Month: December 2023
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is the quintessential DCEU movie
Warner Bros.’ plan to rehabilitate Aquaman’s image by transforming him into Jason Momoa was one of the more curious things about the DC Extended Universe back when the franchise was first coming together. The idea of a bulky, boozy prodigal son of Atlantis seemed a little silly at the time,…
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4 reasons why this AI Godfather thinks we shouldn’t be afraid
Don’t you hate it when the godfathers disagree? On one side, we have former Google scientist Dr. Geoffrey Hinton warning that we’re going too fast and AIs could ruin everything from jobs to truth. On the other side, we find Meta’s Yann LeCun. Both scientists once worked together on Deep…
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The future of clean hydrogen in the US could hinge on a new tax credit
The Biden administration proposed new tax guidelines today aimed at making it cheaper to produce hydrogen as a less-polluting alternative to fossil fuels. The tax credit comes with strict stipulations around using newly constructed sources of clean energy to produce hydrogen, as opposed to more polluting sources. The guidelines elicited strong reactions…
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Microsoft just paid $76 million for a Wisconsin pumpkin farm
A Wisconsin family has agreed to sell 407 acres of their land, which includes a local pumpkin farm attraction, to Microsoft — for a total of $76 million, reported the Milwaukee Business Journal. The local government initially offered the Creuziger family in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin about a third of that…
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Forget cloud services, this blisteringly fast NAS device keeps all your files to hand, and supports up to 164TB of storage – enough for over 33 million standard resolution photos
IceWhale Technology, the creator of the ZimaBoard, has just successfully concluded its latest Kickstarter campaign for new personal cloud storage device. Available in standard and Pro versions, the ZimaCube is a compact, private, and secure alternative to traditional cloud storage options, offering users complete control over their data. Unlike traditional…
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This growing malware threat actor is set to unleash a surge of attacks, experts warn
We’re about to witness a significant surge in the deployment of DarkGate and NetSupport, security experts are warning. Researchers from Proofpoint claim to have observed a brand new threat actor, dubbed “BattleRoyal”. This threat actor mounted at least 20 email campaigns in the months between September and November this year,…
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