2025-04-02

The dinosaur economy

Dinosaurs went extinct about 60 million years ago, but they’ve never been more profitable. This June, Universal will release yet another Jurassic World movie, marking over three decades of dino-domi [...]

2025-01-15

Colossal raises $200M to “de-extinct” the woolly mammoth, thylacine and dodo

Colossal BioSciences has raised $200 million in a new round of funding to bring back extinct species like the woolly mammoth. [...]

2025-05-31

Playdate Season 2 review: Fulcrum Defender, Dig! Dig! Dino! and Blippo+

Playdate Season Two is here, bringing with it two new games for the quirky yellow handheld every week until July 3. And if the first two titles are any indication of what this season will be like, it& [...]

2025-05-24

Doctor Who “Wish World” review: The Last of the Time Lords (redux)

Spoilers for “Wish World.”<br /> Even the most daring artists, those that actively seek reinvention on a regular basis, will eventually wind up repeating themselves. If they’re lucky and s [...]

2025-05-30

AI Is Changing the Creator Economy – Will Digital Content Lose Human Touch?

It’s no secret that generative AI and autonomous agents are redefining the creator economy. Generative AI can promote divergent thinking, challenge expertise bias, boost the inherent creativity, ass [...]

2025-05-06

‘AI is already eating its own’: Prompt engineering is quickly going extinct

Three years into the boom, it looks like AI is reshaping existing jobs more than creating new ones. [...]

2025-05-29

Researchers study extinct hominins using enamel proteins from their teeth

We weren't even sure if Paranthropus remains come from a single species. [...]

2025-04-21

The Roblox economy is going global, as users can now set regional pricing

Roblox has adapted its payment system to allow for regional pricing. This means that the software will automatically adjust the cost of an in-game item to match the local economy of the buyer. The com [...]

2025-06-12

Mixtape turned me back into a Millennial teenage dirtbag

Mixtape is the answer to the question, “What if the movie High Fidelity was a video game?” It’s not a perfect analogy, but it’s pretty damn close, and either way it’s a sign that Mixtape is [...]