Extraction

Bungie is reviving its Marathon IP to create a Player versus Player extraction game. It’s the long-awaited next title from Bungie that we’ve been waiting years for the Destiny and Halo creator to announce, and the Sony-owned studio did it right in the middle of today’s PlayStation Showcase.Bungie has only dropped a teaser and website so far, but Marathon is currently in development for PS5, Xbox Series S / X, and PC with full cross-play and cross-save. Here’s how Bungie describes Marathon:become a runner in bungie’s new…

In the sequel to the 2020 action film Extraction, Chris Hemsworth brings back his mercenary character Tyler Rake, quite literally. Tyler returns from the dead to come back to yet another risky assignment where his presence is requested personally. Golshifteh Farahani, who was part of the first film, also reprises her character as Nik, Tyler's partner, who fills him in on a few missing pieces when he finally emerges from the coma he was in. (Also read: Extraction 2 teaser: Chris Hemsworth is back as Tyler Rake after…

x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y274jZs5s7s Listen, we love you, Russo brothers.Your directorial efforts gifted us both Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, the crown jewels of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and unprecedented capstones of one of the most ambitious cinematic projects in history. Indeed, there are nary enough pats on the backs for the Russos. Unfortunately, we’re now in the 2020s; a decade that’s so far seen the Russo brothers go from the kings of Marvel to the kings of weirdly repetitive…

Scientists found that more finely ground coffee beans result in weaker espresso due to uneven extraction. They used a simple mathematical model to split the coffee into two regions and examined how uneven flow affects the brewing process. This uneven flow persisted across different parts of the coffee bed, impacting the taste of the coffee. By understanding and preventing uneven extraction, it may be possible to improve coffee brewing and achieve financial savings through more efficient coffee usage.Understanding the…

A high-powered laser and carbothermal reactor located inside the testing chamber of NASA’s Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration (CaRD) at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Credit: NASA/Brian Sacco<span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>NASA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded…

Donut versus Pix2Struct on custom dataImage by author (with)Donut and Pix2Struct are image-to-text models that combine the simplicity of pure pixel inputs with visual language understanding tasks. Simply put: an image goes in and extracted indexes come out as JSON.Recently I released a Donut model finetuned on invoices. Ever so often I get the question how to train with a custom dataset. Also, a similar model was released: Pix2Struct, it claims to be significantly better. But is that so?Time to roll up my sleeves. I will…

Uyuni Salt Flat, Bolivia. Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Located in the heart of South America, Bolivia contains the largest lithium deposits in the world—an enviable position, in many countries' eyes, as the market for electric vehicles takes off. Though EVs emit fewer greenhouse gases than fuel-powered vehicles, their batteries require more minerals—especially lithium, which is also used to make batteries for smartphones…

Image via Netflix Extraction 2 has gotten bigger, darker, and substantially more brutal. The sequel to 2020’s action-powered venture from the Russo Brothers’ AGBO Films was a major film event amidst the pandemic-hit world. Brought to people via Netflix, the Chris Hemsworth-led film made news for its large-scale action choreography and the fact that it was a post-Avengers Russo venture. Marking their long-term stunt coordinator Sam Hargrave’s directorial debut, Extraction was one hell of a ride through the…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A decade's worth of research at oil and gas operations in the central and eastern United States has confirmed that fluid injection from hydraulic fracturing and wastewater disposal can induce seismicity. Now, data from hydraulic fracturing wells in eastern Ohio indicate that extraction activities…

Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for AFI It’s always a good sign when there’s hype for a third film in a series before the sequel is even released, and it seems this is the case for the Russo brothers hit action film franchise Extraction. The first movie was released on Netflix in April 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic, and gave plenty of people who were stuck at home a slice of much-needed escapism (as well as some great shots of a brooding, all-action Chris Hemsworth). For a brief period of time, it…