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What’s New on Max in January 2025
In January, Max will debut its new medical drama series The Pitt (Jan. 9), which stars Noah Wyle—for fans of ER—as an attending at a Pittsburgh trauma center emergency room. Each episode comprises an hour of his character’s 15-hour shift (similar to 24) with a new installment dropping weekly after the initial two-episode premiere. January also brings season five of…
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What’s Behind the New Jersey Drone Sightings?
No one wants it to be aliens more than me. Even if they’re planning to force us to work in outer space diamond mines, I’d still welcome alien overlords. But it’s never aliens. The “drones” everyone is seeing are not aliens. They aren’t foreign invaders, or part of a secret government project, or anything else cool either. No one can…
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What’s the Difference Between All the Samsung Galaxy Phones?
Samsung is notorious for releasing a lot of different Android phones under the “Galaxy” umbrella. Some Galaxy S models cost thousands of dollars, while some Galaxy A models are only a couple hundred bucks. So what’s the difference anyway? While companies like Apple and Google focus on just a few new smartphones a year, Samsung wants to have a phone…
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What’s the Best Way to Keep Cheese From Getting Moldy?
Cheese should be stored at about 37° F in your fridge in a crisper or dedicated cheese drawer. Once you’ve broken the original vacuum-sealed packaging, some experts recommend wrapping the cheese in waxed paper or parchment paper instead of plastic wrap, particularly for higher-moisture, softer cheese. This will allow it to breathe without getting dried out. Putting it in an…
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2025 in tech: what’s coming for gadgets, regulation, and AI
Hello! I’m here from the future. And I have some news. 12 months from now, all the Big Tech CEOs are still in their jobs, everybody’s using folding phones, Apple made a TV, and Nvidia is the most valuable company in the history of the universe. Wild year, huh? Or maybe not? It’s hard to remember. Time travel messes with…
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2025 in tech: What’s coming for the industry next year
There’s a lot we don’t know about what’s coming for tech in 2025. AI could save the world, or ruin it, or do pretty much nothing interesting at all. A new US president could change priorities and policies on antitrust fights and privacy rules. Will TikTok get banned? Will the fediverse take off? Will it be the year of Matter?…
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Runway makes it easy to turn a landscape into a portrait video — what’s next
Runway has taken AI video to a new dimension — literally — with the launch of Expand Video. The new feature is an outpaint function for video. Those who are familiar with image-generating tech will know about outpainting, where an initial image is augmented by adding extra content around the sides. Expand Video, as you might expect, does the same…
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What’s on your desk, Kylie Robison?
Kylie Robison is The Verge’s senior reporter covering artificial intelligence. Previously, she worked at Fortune, where she covered Twitter; before that, she covered software developer culture (“a beat,” she says, “I made up and loved”) for Business Insider. “I’ve always been obsessed with technology in an extremely online way,” she adds, “and The Verge is filled with people who are…
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HPE Discover Barcelona: What’s the business benefit of supercomputers?
HPE’s annual European conference took place this week in Barcelona and the company’s focus is still firmly on AI. This is bolstered by its supercomputing credentials – El Capitan, the latest supercomputer to come online in the US, was awarded the title of fastest supercomputer just a day before the conference kicked off. This episode, Jane sits down with Gerald…
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What’s Free on the Epic Games Store Right Now?
Looking for what games you can secure for free on the Epic Games Store this week? Well, look no further. In the saturated world of expensive (and unoptimized) video games, some publishers want gamers to try out something new all the time. Epic Games is such a platform that always tries to give out games on sale or just for…
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