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James Cameron says the reality of artificial general intelligence is 'scarier' than the fiction of it
James Cameron said that, unlike in his movies, it is private corporations that will develop advance…
Lauren Edmonds
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Snap threw shade at Apple and Meta's bulky headsets, but its new Spectacles are cartoonish
Snap's new AR Spectacles aim for a sleeker look but are still pretty big. They also face similar ch…
Jordan Hart
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Barack Obama scared the director of a new disaster movie starring Julia Roberts by telling him his fictional screenplay was a lot closer to reality than he thought
Obama's Higher Ground company produced the disaster movie "Leave The World Behind." Director Sam Es…
Ayomikun Adekaiyero
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I tried 5 virtual-reality workouts. The best ones transported me around the globe and got me to exercise for way longer.
I tried five virtual-reality workout apps, including Xponential+, FitXR, and Litesport, on my Meta …
Lara Walsh
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I visited Hampton Court Palace, where multiple 'Bridgerton' scenes were filmed, and felt like an extra in the show
I visited Hampton Court Palace, used to film multiple scenes in "Bridgerton."Maria Noyen/Insider, N…
Maria Noyen
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A British debutante compared her experience to "Bridgerton," and said there's way less romance in reality
Daphne Bridgerton, left, and Helena Vardag-Walters, right.Netflix, Kate Green/Getty Images
Maria Noyen
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A 'Harry Potter' fan fiction that imagines Harry died in the wizarding war has taken over the book community
"Manacled" is a dark "Harry Potter" fanfic that combines a forbidden romance between Hermione Grang…
Samantha Grindell
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'Oppenheimer' fact v. fiction: What the movie got right and wrong according to a nuclear historian
Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" is historically accurate in many ways, but it's still a work of f…
Jenny McGrath
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Microsoft's Jaron Lanier says AI advancing without human dignity will 'undermine everything', including reality
The writer and technologist spoke at a conference hosted by Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global and …
Kali Hays
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This app is straight out of Black Mirror — it lets you capture and revisit memories in virtual reality
It may resemble a plot from Netflix's science fiction series Black Mirror, but the ability to reliv…
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Transracial adoptees are often told to be thankful. In reality, we can often feel like outsiders in our adopted families.
Angela Tucker meets another transracial adoptee and reflects on why they often feel like outsiders …
Angela Tucker
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The true story behind the 'Cocaine Bear' movie, a bizarre fictional retelling of a real-life black bear that was high on cocaine
'Cocaine Bear' tells the true story of a real bear high on cocaine in 1985. It's the final movie Ra…
Lauren Frias
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Delta's futuristic new airport screen can show personalized flight info to multiple people at once here's how it works
Delta is testing a "Parallel Reality" screen in the Detroit airport that can show personalized flig…
Jordan Parker Erb
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Meta abandons plans to release a $349 Apple Watch rival, report says
Facebook owner had been developing the smartwatch codenamed "Milan" for at least two years, a sourc…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Meta is cutting spending in its hardware division and can no longer afford some projects, a report says
Meta exec Andrew Bosworth told staff at AR/VR division Reality Labs that it wouldn't be able to aff…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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'Glee Project' contestant says he and his costar would read fan fiction about themselves and talk about the 'weird sex stuff' in the stories
Cameron Mitchell told Insider he and "Glee" actor Damian McGinty read fictional stories about thems…
Erin Ajello
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These billion-dollar cities are straight out of science fiction, and they will soon become a reality
By designing cities from scratch, nations like India, Saudi Arabia, and the US can accommodate new …
Aria Bendix
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J.K. Rowling may have created a fictional world where anything was possible, but her reality is a lot less magical
"Harry Potter" has already been ruined for some former fans who have even gone to the lengths of cr…
Jacob Sarkisian
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Meta's VR division is reportedly under investigation by the FTC
Investigators are looking into whether Oculus uses its market position to squash competition, sourc…