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Huge new AI mural on pub in Banksy’s home city is torn down after backlash over multiple mistakes
An AI-generated mural that appeared on the Jolly Colliers pub in Bristol was torn down following widespread backlash from locals and the art community. The mural, which depicted various Bristol landmarks, contained multiple significant errors, including an inaccurately rendered SS Great Britain, an incorrect traffic system on Clifton Suspension Bridge, a non-existent viaduct, and a…
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BLACKPINK’s LISA Designed Meta Glasses With Charms Inspired by Her Pets & Exclusive Digital Treats
BLACKPINK’s LISA has collaborated with Meta to design limited-edition Meta Glasses, blending fashion with wearable technology. Developed over more than a year, the collection features two styles: the Meta Adventurer LISA Edition with Moonlit Sky frames and blush lenses, and the Meta Capri LISA Edition with an Eclipse cat-eye frame and grey lenses. Both designs…
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CNN and MS NOW say access denied for Xi state dinner
CNN and MS NOW said they were denied editorial access to cover the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, at a White House state dinner. The dispute followed a federal judge’s order restoring the outlets’ White House press credentials after a five-day ban, and centred on CNN being offered access…
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Ai Weiwei unveils his epic new Australian work: ‘90% of art is just garbage. Real art questions the existing order’
Ai Weiwei has unveiled Mushrooms, a 40-metre public artwork outside Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, comprising 500 cast-iron combat helmets arranged on an elevated platform. The installation links the mushroom-like shape of the helmets with decay, death and life’s fragility, while urging viewers to confront the continuing reality of war and the importance of peace.…
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Qualcomm chip aims to make standalone Wi-Fi earbuds viable
Qualcomm has introduced the Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2, a chip designed to make Wi-Fi earbuds and audio glasses more practical. Its integrated low-power Wi-Fi 6E could allow devices to connect directly to home networks and stream high-quality lossless audio without relying on a nearby phone, potentially reviving a technology that previously struggled to gain…
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Open-source AI campaign breached at least 27 companies, report finds
A Chinese-speaking criminal used three open-source AI tools to conduct at least 105 attacks against companies, compromising at least 27, including a Fortune 500 hospitality firm and a major US airline. The largely autonomous campaign stole more than 600,000 payment-card records, installed card-skimming software and sometimes risked operational disruption through data deletion. The tools divided…
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Waymo reaches 500,000 weekly rides as fleet remains concentrated
Waymo has demonstrated impressive expansion of its robotaxi service, expanding from just three cities in September 2024 to fifteen US cities today, with weekly ridership now averaging 500,000 paid rides. Whilst the geographic reach and ridership figures appear expansive, a closer examination of fleet distribution reveals that the company is concentrating roughly 80 per cent…
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Experimental RPG developer Summer Eternal: ‘We’re giving away 5% of our studio to you, the Players’ in order to ‘mend the trust broken in this industry a thousand times over’
Summer Eternal, an experimental RPG studio founded by former Disco Elysium developers, is giving players a 5% ownership stake through a new non-profit organisation. The initiative aims to rebuild trust between game developers and audiences by giving supporters a formal role in the studio’s governance. People who pre-order the Summer Eternal Anthology can join the…
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Jena Malone, Dermot Mulroney, Mekhi Phifer & Vannessa Vasquez Set A Mission As ‘Moon People’
Jena Malone, Dermot Mulroney, Mekhi Phifer and Vannessa Vasquez will star as astronauts in the independent science-fiction film *Moon People*, directed by Stanley Yung. The film follows a lunar mission to verify the discovery of water, but the crew encounters danger and must fight to survive. Written by Niko Foster, the film was shot in…
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Cosseted AI billionaire admits he doesn’t know his own ADDRESS or phone number
Jensen Huang, founder of Nvidia, disclosed during an interview with New York Times journalist Ezra Klein that he does not know his own address or telephone number. This admission emerged whilst discussing whether artificial intelligence is causing people to forget basic skills like long division and multiplication tables. Huang argued that the loss of these…