Count Binface, Nigel Farage’s space-warrior foe
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Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash
Meta told Dylan Byers, of Puck News, that it had nixed the feature after backlash from its user base.
Meta turns off the Instagram feature that let users make AI deepfakes of public accounts
Following significant backlash, Meta is turning off the feature it announced this week that let users generate AI images based on content from public Instagram accounts just by tagging them. The feature, as originally set up, meant that content from…
Microsoft Reports a Massive 25 Percent Jump in Emissions
Data centers are driving up the company’s use of electricity—and carbon pollution.
Quantum error correction can constantly recalibrate a processor
There are some obvious big picture issues that stand between us and useful quantum computing. Issues like whether we can make enough high-quality hardware qubits to connect into the error-corrected logical qubits we need, and how we generate the states…
Increased drone surveillance of illegal July 4th fireworks led to $100K fine
More cities and towns deployed drones to spot illegal fireworks during the Fourth of July celebrations commemorating America’s 250th anniversary—leading to a $100,000 fine in one instance and coming as part of a broader national trend of first responders turning…
The FCC is cracking down on DJI tech that dodged the foreign drone ban
The Xtra Muse and the DJI Osmo Pocket 3. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Last year, we told you about Xtra, the company that lets DJI sneak its popular cameras into the US, and Skyrover, a brand…
Einstein’s relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research shows
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Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’
Schneider, who formerly served as the CEO of Automattic and is a partner at True Ventures, says he is “all in” on the unconventional social media platform.
China recovered its first reusable rocket and showed a new way to do it
China’s sprawling state-owned rocket developer, maker of the country’s Long March rocket family, announced it recovered a reusable orbital-class booster for the first time Friday in the South China Sea. The milestone mission began with the liftoff of a Long…