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With the announcement of Apple’s Vision Pro, the company’s first spatial computer, there’s renewed chatter about the firm’s other long-awaited project: the Apple Car. As spotted by AppleInsider, Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives said on CNBC this Friday that the only question about the Apple Car is “when, not if.” While the Wedbush analyst said the exact same thing in 2021 about Apple entering the electric vehicle market, it seems the Cupertino firm is still struggling with this project. Over almost ten years, BGR…

John Mulaney, the guest on this milestone 500th episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is one of the most popular and respected comedians of his generation. He’s a 40-year-old comedian, writer, producer and actor who already has to his name a Peabody Award and 18 Emmy nominations, two of which resulted in wins. Mulaney, who was born and raised in Chicago, landed a writing job at Saturday Night Live at just 25. There, he co-created, with Bill Hader, one of the show’s most beloved…

Brian d’Arcy James, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a distinguished stage and screen actor and singer who is currently nominated for the best actor in a musical Tony for the 2022-2023 Broadway revival of the musical Into the Woods and starring opposite Tony winner Kelli O’Hara Off Broadway in the original musical Days of Wine and Roses. James is best known for his work on the stage. Over the last 30 years, he has appeared in 15 Broadway productions,…

Mushrooms in the field with an electrode attached to the top and bottom. Credit: Yu FukasawaA study in the forest on Laccaria bicolor mushrooms, a type of ectomycorrhizal fungi, has revealed that these mushrooms generate fluctuating electrical signals after rainfall, with evidence of signal transport among nearby mushrooms. This finding, which is a departure from previous lab-based studies, suggests the possibility of communication through electrical signals among fungi and potentially with trees, opening new avenues for…

A good open world game is filled with little details that add to a player's sense of immersion. One of the key elements is the presence of background chatter. Each piece of dialog you hear is known as a "bark" and must be individually written by the game's creators — a time consuming, detailed task. Ubisoft, maker of popular open world gaming series like Assassin's Creed and Watch Dogs, hopes to shorten this process with Ghostwriter, a machine learning tool that generates first drafts of barks.  To use Ghostwriter,…

Image via JC Olivera / Stringer / Getty Images / Warner Bros Despite multiple delays and seriously questionable actions of late by its leading actor Ezra Miller, early reception from industry insiders lucky enough to have caught a screening of The Flash has been nothing short of glowing.  When you’ve got the likes of James Gunn and Warner Bros. boss David Zaslav heaping on praise, pragmatists may consider it to be self-serving. When you get the seemingly objective view from an action movie veteran such as Tom…

Sit down for a fresh cup this spring A fresh new brew is on the way from Toge Productions and Chorus Worldwide. Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly is now slated for an April 20, 2023 launch on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC via Steam. The sequel to 2020’s Coffee Talk still takes place in a mythologized Seattle, where humans and fantasy beings live in harmony. You play as a barista to these denizens, serving up their drink of choice while listening to them chat about their day. Today’s new…

Just when you thought the constant speculation revolving around the SnyderVerse had died down following San Diego Comic-Con after Jim Lee’s admission that nothing is currently in the works, which was compounded by those Henry Cavill rumors fizzling out, along comes Jason Momoa to reveal that Ben Affleck is returning for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. On the surface, the reasons as to why the DCEU’s canonical Caped Crusader is making yet another comeback are fairly simple. Once upon a time, The Flash was scheduled…

Alsym Energy, a seven-year-old Massachusetts startup, aims to halve the cost of electric vehicle batteries with a new design that eliminates lithium and cobalt, two increasingly costly ingredients in many current EV batteries, the company said. One of the company's goals is to help make EVs more affordable for a greater portion of the world's population, a key executive said. Alsym has partnered with one of India's top automakers to jointly develop the new battery, Mukesh Chatter, chief executive and co-founder, said in…

Danny Elfman has joined Tim Burton in destroying dreams of a Nightmare Before Christmas sequel. The composer supplied the music, certain voices, and Jack Skellington’s singing for Henry Selick’s 1993 holiday classic. While producer Burton has long been the Grinch of sequel talks, Elfman shared his own similar sentiments in an interview with ComicBook. “I don’t think so,” he said when asked about a Nightmare Before Easter, Nightmare Before Thanksgiving, or other potential sequel, spinoff, or offshoot. “I think Tim has…