Is Anime Woke?

Before we answer the question above, let's define what is 'woke' first. Woke has become a buzzword throughout US media. People use the word to label all sorts of people and ideas: woke companies, woke video games, woke chicken nuggets.

Beyond being bad English grammar, "I am woke" (grammatically it should be "woke up" or "I have awakened" or even "I’m awake." Woke is the past tense form of wake. ) carries the weight of identity for many people. The term also works as as slur. So, before we can answer the question "Is anime woke?" we will first attempt to define what woke means as a slang term.

Robots Will Soon Take Over Your Sewing Needs

The were known to have assembled cars, they perform surgery, and they even handle cargo at airports. But give most robots a needle and thread, and they would probably come undone.

That's why practically all the clothes sold in the world today are still made by hand, often by very low-paid workers in Asia.

Cannes Featured A Fully AI-Generated Movie

It’s no secret that AI is having a massive effect on jobs in the tech industry, and AI startups are now taking over the film industry as well. This week saw one of the first big shots at that future, when Higgsfield AI, a generative AI platform for video and images, debuted a feature-length film called "Hell Grind" at the Cannes Film Festival. It bills it as the "world’s first 90 minute sci-fi hest feature film produced entirely using Higgsfield AI."

According to Higgsfield AI, the film took two weeks to make and cost about US$ 500,000. The team that created it consisted of 15 directors, DPs and editors, the company says.

"Self-Healing" Material Could Be Good For Cars

Engineers from North Carolina State University and the University of Houston have released a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences detailing a new composite material with a "self-healing" ability not too dissimilar to that of the iconic T-1000 from the "Terminator" movie franchise.

The fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite described in the research paper could make spacecraft, airplanes, automobiles, and wind turbines last centuries on end.

Fans Feel That "Mortal Combat 2" Is Just Like The Game

It’s often said as an excuse for less-than-great initial reviews that something isn’t made for critics, it’s made "for the fans." But there is one franchise where that has been proven true twice now: "Mortal Kombat", where "Mortal Kombat 2" arrives this weekend and is looking to do pretty well at the box office.

This time around, "Mortal Kombat 2" has avoided a "rotten" Rotten Tomatoes score from critics, a 65 oercent, but that’s far below the "verified hot" 89 percent from audiences. It’s almost identical to the split for the original Mortal Kombat, 55 percent to 85 percent. The 1995 version ... had both fans and critics agreeing it wasn’t great (44 percent and 58 percent).