Mar 03
Nintendo Direct launched a number of GBA titles into Nintendo Switch Online, but in our opinion, there are still a few more games that deserve to be there.
Mar 03
Brave, the company behind the privacy-centric browser with the same name, has introduced its own AI results summary tool for its search engine.
Mar 03
Spatial Audio takes what you’re listening to and elevates it to the next level. We break down what it is, where it came from, and how it works.
Mar 03
io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Crystalline” by Daniel H. Wilson. You can read the story below or listen to the podcast on Lightspeed’s website. Enjoy!
Mar 03
Movies Anywhere will soon shut down its Screen Pass content-sharing feature
Posted in: Today's ChiliMovies Anywhere announced Wednesday that it’s soon shutting down Screen Pass, its movie-sharing feature launched during COVID-19 lockdowns. The Disney-owned platform didn’t provide a reason for the closure.
“As the experience continues to evolve, we want to notify you that effective May 1 users will no longer be able to use the Screen Pass feature to send a Screen Pass,” the announcement reads. “For Screen Passes sent prior to May 1, recipients will still be able to accept and finish watching the movie before their passes expire. As of June 1, the Screen Pass feature will no longer be supported.”
Screen Pass lets users send three movie passes monthly to friends or family without sharing login info. As long as you’ve redeemed a code with the service in the past six months, it lets you send a link through text, email or instant message that gives the recipient seven days to accept and 14 days to begin watching; once the movie starts, they have 72 hours to finish.
Movies Anywhere, launched in 2014, syncs digital film and television purchases across platforms like the Apple TV app, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, Vudu and Microsoft. Fortunately, the platform’s core service remains intact, but sharing your purchases with friends will soon require you to be in the same space (or explore alternate methods).
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/movies-anywhere-will-soon-shut-down-its-screen-pass-content-sharing-feature-181855250.html?src=rss
Mar 03
Chaka Khan Disses Adele And Mariah Carey In Fiery Chat About A ‘Greatest Singers’ List
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe Grammy-winning diva said Rolling Stone’s editors “need hearing aids” after being presented with some of the magazine’s picks for the 200 greatest singers.
Mar 03
10 Horror Franchises That Should (or Should Not) Get the Prequel Series Treatment Next
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With Welcome to Derry coming to HBO Max to give us the backstory on Stephen King’s It, and Crystal Lake slashing onto Peacock to do the same for Friday the 13th—plus HBO Max’s animated Gremlins show, which is hopefully still en route—it’s a boom time for horror franchises getting prequel series.
Mar 03
Ford's new AI subsidiary wants to create hands-free, eyes-off driver assist systems
Posted in: Today's ChiliHate sitting in rush hour traffic? Ford knows you do — and the company is doubling down on developing automated driving technology to help make traffic a little more tolerable. Today, Ford announced the creation of Latitude AI, a wholly owned subsidiary that aims to make driving less stressful, specifically in “bumper-to-bumper traffic or on long stretches of highway.”
The idea seems to be to develop a more advanced version of Ford BlueCruise — but without sensors that warn drivers to pay attention if their eyes wander from the road. Ford’s announcement instead imagines the system giving drivers an “eyes-off-the-road” experience that can give them “some of their day back.”
This isn’t the first time Ford has spun off part of its company to focus on automation. Back in 2018, it founded Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC to focus on developing self-driving car technology. Later, that group was placed under the umbrella of Ford Next, a unit formed in 2021 to help Ford manage startups, new mobility services and manage the company’s stake in Argo AI. This new company seems to be a way to continue Argo AI’s work following its closure last year: Ford says 550 of Latitude AI’s new employees are former Argo AI workers.
Ford previously promised to invest $29 billion in electric and autonomous vehicles by 2025. Forming Latitude AI shows that the company is still serious about the investment, despite Argo AI’s closure in 2022. “We believe automated driving technology will help improve safety while unlocking all-new customer experiences that reduce stress and in the future will help free up a driver’s time to focus on what they choose,” Latitude AI CEO Sammy Omari said in a company statement.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/fords-new-ai-subsidiary-wants-to-create-hands-free-eyes-off-driver-assist-systems-195058321.html?src=rss
Mar 03
The Goop founder shared a selfie of the former couple together.
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