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Amazon Prime Video Now Testing AI-Powered Story Recaps
Amazon Prime Video is rolling out a new feature called X-Ray Recaps. These use generative AI to give viewers personalized summaries of their favorite TV shows. The X-Ray Recap feature was made to help viewers who forgot plot details or missed crucial moments while watching a series. X-Ray Recaps can give brief summaries of full seasons, individual episodes, or even…
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Does Instagram Notify Someone If You Screenshot a Story?
Oh, you’re here because you screenshotted someone’s Instagram Story and want to know if they’ll get a notification about it, à la Snapchat? First, know you’re safe, babe. Take a deep breath. We’ve all been there. They’re not going to find out if you screenshotted their grid post or story, at least not through a notification. Second, there are a…
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Unknown 9 Awakening Review: A Failed Implementation to a Fantastical Story
When I first heard about Unknown 9: Awakening, I’ll admit that I had no idea about the franchise. The Awakening is part of the “Unknown 9 Universe,” which features a trilogy of books, a scripted podcast, a comic book, and two upcoming web series, all of which I haven’t consumed. That was enough to make me want a copy of…
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I watched all of Netflix’s ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ — and I have regrets
Content warning for mentions of rape and incest. If you turned on “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” and thought, “Yikes, Ryan Murphy has been reading way too much Wincest fanfiction,” you’re not alone. But unlike controversial TV incest ships like Dean and Sam Winchester from “Supernatural” and pretty much every pairing in “Game of Thrones,” the characters in…
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