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Updated December 9, 2024, 5:45 PM ET: X officially announced the Aurora image generator today. “Grok’s new features are currently available on the X Platform in select countries and will be rolled out to all users within a week,” the company said in a blog post. The original article, previously headlined “X Adds Grok’s New ‘Aurora’ Image Generator, Immediately Removed,” continues below unedited.On Saturday, a new image generator called Aurora became available to some Grok users, many of whom promoted photorealism and shared the tool’s results on X. But as of Sunday afternoon, the aurora appears to have disappeared. It…
Marvel Comics has announced new details regarding One World Under Doom #2, which will be released on March 19th. Written by Ryan North and illustrated by RB Silva, Doctor Doom is now the supreme sorcerer and aims to conquer the world with his newfound powers.“Things really start in ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM #2,” North said. “Doom is increasing his powers, and, of course, the only thing that really stands between him and his ambitions is the Fantastic Four. So Doom simply solves that problem. His way is It’s going to have an impact on Final Fantasy for a long time!…
Marvel will continue to spotlight everyone’s favorite weather goddess this year, spotlighting Storm in honor of Black History Month and her 50th anniversary as a Marvel character. This special Marvel’s Voices comic one-shot, titled “STORM: LIFEDREAM,” revisits the character’s best moments throughout her long history and features an all-new story by Karen S. Darbo and Olivier Coipel. It will also host art from her current solo artists. series, Lucas Werneck. Perhaps the best thing about this for me is that Marvel’s Voices creator Angelique Rocher will be leading the entire project. Angelique Rocher is a renowned journalist and superstar podcaster…
NVIDIA, the graphics chip maker and recent stalwart of the AI industry, is under investigation by Chinese regulators over possible antitrust violations, The New York Times reported. The concerns center on NVIDIA’s acquisition of computer networking company Mellanox Technologies, which it acquired in 2020.As part of the terms of that acquisition, Chinese regulators required NVIDIA to “provide information about the new (Mellanox) product to competitors within 90 days of NVIDIA making it available,” Bloomberg said. is writing. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation believes these conditions have been violated and has launched an investigation. This is not the first time…
Marvel Comics has another Marvel Unlimited exclusive coming to comic shops, this time Deadpool vs. Wolverine: Slash ‘Em Up. Written by Christos Gage and illustrated by Alan Robinson, this one-shot features the titular characters fighting on the streets of Madripoor. Available in comic shops on March 26th, this one-shot features a new cover by Ron Lim and an alternate cover by Mark Bagley.”The fact that they have a healing element, and the fact that we’re getting closer to an R rating without overstepping that line, means we can raise the bar for the punishment they can receive. ” Gage told…
In 1993, Malibu Comics published a short-lived series that adapted the Street Fighter video game. The series, which lasted just three issues, was pretty disastrous in its content and seeming lack of consideration for its characters. As such, Capcom, the video game developer and publisher, was phased out fairly quickly. In October 1994, Malibu Comics, undeterred by an unfortunate situation with Capcom, began publishing its first miniseries based on Street Fighter’s arch-rival, Midway’s Mortal Kombat. This arcade game was an absolute sensation in 1992 and was ported to home consoles the following year. The game was shocking at the time…
Most comic book fans have a solid idea of what they buy each week when they go to their local comic book store. That said, there’s still a lot of fun to be had in skimming through the week’s new releases and trying out books that look promising, interesting, or scary. That’s where the cover comes in. Great images make a difference. You can either try something new or say, “No, I’m not going to do it this week.”In that spirit, we present the covers that caught our attention this week, along with an entry by comics editor Chris Coplan.…
When you think of robot vacuums, there’s one brand that probably comes to mind before any other. But there are plenty of great options outside of the Roomba, and one of our favorite models is on sale for almost half off. The Anker Eufy BoostIQ RoboVac 11S Max is reduced to $129, which is a 48% or $120 discount.This is our pick for the best ultra-low-priced robot vacuum cleaners. There’s currently a huge discount going on, making it an even more budget-friendly recommendation.anchorOur favorite robot vacuums are 48% off. Anker’s Eufy BoostIQ RoboVac 11S Max, already named the best ultra-low-cost…
Conan The Barbarian: Battle of the Black Stone is one of the biggest surprises of the year. A bloody, thrilling pulp epic, with a razor-sharp sense of atmosphere and dread, the book has gotten a lot of attention as an explosive example of what Conan stories can do at their best. With the entire series out, and the collected edition coming out in April 2025 from Heroic Signatures and Titan Comics, there’s no better time to check out an epic fantasy story that will excite and thrill you. The Beat reached out to Conan The Barbarian writer Jim Zub on…
The holiday season is approaching. It means lots of merrymaking and fun, but also the inevitable stress of choosing gifts for all your loved ones. We keep coming up with a list of great gifts for moms, runners, bookworms, gamers, and more, but sometimes the best presents come after a sale.So let’s talk about Amazon’s current Elgato Stream Deck Neo sale. This device has been reduced to an all-time low of $80, a 20% discount from $100. The Stream Deck Neo is Elgato’s smaller (and much more affordable) take on one of 2024’s popular game streaming items, the Stream Deck…