By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Marwan Issa, the elusive Hamas commander said by the U.S. to have been killed by Israel, had survived previous assassination attempts to spend years masterminding incursions into Israel including the Oct. 7 assault that triggered the Gaza war. “Brother Issa is the walking nightmare of the enemy,” one Hamas … Read more
Screenshot: Facebook / Gizmodo Facebook is a wasteland. Once the default gateway to the internet, today the site has a reputation as one of the least cool places on the web—at least for America’s taste-making young people. But, as the New York Times recently pointed out, there’s one corner of the platform that keeps the … Read more
Sasha Luccioni, an AI researcher in Montreal, responded to WIRED’s story to say it was “10,000 percent true!” She added that over-the-top interviews are a long-established problem in parts of the industry. During a past job search, she tweeted, one Big Tech company “made me do *12* interviews and a take-home assignment.” (Luccioni declined to … Read more
KIBBUTZ BE’ERI, Israel — Gillian and Pete Brisley are picking up the pieces of their shattered lives. They are cleaning up the house where their daughter and granddaughters were killed by Hamas on Oct. 7 in hopes that their son-in-law — believed to be held captive in Gaza — may have something to come home … Read more
You shouldn’t trust any answers a chatbot sends you. And you probably shouldn’t trust it with your personal information either. That’s especially true for “AI girlfriends” or “AI boyfriends,” according to new research. An analysis into 11 so-called romance and companion chatbots, published on Wednesday by the Mozilla Foundation, has found a litany of security … Read more
The Big Picture Director Renny Harlin brings his trademark sense of playfulness and excitement to Devil’s Pass, turning a perplexing real-life mystery into a modern horror adventure. The film effectively builds tension through ominous discoveries and explores the consequences of characters meddling with things beyond their understanding. While the creature effects in the bunker sequence … Read more
Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn are addressing the police “victim blaming” they endured amid the popularity of the Netflix documentary, ‘American Nightmare.’ The true crime docuseries tells the true story of a 2015 home invasion and kidnapping of Denise Huskins — an incident that police initially claimed was a hoax. At the time, Quinn told … Read more
Mark Ruffalo shares details on how a ‘crazy’ nightmare turned out be a life-threatening disease Photo: ‘Poor Things’ actor Mark Ruffalo reveals his worst nightmare Mark Ruffalo got candid about his worst nightmare. The Poor Things hitmaker recently marked his presence on the latest episode of the podcast Smartless. During this chat, the 56-year-old opened up … Read more
Summary American Nightmare and Unbelievable highlight the police’s tendency to accuse victims of lying, ignoring any evidence to the contrary. The police’s failures to investigate properly in both cases allowed the perpetrators to continue their crimes, resulting in a miscarriage of justice. Watching both series reveals that policing has not made much progress in addressing … Read more
More people are making video games than ever before, but most games are still designed by teams of professionals. There’s a barrier of technical skills that keeps the average person from making their own game, but in 2024, that’s going to change. AI is going to make game development so easy that you’ll be able … Read more