Get to Know April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Bonus Clip

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is coming home soon—and while everybody loves the Turtles, for obvious reasons, this exclusive clip from the bonus features turns the focus on their adorably awkward human bestie, April O’Neil, who’s voiced by Ayo Edebiri (Big Mouth, The Bear, Abbott Elementary).

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Get a $100 Xbox gift card for $90 at Amazon

In what essentially amounts to free money, Amazon’s selling $100 Xbox gift cards for just $90, a savings of ten percent. This deal only applies to digital codes, not physical gift cards. Additionally, only the $100 card gets the discount, so other denominations are the same price as always. The final caveat? You can only buy two at a time, but that’s nearly enough for four AAA games or a lengthy subscription to Game Pass.

The codes can be used to purchase full games, DLC, various subscriptions, in-game currency and more. You can even use them to buy controllers and other must-have Xbox accessories, so long as the products are available directly from Microsoft. Gift cards don’t go on sale often, for obvious reasons, so the deal will likely sell out before too long.

This is a suspiciously-timed deal, as the hotly-anticipated sci-fi RPGStarfield releases next week, on September 6th. In other words, a whole lot of people are going to use their brand-new gift cards to get the brand-new Bethesda adventure. There’s also a new Forza game on the horizon, in addition to Alan Wake 2 and a bevy of cross-platform titles. You’ll have no shortage of games to spend your digital cash on.

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Austin Police Say 2 Dead, 1 Injured In Shooting

The shooting happened near a shopping area known as The Arboretum, where multiple police vehicles were at the scene on the city’s north side.

Get to Know April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Bonus Clip

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is coming home soon—and while everybody loves the Turtles, for obvious reasons, this exclusive clip from the bonus features turns the focus on their adorably awkward human bestie, April O’Neil, who’s voiced by Ayo Edebiri (Big Mouth, The Bear, Abbott Elementary).

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Space Force’s 24-Hour Satellite Challenge Enters Critical Hot Standby

Firefly Aerospace and its partner Millennium Space Systems have entered into the hot standby phase of Space Force’s Victus Nox mission. The groundbreaking initiative aims to launch a satellite with a mere 24-hour notice, a capability that traditionally takes months—if not years.

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Netflix's Anime Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Puts a New Spin on the Franchise

You’ve read the comics. You’ve seen the movie. Will you still be able to get something out of the new Netflix anime, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off? The answer, according to the show’s creators, is a resounding yes. “If you think you know what you’re going to see, you don’t,” show co-creator BenDavid Grabinski told the Los…

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Chucky Infiltrates the White House in First Look at Season 3

After that rather bedazzling cliffhanger that capped Chucky season two (I screamed, both in horror and fiendish delight), everyone’s favorite killer doll has quite the path carved out for season three. Fans don’t have to wait long to see WTF happens next: Chucky season three arrives October 4, and we’ve finally got a…

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Only 1,280 Reproductive Human Ancestors Once Roamed Earth, Gene Study Suggests

Humankind struggled to survive during a 100,000 year period during the early Pleistocene, according to researchers who used a computer model to discover a severe population bottleneck in our species’ ancient past.

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NYPD will use drones to monitor private parties over Labor Day weekend

The New York Police department has been using drones in a limited capacity for years — deploying unmanned aircraft systems for search and rescue missions, to document crime scenes, or to monitor large public events like New Years Eve in Times Square. Soon, you might see one in your backyard as well: NYPD officials have announced plans to use drones to follow up on noise complaints during the long Labor Day weekend.

“If a caller states there is a large crowd, a large party in a backyard, we’re going to be utilizing our assets to go up and check on the party,” Assistant NYPD Commissioner Kaz Daughtry said during a press conference Thursday. Privacy advocates have been quick to respond, with a representative from the New York Civil Liberties Union telling the Associated Press that the announcement “flies in the face of the POST Act” that requires police to publish its use policies for surveillance technology.

And indeed, the plan could represent a stark departure from those policies. When the Department first announced its new drone program, it promised that the technology wouldn’t be used for “warrantless surveillance.” That pledge is reflected in the NYPD’s POST Act Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Impact and Use Policy, which specifically states that (absent exigent circumstances), drones are not to be used “in areas where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy without NYPD personnel first obtaining a search warrant that explicitly authorizes the use of UAS.”

It’s unclear if the department plans to obtain a warrant for noise complaints at private events over Labor Day weekend, or if such a complaint falls under “exigent circumstances.” Even so, the NYPD has been increasing drone use in recent years, and has deployed unmanned aerial systems 124 times in 2023.

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Samsung Launches AI-Powered Food Platform, Samsung Food

At IFA 2023, Samsung Electronics has launched Samsung Food, a personalized AI-driven food and recipe service that we’ve already talked about, which will be made available in eight languages across 104 countries. The platform offers a vast array of food experiences, featuring over 160,000 recipes.

Working like a personalized assistant, Samsung Food will be able to guide users in discovering new dishes, crafting tailored meal plans, and even ordering ingredients online. It enables users to manage their cooking appliances, provides step-by-step guided cooking, and facilitates sharing favorite recipes on social media.

Built upon Samsung’s range of cooking appliances and food services, Samsung Food employs AI technology, expanding beyond conventional capabilities to provide a flexible food platform that adapts to user needs and lifestyles. Powered by Whisk’s extensive database (a smart food platform acquired by Samsung Next in 2019), Samsung Food employs Food AI technology to propose meals based on user preferences and seasonal ingredients.

Users can save recipes to a personal digital recipe box, generate shopping lists, and access the service via Bespoke Family Hub refrigerators. The app also personalizes recipes to fit dietary requirements and offers AI-generated meal plans based on user data and preferences.

Additionally, Samsung Food connects with cooking appliances, allowing users to set timers, preheat ovens, and transfer recipe settings straight to appliances via guided cooking modes on portable devices. Samsung plans to expand appliance compatibility throughout the year.

The plans for the next months are ambitious, for instance, by the end of 2023 the South Korean giant will release an update integrating the service with Samsung Health, which will allow users to align diet management suggestions with health goals.

In 2024, Vision AI technology will enable food recognition through photographs, offering nutrition information and recipe suggestions. To download Samsung Food on your phone, visit https://get.samsungfood.com/download.

Samsung Launches AI-Powered Food Platform, Samsung Food

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