In January of the year 2000, Pokémon was sued by stage magician Uri Geller for $97 million (over a Pokémon card with a similar name that carried the magician’s trademark bent spoon). 20 years later, Kotaku reports…
Spoon-bending magician Uri Geller gave Nintendo permission to use the character Kadabra on Pokémon cards today, after a 20 year legal dispute in which Geller…
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Arch-debunker James Randi has died, aged 92
The Canadian-American stage magician and skeptic was well known for debunking fake psychics and frauds. Born in Toronto in 1928, Randi developed an ea… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/340324/arch-debunker-james-randi-has-died-aged-92…
Was Jesus a magician?
Jesus’ ability to defeat death, heal people and produce food and drink elevated him above Roman gods in the eyes of many people. A wand would have enhanced that image. Source: https://www.livescience.com/was-jesus-a-magician-wand.html
AI Site Claims Simulated Conversations With Famous Dead Scientists
Slashdot reader shirappu writes: AI|Writer is an experiment in which artificial intelligence is used to simulate both real and fictitious famous personalities through written correspondence. Users can ask questions and receive explanations from simulated versions of Isaac Newton, Alfred Hitchcock, Marie Curie, Mary Shelley, and many more. The Next Web calls it “a new experiment by magician and novelist Andrew Mayne,”…
Wacom Drawing Tablets Track the Name of Every Application That You Open
Software engineer Robert Heaton writes: Last week I set up my tablet on my new laptop. As part of installing its drivers I was asked to accept Wacom’s privacy policy. Being a mostly-normal person I never usually read privacy policies. Instead I vigorously hammer the “yes” button in an effort to reach the game, machine, or medical advice on the other…
Magician’s Film of 1900 Solar Eclipse Is World’s Oldest Astronomical Movie (And It’s Pure Magic)
The filmmaker preserved the event for generations to come. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65619-magician-made-oldest-solar-eclipse-film.html
The Insane Real Wizard War Between Comic Book Legends Alan Moore and Grant Morrison
Other than maybe Marvel’s Stan Lee, there is perhaps no other name known from the world of comic books, even to those who don’t read them, as the name Alan Moore. The hugely influential British graphic novelist has become a legend through such well-known works as Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Batman: The Killing Joke, The… Continue reading The Insane Real Wizard War Between Comic Book Legends Alan Moore and Grant Morrison