Author: News Room
Instagram just made one of its most popular post formats significantly more useful. Starting today, you can add a unique caption to every single slide in a carousel post. So, instead of one caption trying to explain up to 20 different photos, each slide gets its own text underneath. It is the kind of addition that makes me wonder why it took this long. photo dumps just leveled up 📸now you can add different captions to every slide of a carousel ↙️ 1.create a carousel post2.tap the caption area3.toggle on “multiple captions” 4.write a unique caption for each slide— Instagram (@instagram) June…
One of the coolest things about the Spyro the Dragon series is that several of its early games were composed by Stewart Copeland, co-founder and drummer of the iconic rock band The Police. Despite this, it looks like we won’t be hearing any tunes from Copeland in the recently announced Spyro: A Realm Beyond.The Independent interviewed Copeland to discuss Copeland, an upcoming documentary about his life and career premiering at Raindance Film Festival this week, as well as other topics. During the chat, the famed musician confirmed to the outlet that he has no involvement in Spyro: A Realm Reborn,…
Samsung has been granted a US design patent for what might be its most unusual display concept yet. The patent is for a device that, when folded, resembles a long rectangular brick and can unfold to form a much larger screen. It was filed in January 2023 and only granted this month. So what does this Samsung patent actually show? The patent, numbered US D1,130,402 S, has been granted to Samsung Display, the display arm of Samsung Electronics. It talks about the appearance of what it simply calls a “display device.” Looking at the drawings, the device in its rolled…
Taika Waititi’s next movie may be his most unexpected yet. The filmmaker behind Thor: Ragnarok has unveiled the first look at Klara and the Sun, his adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s bestselling 2021 novel. Waititi tells Vanity Fair this was one of the hardest things he has tried to adapt once he started unpacking its themes of loneliness, love, and what it even means to be human. First look at Taika Waititi’s next film ‘KLARA AND THE SUN’.• Starring Jenna Ortega & Amy Adams• Follows a robot bought by a family to help them heal physically & mentally in a dystopian…
Speakers have spent decades chasing better sound. MorningBlues is chasing something different. The company’s upcoming SonicGlass A1 is built around the idea that music should be seen as much as it is heard, combining transparent audio technology, floating lyric displays, and AI-powered music experiences in a device that looks unlike anything else on the market. Set to launch on Kickstarter on June 18, SonicGlass A1 is MorningBlues’ attempt to rethink what a speaker can be. Instead of hiding its technology behind fabric grilles and solid enclosures, the speaker puts it on display through what the company describes as the world’s…
Penguin Colony caught my eye for A) being the next game by the makers of Umarangi Generation, and B) penguins – lots and lots of penguins. After booting up the demo and being greeted with a title sequence directly ripped from The Thing, I knew I was in for something very strange. I still don’t completely understand what I experienced, but there’s enough intrigue in this slice to inspire a deeper look. This bizarre adventure unfolds in Antarctica circa 1939. You control, you guessed it, a penguin. Several, in fact, as you can hop between many of them at will, from…
Forget stickers and GIFs, a new app called Pixi Garden wants you to send interactive augmented reality characters through iMessage instead. Pixi Platforms launched the messaging native app today, letting you create and send a “pixi” — an intelligent AR character that comes alive through your friend’s phone camera and reacts to whatever is actually happening around them. What makes a Pixi different from a sticker or filter? A pixi is not a static sticker or filter. It runs on an onboard AI brain that lets it behave, react, and stay aware of context. Machine learning sensors watch the environment…
Waymo has recalled its entire fleet of nearly 4,000 robotaxis to prevent them from driving on highways after identifying at least 13 instances where its vehicles drove straight into highway sections closed for construction. This is the company’s sixth recall in under a year, and follows separate incidents involving flooded roads, telephone poles, chains and gates, towed trucks, and school buses. So what actually happened out there on the highway? The incidents happened in two waves. Six robotaxis drove past ramp-closure signs and directly into active construction zones in Phoenix, Arizona, in April 2026. The software failed to recognize the…
UC Berkeley researchers have built an electric nose that can detect gases tied to spoiled food and common allergens more consistently than a human sniff test. The device uses a 16-sensor gas sensor chip that turns reactions with food-related gases into electrical signals. Kitchen judgment can get messy because food doesn’t always look or smell risky before it becomes a problem. Milk, eggs, chicken, fruit, and nuts release different chemical signatures, and people usually have to decide with whatever their nose catches in the moment. The work is still in the lab, but the destination is obvious enough. Smart fridges…
It’s not a new gameplay trailer, but Rockstar Games has released a new promotional video for Grand Theft Auto VI, announcing the game’s pre-order date and revealing its official cover art.Pre-orders for the game on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S open on June 25, which is one week from today. The cover art is fashioned in traditional Grand Theft Auto fashion, with a collage of panels depicting the two main characters, Lucia and Jason, along with bank robber Raul Batista and music mogul/entrepreneur Boobie Ike. Because the game is set in a fictionalized Florida, it’s fitting to see the…