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A legal battle over how death row prisoners in Alabama can be killed has reached a critical point. But Smiths lawyers have condemned the method as untested and potentially cruel and will likely appeal the decision. The background behind this case is lengthy. A close-up of gauges and valve on an old nitrogen gas cylinder.Image: 7th Son Studio (Shutterstock) Faced with this lack of supply, states have tried to find workarounds....

I would be sold if it werent for the major hurdles of requiring always-on connectivity. So yes, Amazon is helping BMW stick a large language model inside its cars. Amazon took a large language model and fed it the car makers 300-plus page instruction tomes. Amazon’s early version of an AI assistant inside a BMW shows it knows far more about the car than you do.Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo...

Superman will makehis return to the big screennext year and he might be bringing Supergirl with him. Jones is probably the best-known of the bunch. Alcock is someone you might not immediately recognize, but you know her and her work. Casting for Supergirl is underway.Image: DC Comics She played the younger version of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in early episodes of House of the Dragon. Not mentioned in the trade story is Sasha Calle, who played Supergirl in The Flash last year....

It includes shows like Daredevil and Jessica Jones, holdovers from the Netflix slate of once loosely related universes. Theyofficially enter the fold, with Echotying the Daredevil universe in even more. But really, whos to say this order wasnt just loosely put together? Image: Disney+ Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. Get your finest dark clothing and all your creepy things, part one ofWednesdayseason two is dropping in August....

This isnt the first time the billionaire celebrated blatant bigotry on his platform in recent months. In November, Musk promoted a tweet that said Jews push hatred against whites. (The SAT correlates reasonably well with IQ. Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) ), @eyeslashowrote. The HBCU IQ averages are within 10 points of the threshold for what is considered borderline intellectual impairment. Musk has been fixated on race over the past few days....

The ape went extinct between 295,000 and 215,000 years ago, according to the new study. As the climate of southeast Asia changed, G. blacki could not change its eating habits or habitat. Its geographic footprint diminished, and before long, only fossilized teeth remained. An artist’s impression of a group of G. blacki.Illustration: Garcia/Joannes-Boyau (Southern Cross University) The new research ispublishedtoday in Nature. The unresolved cause of its disappearance has become the Holy Grail in this discipline....

The missions first flight is expected this year and testing will run through 2027. But were getting ahead of ourselves. you’ve got the option to watch live onNASAs websiteandon YouTube(embed above). Concept art of the painted X-59 aircraft in its hangar.Illustration:NASA Leaders from NASA and Lockheed Martin are slated to speak at the event. The first person to break the sound barrier in a plane was Chuck Yeager, in 1947....

Gates is doing this so he can spend more time with his family, the CEO said. The source also said that staff had been told company budgets would be lower this year. News from the future, delivered to your present. Photo: Lucas Ropek/X Why the Hell Is OpenAI Building an X Clone? OpenAI is reportedly planning on making a social media platform because content to train on ain’t cheap.

I love mechanical keyboards. And I love that companies have finally caught on that CES is the show to debut their wares. I got to see a PC peripheral makers first-ever mechanical keyboard.HYTElaunched the aptly namedKeeb TKL. The fully customizable HYTE Keeb TKL.Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo HYTE is also debuting its switches, which feel soft but not mushy. The Keeb TKL is a ten-keyless keyboard, hence the moniker. Of course, you cant just put any keycaps on....

Marvel Studios latest show, Echo, is unique in that the bulk of its story is isolated. This is Marvel though. New York news is talking about an upcoming mayoral election and how the current candidates are not impressing voters. Kingpin’s past, present, and future are a huge part of Echo.Screenshot: Marvel Studios The pundit suggests that a bare-knuckle brawler would do well in the race. An outsider, he continues. Somebody who is not afraid to take on the establishment....

OpenAIlaunchedits much-anticipatedGPT Storeon Wednesday, offering its customizable AI chatbots to ChatGPT Plus, Enterprise, and Team users. Today, were starting to roll out the GPT Store, said an OpenAI blog post. Building a GPT is simple and requires no knowledge of computer programming. Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) For example,DesignerGPTwill build out a website just by talking to it. The GPT Store is not yet available to free-tier users. OpenAI also revealedChatGPT Teamon Wednesday, a new subscription tier aimed at small groups of people....

As such, the implications here are many. That Ahsoka and Sabine will find themselves tracking Baylans mysterious master plan. That maybe Ahsoka herself will discover deeper meaning and purpose. Sabine and Ahsoka at the end of season one.Image: Lucasfilm Which is just how we like it. Skeleton Crew and The Acolyte this year. Andor season two in early 2025, and then, maybe, Ahsoka after that. Filoni’s sketch.Image: Lucasfilm Want more io9 news?...

Rachel Brosnahan discusses getting ready to play Superman Legacys Lois Lane. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Godzilla x Kong swap release dates. To me, my spoilers! Image: Max Weve been talking a lot about where this project fits into the canon of the Supermans that we know. So hopefully, thisll be…well be putting our own stamp on things. When asked if her Lois would wear eyeglasses, Brosnahan answered: I dont know, actually....