October 21, 2022 11 Monkeypox Conspiracy Theories Got 1.4 Million Views on TikTok in One Day, Study Finds If you ever wondered how long it takes for conspiracy theories to start gaining steam on social media, a study published this week may…
October 21, 2022 AI tool colorizes black-and-white photos automatically Enlarge / Palette.fm does AI photo colorization using text prompts for refinement. (credit: Benj Edwards / Ars Technica) A Swedish machine learning researcher named…
October 21, 2022 Dear Diary, It’s Me, Claudia. I Have So Much to Tell You. The fourth episode of Interview With the Vampire belongs to Bailey Bass. Her Claudia is unlike anything we’ve seen. She’s not the five-year-old of…
October 21, 2022 How Breaking the Rules of Math Will Give Us an Edge Over AI It is our human nature to tinker with rules, as anyone who has argued over dubious interpretations of the game Monopoly will attest. Rule-breaking…
October 21, 2022 A Fiery Look Inside George R.R. Martin’s New Targaryen History Book The Rise of the Dragon: An Illustrated History of the Targaryen Dynasty, Volume One is described as a “lavish visual history,” and indeed this…
October 21, 2022 Public cloud investment has plummeted in 2022 US and European public cloud firms have lost $1.6 trillion from their overall market capitalization over the last 12 months, a new report has…
October 21, 2022 Apple’s Hottest New Accessory Is a $330 Physical Lock One of the newest gadgets hitting Apple Store shelves this week arguably isn’t even a gadget at all, it’s a lock. Read more…
October 21, 2022 A ‘Made in Europe’ Solution Could Salvage the Beleaguered ExoMars Rover Mission The ExoMars rover may get a second chance to go to Mars. The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to swap out a Russian-built entry…
October 21, 2022 The U.S. Is in for Another Super-Dry Winter Don’t expect much relief from the ongoing drought out West this coming winter. Read more…
October 21, 2022 Vermont Town’s Top Water Guy Resigns After Spouting Fluoride Conspiracy Theories A small-town water manager had some pretty out-there ideas about fluoride in the water, so much so that he lowered levels of the chemical…