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The artificial intelligence debate inspired by 'The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist'

The AI Doc Reframes Hollywood's Debate About Artificial Intelligence

The AI Doc opens March 27 and profiles researchers, ethicists, and people whose lives AI is already reshaping
The film takes an apocaloptimist stance — holding AI's potential and risks simultaneously without forcing a verdict
Military AI autonomy and meaningful human control over lethal systems is a central unresolved thread
The documentary treats AI as a cultural and philosophical event, not primarily a technical product review

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 22, 2026·via mashable.com

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Perseverance rover discovers Mars' ancient river

Perseverance Finds Ancient Buried River Delta Beneath Mars Crater

RIMFAX ground-penetrating radar found inclined sediment layers 35 meters below the visible Jezero delta
The buried deposit predates the surface delta, suggesting at least two distinct wet phases in Jezero's history
Ancient river delta sediments are prime targets for entombed biosignatures if life ever existed on Mars
Findings strengthen the case for Mars Sample Return to analyze material from these deep archival layers

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 22, 2026·via mashable.com

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This tool puts ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and more AI models in one place

New Platform Unifies ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok in One Interface

A new platform lets users run prompts through ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and other AI models simultaneously for side-by-side comparison
Multi-model comparison helps users identify model disagreements, explore creative variation, and validate which AI works best for specific tasks
The product reflects a maturing AI market where no single model dominates — capability remains meaningfully distributed across competing systems

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 21, 2026·via mashable.com

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'Every Brilliant Thing' review: Daniel Radcliffe gives us one million reasons to love life. This play is one of them.

Daniel Radcliffe's Broadway Run Is a Life-Affirming Marvel

Every Brilliant Thing stars Daniel Radcliffe in a participatory one-person show about a person who lists all the brilliant things in the world to cope with a parent's depression
The play requires genuine audience participation — strangers become characters — making each performance unique and emotionally immediate
Critics praise Radcliffe for managing comedy and grief simultaneously, cementing his post-Harry Potter reputation as a serious theatrical talent

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 21, 2026·via mashable.com

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Project Hail Mary could teach humanity a thing or two - Engadget

Project Hail Mary Film Earns Rare Praise From Scientists

Project Hail Mary is earning praise from scientists for exceptional scientific accuracy, rare for a major Hollywood production
Science educators are building lesson plans around the film's treatment of physics, chemistry, and astrobiology
The film follows Andy Weir's The Martian in treating science not as background but as the central engine of the story

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 21, 2026·via engadget.com

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Elon Musk misled investors during his Twitter takeover, jury finds - Engadget

Elon Musk Misled Twitter Investors, Jury Finds

A jury found Elon Musk misled investors by delaying required disclosure of his Twitter stake, allowing him to buy shares at lower prices
The securities class action alleged investors sold Twitter shares for less than they would have received with timely disclosure
Musk faces a damages phase proceeding and has signaled intent to appeal the liability verdict

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 21, 2026·via engadget.com

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Pokémon Pokopia: How to power up Rock Smash

Pokémon Pokopia Is Nintendo Switch 2's Cultural Breakthrough Game

Pokémon Pokopia is Switch 2's cultural breakout — an open-ended building game set in the Pokémon universe
Player-created builds are generating Minecraft-level social media engagement and community creativity
The game represents a successful evolution of the Pokémon franchise beyond traditional RPG conventions

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 20, 2026·3 min read·via mashable.com

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Polymarket set to open a bar in Washington, D.C.

Polymarket Is Opening a DC Bar to Monitor the Situation

Polymarket is opening The Situation Room in D.C. — a bar with Bloomberg terminals and live prediction market screens
The venue blends sports bar aesthetics with real-money wagering on current events and geopolitical outcomes
The concept reflects prediction markets' growing mainstream profile and the culture of real-time event engagement

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 20, 2026·3 min read·via mashable.com

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Five sci-fi characters for an animated show

Firefly Returns: Original Cast to Voice Animated Revival

Firefly is returning as an animated series with the original cast voicing characters, continuing after the events of Serenity
Animation avoids live-action aging challenges while preserving voice performances central to the show's character chemistry
Full production details including studio and distribution platform are still to be announced

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 19, 2026·4 min read·via space.com

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Do creators need a prenup for their joint TikTok?

SXSW 2026: Why Creators Need a Social Media Prenup

Social media accounts with significant followings are real legal assets increasingly contested in divorce proceedings
Platform terms prohibit account transfer, so prenups must address revenue and content rights rather than direct ownership
SXSW panelists recommend formalizing creator businesses as LLCs and addressing attribution of collaborative content proactively

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 19, 2026·4 min read·via mashable.com

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Amazon is moving its annual Prime Day sale this year: Report

Amazon Reportedly Moving Prime Day From July to June

Bloomberg reports Amazon plans to move Prime Day from July to June for the first time since 2015
The shift would position Prime Day near back-to-school spending season and catch July-counterplanners off guard
Amazon has not confirmed the move, saying it has nothing to share at this time
Third-party sellers who account for 60 percent of Amazon sales would need to compress their preparation timelines

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 19, 2026·4 min read·via mashable.com

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Meta's VR Metaverse takes one more step into the grave

Meta's Horizon Worlds Is Leaving VR. The Metaverse Dream Is Over.

Meta confirmed Horizon Worlds will no longer be available in VR after June 15, 2026
The platform struggled from launch with poor visuals, low adoption, and a reputation as a ghost town
Meta is pivoting to a Horizon Worlds mobile app while maintaining it remains committed to VR hardware
The move marks the effective end of the VR metaverse vision Zuckerberg staked Facebook's 2021 rebrand on

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 19, 2026·4 min read·via mashable.com

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Musi loses App Store case as judge rules Apple can delist apps at any time - 9to5Mac

Court Rules Apple Can Remove Any App From the App Store at Will

A federal judge dismissed Musi's lawsuit against Apple with prejudice, finding Apple can remove App Store apps at any time under its Developer Agreement
The ruling covers contract, tortious interference, and related claims, finding none viable given Apple's written contractual authority
The decision does not foreclose antitrust challenges but makes standard breach-of-contract claims against delistings legally difficult

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 18, 2026·4 min read·via 9to5mac.com

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How online prediction markets got people betting on nuclear war

Prediction Markets Turn Nuclear War Into a Betting Game

Polymarket hosted a nuclear weapon detonation betting market during the Iran conflict before deleting it amid controversy
Prediction market defenders argue these contracts provide valuable probability estimates for emergency planners and policymakers
Critics say catastrophe markets create perverse incentives and normalize profiting from geopolitical disasters

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 18, 2026·4 min read·via mashable.com

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Why DoorDash Will Now Pay You to Eat at a Restaurant

DoorDash Enters Restaurant Reservations to Own Full Dining Experience

DoorDash launched restaurant reservations targeting exclusive venues, challenging Resy and OpenTable directly
Move aims to close the loop on restaurant engagement — keeping discovery, ordering, and dining within one platform
Success depends on attracting high-end restaurants that have historically been selective about reservation partnerships

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 18, 2026·3 min read·via wired.com

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Meta Is Shutting Down Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest

Meta Shuts Down Horizon Worlds on Quest Headsets in June

Meta shutting down Horizon Worlds on Quest headsets in June, five years after the metaverse pivot that renamed Facebook
Platform never achieved critical mass for engaging social interactions despite multi-billion dollar development costs
Shutdown is part of broader Reality Labs restructuring as Meta pivots to AI and practical mixed reality applications

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 18, 2026·3 min read·via wired.com

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Archaeologists Unearth 43,000 Ancient Egyptian Receipts, Notes, and 'To Do' Lists

Archaeologists Unearth 43,000 Ancient Egyptian Daily Records

An 11-year excavation has yielded 43,000 ancient Egyptian papyrus documents including receipts, notes, and to-do lists
The collection provides a rare statistical sample of everyday economic life, literacy, and social networks in ancient Egypt
AI-assisted papyrus decipherment tools may help researchers process the massive archive at unprecedented speed

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 17, 2026·4 min read·via gizmodo.com

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Encyclopedia Britannica Sues OpenAI Over AI Training Data. Is Grokipedia Next?

Encyclopedia Britannica Sues OpenAI Over Training Data

Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have sued OpenAI over alleged use of their content in ChatGPT training
The plaintiffs claim ChatGPT is cannibalizing their web traffic by answering questions users would otherwise look up on their sites
The case centers on market harm — a key fair use factor — as reference publishers face existential traffic erosion from AI assistants

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 17, 2026·4 min read·via gizmodo.com

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Here Are the 2026 Oscar Winners

Sinners Sweeps Oscars as Michael B. Jordan Wins Best Actor

Sinners wins Best Picture and Ryan Coogler wins Best Director at the 2026 Academy Awards
Michael B. Jordan wins Best Actor for his dual role as twin brothers in the supernatural thriller
Amy Madigan wins Best Supporting Actress for Weapons in a celebrated acceptance speech moment
The win marks a milestone for genre filmmaking gaining full Academy recognition

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 16, 2026·4 min read·via gizmodo.com

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Meta Has Smart Glasses Spiraling Towards Glasshole 2.0

Meta Smart Glasses Are Becoming Glasshole 2.0

Meta Ray-Ban glasses are being paired with AI to identify strangers in real time using facial recognition
Harvard students demonstrated the capability using off-the-shelf tools and the glasses' video feed
Meta prohibits the use in its terms of service but has no technical safeguards preventing it
Advocates are calling for federal facial recognition legislation and hardware-level privacy protections

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DT Editorial Team·Mar 16, 2026·5 min read·via gizmodo.com

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