Author: Hunter
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Teeing off at the wildly high-tech future of golf
When youâre starting a new sports league, or really a new anything, youâre always praying for your first viral moment. For TGL, a new golf league hoping to reinvent the game for a new era and a new audience, that moment came before the first season ever started. In 2024, Tiger Woods, the golf worldâs… Read more
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This bullet hell shooter mixes retro and modern in all the right ways
A screenshot from Star of Providence. Star of Providence is like a retro game I would have loved as a kid. But the roguelike bullet hell shooter is also a modern twin-stick shooter, and the melding of the two eras results in a fun, fast, and challenging experience. In Star, you control a ship and… Read more
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A Tanker Collision Threatens One of the UK’s Most Important Coastlines
An explosive crash between an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the North Sea could have huge consequences for ecologically and commercially crucial marine areas. Read more
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End-to-End Encrypted Texts Between Android and iPhone Are Coming
Plus: A nominee to lead CISA emerges, Elon Musk visits the NSA, a renowned crypto cracking firm’s secret (and problematic) cofounder is revealed, and more. Read more
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Wildfires Are One of Hurricane Helene’s Lasting Legacies
A number of fires broke out in the Southeastern US last week. Hurricane-downed trees may have helped fuel the flames, experts say. Read more
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Designer Ray-Ban Metas, An EV to Mock Tesla, and Portable Pizzas—Here’s Your Gear News of the Week
Plus: iRobot unveils its new robo vacs, JBL pimps its most beloved speakers, a bright future for TCL TVs, and more. Read more
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Google is in trouble… but this could change everything – and no, it’s not AI
Everyone thinks Google’s future is tied to AI, but they’re missing the bigger picture entirely. Here’s what’s really going on. Read more
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An AI Coding Assistant Refused to Write Code—and Suggested the User Learn to Do It Himself
The old “teach a man to fish” proverb, but for AI chatbots. Read more
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HPC-AI Tech Releases Open-Sora 2.0: An Open-Source SOTA-Level Video Generation Model Trained for Just $200K
AI-generated videos from text descriptions or images hold immense potential for content creation, media production, and entertainment. Recent advancements in deep learning, particularly in transformer-based architectures and diffusion models, have propelled this progress. However, training these models remains resource-intensive, requiring large datasets, extensive computing power, and significant financial investment. These challenges limit access to cutting-edge… Read more
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Patronus AI Introduces the Industry’s First Multimodal LLM-as-a-Judge (MLLM-as-a-Judge): Designed to Evaluate and Optimize AI Systems that Convert Image Inputs into Text Outputs
In recent years, the integration of image generation technologies into various platforms has opened new avenues for enhancing user experiences. However, as these multimodal AI systems—capable of processing and generating multiple data forms like text and images—expand, challenges such as “caption hallucination” have emerged. This phenomenon occurs when AI-generated descriptions of images contain inaccuracies or… Read more