Season of the Forcehas begun at the Disneyland Resort andStar Warsfansare in for some fantastical foodie fun. io9 recently attended the media experiences on opening day. (Some food covered here was provided to io9 by Disney during a press event. The Tauntaun bucket and other themed eats.© io9/Gizmodo The rest we paid for ourselves.) The Tauntaun was the best part and we think it will be a major draw for fans this year....
You might be familiar with the qubit, the fundamental unit of quantum information. But theres also a qudit, a different way of storing and making use of quantum information. Muschiks new paper comes on the heels of a 2021 paper on the same subject,publishedin PRX Quantum. An artist’s concept of elementary particles.Illustration: Harald Ritsch Below is our conversation, lightly edited for clarity. Christine Muschik: We want to make computing as efficient and as powerful as possible....
OpenAI launched the 4o model last week andmade headlinesatevery news outletby cribbing Studio Ghiblis style. It does this regardless of what style you ask for. Paleka asked for a manga self-portrait, a comic book self-portrait, and a tarot card version. On the left, the picture ChatGPT shows you when you ask for a picture of itself as a person. On the right, the same thing done in the style of Caravaggio....
The flower, calledOvicula biradiataand dubbed the wooly devil, is described in astudypublished February in the journal PhytoKeys. biradiatabelongs to the sunflower family, even though it doesnt immediately resemble its typically radiant, sunburst-like kin. Agenusis the biological classification between species and family. The newly discovered Ovicula biradiata.© James Bailey, California Academy of Sciences This small plant features furry white leaves and maroon-striped rayflorets(petal-looking parts of a flower head). Botanists call it a belly plant because its easiest to observe when lying down....
Police in Italy are investigating the fire as an act of arson. As Tesla literally burns, its CEO is everywhere but in the boardroom. Digos, Italys anti-terrorism cops, are investigating the arson in Rome. Damaged Tesla Inc. electric vehicle after a fire at a company’s dealership in Rome, Italy, on Monday, March 31, 2025. Italian police are probing the cause of a fire at a Tesla Inc. electric-vehicle dealership in Rome that left 17 cars damaged....
People who participate dont even need to be residents of Wisconsin to get the money, according to Musk. However, the terms and conditions listed on Musks website appear to contradict that claim. The $1 million giveaways are obviously illegal, but that hasnt stopped the billionaire. Elon Musk gives $1,000,000 to a Wisconsin voter, Ekaterina Diestler, during a town hall meeting he was hosting at the KI Convention Center on March 30, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin....
There are a few standout features, but none as glaring as the LCD display. The gadget will tell you when you receive a call or text too. Your AI vacuum will tell you when your AI dishwasher is done with its AI Wash cycle. © Samsung Its essentially the same as the 2024 model, including the promised 68-minute wash and dry Super Speed cycle. And do you even have to ask if there is an AI-determined wash cycle?...
Plus, Matthew Lillard talks nerves for hisScream 7return, and Shinichiro Watanabes new animeLazarusshows off a new clip. To me, my spoilers! Leprechaun Bloody-DisgustingreportsRosariodirector Felipe Vargas is no longer attached to direct the nextLeprechaunmovie at Lionsgate. © Netflix/Marvel Studios Scream 7 Matthew Lillard admitted hes slightly terrified to return forScream 7in a recent interview withPeople Magazine. I will say, I cant say anything about it, obviously. I could really suck, and so thats my fear....
German startup Isar Aerospace launched its Spectrum rocket from the Andya spaceport on Sunday at 6:30 a.m. ET for its first test flight. We had a clean liftoff, 30 seconds of flight and even got to validate our Flight Termination System. A screen grab showing the explosion shortly after launch.Credit: Isar Aerospace We demonstrated that we can not only design and build but also launch rockets. With the launch, Isar became the first European space company to launch an orbital rocket from continental Europe....
But a behind-the-scenes tiff may have overshadowed them all, when source material author George R.R. Martin spoke out about his dissatisfaction withplot changesmade in HBOs adaptation. Withseason threes productionnow underway, theres no way showrunner Bryan Condal wasnt going to be asked about the controversy. Phia Saban as Helaena Targaryen in House of the Dragon.© Ollie Upton/HBO Especially not when the source material is mine. A few days later, Condaldefended his choiceson HBOs officialHouse of the Dragonpodcast....
The advent of streaming wars has built aphysical media scarcity in a very specific medium: animation. And no, watching Disneys live cartoon stream so it can push other shows amongBlueyepisodes doesnt cut it. Its why I found myself going out and just buying season one and two on DVD. © PlutoTV After getting tired of the constant Are you still watching? messages, we switched over to live channels including Pluto TV....
But not all orbits are created equalsome are less traveled than others. SpaceXs upcoming private mission will venture out to a polar orbit around Earth. So, why exactly has it taken spaceflight so long to send a crew to polar orbit? SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad prior to launch of Fram 2 mission.SpaceX The simple answer is energetics, Jeffrey Hughes, a space physics professor at Boston University, told Gizmodo....
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