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Your ultimate guide to cybersecurity: Protecting your family in the digital world
In today’s digital landscape, anyone can be targeted by cybercriminals . With so much of our lives now happening online, from social connections to schoolwork, having a robust cybersecurity plan is no longer optional—it’s essential. Whether you’re just starting to think about your family’s online safety or looking for a refresher on best practices, cybersecurity […]
Netflix scores exclusive broadcasting rights for FIFA Womens World Cup
Netflix just won the U.S. broadcasting rights to one of soccer’s premiere tournaments: the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Confirmed by the sports federation on Dec. 20, the streamer giant will be hedging its next live sports bet on the 2027 and 2031 FIFA Women’s World Cup tournaments, with Netflix obtaining U.S. rights to air the […]
Willem Dafoe and Robert Eggers reveal their inspirations for Nosferatu. It goes deeper than you may think.
Willem Dafoe and filmmaker Robert Eggers talk at-length about where they pulled their inspirations from for Nosferatu. And Eggers describes how he intentionally updated the iconic character for this film. Nosferatu opens in theaters Dec. 25.
iOS 18.3 release date: When you can try this new, fun feature
The next big iOS update probably isn’t too far off, but don’t expect a ton from it. Apple’s next software update will be iOS 18.3, or at least, that’s what everyone expects right now. Since iOS 18.2 just came out, that would make sense. It should be noted that we don’t know specifically when iOS […]
NASA just jumped online to correct outrageous space station misinformation
Sure, the aging International Space Station has a well-known, ongoing leak. But it’s not nearly in danger of imminently crashing. NASA responded to a post on X, formerly Twitter, claiming that the “ISS is going to crash soon via de-orbit,” and included a screenshot from a 4chan post with a blurry graph showing altitude data. […]
OpenAI gifts developers with enhanced voice and reasoning models
OpenAI announced numerous new options for developers who use their technology to build products and services, promising the upgrades will “improve performance, flexibility, and cost-efficiency.” In their live announcement today — which suffered from audio problems — the OpenAI team first highlighted changes to OpenAI o1, the company’s reasoning model that can “handle complex multi-step […]
That viral black plastic kitchen utensil study was overblown thanks to a simple math mistake.
If TikTok had you rushing to throw away your black plastic kitchen utensils, rest assured that those tools weren’t as bad as they seemed. A study went viral in November — as much as any study can go viral — that suggested black plastic kitchen utensils were shed lots of poison into our food thanks […]
Women in congress are 70 percent more likely to be victims of AI-generated deepfakes than male counterparts
The field of politics has become even more complicated for women leaders, with the rise of generative AI posing an even greater risk for female politicians than men, according to a report released this week. The analysis, published by disinformation think tank the American Sunlight Project (ASP) via The 19th on Dec. 11, uncovered more […]
Nearly half of U.S. teens say theyre online almost constantly
Teens’ social media use — and its effect on their mental health — is often in the news, and new research from the Pew Research Center states that nearly half of American teens are “almost constantly” online. SEE ALSO: World’s strictest social media law targets users under 16 in Australia In its Teens, Social Media, […]
How Nickel Boys uses first-person to tell a crucial story from a different perspective
Nickel Boys filmmaker, RaMell Ross, is joined by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Daveed Diggs, Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson to discuss how they used a first-person perspective with the camera to tell the story based off of Colson Whitehead’s novel, The Nickel Boys. Nickel Boys is now in limited theaters.