Ben Kingsley's Trevor Slattery was originally going to be the star of his own MCU project before it was "mixed" with Wonder Man

Exclusive: Wonder Man creators Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Young discuss bringing Simon Williams and Trevor Slattery together ...
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Talking Ben comes to life in Roblox adventures

GamingWithKev explains what the meme game Talking Ben offers Roblox players. Brett Kavanaugh issues "future crises" warning in Supreme Court decision Ashlee Buzzard arrested in murder of daughter ...
Tampa Bay Times

Trump is talking again about winning the Nobel Peace Prize | Column

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PC Gamer

Someone has to challenge Meta for the VR throne and I really hope Valve has the guts to with its new Steam Frame

I've developed what I can only describe as a begrudging respect for Meta's hardware output right now. I've bought almost every Meta headset to date, and unboxing the first one in the Summer of 2020 is ...
The Hill

Character.AI to ban children from talking with chatbots

Character.AI plans to ban children from talking with its AI chatbots starting next month amid growing scrutiny over how young users are interacting with the technology. The company, known for its vast ...
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Talking Ben in Roblox—What This Meme Game Offers

GamingWithKev explains what the meme game Talking Ben offers Roblox players. Suspect in $20M fraud ring operating in 45 states arrested: Deputies Opinion: The ‘No Kings’ protests are working. Keep it ...
Redmond Pie

Design Dream Avatars: Mascots Built To Live Across Games, Feeds, And VR Chatrooms

Imagine this: you enter a VR chat room, and in place of static logos or flat banners, you see a living being—a talking, dancing, dynamic avatar that changes to fit the world around it. Not a ...
The New York Times

Talking about the next elite QB? Drake Maye has entered the chat — NFL QB Stock Report, Week 6

Patriots QB Drake Maye has led New England to a 3-2 start this season. Rich Storry / Getty Images The New England Patriots dreamed of nights like this when they drafted Drake Maye. Sunday night in ...
Los Angeles Times

Miss the late Stan Lee? Might be time to chat with the comic book legend’s AI-fueled avatar

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Los Angeles Comic Con debuts an AI-powered avatar of Stan Lee ready to chat with fans about a variety of topics.
Bustle

Is Your Group Chat Talking About You?

Mean girl behavior is alive and well. But you wouldn’t necessarily know it — unless you find out that you’ve been excluded from a group chat. “My friends told me that there was a subgroup text created ...
MIT Technology Review

Synthesia’s AI clones are more expressive than ever. Soon they’ll be able to talk back.

The uncanny valley is narrowing. Are we ready for what comes next? Earlier this summer, I walked through the glassy lobby of a fancy office in London, into an elevator, and then along a corridor into ...