Month: July 2025
Was Doctor Doom ever considered as The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ main villain? The Marvel movie’s director has his say
Matt Shakman has said whether Doctor Doom was ever going to be The Fantastic Four: First Steps‘ main villain Robert Downey Jr will play the group’s iconic adversary in 2026’s Avengers: Doomsday film Galactus was ultimately chosen to be First Steps‘ primary antagonist . Additionally, check out my Avengers: Doomsday hub for the latest and […]
These new speakers from a hi-fi great are a well-priced step-up for either Dolby Atmos home theater sound or just better music
Monitor Audio launches new Bronze Series 7G speaker range New drivers and tweeters plus a new crossover design Hi-fi, home theater and a new wall-mounted speaker option Monitor Audio has unveiled the seventh generation of its highly acclaimed Bronze Series speakers, and in addition to improving each model it’s added a brand new wall-mounted speaker […]
Microtransactions in premium games “make the player experience more fun” according to Ubisoft, as it goes full ‘no, it’s the children who are wrong’
Ubisoft’s annual financial report claims microtransactions makes game experiences “more fun” It comes after years of criticism regarding microtransactions, particularly in single-player games It calls for a change, especially considering the increased price standard for games After the release of Ubisoft’s recent Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the French video game publisher is in the spotlight yet […]
Larian getting married in The Gilded Age season 3? I’m more obsessed with Maud Beaton’s Haymarket double-cross in episode 5 of the HBO Max show
Larry (Harry Richardson) and Marian (Louisa Jacobson) only became a couple at the beginning of The Gilded Age season 3, but it’s as if we’ve been shipping them forever. Five episodes into the new season on HBO Max this month and Larry has now proposed, meaning Larian (their fandom name, obviously) is officially on. Their […]
Slack users get more AI, at a more unified price – and every Salesforce user now gets free Slack access
Slack Pro gets more AI, including summarization, for no extra charge Pro+ plan price up by 23%, but Slack says “significant value” has been added New Enterprise+ plan also added, offering tougher security Slack has rolled out a new pricing structure to add more value to its plans, bringing it more aligned with the Salesforce […]
Trainwreck’s next chaotic episode P.I. Moms drops on Netflix this week, and I can’t wait to learn why this story was canceled on Lifetime 20 years ago
As far as Netflix documentaries are concerned, Trainwreck is doing some heavy lifting across June and July: we’ve had weekly rollouts including Poop Cruise, The Cult of American Apparel and Balloon Boy, and this week it’s the turn of P.I. Moms. The new installment tells the story of a group of soccer moms turned private […]
Tired of clunky mobile editing? Here’s the AI fix photographers love
What if editing photos on your phone felt as natural and capable as editing on a desktop computer? That’s exactly what Luminar’s mobile photo editor (available for Luminar: Photo Editor on the iOS App Store
Hackers can bypass FIDO MFA keys, putting your accounts at risk – here’s what we know
A phishing campaign spotted trying to work around FIDO keys The “cross-device sign in” feature triggers a QR code Crooks can relay the QR code to bypass MFA and log in Hackers have found a way to steal login credentials even for accounts protected with Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) physical keys. It revolves around a […]
Data variety: the silent killer of AI — and how to conquer It
The relationship between data and AI is inherently symbiotic: better data enables better AI, and better AI allows for more sophisticated data processing. This virtuous cycle should accelerate enterprise AI adoption, yet most organizations find themselves stuck before it even begins. The culprit isn’t computational power or model sophistication — it’s data variety. While enterprises […]
Windows 11 could finally get a handy audio sharing feature it should’ve had a decade ago
Windows 11 could be getting a new ‘shared audio’ option The feature, spotted in testing, allows for piping audio to multiple speakers It’s not clear exactly how it works yet, though, as it’s just hidden in testing in an early form, and not live in preview builds yet If you’ve ever wanted to play music […]