Paris Hilton wants to be the "Queen of the Metaverse"
A fuschia Bentley drives down a twisty desert road toward the entrance of the Neon Carnival, an after-party held each year during Coachella. Paris Hilton has arrived. Her hair is in pigtails, twisted in part with white flowers, and she's wearing a sp.....»»
Apple TV+ launches "Liaison" with first Paris premiere
Ahead of its February 24, 2023 streaming on Apple TV+, bilingual thriller "Liaison" was unveiled at a red-carpet event at the Publicis Cinemas in Paris."Liaison" stars Vincent Cassel and Eva Green at the world premiere in ParisThe six-part thriller i.....»»
Codebreakers find, decipher lost letters of Mary, Queen of Scots
An international team of codebreakers said Wednesday they have found and deciphered the long lost secret letters of 16th-century monarch Mary, Queen of Scots, one of the most argued-over figures in British history......»»
Meta’s unceremonious Echo VR shutdown is a missed Metaverse opportunity
Echo VR was once Meta's most promising virtual world. Its shutdown is a missed opportunity for its struggling Metaverse......»»
Is ChatGPT "woke"? AI chatbot accused of anti-conservative bias and a grudge against Trump
Ask ChatGPT about drag queen story hours or former president Donald Trump and conservatives say it spits out answers that betray a distinct liberal bias......»»
In Paris demo, Google scrambles to counter ChatGPT but ends up embarrassing itself
So far, the expected Microsoft-Google AI war has turned into an AI fizzle. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) On Wednesday, Google held a highly anticipated press conference from Paris that did not deliver the decisive move.....»»
How to watch Google’s highly anticipated AI event in Paris today
Determined to steal some of the limelight from Microsoft-backed OpenAI and its impressive ChatGPT chatbot, Google is set to show off its own version today......»»
Lost and found: Codebreakers decipher 50+ letters of Mary, Queen of Scots
The cache of letters sheds new light on Mary Stuart's years of captivity in England. Enlarge / Sample ciphertext (F38) found in the archives of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, now attributed to Mary, Queen of Scots. (credi.....»»
Codebreakers crack secrets of the lost letters of Mary, Queen of Scots
Secret, coded letters penned by Mary, Queen of Scots, while she was imprisoned in England by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, have been uncovered by a multidisciplinary team of international codebreakers......»»
Interpol working out how to police the metaverse
The global police agency has built its own virtual reality (VR) space, for users to do training......»»
Looking ahead to 2023, Lenovo proposes 6 major technology trends
Lenovo has announced 6 key technology trends that will become mainstream in 2023. These include holographic projection, transformable devices, corporate metaverse, smart stores, multi-access edge computing, and new business models. Starting in 2023,.....»»
Training ants to sniff out cancerous tumors in mice
A team of researchers from Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Université Paris-Saclay and Institut Universitaire de France has found that it is possible train ants to sniff out cancerous tumors in mice. In their study, published in Proceedings of the.....»»
Graphene researchers discover long-term memory in 2D nanofluidic channels
A collaboration between teams from the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at The University of Manchester, and the École Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris, demonstrated Hebbian learning in artificial nanochannels, where the channels showed short and l.....»»
Study says strong political action needed to reduce increasing share of millionaires" enormous environmental impact
The number of millionaires in the world is steadily increasing, and their emission patterns make it difficult, if not impossible, to meet the Paris Agreement's target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. According to a new study by tour.....»»
Researchers find that traded species have distinctive life histories with extended reproductive lifecycles
A new study by researchers from Durham University, UK, Queen's University Belfast, UK, University of Extremadura, Spain and Swansea University, UK have revealed that vertebrate species involved in the live wildlife trade have distinctive life history.....»»
The Linux Foundation wants to set up its own open source metaverse
The Linux Foundation wants to tackle the metaverse head-on, before market dominance becomes a problem......»»
Safety tests of insecticides inadequate for bees
Queen Mary researchers have revealed unexpected variation in bee neural receptors, challenging current safety assessments of insecticides, which work by targeting these receptors......»»
A new approach to sharing the burden of carbon dioxide removal
To have a chance to achieve the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting global warming to 1.5–2°C compared to pre-industrial levels, it is clear that we will need to go beyond restricting emissions and actively focus on removing carbon dioxide from the.....»»
OmniVision eyeing three major applications with new CIS offerings in 2023
China-based CMOS image sensor (CIS) supplier OmniVision Technologies continues the release of new products despite market downturns, focusing on handset, automotive and metaverse applications for its new offerings showcased at the recently-concluded.....»»
The best VR and metaverse tech of CES 2023
This year's CES show was packed with VR and metaverse technology. Here are our picks of the most interesting new products coming soon and in the future......»»
Will the metaverse be your new workplace?
Some predict that in the future we'll work in virtual worlds, but others are not convinced......»»