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THIS WEEK: The Warworld Saga reaches its explosive conclusion in Superman: Warworld Apocalypse #1! Does the ending satisfy those who’ve followed the story for the past year-plus? Note: the reviews below contain spoilers. If you want a quick, spoiler-free buy/pass recommendation on the comics in question, check out the bottom of the article for our final verdict. Superman: Warworld Apocalypse #1 Writer: Phillip Kennedy JohnsonArtists: Brandon Peterson, Will Conrad, Max Raynor, & Miguel MendonḉaColorist: Lee…

Here are some life-like humanoid robots making this trend continue to rise in years to come. Kodomoroid and Otonaroid – The First Android Newscasters In 2014, Japanese scientists, led by robotics professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, unveiled the world’s first news-reading android newscasters, named Kodomoroid and Otonaroid, who can interact with humans, read the news and Tweets in several different voices. Kodomoroid is a teleoperated android robot resembling a human child, who has the potential to outpace that of its human…

Vault Comics and writer/co-creator Ram V have regretfully announced an indefinite hiatus for Radio Apocalypse. The series will return in the future when the creators are ready to continue. Alongside Ram V, the creative team consists of Eisner Award-winning artist Anand RK, colorist Ahisha, and letterer Aditya Bidikar.  Ram V wrote the following statement:  “I’m afraid this broadcast will be a bit of a sorrowful one. We launched this book with much excitement and to celebration and acclaim. And for that I have readers,…

In this series we examine some of the most popular doomsday scenarios prognosticated by modern AI experts. Previous articles include Misaligned Objectives, Artificial Stupidity, Wall-E Syndrome, Humanity Joins the Hivemind, and Killer Robots. We’ve covered a lot of ground in this series (see above), but nothing comes close to our next topic. The “democratization of expertise” might sound like a good thing — democracy, expertise, what’s not to like? But it’s our intent to convince you that it’s…

One idea for saving humanity in the case of a lethal pandemic or other great global catastrophe is to create a safe refuge where some people can survive.A study of Western Australia and China during the COVID-19 epidemic suggests that one possibility is to establish a safe refuge.Establishing a safe refuge – on an island or in such remote locations like the moon or underwater – where a portion of the human population can remain alive has been proposed as a strategy to rescue humanity in the case of a devastating epidemic…

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A new study has warned that a super solar storm, which occurs once in about a century, could plunge the world into an “Internet apocalypse”, keeping large swathes of the society offline for weeks or even months. The Sun constantly bombards the Earth with electromagnetic particles. These particles — that make the solar wind — are usually sent to the poles by the Earth's magnetic shield that protects the planet from any real damage. Around every 100 years, this solar wind transforms into a full-blown solar storm, as per…

Florida company Apocalypse 6x6 has carved out an interesting niche for itself, taking the most offensively massive Yank tanks on the market, expanding them in all directions, adding more wheels and selling them for insane prices, presumably to the kind of people that wear wall-of-text t-shirts fantasizing about what they'll do to you if you treat their daughter wrong.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: six-wheel, Off-road, Crazy Florida company Apocalypse 6x6 has carved out an interesting niche for…

Hemingway’s phrase always had a broad appeal. It anticipated some aspects of complex systems theory, popularized as the Tipping Point. Remember when we once thought that MySpace, beneficiary of a network effect in the mid-aughts, seemed unassailable? It lost ground to Facebook, gradually and then suddenly. (Maybe Mark Zuckerberg should think twice before he deprioritizes personal ties on Facebook in his pursuit of TikTok, creating an opportunity for a competitor to address the company’s original focus on friends and…

Credit: UNICEF Young people across Canada have been deeply affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. And they have some notes. Youth have made their voices heard in "It's Difficult to Grow Up…