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Ted, the foul-mouthed animated star of Friday’s R-rated buddy comedy of the same name, may smoke more marijuana than “Family Guy’s” Peter Griffin, but the two sound awfully similar. Of course, both are voiced by writer-director Seth MacFarlane, so it’s easy to understand why they are so alike. Or is it? MacFarlane also voices “Family Guy’s” baby Stewie, the dog Brian, and the next-door neighbor Quagmire, and all three have completely different accents.MacFarlane said he tried to find a voice for Ted that would be…

It goes without saying that corporate gifts are a good idea, if done right. It was reported that 42% of businesses claim relationship management is their top reason for why they’re gifting things.Corporate gifts are considered a pretty effective tool for humanizing the company and thus strengthening coworker relationships. Besides that, corporate gifts are a meaningful way to express appreciation for the hard work employees do. Not only are the employees happy to be appreciated, the company can benefit…

Andre Smith, CEO of Holoconnects Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNETAt CES you encounter so many new products and innovative technologies that it's not often that something stops you dead in your tracks, but this technology merited that reaction from me. Holograms are no longer limited to sci-fi movies and may be in your future sooner than you think with the Holobox. Also: CES 2024: What's Next in TechAt CES Unveiled, a press-only pre-show event, Holoconnects showcased its AI-powered holographic solution, Holobox. The box, similar to…

Lea Bertucci is many things – composer, saxophonist, bass clarinettist, electronicist, and performer of unique site-specific pieces. She’s probably best known as a leading light in downtown New York’s noise scene, making discordant, drone-based music that explores unusual textures and timbres. Part of her aim, she says, is to reimagine classical music from a noise musician’s perspective: using orthodox instruments to create textures that sound eerie and discomfiting by applying electronic processing and extended…

Peter Thoman, more commonly known in gaming circles as “Durante,” is renowned for his work on the infamously horrid Dark Souls port from the early 2010s. Focusing on technical rendering solutions as of late, Durante has now set his sights on a new kind of local multiplayer gaming. More specifically, Durante’s latest blog post, titled “A New Approach to Local Multiplayer / Splitscreen Perspective With Raytracing,” goes in-depth on Thoman’s idea of leveraging raytracing to develop a new kind of hotseat multiplayer…

That warm and fuzzy haven for four-legged friends has become the latest comfort craze for people. That warm and fuzzy haven for four-legged friends has become the latest comfort craze for people. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of…

Research from Washington University shows that smoking shrinks the brain and speeds up brain aging, a process that is irreversible even after quitting. The study, analyzing data from the UK Biobank, highlights the crucial role of quitting smoking in preventing further brain damage and reducing dementia risk. Credit: SciTechDaily.comFindings help explain how smoking is linked to Alzheimer’s, dementia.Smoking shrinks the brain, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The…

Henry Cavill is becoming a spy in AppleTV+’s Argylle, which is coming to theaters this February. As we look forward to the exciting release on the 2024 movie schedule, the former Superman actor has shared the story behind a rather intense train fight sequence he worked on alongside Sam Rockwell, and it sounds like it was an overwhelming amount of work. Argylle takes place in two realities, one of an introverted spy novelist named Elly Conway, played by Bryce Dallas Howard, in her own life, and that of her imagined world…

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie was, somehow, a movie that was all things to all people. It was a bright and colorful movie that was every bit the movie you would expect from the name Barbie, while also being a great deal more. It's amazing that it works as well as it does. What’s more, it seems that even the people working on the film were far from sure, as Dua Lipa admits nobody knew what to expect.Speaking, with Vanity Fair, Dua Lipa says the experience of making Barbie was “crazy” because of the wild variation that was going…

A life without burps might sound like a blessing, but a new study shows it’s anything but. Researchers interviewed patients with the rare condition retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction (R-CPD), which makes them unable to burp or belch, about how it affected their daily life. Not only did patients report unpleasant symptoms like constant farting and gas, they also often felt embarrassed, depressed, and socially awkward.Gizmodo’s Top Five Gadgets of 2023Burping plays an important biological function. When food and water…