AI-generated models could bring more diversity to fashion industry

Associated Press 04/15/2024

CHICAGO — London-based model Alexsandrah has a twin, but not in the way you’d expect: Her counterpart is made of pixels instead of flesh and blood. The virtual twin was generated by artificial intelligence and has already…

Browsing in incognito mode doesn’t protect you as much as you might think

Associated Press 04/03/2024

NEW YORK  — Although a private browsing mode known as “Incognito” in Google’s widely used Chrome browser has been available for nearly a decade, a legal settlement involving the way it works has cast new attention on…

In a doughnut in Japan, unlocking the power of the Sun

Agence France Presse 02/22/2024

With its tangle of pipes and pumps leading to a metal pot the size of a five-storey building, Japan’s JT-60SA machine looks to the untrained eye like a contraption from 1970s sci-fi. But inside it is a…

Flying sports car in the US: It’s closer to reality than you think

Mary Villegas - @inquirerdotnet 02/08/2024

Flying sports cars may be closer to reality than you think as a firm in the US is gearing up to make this cutting-edge technology happen. Can you picture flying sports cars and flying taxis zipping in…

Disney, Fox, Warner Bros Discovery to create joint sports streaming platform

Reuters 02/07/2024

Fox Corp, Walt Disney’s ESPN and Warner Bros Discovery said on Tuesday they would launch a sports streaming service later this autumn to capture younger viewers who would not be tuned in to television. The media companies…

NASA helicopter ends mission after 3 years in Mars

Agence France Presse 01/26/2024

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter, which made history by achieving the first powered flight on another world, has officially ended its nearly three-year mission after sustaining rotor damage during its last outing, the space agency said Thursday. The…

DNA of ancient human shows link to multiple sclerosis and many north Europeans today

Associated Press 01/11/2024

WASHINGTON— Ancient DNA helps explain why northern Europeans have a higher risk of multiple sclerosis than other ancestries: It’s a genetic legacy of horseback-riding cattle herders who swept into the region about 5,000 years ago. The findings…

Tetris beaten for first time by 13-year-old gamer

Associated Press 01/04/2024

SAN FRANCISCO — The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson, who has become the first player to officially “beat” the original Nintendo version of the game — by breaking it. Technically,…

Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, down globally

Reuters 12/21/2023

Social media platform X and X Pro suffered outages globally early Thursday, according to Downdetector.com. READ: More than 10 million people have signed up for X, formerly Twitter, in December, CEO says Users on social media platform…

Cruise Robocars of GM probed over pedestrian close calls

Reuters 10/28/2023

SAN FRANCISCO  —General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit, Cruise, is facing multiple federal investigations over its cars’ safety, including two incidents where the robot cars appeared not to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks, according to a U.S. regulator’s…

Chatbots as therapists? Only if you want them to be

Agence France Presse 10/08/2023

A manager at artificial intelligence firm OpenAI caused consternation recently by writing that she just had “a quite emotional, personal conversation” with her firm’s viral chatbot ChatGPT. “Never tried therapy before but this is probably it?” Lilian…

Google, Apple face fines totaling $50.5 million over app market practices in S.Korea

10/06/2023

SEOUL – South Korea’s telecommunications regulator said on Friday that Alphabet Inc’s Google and Apple have abused their dominant app market position and warned of possible fines totaling $50.5 million. The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) said in…

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