The rise of filmmaking duo Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou (aka RackaRacka) has been truly remarkable. Australian brothers who began exploring their love for stunts, spectacle, and storytelling through videos on Facebook, then Youtube, they made a marvelous feature film debut in 2023 with the terrifically terrifying Talk to Me. The haunted hand thriller not … Read more
Grammarly has secured a $1 billion commitment from General Catalyst. The 14-year-old writing assistant startup will use the new funds for its sales and marketing efforts, freeing up existing capital to make strategic acquisitions. Unlike a traditional venture round, General Catalyst will not receive an equity stake in the company in return for the investment. … Read more
What you need to know Android TV includes a basic framework for sleep timers, but it’s hardly a handy experience at the moment. Updates to the Google TV Home app signal that Google will expand sleep timer functionality with new features. Sleep timers may come to the main Google TV operating system with the ability … Read more
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority As hardware continues to plateau, stepping back a generation in a premium line of devices isn’t the sacrifice it used to be. It’s often the best way to find a bargain, and that’s never been truer regarding the Google Pixel Watch 2 than it is today. The LTE model of … Read more
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Whether it is doing sums or working out what to text your new date, some tasks produce a furrowed brow. Now scientists say they have come up with a device to monitor such effort: an electronic tattoo, stuck to the forehead. The researchers say the device … Read more
Join Danielle Belgrave and Ben Lorica for a discussion of AI in healthcare. Danielle is VP of AI and machine learning at GSK (formerly GlaxoSmithKline). She and Ben discuss using AI and machine learning to get better diagnoses that reflect the differences between patients. Listen in to learn about the challenges of working with health … Read more
Since 2022, we’ve been using the prompt “a muscular barbarian with weapons beside a CRT television set, cinematic, 8K, studio lighting” to test AI image generators like Midjourney. It’s time to bring that barbarian to life. A muscular barbarian man holding an axe, standing next to a CRT television set. He looks at the TV, … Read more
AI-powered search tool Perplexity today gained Perplexity Labs, a feature that provides subscribers with a way to create reports, spreadsheets, web apps, and dashboards that are backed by “extensive research and analysis.” The company says that if Perplexity Search is a 24/7 answer machine, Perplexity Labs is akin to having an entire team available for … Read more
Quick Links GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) I had a professor at university who said that the sentence “click the icon with your mouse” would have been completely incomprehensible to people half a century ago—and he had a point. We use terms for our computer hardware every day without ever considering why they have the names … Read more
Register now free-of-charge to explore this white paper How Embodied Intelligence Enhances the Safety, Resilience, and Autonomy of UAV Systems As drones evolve into critical agents across defense, disaster response, and infrastructure inspection, they must become more adaptive, secure, and resilient. Traditional AI methods fall short in real-world unpredictability. This whitepaper from the Technology Innovation … Read more