Why CAPTCHA Pictures Are So Unbearably Depressing
Clive Thompson: I hate doing Google's CAPTCHAs. Part of it is the sheer hassle of repeatedly identifying objects -- traffic lights, staircases, palm trees and buses -- just so I can finish a web search. I also don't like being forced to donate free l.....»»
Lawsuit alleges Capcom ripped off more than 200 copyrighted textures used in DMC and RE4
According to a lawsuit filed last week with a Connecticut federal court, Capcom allegedly used numerous copyrighted images in several Resident Evil and Devil May Cry games. Plaintiff Judy Juracek claims that the game publisher took the pictures from.....»»
Developer makes CAPTCHAs fun with Doom minigame
Miquel Camps Orteza created the aptly named DOOM CAPTCHA (try it below) and posted it to his Github page. This isn’t Doom as seen on PC, or the hundreds of other devices id Software’s FPS has been made to run on, but a still screen that tasks you.....»»
Eternally five years away? No, batteries are improving under your nose
Under the hood, lithium-ion batteries have gotten better in the last decade. Enlarge / What year, again, does Mr. Fusion show up to compete with Tesla et al? (credit: Universal Pictures) It’s hard to write about battery research around these.....»»
Twitter says its image-cropping algorithm was biased, so it"s ditching it
Twitter has largely abandoned an image-cropping algorithm after determining the automated system was biased. Some users complained it had a preference toward showing pictures of white people in previews of tweets......»»
Google Photos now shows more of the photos you want, fewer of the ones you don’t
Google has enhanced Google Photos to show you pictures you may have forgotten -- and added a way to hide away the ones you'd rather others didn't see at all......»»
Another media acquisition? This one would involve Amazon, MGM, and ~$9B
Does this at least mean we can watch No Time to Die at home soon? Enlarge / A man walks past a promotion for the James Bond fIlm No Time to Die at the closed Omega store in London on March 27, 2020. (credit: Jonathan Perugia/In Pictures via Gett.....»»
Cloudflare wants to kill the CAPTCHA using hardware security keys
Cloudflare is one of the top providers of web infrastructure and security, content delivery, DNS, among others. The company has also been offering businesses bot management solutions -- including CAPTCHA (short for Completely Automated Public Turing.....»»
Cloudflare Wants To Kill the CAPTCHA
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: Cloudflare is testing out the possibility of security keys replacing one of the most irritating aspects of web browsing: the CAPTCHA. CAPTCHAs are used to catch out bots that are trawling websites and a.....»»
You can now buy NFTs on eBay
eBay has become the first e-commerce company to enable the sale of NFTs, or non-fungible tokens. The latest craze in crypto, NFTs use blockchain technology to authenticate digital goods like pictures or videos as original, and to verify ownership......»»
Venom: Let There Be Carnage trailer delivers chaos, comedy, and messy breakfast
Sony Pictures' first trailer for Venom: Let There Be Carnage blends chaos and comedy in Tom Hardy's return and Woody Harrelson's villainous turn......»»
Unlike Clearview AI, this Facial-Recognition Search Engine is Open to Everyone
This week CNN investigated PimEyes, a "mysterious" but powerful facial-recognition search engine: If you upload a picture of your face to PimEyes' website, it will immediately show you any pictures of yourself that the company has found around the i.....»»
Bill and Melinda Gates: A life in pictures
Images of the couple, who set up the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000, after they announce their divorce......»»
SpaceX’s historic Crew-1 mission in pictures
SpaceX’s Crew-1 astronauts returned home on a Crew Dragon spacecraft on May 2, 2021, after nearly six months in space. Re-live their adventure in pictures......»»
Mortal Kombat review: A victory, but far from flawless
Warner Bros. Pictures Mortal Kombat reboot raises the bar for the franchise with a great blend of action and mythology, but isn't quite a flawless victory......»»
NASA spacecraft leaves mess after grabbing asteroid samples
A NASA spacecraft left a mess at an asteroid when it grabbed a load of rubble last year for return to Earth, new pictures revealed Thursday......»»
F9 is the next Fast & Furious movie, and it features a brand new villain
There’s a new entry in the Fast & Furious saga due out in June and Universal Pictures has just released the second official trailer for the film. Warning: mild spoilers ahead......»»
Rumors about second Apple Store in Berlin gain traction with new construction pictures
Eight years after Apple opened its first Apple Store in Berlin, rumors about a second one are gaining traction with new construction pictures. more… The post Rumors about second Apple Store in Berlin gain traction with new construction pictur.....»»
Steve Jobs shot Desktop Pictures for OS X Leopard
An ex-Apple software designer claims that Steve Jobs personally shot several of the images presented as desktop pictures for 2007's Mac OS X Leopard."Grass Blades," reportedly photographed by Steve Jobs to be a desktop picture in OS X Leopard (source.....»»
Selfie culture: What your choice of camera angle says about you
Over the past decade, selfies have become a mainstay of popular culture. If the #selfie hashtag first appeared in 2004, it was the release of the iPhone 4 in 2010 that saw the pictures go viral. Three years later, the Oxford English Dictionary crowne.....»»
Renzo Piano completes Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles
Italian architect Renzo Piano has completed the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, adding a concrete and glass sphere to a 1930s building. Read more Italian architect Renzo Piano has completed the Academy Museum of Motion Pict.....»»