Published on: 2025-06-05 02:30:03
I can't take my eyes off Dr. Victoria Frankenstein. I've seen plenty of theme park animatronics before but there's something otherworldly about how this robot was designed: her digitally animated face is projected on a physically animating head and it looks like a video game character has come to life. But just as I try to figure out what makes her tick, I'm distracted by the reveal of another jaw-dropping animatronic: her 800-pound, 9-foot-tall monster walking toward the audience. Enlarge Imag
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is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. A lot of Polygon’s staff was laid off following Vox Media’s sale of the publication to Valnet, but two of its former guides writers are launching their own guides-focused website: Big Friendly Guide, which you can find at bigfriendly.guide. Ryan Gilliam and Jeffrey Parkin founded and are co-owners of the site. Guides make Gilliam “feel like I’m helping someone enjoy something
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DreamPark, the creator of what it calls “the world’s largest downloadable mixed reality (XR) theme park,” said it has raised $1.1 million in seed funding. The investment will accelerate DreamPark’s mission to make Earth worth playing again by transforming ordinary spaces into extraordinary adventures through mixed reality technology. I got a demo of the game in Yerba Buena Park in San Francisco and it made me smile. It also made me think it was part of a pretty good plan to convince property ow
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I can't take my eyes off Dr. Victoria Frankenstein. I've seen plenty of theme park animatronics before, but as this robot moves fluidly in front of me, there's something otherworldly about how she was designed: her digitally animated face is projected on a physically animating head, and it looks like a video game character has come to life. But just as I try to figure out what makes her tick, I'm distracted by the reveal of another jaw-dropping animatronic: her 800-pound, 9-foot-tall green monst
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Forward-looking: Portuguese scientists are exploring how the power of the ocean can be harnessed not only to generate clean electricity but also to protect vulnerable shorelines. Researchers from CIIMAR and FEUP have published a study in the journal Applied Energy, proposing a dual-purpose wave energy park near Esposende in northwest Portugal. Their vision goes beyond generating renewable energy – it integrates coastal protection directly into the design of the energy infrastructure. At the hea
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If there are two things Disney fans love, it’s exclusive merchandise and interactive games. So, when news broke of an event that combined the two for the 70th anniversary celebration of Disneyland, I knew the first chance I had, I was going to try it. Disneyland in Anaheim, California, just began its year-long 70th anniversary celebration and one of the many, many, fun new things you can do at the park is unlock it with a Key to Disneyland. The journey starts with a purchase (don’t they all?) o
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Here’s everything you need to know about navigating Epic Universe if you managed to nab tickets to its opening season. To make the most of your trip you might want to temper your expectations: operations at the first theme park to open in 25 years in America are going to have their hiccups—and not just the How to Train Your Dragon kind. io9 attended as a paying guest before participating in media week to get a sense of what the park will really be like for guests visiting this summer. Prioriti
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National parks, gay country music and thirst traps have a lot in common, at least on the internet. Viral TikTok posts combining sexually explicit audio, comical memes and stunning views of nature have flooded social media feeds. The growing trend coincides with President Donald Trump's unprecedented funding cuts targeting federal parks, forests, monuments, seashores and trails. The message of #ParkTok and #MountainTok is G-rated: to conserve and protect public lands. The raunchy content is mer
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Celestial Park may serve as the hub for Epic Universe, but it gives the lore of Epic Universe a charming personality of its own. While there’s no franchise crossover to be found here like the other zones of the new park, it does have its own theme, inspired by fantastical astrological storytelling, that gives the star-adorned land “celestial decor from the ’90s” vibes in the best way. It’s as if Universal opened up its notebook and scribbled a tale to create a realm of fantasy delights and inter
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The collaboration between theme park titan Universal Studios and gaming giant Nintendo continues to evolve with the opening of Super Nintendo World at Epic Universe this week–and the arrival of a legendary Kong of a different kind. io9 was at the media week preview for Super Nintendo World at Epic Universe in Universal Orlando. Although Universal’s West Coast park already got a version of the land in 2023, in true gaming style Epic Universe’s version gets an “expansion pak” upgrade in the form
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National parking platform seeks to end 'hassle' of multiple parking apps Motorist's association the RAC welcomed the move but said it needed to be taken on by many more car parks before it made a real difference to drivers. The National Parking Platform (NPP) has been in trial phase, but will now be handed over an industry body to be expanded across the country - though only to car parks which opt to sign up. Soon, drivers will be able to use any of the large parking apps to pay, rather than
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Google says it will commit up to $150 million to the consumer eyewear company Warby Parker to jointly develop AI-powered smart glasses based on Android XR, the companies said on Tuesday during Google I/O 2025. Google has already committed $75 million to Warby Parker’s product development and commercialization costs, the companies said in a press release. Google says it will invest an additional $75 million, taking an equity stake in Warby Parker, should the eyewear manufacturer meet certain mil
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A Warby Parker store is seen in Downtown Brooklyn in New York City on May 22, 2024. Warby Parker shares surged 15.6% after Google announced a smart glasses partnership at the tech company's annual I/O developer conference. Google has committed up to $150 million as part of the agreement. The company has put $75 million into product development costs and will invest as much as an additional $75 million into the glasses company if Warby meets "certain collaboration milestones," the companies ann
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-24 09:45:50
For theme park enthusiasts, there’s always something wonderful about experiencing a new park. The magic of discovery. The thrill of fresh attractions. And, if you’re a Disney fan, it’s even more exciting simply because there aren’t that many parks. Only six places in the world (as of now) have Disney Parks, so any first-time visit is special—which is exactly what happened to me last month when I went to the Tokyo Disney Resort. Consisting of two separate theme parks, Tokyo Disneyland and Disney
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Electrifying a fleet of vehicles is the chicken-and-egg problem for the 21st century. Where do you spend money first, on the vehicles or the charging infrastructure? Believe it or not, that question isn’t always thought through. Joshua Aviv, founder and CEO of SparkCharge, has had fleets approach him and say, “Hey, the cars are here. They’re sitting on the lot. We’ve got no way to service them, no way to charge them. Can you guys help us out?” he told TechCrunch. Some companies are a tad more
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Passing through a green warp pipe, I see a colorful mushroom kingdom spreading out in front of me. Almost. Headset pressed to my face, volume up, I'm actually watching the Super Mario Bros. movie in Apple's Vision Pro from a room in my house, the screen stretched out in 3D. But I'm feeling a little emotional, sort of a visceral thrill, like a memory. That's because the film's blending with my memories of being at Universal Studios' Epic Universe theme park a few weeks ago, when I was walking a
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National parks, gay country music and thirst traps have a lot in common, at least on the internet. Hundreds of TikTok posts combining sexually explicit audio, comical memes and stunning views of nature have flooded social media feeds. The viral trend coincides with President Donald Trump's unprecedented funding cuts targeting federal parks, forests, monuments, seashores and trails. The message of #ParkTok and #MountainTok is G-rated: to conserve and protect public lands. The raunchy content is
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Nvidia announced that Taiwan’s leading system manufacturers are set to build Nvidia DGX Spark and DGX Station systems. Growing partnerships with Acer, Gigabyte and MSI will extend the availability of DGX Spark and DGX Station personal AI supercomputers — empowering a global ecosystem of developers, data scientists and researchers with unprecedented performance and efficiency. Enterprises, software providers, government agencies, startups and research institutions need robust systems that can d
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National parks, gay country music, and thirst traps have a lot in common, at least on the internet. Hundreds of TikTok posts combining sexually explicit audio, comical memes and stunning views of nature have flooded social media feeds. The viral trend coincides with President Donald Trump's unprecedented funding cuts targeting federal parks, forests, monuments, seashores and trails. The message of #ParkTok and #MountainTok is G-rated: to conserve and protect public lands. The raunchy content i
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Image by Getty / Futurism Studies A controversial new study has found that those who live within just two miles of a golf course may face up to three times the odds of developing Parkinson's disease, the progressive neurological disorder that causes tremors and difficulty with balance. According to the population-based case-control study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, environmental risks (including pesticide exposure and groundwater contamination) could be contributing to the risk
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State police raided West Coast Game Park Safari in Bendon, Oregon, on Thursday, as the roadside zoo faces allegations of animal mistreatment and neglect. Years of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports have found that the park’s more than 450 animals live in shocking conditions, citing a dead tiger kept in a freezer for months, starving lions and leopards, rodent infestations, and other serious concerns. The reports detail dozens of violations—many of which were repeat violations—within
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Disney is partnering with United Arab Emirates developer Miral to open the most technologically advanced Disney theme park and resort experience yet. The still unnamed waterfront destination will be on Yas Island, about 20 miles from the city of Abu Dhabi, and could open in the early 2030s. It will be the first new Disney theme park since Shanghai Disneyland opened in 2016. Disney and Miral posted a video with concept art and clips of Disney properties including Moana, Frozen and Tron. The vide
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People may be paying a hidden price for living close to a golf course. Recent research has found a link between golf courses and greater odds of developing Parkinson’s disease. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic and others conducted the study, published this month in JAMA Network Open. They found that people who lived in close proximity to golf courses had a higher risk of Parkinson’s than similar residents who lived farther away. The researchers argue that the pesticides used to maintain these cou
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Hey HN! I'm Win, founder of ParaQuery ( https://paraquery.com ), a fully-managed, GPU-accelerated Spark + SQL solution. We deliver BigQuery's ease of use (or easier) while being significantly more cost-efficient and performant. Here's a short demo video demonstrating ParaQuery (vs. BigQuery) on a simple ETL job: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu379YnccGU It's well known that GPUs are very good for many SQL and dataframe tasks, at least by researchers and GPU companies like NVIDIA. So much so
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Harley Maranan / Android Authority Ultra-thin phones often make for eye-catching tech demos, but they rarely make it to market. That’s not the case with the TECNO SPARK Slim. First revealed as a concept device earlier this year, TECNO has confirmed that it plans to launch a global production model in the second half of 2025. That means this isn’t just a design experiment — it’s the beginning of a new product trend built around what TECNO calls “millimeter-level” slimness. Unlike past concept p
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Even though we hear about them all the time, Disney only has theme parks in six locations: Anaheim, Orlando, Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. They don’t pop up everywhere or without some very careful thought. So anytime a new one is announced, it’s pretty big news, and Disney just announced a new theme park is coming to a seventh location: Abu Dhabi. In conjunction with Miral, Disney will open its latest location on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It will “combine Disney’s
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Disney and United Arab Emirates developer Miral say they're planning Disney's most tech-forward theme park and resort experience near Abu Dhabi. The as-yet-unnamed waterfront destination will be on Yas Island, about 20 miles from the city of Abu Dhabi. It could open as early as the early 2030s and will be Disney's first new theme park since it opened Shanghai Disney Resort in 2016. "As our seventh theme park destination, it will rise from this land in spectacular fashion, blending contemporary
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Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET I have been testing ChatGPT since it launched in November 2022 and have seen updates improve its writing capabilities. However, fairly recently, I noticed a pattern in ChatGPT's output -- the repeated use of the em dash. Also: ChatGPT is your personal shopper now - here's how it works While the em dash is a punctuation mark loved by many writers, such as myself, as seen in the sentence above, it also seems to be ChatGPT's favorite. While the em dash, also referred to as a
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Most people used to think the Crestone Needle, a jagged peak in Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo range, was unclimbable. Until, that is, Albert Ellingwood and Eleanor Davis reached its summit in 1916. Looking down, they saw a basin whose pristine nature was marred only by their own camp. The Needle was the last of Colorado’s 14ers — peaks higher than 14,000 feet — to be climbed on record. Today, Ellingwood and Davis would have company up there. In the South Colony Basin, the wilderness area below th
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Stanford built one of the first office parks in the country. Tech pioneers swooped in. In the town of Palo Alto, California, tucked away between El Camino Real and Junipero Serra Boulevard, you’ll find the most influential office park in the world. Glassy buildings rise from manicured green lawns. Towering evergreen trees conceal asphalt parking lots. Somewhere, there’s a volleyball court. Although the landscape resembles the same focus-grouped blandness you’d find at any of the thousands of
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