Let’s Talk About the Fast X End Credits Scene
The Fast and Furious franchise isn’t known for sneaking surprises into the credits of its movies, but when it does, they pack a punch. The best example is in Fast Five when an after-credits scene revealed that Michelle Rodriguez’s character Letty had, somehow, returned from the grave. And now, it happens again with Fast X
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NIST Team Demonstrates Novel Way to Convert Heat to Electricity
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have fabricated a novel device that could dramatically boost the conversion of heat into electricity. If perfected, the technology could help recoup some of the heat energy that
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Watch Godzilla, Evangelion, Ultraman, and Kamen Rider Become the Ultimate Giant Robot
One of the more delightful things—aside from the movies themselves—to come out of Shinji Higuchi and Hideaki Anno’s “Shin” tokusatsu movies is the Shin Japan Heroes project, a merch collab that mashes up Evangelion, Ultraman, Godzilla, and Kamen Rider. Now, it’s gotten even weirder, and more delightful.
G7 Summit Leaders Call for Stricter AI ‘Guardrails’
World leaders are addressing their concerns about AI at the G7 Summit in Hiroshima on Friday, suggesting that “guardrails” should be put in place to monitor the evolving technology. The summit, which will tackle other issues including the Ukraine War, China relations, and clean energy, is bringing the AI discussion to…
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Three New Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Fixed By Apple
Apple resolves three new zero-day vulnerabilities used to compromise iPhones and Macs. The flaws were all found in the multi-platform WebKit browser engine, as the company revealed in security advisories released to inform its clients about the active exploitation of the flaws. The Vulnerabilities Explained The vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2023-32409, CVE-2023-28204, and CVE-2023-32373. The […]
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OpenAI Founder’s Worldcoin Reportedly Perpetuates Black Market for Iris Data
Crypto has broken new ground yet again, not in the exchange of digital currencies meant to upset the global economic paradigm, but by facilitating the black market trade of people’s biometric data. Specifically, fraudsters desperate to glom onto a crypto project headed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are reportedly buying…
AI Chatbots Won’t Save Hollywood From the Writers’ Strike
One of the less-than-gracious responses to the ongoing WGA strike is that writers could simply be replaced by scripts created by artificial intelligence (AI). There are many problems with this idea, one of which is the obvious: could a program like ChatGPT actually generate a decent sci-fi fantasy script?
Apple Warns Employees to Stay Away From ChatGPT While It Builds Its Own AI
Apple has warned employees to steer clear of OpenAI’s viral chatbot ChatGPT as the company worries that the AI could leak confidential company information while its engineers are rushing to develop an in-house large language model.
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Triangle-Wheeled Bike Gives New Meaning to ‘Tricycle’
The basic design for pedal-powered bicycles hasn’t changed much in over 150 years. We’ve improved their performance and the materials they’re made from, but a frame with two round wheels is a recipe that’s worked for decades. Some disagree, however, and continue to try to reinvent the wheel: literally.