Pixar must be jumping for Joy right now, as Inside Out 2’s $62 million opening day is 2024’s best so far. The film is also on track to beat Dune: Part Two’s $82.5 million opening weekend haul to become the…
Image: Apple Siri may do more than make the edges of your iPhone a glowy rainbow when iOS 18 drops this fall. Apple Intelligence features won’t be out until 2025 for anyone not testing them in beta this year, but…
Reddit users have discovered a new use for iOS 18’s Vocal Shortcuts, MacRumors reports. While primarily intended as an accessibility feature, Vocal Shortcuts can also be used to give Siri a new name. That’s right: You can now call Siri…
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Image: NASA Voyager 1, the farthest human-made craft from the Earth, is finally sending back data from all four of its scientific instruments, NASA said this week. That means the agency is once more receiving its readings on plasma waves,…
According to a new investigative report by Reuters, the Pentagon ran a year-long vaccine disinformation campaign using social media bots — all part of an anti-China political play built on problematic COVID-19 disinformation. One part of a larger, locally-targeted anti-vax…
The Philips Hue Twilight lamp. | Image: Smartlights.de Philips Hue’s next smart bedside lamp will reportedly be called the “Twilight.” The lamp will feature two buttons on top for power, scene selection, and sleep automation, and it also has LEDs…
There are many 67W chargers out there, but few are as adorable as Sharge’s travel-friendly Retro 67. Earlier this week, we published a guide rounding up an assortment of last-minute Father’s Day gifts for those who celebrate. However, if you…
SAVE $100: As of June 15, get the Apple Watch Series 9 (45mm, GPS) on sale for $329 at Amazon. That’s $100 off the listing price of $429 and a discount of 23%. Opens in a new window Credit: Apple…
Another competitor has entered the AI-generated video ring, this time an open text-to-video model intent on building a rabid fanbase.Known as Dream Machine, the tool is, of course, already being compared to the “impressively complex” outputs of OpenAI’s Sora, with…

