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3 days agoCurrent Event zyery
Shinichiro Watanabe Couldn’t Watch Netflix’s Live-Action ‘Cowboy Bebop’: It Was ‘Tough to Continue’
Right after 3, 2, 1, Shinichiro Watanabe couldn’t go anymore. The “Cowboy Bebop” anime creator revealed that the Netflix live-action adaptation of the noir series was “tough” to watch. Starring John Cho, the short-lived series was canceled by the streamer three weeks after its premiere in November 2021.
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3 days agoCurrent Event zyery
AI has designed bacteria-killing proteins from scratch – and they work
An AI has designed anti-microbial proteins that were then tested in real life and shown to work. The same approach could eventually be used to make new medicines. Proteins are made of chains of amino acids. The sequence of those acids determine the protein’s shape and function.
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4 days agoCurrent Event zyery
DOJ disrupts major ransomware group that extorted about $100M including from schools and hospitals
Hive, one of the most prolific hacker gangs in the world, had received about $100 million in extortion payments, according to government officials.
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4 days agoCurrent Event zyery
Google shut down thousands of pro-Beijing disinformation channels on Taiwan, COVID-19
Google says it shut down more than 50,000 accounts promoting pro-People’s Republic of China (PRC) disinformation in 2022 that focused on Taiwan, COVID-19 and U.S. politics. The takedowns are the latest salvo in an ongoing battle between Google and a campaign it has named “Dragonbridge.”
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5 days agoExpression zyery
A robot was scheduled to argue in court, then came the jail threats
The man behind a startup called DoNotPay planned to use AI to help fight a traffic ticket. But professional lawyers shut it down.
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8 days agoCurrent Event zyery
'Pokemon Go' creator returns to 'real world' recipe for NBA game
Seven years ago the mobile game "Pokemon Go" took the world by storm, and now its creators are aiming to infuse the same "real-world" appeal into their new basketball game. While players of "Pokemon Go" were guided by their mobile phones to real-world locations to collect magical creatures, "NBA All-World" allows players to challenge each other to games in the street.
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9 days agoCurrent Event zyery
Google employees scramble for answers after layoffs hit long-tenured and recently promoted employees
Employees have rallied to find out who's been laid off while demanding answers from leadership.
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9 days agoCurrent Event zyery
Robert Pattinson Slams Male Beauty Standard In Hollywood, Says He Once Ate Potatoes For Two Weeks As A Detox
Robert Pattinson was discussing the pressure male actors face in Hollywood to uphold particular beauty standards when he told the ES Magazine that he once ate only boiled potatoes for two weeks as part of a weight loss detox.
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10 days agoCurrent Event zyery
A Tesla buyer says he got a $12,000 discount after asking for a reduction on his order following big price cuts
A Tesla buyer who has yet to receive his car said the company reduced the cost of his order by about $12,000 after he complained about missing out on big price cuts. The man, who asked to not be named for privacy concerns but whose identity is known to Insider, ordered his Tesla Model Y last July for $72,440.
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12 days agoCurrent Event zyery
Researchers find a more sustainable way to grow crops under solar panels
Researchers say they have determined a way to make agrivoltaics — the process of growing crops underneath solar panels — more efficient. They found that red wavelengths are more efficient for growing plants, while the blue part of the spectrum is better for producing solar energy. Solar panels that only allow red wavelengths of light to pass through could enable farmers to grow food more productively while generating power at the same time.
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12 days agoCurrent Event zyery
NASA nuclear propulsion concept could reach Mars in just 45 days
NASA selected a nuclear propulsion concept for Phase I development as part of its Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program for 2023. The Nuclear Thermal and Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NTP/NEP) concept is a new class of bimodal nuclear propulsion system that uses a "wave rotor topping cycle," as per a NASA blog post.
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13 days agoCurrent Event zyery
Original 'Power Rangers' stars reunite for 30th anniversary Netflix special
Once a Ranger, always a Ranger. Three decades after becoming an afternoon phenomenon, members of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers cast are reuniting for a scripted Netflix special celebrating the enduring legacy of Haim Saban's creation. "Our Ranger family runs deep," Walter Emanuel Jones tells EW of getting to play Zack, the Black Ranger, 30 years later.
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13 days agoCurrent Event zyery
Gamers say goodbye to Google's Stadia
Google will shut down its Stadia cloud-gaming service in the UK on Thursday, as it issues refunds to gamers. Stadia was touted as a "Netflix for games" when it launched, in November 2019, allowing players to stream games online without a PC or console. The service will be inaccessible after 08:00 on 19 January in the UK, with gamers telling BBC News they are "heartbroken" to see it go.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event zyery
‘Chucky’ Renewed For Season 3 At USA Network & Syfy
Chucky will keep killing it after the series was renewed for a third season. The series, which is based on the classic film franchise, returns to both USA Network and Syfy for its third run.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event zyery
Can AI detectors save us from ChatGPT? I tried 3 online tools to find out
With the sudden arrival of ChatGPT, educators and editors are facing a worrying surge of automated content submissions. We look at the problem and what might be done.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event zyery
How The Last of Us became ‘the greatest story’ ever told in video games
The Last of Us launched in 2013 on PS3 as a prestige narrative experience. The game was developed by Naughty Dog, a studio that had been crucial in setting the standard for story-centric games that emulated a traditional Hollywood format. Its Uncharted games mimicked the spectacle of adventure films by way of Nathan Drake, an Indiana Jones type with the luck of John McClane. But The Last of Us saw the studio pivot from blockbuster action into a genre that dominated the early 2000s — the dystop...
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event zyery
FCC's Robocaller Crackdown Brings Stark Warning for Voice Providers
The agency is tired of us receiving spam calls as well.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zyery
Almost nobody turned up to buy Prince Harry's book at midnight
Only a dozen copies of the book were sold in one store at midnight despite staff expecting queues at the door.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zyery
Communities are embracing ‘controlled burns’ to protect themselves
The past few years have led to record wildfires across the U.S. Decades of suppressing fires has led to overgrown forests, and a warming climate has increased their intensity and frequency. Christopher Booker reports from California on community-led efforts to preemptively set controlled fires, reducing the risk from large out-of-control fires while also restoring the ecological health of the forest.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zyery
'Eight Is Enough' Star Adam Rich Dead at 54
Adam Rich, who starred in the enormous hit, "Eight Is Enough" has died ... TMZ has learned. A family member tells TMZ ... Adam died Saturday at his L.A. area home. The family member would not reveal the cause of death, but a law enforcement source tells TMZ someone came to his home and found him lifeless. The law enforcement source adds ... this was not foul play.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zyery
Box Office: ‘M3GAN’ Slays With $30 Million Debut, ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Stays No. 1
Move over, Jamie Lee Curtis and Neve Campbell. There’s a new scream queen in town. Universal and Blumhouse’s creepy doll thriller “M3GAN” — short for Model 3 Generative Android — made a killing in its opening weekend, collecting a better-than-expected $30.2 million from 3,509 North American theaters. Internationally, the film has generated $14.8 million to date, taking its global tally to $45 million.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zyery
California’s aging levees are being pushed to the breaking point by climate whiplash
The pounding rains of New Year’s Eve had ceased, but the pastures, freeways and neighborhoods surrounding the tiny community of Wilton continued to disappear beneath a vast, growing ocean of muddy water that left only the roofs of sunken vehicles visible to rescue helicopters.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zyery
'Peak Grift': Donald Trump Jr. Gets Holy Hell For Bible Hawking Video
Donald Trump Jr. is selling Bibles on social media. The eldest son of Donald Trump was accused of “peak grift” over a video promoting a “We The People” Bible. The Trump scion said the book defended America’s “Judeo-Christian” values, which he claimed are under attack. It comes as key evangelical figures turn their backs on the former president, who has launched a third run for the White House amid a slew of criminal investigations into his conduct.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zyery
Rally driver Ken Block killed in snowmobile crash
American motorsport legend and YouTube star Ken Block has died in a snowmobile accident in Utah at the age of 55. A competitive rally driver in series such as Rally America and Global Rallycross, he earned wide renown later in life for his "Gymkhana" video series on YouTube. The 10-part series, in which he performed daring racing feats, earned him nearly two million subscribers.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zyery
NASA Releases New Images of Winter Frost on Mars
The surface of Mars gets somewhat warm during the summer, but on average, temperatures on the surface are around -81 degrees F. It’s too cold for human life, and in case you didn’t know, Mars has snow, frost, and even dry ice. NASA recently released a slew of images showing the “winter wonderland on Mars,” and the photos are wild. It’s not often that we get a look at winter on Mars, mainly because the red planet’s elliptical orbit takes a lot longer than Earth.
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