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The rise of generative AI for video. A new website, QuickVid, combines multiple generative AI systems into one tool to automatically create short-form YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat videos. In just one word, QuickVid selects a background video from its…

Orrich Lawson | Getty Images In 2022, weary of two years of a deadly pandemic, moviegoers have begun to timidly step into the theatrical movie experience. And while the picks may have been a little slimmer than they were in…

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Orrich Lawson | Getty Images As Elon Musk’s Category 5 tweets continue, the once-obscure social network Mastodon is gaining over 1,000 new refugees every hour, reaching nearly 8 million users. Joining as a user is very easy. There are enough…

Fidelity, one of a group of outside investors that helped finance Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, has reduced the value of Twitter’s shares by 56%. The recalculation comes as Twitter goes through many challenges. Most of it is…

Expanding / Scientists have disproved the myth that the Saturn V rocket tested on the Apollo 4 mission in 1967 was loud enough to melt concrete. NASA/Getty Images We rarely have time to write about all the cool science stories…

The first open-source equivalent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT is out, but run it on your laptop. This week, Philip Wang, the developer responsible for reverse-engineering closed-source AI systems, including Meta’s Make-A-Video, released PaLM + RLHF, a text generation model that behaves…

Orrich Lawson | Getty Images Warning: I’ve tried my best to avoid spoilers too big, but please note that this list contains some specific references to some of the shows listed. Streaming has picked up steam again this year, making…

Arrest, seizure, exposure and detention. These are just a few of the ways police and prosecutors around the world have cracked down on the biggest cybercriminal activity of the year. Even if that means resorting to novel and unconventional methods.…

James Kirkland began his career as a geriatrician in 1982, treating geriatric patients. But he was frustrated with what he could offer them. “I was tired of having to prescribe wheelchairs, walkers, and incontinence devices,” recalls Kirkland, now at the…