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Stable Doodle Turns Your Dumbest Scribbles Into Off-Putting AI Art
Gizmodo - 13 Jul 2023 18:25
From the makers of Stable Diffusion, Stable Doodle is the company's latest free text-to-image and image-to-image combo. It takes your poor attempts at mouse-drawn images and converts them into a more cohesive AI illustra...
Twitter says it limited the reach of over 700,000 tweets that violated its policy
Engadget - 13 Jul 2023 08:35States From California to Florida Are Facing Down Another Dangerously Hot Day
Gizmodo - 13 Jul 2023 17:13
Communities from the golden state to the sunshine state are going to feel the burn today, as a heat wave is currently sweeping throughout the lower half of the United States.
If Your Cat Is Less Spry Than It Used to Be, Scientists Want to Hear From You
Gizmodo - 13 Jul 2023 21:03
Is your precious cat unable to move as gracefully as it once did? Then scientists in California might want to hear from you. They're looking to interview owners of cats with chronic mobility problems or arthritis in hope...
NASA Stashes Twin Probes After Canceling $50 Million Asteroid Mission
Gizmodo - 13 Jul 2023 22:55
NASA is going to store a pair of spacecraft at a facility, awaiting a second chance to go to space should the agency find a new purpose for them.
What We Do in the Shadows' Cast Favorite Moments on Set | io9 Interview
Gizmodo - 13 Jul 2023 22:50
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Twitter finally begins paying some of its creators
Engadget - 13 Jul 2023 22:48
Twitter's ad-revenue sharing program for creators has officially launched -- and it's reportedly already begun paying eligible Blue subscribers. Elon Musk announced the initiative in February, but with scant details abou...
PlayStation's Slick New Accessibility Controller Will Be Available by Christmas
Gizmodo - 13 Jul 2023 22:22
Sony's gaming arm has long been fascinated by shapes. The fact that everybody else labeled their buttons with "A" or "B" meant nothing to the legacy tech brand, as the first PlayStation controller included "X" or "O" but...
CORSAIR XENEON 32UHD144-A IPS gaming monitor has a super-fast 144 Hz refresh rate
The Gadget Flow - 13 Jul 2023 22:00
Make your games look great when you play them on the CORSAIR XENEON 32UHD144-A IPS gaming monitor. - Slim build: It might be thin, but it delivers 3840 x 2160 resolution. The thin bezel ensures you don’t deal with..
Watch Live as India Attempts Latest Lunar Lander Launch
Gizmodo - 13 Jul 2023 21:50
India's third mission to the Moon is all set for liftoff, carrying the country's hopes of safely landing on the lunar surface nearly four years after a failed first attempt.
The First Clip From Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Is So Good
Gizmodo - 13 Jul 2023 21:50
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are no strangers to the big screen--but until now, they've never been up there talking about Guy Fieri, Drake, and Beyoncé.
Microsoft's next big update to its Office apps: a new font
Engadget - 13 Jul 2023 21:38Google lays off contractors who unionized last month
Engadget - 13 Jul 2023 21:30
Around 80 Google Help subcontractors who recently voted to unionize with the Alphabet Workers Union-Communications Workers of America (AWU-CWA) found out last week that they will be laid off. The group began a hearing th...
X-Ray Imaging Reveals Hidden 'First Drafts' in Ancient Egyptian Paintings
Gizmodo - 13 Jul 2023 20:50
A team of researchers recently studied paintings in the Theban Necropolis near the Nile River using X-ray fluorescence imaging and discovered never-before-seen details of the painting process.
AP and OpenAI enter into two-year partnership to help train algorithmic models
Engadget - 13 Jul 2023 20:30
The Associated Press (AP) and ChatGPT parent company OpenAI have reached a news-sharing agreement, but not for the reasons you may think. It doesn't involve AI chatbots quickly churning out content, but rather a way for ...
'EA Sports FC 24' will hit consoles and PC on September 29th
Engadget - 13 Jul 2023 20:24The Honor Magic V2 is the thinnest foldable smartphone ever
Ars Technica - 13 Jul 2023 20:20
Honor promises a foldable "as slim and lightweight as a typical flagship smartphone."
New Lawsuit Claims Texas TikTok Ban Violates First Amendment
Gizmodo - 13 Jul 2023 20:06
After Republican Governor Greg Abott announced a sweeping ban of TikTok on state devices this past winter, a group representing university professors is challenging him with a new lawsuit. The complaint, filed Thursday, ...
On Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Love Is the Hardest Thing
Gizmodo - 13 Jul 2023 20:00
"Who is Spock?" is a question Star Trek has been fascinated with from the very beginning, and for good reason. The paradox of the half-Vulcan, half-Human science officer lets us examine the meaning of what we see as the ...
Twitter is trying to fix the verified DM spam problem it created
Engadget - 13 Jul 2023 19:52
Twitter has gotten worse in a number of ways since Elon Musk introduced paid verification. But one of the most consistently annoying has been the sharp uptick in DM spam. Now, Twitter says it's making a change to cut dow...
People Are Back to Puking on Cruise Ships as Norovirus Outbreaks Reach 10-Year High
Gizmodo - 13 Jul 2023 19:42
America is back and puking on cruise ships again! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of cruise ship outbreaks reported this year is already higher than it has been in about a decade. ...
Doctor Who Livestreamed Surgeries on TikTok Has License Yanked, Thank God
Gizmodo - 13 Jul 2023 19:35
An Ohio plastic surgeon was banned from practicing medicine after live-streaming procedures on her TikTok account. Katharine Grawe spoke into a camera and answered viewers' questions on her social media account while con...