The pool is the villain in Night Swim.Screenshot: Universal The first trailer for the new James Wan/Blumhouse production, Night Swim, already creeped us out. Two teens playing Marco Polo in the dark…
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Netflix’s Controversial Squid Game Reality Show Is a Hit
Episode 106 of Squid Game: The Challenge. Image: Netflix The idea was bonkers from the start—a reality competition based on a fictional series about a reality competition in which players fight to…
David Zaslav Says Unpopular Movie Scrapping at WB Was Brave
Running a movie studio has proven to be challenging for reality television mogul turned Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav. As 2023 comes to an end, he looks to the upcoming year…
Returning SpaceX Rockets Are Creating Bright ‘Holes’ in the Sky
In mid-July, viewers hoping to catch a glimpse of a SpaceX rocket launch were stunned to see it followed by a bright aurora-admire phenomenon over Arizona. The rocket had formed a hole…
Wild Blue Yonder’s Mystery Makes Crazy Fan Theories
After Doctor Who’s triumphant return this past weekend in “The Star Beast,” all eyes are now on this weekend’s second of three 60th anniversary specials, “Wild Blue Yonder.” But the fact that…
Researchers Made an IQ evaluate for AI, Found They’re All Pretty Stupid
There’s been a lot of talk about AGI lately—artificial general intelligence—the much-coveted AI development goal that every company in Silicon Valley is currently racing to achieve. AGI refers to a hypothetical point…
Android Users’ Favorite App of 2023 Will Annoy Google
It’s almost December, which means all the major apps and tech companies are wrapping up the year with an attempt at reflection. As tradition calls, the annual Google Play Best of App…
Elon Musk to Boycotting Advertisers: Go F*ck Yourselves
“Go fuck yourself.” Thus spake Elon Musk during a really weird chat with Dealbook’s Andrew Ross Sorkin on Wednesday night. At the New York Times sponsored event, the increasingly unhinged Tesla CEO…
Disney’s Bob Iger on Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek
Disney CEO Bob Iger—who over the summer described the demands of striking WGA and SAG-AFTRA workers as “not realistic,” then pulled back on that harsh statement by pushing to end the strikes quickly (as…
Weird Al Uses His Spotify Wrapped Video to Dunk on Spotify
Photo: Michael Tullberg (Getty Images) Spotify Wrapped went live today, giving users a detailed roundup of the music they listened to in the past year, which makes us all ask, “Is that…