The gaming site sponsored by Walmart lays off its editorial staff
The gaming site sponsored by Walmart lays off its editorial staff

Restart, a games media website launched in late 2024 that was sponsored by Walmart, has laid off its “entire editorial team,” according to a Friday post from Brandy Berthelson, the site’s former editor-in-chief. Other staffers have also posted about being laid off. Restart is operated by Moonrock, a content marketing agency, though its editorial mission […]

Fenix Flexin isn’t even denying using AI to make ‘Rubberz’ anymore
Fenix Flexin isn’t even denying using AI to make ‘Rubberz’ anymore

It took long enough, but now LA rapper Fenix Flexin appears to have admitted using AI for the 80s synth pop-themed song “Rubberz.” His comments follow the producer Medasin’s videos claiming that an AI tool called Treblo (formerly Sonauto) was used to make the song, and the company releasing an AI detector that identifies it […]

Watching Roku’s AI channel is like eating from a trough
Watching Roku’s AI channel is like eating from a trough

The appeal of free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels has always been the way they make it easier to (re)discover classic films and series. But Roku’s latest experiment in the FAST space has less to do with traditionally produced entertainment and is entirely focused on giving viewers access to a constant source of AI-generated content. […]

Spider-Man: Brand New Day in ScreenX is a total disappointment — I wish I’d paid out to see the new Marvel movie in 4DX 3D instead
Spider-Man: Brand New Day in ScreenX is a total disappointment — I wish I’d paid out to see the new Marvel movie in 4DX 3D instead

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the first feature-length movie to be filmed in ScreenX format — but you’d be better off seeing it in, well, any other type of screening.

The best classic slasher movie you’ll never watch
The best classic slasher movie you’ll never watch

Starting with the original in Camp Miasma in 1980, the horror franchise went on to have a long life. There were multiple sequels, spinoffs in the form of arcade cabinets and board games, and just about every kind of merchandise you can think of, from alarm clocks and lunch boxes to Halloween costumes and action […]

Trying to explain One Night Only’s tech-enforced sex dystopia
Trying to explain One Night Only’s tech-enforced sex dystopia

From the omnipresent One Night Only trailer, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the movie glosses over its terrifying and absurd premise – in otherwise normal modern New York, single people can only have sex one night a year – to deliver an entirely traditional romantic comedy. I’m here to report that it does not […]

‘I think there’s room for both to coexist’: Disney’s new creator festival is the clearest sign yet that Hollywood and fan-made movies are colliding
‘I think there’s room for both to coexist’: Disney’s new creator festival is the clearest sign yet that Hollywood and fan-made movies are colliding

Disney’s Created in LA brings creators to the historic El Capitan Theatre, and TechRadar spoke with founder Jon Youshaei about how accessible technology is blurring the line between Hollywood studios and the next generation of storytellers.