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A large and popular open-source mapping database used by many companies, apps, and websites is currently dealing with a strange problem: Random, fake beaches are appearing in places like backyards, church parking lots, and golf courses. And the community knows who to blame: Pokémon Go players trying to catch a rare new creature.

Look, we love the OG Ghostbusters cast, but Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire proves it's time for them to allow the new heroes to take full control of the franchise.

This marks the first time in the history of tabletop roleplaying games that the core rules of any edition have been made available in braille.

Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball and manga pioneer, dies at 68. A legend in anime and gaming, his work includes Dr. Slump, Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger, and other classic works.

A long list of Adult Swim Games is being pulled from Steam and console stores

For decades, horror has been where I’ve gone to unwind. Not a week passes when I’m not reading it, watching it, or playing it.

Conversations between Wikipedia editors following CNET's AI scandal reflect the reputational hazards of AI content and dubious ownership.

From cancelled books to ‘review bombing’, it might seem as though the website can make or break a career. But how influential is it really?

The Culture novels are far-future communist space opera from an explicitly socialist author. So how do we explain their wealthy, hyper-capitalist fans?

As decentralized social networks become more popular, the way different protocols interact could set the stage for the future of the web.

Coyote vs. Acme is the latest in the predatory trend of shelving movies for tax write-offs. It's always been here, but it's never been so bad.

Deepfakes are blurring the lines of reality more than ever before, and they're likely going to get a lot worse this year.

Concerns raised about interference or censorship after documents showed writers were barred despite receiving enough nominations

A Look at the Irregularities in the 2023 Nominating Statistics, What We Know, and What It Means

Fans of R.F. Kuang's highly acclaimed Babel are wondering why the Nebula-winning and best-selling novel was excluded from Hugo eligibility.

"Our Flag Means Death" has been cancelled after two seasons at Max.

This is a test of a new Fediverse-related service. Please pay no mind to this thread.

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AI Takeover: Duolingo AI adoption to replace human translators has led to a massive layoff, leaving thousands of translators in limbo.

"Imagine with Meta AI" turns prompts into images, trained using public Facebook data.

People may grumble about Apple's higher monthly fee, but there are a lot of original series packed in their lineup that many viewers haven't yet considered.

Author Demetrious Polychron wanted $250 million for infringement of his book The Fellowship of the King.

I made a bunch of linguists listen to this social media phenomenon and tell me what’s going on.

Almost a dozen now-deleted Goodreads accounts review bombed several upcoming authors and all 5-starred Cait Corrain.