2026-06-19
Amazon has dropped its nearly finished Sam Altman film, four months after investing $50B in OpenAI
Amazon MGM Studios has dropped Artificial, Luca Guadagnino’s nearly finished film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Variety and Deadline reported on Thursday. The film, which stars Andrew Garfield as Altman, had tested well with early audiences and was being shown to other studios the same day Amazon confirmed it would not release it. The decision […]<br /> This story continues at The Next We [...]
2026-06-19
Sony’s $7.85M PlayStation Store antitrust settlement has been preliminarily approved
A US federal court has preliminarily approved a $7.85 million settlement in an antitrust class action alleging that Sony monopolised the market for digital PlayStation games by eliminating competition from third-party retailers. The settlement, approved on 8 April, covers approximately 4.4 million PlayStation owners in the United States, according to court filings. The case, Caccuri […]<br /& [...]
2026-06-19
‘Feels like a natural breeze’: I reviewed Dyson’s clever purifying fan that follows you around the room, and was blown away by its smart features and wonderfully engineered performance
Is AI tracking enough of a draw to justify the price tag of the Find+Follow Purifier Cool? I’ve put it to the test to find out. [...]
2026-06-19
Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving Google DeepMind for Anthropic after nearly nine years
John Jumper, the Google DeepMind vice president who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating AlphaFold, is leaving the company after nearly nine years to join Anthropic. Jumper announced the move on X on Thursday, saying he would take some time to recharge before starting at the Claude maker. Both Google DeepMind and […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-19
NASA’s new rover prototype drove 16 miles in a week, 10 times faster than anything it has on Mars
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has built a rover prototype that covered 16 miles in 37 hours of driving, making it roughly 10 times faster than any rover the agency currently operates on Mars. The four-wheeled machine, called ERNEST, reached speeds of up to 0.6mph during a field test in California’s Colorado Desert in March 2026. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]