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AI-generated videohas received a lot of hype lately as a tool thats supposedly going to revolutionize Hollywood. Artificial intelligence tools allow users to create images and videos with nothing more than some text prompts. And thats very impressive when you want to create something from nothing as it were. Animation created by OpenAI with Sora depicting a fuzzy monster putting its hand near a candle’s flame.Gif: OpenAi / Sora Good says in thevideo....

If you already hateads on YouTube, then youre going to have a bad time with Pause Ads. Initial results show that Pause ads are driving strong Brand Lift results and are commanding premium pricing from advertisers. That and people who pay for YouTube Premium because theyre sick of the ads. Image: PixieMe (Shutterstock) The video platform has beencracking down on ad blockersfor the past year. News from the future, delivered to your present....

When Lee Isaac Chung was announced as the director ofthe long-awaited sequelTwisters, many of us scratched our heads. Chung is, obviously, a talented filmmaker. His most recent film, Minari, had justcome off multiple Oscar nominations including a win. Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, and director Lee Isaac Chung on location filming Twisters.Photo: Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures In fact, it was the opposite. I remember beingso filled with adrenalineafter that that I was like I want to make a disaster film....

Update: April 30, 4:22 p.m. ET: NASAsaysHubble is back online and resuming science duties, doing so on April 29. All of Hubbles instruments are online, and the spacecraft has resumed taking science observations. The Hubble Space Telescope as seen from the space shuttle Atlantis (STS-125) in May 2009, during the fifth and final servicing of the observatory.Photo: NASA NASAs iconic Hubble Space Telescope isnt doing so well. Engineers are currently working on a solution to resume the telescopes observations....

HappyAlienDay to all those who celebrate. Thats because the planet in the sequel Aliens is LV-426so, April 26. This is truly the best Alien Day ever. It’s a Xenomorph kind of day.Image: Fox Way more than ever before. What are we talking about? Hes even celebrating Alien Day too by revealing the radio-controlled Facehugger they used on the film.Watch that here. Alien: RomulusImage: Fox Alien TV show So theres the movie....

Its universally acknowledged that 1968sRosemarys Babyis an influential horror classic. However, the latestRosemarys Baby-adjacentproject actually seems… promising? The rest of the cast includes Dianne Wiest, Jim Sturgess, and Kevin McNally. Mia Farrow in Rosemary’s Baby (1968)Screenshot: Paramount Satanists are nothing if not persistant, after all! Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present.

And yet, theyre still boring. Even the different tonality prefs dont actually change the quality of the shot. Of course, theres an app for thatquite a few, in fact. Some of the different filters in the Mood app can be far more subtle than others, but they can also really enhance the look of a photo.Photo: Artem Golub / Gizmodo Ive been testing out the app calledMoodover the past few weeks....

Its exciting to see Disney lean into its own boy band fandom. Take a look below to see the Turning Red parade float in action! Together Forever is a story about meeting new friends. Photo: io9/Gizmodo Its about taking those friends and setting out on adventures. And its such a sweet moment to close out on. View this post on Instagram CelebratePixar Fest at the Disneyland ResortApril 26 to August 4....

The papyrus was inked by Philodemus of Gadara, a Herculaneum-based poet and philosopher. Artificial intelligence is helping researchers digitally unravel the scrolls, which are generally too fragile to physically open. Early attempts to unwrap the scrollsfound by a farmworker in 1750caused their destruction. A carbonized papyrus scroll being imaged.Photo: Italian National Research Council The contents of those scrolls, unfortunately, are lost to time. Virtual unwrapping is happening elsewhere, too. Previous digital unravelling of the Herculaneum scrolls used neural networks to identify the presence of ink in the scrolls....

Zach Creggers mysterious Barbarian follow up recruits a Silver Surfer. Rosario Dawson dances around the mystery of Ahsoka season 2. Olga Kurylenko shows off from the Thunderbolts set. Screenshot: BBC Plus, whats coming on Chucky as things get even weirder. To me, my spoilers! Weapons THRreportsJulia Garnerwill star alongside Josh Brolin in Weapons, Zach Creggers follow-up to Barbarian. Details on her role are currently under wraps. And I feel very good about it....

This week, Russia unsurprisingly vetoed a draft resolution to prevent the placement of nuclear weapons in orbit. Thirteen other members of the security council voted in favor of the resolution, while China abstained, Reutersreported. Being a permanent member of the security council, Russias veto prevented the resolution from being adopted. Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia vetoes a resolution calling for the prevention of a nuclear arms race in outer space during a Security Council session on April 24, 2024....

AsLiveSciencereminds us, scientists have already found microbial life under the deserts surface. What we didnt appreciate until now is the diversity of this life. The teams research waspublishedthis week in PNAS Nexus. A view of the Atacama desert.Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech News from the future, delivered to your present. You May Also Like Did Scientists Detect Life on Another Planet? Members of the research team in Yungay.Photo:Lucas Horstmann, GFZ-Potsdam

You probably didnt hear about it. But its another toll of the warning bell that reminds youto not trust biometricstokeep your phones sensitive info private. Listen, we all recognize the convenience of biometrics. Face ID and thumbprint unlock on phones might be convenient, but it could also grant police access to your whole digital life.Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo Its far quicker to unlock your phone with your face than to pop in out a passcode....