2023 has already been another great year for returning horror franchises. Scream and Evil Dead have been lighting up the box office while Valak the evil nun will soon be haunting her way back to the big screen in the Conjuring universe sequel The Nun 2. However, one of the more killer comebacks still to …
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain University of Maryland researchers have found that a cute kitten in an Instagram post could influence a shopper to add a product to their list. The researchers have created the Cuteness Attributes Taxonomy, which lists 15 attributes that determine cuteness. The University’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security’s Emotions in …
An update has been rolled out in Destiny 2 to fix an exploit that allowed players to deal massive damage using a slug shotgun glitch. However, the fix has caused outrage among some players as it applies to all weapon swaps, not just slug shotguns. The fix has added a two-second window where players cannot …
Another instance of AI-generated music imitating a famous artist has surfaced, resulting in significant financial gain for the scammer who passed it off as genuine. A selection of fake tunes by Frank Ocean reportedly sold for $13,000 CAD ($9,722 USD) last month on a music-leaking forum dedicated to the Grammy-winning singer, as reported by Vice. …
Image via Marvel Studios Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is earning praise for effectively removing Thor: Love and Thunder from MC continuity. Also, James Gunn helped reboot Spider-Man before working on DC’s Superman and was involved in a number of Marvel productions. Fans of Secret Invasion have concocted a conspiracy theory about a possible …
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain According to a new study from the University of Surrey which analyzed data from 1.4 million academic papers, large research teams struggle to reach top-tier journals and generate more impact. The paper has been published in Academy of Management Learning & Education. Lead author of the study and Professor of Strategy …
Today, the GPUOpen website was updated with the new AMD Capsaicin graphics rendering research framework based on Microsoft’s DirectX12 API. AMD Capsaicin (not to be confused with the GPUs released around seven years ago) is a graphics rendering framework designed to encourage fast prototyping of new features. Its core principle includes creating simpler abstractions of …
A new perspective on the Crab Nebula, one of astronomy’s most beautiful creations, has been provided by a NASA X-ray instrument. The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observatory was launched in December 2021 and is presently orbiting Earth, observing X-ray sources like black holes and pulsars from space. Despite being an essential tool for scientists …
Editor’s note: Spoilers ahead for Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. In Episode 4, viewers witness King George III (played by Corey Mylchreest) being tortured by a physician in an hour-long subplot that is shocking and unexpected in the Bridgerton universe. The young monarch’s hallucinations and disorganized speech afflict him due to a mysterious mental illness, …
An example of a summer population of Limacina rangii from the Scotia Sea. Larger juveniles living alongside a smaller, larval stage cohort. Credit: Dr Vicky Peck The world’s oceans absorb approximately a quarter of all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. During absorption, CO2 reacts with seawater and oceanic pH levels fall. This is known as ocean …