[ad_1] Looking to ride the tracks of increasing demand for longer distance train travel that’s being fuelled by climate-concerned consumers seeking to shrink the environmental impact of their trips, tree-planting search engine Ecosia and multimodal travel booking platform Omio have partnered to launch what they’re billing as a “tree-planting rail travel booking tool”. The idea … Read more
[ad_1] The summer of foldable phones is still going strong. Samsung announced its latest foldable smartphones Wednesday: the clamshell Galaxy Z Flip 5 and the book-like Galaxy Z Fold 5. Both devices are slight upgrades compared to the last generation’s releases, though Samsung has improved the hinge on both the Flip and the Fold so … Read more
[ad_1] Screenshot: Warner Bros. Many have tried to bring the Batman to the big screen, and many have done well—but few have come close to doing it quite so perfectly as Mask of the Phantasm, which took the strengths of the already legendary Batman: The Animated Series and sharpened them to a fine, emotional point. … Read more
[ad_1] Women are more at risk of losing their jobs to AI tools like ChatGPT compared to men according to a study that showed a disproportionate number of jobs filled by women will be eliminated by 2030. The study, published by the McKinsey Global Institute found that nearly eight in ten women will be forced … Read more
[ad_1] Image: Sabina Graves/Gizmodo Coming soon online. This roundup, which includes major studio IP, was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of writers and actors currently on strike, the films and TV covered here wouldn’t exist. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, … Read more
[ad_1] VKontakte (VK), Russia’s homegrown Facebook clone and its biggest social network, saw a whopping 30-fold increase in censorship requests from government officials during the eight-month period following the Russian military’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to a new report. The findings, revealed in a report by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, … Read more
[ad_1] Is the government hiding alien bodies in a vault under the Pentagon? Have Americans been killed to protect our weirdest extraterrestrial secrets? Nothing was off the table at Congress’s much anticipated hearing on UFOs Wednesday, making for quite the show. The House Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs convened what was … Read more
[ad_1] Just when all that pre-release Barbie buzz was starting to make hot pink feel monotonous, the movie opened—and delivered that sought-after blend of critical praise, audiences of both lovers and haters (which brought even more buzz), and massive box office success. Mattel executives might not have quite understood director Greta Gerwig’s aim ahead of time, … Read more
[ad_1] Alphabet’s and Microsoft’s quarterly results have sent their respective shares in opposite directions. Alphabet’s stock is up about 6% in morning trading, while Microsoft’s is off a little more than 3.6%. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday. It’s not too … Read more
[ad_1] Business is regularly won and lost on the strength of a proposal. Now, a startup out of London called AutogenAI has built a tool based on generative AI that it claims can help businesses write stronger pitches to improve that strike rate, and it has won some money of its own: $22.3 million from … Read more