AI comes up with original pickup lines and the results are hilariously awful

Quarantine has made a lot of us rusty in the flirting department, but your weak game is nothing compared to the cringeworthy pickup lines generated by an artificial intelligence. Research scientist Janelle Shane recently tested how the world’s largest language modeling software, called GPT-3, would handle something as nuanced as flirting. Shane tasked different versions of … Read more

Ace Ventura 3 is in development 27 years after the original became a smash hit

Ace Ventura 3 is in development 27 years after the original became a smash hit… but no word if stars Jim Carrey, 59, and Courteney Cox, 56, will return By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com Published: 15:24 GMT, 21 March 2021 | Updated: 15:38 GMT, 21 March 2021 A third Ace Ventura movie is in development. … Read more

The original group of people likely to step foot on the Mars ‘could still be in primary school’

The first British astronaut, Helen Sharman, says a child in school today will be among the original explorers to step foot on the surface of Mars in the coming decades. NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to land the first woman on the moon by 2024, has loftier goals, including landing humans on Mars by the … Read more

Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine prevents 96% of infections against original strain of the virus

Novavax Inc’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine is safe and 96 percent effective at preventing infection, but possibly not against all variants, trial data shows. On Thursday, the Gaithersburg, Maryland-based company released results from two clinical trials, one held in the UK and the other in South Africa.  Both countries have seen highly infectious variants crop up … Read more

Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine prevents 96% of infections against original strain of the virus

BREAKING NEWS: Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine prevents 96% of infections against original strain of the virus including 86.3% of UK ‘super-covid’ cases – but is only 55.4% effective against the South Africa variant Novavax’s vaccine uses synthesized pieces of the surface protein that the coronavirus uses to invade human cells and spurs antibody production In a … Read more

Coming 2 America review: If you loved the original you’ll probably feel much the same way about this

If you loved the original you’ll probably feel much the same way about Coming 2 America starring Eddie Murphy… a knockabout but likeable sequel By Matthew Bond for Event Magazine Published: 22:00 GMT, 6 March 2021 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 6 March 2021 Coming 2 America  Cert: 12, 1hr 50mins            … Read more

Party Down is being revived with a new six-part limited series on Starz with the original cast

Party Down is being revived with a new six-part limited series on Starz with the original cast eyed to return By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 06:52 GMT, 5 March 2021 | Updated: 06:52 GMT, 5 March 2021 More than a decade after it went off the air after two critically-acclaimed seasons, Party Down is … Read more

Star Trek: Discovery writer Kalinda Vasquez signs on to write a new original Star Trek movie

The Star Trek franchise is heading in a new direction on the big screen, with Star Trek: Discovery writer Kalinda Vasquez set to write a new, original Star Trek movie. Paramount Pictures has set up a blind script deal for Vasquez for her to write an original movie based on an idea she hatched, according … Read more

Original Monopoly game prices were based on segregated 1930s Atlantic City, author says 

The original Monopoly board game was inspired by segregated Atlantic City in the 1930s with property prices reflecting deep racial disparities between white and black residents, an author has claimed.   Mary Pilon, who wrote her book The Monopolists about the hidden history of the beloved board game in 2015, argued that it’s property values ‘reflect … Read more