UPDATE (10 p.m. EDT): Character.ai is back online and fully operational after users reported widespread outages earlier. Character.ai is reportedly down for hundreds of users in the United States.

According to DownDetector, reports began around 3:35 p.m. EDT on Monday, with most users experiencing server issues. Some World of Warcraft players are reporting server outages. According to ...

Turning a boring 2D photo into a more dynamic, 3D-like viewing experience might sound impossible. But you can do it right from your phone running iOS 26, thanks to Apple's new Spatial Scenes. Apple's ...

Marble can reconstruct, generate, and simulate 3D worlds—think of it as a type of “world model.” In an interview with Fast Company, Li describes world models as a “significant” evolution of the ...

Apple has introduced two interesting ways to view photos across its platforms, Spatial Photos and Spatial Scenes, and each adds depth in its own way. Here are the differences and what you need to know ...

In 1990, eight years before architect Sarah Susanka wrote her bestseller “The Not So Big House,” she designed a home for Peter and Anett Grant in Golden Valley. “We loved the warmth of Sarah’s houses, ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains discussion of suicide. Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US: Call or text 988, the ...

The start-up, which creates A.I. companions, faces lawsuits from families who have accused Character.AI’s chatbots of leading teenagers to kill themselves. By Natallie Rocha and Kashmir Hill Natallie ...

Months after restricting character creation and transfers to the Asura server, due to congestion, Final Fantasy XI will similarly restrict another server next week. Producer and Director Yoji Fujito ...

Sound, when emitted by a source — whether a person or a piece of equipment — propagates in all directions through space, being reflected, absorbed, transmitted, or diffracted as it encounters surfaces ...

Main character syndrome is the perception that your life is a story or a movie where you’re the central character. A term that was born on social media, it’s not a true syndrome or mental disorder.

Main character syndrome and main character energy originated on social media to refer to a person who behaves as though the protagonist in the story of their life. Main character energy and main ...