The next installment of the Sonic movie franchise just wrapped filming. It won’t land in theaters until March 2027. But to celebrate the milestone, director Jeff Fowler posted our first full look at Metal Sonic, glowing eyes and all.
A new investigation by the New York Times has discovered that social media influencers are collecting tens, or even hundreds of thousands of dollars, to back candidates, endorse policies, and attack political enemies. But where that money is coming from isn’t clear, and campaigns are embracing the secrecy.
The Federal Trade Commission, which regulates deceptive business practices, requires influencers to disclose payments for promoting commercial products and services but, it says, does not regulate political advertisements.
Back in 2000, people were legitimately wondering if anyone would want to use the internet on their phone. At a time when i-mode phones connected to primitive mobile-specific pages were cutting-edge, and the concept of a smartphone wasn’t really in the public consciousness, the skepticism is understandable.
There are leaderboards for burning AI tokens, but now there are literal receipts. Sascha Corti, an engineer at Microsoft, just shared the implementation — from code designed by Chris Hutchinson (of course, with the help of Claude). Is it cute? Yes. Is it cursed? Also yes.
Bears are a serious problem in Japan, and Ohta has been fending them off for a decade with Monster Wolves — solar-powered animatronics with glowing eyes that make loud noises. But the company can’t keep up with demand. Farmers and rural workers are waiting up to three months for delivery.
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Following his summit with China’s Xi Jinping, Trump also said in an interview with Fox News that Taiwan would be “very smart to cool it a little bit.” And that China would also be “very smart to cool it a little bit.”
