Update to Google’s AI weather model improves forecast accuracy
Google is one of the major players in AI (meaning machine learning) weather forecast model space. The models it and others generate have their strengths and weaknesses, but the main…
“This is the AI men actually use”: Meta ads pushed apps nudifying real teens
Meta took days to remove ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on Facebook and Instagram. Some ads featured photos of real kids, including a press photo of a…
Godzilla Minus Zero IMAX trailer teases King Ghidorah
One of the cinematic highlights of 2023 was director Takashi Yamazaki’s gloriously grounded kaiju epic, Godzilla Minus One, which became a major international hit and snagged an Oscar for best…
Top chipmakers embrace ASML’s $400M machines, agree to crucial chipmaking change
Leading chipmakers Samsung Electronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. announced plans to adopt ASML’s latest chipmaking machines in the next several years—and they also joined Intel in agreeing to a…
Supreme Court forces TV stations to sell more election ads at steep discounts
In a victory for Republican campaign committees, the Supreme Court issued an order on Friday that forces broadcast TV stations to cut the prices of election ads purchased by political…
Cool Cool Cool: Hegseth’s DoD Is Running A Secret Network Of Online Influencers
It would be nice to go a day or two (or three-day weekend!) without being apprised of some new awfulness from this administration. Since that’s not going to happen, let’s…
The combat demo for Free Stars: Children of Infinity is out, and it’s free
After five years in development, Free Stars: Children of Infinity—the official sequel to The Ur-Quan Masters by the old game’s original creators—has released a free public demo. It’s a “combat…
The secret to protecting next-gen spacecraft might be eggshells
In 2007, a piece of space debris punched a bullet-like hole through the radiator panel of the US space shuttle Endeavor. The shuttle program ended in 2011, but the space…
The White House made a “Tetris” clone. The Tetris Company was not amused.
An anti-immigration-themed adaptation of Tetris was removed from the White House website over the weekend. The move comes days after The Tetris Company disavowed any involvement with the game and…
Google complies with EU rules for travel searches, says the new results stink
As the world’s largest search engine, Google is often a target of Europe’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), which seeks to rein in Big Tech. The European Commission hit Google with…