sights.

Fenix Flexin isn’t even denying using AI to make ‘Rubberz’ anymore

That cover art is almost certainly AI too. | Image: Fenix Flexin It took long enough, but now LA rapper Fenix Flexin appears to have admitted using AI for the 80s synth pop-themed song “Rubberz.” His comments follow the producer Medasin’s videos claiming that an AI tool called Treblo (formerly Sonauto) was used to make […]

Data Center Reps Face the Guillotine, Flee Public Hearing

Seems like they got the message.

This Super El Niño Could Trigger the Highest Sea Levels Ever Recorded on the California Coast

California is likely looking at a winter of storm surge and coastal flooding.

‘Lynx’ Is a Sapphic Neo-Noir Thriller About a Damaged Detective and Her Snarky Cat Battling Angels [Exclusive]

Viz Media’s upcoming original series throws readers into a post-climate-collapsed city where a bio-enchanced detective contends with the cosmic horror of biblically accurate angels and the ghost of her ex.

Watching Roku’s AI channel is like eating from a trough

The appeal of free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels has always been the way they make it easier to (re)discover classic films and series. But Roku’s latest experiment in the FAST space has less to do with traditionally produced entertainment and is entirely focused on giving viewers access to a constant source of AI-generated content. […]

RFK Jr. Is Too Rich to Know the Price of Groceries, Not Rich Enough to Stop Grifting

The millionaire Health Secretary doesn’t live in the real world.

OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerful

OpenAI says it is pausing “internal activities” around an in-development AI model, Astra, because it doesn’t yet meet new security standards the company is putting in place. The announcement follows its recent disclosure that OpenAI models accidentally hacked Hugging Face. Anthropic and Meta have also since admitted that they had AI models that went rogue […]