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By all accounts, the European Unions AI Act seems like something that would make tech ethicists happy. Whats not to like, right? Among other things, the AI Act would bar controversial uses of AI, what it deems high-risk systems. Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing (Getty Images) As you might expect, for groups like Amnesty, this seems like a pretty big blind spot. From critics perspective, theres no telling how law enforcements use of these technologies could grow in the future....

In September, fragments of a near-Earth asteroid werecarefully dropped off in the Utah desert. The OSIRIS-REx mission launched in September 2016 and reached asteroid Bennu in December 2018. The team did manage to collect some material from outside the TAGSAM head. NASA curation team members along with Lockheed Martin recovery specialists removing the canister lid.Photo: NASA/Robert Markowitz In October, NASA gave the public afirst look at the asteroid samplesthat had been collected so far....

Unfortunately, this time around, the company needs to make a profit. (Check out the new launch pagehere.) (What follows is an edited and condensed version of our conversation.) Photo: Oliver Berg (Getty Images) Cheryl Eddy, Gizmodo: Youve been with the company on and off for over 10 years. What is it about MoviePass that makes you such a believer in the business? Stacy Spikes: No company really owns moviegoing. Image: MoviePass...

Semaglutide was developed by the Danish-based pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk. No medical treatment comes without potential risks and side effects, though. And it now seems that people are also getting hurt from accidentally misusing the drug as well. An Ozempic pen.Image: myskin (Shutterstock) On Wednesday, CNN published areportdetailing an increase in semaglutide-related calls to poison control. Its a design that should help minimize the risk of overdoses. The agency has explicitly warned customers to stay away from compounded semaglutide and hasgone afterseveral distributors of these products....

Do you like Star Wars? How about Lord of the Rings? Rebel Moon is a cacophony of sci-fi tropes. Sofia Boutella in Rebel Moon.Image: Netflix Pieces are clipped from every inch of sci-fi history and put back together into one big package. Which, admittedly, isnt necessarily a bad thing. The problem with the way Rebel Moon does it though is its not really about anything. Ray Fisher plays one of the warriors who doesn’t get much to do....

The launch also resulted in a3.5-acre fireon state park land. Conservation groupssued the Federal Aviation Administration, claiming the launch should have never been allowed. The coming year should bear witness to even more progress, and possibly even atrek to low Earth orbit. Hot fire test of SpaceX’s Starship, February 9, 2023.Photo: SpaceX The companydebuted its Starlink V2 minis, which feature several design improvements and a smaller form factor. SpaceXs Starship failed during its two demo flights, but so too did other fledgling launch vehicles....

Fans of genre movies had an absolute blast in 2023. Hollywood studios and streamers alike provided us with a seemingly never-ending slate of excellent fare. Some superhero filmswere super. Where do these films rank on the list? Find out here.Image: Toho, Paramount, WB, Sony And along the way, there were lots and lots of happy surprises. 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....

Things didnt quite work out that way. Effective today, we are rolling back the artistic nudity changes, Clancy announced. Moving forward, depictions of real or fictional nudity wont be allowed on Twitch, regardless of the medium. Photo: Stanislav Kogiku (Getty Images) The rest of the new Sexual Content Policy updates will remain in place. News from the future, delivered to your present.

The tomatoes were a part of NASAsVeg-05 experiment, a project focusing on growing fruits and vegetables in space. In 2022, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio harvested the tomatoes and put them in a little bag. I spent probably 8 to 20 hours of my own time looking for that tomato. The lost tomatoes were recently recovered after a year of being MIA.Photo: NASA I wanted to find it mostly so I could prove that I did not eat the tomato....

It is hard to really encapsulate just how unexpected Baldurs Gate 3s dominance this year has been. And in many ways, it did. And yet, those initiatives would also be what capped off D&Ds tale of two years. Image: Larian Studios, Wizards of the Coast, Paramount Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. Screenshot: James Whitbrook/Gizmodo, Larian Studios Illustration: Vicky Leta Image: Wizards of the Coast

Everything Everywhere All at Once 2. Triangle of Sadness 3. The YouTube Effect 4. Image: A24 The Green Knight 6. Some Kind of Heaven 8. Kubrick by Kubrick 9. Kanopy has over 30,000 films available and it also has quite a bit of TV content as well. News from the future, delivered to your present.

The only difference is that its making it about safety this time. It chose the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer as the flagship car for its new system. The decision to do so obviously resulted in public backlash. Image: Apple Consumers are way too accustomed toApple CarPlayto change to an entirely new interface. This change would mean consumers can no longer mirror their phones to their cars display. Though people didnt really buy it, itseemed confident about their plans, anyway....

The end is nigh, andGood Omensis preparing for it again. Amazon has confirmed that Good Omensnow-official third seasonwill be its last. Season One was all about averting Armageddon, dangerous prophecies, and the End of the World. Screenshot: Amazon Now in Season Three, we will deal once more with the end of the world. The plans for Armageddon are going wrong. Only Crowley and Aziraphale working together can hope to put it right....