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š” Another AI porn scandal: This time, itās targeting teenage girls at a private school in Pennsylvania. One mom says her 14-year-old daughter cried hysterically when she found fake nude photos of herself circulating amongst her peers. The alleged perpetrators, two boys, saved her photos off social media, altered them with AI, and then shared them on Discord.
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š¾ This is causing quite a racket: The Australian Open is live on YouTube … sort of. Due to broadcast rights sold to media companies, live coverage is limited to animated avatars playing on a computer-generated court. Itās less Grand Slam and more Nintendo Wii. Donāt believe me? Check out this hilarious Week 1 recap. Unbelievable.
How many times a week you should snack on baby carrots. Researchers found frequency “significantly increased” skin carotenoids, which are associated with less inflammation and lower risk of heart disease. Crunch on!
They’ll weaponize this: A Chinese company has created a robotic dog that can sprint 100 meters in under 10 seconds. The design is inspired by Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens, who, in 1665, discovered pendulum clocks mounted on the same beam synchronized their swings through energy transfer. And get this ā the doggo has custom shoes modeled after a black panther for maximum grip and stability.
Increase for the Microsoft 365 family subscription, up to $130 a year. The personal (individual) subscription is getting bumped up to $100 annually. You can blame the snazzy new AI tools for the increase. Just because I care, here are seven free Word options to use instead.
How much Wall Street thinks U.S. homes are overvalued. Investors are waiting for a market correction, but theyāre also growing their portfolios by building their own properties or buying newly constructed units directly from builders (paywall link). And donāt trust Zillowās Zestimate; it’s been way off lately. Remember, the only valid home price is what someone is willing to pay.
Length of time automaker General Motors is banned from selling customer geolocation and driving behavior data. GM was caught collecting all kinds of driving habits (think hard braking, speed and driving at night) every three seconds and selling it to insurance companies and third-party brokers, all without consent. Shame on them.
š® Fix it for me: This is the start of something big. Nvidia’s Project G-Assist adjusts your game settings for you based on a conversation. Ask the AI questions like your current frame rate and how to improve it, and itāll adjust your GPU, aka graphics card, for better performance.
What would you do for $5 million? Contestants on Amazonās āBeast Gamesā are taking on giant beer pong, racing in potato sacks, and playing hide and seek with Navy SEALs. YouTuber MrBeast, aka Jimmy Donaldson, spent $15 million building āBeast Cityā in Toronto, where 493 folks are competing for the grand prize. After five episodes, it’s Amazonās second-most-popular streaming show ever, with 50 million viewers.
To fund a real-life āJurassic Parkā project. Biotech startup Colossal BioSciences wants to bring back extinct species, including the wooly mammoth, dodo and thylacine, aka the Tasmanian tiger. I saw the new dinosaur in āJurassic Parkā is a hybrid; I guess that makes it Prius-toric.
Elon Muskās unmanned Starship prototype went boom after launch, lighting up the Caribbean sky like a meteor shower. The debris diverted at least 20 commercial flights. Imagine being on a plane and seeing that. It wasnāt a total disaster, though. The 233-foot-tall booster made it back to the launchpad in one piece. Theyāre already planning to try again.
