Welcome to Week in Review, folks, TechCrunch’s regular recap of the week in tech. GPT-4, OpenAI’s text- and image-understanding AI, might’ve dominated the headlines over the past few days. But fresh drama around Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse emerged as well. We cover all that and more in this edition, so grab a coffee and settle
Another day, another gem unearthed from Microsoft Activision deal‘s regulator fiasco. This time, it’s the Xbox maker’s claim that Activision Blizzard isn’t even close to being PlayStation’s biggest third-party supplier. Apparently, it ranks fifth. Electronic Arts and Ubisoft outrank Activision as Sony and Microsoft suppliers In a handy figure included in its response to U.K.’s Competition
James Cameron’s Titanic is getting another release in China, this one timed to the 25th anniversary of the original film. An April 3 launch date has been set. The version going out on that day will be a remastered 3D 4K HDR update, as was the version that was released elsewhere in February, and will
Hot on the heels of a largely positive critical response (see our own Meagan Navarro’s glowing review here) and an opening weekend performance that has broken franchise records, Scream VI‘s cast and crew are no doubt riding a high right now. The “sequel to the requel” follows the surviving “Core Four” from 2022’s Scream—Sam (Melissa
Fuzzy Haskins circa 1977 (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images). News Parliament-Funkadelic’s Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins Dies at 81 The vocalist and on-stage party-starter was an original Parliaments member who played in George Clinton’s ever morphing outfit until the late 1970s By Jazz Monroe March 18, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins, the vocalist
With the fervor over AI and how ChatGPT will inevitable change English classes — and nary a word from said author of that piece on the scores of books being removed from those classes — it seemed only right to experiment with the tool. How easily could it parrot the talking points of “parental rights”
Play video content KCAL A Los Angeles-based meteorologist fainted during a live TV broadcast this weekend — and there’s still no word on her condition after the terrifying moment was caught on camera. Alissa Carlson Schwartz was helping CBS L.A.’s KCAL team kick off the newscast early Saturday morning, leading the 7:00 AM hour with
Hello, I’m Tommy Refenes. You may remember me from such games as Super Meat Boy and Super Meat Boy Forever. I’m delighted to be able to tell you that the Meat Boy universe is returning to PlayStation later this year in the form of a brand new title called Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine! Meat
In the wake of delivering Talking Heads frontman David Byrne his second Oscar nomination with Everything Everywhere All at Once, A24 has acquired worldwide rights to his former band’s 1984 cult hit concert pic Stop Making Sense for theatrical release later this year. A24 will give the director Jonathan Demme’s first concert pic a 4K
There was a time when I personally believed that Resident Evil 4 never needed a remake. The original game that was released in 2005 has held up fantastically over the years and become such an influence on third-person action and horror games. Hell, we’re still seeing that influence in the series today as the exceptional
You’d think Andrew Lloyd Webber would be feeling the pressure of having to craft King Charles‘ coronation music — but the dude is pretty relaxed … hilariously so, in fact. The Broadway legend — responsible for the numbers heard in “Cats,” “The Phantom of the Opera” and others — dished to WaPo about the Royal
SAN FRANCISCO – Satellogic, the South American company known for high-resolution multispectral imagery, is selling Earth-observation satellites for $10 million or less. Satellogic’s new Space Systems product is designed to appeal to customers eager to establish or expand their space capabilities rather than simply buying imagery. “Space agencies around the world want access to this
The third to last episode of Shadow and Bone’s second season did not disappoint. Shadow and Bone Season 2 Episode 6 saw a central character’s death and the epic Firebird reveal. The Crows also dealt with their significant discovery while repairing some relationships in Durat fashion. We got no update on Matthias besides him burying
Green Li-ion says its battery recycling machines are the “size of a small house,” so it’s no wonder the Singapore-based startup needed to top up on funds. It’d only raised about $15 million ahead of its latest cash infusion. This week, Green Li-ion announced a $20.5 million “pre-Series B” round led by climate-tech investor TRIREC.
Here’s a neat trick: if you want a high-end gaming laptop but don’t want to pay over the odds for it, consider the Corsair Voyager A1600. If you buy it from Corsair’s US web store, add a PC case like this one and then use code NEWBUILD, you can pick up the laptop and the
When New Line/DC’s Shazam: Fury of the Gods hit tracking four weeks ago with a low $35M projection, it was shocking and not shocking to rival distributors. Shocking, because in a spring full of franchise tentpoles, many of which are seeing record opening domestic highs, how can a DC property like Shazam! not keep up
After forging a successful partnership on Ready or Not, director of photography Brett Jutkiewicz reunited with Radio Silence — the production collective of co-directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett and producer Chad Villella — on Scream (2022). He then followed the team from rural Woodsboro to the mean streets of New York City to shoot
News Rolling Loud Not Returning to New York for 2023 Festival “We’ll be back in New York when the time is right,” shared organizers in a statement By Allison Hussey March 17, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Rolling Loud will not return to New York for 2023, festival organizers announced today (March 17), citing “logistical
It’s sometimes difficult to imagine how the planet we call home, with its megalopolis cities and serene farmlands, was once dominated by dinosaurs as big as buses and five-story buildings. But recent research has helped deepen our understanding of why dinosaurs prevailed: the answer may lie in their special bones, structured like Aero chocolate. Brazilian
Lance Reddick, perhaps best known for his role in HBO’s “The Wire” has died. He was 60 years old. At the time of this writing, the cause of death is unknown but according to TMZ, ”law enforcement sources say it appears to be natural.” Deadline was also able to confirm, through the actor’s public relations representative, that Reddick has
The head of the VC firm that invested several hundred million dollars in A24 a year ago says the indie producer-distributor’s “extraordinary” momentum could lead to a large international business and potential acquisitions. As is their wont, A24 executives are not talking publicly, but Stripes partner Ken Fox did speak with Deadline soon after the
It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and SYFY’s celebrating accordingly with a marathon of the Leprechaun movies. But if you’re looking for horror inspiration beyond the pint-sized killer’s holiday-appropriate franchise, a vast world of worthy Irish horror movies is available at your fingertips. If you’re feeling lucky, here are ten Irish horror movies you can stream today.
Hamra and the Jungle of Memories is a stunning retelling of “Little Red Riding Hood” that brims with big emotions, big adventure and very big teeth. Hamra knows the rules about the Langkawi jungle behind her island home in Malaysia: Never enter without asking the jungle’s permission, never use her real name and never take
Avril Lavigne is looking iced out these days … and the new, flashy jewelry around her neck comes courtesy of her new bf, Tyga. Eric Mavani, a celebrity jeweler out of New York City, tells TMZ … Tyga gifted Avril the custom diamond chain Thursday, and the piece is worth $80K. Play video content @ericdajeweler
It’s easy to envisage other universes, governed by slightly different laws of physics, in which no intelligent life, nor indeed any kind of organized complex systems, could arise. Should we therefore be surprised that a universe exists in which we were able to emerge? That’s a question physicists including me have tried to answer for
Lance Reddick, famous for his work on HBO’s “The Wire” and the “John Wick” movie franchise has died … TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … Lance’s body was discovered at his Studio City home Friday morning around 9:30 AM. His cause of death is currently unclear, but our law enforcement sources say
The U.K. has become the latest jurisdiction to ban social video app TikTok from government devices, confirming reports that surfaced earlier this week. The ban follows a security review ordered by U.K. ministers looking to establish whether government data could be compromised from social networks installed on work devices. Indeed, the review did include other
Return to Silent Hill, the film based on the Silent Hill 2 game from Konami, has started casting actors for the movie. According to Deadline, the Christophe Gans directed film will star Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) and Hannah Emily Anderson (Jigsaw). Filming is slated to start in April with locations in Eastern Europe and Germany.
Friday afternoon: We’re hearing that New Line’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods is currently on its way to an $11M Friday, inclusive of last night’s $3.4M, for what’s looking like a $30M opening at 4,071 theaters. The pic cost $125M before P&A, $25M more than the first Shazam! While that’s nothing to scream “Shazam!” about
There was a time when I personally believed that Resident Evil 4 never needed a remake. The original game that was released in 2005 has held up fantastically over the years and become such an influence on third-person action and horror games. Hell, we’re still seeing that influence in the series today as the exceptional