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Here it is, the final shot of the Wakanda Forever trailer; a gold-decorated Black Panther suit. Eric Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan), who was also known as N’Jadaka, famously wore a similar suit in 2018's Black Panther and was a Wakandan Emperor (as Black Panther) in one of the comic runs. Is this Killmonger, who very much died in the first movie, back again? Perhaps it’s Shuri, who took up the suit in the comics, or Nakia, who (again, in the comics) became an enemy of Wakanda and an ally of Killmonger. Hell, maybe it’s…

The Xiaomi 12S Ultra has a massive 1” Sony IMX989 sensor – that must be quite expensive, right? Well... as it turns out, no. Counterpoint Research has a breakdown and analysis of the Bill of Materials (BoM) for the phone and that sensor is not the most expensive piece of kit on the phone. Far from it, actually. The base unit with 8GB of RAM and 256GB storage costs $516 or so to manufacture, but it sells for CNY 6,000 (that’s just under $900). Note that those $516 include the cost of the components, assembly, testing,…

Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: Circle releases a detailed, but unaudited, breakdown of its reserve assets for USDC, showing $42.1B in short-term US government bonds and $13.6B in cash — The asset breakdown comes at a time when crypto firms and their finances are under increasing scrutiny in the ongoing crypto credit crisis. Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: Circle releases a detailed, but unaudited, breakdown of its reserve assets for USDC, showing $42.1B in short-term US government bonds and $13.6B in…

A quick tour to strengthen your foundation in machine learningLinear regression is widely used by professionals in business, science, engineering, and more but not too many people understand (or care) about the math under the hood. This article will guide readers to the realm of math and hopefully to gain some math appreciation along the way.Linear Regression is a statistical model that assumes the linear relationship between the input x and the output y. The goal is to observe and predict.Let’s say we have n observations…

Running up that hill with Max on Stranger Things.Screenshot: NetflixA lot happens in the first half of Stranger Things Vol. 4, but the things most people are talking about take place in the fourth episode, “Dear Billy.” That episode itself is jam-packed with huge moments and revelations but it’s the ending sequence, which sees Max (Sadie Sink) escaping from Vecna’s Mind Lair, that has easily gotten the most attention.In large part,that’s because the song in the sequence, “Running Up That Hill” by Kate Bush, has seen a…

Photo: Andrew Liszewski - io9Not only does Lego’s Optimus Prime look great in robot mode, he actually looks even better as a truck. The transformation process very closely matches the same steps used for Hasbro’s original ‘80s toy, with the addition of a 180-degree twist at the waist, hands that fold out of the way instead of needing to be removed, and the front of the truck temporarily swinging up and out of the way providing extra clearance as various parts move around.I like that Prime’s legs feature clips on the…

How hard can it be to teach a machine to generate a single pointPhoto by Jonathan Borba on UnsplashThis article describes the creation of a Generator — Discriminator pair, that would be consistent and robust (more or less). What’s more, I aimed to get a specific Discriminator function, which would ensure the Generator’s consistent learning (see plot below).The task for the simplest GAN would be to generate a point. A single number, say “1.” The Generator would be a single neuron with one weight and one bias value. Thus,…

Executive Producer and star Emmy Rossum dons the blond wig and hot pink for new limited series, Angelyne. Angelyne’s larger-than-life persona covered billboards around the city of angels and catapulted her to cult status in the ’80s. Rossum gathered hundreds of hours of footage and images of Angelyne to study her mannerisms and voice to tell the story. As a lover of etymology, she bore her depiction of one of Los Angeles’ most mysterious icons from the name. “I had a way of breaking down her name for myself that I…

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's trial has been the much-talked about event since quite a few weeks. Now, a new crying filter on Snapchat has been linked to Amber's emotional breakdown in court. Amber cried in court during her testimony and Snapchat happened to introduce the crying filter soon after. However, the app company has denied that the filter is inspired by Amber. Also read: Johnny Depp’s ex-fiancée Jennifer Grey says she couldn’t recognise him in trial footage: ‘Makes me sad’According to TMZ, Snapchat has denied…