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Peacock Raises Prices Across All Plans, NBCU’s Fourth Increase in Four Years
Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, is raising subscription prices for the fourth time in four years, even as it reported its first-ever quarterly profit. The increase takes effect on 18 August for new and returning customers, with existing subscribers affected from 17 September depending on their billing date, and comes as almost every major streaming platform,…
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10 Best Sci-Fi Books of the 1980s
Collider has published a ranking of the ten best science-fiction novels of the 1980s, a decade the outlet says pushed the genre toward darker, more paranoid territory as personal computing, biotechnology and Cold War anxieties reshaped what writers explored. The list highlights books that used speculative premises to interrogate technology’s risks alongside its promise, and…
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Stare at an imprisoned god to stop the apocalypse in Sarco, a no-saves horror game in which you’ll also, somehow, have to explore a gutted scientific base
Ukrainian studio Hello Andromeda has announced Sarco, an atmospheric horror game in which players are trapped in a scientific research base with a sarcophagus containing an imprisoned cosmic entity. The being slowly opens whenever it isn’t being watched, forcing players to balance staring it down with exploring the base’s corridors to find a lasting solution…
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Star Citizen has a disastrously laggy stream with horrendous vibes, which isn’t a great look when you’re past $1 billion in funding
A recent Star Citizen livestream was reportedly plagued by severe lag and an uncomfortable atmosphere, drawing criticism given the project’s enormous crowdfunding total. The optics are particularly poor for developer Cloud Imperium Games, as the long-in-development space sim has now raised more than $1 billion from backers, making any public stumble a focal point for…
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Before His ‘Star Wars’ Crossover, Kevin Smith Officially Unites Two Classic Marvel Heroes
Filmmaker and comic writer Kevin Smith is teaming up with artist Andy McElfresh on a new Marvel series, Spider-Man/Hulk: Fire & Brimstone, bringing together two of the publisher’s most popular Avengers who recently appeared together on the big screen. Marvel has released an official preview showing the pair clashing with a gang of villains, offering…
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ChatGPT’s stricter teen mode starts rolling out today
OpenAI has begun rolling out ChatGPT for Teens, a stricter version of its chatbot that will be automatically applied to users the system identifies as being under 18, without requiring them to create a new account. The move follows the company’s announcement last September, made after it was sued over allegations that ChatGPT contributed to…
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Watch Post Malone play his $2 million ‘Magic: The Gathering’ card
Post Malone has stunned fellow players of Magic: The Gathering by actually laying his extraordinarily valuable “The One Ring” card down during a game, rather than keeping it locked away. The rapper and singer bought the card in 2023 for a rumoured $2 million (£1.5 million), and its worth stems from its total uniqueness as…
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Diego Luna on Challenging How Migrants Are Viewed With ‘Ashes’: ‘We’re Not Thinking About What They Left Behind’
Mexican actor-director Diego Luna discussed his fourth directorial feature, “Ashes,” while visiting the Sarajevo Film Festival, where he also received an honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award. Speaking at the Variety Lounge, Luna explained that the film aims to challenge how migrants are typically perceived, arguing that public discourse rarely considers what people leave behind when…
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Exclusive: You Can Finally Buy a Fairphone—a Sustainable, Repairable Smartphone—in the US
More than a decade after launching in Europe, the Netherlands company is now selling its repairable phones in the US, starting with the Fairphone (Gen 6+).
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The grueling fight over who profits from AI music
AI can generate songs in seconds. But behind every AI track is a complicated question: Who should get paid? And, how? The fights have started.