All Things Internet: The Big Players & The Issues
The world has grown increasingly connected over the past few decades and a huge chunk of our lives are online. We cover the companies you care about: YouTube, Google, Amazon, and the issues you care about: NBN, IoT, social media, privacy and security.
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Adobe Says Its New ‘Firefly’ AI Image Generator Doesn’t Steal Other People’s Art
On Tuesday, Adobe introduced its own generative AI model family called Firefly, claiming — like young people tend to do in the throes of pubescence — it’s not like the other scrappy AI image generators. Instead of using training data dredged up from the internet, Adobe said its crafted its service only using images on…
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Star Wars Screenwriters Exit Only Days After Delivering Their Script
Late last night, Above the Line reported that screenwriters Damon Lindelof (Watchmen, The Leftovers) and Justin Britt-Gibson are no longer attached to the Star Wars universe. They were originally tied to an untitled Star Wars project alongside Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Obaid-Chinoy is an Emmy and Oscar winning documentarian who recently gained more fiction credits when she…
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Gerard Piqué Will Try to Break a Guinness World Record at the Kings League Finals
Come this Sunday, former FC Barcelona player Gerard Piqué will not only preside over a fireworks-filled final for the Kings League, his Twitch-focused indoor soccer conference, he’ll also be on the lookout to see how many people are wearing masks. Because besides crowning the Kings League’s first champion, Piqué wants to break a Guinness World…
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Saber-Toothed Marsupial Predator Compensated for Its Teeth With Cow Eyes
With two massive canines, an L-shaped jaw, and a pouch to carry its young, the saber-toothed marsupial Thylacosmilus atrox sounds like an evolutionary Madlib. But researchers have now described an extra quirk: surprisingly wide-set eyes, more typical of horses and cows than carnivorous animals.