Author: Vidya Saras

DFZ Labs, the parent company of the Deadfellaz NFT collection, has teased that a “smol” new addition is on its way for their ecosystem.Psych, Director of DFZ Labs, took to the DFZ Labs Discord to share that “something smol is brewing”, alongside a tweet that included a .gif of a full-body Deadfellaz character with changing hairstyles. This follows an image shared on May 17, depicting a similar character with multiple expressions and poses.Though full details on the nature of this project have yet to be shared, this would mark another addition to the Deadfellaz ecosystem – which has recently seen…

Anthropic has scored a major victory in an ongoing legal battle over artificial intelligence models and copyright, one that may reverberate across the dozens of other AI copyright lawsuits winding through the legal system in the United States. A court has determined that it was legal for Anthropic to train its AI tools on copyrighted works, arguing that the behavior is shielded by the “fair use” doctrine, which allows for unauthorized use of copyrighted materials under certain conditions.“The training use was a fair use,” senior district judge William Alsup wrote in a summary judgment order released late Monday evening. In…

Pixar(Credit: Pixar)Pixar’s Elio has had the worst-ever box office opening for a film from the animation studio. It’s part of a wave of original family cartoons failing at the box office.In big-time animation studio Pixar’s new cartoon, Elio, a boy is beamed up from Earth and into outer space, but the film itself hasn’t taken off. The film made just $21m (£15m) at the US box office over its opening weekend, and $14m (£10m) globally, which counts as the worst ever opening of a Pixar film. DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon sold almost twice as many tickets, despite having…

In the streets, in our legislatures, and in the courts, political leaders are calling for law and order, ignoring the fact that it is their officers wreaking havoc.

A large language model (LLM) deployed to make treatment recommendations can be tripped up by nonclinical information in patient messages, like typos, extra white space, missing gender markers, or the use of uncertain, dramatic, and informal language, according to a study by MIT researchers.They found that making stylistic or grammatical changes to messages increases the likelihood an LLM will recommend that a patient self-manage their reported health condition rather than come in for an appointment, even when that patient should seek medical care.Their analysis also revealed that these nonclinical variations in text, which mimic how people really communicate, are more…

Consumer messaging apps such as WhatsApp often lack administrative controls organizations need for compliance and data retention, failing to provide centralized management capabilities or detailed audit trails required in regulated industries. Even more concerning is the metadata exposure issue: Although WhatsApp encrypts message content, communication patterns and usage statistics may still be collected, potentially revealing sensitive business intelligence. Additionally, WhatsApp backups stored in cloud services are not encrypted by default, leaving chat histories potentially exposed unless users manually enable encrypted backups, a step many users overlook. Enterprise messaging strategy For enterprise IT leaders, the House’s WhatsApp decision offers several strategic…

Jessica Chaikof was born with Usher 1F syndrome, which results in congenital deafness and eventual blindness. Craig LeMoult/for NPR hide caption toggle caption Craig LeMoult/for NPR Jessica Chaikof and her older sister, Rachel, were both born deaf. At the time, the family didn’t know exactly why. The girls began using cochlear implants and carried on. “And so we pretty much lived our lives normally,” Chaikof says. But in 2006, when Chaikof was 11 years old, her older sister started having vision problems and was diagnosed with Usher syndrome Type 1F. It’s a rare genetic disorder that causes deafness at birth,…

Hi, I’m Xor. As a graphics programmer, my job is essentially to make pixels prettier using math formulas. I work on video effects like lighting, reflections, post-processing, and more for games and animated backgrounds in software. For fun, I like to unwind by writing compact little shader programs that fit in a “tweet” (280 characters or less). You may have seen some of these posted on X/Twitter. The process of shrinking code while maintaining its functionality is called “code golfing.” Here’s an animated galaxy I wrote in just 197 characters of GLSL code: This little piece of code runs in…

Good news aurora chasers! We might be in for a treat on the night of June 25, as a stream of solar wind from a coronal hole on the sun is forecast to spark G1 to G2 (Minor to Moderate) geomagnetic storms, potentially triggering aurora visible across 14 U.S. States.According to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), the Kp index — a measure of geomagnetic activity — is forecast to peak at 5.67, qualifying as a moderate G2 storm. (Kp is a measurement of geomagnetic activity, with an index that ranges from 0 to 9; higher Kp indicates stronger auroral…

Scotland international Sarah Bonar has signed a contract extension with Harlequins.The 31-year-old second row has 47 international caps and has scored five tries for her country.Bonar, who is an RAF flying officer, joined Harlequins in 2021 and has played 41 times for the club.Harlequins did not state the length of the contract.”From day one I have felt at home and a real sense of belonging in the quarters,” she told the Harlequins website, external. “It’s an honour to continue representing this club and I can’t wait to continue building and playing a part in the future with this team.”Bonar’s Scotland…