«Dune: Prophecy» — upcoming series about the female order of Benét Gesserit has attracted a Bollywood superstar to play Sister Francesca
Spinoff Films «Dune» is adapting the novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson «The Order of the Dune Sisters».
The US plans to impose a 100% duty on electric vehicles imported from China
On May 14, President Joe Biden is expected to impose 100% taxes on imported Chinese industrial products, including electric cars, in response to numerous calls from local automakers and trade unions.
Chris Hemsworth says he's annoyed by «unjustified criticism» of Marvel: «Tell that to the billions who watch their movies»
Martin Scorsese has repeatedly criticized Marvel, comparing the studio’s films to «amusement park rides» and classifying them as «dangerous» to culture — The director’s accusations were answered by actor Chris Hemsworth, known for his role as Thor in the MCU.
Windows95man's performance at Eurovision reminded us of Bill Gates' «inflammatory» dance 30 years ago (video)
Finland’s shocking performance at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was memorable not only for the participants’ bright costumes (one of them had almost none), but also for their inflammatory moves, which reminded us a bit of Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates’ dancing during the actual launch of Windows 95.
CRISPR gene editing tool helps partially restore vision to blind patients in clinical trials
We are talking about patients with Leber’s amaurosis, a rare congenital retinal disease that affects about one in 40 thousand newborns. The genetic mutation leads to complete blindness in about a third of patients, and there are currently no approved treatment options.
Apple says only 40 out of 65,000 iOS developers have applied for payments outside the App Store
None of the major iOS app developers has yet applied to use external payment options on Apple devices.
Vodafone Ukraine has developed its own version of AI for contact centers — launch scheduled for May 15
According to Sergiy Borislavsky, Head of Digital Solutions and Platforms at Vodafone Ukraine, the development and support of the company’s own AI system cost «tens of millions».
«Godzilla and Kong: The New Empire» increased its global box office to $560 million — the movie is preparing to take the MonsterVerse record
«Godzilla and Kong: New Empire» lags behind the current box office leader MonsterVerse «Kong: Skull Island» by only $10 million.
Forget about Earth — NASA plans to launch a robotic muggle on the Moon in the 2030s
A maglev or magnetoplane is a train on a magnetic suspension that is driven and controlled by magnetic forces. And despite the fact that the technology is still is not sufficiently developed on Earth the US space agency plans to launch this miracle railroad on the Moon in the next decade.
Twisters — Ukrainian trailer for the disaster movie about tornado hunters from the producers of «Jason Bourne»
«Twisters» — is a modern version of the 1996 blockbuster «Twister» from the producers of «Jurassic Park», «Jason Bourne» and «Indiana Jones».
Microsoft to launch Xbox Store with mobile games in July — first with its own Call of Duty: Mobile, Candy Crush, and Minecraft
In July, Microsoft will launch a marketplace with games, which will initially feature titles from its own studios (such as Call of Duty: Mobile, Candy Crush, and Minecraft) and later expand to other publishers.
«The One Who Conquered Everest». Tom Hiddleston and Willem Dafoe to star in biopic about legendary climber Tenzing Norgay
Sherpa Tenzing Norgay is one of the two people (along with Edmund Hillary) who first climbed the world’s highest peak, Jomolungma, in 1953.
«We missed the mark». Apple has apologized for the «disruptive» iPad promo, but it doesn't seem to be taking it down
The video «Crush» was published before presentation of new iPads and demonstrated how a hydraulic press destroys various things familiar to everyone: a piano, a record player, etc.
What are whales singing about? ML analysis reveals «deeper» than expected meaning of conversations and use of a separate alphabet
A study of whale language using machine learning has revealed a complex phonetic system that suggests cetaceans can talk to each other just like humans.
25,000+ marriage applications registered on the «Diia» portal — 53% were submitted by women
In February, after 4 months of beta testing on the portal, «Diia» became accessible a service for applying for marriage registration — and today 25,000+ newlyweds have already used it took advantage of.
No VPN and no government permission: banned WhatsApp suddenly launched in China
WhatsApp has been miraculously working on some devices in China for two weeks — despite a longstanding government ban on the messaging service.
Fake «Monet» for $600 000. Artificial intelligence identifies 40 fake paintings on eBay
The researchers analyzed images of paintings sold on eBay using AI and found almost 40 fakes. Among them — fakes «Monet» and «Renoir», which were used to try to steal from 150 to 600 thousand dollars
New series «Office»: Peacock confirms development of spinoff — reporters from the defunct newspaper will replace Dunder Mifflin team
The documentary team that immortalized Michael Scott and his colleagues in the Scranton office of a paper company travels to the Midwest to visit a small newspaper that is struggling to survive with the help of volunteer reporters.
For the first time, Prozorro has put up a bitcoin lot — the price for 0.146 BTC starts at ₴188 thousand
For the first time, the Ukrainian electronic public procurement system Prozorro has put up an online lot with cryptocurrency.
«We have learned our lesson». Marvel will release «only 2-3 movies a year» to fight superhero fatigue
The strategy to reduce production is common for Disney, but according to the media company’s CEO Bob Iger, «is especially relevant for Marvel».
The sci-fi series Dark Matter with Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly has been released on Apple TV+
Currently, the first two episodes are available for viewing, and the rest — will be released every Wednesday.
OpenAI has created a deepfake detector that recognizes images generated by DALL-E 3 with 98% accuracy
The company that developed ChatGPT and DALL-E created is a tool for recognizing images generated by artificial intelligence.
«The Knight of the Seven Kingdoms»: the director of «Game of Thrones» will work on the prequel, and the first season will have only 6 episodes
Owen Harris has joined the directing and producing teams of HBO’s new series «Knight of the Seven Kingdoms», which is a prequel to «Game of Thrones».
Microsoft closes several more Bethesda studios — developers of Redfall and Hi-Fi Rush, including
Microsoft has shut down a number of Bethesda studios, including Redfall developer Arkane Austin and Hi-Fi Rush and The Evil Within developers Tango Gameworks, reports IGN.
Indians who paid $1,000 for a Tesla pre-order in 2016 never received a car — but it's not so easy to get the money back
In April 2016, Tesla opened a pre-booking site for India, but it still does not sell electric cars in the country, which is the third largest car market in the world.
Starliner did not take off: the first manned flight of the Boeing spacecraft was canceled due to problems with the oxygen valve
The next launch attempt may be scheduled for Friday, but delays have become typical for the mission due to ongoing problems with the spacecraft’s design.
Apple launches secret ACDC — project to develop artificial intelligence chips for data centers
Apple has been working on the ACDC (Apple Chips in Data Center) project for several years, but it has no clear timeframe.
Meet MAI-1: Microsoft's new 500 billion-parameter AI model that aims to «beat» GPT
Microsoft seems to be working on its own large language model, which will potentially become a major competitor for AI Google, Anthropic і OpenAI — despite the fact that the corporation itself invested $10 billion from the developer ChatGPT and received the priority right to use its products.
Musk advised J.K. Rowling to publish «interesting and positive» content on X/Twitter instead of posts about transgenderism
Both the billionaire and the writer have often been criticized for their views and statements on transgender issues.
Bitcoin trader loses $70 million after sending cryptocurrency to wrong address
This is a popular type of scam with «address poisoning»/ address poisoning — when fraudsters create fake accounts with a fake cryptographic address that contains similar first and last characters to the real one.
Wi-Fi and cable at the same time: Google plans to speed up the data transfer process when setting up a new Android phone
When you set up a new Android phone, you usually have three options for moving data from your old device: you can simply copy the data by connecting the two phones with a compatible cable, use Wi-Fi, or restore data from a Google One backup. However, Google wants to combine the two methods to make transferring or restoring data faster.
Authors Gen V will not look for a new actor to play Chance Perdomo — the plot was rewritten to make the character disappear from history
Chance Perdomo, 27, who played Andre Anderson, a student with the superpower of manipulating metals in the Gen V series, died in an accident in March.
Pornhub will pay taxes in Ukraine — as «an electronic service provider»
The company MindGeek (or Aylo), which owns the Pornhub porn site, has become a taxpayer in Ukraine.
Anthropic has launched a mobile app with Claude chatbot — only on iOS for now (Android version coming soon»)
The main competitor ChatGPT was previously available on Anthropic Claude.ai website and in third-party libraries such as Amazon Bedrock, Hugging Face, or Microsoft Azure — and now has a separate mobile app.
«Ukrposhta» launches a new series of stamps «Russian navy — to the bottom!» — in circulation since May 8
«Ukrposhta» announces new stamp issue «Russian navy – to the bottom!» — continued legendary series «Russian warship… !» — which will be put into circulation on May 8. Redemptions with special stamps «First Day» will take place in Kyiv (01001 and 02002).
GTA VI publisher Take-Two closes two game studios — Roll7 and Intercept Games (part of Private Division)
Last month, Take-Two announced the layoff of 5% of its staff, or about 600 employees.
China shows a project of a space base on the Moon — for some reason, the NASA shuttle, decommissioned in 2011, was there
The video by the Chinese National Space Administration details a large lunar outpost, but interestingly, it contains CGI of a NASA space shuttle taking off from the lunar surface.
The teenager broke 6 world records in Tetris on NES — and received a cash reward as the first player with more than 10 million points
The previous record set in Tetris NES last year was 6.8 million points, but 15-year-old Alex Touch has already scored 16.7 million points.
Flash over Ukraine — probably a superbolid (very bright meteor)
On May 1, at 1 a.m., a meteor-like phenomenon was observed in the sky over some regions of Ukraine, with reports of a flash coming from Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao will spend 4 months in jail — due to «inadequate protection» against money laundering on the crypto exchange
Zhao pleaded guilty in November, and on April 30 received a 4-month prison sentence.
You overslept — blame Apple. «Silent» iPhone alarms will be fixed via iOS update after massive complaints
Apple said it is working on fixing a bug on some iPhones that caused alarms to fail to play at the set time.
Chris Hemsworth blamed himself for the failure of the movie «Thor: Love and Thunder» and says he looked like a parody there «»
Hemsworth says that he lost touch with his character in Taika Waititi’s latest Thor movie and improvised too much, which made him look like a «parody of himself».
Hola, Nova Post! The first Nova Poshta branch has been opened in Spain — parcels from Ukraine will be delivered in 8 days
Nova Poshta opens its first branch in Barcelona — Spain becomes the 12th European country where Nova Poshta operates.
Documentary about Klitschko and the defense of Kyiv by Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald to be screened at Sheffield DocFest
Kevin Macdonald directed legal drama «The Mauritanian» and the sports documentary «One Day in September», for which he won an Oscar».
Netflix will release a «live» series «Scooby Doo» — based on the script of the creators of the TV adaptation «Cowboy Bebop»
The original Hanna Barbera characters are being revived on Netflix — in a «live» series about Shaggy and his friends and his dog Scooby.
The Fallout series on Prime Video was watched by 65 million people in 16 days — the second most popular after «The Rings of Power»
The first season of «Fallout», which adapts the popular game series of the same name, was released on Amazon Prime Video on April 10 and attracted 65 million viewers in the first 16 days.
The first trailer of «Mufasa: The Lion King» — the sequel to the Disney animated hit in the Ukrainian box office from December 19
The film will tell the backstory of Simba’s father Mufasa.
«You've got a big mouth». Maya Hawke doesn't tell her father about season 5 of «Stranger Things» because she's afraid of spoilers
Maya, the daughter of actors Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, played Robin Buckley in the series «Stranger Things» — and reportedly prefers not to talk to her parents about her work while filming season 5 to prevent spoilers.
Tesla Model 3 in the leaders. In 2024, Ukrainians purchased almost 14,000 used cars under 5 years of age from abroad — 40% electric cars
According to associations «Ukravtoprom»In the first quarter of 2024, Ukrainians purchased almost 14,000 used cars imported from abroad up to 5 years old.
Apple in iOS 18 «will redesign» built-in apps for notes, mail and photos, — Mark Gurman
Previously, it was rumored that «Notes» in iOS 18 would support displaying more math equations and a built-in option for recording voice reminders, but the update for Mail, Photos, and Fitness was first reported — with by Mark Gurman of Bloomberg.
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