Zelda player awarded with $10,000 gold trophy for completing KFC-sponsored speedrun
Fast food restaurant chain KFC has awarded a speedrunner a gold trophy valued at over $10,000. Inspired by the secret “11 herbs and spices” that constitute the recipe for KFC’s…
Pokémon Company Apologizes After Van Gogh Collaboration Causes Scalping Mayhem
You’d think a Pikachu in a grey felt hat wouldn’t be able to spark crowd-swelling hysteria, but if the last few years have proven anything, Pokémon has developed a concerning…
Tux the Cat Found After Lyft Driver Sped Off With Her
A Lyft passenger lived every pet owner’s worst nightmare this weekend after a driver drove off with his cat. The two were eventually reunited, but not before the cat’s owner…
How to Watch Google’s Big Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch 2 Event
Google’s next big phone and watch are set to be unveiled this week, or at least, Google is going to either confirm or deny the tsunami of leaks detailing what’s…
A Shape-Shifting Cat Cop Stars in George R.R. Martin’s New Wild Cards Release
George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards shared-world universe series continues with a new graphic novel arriving October 3. George R.R. Martin Presents: Wild Cards: Sins of the Father is written by…
The 15-Minute City Conspiracy Theory Goes Mainstream
Back in February, when a Conservative Party lawmaker in the UK’s House of Commons voiced support for the 15-minute city conspiracy, he was laughed at by his fellow members of…
The Biggest Hack of 2023 Keeps Getting Bigger
The MOVEit incident eclipses them, though, both in the number of victim organizations and individuals whose data was compromised. Antivirus company Emsisoft has been tracking the number of MOVEit victim…
Updates From House of the Dragon, and More
Get a look at the return of Shining Vale. Venture to a creepy alien world in a new look at Max animated series Scavengers Reign. Plus, what’s coming on Gen…
Predictive Policing Software Terrible at Predicting Crimes
In her 2019 master’s thesis for the Naval Postgraduate School, Ana Lalley, police chief of Elgin, Illinois, wrote critically about her department’s experience with the software, which left officers unimpressed.…
A Deep Fake Tom Hanks Is Promoting a Dental Plan, But the Actor Has ‘Nothing to Do With It’
Image: Pascal Le Segretain (Getty Images) After chasing an old-school scammer in 2002’s Catch Me If You Can, Tom Hanks is now on the hunt for those using AI to…