As the internet is flooded with more AI-generated content, World could help distinguish real humans from bots. Brazil is following in those countries footsteps, albeit with a more lenient ban on paying for scans. The face scans taken by the orb are only stored locally on a users phone. Sam Altman’s World has been banned from paying for iris scans in Brazil.Mack DeGeurin/Gizmodo Such a technology could help with online identification....
Stocks for major AI connected companies like NVIDIA fell on Monday morning following the news. OpenAIs business models require sacrificing the present to construct a terrifying future in its own image. It would need to build vast data centers to process information powered by new nuclear power plants. Softbank and OpenAI teamed up with President Trump to announceStargate, a $500 billion AI initiative. Two months.NVIDIA H800 SXM5s. Thats all it took to call into question this dream of the future....
Perhaps one of the most out there of them all came thanks to a suggestion from Michelle Yeoh herself. And its all down to Michelle Yeoh that herEverything, Everywhere, All at Onceco-star beamed into theStar Trekgalaxy. We were just standing there with our jaws on the ground, she was so amazing. © Paramount Star Trek: Section 31is now streaming on Paramount+. Additional reporting by Cheryl Eddy. Want more io9 news?...
Now more than ever, the anime and manga spheres are gravitating toward exceptional fantasy series. Moreover, it continues the time-honored tradition of featuring an overpowered mentor. In tandem with being incredibly beautiful, shes also extraordinarily vain. © Shonen Jump The magic system inIchi the Witchis not dissimilar to conventions in series like Pokemon. In the series, around 3,185 known magic creatures, Majiks, are rampaging on Earth. In short, her claim as the g....
ButDominionwas…not good(io9s review called it colossally terrible). The first two movies were two of my favorite experiences ever, the busy screenwriter remembered. And Steven [Spielberg] said, What about starting over? Jurassic World Rebirth© Universal Pictures Lets try something all new. I said, Oh, thats a cool idea … and then I threw an idea back. You do that all the time with your friends and collaborators: throw ideas back and forth....
I told you I would try it. I took BART into San Francisco from my northern East Bay town and tried theGalaxy S25 UltrasAI-powered Audio Eraser. Just dont rely on doing any extreme edits because thats not what its for. © Florence Ion / Gizmodo Heres how it works: Audio Eraser uses AI to analyze videos for the punch in of sounds present. you might turn them off entirely or increase the volume by 100 percent....
An old bacterial foe has been making itself very cozy in Kansas. Dozens of active and latent TB cases have been linked to the outbreak dating back to last year. And the danger has not yet passed. An illustration of tuberculosis bacteria© Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty This is mainly due to the rapid number of cases in the short amount of time. This outbreak is still ongoing, which means that there could be more cases....
The funding shortfall could reduce the missions effectiveness as early as fall 2025,according to SpaceNews. The Webb Space Telescope began scientific operations in July 2021. Webb can image the most ancient light we can detect, allowing the telescope seeindividual starsandgalaxiesfrom the early universe. An artist’s concept of the Webb Space Telescope.Image: NASA-GSFC, Adriana M. Gutierrez (CI Lab) But the telescope wont last forever, so its imperative that scientists optimize their time with Webb....
That calmed down over the past month after the FAA placedflight restrictionson drone flights in the northeast. Or, at least, the sightings from people who believe theyre seeing weird drones are back. But there are other states with sightings, includingNew York, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Alleged “drones” spotted in New York City on Dec. 14, 2024 (left) and Marlton, New Jersey in Dec. 8, 2024 (right) and submitted to Enigma Labs....
The watches came in at affordable prices too, and could work across both iOS and Android. Pebble was an underdog in a game against giants like Apple and Google. They were watches for people who wanted something close to an actual watch. Pebble’s founder is bringing the no-frills smartwatch back from the dead.Eric Limer/Gizmodo It is a fate that has befallen many hardware startups. The small startup simply could not compete against the likes of Apple for mass market consumers....
Even so, the video has the form factor weve anticipated based on previous rumors and leaks. If the videos prove true, the iPhone SE 4 is still a major improvement over its predecessor. We still need to see if these thinner phones can compete on battery life as their thicker cousins. © Florence Ion / Gizmodo We liked the ultra-thin, ultra-bright iPad Pro M4, which was somehow thinner than the iPad Air....
What if hed met the right person, felt the a different way about something? Was he always destined to be Darth Vader regardless? Want more io9 news? © Bandai News from the future, delivered to your present. © Bandai © Bandai © Bandai © Bandai © Bandai © Bandai © Bandai © Bandai © Bandai © Bandai
The Central Intelligence Agency has officially changed its stance on how the covid-19 pandemic first began. Newly enshrined CIA director John Ratcliffedeclassified and released the findingsof the assessment Saturday. Furthermore, the agency has not ruled out the possibility that covid-19 may have emerged naturally. John Ratcliffe speaking at a Senate Intelligence confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 15, 2025.© Andrew Harnik via Getty China has fiercely rejected the CIAs findings....
