The AI fight brewing inside The New York Times
…DX was originally announced internally as a way to improve the developer experience, says Ben Harnett, a software engineer at the Times and chair of the unit’s generative AI committee. The…
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Backrooms is at the forefront of horror’s YouTube wave
…Before Backrooms, Danny and Michael Philippou’s first Talk to Me film (a sequel, Talk 2 Me, is currently in development) ultimately made just under $92 million against a $4.5 million…
The future of Hollywood isn’t feeding prompts into vanilla gen AI models
…But DeepMind’s engineers developed custom versions of Veo and Imagen that were specifically designed to give Dear Upstairs Neighbors’ artists the ability to fine-tune their outputs. Because the customized…
Star Wars
…A lot more AI characters are coming to Fortnite Jay Peters Jun 4, 2025 Dominic Preston May 13, 2025 Google Find Hub is turning bounty hunter. Alongside a shiny rebrand and airline…
The game that makes me actually want to exercise
…the character development, not to mention the various awesome camera angles and shots. Amazing all around.” — Mark “Checkout the app Blockit on Android. It’s like Brick on iOS, completely blocks you…
Marathon’s second season is a chance for Bungie to turn things around
…a game with which I would develop an addictive and complicated relationship, equally defined by love and frustration. But I wasn’t prepared for just how quickly I’d go through the…
Will a new CEO help realize Apple’s smart home potential?
…Matter, the smart home standard Apple helped develop, is finally bringing real interoperability to the platform. The cancellation of the Apple Car project reportedly freed up significant engineering resources for the Apple…
Windows is back on the Microsoft menu
…beyond developers. “I think you’ll see us do well when it comes to STEM applications, and CAD apps running on the platform, because they take advantage of the same characteristic patterns…
Final Fantasy meets Zelda? Yes, please
…Indie developers keep finding new ways to refresh the formula, whether it’s fusing it with a Soulslike, making it cozier, or simply shrinking it down into something more manageable. Now we…
How one founder’s bet on ‘the old school web’ is paying off
…The maps come from publicly available sources like the US Geological Survey, but the tools to allow people to explore them in this way were developed by Campbell. He built them to…