Bowser gazing at a Super Star. | Image: Universal The writing’s been on the wall basically from the moment The Super Mario Bros. Movie first hit theaters, but after weeks of sitting comfortably at the top of the domestic box office, Universal, Illumination, and Nintendo’s big movie collaboration has officially made $1 billion. It’s been
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Read MoreRebecca Rubin / Variety: The Super Mario Bros. Movie box office crosses $1B globally, becoming the most financially successful video game movie ever — “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” is officially the first film of the year to cross the coveted $1 billion milestone at the global box office.
Read MoreImage: IFC Films Calling all BBM fans: we’re inviting you to join us in NYC this Thursday, May 4th, for an exclusive Verge screening of BlackBerry, starring Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, and Matt Johnson. The screening will take place at the IFC Center at 6PM, located at 323 Sixth Avenue. Following the screening, Nilay Patel
Read MoreAs the Internet of Things became a mainstream reality, it raised an interesting point about connectivity. We quickly learned it wasn’t ideal to have every light bulb, toaster, and kettle buzzing away on our main WiFi networks. Nor was it practical to sign up for a cellular data plan for every tracker tag or remote
Read MoreFinancial Times: The FDIC and California regulators say JPMorgan Chase plans to acquire most of First Republic; the bank, which is slightly bigger than SVB, had $100B+ outflows — Depositors protected but shareholders wiped out in country’s second-largest bank failure — JPMorgan Chase is to acquire …
Read MoreIllustration by Hugo Herrera for The Verge Major record labels are going after AI-generated songs, arguing copyright infringement. Legal experts say the approach is far from straightforward. Continue reading…
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Read MoreDrew Harwell / Washington Post: A profile of Will Wilkerson, a former Truth Social VP who blew the whistle, turned over 150K documents to the SEC and investigators, and now works at Starbucks — The former high-ranking executive of Trump’s media company says he’s shared 150,000 internal documents with federal investigators.
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 is now getting an astrophotography mode through the updated Expert RAW app. The mode was first introduced on the Galaxy S22 series. It enables you to take high-quality, long-exposure images of the night sky. It seems Samsung is pushing out the astrophotography mode
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Read MoreGeoffrey Hinton (foreground) has left Google to speak out on the dangers of AI. | Image: Getty Geoffrey Hinton, who alongside two other so-called “Godfathers of AI” won the 2018 Turing Award for their foundational work that led to the current boom in artificial intelligence, now says a part of him regrets his life’s work.
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Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Apple will reportedly introduce widgets on the Apple Watch with watchOS 10. Users will be able to scroll through various widgets to access information without opening multiple apps. Apple is also reportedly planning an AI coaching service for the watch. In the run-up to Apple’s big watchOS 10 reveal,
Read MoreSince desktop 3D printers have become more common, we’ve seen dramatic shifts in all kinds of areas such as rapid prototyping, antique restoration, mass production of consumer goods, or even household repairs that might not have been possible otherwise. There are a lot of unique manufacturing methods that can be explored in depth with a
Read MoreForbes: Bhutan has quietly been mining bitcoin since 2019, becoming the second country after El Salvador known to have a state-run mine, and is planning a 100 MW mine — The Himalayan kingdom confirmed it has been running a bitcoin mining operation as mystery surrounds the scale of its earlier cryptocurrency investments.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Samsung has rolled out astrophotography features to the Galaxy S21 series with the latest April 2023 update. Users will need the latest update and the Expert RAW app from the Galaxy Store. You can then click long exposure shots of up to 10 minutes duration of the night sky
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