You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. The warnings were being sounded for weeks. The United Nations, international relief organizations and some foreign governments voiced their fears … Read more
Qualcomm’s first mobile chip with on-device generative AI, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, launched late last year to power high-end Android phones in 2024. Now Qualcomm is introducing a new chip in the series. The Snapdragon 8S Gen 3 aims to bring those top-tier features to midrange devices. This is the first “S” version of … Read more
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Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas tells The Verge that many people are using chatbots like regular search engines. It makes sense to offer information on things they look for, like restaurants, directly from the source. So it’s integrating Yelp’s maps, reviews, and other details in responses when people ask for restaurant recommendations. “Our underlying motivation is … Read more
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First up, the new locations. A number of mythological locales have been added to the map, including Mount Olympus and the underworld, which, naturally, is guarded by Cerberus. To go along with this are a number of power-ups and items to collect, including the Wings of Icarus so you can fly, Zeus’ bolts which let … Read more
Electronic dance music producer Brayden Pierce has joined an effort that carries the implication of bringing the genre all the way to the cosmos. Taking to X, Pierce has claimed that he’s one of just 222 creators to have contributed to the Lunaprise Museum with his track, “Capture the Moon.” The mission, which includes delivery … Read more
Screenshot: Prime Video Amazon’s new Fallout show is the latest in the companies’ big, splashy adaptation plans—and it really wants you to know it’s taking the retro aesthetic and charm of the classic video game series to heart, beneath its pulsing, murkily irradiated post-apocalypse. Making the Freddy Fazbear Pizza Band Come to Life for Five … Read more
LONDON — Carlos Acosta, the Cuban-born ballet star, has danced “The Nutcracker” countless times in his glittering career. Now he’s giving the ballet a twist by putting the culture and music of his homeland at the heart of the holiday classic. Acosta is choreographing and directing his new show, “Nutcracker in Havana,” which reimagines the … Read more
Like Twitter or Tiktok, Reddit is a platform built on (often fake) stories—some funny, some sad, and some scary as hell. And with anything up for grabs to turn into a TV show or movie, the scariest (and most viral) of Reddit’s horror tales are being adapted for the small screen with the upcoming series … Read more
The mother and mother-in-law of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were among mourners who brought flowers to his grave in Moscow on Saturday, a day after thousands turned his funeral into one of the largest recent displays of dissent. Police kept a heavy presence at the cemetery but the situation was calm, Russian independent TV … Read more
TikTok famous Sapphie the talking pomsky and her humans have not only entertained fans on social media but have also been spreading important messages along the way. Sheena and Sunit Shah, Sapphie’s human parents, have been sharing their lives with Sapphie on TikTok for years and have built a community in the process. After releasing … Read more