Welch has turned her 15 minutes of internet fame into a full-blown new media endeavor with a podcast. Thats all any memecoin is or aspires to be. But that was Wednesday. Haliey Welch appears at SiriusXM Studios on July 31, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.© Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images Team hasnt sold one token and not 1 KOL was given 1 free token, Welch tweeted onWednesday. Representatives for Welch didnt immediately respond to questions about the cryptocurrency emailed Thursday....

New stegosaurus just droppednot literally, thank gosh, as thatd be a $44.6 million disaster. The stegosaurus is dubbed Apex. In death, Benson said, the stegosaurus was more or less curled around itself. The head of the $44.6 million Apex stegosaurus.Photo: Isaac Schultz Apexs chevron impaled the animals left shoulder, and a bit of the bone snapped off and stayed put. With the exception of that self-incurred wound, Apex is in good shape....

io9 is proud to present fiction fromLIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE. Once a month, we feature a story fromLIGHTSPEEDs current issue. This months selection is Inside the House of Wisdom by Tamara Masri. © Tithi Luadthong (aka Grandfailure) / via Shutterstock. When the elevator door opens, its like walking into a quiet circle of glass. So, as we walk, Im going to whisper. People are reading, writing, drawingits such a beautiful place to work....

Artemis 1 was an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft to the Moon and back. So the way its designed is to dip in and out of the atmosphere to reduce the velocity. Even with that solution, the space agency must still prioritize astronaut safety before launching a crew aboard Orion. NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a 25.5 day mission to the Moon....

Eric Kripke teases behind-the-scenes onThe Boys final season. Disney is preparing for a potential return of Jack Sparrow in its nextPiratesmovie. Plus, whats coming onInvincible Fight Girl. © Netflix To me, my spoilers! If were talking Sam [Raimi]-related, itsDarkman. We talked aboutDarkman[with him]. Weve got a love and an affinity forDarkman. Darkmanwas my favorite film for a good portion of my life. It was the movie, so Darkman would be really interesting....

Game preservation has focused on thelimited availabilityofhistorys most beloved titles. Thats fair enough, especially because you still cant buy the vast majority of past games. Last month, GOG unveiledits first slate of 100 games in the newfound Good Old Games preservation program. GOG’s office set up a retro station for playing older PC titles. Staff said they huddled around it, basking in the glow of the CRT TV.© Image: GOG...

Computing ultimately comes down to 1s and 0s. OpenAIpreviewed o1earlier this year with limited access to its o1-preview and o1-mini models, previously known by the codenameStrawberry. Thenext-generation large language modelsshowed off the companys new approach to complex computations through chain-of-thought reasoning. Basically, it is a chatbot capable of thinking before it responds to questions. The results, according to the companysbenchmarking tests, are impressive. By contrast, GPT-4o only managed to get 14 percent right....

OpenAI hasclaimed thatits leading the way when it comes to the safe, ethical deployment of artificial intelligence. This week, OpenAIannounced a new partnershipwith Anduril Industries, a defense contractor co-founded by Oculus founder Palmer Luckey. What that means, practically speaking, is the integration of OpenAIs software into Andurils platform, Lattice. © Mike Coppola/Getty Images Lattice is a flexible, AI-fueled software program, designed to serve a variety of defense needs. looks like OpenAIs high-powered algorithms will now be used to turbocharge Andurils product....

Tackling multiple games in a single show is a challenge, but Blur already has some experience. Weve worked in video games for almost 30 years…weve done tons and tons of trailers. EachSecret Levelepisode tries to capture as much of their source materials essence as they can. © Prime Video More than Blurs history, Wilson called these guides the first step in earning developers trust. (For the latter, see the much-discussedConcordepisode.)...

Theyre only in those two scenes. And thats all in needs to be. Its good thatLower Decksgot a chance to show that before it heads into its final end. © Paramount Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. © Paramount © Paramount © Paramount

The company, valued at $750 million, netted a$100 million investment from Uberearlier this year. But the safety record isnt spotless. Despite the high-profile incidents, Waymo has pushed forward with its efforts to get driverless vehicles on the road. © Photo by JASON HENRY/AFP via Getty Images Earlier this year, the company made ride-hailing available to the public in bothSan FranciscoandLos Angeles. According to aAAA surveypublished earlier this year, just 9% of drivers trust autonomous vehicles....

Imagine finding a pebble and discovering its actually a 3,500-year-old artifact. Since the find was discovered on the surface, it is difficult to know its exact context. Filshteiner discovered the scarab nearTel Qana, an archaeological site with remains dating back to the Early Bronze Age. The Egyptian scarab.© Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority Moral of the story? If you find something neat, get it checked by a professionalit might just be an ancient treasure....

Instead, the company began using slower services like UPS and the U.S. Were suing to stop this deceptive conduct and see to it District residents get what theyre paying for. Amazon allegedly decided to exclude the zip codes from faster shipping in mid-2022. Amazon allegedly decided to exclude two zip codes from deliveries with its branded Prime trucks.© Bloomberg D.C. residents have been calling out the retail giants allegedly discriminatory policies for years....