Netflix has released the series «3 Body Problem» — an adaptation of Liu Qixin’s bestseller from the creators of «Game of Thrones»
The series is based on the trilogy of Chinese science fiction writer Liu Qixin’s «Remembrance of Earth’s Past». The showrunners are David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (the duo who worked on «Game of Thrones»), as well as «True Blood» alumnus Alexander Wu.
From Barbie to The Sims: Margot Robbie to produce movie based on Electronic Arts’ life-simulation game
One of the most successful games in history is heading to the big screen.
Digital release «20 days in Mariupol» — Oscar-winning film by Mstislav Chernov is available for viewing on Kyivstar TV, Megogo, SWEET.TV and Takflix
The film tells the story of the siege of Mariupol in February-March 2022 and became the first Ukrainian film to win «Oscar» in one of the main categories.
«Kyivstar» in 2023: ₴33.5 billion in revenue, loss of subscribers after a cyberattack, and 4G for 60% of subscribers
The largest mobile operator in Ukraine has released its financial data for 2023 — and separately for the 4th quarter, which was marked by a drop in revenue and subscriber outflow after a large-scale cyberattack in December.
Xenomorphs return in the first teaser for «Alien: Romulus» — franchise reboot from Fede Alvarez
Ridley Scott, creator of the original «Alien», is producing.
Paralyzed patient with Neuralink chip shows how to play chess on a computer «with the power of thought»
Noland Arbeau, 29, who was partially paralyzed after a diving accident 8 years ago, became the first person to have a Neuralink «chip implanted in his brain.
Getty Images has discovered another edited photo of the British Royal Family — with the late Elizabeth II
A week ago, Kate Middleton was caught editing a family photo in a poor way, and now Getty Images has revealed another «enhanced» image of the royal family, featuring the late Elizabeth II.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in the first reading the draft law on education No. 10399
On March 20, MPs voted with 234 votes supported in the first reading draft law No. 10399, which provides for changes in the financing of higher education: the document is based on the principle of «money follows the student» and eliminates the rigid division into «state employees» and «contract employees».
AI Act — is done. So what will (and what will not) change the first full-fledged Law on Artificial Intelligence in the EU?
Last week, the EU Parliament voted for the approval of the Law on Artificial Intelligence, which was first presented three years ago — in fact, the document has passed the last bureaucratic round and is now approaching official implementation.
This year, the rare «Blaze Star» will be visible in the night sky. How and when can you see it?
The expected light show in the sky — is the result of an «explosive interaction» between two neighboring stars that occurs every 80 years.
OpenAI is likely to release «significantly better» GPT-5 in summer 2024
According to the sources of the publication Business Insider (two people close to the company), OpenAI is preparing to release the next version of its GPT-5 language model in the coming months (probably mid-year).
YouTube blocked Sternenko’s old video with russian prisoners from being shown in russia — at the request of roskomnadzor
This is a video showing russian soldiers surrendering to the russian military, published on the channel of journalist and activist Serhiy Sternenko back in 2022.
Google’s DeepMind co-founder to head Microsoft’s artificial intelligence division
Mustafa Suleiman joins Microsoft to lead the company’s artificial intelligence division, which develops consumer-facing AI products, including Copilot, Bing, and Edge.
Owlbear, myconids and red dragon — Lego to release Dungeons & Dragons set of 3745 elements for the 50th anniversary of the game
The set includes legendary creatures from the game, such as myconids, a beholder, a displaced beast, and a huge red dragon.
Amazon has published an excerpt from the first episode of the Fallout — series and it’s the Wild, Wild (dystopian) West
The TV adaptation of the famous post-apocalyptic game series Fallout will start on Prime Video on April 11 (all 8 episodes will be released simultaneously).
«The Acolyte» — trailer for a new series in the universe of «Star Wars» (premiering on Disney+ on June 4)
The series will tell the story of the events that took place at the end of the Republic’s heyday, about 100 years before the events of the movie «Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace» (1999).
Nvidia launches «digital twin» Omniverse technology on Apple Vision Pro
Omniverse — is Nvidia’s enterprise platform that allows programmers to create digital copies of objects and places and analyze how they would look or behave in the real world.
Vodafone has launched a mobile tariff comparison service — for all Ukrainian operators
All you need to do is go to the Vodafone website, open page Tariff selection and enter the amount you are willing to spend on a monthly basis for mobile services.
OpenAI boss Sam Altman says the world «doesn’t need another copy of Google» because it’s «boring»
Instead, developers should focus on creating new ways for people to search and analyze information.
The Ukrainian trailer for the action movie «Boy Kills World» with Bill Skashgord has been released. Premiere — May 16
The protagonist is a deaf and mute boy who seeks revenge for his family, who were killed in a reality show, and begins heavy training to become a ruthless killer.
Banks in monobank have collected almost ₴50 billion in donations
Co-founder of monobank Oleg Gorokhovsky reported, that Ukrainians (and others) have already deposited almost ₴50 billion through the savings service «Bank», and announced several updates.
Nvidia launches platform with generative AI to create humanoid robots
Generative AI will help robots perform actions based on input — a combination of text and speech, video, «human demonstrations» and previous experience.
Cyberpunk is over, solarpunk is done. Figma CEO says the world is moving to new design trends
It’s time for a friendlier, softer, more people-oriented style.
OpenAI to launch prepaid billing API on March 25
Instead of monthly billing, the company will provide a certain number of credits for using its API or Playground.
Elon Musk says that taking ketamine during periods of low mood is in the interests of investors
Last year, Musk admitted that he prescribed ketamine for treatment and stated that he takes the drug for «periods» — at times when he experiences «chemical hot flashes» that can cause depression.
Modern sites have become so «bloated» that they cannot be pulled by budget smartphones capable of running PUBG
Simply loading the page can crash budget phones that can easily «pull» the mobile version of PUBG at 40 frames per second, according to report Danluu.com.
New trailer «Inside Out 2» — meet Anxiety, Handra, and Confusion in the sequel to the Oscar-winning Pixar animated film
Disney and Pixar have teamed up to release a sequel to Pete Docter’s Oscar-winning animated film about 11-year-old Riley and her five emotions.
The sale of lifecell to the French NJJ Capital should take place by September 2024, and then — a possible merger with «Datagroup» and Volia
In December, Turkcell (the parent company of lifecell) announced the sale of Ukrainian assets to French NJJ Capital — the deal is valued at $525 million, but cannot be closed within three months due to seizure of 19.8% of corporate rights in lifecell (the reason is that Turkcell’s indirect shareholders include sanctioned Russian businessman…
Space startup Interlune plans to produce helium-3 on the Moon by 2030
Among the founders of the company are former employees of Blue Origin and an astronaut of the Apollo 17 mission.
Timothée Chalamet as a young Bob Dylan — first photos from the set of James Mangold’s biopic
In December, Timothy Chalamet appeared as the legendary chocolatier in the musical «Wonka», in February — I will return to the big screen in the second part of «Dune» Denis Villeneuve, and now he is back at work to recreate the image of the legendary American musician Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s upcoming biopic.
Mark Gurman: Apple is in talks with Google to integrate Gemini AI model into iPhone
Apple has also recently discussed the prospects of cooperation with ChatGPT developer OpenAI.
The box office of the «Dune 2» movie approached $500 million — it took only three weeks for the film to surpass the first part
At this point, the second «Dune» earned $494.7 million worldwide — $205.3 million at the domestic box office and $289.4 million abroad.
Elon Musk «declassified» the source code of his chatbot Grok — without training data yet
From now on, developers and researchers will be able to use the architecture on which Grok operates in their own projects.
To fight back against Tesla and BYD. Nissan and Honda to collaborate on more affordable electric vehicles
Japan’s second and third largest automakers are putting aside their historic fierce rivalry in preparation for the coming wave of high-tech, low-cost models from China.
The 79-year-old star of the TV series «The Squid Game» was found guilty of sexual harassment — for kissing a woman on the cheek
Actor Oh Yeon-soo, who played the role of Oh Il-nam (player 001) in the Netflix megahit «Squid Game», was sentenced to 8 months in prison with a 2-year suspended sentence.
Larry Ellison and Elon Musk team up to apply artificial intelligence to agriculture
Musk’s SpaceX and Ellison’s Oracle will create a new mapping program that will display the types and volumes of agricultural products in the United States, reports Business Insider
Italian IronLev has tested «passive» maglev levitation on conventional railroad tracks
A maglev is a train on magnetic suspension, driven and controlled by magnetic forces, and unlike traditional rail transport, it does not touch the rail surface.
Rakuten Viber: almost 80% of Ukrainians choose Android, and Samsung is the most popular smartphone brand
At the same time, the number of users choosing iOS smartphones has been growing for several years in a row.
«Voyager-1» briefly got in touch and gave hope for the resumption of the historic NASA mission
A month ago, it was believed that the 46-year-old space probe «lost» due to a memory error. In fact, there was communication with the device, but it made no sense — its messages consisted of continuous «gibberish».
The CIA appears to have created fake social media accounts to «troll» the Chinese government
The CIA operation, as noted by Reuters launched back in 2019 and was aimed at causing paranoia in Xi Jinping’s government by increasing the amount of negative news related to it.
US border guards to use X-rays and artificial intelligence to detect drugs
Currently, «high-tech machines» (which are essentially very powerful X-rays) for detecting drugs are being installed at the borders, and their work should be accelerated by artificial intelligence in the future.
Academy returns «20 days in Mariupol» and Chernov’s speech to the international TV version of the «Oscar»
Initially, the movie was awarded cut from the shortened international TV version — as explained by Disney «due to time constraints».
«The Crow» — trailer for the new adaptation of James O’Barr’s graphic novel with Bill Skashgård
The Lionsgate film, directed by Rupert Sanders («Snow White and the Huntsman»), will be released on June 7.
Startup Aethero aims to become Intel or Nvidia in the space industry
Satellite sensors collect an incredible amount of data, but the limitations of on-orbit computing prevent operators from processing it in space. Aethero, founded a year ago, plans to change that.
EU takes on AliExpress — the site is accused of distributing porn and other illegal content
The European Commission has launched an official investigation into AliExpress, the international e-commerce website run by Chinese tech giant Alibaba.
Tesla Optimus can’t do that. The Figure AI robot received voice, hearing and vision thanks to OpenAI technologies
It seems that Musk has a one more reason to hate OpenAI.
Viral photo of «Hollywood Mountain» in California turned out to be a fake generated by a neural network
Perhaps you’ve come across a stunning bird’s-eye view of «Hollywood Mountain» in California on Facebook or BlueSky? It turns out that it was completely generated by artificial intelligence — in fact, there is no place with that name.
US regulator accuses Musk of trying to «distort» Twitter takeover investigation
The billionaire is suspected of «fraud» with shares on the eve of the acquisition of Twitter, which could potentially earn him about $150 million.
The EU Parliament has approved the AI Act — «the world’s strictest» law on artificial intelligence regulation. What’s next?
After reaching political consensus in December, EU lawmakers approved by a majority vote (523 — «for») a landmark document that will regulate AI and require transparency from suppliers, reports The Verge.
«Diia» officially Open Source — and already available on Github
From now on, any IT professional will be able to analyze the technology and offer their own solutions to improve the application, and governments around the world will be able to learn about Ukraine’s digitalization experience and use the code to create their own public services.
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