‘Extended reality’ will help preserve some of Afghanistan’s most endangered historical sites
Four at-risk, hard-to-reach historical sites in Afghanistan are being painstakingly recreated for virtual preservation.
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Dirty diapers could be recycled into cheap, sturdy concrete
American families need over one trillion diapers every year for the 4 million babies born across the country annually. Diaper use can extend far past the first year of infants’ lives—and they generally don’t finish potty training until somewhere between 1.5 to 3 years old. Extrapolate those needs to the entire world, and it’s easy […]
Montana is the first state to ‘ban’ TikTok, but it’s complicated
Although Montana’s law is scheduled to go into effect next year, it remains unclear how it could actually be enforced.
Trump shares AI-altered fake clip of Anderson Cooper
Shortly after CNN’s Town Hall with Donald Trump last week, the former president’s son tweeted a clearly manipulated 9-second video clip featuring an AI-generated vocal imitation of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper offering a vulgar compliment of the former president’s town hall performance. “I’m told this is real…,” wrote Donald Trump, Jr. “[I]t seems real and […]
Staggering 3D scan of the Titanic shows the wreck down to the millimeter
Months of painstaking work analyzing over 16 terabytes of imaging and 4K video data has resulted in the first full-sized 3D scan of the RMS Titanic’s stunning, sunken remains. Per the BBC, specialists working for the deep-sea mapping company Magellan Ltd. began remotely piloting two deep sea submersibles during the summer of 2022. The pair […]
Read the fine print before signing up for a free Telly smart TV
Telly’s ‘free’ televisions make sure they pay for themselves through what appears to be an extremely lax privacy policy.
Inventing lager was a huge mistake
Researchers believe that lager likely originated at the court brewery–or Hofbräuhaus–of Maximilian I, the elector of Bavaria.
It’s OK to crack jokes about climate change
Turns out, being able to laugh at something increases our ability to understand it—and take action.
Happy 50th birthday, cell phones
It might be hard to imagine a world without cell phones, but there was most definitely a time when they remained the stuff of science fiction. That is, until 50 years ago to the day, to be more exact. April 3 marks a half century of cell phones, albeit it took a little while for […]
Twitter’s ‘Blue Check’ drama is a verified mess
The only blue checkmark to take the hit so far appears to be for The New York Times—at CEO Elon Musk’s personal direction.