The iPhone 15 Pro is displayed during an announcement of new products on the Apple campus, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in Cupertino, Calif. Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Apple on Tuesday…
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How did developers create ‘Starfield,’ a video game with a galaxy of 1,000 planets?
Bethesda Game Studios used procedural generation to create virtual galaxy. It increased the game’s scope, but at what cost? Credit: Bethesda Game Studios When Todd Howard, director and executive producer…
Consumers as likely to buy products advertised by AI-influencer models as those advertised by humans, research says
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Consumers are as likely to buy products advertised online by AI-created models as by humans, new research says. The study, presented at the British Academy of…
Early Apple computer that helped launch $3T company sells at auction for $223,000
This photo provided by RR Auction shows a vintage Apple computer built in the 1970s and signed by company co-founder Steve Wozniak. The computer sold at auction for more than…
New smartphone vulnerability could allow hackers to track user location
Hackers may use machine learning to exploit a text-messaging vulnerability, according to new research led by Northeastern Ph.D. student Evangelos Bitsikas. Credit: Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University A newly discovered vulnerability in…
Chris Smalls talks Bezos, unions during WA visit
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When Chris Smalls, the president of the first union at an Amazon warehouse in the U.S., visits classrooms, he says the 10-year-old students know who Jeff…
Transportation apps can help people with disabilities navigate public transit but accessibility lags behind
Smartphone apps can make public transit more accessible. Credit: Shutterstock Smartphone apps have become commonplace tools for travel and navigation. As technology becomes more integrated into transport networks, apps will…
‘I’ve never had to wait weeks for a fence…’
by Everton Bailey Jr. Credit: CC0 Public Domain Blake Smith was confused when his contractor told him at the end of June that the city of Dallas still hadn’t approved…
Skeptical about VR goggles? How Apple and Disney could create the future of entertainment
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When Apple announced its long-awaited augmented reality headset, Vision Pro, earlier this month, part of the pitch was that these “Ready Player One”-esque goggles would change…
Generative AI models are encoding biases and negative stereotypes in their users, say researchers
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In the space of a few months generative AI models, such as ChatGPT, Google’s Bard and Midjourney, have been adopted by more and more people in…
