Chinese Film Foundation Plans to Use AI to ‘Revitalize’ 100 Classic Kung Fu Films
Summary The China Film Foundation is gearing up to use AI technology to ‘revitalize’ a hundred classic kung fu films, such as Police Story and Once Upon a Time in…
Recent College Graduates Face Higher Unemployment Than Other Workers – for the First Time in Decades
Recent college graduates in America are facing an unprecedented challenge as their unemployment rate has risen above that of other workers for the first time in decades. While the national…
EU Holds Back on Signing Climate Action Pledge With China
EU Holds Back on Signing Climate Action Pledge With China The European Union is holding back on signing a joint climate action pledge with China during an upcoming summit to…
America Has Two Labor Markets Now
Summary In the current American job market, there appears to be a stark division between employed and unemployed individuals. Those who are employed tend to remain secure in their positions,…
Poland’s Clean Energy Usage Overtakes Coal For First Time
Poland has made a significant move towards renewable energy by generating more electricity from clean sources than from coal for the first time in June. This achievement underscores the Polish…
Springer Nature Book on Machine Learning is Full of Made-Up Citations
Summary Springer Nature has come under fire for a recent machine learning textbook that allegedly contains a significant amount of fabricated citations. A review by Retraction Watch found that out…
The FSF Faces Active ‘Ongoing and Increasing’ DDoS Attacks
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is currently facing ongoing and escalating DDoS attacks, which began back in August 2024. Despite these assaults, FSF’s key sites like gnu.org remain operational thanks…
Interstellar Navigation Demonstrated for the First Time With NASA’s ‘New Horizons’
Interstellar Navigation Demonstrated for the First Time With NASA’s ‘New Horizons’ Navigating beyond our solar system is no longer just a pipe dream! NASA’s New Horizons has successfully demonstrated interstellar…
Cyberattack deals blow to Russian firmware used to repurpose civilian drones for Ukraine war
Summary A recent cyberattack has impacted the Russian developers responsible for a custom firmware that modifies civilian drones for military use in Ukraine. Unidentified hackers breached the infrastructure distributing the…
Google DeepMind’s Spinoff Company ‘Very Close’ to Human Trials for Its AI-Designed Drugs
Google DeepMind’s Isomorphic Labs is nearing human trials for AI-designed pharmaceuticals. This follows years of development, leveraging AI breakthroughs like AlphaFold, which predicts protein structures. They aim to revolutionise drug…