Steam Machine vs PS5: How Does Valve's New Mini PC Stack Up?

There’s no way around it, the Steam Machine is extremely expensive for the level of performance you get out of it. I still ...

As Sony Kills Physical PS5 Games, Disc Production Factory Workers Are Set to be Reassigned

Sony has already begun plans to reassign staff at a major disc production plant, following its decision to kill off production of physical PS5 games.
Time

This 1 Question Will Change How You Use Your Phone

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AOL

This 1 Question Will Change How You Use Your Phone

Every morning, before your feet touch the floor, before coffee, before a single word to the person beside you, you probably have already checked your phone. One scroll. Then another. A headline about ...
Variety

Seth Rogen Says if You Use AI to Write Scripts, Then ‘You Shouldn’t Be a Writer’: ‘Go Do Something Else’

Seth Rogen told Brut at the Cannes Film Festival that if you use AI to write your stories or scripts, then you “shouldn’t be a writer.” “I don’t understand what it’s supposed to do,” Rogen said when ...
Polygon

I found Zen in a ‘90s Japanese convenience store

The night begins like any other. I check notes left by the day shift workers informing me of products that have to be moved to the sale section or reordered from our supplier. I venture out into the ...
Wired

I Work in Hollywood. Everyone Who Used to Make TV Is Now Secretly Training AI

My name on the platform is ri611. Or h924092b12ee797f, depending on who’s paying me. In my “other” career, I am a Hollywood writer and showrunner. I create prime-time TV, usually featuring a ...
The Forward

At this interfaith calligraphy class, the lines between Jew and Muslim blur

I had just walked into the American Sephardi Federation office in lower Manhattan, where 20 Muslim and Jewish young people gather twice a month to learn Arabic and Hebrew calligraphy together. I was ...
New Scientist

A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began

Early writing is a tale of two scripts. Egyptian hieroglyphs and Mesopotamian cuneiform both emerged independently about 5300 years ago. The political powers of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia ...
Gizmodo

The Opening Script Pages of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Are Now Online

In a fun little piece of marketing, Tom Holland, Zendaya, and director Destin Daniel Cretton add notes to the pages. Reading time 2 minutes We’re just about three months out from Spider-Man’s highly ...
Rolling Out

PS5 April update drops with a quiet but real change

Sony pushed out a new system software update for the PS5 this week, and it is about as low-key as firmware updates get. Version 26.03-13.20.00, weighing in at just over one gigabyte depending on ...