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Michael Taylor, in light-colored top, was spotted at Istanbul Airport after helping Carlos Ghosn flee Japan. Photo: Associated Press…

Image: The CWThere is something deeply nostalgic about returning to the world of Supernatural. Sure, the whole thing lasted 15seasons and only just ended in 2020, but for me, Supernatural is the show that I watched on repeat in college, back in 2010. While there were definitely some more absurd arcs towards the end of that era of my life, the staples remain the great moments with the Four Horsemen, the interdimensional fights between Angels vs. Demons, lots of horrible Crowley and Bobby interactions, and of course the…

Screenshot: Marvel StudiosDisney+’s Percy Jackson show has found a few more gods. Warrior Nun returns for season 2 in a new trailer. Plus, another look at the new Little Mermaid, and what’s coming on Stargirl, Reginald the Vampire, and more. Spoilers, away!ThunderboltsBoth Jeff Sneider and /Film independently report that Harrison Ford will replace the late William Hurt as General Thaddeus Ross in Thunderbolts and potentially future MCU projects as well.The Little MermaidHalle Bailey shared a new poster for the live-action…

Follow this series to learn about CUDA programming from scratch with PythonIn the first installment of this series we discussed how to run embarrassingly parallel algorithms using the GPU. Embarrassingly parallel tasks are those whose tasks are completely independent from each other, such as summing two arrays or applying any element-wise function.Figure 2.0. Running stable diffusion with “threading the needle cyberpunk”. Credits: Own work under the CreativeML Open RAIL-M license.Many tasks, although not embarrassingly…

Follow this series to learn about CUDA programming from scratch with PythonGPUs (graphics processing units), as the name implies, were originally developed for computer graphics. Since then, they have become ubiquitous in almost every area that requires high computational throughput. This progress has been enabled by the development of GPGPU (general purpose GPU) interfaces, which allow us to program GPUs for general-purpose computing. The most common of these interfaces is CUDA, followed by OpenCL and most recently,…

By now, you are probably familiar with Marvel Comics’ Marvel’s Voices line: last year, Marvel’s Voices: Pride #1 was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Best Original Graphic Novel/Anthology. Beginning as a podcast hosted by Angélique Roché (who serves as Consulting Editor on Marvel’s Voices anthology books) that brought fans interviews with some of the best talents at Marvel Entertainment, it is now also a line of comic anthologies highlighting both the publisher’s diverse heroes and creators. Traditionally, the …

Ever the thorough operative, Michael Taylor began laying the groundwork of his cover story as soon as the private jet he had chartered landed in Japan. He and George Zayek were violinists who would be performing nearby, he told a worker at the Osaka private-jet terminal shortly after the Bombardier Global Express arrived from Dubai at 10:10 a.m. local time. As personnel at Kansai International Airport unloaded suitcases, a guitar case and two…

A slow but steady improvement in the chip supply situation over the next year will eventually limit automakers' pricing power, which has been boosting earnings across the industry in recent quarters, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said. In a media call presenting the automaker's results in the first half of the year, Tavares said the industry was in a "very specific sweet spot right now." "We have a significant unbalance between the offer and the demand for automobiles, which gives us a transaction price opportunity," he…

Screenshot: The CW/YouTubeDean Winchester (The Boys’ Jensen Ackles, who is also an executive producer) returns to narrate this lengthy trailer for Supernatural prequel The Winchesters, which shows the fateful night Mary (Meg Donnelly) and John (Drake Rodger) met back in 1972 while wailing on a black-eyed beastie—and each other! Check it out:The Winchesters | Season Trailer | The CWSince we know these two will end up getting married and having kids, all that “you don’t want any part of this life” business feels like…

The trade union of Telmex, the Mexican telecommunications firm controlled by the family of tycoon Carlos Slim, recently went on strike for the first time in nearly four decades after failing to reach a deal with the company, the union said. Dozens of Telmex's 60,000 union workers gathered outside the company's main office in Mexico City after leaving their posts for the strike, the first since 1985. Many chanted, "Carlos Slim, get this, the contract is not for sale," as passing cars honked in support. Workers said that…