That ability to determine based on looking at it is gone. And thats a big change Befuddle and confuse Jurors find audio-visual evidence convincing and hard to forget. They also want to protect juries from the opposite problem: litigants who claim that legitimate evidence is fake. Some legal experts think judges, rather than juries, should be in charge of deciding whether evidence is real or fake© Bettmann/Getty Images Several defendants have already attempted that argument in high-profile cases....

It was like a mania. [We said], Lets make them the biggest stars of Oz. They would be the wise women of Oz. © Universal Pictures It just seemed to make sense. And what was cool about the day was, I think it was really healing for everybody. I said, This is in honor of you. Image:Wicked The MusicalYouTube And now we get to do that for you. It was moving forWickeds new stars to witness....

This one, though, is known for saving the day. All of which, in an odd way, does have a very Mighty Mouse alchemy. Animation, family adventure, classic IP, etc. Here Ryan Reynolds comes, to save the dayyyyyy.Image: Terrytoons Seems like a smart hire. You tend to trust that team though, especially based on two of its most recent efforts. Paramount Animation recently released bothTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant MayhemandTransformers One....

It sounds far-fetched, but the city is real and younger than you might think. We didnt know what it was at first. Nevertheless, the engineering corps built a sprawling base that could host 200 soldiers at a time. Camp Century as seen by radar from the air.Image: Michala Garrison and Jesse Allen, using UAVSAR data and imagery provided by Chad Greene (NASA/JPL-Caltech) and IceBridge UHF ice-penetrating radar data provided by Joseph MacGregor (NASA/GSFC)....

This Christmas,all the cool kids are goingto suck. Local theaters might be chaos too thanks to a promotional tie-in to the film. Its of Count Orloks coffin. Once you pop, you can’t stop with the Nosferatu popcorn bucket.Image: Focus You see a glimpse above,see a little video here, and heres a better image. The buckets have continued since, most recently withone forGladiator IIthat usesaugmented reality. ThisNosferatubucket is where its at though....

Nvidia wants to let you knowthat your weirdest audio whims are now possible. The companys latest AI project, along with itsAI NPCsandin-game chatbot,is a text-to-audio AI called Fugatto. Fugatto is actually an acronym for the obnoxiously long Foundational Generative Audio Transformer Opus 1. Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, holds up the company’s AI accelerator chips for data centers.© Photo: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images It can also modify existing sound sources....

For now, at least, whatever caused Kashas horrible demise is still a medical mystery. In the library, the acolytes are understandably worried as they discuss Kashas death. Was it an assassination? “Just whipping up some ritual poison, nothing to see here…” Photo: Attila Szvacsek/HBO I have to secure the princess, she tells Tula. With Kasha gone, someone has to fill the void and protect our plans. She needs to connect with her ancestors, Valya tells her sister....

In the trenches of the livestream meta, one man reigns supreme. I made a wish, Trevv said after he inhaled. All the drugs I could ever, ever want. © Screenshot from Pump.fun Then they can livestream to an audience on the website with the goal of pumping the coin. There is no moderation, no rules, and no restraint. Its going exactly how youd imagine. People are streaming the kinds of things that are normally taboo on the mainstream internet....

The teams research describing the weather event waspublishedlast week in the Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science. Tornadoes drop down to the ground from thunderclouds. The hurricane ultimately caused at least three dozen tornadoes due to a perfect storm of factors. Distinctive scars cut into the Earth by a twister.Image: Google Earth The 2022 Nullarbor Plain tornado was unusual compared to other tornadoes in southern Australia. News from the future, delivered to your present....

Sony oncetried its hand at handheldswith the 2005 PSP and the 2011 PlayStation Vita. The report is light on details, but this upcoming console could supposedly run PlayStation 5 games natively. Last week,Sony finally brought game streaming to its PlayStation Portalremote player, though in a limited capacity. © Artum Golub For one, you cant currently stream the games you own that arent on the PlayStation Plus catalog. The lethargic tech behemoths Sony and Microsoft have yet to capitalize on innovations from more than seven years ago....

The holidays are right around the corner. See at Amazon Im impressed with Sonys name choice with its flagship set of headphones. You look at Apples over-the-ear headphones and see they are appropriately called the AirPods Max. © Sony And then we have Sony with the WH-1000XM5 noise-canceling headphones. Sony is taking the road less traveled, which is apparently naming your product after its warehouse SKU number. I kind of love that....

Do rural, low-income communities have a right to federally subsidized internet access? Or should they be thrown offline if they cant afford to pay their utility bills? Now the case heads to the highest court in the land for an official ruling. © Alex Wong/Getty Images Trumpperforms exceptionally well in rural communities, and working class voters have frequently cast their vote for the billionaire. Another federal program, similar to the Universal Service Fund, recently went defunct....

TCL, a brand known for making somedecent budget TVs, is launching its first portable projector. Its 360 ISO Lumens brightness should make it a bright enough picture when the sun is down. For $500, the TCL Projector A1 offers solid value as a TV alternative. © TCL Its built-in Google TV lets you stream all your favorite content, provided youre connected to Wi-Fi. It even has an LED light array that syncs to your beats....