It’s good to see H. Jon Benjamin, jazz musician and voice of Archer, still getting work, even if it is as the inner monologue of a very ripped Skarsgård (John Wick 4), out for martial arts revenge in a post-apocalyptic world.
The Hollywood Reporter called Boy Kills World a “hidden gem” at the Toronto Film Festival last year. It will hit US theaters on April 26th.
The company announced this morning that it’s going to talk about its “new health form factor” at Mobile World Congress, which is going on now in Spain. Samsung says the device is part of a slate of AI-driven “seamless health experiences.”
The Verge is on the ground at MWC, so we should have an idea soon whether the Galaxy Ring is something special.
Following its hours-long nationwide disruption on Thursday, AT&T has announced it is reaching out to “potentially impacted customers” and is slapping a whole $5 credit on their accounts, which it says is the “average cost of a full day of service.”
Hooray?
Just with beefed-up specs like a 144Hz display and six speakers with Dolby Atmos support, the company said at Mobile World Congress today. It’s powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, and the company says it can get to a 100 percent charge, thanks to 120-watt charging.
And of course, it will have lots of AI features like generating images from your sketches. It costs €699.
The San Francisco Standard documents some parties where attendees are encouraged to shake their butts while wearing the Vision Pro (from pictures, it seems like most didn’t go along with the ask).
Before you dismiss the idea, consider this: If you don’t have a kid or a dog, “I gotta go; my Vision Pro died” could be a great excuse to leave a party early.
It’s been four days since the FBI announced it had disrupted the group, and now, cybersecurity researcher Kevin Beaumont reports that LockBit seems to have surfaced with claims that it has struck back at the US intelligence agency. Malware tracker vx-underground says the group now has new TOR domains.
The US State Deparment has offered a $15 million reward for information that results in arrests of LockBit attackers.
Goyer will reportedly continue script-writing for the expansive Apple TV Plus sci-fi show that he helped create, while the head honcho reins to executive producer Bill Bost.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Goyer was butting heads with Skydance over the budget for the show, which Goyer has said before he has an ambitious eight-season plan for.
[The Hollywood Reporter]
The Vergecast team threw out some ideas yesterday for what random names Google will use for future chatbots. I like “Fancy Geoff.”
Give it a listen if you want to catch up on stuff like Gemini’s first big controversy, The adventures of Apple and the post-quantum cryptography, and your place in Reddit’s AI-training corpus. Also, two lightning rounds!
It’s been 12 days since Meta announced it was testing a way to easily follow what people are talking about on Threads, and now many users are reporting seeing it — including our own Richard Lawler.
I don’t have it yet, because I’m cursed. If you do, you’ll see “Today’s topics” either between posts in the For You feed or in the search tab.
