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.
The first trailer for the Disney series about the legendary couturier Karl Lagerfeld. Premiere — June 8
Series tell about Lagerfeld’s rise to the top of the fashion world, starting in 1972, and his position as an unknown designer of ready-to-wear.
Midjourney is testing a function that will allow «to save» the image of a given character to generate future images
From now on, users can provide the neural network with a reference image of a person and set up the generation so that the next image looks the same.
«Wild disappointment»: tech manager says the internet is stagnating», just like space exploration after the 1970s
Tuesday marked the 35th anniversary of the moment when renowned computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee presented his vision of what would become known as the «World Wide Web». At the same time, Akamai’s Chief Technology Officer Robert Blumoff believes that after a breakthrough and years of development, the Internet is now stagnating.
Variety: Christopher Nolan earned «Oppenheimer» $100 million — director received bonuses for winning «Oscars»
The director’s final fee includes salary, bonuses, a percentage of box office receipts, and a bonus for awards at «Oscar 2024».
Larry Ellison is $15 billion richer after Oracle shares soar 12% to record high
Today, Allison is one of the five richest people in the world in of the Forbes rating with a net worth of $157.3 billion.
The third «Venom» will be released earlier (October 2024), but the sequel to «Batman» with Robert Pattinson «has been delayed until 2026.
The third installment of the «Venom» franchise has finally received the official title — Venom: The Last Dance, as well as new release date — October 25, 2024 (instead of the previously announced November 8).
A rare Devil's comet will sweep over Earth in the coming weeks. How to see?
You’ll need good weather, binoculars or a telescope — and a little bit of luck.
Ari Aster casts Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Austin Butler and Pedro Pascal in next A24 movie «Eddington»
It is probably a new horror movie, the production of which will start this week.
At the «Oscars», the composer of «Oppenheimer» thanked his parents for «giving him guitars and drums instead of video games»
Ludvig Joransson received his second statuette for music to «Oppenheimer», but in his emotional speech spoke somewhat arrogantly about video games.
Trump offered Musk to buy Truth Social, — The Washington Post
Both tried in different ways to create their own «platform for freedom of speech».
Michael Keaton says he didn't understand his cameo in «Morbius» and wouldn't mind returning to the role of Batman
Box office news about «Madame Web» now are not without mention about another failed movie from Sony’s Spider-Man universe, — «Morbius» with Jared Leto.
A giant «sand battery» can provide heat to an entire city in Finland for a week
A pilot plant developed by Polar Night Energy has been operating since 2022, and now an industrial (10 times larger) «sand battery» is to be launched in Finland for use during cold polar nights.
Virus spreads on X due to an ad for actress Sydney Sweeney's nudes
The topic «Sidney Sweeney Leak» has become especially popular on Elon Musk’s social media, but in the end, it leads users not to exclusive nude images of the actress, but to malware.
«The Ukrainian interface was actually knocked out» — ex-director of Google Ukraine on localization of services
Dmytro Sholomko, who headed Google’s representative office in Ukraine for 17 years (and resigned last October), gave an interview to the DOU publication and, among other things, touched upon the topic of Ukrainian localization of the company’s services.
A cut scene from David Lynch's 1984 film adaptation of «Dune» has been published online
Writer Max Evry, who wrote the book «A Masterpiece In Disarray (David Lynch’s Dune – An Oral History)», acquired footage from actress Molly Vrean, who played Garou (Alia Atrid’s nanny) in the film.
Midjourney bans Stability AI employees after data theft attempt
At the beginning of the month, the service faced a 24-hour outage — allegedly due to «botnet activity» two accounts associated with a competitor company, Stability AI.
«20 Days in Mariupol» and Chernov's speech were not included in the shortened international TV version of the «Oscars»
The organizers of this year’s broadcast of the «Oscars» cut the «Best Feature Documentary» category (along with several other categories) from the shortened international telecast, which won a film by Ukrainian director Mstislav Chernov «20 days in Mariupol».
How do you like this, OpenAI? Elon Musk to open source his Grok chatbot
Last week, Musk has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI with accusations of abandoning the original mission «to develop AI for the benefit of humanity» in favor of making money.
«Dune: Part Two» grossed $367.5 million in 11 days — almost as much as the first film earned in its entire run
The second part of Denis Villeneuve’s «Dune» added $81 million from 72 international markets in its second week of release, bringing its total foreign box office to $210.5 million. Combined with the considerable earnings of the domestic box office ($157 million), «Dune: Part Two» grossed $367.5 million in 11 days — only $66.4 million…
YouTube stopped showing recommendations after logging out of Google account and in incognito mode
Instead, users are shown a homepage without videos and viewing tips.
Three writers to sue Nvidia for illegal use of their books for AI training
The class action lawsuit, filed Friday night in a San Francisco federal court, says Nvidia used the copyrighted books to train its new NeMo platform, created by the chipmaker as a «fast and affordable way to implement generative AI».
Apple will add «hearing aid mode» to AirPods Pro with iOS 18, — Mark Gurman
AirPods already offer several features related to hearing health and accessibility, but in a report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman (via 9to5mac) says that Apple plans to expand the capabilities of its headphones with a new «hearing aid mode».
Ukraine officially starts negotiations with the US and EU on resumption of passenger air transportation
Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development Oleksandr Kubrakov said that Ukraine has started official consultations with US and EU regulators, as well as the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority, on the resumption of passenger air travel.
The Super Mario Bros. return to the movies — Nintendo and Illumination to release another animated film in 2026
Now the cartoon is under development, however, it is unknown whether it will be a direct sequel to the first — «Super Mario Bros. in the Movies», which debuted last year and earned $1.36 billion worldwide.
Updated: Former Activision Blizzard’s boss Bobby Kotick wants to buy TikTok, — The Wall Street Journal
He has allegedly already presented the idea to potential partners, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
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