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I’ve lost a lot of time happily immersed in relaxing games focused on simple tasks, like decorating a room. Both this game and others like it seem to offer a comforting escape into peaceful routines, something many people miss in their busy lives. But the more I play this game, the more I realize it doesn’t actually feel much like those other games, despite what people are saying online.
In 1988, Thompson headed an expedition that found the SS Central America, a steamship lost in 1857 with a huge amount of gold from the California Gold Rush still on board.
A new approach leverages the power of artificial intelligence to streamline the complex tasks of managing and maintaining modern optical networks.
These prediction markets, such as Polymarket and Kalshi, are certainly no strangers to forecasting major political events. Who could forget their prescient calls during the Trump victory, while the more traditional polls were imagining a President Harris?
The first season finale of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy included a nod to J.J. Abrams’ 2009 Star Trek film and introduced the next generation of starship helmsmen, similar to the iconic Mr. Sulu (played by George Takei). The episode, directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and written by Alex Kurtzman, Kirsten Beyer, Noga Landau, and Gaia Violo, concluded the season with a thrilling, uplifting, and heroic finish.
Disney and Marvel Studios have announced their movie and TV show schedule through 2026, and for the first time in several years, they won’t be releasing any projects led by female characters in 2024. The last time this happened was in 2020, when the pandemic caused a complete halt to Marvel releases. Before that, 2019 saw the debut of Marvel’s first female-led film, Captain Marvel, which starred Brie Larson as Carol Danvers. The movie takes place in the 1990s and shows Carol’s beginnings as a Kree warrior and her journey to discovering her past as a fighter pilot.
It turns out Harry Styles is surprisingly good at imitating comedian Sebastian Maniscalco! It’s funny to imagine how that came about – maybe Styles approached writer Marcello Hernández and asked to try out his impression after seeing a recent sketch. Hernández would have had to explain that Maniscalco is a real person, not a character … Read more
New research reveals how cognitive biases impact the accuracy of human-annotated data for rare-event AI, and proposes effective strategies to counteract them.
Saturday Night Live appears to be hitting its stride again. After a period of weaker shows, the last three episodes have been remarkably strong. This week, former One Direction member Harry Styles directly addresses the criticism he’s received about potentially ‘queerbaiting’ his audience. Here are some of the best moments from tonight’s show:
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room – the accusations of ‘queerbaiting’ that have followed Harry Styles for a while. He finally addressed it, and honestly, his response was pretty great. He pointed out that people fixated on his fashion choices and then got upset when he didn’t publicly pursue relationships with other men, like Louis Tomlinson or even Barack Obama! He playfully questioned if anyone had considered that maybe, just maybe, there was more to him than what met the eye. And to really drive the point home – and perhaps quiet the critics – he shared a sweet kiss with Ben Marshall. It felt like a clear message: his personal life is his own, but he’s definitely comfortable expressing affection. It was a smart and surprisingly effective way to handle a tricky situation.