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When The Tortured Poets Department leaked, some Taylor Swift fans swore it must be AI. Expect that to be a common refrain.

Sci-fi fiends have a long history of saving their darlings. Francis Ford Coppola’s epic Megalopolis, 40 years in the making, could be their biggest save yet.

Drew Goddard, who has worked on everything from The Martian to The Good Place, will write and direct the new film. Your simulated future is about to look very different.

If you thought Disney’s app looked different this week, you’re right. Welcome to the dull days of streaming.

Vernor Vinge’s writings heavily influenced futurists like Ray Kurzweil, who in turn influenced those at companies like OpenAI.

The altered photo of Kate Middleton and her family that went viral last week was supposed to quell conspiracies about her whereabouts. It did the exact opposite.

This week, US lawmakers began a new push to ban TikTok. At the heart of it is a lot of confusion about what the app is and what it means.

Earlier this week, after Instagram, Facebook, and Threads went down, Leave the World Behind took off on social media. The trend’s bizarre origins have something in common with Alex Garland’s new movie Civil War.

Frank Herbert’s Dune is a sci-fi classic with more than a few problems. Denis Villeneuve’s stunning movie adaptation addresses them.

Charlotte, a round stingray that lives in a male-free tank in North Carolina, currently serves as TikTok’s Good News mascot amidst a Bad News week.

Jon Stewart is back, and Super Bowl 2024 had 123 million US viewers. Live TV is making a comeback, and it has streaming to thank.

Swifties, conspiracy theorists, and sports fans alike will be watching the Super Bowl this year just waiting to see what Taylor Swift does—even if she does nothing at all.

Billed as the “ultimate entertainment device,” the Apple Vision Pro could be the thing that gets people to watch movies in headsets—or not.

BeReal, the app defined by its ad-free, filter-free experience, will soon welcome celebrities and brands to its platform. Its COO says these new users won’t threaten the app’s integrity.

A new study shows piracy was up nearly 7 percent globally last year. At the top of the most pirated lists: The Last of Us and Oppenheimer.

It seems all but inevitable that streamers are going to merge into mega-media entities in 2024. New research shows what those consolidations might look like. Get ready to click on Para-Flix+.

Netflix is cutting back on shows, Amazon is laying off Prime Video workers. The boom days of streaming are showing signs of bust.

It has a lot to do with mystery, defeating AI, and wanting to believe amazing achievements are still possible.