Microsoft’s new security system «catches» hallucinations in Azure customers’ AI programs
Microsoft’s Responsible Artificial Intelligence team has developed several new security features for customers of the Azure AI Studio platform.
Sir Christopher Nolan: the director of «Oppenheimer» will receive a knighthood for his services to cinema
Following the triumph of «Oppenheimer» at this year’s «Oscars», British King Charles III has approved a knighthood for Christopher Nolan. The director’s wife, producer Emma Thomas, will be knighted, writes Variety.
Netflix’s adaptation of the sci-fi classic «The 3 Bodies Problem» has angered China
In the first scenes of the series, which is partly set in 1960s Beijing, a scientist is brutally beaten by Red Guards because of his belief in the theory of relativity.
Apple sues ex-IOS engineer who «leaked» data on Vision Pro and other products to journalists
Former iOS software engineer Andrew Ode is accused of leaking information about more than a dozen Apple policies and products — including the Journal app and Vision Pro headset.
Each additional hour of leisure time computer use increases chances of impotence, — study
Analyses of data from more than 200,000 men showed that every 1.2 hours of additional leisure time computer use predicted a 3.57-fold increase in the likelihood of erectile dysfunction (or impotence), according to a research article in Andrology (via Interesting Engineering).
Kristen Stewart says she’s unlikely to star in a Marvel movie because it sounds «like a f***ing nightmare»
Don’t expect to see the star of «Twilight» in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — in the new interview Kristen Stewart has said that the studio system has to change dramatically for her to sign a contract (or unless she is asked to) director «Barbie» Greta Gerwig).
Apple to release new iPad Pro with OLED and first 12.9-inch iPad Air in early May, — Mark Gurman
Earlier launch was planned for March-April, but was postponed to May to finalize the software.
Actress Ivanna Sakhno terminates her contract with Netflix to avoid playing a Russian woman
Ivanna Sakhno was born in Ukraine, but moved to the United States with her family as a teenager. Currently, the actress is actively acting in Hollywood — and is best known for her work in in the series «Ahsoka», where she played «Dark Jedi» Shin Gati.
From now on, each of the US federal agencies must appoint a «chief AI officer»
According to the latest guidelines from the US Office of Management and Budget, all federal agencies must appoint a senior officer and governing boards to oversee all AI systems used internally.
Last year, the EU hourly wage reached €54 — more than a third of the nominal «minimum wage» in Ukraine
According to Eurostat in 2023, the lowest hourly wage was recorded in Bulgaria at €9.23, while Luxembourg had the highest wage at €53.9 per hour.
GPT Store «deflated»? In February, customized chatbots accounted for 1.5% of visits to the ChatGPT website
OpenAI expected personalized chatbots to boost its business, but recent data shows that few people are interested in them.
The EHT has recorded for the first time the magnetic fields surrounding Sagittarius A — a supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy
Since 1980, physicists have been claiming that a supermassive black hole is located in the center of the Milky Way, but the first «photo» was obtained only two years ago (and another one is currently available) — thanks to the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT).
«The Crow» — Ukrainian trailer for the remake of the cult 1990s thriller starring Bill Skashgord
Like the original film with Brandon Lee, the new «The Crow» adapts the comic book series of the same name by James O’Barr.
Xi Jinping on restrictions on chip exports: «No power in the world can stop China’s technological progress»
Recently, the Chinese president and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte met in Beijing to discuss the semiconductor industry. Relations between the two countries have deteriorated after the Netherlands, along with the United States, blocked the export of advanced chip technology to China over concerns that it could be used for military purposes.
10 largest oil producers in 2023 — USA + Saudi Arabia = 28% of production
Last year, the three countries contributed a total of 32.8 million barrels per day to global oil production, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Israel has launched a massive facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip, — The New York Times
The images are compared to a database of Palestinians allegedly linked to Hamas.
Trailer of the comedy action movie «Bad Boys: Ride or Die» — Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back in the game
«Bad Boys: Ride or Die» — is the fourth film in the popular comedy franchise. Smith and Lawrence first teamed up as police detectives investigating illegal drug trafficking in Miami in 1995.
Musk says Tesla Optimus robot should cost «half the price of a car» — and will soon support 5G
It’s been a little over two years since Elon Musk announced that Tesla was moving toward developing humanoid robots. The company has moved quickly enough showed the first prototypes (one assembled model that barely moved, and another that stood on a stand and waved to the audience), and later the second generation of robots that have received…
«Tamagotchi for buzzers» from Rabbit gets a voice thanks to ElevenLabs technology
Rabbit plans to release the first series of its pocket companions with artificial intelligence next month for $200.
«Damaged» — Ukrainian trailer of the action adventure starring Samuel L. Jackson and Vincent Cassel
Samuel L. Jackson («Captain Marvel», «The Avengers») stars as Detective Dan Lawson, who is searching for a serial killer in Scotland and discovers that his handwriting closely resembles the killer who murdered five women in Chicago a few years ago — but one of them was the detective’s girlfriend.
Zuckerberg was photographed wearing Jensen Huang’s new leather jacket and compared him to «Taylor Swift in the world of technology»
It seems that Zuckerberg likes Huang’s style, but the Nvidia boss looks a bit embarrassed in the picture, as he had to try on Mark’s sheepskin coat instead.
Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti appeared in Fortnite — map for donations to rebuild destroyed hospital in Mykolaiv
Now in Fortnite, one of the most popular online games in the world, TheDonationMap was launchedwhich accurately recreates Kyiv’s Independence Square.
Timothée Chalamet signs multi-year deal with Warner Bros. following success of «Dune» and «Wonky»
The agreement provides for Shalame’s participation in the studio’s projects as an actor and producer.
HBO denies rumors that Pedro Pascal has finished filming Season 2 of «The Last of Us»
The first update on the actor’s schedule was published by Daniel Richtman, who IGN publication calls «a reliable insider».
iOS 18 with artificial intelligence and a new home screen — what to expect from the «biggest update» in iPhone history
It is expected that iOS 18 will be presented at this year’s Apple WWDC 2024 developer conference, scheduled for June 10.
We need more children: global fertility rates have halved in 60 years
Back in the 1950s, the fertility rate (the average number of children born to a woman in her lifetime) was 4.84 — but by 2021, it had more than halved to 2.23. A new study cited by CNBC predicts it will reach 1.5 in the coming decades.
Military bonds in «Diia» have brought Ukrainians more than ₴94 million in revenue since October 2022
Since October 2022, Ukrainians have been able to purchase military bonds directly in the application «Diia» — and as of today, the number of purchased bonds has reached 4 million (4,000,176, to be exact), which has brought their owners over ₴94 million in revenue.
What do you think, Hollywood? 7 new videos generated by OpenAI’s Sora with tips from directors, writers and artists
OpenAI is constantly publishing new videos generated by Sora neural network based on conventional text prompts, but the tool is still not available to the public — except for a select group of artists who have been given the opportunity to test the new product.
«Black» Starlink — terminals are sold in bulk illegally around the world [Bloomberg investigation]
Starlink advertises its high-speed Internet as «available almost anywhere in the world», but in practice its distribution officially ends in territories where the company does not yet have a permit to operate or in countries with repressive regimes. At the same time Bloomberg investigation has found numerous examples of Elon Musk’s…
Mark Zuckerberg «recruits» Google DeepMind researchers through personal emails, — The Information
Meta CEO is looking for artificial intelligence talent.
Arnold Schwarzenegger says he got a pacemaker and now «is a little more like a machine»
У your podcast The 76-year-old actor said that last Monday he underwent surgery to install a pacemaker (a device implanted in a person to restore and normalize heart rhythm disorders).
«20 days in Mariupol» — the absolute record holder for views on Takflix and the best-selling TV show in history «Kyivstar TV»
Digital release of the Oscar-winning documentary by Mstislav Chernov was marked by new records for Ukrainian streaming.
Microsoft to improve text rendering in Chrome on Windows PCs
After years of complaints, Microsoft has finally made changes to Chromium that should improve text rendering in Google’s browser on Windows computers.
Opera records 164% increase in iOS — users (spoiler: DMA helped)
The Digital Marketplace Act (DMA), which came into force on March 7, provides for free choice of a given browser for EU users, among other things.
Apple, Meta and Google — are under investigation by the EU. Tech giants «suspected» of violating the new Digital Markets Act
If the suspicions are confirmed, companies face fines of up to 10% of global annual revenue or up to 20% in case of repeated violations.
56% of Ukrainians do not pick up the phone when unknown numbers call
According to the Rakuten Viber survey, 56% of Ukrainians are skeptical of unfamiliar numbers — 29% do not answer third-party calls at all, while 27% may pick up the phone if they are expecting a call (from a courier, store, etc.).
China bans the use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers
China has introduced new rules that ban the use of American AMD and Intel processors in government computers and servers, and block Microsoft Windows and foreign databases in favor of domestic solutions, reports Financial Times.
Education won’t be the same: 10 unexpected ways to use Apple Vision Pro for learning
The Apple Vision Pro went on sale in the US back in February, causing a stream of memes and funny videos on social networks with the way headset owners use their headsets in one way or another — it was mostly about entertainment (watching movies, games, music, photos), but now artificial intelligence expert Ming Chu in a post on X has collected…
«Dune» Denis Villeneuve officially became a billionaire franchise — the box office of the second part approached $575 million
The second part of Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic continued its triumphant run at the box office, proving total revenues up to $574.4 million —233.4 million came from the domestic market, while foreign collections reached $341 million.
«Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire» debuted with $45 million in the U.S., barely surpassing the previous film in the franchise
Sony’s film earned a modest $16.4 million at the international box office and —$45.2 million at the domestic box office, bringing its global box office to $61 million.
Eerie drone footage from Fukushima shows what a nuclear reactor looks like after an accident
The drone’s camera captured damage from inside the containment vessel of Reactor 1, which suffered the most during the radiation accident at the First Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in 2011.
Catapult on steroids. Chinese railgun will launch ships with crew into space
To get astronauts into space, an incredible amount of fuel is needed (for example, the Saturn V rocket that launched the Apollo mission carried 770,000 liters of kerosene, as well as liquid oxygen as an oxidizer), So researchers have long been exploring alternatives to rockets — such as space elevators, kinetic launch systems (which spin a rocket…
What about DniproHES, which was hit by «8 missiles»? Minus 1.6 GW of capacity, «significant financial losses» and no threat of dam failure
On the night of March 22, Russia carried out the most massive attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, among others by firing two missiles at DniproHES (according to Ukrhydroenergo) or eight missiles (according to the Prosecutor General’s Office, as some media reported), which caused serious damage to HPP-1 and HPP-2 (both plants are…
Trailer «Beatlejuice Beatlejuice» — Michael Keaton returns to the role of a rabid bio-executor in the sequel to Tim Burton’s cult horror comedy
Michael Keaton is getting ready to scare Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara — and series newcomer Jenna Ortega.
More than 40% of Ukrainians cannot recognize AI-generated text — Kantar Ukraine survey
A February survey by Kantar Ukraine shows that Ukrainians are actively following the development of AI: almost 79% of respondents know what it is, but only 29% have used the technology in practice.
Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film «The Boy and the Heron» will be released on Netflix in most countries
The digital release date will be announced later.
Apple lost $113 billion due to «attacks» from EU and US regulators
US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the iPhone manufacturer with allegations of violation of antitrust rules, and the EU is preparing an investigation into non-compliance with the Digital Markets Law.
Damage to the Dnipro hydroelectric power plant and other consequences of the largest-scale Russian terrorist attack on Ukraine’s energy sector
From 4 to 7 a.m., a massive enemy missile attack on Ukrainian cities continued — energy and other critical infrastructure facilities were damaged, and residential buildings were damaged.
HBO announces the black and green Targaryen duel in new trailers for Season 2 of «House Of The Dragon». Premiere — June 16
Who will you choose — the black faction of Reynira or the green team of Alicente?
UNITED24 launches Minesalt — Minecraft-style online game in Soledar locations to raise funds for Ukraine’s reconstruction
Minesalt recreates the site of the largest salt mine in Europe: 16 locations, 500 kilometers of tunnels, many interesting stories, and 140 crystals to be collected by players.
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