Since the massive success of Spider-Man: No Way Home in 2021, fans have been eagerly awaiting the next Peter Parker-centered film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Five years later, the fourth MCU Spider-Man film, subtitled Brand New Day, is finally coming to theaters—but a reveal in the screenplay’s first page has some fans abandoning the hype train. Director Destin Daniel Cretton shared the first three pages of Brand New Day with Entertainment Weekly, complete with annotations from himself, its stars Zendaya and Tom Holland, and other department heads. The pages reveal that the story picks up nine months after the…
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It’s official: The robots are taking over. Taking over the internet, that is. Conspiracy theorists have long discussed the “dead internet” theory, which reasons that online spaces, once entirely populated by and filled with content created by humans, have slowly become dominated by bots posing as people. The more extreme conspiracists allege that this transformation is deliberate, with governments and corporations using the bots to manipulate public perception. With the rise of AI since ChatGPT’s debut in 2022, the dead internet theory—or at least some version of it—has sounded more and more plausible. Now, according to a recent study, it’s…
In a few weeks, Meta will lay off 10% of its workforce—around 8,000 employees out of the company’s workforce of 78,000. In a recent Q&A with employees, CEO Mark Zuckerberg (not the AI clone version) shed some light on the reasons behind the downsizing. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Zuckerberg blamed the layoffs on data center and AI infrastructure spending. “We [basically] have two cost centers in the company,” Zuckerberg said, according to the Journal, pointing to raw processing power, like GPUs and chips, and to data centers. “There’s [compute and infrastructure] and there’s people-oriented things,…
For those who don’t remember what life on the internet looked like in 2023, here’s a refresher: girl dinner, the Roman Empire, and a TikTok algorithm painted purple from the McDonald’s Grimace Shake. The trend was simple, albeit strange: Users would film themselves trying out the purple McDonald’s beverage and then immediately cut to a horror-movie scene of their staged death. The purple vanilla-berry-flavored milkshake was rolled out by the fast-food chain in June of that year as a limited-edition menu item in honor of one of the chain’s mascots, Grimace. While the fake death trend garnered over 2.9 billion…
The Kentucky Derby is back this weekend with visitors and viewers alike preparing their extravagant hats and mint juleps for the annual Run for the Roses. The storied event takes place Saturday, May 2, at Churchill Downs in Louisville. This year marks the 152nd edition of the first leg of the Triple Crown, one of the most prestigious horse racing events worldwide. Last year’s race broke viewership records, bringing its broadcaster, NBC, around 21.8 million viewers, the highest in almost three decades. While up to 20 horses can run the race, three of the qualifying 3-year-old thoroughbreds have already been…
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 228.20 points or 0.38% to 59,513.12 • Shanghai closed • Hang Seng closed • ASX 200 increased 64.00 points or 0.74% to 8,729.80 • SENSEX closed • Nifty50 closed The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: • AUDUSD increased 0.00036 or 0.05% to 0.72050 • NZDUSD decreased 0.00077 or -0.13% to 0.59003 • USDJPY increased 0.502 or 0.32% to 157.078 • USDCNY decreased 0.00051 or -0.01% to 6.83129 The above data was collected around 14:20 EST. Precious Metals: • Gold decreased 1.7…
Some of the most familiar moments in a day begin with something simple like boiling water. The first cup before the day starts, a pause in the middle of it, a quiet reset at the end. These moments are easy to overlook because they are routine, but they are also where design shows up most clearly. Not just in how something looks, but in how it behaves when it is used again and again. A kettle is a good example. It is a familiar object, one that has existed in roughly the same form for generations. It is not a category most people would describe as needing innovation. And…
For years, genetic testing has been treated as something rare and exceptional—a highly specialized tool ordered only by geneticists and often reserved for the end of a long diagnostic journey. Not surprisingly, medicine has changed. Science and technology have advanced and patients’ expectations have evolved. And yet, the way genomic testing is used in practice has struggled to keep up. Exome and genome sequencing should no longer sit on a pedestal in healthcare. It should be used far more broadly as part of everyday clinical care. The insights encoded in our DNA are foundational to understanding human health, yet too often genomic testing is still viewed as a last resort rather…
Spirit Airlines looks like it’s getting spirited away. The airline is preparing to shut down, after attempts to establish a $500 million bailout from the Trump administration fell through, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal. Negotiations for the government lifeline had been underway for weeks as Spirit’s cash reserves dwindled, but investors have reportedly balked at the prospect of the federal government becoming a majority owner of the company. Despite reports saying that the company is prepping to cease operations, a company spokesperson declined to comment when asked by Fast Company, and said that “Spirit is operating as…
Raising Cane’s, the Louisiana-based chicken finger chain known for its tangy sauce, crinkle fries, and thick Texas toast, is continuing to expand. This May, Cane’s will open locations in seven states, including its first in one. The company recently told USA Today that the new openings will kick off on May 12 and continue through May 27 with new restaurants coming to California, New York, North Carolina, Maryland, Florida, and Ohio. Additionally, Arkansas will get its first-ever Raising Cane’s in the Jonesboro area. Two other locations — Oklahoma City and Lexington, Kentucky — will reopen, on May 4 and May…