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7 April 2026 Vol 19

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Why OpenAI really shut down Sora

OpenAI’s decision last week to shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months after releasing it to the…

The End of Scripted Theme Park Magic?

Disney This week at the Nvidia GTC 2026 conference, a free-roaming robotic Olaf waddled onto the stage alongside CEO Jensen…

All the latest in AI ‘music’

People don’t like that they can’t identify AI music. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge AI has touched every…

Custom-Built Spray Paint Machine Creates Any Color You Want, Right When You Need It

Spray paint artists have long dealt with a frustrating problem. Getting the range of colors a single mural might need…

Arm Breaks New Ground With a Processor Built From Scratch for AI Systems

Arm has spent more than three decades providing the blueprints that other companies use to build chips, but the company…

Why Gamers Benefit from Buying a PS5 Now Before Prices Rise Next Week

Sony announced earlier this week that the PS5 is getting a price increase, with the new $649.99 price taking effect…

AI has mastered chess, so humans are changing the rules of the game

The chess program Stockfish can crush Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, who is largely considered the greatest player in history.…

I changed 3 settings in Plex and my streams immediately stopped buffering

In the past, I’ve sat down to watch something on Plex, only to be met with endless buffering — and…

I’ve been paying $10 a month for a feature that’s been free in my browser this whole time

I had tunnel-visioned myself into using Acrobat for everything PDF-related, from reading to highlighting. It was as if I was…

Bluesky’s new app is an AI for customizing your feed

The latest app from the team behind Bluesky is Attie, an AI assistant that lets you build your own algorithm.…