Popular AI platform introduces rewards system to encourage deepfakes of real peopleThe “bounties” feature has mostly been used to recreate women (big surprise.) By L. Bonk, 11.13.2023
NASA can’t talk to its Mars robots for two weeks because the sun is in the wayThe space agency is waiting out a phenomenon known as a solar conjunction, in which Earth and Mars are on opposite sides of the sun.By C. MacDonald, 11.12.2023
SpaceX workers face above-average injury rates as Musk prioritizes Mars over safety, report findsA Reuters investigation found hundreds of previously unreported injuries.By C. MacDonald, 11.11.2023
Netflix's new 3 Body Problem trailer reveals a delay to March 2024(And a seemingly lighter tone than the source material.)By A. Souppouris, 11.10.2023
Qualcomm's satellite texting plan is dead because phone makers aren't interestedIts Snapdragon Satellite partner, Iridium, is now free to work with OEMs and other chipmakers directly.By K. Holt, 11.10.2023
A neural network can map large icebergs 10,000 times faster than humansThe AI could help scientists better track how much meltwater is going into oceans.By K. Holt, 11.09.2023
These sonar-equipped glasses could pave the way for better VR body trackingThe Cornell team behind the technique says sonar is more privacy-conscious and efficient than cameras. By C. MacDonald, 11.09.2023
ESA releases stunning first images from Euclid, its ‘dark universe detective’Euclid is on a mission to observe one-third of the sky, so it can create the most detailed 3D map of the universe ever. By C. MacDonald, 11.08.2023
Google's AI-powered search feature goes global with a 120-country expansionThe SGE update includes additional language support for Spanish, Portuguese, Korean and Indonesian.By A. Tarantola, 11.08.2023
NVIDIA's Eos supercomputer just broke its own AI training benchmark recordThe system can train a 175 billion parameter GPT-3 model in under four minutes. It needs just 7.2 seconds for BERT.By A. Tarantola, 11.08.2023
Things are going from bad to worse for Cruise's robotaxisThe company reportedly kept operating its robotaxis despite issues recognizing children. By S. Dent, 11.07.2023
How the meandering legal definition of 'fair use' cost us Napster but gave us SpotifyFrom DMCA takedowns to Content ID filters, labels continue to crack down on online music sharing.By A. Tarantola, 11.05.2023
NASA discovered that an asteroid named Dinky actually has its own moon‘It was not expected, and it’s really cool.’By L. Bonk, 11.03.2023
Elon Musk’s new AI company, xAI, soft launches this weekendMusk AI, as it were, rolls out to select users starting tomorrow. By L. Bonk, 11.03.2023
A commercial spaceplane capable of orbital flight is ready for NASA testingThe agency is set to put Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser through its paces ahead of a planned 2024 launch. By K. Holt, 11.02.2023
HTC is sending VR headsets to the ISS to help cheer up lonely astronautsIt’s part of an ongoing effort to improve mental health during lengthy space missions. By L. Bonk, 11.02.2023
Scarlett Johannson takes legal action against AI app that cloned her likeness"We do not take these things lightly," said the actor's lawyer. By S. Dent, 11.02.2023
The UK is spending $273 million to build its fastest ever AI supercomputerCalled Isambard-AI, it’ll be capable of making 200 quadrillion calculations per second.By C. MacDonald, 11.01.2023
Subaru EVs will support Tesla's NACS chargers starting in 2025The company joins Hyundai, Honda, Toyota, Lexus and others. By L. Bonk, 11.01.2023
NYU is developing 3D streaming video tech with the help of its dance departmentThe $1.2 million project could lead to more advanced VR and mixed reality streaming.By W. Shanklin, 10.30.2023