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OpenAI Introduces Premium Video Generator For White House Advisors Manipulating Trump

SAN FRANCISCO—Heralding what it called a “bold new age” in warping the mind of the nation’s elderly leader, OpenAI introduced a new premium video generator Thursday marketed toward White House advisors manipulating President Donald Trump. “Our new Stephen video generator is an easy, user-friendly text-to-video model that can create clips up to two minutes long […]

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More MacOS 26.3 Finder Column View Silliness

Jeff Johnson:

In today’s macOS 26.3 update, Apple implemented a “fix” for an issue I blogged about a month ago, macOS Tahoe broke Finder columns view. (At the behest of John Gruber and the Apple Style Guide, I’m now using the term “column view” rather than “columns view.”) Specifically, the issue was with the system setting to always show scroll bars. [...]

Without the path bar, the columns are now taller, but the vertical scrollers remain the same height as before, leaving vertical gaps, a ridiculous amount of space between the bottom of the scrollers and the bottom of the columns, looking silly and amateurish.

Did nobody inside Apple test this configuration either? Or do they simply not care?

In one sense, this whole issue with column view in the Finder with scroll bars set to always show is a little thing. It was downright broken in earlier versions of MacOS 26 — you literally could not resize the columns. So now it’s not broken. But as Johnson says, it looks silly and amateurish.

This is the sort of detail that Apple used to strive to get pixel-perfect, all the time, for all settings. “Whatever, good enough” instead of “insanely great”.

How to complete Shadow Briefing in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 1

Shadow Briefings are scattered across the map in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 1. Here's how to find and complete them.

Opaque, which offers enterprise tools for data privacy in AI workflows, raised a $24M Series B at a $300M valuation, bringing its total raised to $55.5M (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE:
Opaque, which offers enterprise tools for data privacy in AI workflows, raised a $24M Series B at a $300M valuation, bringing its total raised to $55.5M  —  Confidential artificial intelligence platform provider Opaque Systems Inc. today announced that it has raised $24 million in new funding …

Untitled John Wick Game Is A Gun-Fu Brawler Being Developed By Saber Interactive And The Movie's Director

Untitled John Wick Game Saber Interactive Lionsgate Gun-Fu Brawler Keanu Reeves

Saber Interactive, which is the developer behind all kinds of games like World War Z, Evil Dead: The Game, and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, has revealed John Wick, a third-person action game based on the brutal action movies. It's being developed alongside John Wick movie series director Chad Stahelski and features Keanu Reeves' likeness – there's no word on whether he will return to voice the character in the game, though. 

The trailer looks a lot like the John Wick movies, which means you see a stylish Keanu Reeves shoot, punch, and stab enemies with ease. The trailer shows a tailor of sorts creating a new suit for John Wick, explaining, "A man with your skillset must be able to move unrestrained, unconstricted; he must be versatile, capable, adaptable; he must be grounded, stable, constant." That monologue is contrasted with John Wick killing people left and right, using whatever he can get his hands on in a nondescript city. 

Check it out for yourself in the Untitled John Wick Game reveal trailer below: 

"Created in collaboration between Saber, Lionsgate, and franchise director Chad Stahelski, the new 'Untitled John Wick Game' will feature an original script set in the John Wick timeline, expanding on the franchise's lore with familiar characters fans already know, as well as completely new ones," the trailer's description reads. "Saber's design will be faithful to the unique style and signature elements of the series, including a distinct gun fu combat system, jaw-dropping camerawork, immersive driving experiences, and a variety of memorable environments, all crafted to make players feel like they are in a John Wick movie, playing the role of John Wick himself." 

This Untitled John Wick Game is actually not the first game starring Keanu Reeves' assassin – developer Bithell Games released John Wick Hex back in 2019. You can read Game Informer's John Wick Hex review here

Are you excited for this John Wick game? Let us know in the comments below!