Marvel drops Captain America: Brave New World trailer
Captain America: Brave New World is star Anthony Mackie’s first cinematic appearance as the new Captain America. Marvel Studios dropped a full-length trailer for Captain America: Brave New World at the first ever Brazil D23 fan event this weekend. This…
Review: Catching up with the witchy brew of Agatha All Along
Agatha initially agrees to manipulate Billy into doing just that, then has a last-minute change of heart. She kisses Rio/Death and thereby embraces her fate, sacrificing herself so Billy can live. From the start she had a soft spot for…
Research monkeys still having a ball days after busting out of lab, police say
If you need any inspiration for cutting loose and relaxing this weekend, look no further than a free-wheeling troop of monkeys that broke out of their South Carolina research facility Wednesday and, as of noon Friday, were still “playfully exploring”…
Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal
An ethical minefield Since its founders started Anthropic in 2021, the company has marketed itself as one that takes an ethics- and safety-focused approach to AI development. The company differentiates itself from competitors like OpenAI by adopting what it calls…
New SMB subscription may not end VMware migrations
Broadcom has a new subscription tier for VMware virtualization software that may appease some disgruntled VMware customers, especially small to medium-sized businesses. The new VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus subscription tier creates a more digestible bundle that’s more appropriate for smaller…
Verizon, AT&T tell courts: FCC can’t punish us for selling user location data
Supreme Court ruling could hurt FCC case Both AT&T and Verizon cite the Supreme Court’s June 2024 ruling in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, which held that “when the SEC seeks civil penalties against a defendant for securities fraud,…
Discord terrorist known as “Rabid” gets 30 years for preying on kids
Densmore likely motivated by fame Online, Densmore was known in so-called “Sewer” communities under the alias “Rabid.” During their investigation, the FBI found that Densmore kept a collection of “child pornography and bloody images of ‘Rabid,’ ‘Sewer,’ and ‘764’ carved…
Space policy is about to get pretty wild, y’all
The global space community awoke to a new reality on Wednesday morning. The founder of this century’s most innovative space company, Elon Musk, successfully used his fortune, time, and energy to help elect Donald Trump to president of the United…
DNA shows Pompeii’s dead aren’t who we thought they were
People have long been fascinated by the haunting plaster casts of the bodies of people who died in Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. Archaeologists have presented certain popular narratives about who these people might have been and…
Meta beats suit over tool that lets Facebook users unfollow everything
Meta has defeated a lawsuit—for now—that attempted to invoke Section 230 protections for a third-party tool that would have made it easy for Facebook users to toggle on and off their news feeds as they pleased. The lawsuit was filed…