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1.5 million people have now viewed a slick 15-second video imagining Tom Cruise fighting Brad Pitt that was generated by ByteDance's new AI video generation tool Seedance 2.0.
But while ByteDance gushes their tool "delivers cinematic output aligned with industry standards," the cinema industry isn't happy, reports the Los Angeles Times reports:
Charles Rivkin, chief executive of the Motion Picture Assn., wrote in a statement that the company "should immediately cease its infringing activity."
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a filing on Friday that it currently cannot process billions in tariff refunds because its import-processing system is "not well suited to a task of this scale." The Verge reports: The CBP's admission comes after the Supreme Court struck down the tariffs imposed by Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) last month. This week, the International Trade Court ruled... Read more ›
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Chinese researchers are working on semi-solid-state battery technology that could result in an EV range in excess of 1,000 miles. Read more ›
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This simple change cut my PS5 game download times dramatically — here’s how you could save yourself a bunch of time too. Read more ›
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The French Navy has ordered its only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier into an active combat zone. Here is where the massive warship is heading. Read more ›
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Panama City is vying for a free tunnel beneath the Panama Canal from Elon Musk's Boring Company. Its mayor outlined his vision for the proposal. Read more ›
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Nintendo is suing the U.S. government in hopes of getting a refund on Trump's illegal trariffs. Read more ›
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Even with a healthy bank account and hard-earned success, that familiar knot forms in your stomach every time you try to buy something nice for yourself—and psychology reveals this guilt exposes eight deep-seated traits about how you view your own worth. Read more ›
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Deveillance's Spectre I, developed by a recent Harvard grad, wants to give people control over the always-on wearables surrounding their lives. The problem? Physics. Read more ›
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CNET's leading photographer Andrew Lanxon tried out the new Nothing Phone 4A Pro in pink and took its telephoto camera for a spin. Read more ›
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Давайте спроектируем с нуля менеджер памяти CPython — начнём с самой простой и понятной наивной реализации, а затем шаг за шагом будем разбираться, какие изъяны в ней есть, и придумывать как их решать, постепенно усложняя общую модель.Это один из лучших способов понять сложную систему — пройти путь её поэтапного проектирования. Система сложна, осознать её очень непросто, но мы разобьём её на простые шаги, понять которые очень легко. После этого пазл... Read more ›
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The Exploration Upper Stage did not in any way get NASA closer to landing on the Moon. Read more ›
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Everyone loves classic cars. Not everyone loves the fact that 21st century models are increasingly classified as such as they reach their 25th birthday. Read more ›
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Впервые в истории человечество может генерировать программное обеспечение быстрее, чем способно понимать создаваемые системы.На протяжении многих лет индустрию программного обеспечения волновал один вопрос:Кто будет писать код?Теперь искусственный интеллект способен генерировать тысячи строк кода за секунды.Но это порождает гораздо более важный вопрос — тот, который почти никто в технологическом мире не задаёт:Кто будет нести ответственность за жизнь программных систем, которые ИИ собирается создавать?Потом Read more ›
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Commentary: The mobile industry doesn't suffer from a lack of innovation, but from a lack of mass adoption of fresh designs. Read more ›
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Nothing has just introduced its new Phone (4a) series, consisting of a base model and a Pro variant. These devices blend Nothing’s signature aesthetic with a design language reminiscent of the iPhone. In Europe, the Phone (4a) starts at €349 (approx. $366), while the Pro model starts at €479. US pricing typically aligns with these tiers, and on the official US website we can see only the Pro variants, costing... Read more ›
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There are fierce battles over principles, and then there are grudge matches. In recent days, Anthropic has engaged in an extraordinary mix of both. For over a week, the AI startup and its CEO, Dario Amodei, have been locked in an intense struggle with the Pentagon over Anthropic’s refusal to let the military use its technology for domestic surveillance and to control autonomous weapons systems. The Pentagon on Wednesday took... Read more ›
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New submitter DeanonymizedCoward shares a report from TechCrunch: The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is reportedly in crisis following major budget cuts, layoffs, and furloughs under the Trump administration, says TechCrunch. The agency has now replaced its acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, after a turbulent year marked by controversy and internal turmoil. During his tenure, Gottumukkala allegedly mishandled sensitive information by uploading government documents to ChatGPT, Read more ›
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Author Dan Simmons, best known for the epic sci-fi novel Hyperion and its sequels, has died at 77 following a stroke. Ars Technica's Eric Berger remembers Simmons, writing: Simmons, who worked in elementary education before becoming an author in the 1980s, produced a broad portfolio of writing that spanned several genres, including horror fiction, historical fiction, and science fiction. Often, his books included elements of all of these. This obituary... Read more ›
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Researchers at Cortical Labs used living human neurons grown on a chip to learn how to play Doom in about a week. "While its performance is not up to par with humans, experts say it brings biological computers a step closer to useful real-world applications, like controlling robot arms," reports New Scientist. From the report: In 2021, the Australian company Cortical Labs used its neuron-powered computer chips to play Pong.... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: OpenAI has fired an employee following an investigation into their activity on prediction market platforms including Polymarket, WIRED has learned. OpenAI CEO of Applications, Fidji Simo, disclosed the termination in an internal message to employees earlier this year. The employee, she said, "used confidential OpenAI information in connection with external prediction markets (e.g. Polymarket)." "Our policies prohibit employees from using confidential OpenAI... Read more ›
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Southern California's air quality board rejected proposed rules to phase out gas-powered appliances after receiving more than 20,000 opposition comments generated through CiviClick, "the first and best AI-powered grassroots advocacy platform." Phys.org reports: A Southern California-based public affairs consultant, Matt Klink, has taken credit for using CiviClick to wage the opposition campaign, including in a sponsored article on the website Campaigns and Elections. The campaign "left the staff of the... Read more ›
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On February 24th, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory activated its automated alert system, sending out roughly 800,000 real-time notifications flagging asteroids, supernovae, flaring black holes and "other transient celestial events," reports Scientific American. And this is only the beginning -- that number is projected to climb into the millions as it continues scanning the ever-changing sky. From the report: The astronomical observatory equipped with world's largest camera hit a key... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google on Friday unveiled its plan for its Chrome browser to secure HTTPS certificates against quantum computer attacks without breaking the Internet. The objective is a tall order. The quantum-resistant cryptographic data needed to transparently publish TLS certificates is roughly 40 times bigger than the classical cryptographic material used today. Today's X.509 certificates are about 64 bytes in size, and comprise... Read more ›
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A start-up called Reflect Orbital "proposes to use large, mirrored satellites to redirect sunlight to Earth at night," reports the Washington Post, "with plans to bathe solar farms, industrial sites and even entire cities in light that could, if desired, reach the intensity of daylight...." Slashdot noted their idea in 2022 — but Reflect Orbital now expects to launch its first satellite in April, according to the article. "But its... Read more ›
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A start-up called Reflect Orbital "proposes to use large, mirrored satellites to redirect sunlight to Earth at night," reports the Washington Post, "with plans to bathe solar farms, industrial sites and even entire cities in light that could, if desired, reach the intensity of daylight...." Slashdot noted their idea in 2022 — but Reflect Orbital now expects to launch its first satellite in April, according to the article. "But its... Read more ›
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Tuesday Pew Research announced their newest findings: that 54% of America's teens use AI help with schoolwork: One-in-five teens living in households making less than $30,000 a year say they do all or most of their schoolwork with AI chatbots' help. A similar share of those in households making $30,000 to just under $75,000 annually say this. Fewer teens living in higher-earning households (7%) say the same." "The survey did... Read more ›
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