The job requires the “ability to recognize, express, and shift between emotions in a way that feels authentic and human.”
Rather than two cameras capturing a stereoscopic image, the NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories in Tokyo tried using a single camera shooting through 2,500 microlenses. Obviously, the technology never really took off, but NHK was still working on Integral 3D as recently as 2012.
This weekend’s Saturday Night Live episode hosted by Harry Styles had multiple bangers and I’ve been really impressed by the writing team over the past couple seasons. But this latest bit on Weekend Update about the social status of emojis felt exceptional. I don’t want to spoil it, but… “RBF: right before the flags” is some of the smartest writing on the show in a long time. This skit took the aerial tramway directly to my own heart.
Co-stars Alan Tudyk, Gina Torres, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, Sean Maher, and Summer Glau are all expected to reprise their roles. So is Adam Baldwin, who was significant in popularizing the antifeminist Gamergate movement, which targeted and harassed women throughout the gaming industry. Deadline also shared the exclusive concept art below:
I love tools that let you make music based on a simple set of rules. Tim Holman created this one based on a YouTube video in which notes are triggered by a simple binary counter. Now if only I could get this out of Chrome and into my DAW.
[Musical Toys]
Some of you may have secretly (or not so secretly) hoped that with Alan Dye out of the picture, Apple would change course and ditch Liquid Glass. No such luck. Dramatic interface changes are, as you might expect, a major undertaking. According to Mark Gurman:
The interface was the result of a multiyear effort that started with visionOS, which itself had been in development for several years before shipping in 2024. Because of the timelines involved, any major reversal away from Liquid Glass would likely take years to materialize.
The FCC chairman has already targeted NBC, Comcast, ABC, NPR, PBS, and The View. And seems to believe it’s the media’s job to serve up propaganda. Now he’s trying to bully CNN over its coverage of the war in Iran. It’s not too surprising, though. We know Brendan Carr is a dummy.
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The Air can’t ignore the new $600 elephant in the room sitting below it, but it’s still the right pick for many.
Sound and ANC performance improve with the Buds 4 Pro, but you still need a Galaxy phone for full functionality.
The company recently hosted a series of speakers at AIPCon, including Cameron Stanley, the Department of War’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, who gave a chilling demo of Palantir’s Maven Smart System, where anyone or anything can be targeted for a military strike with a “Left click, right click, left click.”
Lego’s tiny toy computer can fly higher than these first Star Wars sets.
Three years ago Buzzfeed embraced AI, using it to generate articles and quiz responses. Turns out, nobody wants that. The company posted a loss of $57.3 million in 2025 and its stock dropped to just $0.70. But CEO Jonah Peretti is still planning to bring “new AI apps” to market. 🤦
It was inevitable that, what is widely regarded as one of the worst
films ever made, would walk away with bunch of Golden Raspberries. War of the Worlds didn’t disappoint, taking home five awards for Worst Actor, Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel.
Samsung’s latest Galaxy S phones are going through the motions.
I played games about family drama, adorable slimes, and picking noses.
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The Ultra returns to form with an innovative display.
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MS NOW reports that content creators were offered $1,500 to make videos attacking Kat Abughazaleh, a former journalist now running for office in Illinois’s 9th Congressional District. The offer came from a group called Democracy Unmuted, which has since updated its website to attack the MS NOW reporter who broke the story.
Uber’s founder and ousted CEO Travis Kalanick, last seen operating a ghost kitchen startup, is forming a new company called Atoms, TechCrunch reports, that will include food delivery, mining, and transportation. He’s also, according to The Information, considering acquiring Anthony Levandowski’s (yes, that guy) autonomous mining company and using it as a launchpad for a new self-driving car company — with backing from his former company. Dude also gave a live interview on TPBN where he described the mining business as — in extreme Kalanick style — “my jam.”
Search-and-rescue operations lacked access to pinpoint data on where tornadoes touched down, because Kristi Noem’s DHS spending policies are holding up approval of a $200k contract, reports CNN:
As the storms spread, officials from several states started contacting FEMA, asking why they couldn’t access the tornado tracking data… As of earlier this week, the tornado mapping contract still had not been renewed, the two sources said.
Following Tech Re-Nu’s dissection, iFixit has shared its teardown of the MacBook Neo. While they still score it just a 6 out of 10 on their repairability scale because of soldered RAM and storage plus Apple’s use of pentalobe screws, iFixit was pleased to find they could swap modular components with another Neo without triggering macOS warnings.
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Google’s new midrange phone isn’t even a spec refresh — it’s a rerelease.
Creators can now upload video thumbnails up to 50MB instead of just 2MB, according to YouTube CEO Neal Mohan. Bring on the hi-res YouTube Face.
If you need a Bluetooth tracker to keep tabs on your stuff during spring break, we’ve updated our buying guide and crowned Apple’s new AirTag 2 as the best for iPhone owners. We’ve also got Android owners covered with recommendations like the latest Tile Pro, Pebblebee Clip 5, and more.
