Lego just announced a massive 5,200 piece Avengers Tower set that includes 31 minifigures, including Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige. The set also ships with dioramas to re-enact scenes from the films.
Spotify is now offering free audiobook streaming to Premium users in the US. This feature was previously only available to users in the UK and Australia.
SAG-AFTRA has reportedly responded to Hollywood studios’ “last, best and final” offer, rejecting clauses that would let them use AI-created likenesses of deceased performers without consent. The union plans to make a counter-offer that removes the current AI-related language.
YouTube announced two new experimental generative AI features today. Premium subscribers can soon try AI-generated comment summaries organized by topic, and a chatbot that answers questions about videos.
At least 15 visitors at Yuga Labs’ Apefest, a celebration of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, will be lucky to avoid becoming blind apes. Multiple people attending the NFT event in Hong Kong last weekend say they experienced eye problems, which they suspect stemmed from the event’s stage lighting.
After a rough spell, Marvel is hoping to get back on track with the help of its next series Echo. It will be the studio's first streaming show to hit Disney+ and Hulu at the same time.
The Beatles are back with a new-ish song featuring the late John Lennon on vocals and the equally late George Harrison playing some guitar. The song is called “Now and Then” and was made using some machine-learning AI provided by Peter Jackson.
NASA has announced a streaming service called NASA+ that will launch on November 8. It's free, and doesn't have ads. NASA+ will be available on the NASA iOS and Android app, and streaming players including Roku, Apple TV and Fire TV.
The Apple Music Voice Plan, which granted users access to the streaming service for $5 per month as long as they were willing to use it only via Siri voice control, appears to be no more.
Twitch’s AI Seinfeld show, Nothing Forever, has been riddled with bugs and errors lately, causing characters to repeatedly walk into a refrigerator for five straight days. This has, unsurprisingly, increased traffic.