Stability AI announces Stable Diffusion 3 – «next generation» AI image generator
Stability AI has announced Stable Diffusion 3, its «next generation» image synthesis model. It «builds on the work of its predecessors to generate detailed, multi-subject images with improved quality and accuracy from textual descriptions».
No, Google won’t «kill» Gmail in 2024 — what the abandonment of Basic HTML will really change
A message went viral on social network X claiming that Google will shut down Gmail in August this year, proving it with a screenshot of a supposedly official Google email. Of course, this is fake, and Google has «killed» the basic HTML look of Gmail, as it planned to do in January.
SpaceX has requested permission from the FAA for at least 9 test launches of Starship this year
SpaceX is approaching the first Starship launch in 2024 from its Starbase in Texas, probably in three weeks. But the company is already pressuring regulators to increase the number of test flights.
Odysseus has managed to land on the Moon. It is the first American in 50 years and the first private vehicle on the Earth’s natural satellite
The Odysseus spacecraft of the Houston-based private company Intuitive Machines has successfully landed on the lunar surface. This is the first time a private company’s spacecraft has landed on Earth’s natural satellite, and it is the first U.S.-made vehicle to reach the Moon since the Apollo missions.
Xiaomi has announced the photography-oriented Xiaomi 14 Ultra in China. Price — from $900
Xiaomi has a new flagship smartphone. Announced in China, the Xiaomi 14 Ultra has a number of interesting photographic features, including a main camera with a large inch sensor (specifically, Sony LYT-900) and a variable aperture of 1024 stops ranging from f/1.63 to f/4.0. Prices start at 6,499 yen (about $904) for 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of…
The demand for Nvidia chips is so high that Jensen Huang had to assure analysts that the company distributes them «fairly».
The demand for AI chips from Nvidia is so high that co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang had to assure that the company distributes them «fairly».
A significant update to iMessage (two forms of end-to-end encryption) puts it on par with Signal
iMessage is undergoing significant changes, making it one of the two messaging apps best prepared for the upcoming advent of quantum computing, along with Signal or perhaps even more resilient.
The full version of Death From Above is now available on Steam. This is an arcade simulator of a combat drone during the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Death From Above, an arcade combat drone simulator developed by Rockodile and published by Lesser Evil, was released on the Steam platform. Death From Above is set during the Russian-Ukrainian war. You play as a drone operator of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, operating deep behind enemy lines. You observe the battlefield and destroy the occupiers…
Reddit social network allows Google to use its content to train artificial intelligence for $60 million a year
Social platform Reddit has signed a deal with Google to make its content available for training the search giant’s artificial intelligence models. According to sources, the contract with Google (Alphabet) is worth about $60 million per year.
Before his retirement, Jim Ryan gave advice to his successor and named the main games of each PlayStation generation
Having worked for three decades at PlayStation, Jim Ryan, who is stepping down as president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment next month, has seen the industry he loves undergo dramatic changes. And from the height of his experience, he gave advice to his successor and named the top games of each PlayStation generation.
Google to manufacture Pixel smartphones in India from April, — Nikkei
Google has told suppliers to start manufacturing its Pixel smartphones in India no earlier than next quarter, as part of its plan to ship more than 10 million Pixel phones this year, according to a Nikkei report.
Intel will produce the future custom chip for Microsoft
The relatively new Intel Foundry division has received an important order from a large company, namely Microsoft. CEO Satya Nadella has announced that his company will use Intel’s latest 18A (1.8 nm) process technology for future in-house chip development. But given Intel’s process roadmap, this means that we are not likely to see a new…
Critics Consensus «Dune: Part Two» — 80 points on Metacritic and 97% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes
Critics’ score aggregators give hope that «Dune: Part Two» by Denis Villeneuve will be one of the best films of the year, at least among the spectacular blockbusters. The average Metacritic score is — 80 points, and the freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes is almost off the charts at — 97%.
Nvidia’s financial report — fantastic growth across the board amid the artificial intelligence boom. Profit grew by 265% and net income — by 769%.
Nvidia reported on the results of the fourth fiscal quarter, which exceeded Wall Street’s forecasts for profits and sales, and said that revenues in the current quarter would be better than expected, even despite increased expectations for massive growth. Nvidia shares rose by about 10%.
Acer unveils new Swift laptops with AMD Ryzen 8040 Series processors and Ryzen AI
Acer has introduced new Acer Swift Edge 16 and Acer Swift Go 14 laptop models with AMD Ryzen 8040 processors and AMD Radeon 780M graphics card (in the most expensive versions), as well as intelligent neural processors to improve performance and support Acer’s AI features such as Acer PurifiedVoice, Acer PurfiedView, and the new Acer LiveArt…
British Royal Navy fails to launch Trident nuclear missile for testing for the second time in a row
The test launch of a British nuclear missile from a Royal Navy submarine fails for the second time in a row, which the tabloids called a humiliation for the Royal Navy.
«Dune: Part Two» — the potential for returning viewers to theaters and almost guaranteed box office success with a $190 million budget
In 2023, two strikes hit Hollywood, preventing stars from promoting blockbusters, so Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures decided to postpone the release of «Dune: Part Two». The studios were afraid that without Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya in the promotional campaign, the sci-fi sequel would not live up to its box office potential on the date…
A newly discovered black hole with a mass of 17 billion Suns is swallowing another one every day. Its disk — 7 light-years in diameter
The Sun has a mass of about 330,000 times that of the Earth, but this figure is dwarfed by the black holes at the centers of galaxies. A team of astronomers recently discovered the fastest growing one: a black hole with a mass of 17 billion Suns, which is growing at the rate of one solar mass per day.
The Signal messenger will keep your phone number private, and you can change your username
The Signal messenger is known for its privacy-related settings, despite the fact that before it was not possible to completely hide your own phone number. However, now Signal announcedYou will be able to create a unique username (not to be confused with your profile name) that you can share with others using a link or QR code — without having to…
Call of Duty will appear on Xbox Game Pass, and Microsoft will continue to support physical disks, — Phil Spencer
One of the biggest franchises in the gaming industry seems to be coming to Xbox Game Pass. This was actually confirmed by Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, who said that they plan to add all games from newly acquired companies to the subscription.
Sony Pictures will make four films about Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. The director will be Oscar-winning Sam Mendes.
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes and his company Neal Street Productions are planning to make four separate films — one about each member of The Beatles — one of the most famous musical groups in human history.
Will Smith parodied a video of himself eating spaghetti generated by artificial intelligence a year ago
Will Smith published posted a video on its Instagram page parodying an AI-generated video of an actor eating spaghetti that went viral last year. Following the recent announcement of OpenAI’s Sora video synthesis model, many people have noted the dramatic leap in the quality of AI videos over the past year compared to the infamous spaghetti…
Samsung has announced a series of audio updates for its phones, tablets and TVs
In the new blog Samsung has announced expanded support for a number of audio technologies, including Auracast, 360 Audio, and Auto Switch. None of them will debut on Samsung devices, but it gives an idea of how widely they will be supported across the lineup. Samsung says the updates will be gradually rolled out from the end of this month.
The iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max are likely to have two new colors — Desert Yellow/Desert Titanium and Cement Gray/Titanium Gray.
According to the latest leak, the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max will be available in two new colors called Desert Yellow/Desert Titanium and Cement Gray/Titanium Gray.
The FBI and the UK’s Serious Fraud Office dismantled the LockBit hacker group. One of the members was arrested in Ukraine
A coalition of international law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and the UK’s National Crime Agency, announced that they have shut down LockBit, one of the most prolific hacking groups of all time, including shutting down websites the organization used to pay ransoms.
ASUS has opened pre-orders in Ukraine for Zenbook DUO — a laptop with two OLED screens and a removable keyboard
ASUS today announced the pre-order availability of the Zenbook DUO (2024) UX8406, the world’s first ultraportable laptop to feature dual 14-inch OLED touchscreens with up to 3K resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. The device with a detachable full-size Bluetooth keyboard offers versatility in terms of how it can be used.
Unbound to celebrate 30th anniversary of Need for Speed gets second year of support with new modes inspired by other games in the series
This year, the NFS series celebrates its 30th anniversary, so Electronic Arts has forked out for another year of support for the current Need for Speed Unbound, the content of which will be dedicated to to the previous games of the outstanding series.
Neuralink’s first patient can control a mouse with the power of thought, — Musk
The first patient to be implanted with a brain chip from Neuralink seems to have fully recovered and can control a computer mouse with his thoughts, the startup’s founder Elon Musk said.
Legendary processor architect Jim Keller criticizes Nvidia’s CUDA parallel computing architecture
Jim Keller, a legendary processor architect who worked on x86, Arm, MISC, and RISC-V processors, this weekend criticized the architecture of CUDA and the Nvidia software stack and compared it to x86, calling it a swamp. He noted that even Nvidia itself has several specialized software packages that rely on open source frameworks for performance…
Electronic Arts may announce F1 24 as early as next week. Release, according to the leak — May 31
On the eve of the start of the Formula 1 season in 2024, there was a leak about the announcement and release date of the next game about the main racing series from Codemasters and Electronic Arts.
Analysts predict that Sony will release the Pro version of PlayStation 5 this year
Sony is likely to release an updated version of the PlayStation 5 this year, told CNBC analysts after the company lowered its sales forecast for its flagship console. The move should boost interest in the PlayStation 5 and will offer improved hardware in time for the release of Grand Theft Auto VI in 2025, one of the most anticipated games of this…
Blade Runner 2099 — Jonathan Van Tulleken to direct series for Amazon
Jonathan van Tulleken, who directed the first two episodes of FX’s Shōgun, has been invited to direct and executive produce the first two episodes of another high-profile series, Blade Runner 2099, from Prime Video.
Netflix confirmed the second season of Berlin — spin-off «Paper House»
Berlin, a spin-off of the Money Heist series, will return to Netflix with a second season. *The iconic character played by Pedro Alonso will return with a new heist and even more love, the streaming service said in a statement.
Linda Hamilton (best known for her role as Sarah Connor) will not watch season 5 of «Stranger Things*] because of her participation in it
Although Linda Hamilton, the star of season 5 of Stranger Things, is preparing to travel to Hawkins, Indiana, she will not be watching the final season, although she is a fan of this 80s-style Netflix series.
China Mobile has launched a satellite for 6G communication. So far, it has been used for testing
Sixth-generation 6G communications are still far from being commercialized, but this does not prevent countries and companies from conducting a series of tests. Samsung, for example, is conducting such tests, but does not expect this standard to become widespread until 2030. Similarly, China Mobile does not expect to launch 6G in the near future…
Wyze cameras allow some users to spy on other people’s homes — again
In September, some Wyze webcams allowed random users to look into your home (or vice versa). And here we go again… Wyze co-founder David Crosby confirmed that at least a dozen users were able to briefly peek into someone else’s property by being shown the image from someone else’s camera.
Players rated Skull and Bones — Ubisoft’s new «AAAA game» on Metacritic dropped to 3/10
The pirated game Skull and Bones, which Ubisoft believes is so good that it is worth the $70 price tag and the «AAAA» mark, currently has the lowest user rating on Metacritic among games released in 2024. It’s even lower than Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
Nintendo Switch 2 should not appear until 2025. The announcement may happen earlier
Nintendo informs publishers that the next-generation console is expected to be released in the first quarter of 2025. This coincides with the release of the original Switch, which was announced in October 2016 but released in March 2017.
The Bob Marley biopic surpassed its box office forecast, grossing $80 million in its first weekend. And the failure of «Madame Web» continues
The music biopic «Bob Marley: One Love» exceeded all expectations, grossing $27.7 million over the traditional weekend and $51 million over the six-day holiday weekend. Instead, «Madame Web» failed.
EU may fine Apple $539 million after antitrust investigation into Spotify complaint
Apple may face a fine of about USD 539 million from the EU and a ban on anti-competitive practices in the App Store for music streaming services.
*Oppenheimer has won seven BAFTA awards. The victory of «20 Days in Mariupol» and other winners
At the BAFTA awards ceremony, hosted by Scottish actor David Tennant, the main winner was Christopher Nolan’s «Oppenheimer», which won seven awards at once. «20 Days in Mariupol» was nominated twice, but managed to win only the best documentary.
The scientific journal illustrated the article with an artificially intelligent generated rat «with a disproportionately large genital organ»
This week, the scientific journal Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology published a study that used fake images made with Midjourney, one of the most popular AI image generators.
Volkswagen starts selling the new Golf in Europe and launches Edition 50 anniversary model
Volkswagen has started pre-sales of the updated Golf in Europe with the launch of the Edition 50 model. This special edition is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the debut of the original hatchback iteration.
The American Teledyne FLIR has created a thermal imaging scope that can be used to track its own (non-tracer) bullets even during the day
US defense contractor — Teledyne FLIR company introduced a new thermal imaging sniper sight that helps to see own bullets flying day or night at a distance of up to 2200 meters. The ThermoSight HISS-HD thermal imaging sight enables snipers and machine gunners to hit targets at long range without being detected.
Disney+ has released a trailer for Marvel’s X-Men ’97 — the sequel to the cult animated series of the 90s
Disney+ streaming service and Marvel Animation studio released the first trailer of the new animated series X-Men ’97 («X-Men 97»), which will be a direct sequel X-Men: The Animated Series, which was broadcast on TV from 1992 to 1997. The trailer included effects typical of CRT TVs.
All winners of the D.I.C.E. Awards 2024 — Baldur’s Gate 3, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and others
The 27th D.I.C.E. Awards honored the best in the video game industry in 2023. The most important award went to Baldur’s Gate 3. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 did not become the game of the year, but received six awards.
Apple Vision Pro gets a special TikTok app
When it was released, Apple Vision Pro attracted attention for the lack of dedicated apps for the most famous video services, including Netflix and YouTube. However, when the headset was officially two weeks old, Apple got a third major player—Vision Pro received the native TikTok app.
Google offers to switch from Windows 10 to ChromeOS Flex on old PCs and has certified 600 devices
Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, which could make 240 million PCs obsolete. Since many Windows 10 systems are too old to upgrade to Windows 11, users will have to pay Microsoft for extended support or buy new computers. Instead, Google has another solution that should work on at least 600 certified devices.
Apple is preparing an artificial intelligence tool for coding in Xcode (and for consumer applications) to compete with Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot
Apple has expanded internal testing of new generative AI features for its Xcode coding software and plans to release them to third-party developers this year.
Lara Croft in Tomb Raider I-III Remastered «rendered» by Russians
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered was created not only by the original developers, but also by Aspyr, a company with quite significant Russian roots. It also acted as a publisher.
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