Scary Movie Is Ready to Scare You Silly Again in 2026

Scary Movie Is Ready to Scare You Silly Again in 2026

Old franchises are back in vogue again, and the pendulum has finally come around for Scary Movie. We learned just before Halloween that Scary Movie would be rising from the dead—and now there’s a release date. Miramax Films’ horror-comedy series is set to return with a brand new movie on June 12, 2026. Scary Movie 6 … Read more

George R.R. Martin Coauthored a Scientific Paper

George R.R. Martin Coauthored a Scientific Paper

Although fans of A Song of Ice and Fire might still be hankering for the long-delayed next book in the series, bestselling sci-fi/fantasy author George R.R. Martin has instead added a different item to his long list of publications: a peer-reviewed physics paper just published in the American Journal of Physics that he coauthored. The … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg announces $60 billion investment in Meta AI

Mark Zuckerberg announces  billion investment in Meta AI

On Friday, Mark Zuckerberg announced a $60-65 billion investment into Meta AI. “This will be a defining year for AI,” Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post detailing the investment. “In 2025, I expect Meta AI will be the leading assistant serving more than 1 billion people, Llama 4 will become the leading state of the … Read more

The best indie games we’re playing right now

The best indie games we’re playing right now

Antonblast is kind of like playing a zany Saturday morning cartoon. It’s brash, maximalist, and often, you’ll feel like you don’t actually understand what’s happening. Somehow, that chaos gels into something that actually makes sense — and, at times, is even calming. Antonblast just launched in 2024, but it looks like a long-lost side-scrolling platformer … Read more

Wall Street banks plan sale of X debt at a discount

Wall Street banks plan sale of X debt at a discount

Bankers are reportedly gearing up to offload debt used to fund Elon Musk’s social network, for which he paid $44 million in 2022 including $13 billion in financing. Morgan Stanley is leading the charge, hoping to sell senior debt at between 90 and 95 cents on the dollar, reports the WSJ.  As notes the outlet, … Read more

Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge reveal feels desperate to me

Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge reveal feels desperate to me

When Samsung launched the Galaxy S25 series, we pretty much knew that it would consist of three phones: the S25, the S25 Plus, and the S25 Ultra. However, Samsung surprised many when it ended its presentation with a “One more thing” moment, teasing the Galaxy S25 Edge. Yet, while the teaser was a cool way … Read more

Hubble’s Largest Panorama Ever Showcases 200 Million Stars

Hubble’s Largest Panorama Ever Showcases 200 Million Stars

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has released the largest ever photomosaic featuring over 200 million stars — all of which are bright than our own Sun. It consists of over 600 overlapping Hubble images and 2.5 billion pixels. “That is a huge number, yet only a fraction of the estimated one trillion stars in the Andromeda … Read more

Summarizing Books as Podcasts – O’Reilly

Summarizing Books as Podcasts – O’Reilly

Like just about everyone, we were impressed by the ability of NotebookLM to generate podcasts: Two virtual people holding a discussion. You can give it some links, and it will generate a podcast based on the links. The podcasts were interesting and engaging. But they also had some limitations. The problem with NotebookLM is that, … Read more

Researchers say new attack could take down the European power grid

Researchers say new attack could take down the European power grid

More impressive still, they could use the language to send telegrams to FREs that control real electric systems in their lab, the same types that are connected to the real Radio Ripple Control system. The video below shows the researchers stopping a real 40 kWp photovoltaic system from feeding energy into the grid. Photovoltaic system … Read more