Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI and License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora

The three-year deal lets users generate videos of Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters; Disney also accused Google of infringing on its copyrights ...

Disney invests $1B in OpenAI in deal to bring characters like Mickey Mouse to Sora AI video tool

Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI to bring characters like Mickey Mouse and Luke Skywalker to the AI company's Sora ...
Phys.org

Ultrafast UV-C laser pulses generated and detected using 2D materials

Scientists have developed a new platform for the generation and detection of ultrashort UV-C laser pulses on femtosecond timescales. This breakthrough could unlock new opportunities for transforming ...
TheWrap

‘The Beast in Me’ Cast and Character Guide: Who’s Who in the Claire Danes Netflix Series?

Matthew Rhys in "The Beast in Me." (Credit: Chris Saunders/Netflix) “The Beast in Me” watches an unusual relationship unfold between recluse author Aggie Wiggs (Claire Danes) and egotistical real ...
Futurism

Character.AI Users in Full Meltdown After Minors Banned From Chats

Last week, the embattled chatbot platform Character.AI said that it would move to ban minors from conversing with its many thousands of AI companion and roleplay bots. Site users, including ...
The New York Times

E.P.A. Retreats From Plans to End the Energy Star Program

The agency has faced blowback from business leaders and Republicans over plans to end the popular energy efficiency program. By Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman Reporting from Washington Lee Zeldin, ...
Wired

Programming in Assembly Is Brutal, Beautiful, and Maybe Even a Path to Better AI

Rollercoaster Tycoon wasn’t the most fashionable computer game out there in 1999. But if you took a look beneath the pixels—the rickety rides, the crowds of hungry, thirsty, barfing people (and the ...
CNN

White House says it will use tariff revenue to fund federal food aid for mothers and young children

Editor’s Note: The Trump administration has clarified that it will use Section 32 tariff revenue, which typically supports child nutrition programs, to extend funding for WIC during the shutdown — ...
Polygon

2025 is the best year for 2D platformers since the SNES days

If you’re the kind of gamer who loves saying “They don’t make them like they used to,” 2025 has been your year. In between modern behemoths like Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Monster Hunter ...
Los Angeles Magazine

California Chain Beats In-N-Out For Best Fast Food Burger Two Years in a Row

Is In-N-Out off its game? The fabled burger chain was beaten out by Habit for the second year in a row, according to recent rankings by USA Today. Indeed, In-N-Out wasn’t even a runner-up, but fell to ...
GameSpot

Terminator 2D: No Fate Has Been Delayed

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Later this year, Bitmap Bureau is revisiting the classic sci-fi action film Terminator 2: Judgment Day with a throwback side-scrolling game, ...