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Sports Illustrated on Monday said it had deleted several articles from its website after a report found the once-celebrated legacy magazine had published the pieces under fake author names and profile images generated by artificial intelligence.... Read more »

New research suggests that just being around a sick person is enough to trigger your body to start preparing to fight the illness.... Read more »

Under Google's updated inactive-account policy, which the tech giant announced back in May, accounts that haven't been used in at least two years could be deleted. Accounts deemed inactive will be erased in a phased-approach beginning Friday.... Read more »

Elon Musk, who's been under fire over accusations of antisemitism flourishing on his social media platform X, paid a visit Monday to Israel, where he toured a kibbutz that was attacked last month by Hamas militants and was set to meet with top leaders.... Read more »

Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids and knew -- but never disclosed -- it had received millions of complaints about underage users on Instagram but only disabled a fraction of those accounts, according to a newly unsealed legal complaint described in reports.... Read more »

November’s full moon, known as the beaver moon, will shine bright in the night sky starting Sunday, offering a dazzling sight to behold.... Read more »

A newly disclosed Public Safety Canada memo reveals a secret-level June meeting was part of a strategy to raise awareness among company executives about the dangers from malicious cyberactivity -- reaching beyond the technical experts who already know about the risks.... Read more »

An endangered green sea turtle found on a Nova Scotia beach has been revived and shipped back to warmer waters after nearly dying in the frigid Bay of Fundy.... Read more »

An Australian woman got lucky when she was recording video of a bushfire near Perth, catching on camera a meteor tearing through the sky on Wednesday.... Read more »

Iron Galaxy launched the Anniversary Edition of 2013's Killer Instinct, which upgrades all current edtions of the game.... Read more »

Organizations can see which encryption keys and attached services/applications and users show evidence of increased risk, anomalous behavior.... Read more »

Riot is preparing to close down its last owned and operated data centers as it switches to AWS' cloud solutions.... Read more »

Capcom confirmed in a new livestream that the upcoming action-RPG Dragon's Dogma 2 launches on March 22 next year.... Read more »

In a wide ranging keynote session that was nearly 2.5 hours long, Adam Selipsky, CEO of Amazon Web Services, detailed the continued progress... Read more »

Powered by GPT-4V, the framework takes screenshots as input and outputs mouse clicks and keyboard commands, just as a human would.... Read more »

Expanding Latin America's gaming landscape, Gamescom and the BIG Festival will get together to create a brand new event: Gamescom Latam.... Read more »

Joint users will get trusted data and enriched context to improve the accuracy of their key generative AI use cases.... Read more »

Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Adam Selipsky announced a new product called Amazon Q at the AWS re:Invent conference on Tuesday, which tries to improve upon Microsoft’s Copilot assistant. Amazon Q is a generative AI-powered assistant that can help users with various tasks at work, such as chatting, generating content,... Read more »

Achieving stronger, more resilient cloud security relies on implementing generative AI, human insight, and improved usability correctly.... Read more »

Nvidia and AWS partner to introduce the Grace Hopper GH200 superchip-powered DGX Cloud, Project Ceiba for supercomputing, and the NeMo Retriever for AI language model optimization.... Read more »

The System 2 Attention (S2A) technique enhances Large Language Model (LLM) capabilities and accuracy by strategically disregarding irrelevant data in question-answering tasks.... Read more »

The investment takes the company's fund-raise to $55 million and marks the launch of Pika 1.0, which allows video generation and editing with text prompts.... Read more »

How the OpenAI drama relates to the EU AI Act — which currently hangs in the balance due to debates about 'foundation' model regulation.... Read more »

Most of us have woken up with an aching back after a night of tossing and turning, only for that pain to then keep us awake the next night. Now, Harvard scientists have discovered a potential link between pain and poor sleep, and maybe even a way to break the... Read more »

Triumph starts an "all-in" assault on the dirtbike world with the TF 250-X, a race-ready MX bike with a "class-leading power to weight ratio and the most complete specification package ever to launch into the ultra-competitive 250cc motocross market."Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Dirtbikes, Triumph, Moto X... Read more »

Researchers have developed a biodegradable patch engineered from human cells that could one day be used to correct infant congenital heart defects, limiting the need for multiple invasive surgeries and outlasting current non-living, non-degradable patches.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Heart, Children, Electrospinning, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPS), Stem Cells, University of... Read more »

New research has found that patients taking the weight-loss and diabetes drug semaglutide had significantly reduced symptoms of alcohol use disorder. Although the study was small, larger studies are underway with the potential to lead to the use of drugs like semaglutide to treat addiction.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Ozempic, Alcohol,... Read more »

One of the more sinister functions of deepfake AI systems is the ability to replicate a person's voice, based on even just a short recording. A new software tool known as AntiFake, however, could help keep that from happening.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Deepfakes, Artificial Intelligence, Crime, Washington University in St Louis,... Read more »

Six years ago, Ukrainian startup Jollylook brought us a very retro-looking analog camera that produced instant-print photographs. The company is back again with the similarly old-school Eye, that converts digital photos into instant prints.Continue ReadingCategory: Photography, TechnologyTags: Kickstarter, Retro, Instant Photography... Read more »

Although most of our clothes fold and crease with our bodies as we move, our shoes maintain the same shape and appearance pretty much all the time. With that fact in mind, scientists are now developing a method of catching criminals via shoe ID.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Forensics, Staffordshire University, Shoes,... Read more »

Cannondale has dissected the DNA of its Synapse road bike to create a tasty carbon-framed "commuter bike that would make a pro cyclist smile." The Tesoro Neo Carbon ebike is a Europe-only release, and rides out with Bosch power.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: Cannondale, ebikes, Pedal-assisted, Bosch, Carbon... Read more »

Back in September, Ultimea launched a Tri Color Laser TV called the Thor T60 on Kickstarter. As the company gets ready to ship to backers, the UST projector has gone up for pre-order along with a single laser sibling called the Thor T50.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, TechnologyTags: Projectors, Laser TV,... Read more »

Inching forward bumper to bumper on a highway when you’re on the way to an appointment, or worse, the airport, is enough to spike anyone’s blood pressure (BP). But researchers have found that a BP surge occurs independent of external stressors, and it could be due to the poor air... Read more »

Finland's industrial VR/XR hardware manufacturer Varjo has announced the latest edition of its mixed-reality headset for enterprise and military, which is claimed to offer "virtual and mixed reality experiences practically indistinguishable from natural sight."Continue ReadingCategory: Virtual Reality, TechnologyTags: Mixed reality, Headset, 4k, Immersion... Read more »

The River Forest Lookout is an interesting project that puts shipping container-based architecture on a pedestal – literally. The tiny retreat takes the form of a fire lookout tower-style design that consists of two containers raised 60 ft (18 m) above the forest floor in Whitfield County, Georgia.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny... Read more »

The USA has only two accelerators that can produce 10 billion electron-volt particle beams, and they're each about 1.9 miles (3 km) long. "We can now reach those energies in 10 cm (4 inches)," said the CEO of TAU Systems, which has built an ultra-compact accelerator.Continue ReadingCategory: Physics, ScienceTags: Particle... Read more »

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating disease with few treatment options. But in a new clinical trial, scientists have tested a promising new therapy involving injections of stem cells, which seems to slow progression of the disease.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Multiple Sclerosis, Stem Cells, Neuroscience, Brain, University of Colorado, Cambridge... Read more »

Determining patients' race from chest x-rays alone or diagnosing type 2 diabetes from short audio samples. AI can do it and we don't know how. There are fascinating examples of unusual associations. The post AI’s Unforeseen Medical Discoveries: The Curious Case Of Unusual Associations appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

With finding good selling points (like independence), we can make our elderly motivated to use health tech. These wearables are most beneficial for seniors. The post Golden Years, Digital Gears: Digital Health For Aging Populations appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

Enhancing human capabilities has been on the mind of people for ages, but superhumans came a long way from ancient training methods to exoskeletons. The post Will We All Have To Become Biologically Enhanced Superhumans? appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

Five great examples of virtual reality transforming healthcare: from relaxing patients to revolutionizing medical training and conferences The post 5 Ways Medical Virtual Reality Is Already Changing Healthcare appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

The Apple universe consists of seamlessly integrated, easy-to-use products, an ideal ground for healthcare purposes, let's see where they bring us! The post Apple In Healthcare: How iPhone And Apple Watch Are Taking On Health appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

Microsoft in healthcare: the company's multi-billion dollar bet on artificial intelligence-based solutions in medicine starts paying off. The post Microsoft’s Multi-Tenbillion Dollar Bet On Healthcare appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

3D Printing in Medicine: in recent years 3D printing in medicine took a massive leap. Check out our analysis of where this exciting field stands today! The post 3D Printing In Medicine And Healthcare – The Ultimate List appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

All major tech companies want to build strongholds early in this lucrative segment. The road is bumpy, marked with expensive failures and exciting successes. The post The 2023 Healthcare Power Ranking Of Tech Giants appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

Let's see five areas where AI can be used for personal health management. The post 5 Ways You Can Use AI In Your Healthcare RIGHT NOW appeared first on The Medical Futurist.... Read more »

A new study helped scientists better constrain the possible properties of dark matter particles.... Read more »

The James Webb Space Telescope stared through the gas and dust surrounding an infant star around 1,000 light-years away to see the turbulent outflows it is generating.... Read more »

Planetary scientists simulate how haze might be obstructing our view of exoplanet's atmospheres, and potentially alien water.... Read more »

The upcoming Star Wars series "The Acolyte" will bring the High Republic era to live-action and explore the dark side of the Force. This is what we know so far.... Read more »

With the solar cycle set to peak earlier than predicted, the sun's corona should look its spectacular spiky best for April 8's total solar eclipse.... Read more »

JUICE blasted off in April 2023 on a mission to explore Jupiter’s ocean moons and learn more about whether they could support life.... Read more »

The Hubble Space Telescope has observed a double whammy — two independent galaxy clusters grouped together in the same view.... Read more »

November's Beaver Moon, the second to last full moon of 2023, was captured by photographers across the globe on Monday (Nov. 27), lighting up the internet with stunning images.... Read more »

NOIRLab says it's on track to halve its planet-warming emissions by the end of 2027.... Read more »

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