Unknown

Even taking the base concept of The Unknown out of the equation, the world, as you’ve probably ascertained, is bad. It’s a bad place for bad people, and bad things happen in it.  Sometimes, humans like to comfort ourselves by thinking that we can contain the bad, the way that we did in Glasgow in early 2024 when a pop up called “Willy’s Chocolate Experience” was swiftly shut down by a confluence of law enforcement officers and the kinds of mothers who would like to speak to the manager. For the uninitiated, the…

Earlier this week in Scotland, dozens of families were disappointed by the Willy Wonka Experience Glasgow. While the bare-bones event left a lot to be desired, the actors put on the best show possible to try to show attendees a good time, and one has become a video game star. Despite the Willy Wonka Experience Glasgow being a complete disaster for everyone involved, those watching the chaos unfold online have latched onto one of its key characters. The Unknown is a creation of whatever AI writing program was used to…

This week, the world had a collective freakout over “Willy’s Chocolate Experience,” an event in Glasgow, Scotland that ended in tears. Organizers used AI-generated ads that promised $45 Wonka wonderland, but when parents and children arrived, they found a barren, filthy warehouse. Several actors involved with the production came forward to share horror stories, including one woman who said she played a sinister character called “The Unknown.” But now, internet sleuths uncovered a darker truth: this would-be Unknown was a…

It’s just a fact that, for all their wonder and whimsy, Roald Dahl‘s children’s books can be terrifying. The heroine of Matilda, abandoned to a strict school by uncaring parents, must survive the cruelties of the headmistress, Miss Trunchbull. Unlike the friendly giant of the title, the other giants in The BFG snatch humans to eat from their beds every night. The Witches concerns a conspiracy of demonic crones bent on eradicating kids altogether. In other words, Dahl’s often macabre fantasies are not safe spaces…

A satellite image of a phytoplankton bloom off the coast of St. John’s, N.L. Credit: NASA, MODIS Rapid Response Every year in the mid-latitudes of the planet, a peculiar phenomenon known as the phytoplankton spring bloom occurs. Visible from space, spectacular large and ephemeral filament-like shades of green and blue are shaped by the ocean currents. …

Tecno In addition to showing off some fascinating concept phones at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024, Tecno has also announced a groundbreaking new image processing system that could change the way we capture videos on our smartphones. The innovative technology brand is calling it the PolarAce Imaging System, and it’s powered by a Sony imaging chip that allows it to capture full 4K HDR video at 30 frames per second with AI-based noise reduction technology — an industry first. A new era of smartphone video Tecno In…

The Central Bank of Nigeria Tuesday raised concerns over the sum of $26 billion that flowed through Binance Nigeria over the past year from “unidentified sources”. The Nigerian government recently blocked the online platforms of Binance and other crypto firms to avert what it considers continuous manipulation of the forex market and illicit movement of funds. Addressing journalists during a question and answer session at the end of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting, CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, expressed…

A Chinese tipster revealed an upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen SoC earlier this month and shared some key specs. The chip carries a model number SM8635, but the marketing name is yet unknown, likely a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Lite or Snapdragon 8s Gen 2. Its performance is supposed to slot in between the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Now, an unknown Realme smartphone with model number RMX3851 appeared in Geekbench's database, powered by the same SM8635 chipset. Unfortunately, the model number is new, so its marketing…

NASA is constantly pushing the limits, venturing into the unknown realms of air and space. Their most recent project, the UVEX mission (UltraViolet EXplorer), scheduled for launch in 2030, promises to shed more light on the mysteries of galaxy and star evolution. UVEX's primary mission is to conduct a comprehensive survey of ultraviolet light across the entire sky. But it doesn't stop there. Equipped with advanced technology, the telescope can quickly identify sources of UV radiation in the universe. This capacity is…

Chief Scientist Frieder Klein and Deep Rover Pilot Alan Scot exploring a submerged carbonate platform. Credit: Novus Select Studying a rock is like reading a book. The rock has a story to tell, says Frieder Klein, an associate scientist in the Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry Department at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). The rocks…