South Korean president survives impeachment vote from the BBC
Lawmakers narrowly failed to pass a bill to censure Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law on Tuesday.Read More
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Where is Bashar? Rumours swirl in Syria despite official denials from the BBC
Rumours surround the whereabouts of the Syrian president, as rebels make advances near the capital’s suburbs.Read More
Google’s AI weather prediction model is pretty darn good from the Verge Justine Calma
People shelter under umbrellas from the wind and rain as they cross a road near Shinjuku train station on October 12, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan ahead of Typhoon Hagibis’ expected landfal later in the evening. | Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images GenCast, a new AI model from Google DeepMind, is accurate enough to compete with…
The end of the ISS will usher in a more commercialized future in space from the Verge Georgina Torbet
Image: NASA Can privately owned space stations replace the ISS? And what becomes of the research? Read the full story at The Verge. Read More
How to stop the AI you’re using from training with your data from the Verge David Nield
Image: The Verge There’s plenty to consider when it comes to deciding whether you want to engage with the many generative AI bots now available inside our apps. These include the ethics of copyright use, soaring energy demands, and the diminishing of human creativity, to begin with. Something else to bear in mind when engaging…
Fortnite’s new mode is an FPS that’s a lot like Counter-Strike from the Verge Jay Peters
Image: Epic Games Epic Games is about to let Fortnite creators publish experiences with first-person modes, and to help show what’s possible, Epic itself is introducing a tactical FPS shooter that seems like it will play a lot like Counter-Strike or Valorant. The new mode, called “Ballistic,” is “an adrenaline-filled, round-based 5v5 competitive game mode…
Google sues to stop the US from monitoring it like a bank from the Verge Wes Davis
Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on Friday it had placed Google Payment Corp. under federal supervision, reports Reuters. Google reportedly filed a lawsuit to block the CFPB’s order, which could result in routine inspections and monitoring like those imposed on banks. The agency found that Google’s error…
Severance’s season 2 trailer teases answers and raises strange new questions from the Verge Andrew Webster
Image: Apple We already knew that the tensions and scares were going to ramp up in season 2 of Severance, and the latest trailer provides a deeper glimpse into what to expect — along with teasing answers to some important (and weird) questions. The show follows a megacorporation called Lumon Industries, which utilizes a new…
X helps update Kids Online Safety Act in final push for passage in the Republican-led House from the Verge Lauren Feiner
Photo illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Jerod Harris, Chesnot, Getty Images With just weeks left to pass legislation before Congress adjourns, X CEO Linda Yaccarino announced she worked with the authors of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) to update the bill in what seems like a play to win…
X gives Grok a new photorealistic AI image generator from the Verge Wes Davis
Image: The Verge X has given Grok a new AI image generator model called “Aurora” that seems to create far more photorealistic imagery than Grok’s other image generator, with similarly few apparent restrictions on what it will produce, TechCrunch reports. Like Grok, anyone can use Aurora. It lives in a new “Grok 2 + Aurora…