Microsoft has been granted a patent that would allow the company to make a chatbot using the personal information of deceased people. The Independent reports: The patent describes creating a bot based on the “images, voice data, social media posts, electronic messages,” and more personal information. “The specific person [who the chat bot represents] may correspond to a past or present…
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Ukraine President Plugs 15-Year-Old Film To Free Hostages
In what sounds like a Black Mirror episode, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy complied with a hostage-takers demands and posted a six-second video urging the public to watch the 2005 film “Earthlings,” a movie about mankind using animals for pets, food and clothing. “Everyone should watch the 2005 film ‘Earthlings,'” he said in the video posted to his Facebook page, which has…
What to watch on Netflix if you love science fiction
Stranger Things, Black Mirror and Russian Doll are among the best science fiction shows to watch on Netflix at the moment Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2235027-what-to-watch-on-netflix-if-you-love-science-fiction/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Netflix Loses Bid To Dismiss $25 Million Lawsuit Over ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’
On Tuesday, Netflix lost a bid to escape a lawsuit brought by the trademark owner of “Choose Your Own Adventure” over the 2018 immersive film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. The series’ original publisher, Chooseco, sued the company early last year for $25 million in damages, as the company says that Netflix’s new movie benefits from association with the Choose Your Own Adventure…
How Watch Dogs Legion and Cyberpunk 2077 probe our dystopian fears
At last week’s games mecca, E3, titles like Watch Dogs Legion and Cyperpunk 2077 played on our uneasiness about tech, channelling the darkness of Netflix’s Black Mirror Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2207206-how-watch-dogs-legion-and-cyberpunk-2077-probe-our-dystopian-fears/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Rage, tech and Miley Cyrus: What the new Black Mirror will bring
The trailer for the new season of Netflix’s Black Mirror suggests the show will continue to capture our collective disquiet about technology – this time with a stellar new cast including Miley Cyrus and Andrew Scott Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2204537-rage-tech-and-miley-cyrus-what-the-new-black-mirror-will-bring/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Netflix’s ‘Love, Death, and Robots’ Is Everything ‘Black Mirror’ Isn’t
The lovechild of Deadpool director Tim Miller and Fight Club director David Fincher, Netflix’s Love, Death, and Robots is an 18-part science fiction anthology about, well, love, death, or robots, or some combination of the three, rendered with punchy animation in a wide range of visual styles. Each installment, ranging from six to 17 minutes… Continue reading Netflix’s ‘Love, Death, and Robots’ Is Everything ‘Black Mirror’ Isn’t