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I’m watching ‘AI upscaled’ Star Trek and it isn’t terrible

For years, dedicated Star Trek fans have been using AI in an attempt to make a version of the acclaimed series Deep Space 9 that looks decent on modern TVs. It sounds a bit ridiculous, but I was surprised to find that it’s actually quite good — certainly good enough…

I’m watching ‘AI upscaled’ Star Trek and it isn’t terrible

Paramount+ has ordered a “Star Trek: Section 31” original movie event with Michelle Yeoh reprising her role as Emperor Philippa Georgiou, according to a blog post on the “Star Trek”…

Paramount+ announces original movie, ‘Star Trek: Section 31,’ starring Michelle Yeoh

A month before its premiere on May 5, Paramount+ has now released its new trailer for the highly anticipated “Star Trek: Discovery” spinoff titled “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” Set…

Paramount+ releases new trailer for ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,’ its ‘Discovery’ spinoff

A new agreement between Hulu and ViacomCBS will bring 14 new channels to Hulu’s live TV streaming service, while also renewing the deal that allows Hulu to carry various CBS…

Hulu’s live TV service gains 14 new channels as result of ViacomCBS deal

CBS All Access isn’t done launching new Star Trek shows. After bringing the franchise back to TV with “Star Trek: Discovery” in 2017, then revisiting some beloved characters with “Star…

CBS All Access greenlights ‘Strange New Worlds,’ a new Star Trek series about Pike and Spock

Whenever I see a software business plan come across my desk or read an article on enterprise software, I can’t help but give Commander Riker a little due credit.

How the information system industry became enterprise software

CBS’ streaming service, CBS All Access, credits a trio of high-profile events — including the premiere of its new Star Trek series, “Star Trek: Picard,” as well as the 62nd…

‘Star Trek: Picard’ breaks streaming records on CBS All Access

Just a bit shy of a year ago, Patrick Stewart blew the minds of Star Trek fans everywhere by taking the stage at the Las Vegas Star Trek convention to…

Here’s the first teaser trailer for the new Star Trek: Picard series

We’ve still barely caught up with the Red Angel, whatever it is, but CBS just confirmed that Star Trek: Discovery will be coming back for a third season. Discovery will…

Star Trek: Discovery will return for a third season

CBS’ streaming plans have become even more Trek-centric with the announcement of a two-season order for a half-hour animated series called “Star Trek: Lower Decks.” Many Star Trek fans will…

CBS All Access places two-season order for animated series ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’

CBS All Access, the network’s over-the-top streaming service for cord cutters, will now let subscribers save shows for offline viewing. The feature, “Download & Play,” is only available to those…

Streaming service CBS All Access rolls out support for offline viewing

Did you ever think Patrick Stewart would return to the role of Jean-Luc Picard? Neither did he. But he will! Sir Pat Stew himself just announced the news on Instagram,…

Patrick Stewart is returning to the role of Jean-Luc Picard for a new Star Trek series

Over the course of a weekend we got a glimpse at some of the coming seasons and movies for various sci-fi, superhero, and other types of highly-anticipated fan-favorite franchises from…

Here are some of the movie and TV trailers to come out of San Diego Comic-Con 2018

If you’re a real Star Wars Star Trek fan, chances are you’ve always dreamt of learning Klingon. It’s one of the most lovely and melodic tongues in the pantheon of fake…

nuqneH? yIjatlh! You can now learn Klingon with Duolingo

CBS seems to be happy with its bet on a new Star Trek series — the network just announced that it’s renewing Star Trek: Discovery for a second season. Discovery premiered…

CBS renews ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ for a second season

Elon Musk ranks alongside the Wright Brothers and the scientist who brought warp speed light to humanity, according to Star Trek: Discovery. On last night’s episode of the new CBS…

Elon Musk gets a nod as a space pioneer from ‘Star Trek: Discovery’

Star Trek: Discovery, the first Trek TV show in more than 10 years, premiered on CBS this week before making the leap to the network’s new streaming service, CBS All…

Original Content explores the politics and space battles of ‘Star Trek: Discovery’

Star Trek: Discovery has a lot riding on it, both for CBS executives (who are counting on the show to help them launch their paid streaming service, CBS All Access)…

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ presents a murkier vision of the classic franchise

CBS’s big bet on “Star Trek: Discovery,” the first Star Trek TV series since “Star Trek: Enterprise” wrapped in 2005, is also serving the network’s big bet on its over-the-top…

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ debut led to record sign-ups for CBS’s streaming service

3Doodler’s getting out ahead of Toy Fair with the release of a whole bunch of new products, including a handful of kits and a pair of pens that mark some…

3Doodler announces a robotics kit, Star Trek and Powerpuff Girls-themed pens

When it was on the air, Deep Space Nine always seemed to be overshadowed by other Star Trek spinoffs — in the words of showrunner Ira Steven Behr, it was the “bastard…

455 Films is crowdfunding a new documentary about ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’

Cinema critics keep raving about Arrival, a sci-fi drama focusing on one linguist’s attempts to decipher an alien language. Star Trek recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. As a language geek…

Reverse-engineering the universal translator

No one person can take sole credit for Star Trek’s success, not even creator Gene Roddenberry. But Leonard Nimoy could make a pretty strong claim to being the franchise’s heart, or at…

‘For the Love of Spock’ pays tribute to Star Trek’s logical heart

it’s the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, counting from the airing of the first episode of the original 1966 Star Trek series starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Facebook is marking…

Facebook boldly emojis where no emojis have emoji’d before

Here’s something I asked myself a lot last weekend: Am I really a serious Star Trek fan? The obvious answer: Well, sure. I’ve watched hundreds of hours of Star Trek…

Fans celebrate Star Trek’s 50th anniversary

Let’s start with the obvious: Star Trek Beyond is a pretty good movie, but it doesn’t quite make it into the top tier of Trek films like The Wrath of…

‘Star Trek Beyond’ points the 50-year-old franchise back at the stars

When you’re worth like, $60 billion, you pretty much get to do what you want. You can launch your own space company, explore the bottom of the ocean and even…

Jeff Bezos has a cameo as an alien in the new ‘Star Trek’

Well, this just rocketed to the top of our list of most eagerly anticipated VR games in warp speed. At its big pre-E3 press conference, Ubisoft unveiled Star Trek: Bridge…

Ubisoft is bringing Star Trek to VR this fall

CBS’s own over-the-top streaming service aimed at cord cutters has largely flown under the radar in comparison with more popular competitors like Netflix and Hulu. But now the network is…

CBS Will Launch A New “Star Trek” TV Series On Its Streaming Service, Not Network TV

Google, the largest subsidiary corporation of Alphabet, wants movie studios to use its cloud to render their special effects. Last August, Google acquired Zync, a visual effects rendering service that…

Google Launches First Beta Of Its Zync Visual Effects Renderer On Google Cloud Platform