Conner O’Malley’s new standup special is a scathing critique of our AI reality

Pressing play on a Conner O’Malley video is a disorienting experience. Could it be a continuation of a previous character or universe? Could it be another installation of Truth Hunters host Mark Seevers, O’Malley’s creation for the 2016 election that resembled Alex Jones if he were locked in a Wisconsin basement for two years, subsisting …

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‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ review: George Miller’s blazing action folktale might just have outdone ‘Fury Road’

A bombastic wasteland folktale, George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is an ingenious, eye-popping prequel to his near-perfect action romp Mad Max: Fury Road. While it revisits several characters and locations we’ve already seen, it’s also a wildly different beast, one that replaces its predecessor’s mile-a-minute chase structure with a years-spanning story that elevates …

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No need to look up from your phone. Apple is trying to cure your motion sickness.

If staring at your phone in a moving vehicle is a puke-worthy or vertigo-inducing experience, Apple’s new Vehicle Motion Cues might be a solution. Announced along with a series of other new accessibility features, Vehicle Motion Cues turn built-in motion sensors in iPhone and iPads into anti-sickness aids. Mashable Light Speed SEE ALSO: Apple adds …

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What are parasocial relationships?

People have had a fascination with famous people for eons — and in the age of the internet, it’s only increased. Influencers, often online content creators, have made both the definition of “celebrity” and our relationships with them fuzzy. While it may seem like influencers are followers’ friends due to how they interact with them …

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How to get GPT-4o with free ChatGPT

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s blockbuster generative AI application, has recently received a significant upgrade with the introduction of the new GPT-4o model unveiled at OpenAI’s “Spring Update” event. GPT-4o is a multi-modal model, advertised as able to use logic not just in the generation of text, but with audio inputs and outputs, and by receiving live video …

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