Credit: By Inside The Magic The internet seems to be in a frenzy after news of Disney’s upcoming live-action film, Snow White (2024), making some pretty cool casting choices. Credit: Remezcla Check it out again: Disney immediately shuts down ‘Star Wars’, ‘Marvel’ content moves forward Latina actress as ‘Snow White’ in Disney’s upcoming reimagining Rachel … Read more
Over the past decade, teams of engineers, chemists and biologists have analyzed the physical and chemical properties of cicada wings, hoping to unlock the secret to their ability to kill microbes on contact. If this function of nature can be replicated by science, it could lead to products with inherently antibacterial surfaces that are more … Read more
By Shiona McCallum Technology journalist July 14, 2023 Image caption, Salma Hayek discovers she sold the rights to her likeness to the AI in a recent episode of Black Mirror Hollywood actors strike for the first time in 43 years, shutting down the American film and television business, in part over fears over the impact … Read more
By Bernd Debusmann Jr in Washington and Samantha Granville in Los Angeles BBC news July 13, 2023 Updated 34 minutes ago image source, 20th century studios Image caption, A new tribe, the Metkayina Clan, was introduced in last year’s Avatar: The Way of Water Major films in production, including the sequels to Avatar and Gladiator, … Read more
Photo credit: Shutterstock | Published July 14, 2023 This week, Alibaba Group’s cloud computing subsidiary is partnering with the China Institute of Geophysics to give China’s earthquake research a digital makeover. In other news, Cainiao Group this week signed a cooperation agreement with consumer goods company Procter & Gamble (P&G) to make supply chains greener. … Read more
Aurora supercomputer Argonne National Laboratory announced that researchers are developing exascale software tools to enable the design of new chemicals and chemical processes for clean energy production. Argonne is building one of the nation’s first exascale systems, Aurora. To prepare the codes for the architecture and scale of the new supercomputer, 15 research groups are … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) ChatGPT maker OpenAI and The Associated Press said Thursday they have struck a deal with the AI company to license AP’s news archive. The deal sees OpenAI license part of AP’s text archive, while AP will leverage OpenAI’s technology and product expertise, the two organizations said in a joint statement. The price … Read more
Summary: A new report suggests that AI-enhanced companion robots could ease the growing epidemic of loneliness. The study outlines the need for ethical considerations and guidelines regarding their use and also proposes a new way to measure the impact of a companion robot. The researchers suggest that these robots could be an immediate solution for … Read more
For Harvard students today, technology is virtually inevitable. Students select courses, submit assignments, and even attend classes through various online platforms. The Harvard School of Public Health and the Harvard Graduate School of Design have gone so far as to explicitly require students to have computers. But that wasn’t always the case. In a 2017 … Read more
May 12, 2023 Image caption, A supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan throws tear gas during clashes with security forces in Karachi The battle between Imran Khan’s supporters and Pakistan’s mighty military has raged this week on two fronts: in the streets and on social media. And on a battlefield, the former prime minister … Read more
