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“You have to learn the fundamentals,” he says. “Technology will change, but storytelling won’t.” To make his short, “Mnemonade,” really sing, Meta Puppet says he focused on giving the story some emotional heft. “I don’t think AI films will go fully mainstream until we get emotional dialog,” he says. He …

SpaceX is seeking approval for changes to Starlink that the company says will enable gigabit-per-second broadband service. In an application submitted to the US Federal Communications Commission on October 11, SpaceX claims the requested “modification and its companion amendment will enable the Gen2 system to deliver gigabit-speed, truly low-latency broadband …

United States intelligence officials have been quietly issuing warnings to government agencies all summer about a rising threat of extremist violence tied to the 2024 presidential election, including plots to destroy bins full of paper ballots and promote “lone wolf” attacks against election facilities throughout the country. In a series …

Google just added a new customization tool for the viral AI podcasts in its NotebookLM software. I got early access and tested it out using Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis as the source material, spending a few hours generating podcasts about the seminal novella—some of them more unhinged than others. Released …

Let’s be real: even the most seasoned globe-trotter can find traveling to be stressful. Gifts for travelers should be all about ease. Between the packing, weaving through overcrowded terminals, and living out of a suitcase, it’s a lot. Most jet-setters have their travel routine down to a science, but the …

Drum Rack has its limitations, too. Pads have to use the new Drum Sampler, instead of Simpler, and they can’t have individual effects chains. Instead any effects need to apply to the entire Drum Rack. Your effect selection is pretty decent. There are eight in total: reverb, delay, saturator, redux, …

And the wheels, attached to a piece that acts as a lever and tilts the coop at an angle, allow for chicken tenders like me to ask my husband to easily reposition the henhouse at any time—which is likely welcome news for those who free-range their flock on grass and …

One of JD Vance’s key financial advisers in the Senate, Aaron Kofsky, is behind a Reddit account with the name PsychoticMammal that posted about using a variety of drugs, including cocaine, kratom, “gas station heroin,” and many others. The account also calls Vance a “Trump boot licker” and provides instructions …

From the ground, northeastern Norway might look like fjord country, peppered with neat red houses and dissected by snowmobile tours through the winter. But for pilots flying above, the region has become a danger zone for GPS jamming. The jamming in the region of Finnmark is so constant, Norwegian authorities …

Apple worked with a Chinese automaker for years to design a battery system for its now-canceled car project. That’s according to Bloomberg, which reports that Apple was collaborating with BYD Co., a Shenzhen-based car company, to develop batteries using lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells. Apple contributed engineering expertise, specifically in …