Against the Storm feels like WarCraft without the war, and it’s weirdly calming
Build a town, direct its workers, and be weirdly tranquil as it washes away. Enlarge / I'd like to pretend I'd built a settlement this neatly compact and organized—with street grids, even—but alas, this is a provided screensh.....»»
Endangered monarch butterflies face perilous storm
As devastating storms pounded California, nature lovers feared for endangered monarch butterflies that winter there as part of a seemingly magical migration pattern......»»
Slippery slopes: Why the Auckland storm caused so many landslides—and what can be done about it
The January 27 storm that hit Auckland broke all previous rainfall records and has caused widespread damage, mostly from flooding and landslides. But while climate change helps explain the intensity of the rainfall, the way land has been used and bui.....»»
ChatGPT: how to use the viral AI text generator that’s taken the world by storm
The ChatGPT chatbot by OpenAI is now available for testing as a free research preview......»»
Major publishers are banning ChatGPT from being listed as an academic author. What"s the big deal?
Unless you've spent your summer on a digital detox, you've probably heard of ChatGPT: the latest AI chatbot taking the world by storm......»»
Storm Cheneso picks up in Madagascar, more flooding to come
A severe tropical storm which devastated parts of Madagascar this week is set to continue to wreak havoc on the country as it strengthens over the weekend, the United Nations regional weather monitoring service said......»»
Scientists use cavefish to learn more about metabolism and the evolutionary basis of being a couch potato
Stay-at-home orders issued at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic ushered the hoarding of food and surges in digital entertainment subscriptions, restaurant take-out and delivery services—a perfect storm for a collective couch potato phenomenon. Now.....»»
These 7 AI creation tools show how much AI can really do
Popular AI tools like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion have taken the world by storm, but here are seven that you probably haven't heard of......»»
Earlier geomagnetic storm prediction wins us time to prepare
Scientists at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Russia), together with colleagues from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics (Germany), the University of Graz & the Kanzelhöhe Observatory (Austria), the University of Zagreb and Zagr.....»»
I bought a $50 Apple Watch Ultra clone, and it blew me away
Pebble Engage Cosmos is a brazen imitation of the Apple Watch Ultra that only costs $50. It looks and feels amazing, but as they say, beauty is only skin deep......»»
"I cried all night": Millions of Chinese lose access to "World of Warcraft" and other hit games
Millions of players in China have lost access to the iconic "World of Warcraft" franchise and other popular video games, as Blizzard Entertainment's servers in the country went offline after two decades......»»
Kyle and Andrew sneak through The Last of Us’ by-the-book second episode
After more than 2 hours, it feels like the show is finally done setting things up. Enlarge / I'm sure they'll both be fine. New episodes of The Last of Us are premiering on HBO every Sunday night, and Ars' Kyle Orland (.....»»
Seamus from California rescued from storm drain thanks to AirTag dog collar
Apple’s AirTag tracker has saved the day again, this time for a dog in San Bernadino County who was “swept away by floodwaters.” Rescuers, however, were able to locate the dog thanks in part to an AirTag that the pup’s mom had attached to hi.....»»
Timothee Chalamet feels left out of Apple TV+ in new ad
After Jon Hamm got cast in an Apple TV+ show, everyone in Hollywood seems to have an Apple series — except Timothee Chalamet.Chalamet wants his own Apple TV+ showChasing down a similar theme to "Everyone but Jon Hamm," a new Apple TV+ ad called "Ca.....»»
ChatGPT agrees: it shouldn’t write the articles you read
A story about AI-generated articles has taken the internet by storm, but AI bot ChatGPT itself says that AI shouldn't be used to generate content......»»
Missing’s ending explained
Do you want to have Missing's ending explained? DT has all the answers and spoilers about the new Sony thriller starring Storm Reid and Nia Long......»»
GeForce Now Ultimate first impressions: Streaming has come a really long way
At its best, Nvidia's cloud-based service feels like an extension of your hands. Enlarge / It's not actual GeForce RTX 4080 cards slotted into GeForce Now's "Superpods," but Nvidia says the hardware is pretty close. (credit: Nvid.....»»
Native eastern fence lizards change their bodies and behavior in response to invasive red imported fire ants
An eastern fence lizard basking in the sun feels a small red ant walk over its back. Not hungry, it ignores the insect. Soon there are lots of ants crawling up its legs, biting the scales that usually protect it and inserting their stingers in its so.....»»
More rain, snow pelt California as Biden declares disaster to speed aid
Soggy Californians on Sunday wearily endured their ninth successive storm in a three-week period that has brought destructive flooding, heavy snowfalls and at least 19 deaths, and forecasters said more of the same loomed for another day......»»
Nuclear reactor experiment rules out one dark matter hope
It was an anomaly detected in the storm of a nuclear reactor so puzzling that physicists hoped it would shine a light on dark matter, one of the universe's greatest mysteries......»»
"Disastrous" flood warning in California as another storm hits
Disastrous flooding could hit parts of California this weekend, forecasters warned Friday, as the eighth storm in succession barreled in over land already too waterlogged to soak up any more rain......»»