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Unicorn Overlord trailer emphasizes the importance of training

Everyone loves a promotion, right? A little extra compensation for all that hard work. Well, training and promotions aren’t just key to the modern capitalist landscape of 2024; they’re also crucial to the battlefields of Unicorn Overlord. The latest in Atlus and Vanillaware’s series of videos detailing Unicorn Overlord‘s many systems dives into training. Specifically, we get some idea of what it means to level up a unit, promote them, and how to keep everyone up-to-snuff for the coming engagements.…

Imaginary’s New Trailer Emphasizes Its Teddy-Bear Terror

As John Krasinski’s Ryan Reynolds comedy IF prepares for a big new trailer during the Super Bowl, another movie exploring the world of childhood imaginary friends is also stepping up its marketing. The latest look at Imaginary—the freaky teddy bear movie—is here, and it cleverly leans into similarities with Blumhouse’s 2023 hits M3GAN and Five Nights at Freddy’s.Imaginary (2024) New Trailer – DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Taegen Burns, Pyper BraunThere are also shades of late, great horror anthology series Channel Zero’s…

Essay emphasizes need for antiblackness framework to reduce inequality in school discipline

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain According to an essay published in Educational Researcher, a decade of colorblind school discipline policy reforms have not disproportionally benefited Black students who remain the most often disciplined in schools and miss valuable classroom learning time. Given that fact, the authors say interventions directly targeting antiblackness in school policies and practices are needed.…

New look at Suicide Squad game emphasizes story over live service

Rocksteady Studios provided the deepest look yet at Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League during the first episode of a new Insider video series. Although this upcoming game has proven to be quite divisive because of its multiplayer and live service approach, this first Insider video focuses more on the core narrative and gameplay elements instead. The developers highlighted how Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League takes place in a bigger city than Batman: Arkham Knight and that it features the most cutscenes out…

Google’s MedPaLM emphasizes human clinicians in medical AI

In case you were wondering, the MedPaLM program follows the recent trend by Google and OpenAI of hiding the technical details of the program, rather than specifying them as is the standard practice in machine learning AI.Google's MedPaLM builds on top of a version of its PaLM language model, Flan-PALM, with the help of human prompt engineering.  Google/DeepMindThe MedPaLM program saw a big leap when answering the HealthSearchQA questions, as judged by a panel of human clinicians. The percentage of times its

Facebook’s redesigned video tab emphasizes Reels and recommendations

Facebook is revamping its in-app video hub to give its content an Instagram-style makeover. The changes will bring Reels’ editing tools to all Facebook videos, as well as a new “Explore” section to highlight trending clips and other recommendations. It also comes with a new name. The tab previously known as “Facebook Watch” will now simply be called “Video.” The section, which will host short-form clips like Reels as well as live video and longer form content, will continue to live at the top of the Facebook app. The new…

How Art Emphasizes Acceptance Themes

Nimona is now streaming on Netflix and if you’ve seen it, you know the long wait for its arrival was incredibly worth it. (If you haven’t yet watched, you’re in for a delight.) To celebrate the animated film—adapted from the graphic novel by ND Stevenson (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)—Netflix shared a featurette exploring the visual style that brings the story to life.Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksCreator and co-producer Stevenson, directors Nick Bruno and Troy Quane,…

League of Legends’ new Arena mode emphasizes bite-sized action

League of Legends’ 5v5 MOBA mode is one of the most iconic multiplayer setups in gaming. It attracts millions of players every day, and millions of dollars are spent throwing and giving rewards for tournaments based on that formula. That’s why it’s exciting when Riot Games occasionally experiments with new modes that modify the core concept of League of Legends in unique ways. The latest mode to do this is the 2v2v2v2 Arena, which is coming to the game as part of this summer’s Soul Fighter event. Channeling the…