Developer of ‘Gollum’ shutting down after disastrous launch
Publisher of the infamous ‘Gollum’ game Daedalic Entertainment is shutting down its development studio. With big-name titles ballooning in budget, facing increased delays, and putting their developers at higher financial risk, is the industry becoming unsustainable? The studio behind 2023s worst video game ‘Gollum’ is shutting down. Ridiculed online for...
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How AI is impacting our education system
The advent of AI and the proliferation of social media have brought about significant changes in various aspects of our lives, including education. While the technological advancements of AI have opened up new avenues for learning, they have also introduced unforeseen challenges. One such unlikely hurdle has emerged in the form...
Scientists discover ‘anomalies’ under Mars’ surface
Results from the latest NASA mission InSight indicate that Mars may have a liquid core, alongside unexplained irregularities in its mantle. NASA’s latest mission to Mars, InSight, has brought back new data that shows anomalies underneath the planet’s surface, and strengthens theories that it may lack a solid inner...
Scientists discover that the Earth’s atmosphere can clean itself
Researchers have found that a strong electric field between airborne water droplets and surrounding air can create a molecule called hydroxide, which breaks down pollutants. Amid the constant, disheartening chatter of how climate change is threatening the planet’s survival, here’s a galvanising report to prevent you from falling victim to...
Will Elon’s latest restrictive rules mark the end of Twitter?
In attempts to ‘address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation,’ Twitter boss Elon Musk has placed new limits on the number of tweets users can view in a single day. Outrage has ensued and #TwitterIsDead is trending globally. From the moment Elon Musk took over Twitter, its users...
Music made with AI will be eligible for a Grammy
To better reflect an evolving industry, artists using machine learning for their compositions now have the opportunity to win an award. However, as stressed by Harvey Mason Jr. – CEO of the Recording Academy – only the human creators who contributed to a song can be nominated. Last month, the Recording...
Scientists turn humid air into renewable energy
Realising Nikola Tesla’s 1930s theory that the Earth could one day act as a super battery, a team of engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have successfully generated hygroelectricity. ‘We are on the threshold of a gigantic revolution, based on the wireless transmission of power,’ wrote Nikola Tesla in the 1930s. ‘We will be enabled to illuminate the whole sky at night and eventually we will flash power in virtually...
Can Atlantic Declaration reinforce UK as an AI leader?
Rishi Sunak's recent meeting at the White House was his opportunity to defy his critics and demonstrate the UK's potential to lead the AI industry. The last few years have seen growth in AI development, impacting economies worldwide. Recently, Sunak revealed that the UK will host a significant summit on artificial intelligence in the autumn. This is part of an effort to establish the country as a key influencer in...
A once-retired California mine could supply the US renewable revolution
The US may have its own rare Earth element supply chain, and the very first in the Western Hemisphere at that. Could this end China’s dominance over the West’s renewable revolution? Just across the border from Nevada resides the only large-scale rare-Earth element mine in the entire Western Hemisphere. Named Mountain Pass, the 600-foot pit in the California sand is chock-full of precious rare-Earth ores which are essential for the formation...
Tencent launches WeChat Palm Payments in China
This week, Tencent started introducing palm recognition through its WeChat Pay service. The tech is to be installed in Beijing’s Airport Express Line, where it will take payments by scanning people’s palm prints and their unique formation of veins without physical contact. Like the idea of completing financial transactions with the wave of a hand? That prospect is, as of this week, a reality in China thanks to its national tech...
