Something that Nintendo hasn’t really talked about much is AI, especially generative AI. However, that is no longer the case and the company behind the Switch has now spoken about it for the first time. You see, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently spoke to investors in a Q&A, where he was asked about the matter.
Month: July 2024
Shay Youngblood, playwright and novelist, has passed away in Peachtree City, GA at the age of 64. Her friend, Kelley Alexander, said the cause of death was ovarian cancer. Youngblood’s works, which include the short story collection The Big Mama Stories (1989), the novels Soul Kiss (1997) and Black Girl in Paris (2000), and her
As anticipation builds for the release of the upcoming MaXXXine, the final installment in Ti West’s gripping horror trilogy, it’s clear that the director’s innovative approach to filmmaking is as much a part of the buzz as the final (or, maybe not so final) entry in the series. Still, the behind-the-scenes strategy truly sets this
It’s only July and there is a chunky list of new horror movies to watch on streaming and VOD this month. Some have already had their theatrical run and are landing in their respective streaming services and others are brand new and going straight to VOD. But don’t count any of them short, some of
Ryan Reynolds has just dropped a big hint that Taylor Swift could be in the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine movie – but it’s uncertain whether or not he’s just trolling Swifties. The singer has been at the centre of speculation for some time over a potential surprise appearance as superhero Dazzler in the upcoming Marvel
Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Copilot has reportedly received a new update that gives it the capability of managing certain tasks on a linked Android smartphone. The feature has some requirements that must be fulfilled before it can function as designed, as per the report. After setting it up, users can ask Copilot to send
HELSINKI — Chinese commercial satellite maker MinoSpace has secured more than $137 million to further its design and production aspirations. MinoSpace, also known as Beijing Weina Star Technology Co., Ltd., announced the funding June 24, now describing itself as a commercial space unicorn enterprise, having secured 1 billion yuan ($137 million). Wuxi Economic Development Zone
Surgent Studios, the developer behind Tales of Kenzera: Zau, has announced it is laying off just over a dozen employees. This follows the release of its first game, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, back in April, which launched to good reviews. Surgent doesn’t explain why; it says it’s focusing on supporting those affected, continuing work on
My Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. “Power Times Four!” Trapped for two millennia under the burning sands of the Sahara desert, N’kantu, Chieftain of the Swarilis tribe, awakens in the modern city of Cairo. After a tense battle with the Archeologist Doctor Skarab and a small force of Egyptian soldiers, the forgotten hero
Funko, the leading pop culture lifestyle brand, is getting into the anime spirit ahead of this weekend’s Anime Expo in Los Angeles with new additions to the Pop! Yourself program. Included in the new options is a spiky hair selection for the personalized figure line are inspired by the expressive styles found in manga and anime.
Audiences are accustomed to seeing Michael Rooker play tough characters in projects like The Walking Dead and Guardians of the Galaxy, but the actor himself had some tough-love advice for audiences who didn’t exactly flock to his latest film Horizon, which is directed by and stars Kevin Costner. The film opened to an underwhelming $11
Love never dies! Not for the doomed couple at the center of director Brian Yuzna’s gory zombie sequel, Return of the Living Dead 3, and not for dedicated horror fans. Filmmaker Dustin Ferguson (Spider Baby, or the Maddest Story Ever Told) revealed on Facebook that he’s acquired the “lost” first cut of Yuzna’s film, containing
As promised, Donald Glover has released his new Childish Gambino song “Lithonia.” It’s the first taste of Glover’s new Gambino album Bando Stone & the New World. Check out “Lithonia”—co-produced by Glover, Ludwig Göransson, Max Martin, and Michael Uzowuru—below. Along with “Lithonia,” Glover has shared that Bando Stone & the New World is out July
Ariel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea have announced price hikes for their prepaid and postpaid plans. Airtel and Jio’s revised prepaid plans will be valid from July 3, while Vi recharge plans will be effective from July 4. With this, the new prepaid plans will surely cause some confusion for the customers as they decide
Whether you’re left, right or ambidextrous, “handedness” is part of our identity. But a lot of people don’t realise that we have other biases too and they are not unique to humans. My colleagues and I have published a new study that shows aligning our biases in the same way as other people may have
Helldivers 2 might be getting a fresh hotfix containing more performance fixes this week, as Arrowhead sticks to its current focus of rectifying as many issues as possible before thinking about going hard with any big content additions. There’s been a bit of debate recently as to whether the studio shouls stick steadfastly to its
When it was announced that Bohemian Rhapsody producer Graham King would be making a Michael Jackson biopic, he said it wouldn’t be a “sanitized” version of the musician’s life. The upcoming 2025 movie will not only show how Jackson took the music business by storm, but it’ll also cover his troubled childhood and the sexual
There’s yet to be a Lone Queer from a zombie film. Until now! But they’re not from just any ol’ zombie film. They’re from a George A. Romero zombie film. Obviously not from the original series, but from the second series … chapter … reiteration of his Dead films. That film is 2009’s Survival of
Soft Play were joined onstage by punk duo Bob Vylan at Glastonbury 2024 – watch footage below. During their stint on the Other Stage last Sunday (June 30), drummer Isaac Holman told the crowd: “We’re gonna invite some friends onto the stage,” before the band joined them for a riotous performance of ‘One More Day Won’t
Samsung Galaxy M35 5G with the Exynos 1380 chipset was launched in select global markets in May. Now, Samsung is looking to bring this M series smartphone to India. An exact launch date is still under wraps but Amazon has teased the arrival of the handset. It is presumed to be launched during the Amazon
As bristling with volcanoes as a porcupine with quills, Jupiter‘s moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System. At any given time, around 150 of the 400 or so active volcanoes on Io are erupting. It’s constantly spewing out lava and gas; a veritable factory of volcanic excretions. And, thanks to
Composite of NOAA-20/VIIRS band I5 and NASA Blue Marble imagery, showing Hurricane Beryl over the eastern Caribbean Sea on July 2, 2024. Credit: TheAustinMan/EOSDIS Worldview/Wikimedia Commons Hurricane Beryl has straddled Category 4 and Category 5 storm status as it’s ripped through the Caribbean, shocking meteorologists. With the storm threading the sea this afternoon and racing
The author of The Night Ends With Fire, a new fantasy romance inspired by the legend of Mulan, shares her bookstore habits and favorite library memories. View original source here.
July’s games on PS Plus are here. The PlayStation Plus free games for July 2024 are now available to download across PS5 and PS4 platforms. This past week, Sony announced that July’s lineup on PS Plus would include Borderlands 3, NHL 24, and Among Us. This rotation was relatively well-received by most PS Plus subscribers given
Home News Monogram International Shares Peanuts SDCC Exclusive Deluxe Gift Set The latest SDCC reveal from Monogram International spotlights a famous hero and his nemesis – Charlie Brown and his kit. This Peanuts Deluxe Gift Set features a Peanuts lanyard, a Charlie Brown figural bag clip and three enamel pins – all with the nefarious
Families will not stop heading to the cinemas this week as Illumination/Universal‘s Despicable Me 4 storms into summer with what’s looking like a $110M-$120M 5-day U.S./Canada opening at 4,000 theaters. This as Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 remains strong after a third No. 1 weekend, that pic heading to half billion stateside before the week is
It’s sobering to think that 2024 is already half over and Abigail is probably the most notable mainstream horror movie to be released thus far; it’s the Indies dominating positive critical response. The good news is that the second half of the year has plenty to offer and there are some big ones still on
Eminem is back with another new song. The Detroit rapper has released “Tobey,” a new single with fellow Michiganders Big Sean and BabyTron. To start the track, BabyTron raps, “Tobey Maguire got bit by a spider, but see, me, it was a goat.” The song’s credited producers are: Car!ton, Cole Bennett, Daniyel, Eminem, John Nocito,
Meta has updated the artificial intelligence (AI) content detection label from “Made with AI” to “AI Info” on Monday. The announcement came just days after several Instagram influencers and photographers criticised the social media giant for incorrectly labelling their original posts as AI-generated content. In a post, Meta acknowledged that its previous label was not
It feels like we are getting used to the Earth being on fire. Recently, more than 70 wildfires burned simultaneously in Greece. In early 2024, Chile suffered its worst wildfire season in history, with more than 130 people killed. Last year, Canada’s record-breaking wildfires burned from March to November and, in August, flames devastated the